Benjamin List

45.5k total citations · 43 hit papers
414 papers, 38.7k citations indexed

About

Benjamin List is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin List has authored 414 papers receiving a total of 38.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 362 papers in Organic Chemistry, 150 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 101 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Benjamin List's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (257 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (142 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (113 papers). Benjamin List is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (257 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (142 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (113 papers). Benjamin List collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Japan. Benjamin List's co-authors include Jung Woon Yang, S.D. Hoffmann, Carlos F. Barbas, Richard A. Lerner, Santanu Mukherjee, Jayasree Seayad, Manuel Mahlau, Ilija Čorić, Harry J. Martin and Maria T. Hechavarria Fonseca and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin List

389 papers receiving 38.3k citations

Hit Papers

Asymmetric Enamine Catalysis 1997 2026 2006 2016 2007 2000 2005 2002 2012 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Asymmetric Enamine Catalysis
    2007 2.5k citations Benjamin List et al. profile →
  2. Proline-Catalyzed Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reactions
    2000 2.4k citations Benjamin List et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  3. Asymmetric organocatalysis
    2005 1.0k citations Benjamin List et al. profile →
  4. Proline-catalyzed asymmetric reactions
    2002 1.0k citations Benjamin List profile →
  5. Asymmetric Counteranion‐Directed Catalysis: Concept, Definition, and Applications
    2012 782 citations Benjamin List et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  6. The ying and yang of asymmetric aminocatalysis
    2006 752 citations Benjamin List profile →
  7. Introduction:  Organocatalysis
    2007 750 citations Benjamin List profile →
  8. Enamine Catalysis Is a Powerful Strategy for the Catalytic Generation and Use of Carbanion Equivalents
    2004 698 citations Benjamin List profile →
  9. The Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Three-Component Mannich Reaction
    2000 626 citations Benjamin List Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  10. The Proline-Catalyzed Direct Asymmetric Three-Component Mannich Reaction:  Scope, Optimization, and Application to the Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of 1,2-Amino Alcohols
    2002 592 citations Benjamin List et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  11. Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of anti-1,2-Diols
    2000 569 citations Benjamin List et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  12. A Powerful Brønsted Acid Catalyst for the Organocatalytic Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Imines
    2005 564 citations Benjamin List et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  13. Chiral Counteranions in Asymmetric Transition-Metal Catalysis:  Highly Enantioselective Pd/Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Direct α-Allylation of Aldehydes
    2007 547 citations Benjamin List et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  14. Efficient Proline-Catalyzed Michael Additions of Unmodified Ketones to Nitro Olefins
    2001 524 citations Benjamin List et al. profile →
  15. Quantum Mechanical Predictions of the Stereoselectivities of Proline-Catalyzed Asymmetric Intermolecular Aldol Reactions
    2003 500 citations Benjamin List et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  16. Asymmetric Counteranion‐Directed Catalysis
    2006 460 citations Benjamin List et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  17. Asymmetric spiroacetalization catalysed by confined Brønsted acids
    2012 450 citations Benjamin List et al. profile →
  18. Kinetic and Stereochemical Evidence for the Involvement of Only One Proline Molecule in the Transition States of Proline-Catalyzed Intra- and Intermolecular Aldol Reactions
    2002 424 citations Benjamin List et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  19. Catalytic Asymmetric Pictet−Spengler Reaction
    2006 418 citations Benjamin List et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  20. Asymmetric Organocatalysis
    2004 408 citations Benjamin List et al. profile →
  21. Asymmetric Aminocatalysis
    2001 393 citations Benjamin List Synlett profile →
  22. Highly Enantioselective Transfer Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones
    2006 363 citations Benjamin List et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  23. Catalytic Asymmetric Reductive Michael Cyclization
    2005 341 citations Benjamin List et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  24. Catalytic Asymmetric Reductive Amination of Aldehydes via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution
    2006 341 citations Benjamin List et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  25. Chiral Brønsted Acids for Asymmetric Organocatalysis
    2009 336 citations Benjamin List et al. profile →
  26. Immune Versus Natural Selection: Antibody Aldolases with Enzymic Rates But Broader Scope
    1997 333 citations Benjamin List et al. Science profile →
  27. Proline-Catalyzed Asymmetric Aldol Reactions between Ketones and α-Unsubstituted Aldehydes
    2001 318 citations Benjamin List et al. profile →
  28. Kinetic Resolution of Homoaldols via Catalytic Asymmetric Transacetalization
    2010 300 citations Benjamin List et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  29. The Organic Approach to Asymmetric Catalysis
    2006 300 citations Benjamin List et al. Science profile →
  30. A Metal‐Free Transfer Hydrogenation: Organocatalytic Conjugate Reduction of α,β‐Unsaturated Aldehydes
    2004 299 citations Benjamin List et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  31. Asymmetrische Gegenanionen‐vermittelte Katalyse: Konzept, Definition und Anwendungen
    2012 295 citations Benjamin List et al. Angewandte Chemie profile →
  32. New mechanistic studies on the proline-catalyzed aldol reaction
    2004 289 citations Benjamin List et al. profile →
  33. Metal‐Free, Organocatalytic Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of α,β‐Unsaturated Aldehydes
    2004 287 citations Benjamin List et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  34. Development and Applications of Disulfonimides in Enantioselective Organocatalysis
    2015 284 citations Benjamin List et al. profile →
  35. Direct Asymmetric α‐Allylation of Aldehydes with Simple Allylic Alcohols Enabled by the Concerted Action of Three Different Catalysts
    2011 279 citations Benjamin List et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  36. Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation of Cyclic Enones
    2008 255 citations Benjamin List et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  37. Proline-catalysed Mannich reactions of acetaldehyde
    2008 247 citations Benjamin List et al. profile →
  38. Emil Knoevenagel and the Roots of Aminocatalysis
    2010 241 citations Benjamin List Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  39. Organocatalytic Asymmetric Reaction Cascade to Substituted Cyclohexylamines
    2007 234 citations Benjamin List et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  40. Activation of olefins via asymmetric Brønsted acid catalysis
    2018 203 citations Nobuya Tsuji, Jennifer L. Kennemur et al. Science profile →
  41. Activation of H2O2 by Chiral Confined Brønsted Acids: A Highly Enantioselective Catalytic Sulfoxidation
    2012 194 citations Benjamin List et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  42. IDPi Catalysis
    2019 174 citations Lucas Schreyer, Roberta Properzi et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  43. Catalytic Asymmetric Hydroalkoxylation of C–C Multiple Bonds
    2021 113 citations Jennifer L. Kennemur, Rajat Maji et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Benjamin List 35.2k 12.4k 8.9k 2.6k 1.9k 414 38.7k
Masakatsu Shibasaki 39.0k 1.1× 15.2k 1.2× 9.1k 1.0× 2.0k 0.8× 2.4k 1.3× 819 43.4k
Hisashi Yamamoto 26.3k 0.7× 8.1k 0.7× 6.6k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 724 29.6k
Karl Anker Jørgensen 40.3k 1.1× 9.9k 0.8× 7.5k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 502 42.3k
Magnus Rueping 32.1k 0.9× 10.2k 0.8× 5.8k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 2.2k 1.1× 519 37.1k
Eric N. Jacobsen 42.3k 1.2× 17.5k 1.4× 10.5k 1.2× 3.3k 1.3× 5.7k 3.0× 328 50.4k
Keiji Maruoka 26.6k 0.8× 7.8k 0.6× 6.4k 0.7× 2.3k 0.9× 995 0.5× 680 28.7k
Shu̅ Kobayashi 38.5k 1.1× 12.3k 1.0× 10.0k 1.1× 1.8k 0.7× 5.5k 2.9× 880 44.7k
Paul Knochel 38.7k 1.1× 8.3k 0.7× 4.9k 0.6× 850 0.3× 2.4k 1.2× 975 42.4k
Scott E. Denmark 26.2k 0.7× 7.3k 0.6× 4.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 1.8k 0.9× 466 28.7k
F. Dean Toste 40.7k 1.2× 13.1k 1.1× 4.7k 0.5× 2.3k 0.9× 5.1k 2.7× 400 48.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Frank, Nils, Markus Leutzsch, & Benjamin List. (2025). Bronsted Acid-Catalyzed Reduction of Furans. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(9). 7932–7938. 2 indexed citations
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Merten, Christian, et al.. (2025). Asymmetric Counteranion-Directed Halogen Bonding Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(10). 8107–8112. 4 indexed citations
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Zheng, Tianyu, Zikuan Wang, Benjamin Mitschke, et al.. (2025). Pericyclic Umpolung in a Catalytic Asymmetric Diels–Alder Reaction of Tropone with Enol Ethers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(29). 25489–25497.
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Tsuji, Nobuya, et al.. (2024). Organocatalytic asymmetric synthesis of Si-stereogenic silacycles. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5846–5846. 9 indexed citations
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List, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric Silylation of Biaryl Diols. Synlett. 34(20). 2393–2395. 3 indexed citations
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De, Chandra Kanta, et al.. (2021). Unified Approach to Imidodiphosphate-Type Brønsted Acids with Tunable Confinement and Acidity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(36). 14835–14844. 33 indexed citations
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List, Benjamin & Denis Höfler. (2021). A Chiral, Dendralenic C–H Acid. Synlett. 33(1). 38–39. 1 indexed citations
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Maji, Rajat, et al.. (2021). The Catalytic Asymmetric Intermolecular Prins Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(49). 20598–20604. 24 indexed citations
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Properzi, Roberta, Philip S. J. Kaib, Markus Leutzsch, et al.. (2020). Catalytic enantiocontrol over a non-classical carbocation. Nature Chemistry. 12(12). 1174–1179. 62 indexed citations
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Maji, Rajat, et al.. (2020). Homologisierung der Fischer‐Indol‐Synthese: Chinoline via Homo‐Diaza‐Cope‐Umlagerung. Angewandte Chemie. 132(46). 20665–20669. 1 indexed citations
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Ouyang, Jie, et al.. (2020). Das riechende Prinzip des Vetiveröls, aufgeklärt durch chemische Synthese. Angewandte Chemie. 133(11). 5728–5735. 3 indexed citations
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Schreyer, Lucas, Roberta Properzi, & Benjamin List. (2019). IDPi Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(37). 12761–12777. 174 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bae, Han Yong, Denis Höfler, Philip S. J. Kaib, et al.. (2018). Approaching sub-ppm-level asymmetric organocatalysis of a highly challenging and scalable carbon–carbon bond forming reaction. Nature Chemistry. 10(8). 888–894. 89 indexed citations
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Lee, Sunggi, Han Yong Bae, & Benjamin List. (2018). Kann ein Keton reaktiver als ein Aldehyd sein? Katalytische asymmetrische Synthese von substituierten Tetrahydrofuranen. Angewandte Chemie. 130(37). 12339–12343. 8 indexed citations
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Tsuji, Nobuya, Jennifer L. Kennemur, Thomas Buyck, et al.. (2018). Activation of olefins via asymmetric Brønsted acid catalysis. Science. 359(6383). 1501–1505. 203 indexed citations breakdown →
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Das, Sayantani, et al.. (2017). Asymmetric Catalysis of the Carbonyl-Amine Condensation: Kinetic Resolution of Primary Amines. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(4). 1357–1359. 44 indexed citations
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Correia, José Tiago Menezes, Benjamin List, & Fernando Coelho. (2017). Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Indolizines to α,β‐Unsaturated Ketones. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(27). 7967–7970. 78 indexed citations
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Pupo, Gabriele, et al.. (2015). Design und enantioselektive Synthese von Cashmeran‐Riechstoffen mithilfe der “Enol‐Katalyse”. Angewandte Chemie. 127(6). 1983–1987. 17 indexed citations
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Lee, Anna, Anna Michrowska, Sarah Sulzer‐Mossé, & Benjamin List. (2011). Die katalytische asymmetrische Knoevenagel‐Kondensation. Angewandte Chemie. 123(7). 1745–1748. 37 indexed citations

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