Christian Köcher

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
12 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Christian Köcher is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Köcher has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Organic Chemistry, 3 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 1 paper in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Christian Köcher's work include N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (9 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (8 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (4 papers). Christian Köcher is often cited by papers focused on N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (9 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (8 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (4 papers). Christian Köcher collaborates with scholars based in Germany. Christian Köcher's co-authors include Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Georg R. J. Artus, Martina Elison, Jakob Fischer, Lukas J. Gooßen, Kenneth M. Harmon, S. V. McKinley, L. P. Klemann and K. R. S. Ascher and has published in prestigious journals such as Inorganic Chemistry, Chemistry - A European Journal and Organometallics.

In The Last Decade

Christian Köcher

12 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes 1995 2026 2005 2015 1997 1995 1997 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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. N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes
    1997 1.5k citations Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Christian Köcher Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English profile →
  2. Metal Complexes of N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes—A New Structural Principle for Catalysts in Homogeneous Catalysis
    1995 903 citations Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Martina Elison et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English profile →
  3. N‐Heterocyclische Carbene
    1997 388 citations Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Christian Köcher Angewandte Chemie profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christian Köcher Germany 11 4.2k 843 247 130 111 12 4.3k
Guido D. Frey Germany 24 3.4k 0.8× 1.2k 1.5× 276 1.1× 94 0.7× 190 1.7× 43 3.5k
Jens R. Goerlich Germany 15 2.4k 0.6× 761 0.9× 193 0.8× 44 0.3× 50 0.5× 42 2.5k
Pierre de Frémont France 27 4.4k 1.0× 868 1.0× 271 1.1× 42 0.3× 192 1.7× 44 4.6k
V.V. Burlakov Germany 36 4.0k 0.9× 2.3k 2.7× 264 1.1× 113 0.9× 187 1.7× 146 4.2k
Volker P. W. Böhm Germany 24 3.9k 0.9× 665 0.8× 73 0.3× 242 1.9× 209 1.9× 34 4.1k
Mareike C. Jahnke Germany 15 4.2k 1.0× 872 1.0× 324 1.3× 53 0.4× 133 1.2× 28 4.3k
George C. Fortman United States 21 2.1k 0.5× 685 0.8× 431 1.7× 138 1.1× 237 2.1× 33 2.4k
Guy Lavigne France 37 3.8k 0.9× 1.6k 1.8× 419 1.7× 81 0.6× 221 2.0× 87 4.2k
Ana C. Albéniz Spain 27 1.9k 0.5× 558 0.7× 170 0.7× 38 0.3× 149 1.3× 90 2.1k
Tomás R. Belderraín Spain 35 3.3k 0.8× 866 1.0× 139 0.6× 62 0.5× 232 2.1× 80 3.6k

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All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Herrmann, Wolfgang A. & Christian Köcher. (1997). N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 36(20). 2162–2187. 1509 indexed citations breakdown →
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Herrmann, Wolfgang A. & Christian Köcher. (1997). N‐Heterocyclische Carbene. Angewandte Chemie. 109(20). 2256–2282. 388 indexed citations breakdown →
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Herrmann, Wolfgang A., Lukas J. Gooßen, Georg R. J. Artus, & Christian Köcher. (1997). Metal Complexes of Chiral Imidazolin-2-ylidene Ligands. Organometallics. 16(11). 2472–2477. 114 indexed citations
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Köcher, Christian & Wolfgang A. Herrmann. (1997). Heterocyclic carbenes. One-pot synthesis of rhodium and iridium carbene complexes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 532(1-2). 261–265. 170 indexed citations
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Herrmann, Wolfgang A., Martina Elison, Jakob Fischer, Christian Köcher, & Georg R. J. Artus. (1996). N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes: Generation under Mild Conditions and Formation of Group 8–10 Transition Metal Complexes Relevant to Catalysis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 2(7). 772–780. 366 indexed citations
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Herrmann, Wolfgang A., Christian Köcher, Lukas J. Gooßen, & Georg R. J. Artus. (1996). Heterocyclic Carbenes: A High‐Yielding Synthesis of Novel, Functionalized N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes in Liquid Ammonia. Chemistry - A European Journal. 2(12). 1627–1636. 304 indexed citations
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Herrmann, Wolfgang A., Lukas J. Gooßen, Christian Köcher, & Georg R. J. Artus. (1996). Chiral Heterocylic Carbenes in Asymmetric Homogeneous Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 35(23-24). 2805–2807. 305 indexed citations
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Herrmann, Wolfgang A., Lukas J. Gooßen, Christian Köcher, & Georg R. J. Artus. (1996). Chirale Heterocyclencarbene in der asymmetrischen Homogenkatalyse. Angewandte Chemie. 108(23-24). 2980–2982. 85 indexed citations
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Herrmann, Wolfgang A., Martina Elison, Jakob Fischer, Christian Köcher, & Georg R. J. Artus. (1995). Metal Complexes of N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes—A New Structural Principle for Catalysts in Homogeneous Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 34(21). 2371–2374. 903 indexed citations breakdown →
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Herrmann, Wolfgang A., Martina Elison, Jakob Fischer, Christian Köcher, & Georg R. J. Artus. (1995). Metallkomplexe heterocyclischer Carbene ‐ ein neues Katalysator‐Strukturprinzip in der homogenen Katalyse. Angewandte Chemie. 107(21). 2602–2605. 189 indexed citations
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Harmon, Kenneth M., et al.. (1969). Carbonium ion salts. XIII. Stable triarylcarbonium pentahalostannate(IV) salts. Inorganic Chemistry. 8(5). 1054–1060. 13 indexed citations
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Köcher, Christian & K. R. S. Ascher. (1954). Topical Application of organic Solvents to Houseflies.. 15(2). 2 indexed citations

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