Christopher G. Frost

9.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
145 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

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Christopher G. Frost is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher G. Frost has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Organic Chemistry, 53 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 38 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christopher G. Frost's work include Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (45 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (41 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (35 papers). Christopher G. Frost is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (45 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (41 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (35 papers). Christopher G. Frost collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Norway. Christopher G. Frost's co-authors include Jamie A. Leitch, Jonathan M. J. Williams, Mary F. Mahon, Yunas Bhonoah, Kamlesh Chauhan, Graham Dawson, Steven J. Coote, Joshua Howarth, Andrew D. Burrows and Christopher Richardson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Christopher G. Frost

143 papers receiving 7.5k citations

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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.

Beyond C2 and C3: Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization of Indole

2017 394 citations Jamie A. Leitch, Yunas Bhonoah et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher G. Frost United Kingdom	47	6.0k	2.7k	1.4k	865	620	145	7.6k
Makoto Tokunaga Japan	39	5.3k 0.9×	2.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	663 1.1×	135	7.2k
Belén Martı́n-Matute Sweden	46	3.8k 0.6×	3.7k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.8×	664 1.1×	115	6.6k
Michel R. Gagné United States	51	8.1k 1.3×	2.9k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	626 0.7×	742 1.2×	205	9.2k
Brindaban C. Ranu India	59	10.7k 1.8×	1.7k 0.6×	1.9k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	507 0.8×	305	11.7k
Nicholas E. Leadbeater United States	45	6.4k 1.1×	1.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	1.2k 1.9×	205	7.9k
Kei Manabe Japan	47	6.9k 1.2×	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	661 0.8×	366 0.6×	161	7.8k
Junzo Otera Japan	49	7.0k 1.2×	1.9k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.7×	484 0.8×	288	8.6k
Francisco Alonso Spain	45	7.4k 1.2×	2.2k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	1.0k 1.6×	155	8.7k
Yasuhiro Uozumi Japan	59	9.5k 1.6×	3.2k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	1.6k 1.8×	1.0k 1.6×	316	10.5k
Sang‐gi Lee South Korea	39	4.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	708 0.5×	1.0k 1.2×	582 0.9×	142	5.9k

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Frost, Christopher G., et al.. (2026). CCDC 2479416: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination. The Cambridge Structural Database.

Doud, Evan A., Yu Chen, Arnold L. Rheingold, et al.. (2024). Ultrafast Au(III)-Mediated Arylation of Cysteine. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(18). 12365–12374. 24 indexed citations

Frost, Christopher G.. (2022). Meet the Editorial Board Member. Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry. 20(1). 1–1. 2 indexed citations

Leitch, Jamie A. & Christopher G. Frost. (2017). Ruthenium-catalysed σ-activation for remote meta-selective C–H functionalisation. Chemical Society Reviews. 46(23). 7145–7153. 299 indexed citations

Leitch, Jamie A., et al.. (2017). Ruthenium catalyzed remote C4-selective C–H functionalisation of carbazoles via σ-activation. Chemical Communications. 53(97). 13039–13042. 36 indexed citations

Yang, Zhugen, Erika Castrignanò, Pedro Estrela, Christopher G. Frost, & Barbara Kasprzyk‐Hordern. (2016). Community Sewage Sensors towards Evaluation of Drug Use Trends: Detection of Cocaine in Wastewater with DNA-Directed Immobilization Aptamer Sensors. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 21024–21024. 46 indexed citations

Paterson, Andrew J., et al.. (2016). Mechanistic insight into ruthenium catalysed meta-sulfonation of 2-phenylpyridine. Catalysis Science & Technology. 6(19). 7068–7076. 45 indexed citations

Yang, Zhugen, Barbara Kasprzyk‐Hordern, Sean Goggins, Christopher G. Frost, & Pedro Estrela. (2015). A novel immobilization strategy for electrochemical detection of cancer biomarkers: DNA-directed immobilization of aptamer sensors for sensitive detection of prostate specific antigens. The Analyst. 140(8). 2628–2633. 50 indexed citations

Liu, Po Man & Christopher G. Frost. (2013). Ruthenium-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization of Arylpyrazoles: Regioselective Acylation with Acid Chlorides. Organic Letters. 15(22). 5862–5865. 54 indexed citations

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Kociok‐Köhn, Gabriele, et al.. (2011). Rhodium-catalysed enantioselective synthesis of 4-arylchroman-2-ones. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(1). 32–35. 35 indexed citations

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Hargrave, Jonathan D., et al.. (2010). Catalytic Enantioselective Dieckmann‐Type Annulation: Synthesis of Pyrrolidines with Quaternary Stereogenic Centers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(10). 1825–1829. 13 indexed citations

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Frost, Christopher G., et al.. (2010). Heterogeneous catalytic synthesis using microreactor technology. Green Chemistry. 12(10). 1687–1687. 250 indexed citations

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Edwards, Hannah J., Jonathan D. Hargrave, Stephen D. Penrose, & Christopher G. Frost. (2010). Synthetic applications of rhodium catalysed conjugate addition. Chemical Society Reviews. 39(6). 2093–2093. 306 indexed citations

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Hargrave, Jonathan D., Gerwyn Bish, Gabriele Kociok‐Köhn, & Christopher G. Frost. (2010). Rhodium-catalysed conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to enantiopure dehydroamino acid derivatives. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 8(22). 5120–5120. 13 indexed citations

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Frost, Christopher G., Stephen D. Penrose, & Robert J. Gleave. (2008). Rhodium catalysed conjugate addition of a chiral alkenyltrifluoroborate salt: the enantioselective synthesis of hermitamides A and B. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 6(23). 4340–4340. 19 indexed citations

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Chapman, C. J., et al.. (2005). Rhodium‐Catalyzed 1,4‐Addition in Water: Synthesis of Succinic Esters and β²‐Amino Acid Derivatives.. ChemInform. 36(4). 2 indexed citations

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Chapman, C. J., et al.. (2004). Rhodium catalysed tandem conjugate addition-protonation: an enantioselective synthesis of 2-substituted succinic estersElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: experimental procedures and HPLC data. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b4/b406905f/. Chemical Communications. 1984–1984. 44 indexed citations

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Chapman, C. J., Christopher G. Frost, Joseph P. Hartley, & Alan J. Whittle. (2001). Efficient aromatic and heteroatom acylations using catalytic indium complexes with lithium perchlorate. Tetrahedron Letters. 42(5). 773–775. 58 indexed citations

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Chauhan, Kamlesh, et al.. (1999). Indium triflate-an efficient catalyst for hetero Diels-Alder reactions. Tetrahedron Letters. 40(30). 5621–5624. 58 indexed citations

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Frost, Christopher G. & Jonathan M. J. Williams. (1995). Catalytic applications of transition metals in organic synthesis. 2(2). 65–65. 5 indexed citations

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