Christopher K. Prier

11.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
20 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Christopher K. Prier is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher K. Prier has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Organic Chemistry, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Christopher K. Prier's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (10 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (6 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (5 papers). Christopher K. Prier is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (10 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (6 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (5 papers). Christopher K. Prier collaborates with scholars based in United States and Sweden. Christopher K. Prier's co-authors include David W. C. MacMillan, Danica A. Rankic, Andrew McNally, Frances H. Arnold, Ruijie K. Zhang, Andrew R. Buller, Sabine Brinkmann‐Chen, Todd K. Hyster, Birgit Kosjek and Tamás Görbe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Christopher K. Prier

18 papers receiving 10.0k 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.

Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes: Applications in Organic Synthesis

2013 8.1k citations Christopher K. Prier, Danica A. Rankic et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
Discovery of an α-Amino C–H Arylation Reaction Using the Strategy of Accelerated Serendipity

2011 885 citations Andrew McNally, Christopher K. Prier et al. Science profile →
Enantioselective, intermolecular benzylic C–H amination catalysed by an engineered iron-haem enzyme

2017 314 citations Christopher K. Prier, Ruijie K. Zhang et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher K. Prier United States	14	8.5k	1.5k	1.4k	1.1k	1.1k	20	10.1k
Danica A. Rankic United States	9	8.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	828 0.8×	16	9.2k
Robert R. Knowles United States	44	7.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	653 0.5×	659 0.6×	1.3k 1.3×	83	8.5k
David A. Nicewicz United States	51	15.9k 1.9×	2.3k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	2.1k 1.9×	1.5k 1.5×	96	17.7k
Liang‐Qiu Lu China	71	15.8k 1.9×	1.2k 0.8×	914 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	1.8k 1.7×	190	16.9k
Kirsten Zeitler Germany	37	5.3k 0.6×	629 0.4×	683 0.5×	420 0.4×	585 0.6×	80	6.1k
Louis Fensterbank France	66	12.8k 1.5×	465 0.3×	709 0.5×	708 0.6×	2.3k 2.2×	286	13.5k
Paolo Melchiorre Spain	80	19.4k 2.3×	1.0k 0.7×	927 0.7×	1.7k 1.5×	3.3k 3.2×	209	20.6k
Anny Jutand France	57	10.9k 1.3×	672 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	442 0.4×	3.2k 3.0×	180	12.4k
Sanzhong Luo China	62	10.0k 1.2×	440 0.3×	872 0.6×	487 0.4×	2.8k 2.6×	234	11.3k
Hideki Yorimitsu Japan	66	13.7k 1.6×	352 0.2×	2.0k 1.4×	893 0.8×	2.8k 2.6×	475	15.3k

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Ren, Zhongjie, Zhonglin Liu, Roman Vlkolinský, et al.. (2025). Scalable total synthesis of saxitoxin and related natural products. Nature. 646(8084). 351–357.

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Maso, Michael J. Di, Jeffrey T. Kuethe, Karthik Narsimhan, et al.. (2023). Use of a Dynamic Flow Platform To Translate a Batch Immobilized Transaminase Process to a Packed Bed Reactor for the Synthesis of an Intermediate of Nemtabrutinib. Organic Process Research & Development. 28(5). 1764–1772. 11 indexed citations

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Kuhl, Nadine, Ben W. H. Turnbull, Yining Ji, et al.. (2022). Utilizing biocatalysis and a sulfolane-mediated reductive acetal opening to access nemtabrutinib from cyrene. Green Chemistry. 25(2). 606–613. 20 indexed citations

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Ye, Yuxuan, Jingzhe Cao, Daniel G. Oblinsky, et al.. (2022). Using enzymes to tame nitrogen-centred radicals for enantioselective hydroamination. Nature Chemistry. 15(2). 206–212. 101 indexed citations

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Prier, Christopher K.. (2021). Enzymes for amino acid synthesis by design. Nature Catalysis. 4(5). 348–349. 4 indexed citations

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Cho, Inha, Christopher K. Prier, Zhi‐Jun Jia, et al.. (2019). Enantioselective Aminohydroxylation of Styrenyl Olefins Catalyzed by an Engineered Hemoprotein. Angewandte Chemie. 131(10). 3170–3174. 22 indexed citations

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Cho, Inha, Christopher K. Prier, Zhi‐Jun Jia, et al.. (2019). Enantioselective Aminohydroxylation of Styrenyl Olefins Catalyzed by an Engineered Hemoprotein. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(10). 3138–3142. 110 indexed citations

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Prier, Christopher K., Michael M.‐C. Lo, Hongming Li, & Nobuyoshi Yasuda. (2019). Stereodivergent Synthesis of 3‐Hydroxyprolines and 3‐Hydroxypipecolic Acids via Ketoreductase‐Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Reduction. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 361(22). 5140–5143. 12 indexed citations

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Brandenberg, Oliver F., Christopher K. Prier, Kai Chen, et al.. (2018). Stereoselective Enzymatic Synthesis of Heteroatom-Substituted Cyclopropanes. ACS Catalysis. 8(4). 2629–2634. 97 indexed citations

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Prier, Christopher K. & Birgit Kosjek. (2018). Recent preparative applications of redox enzymes. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 49. 105–112. 44 indexed citations

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Prier, Christopher K., Ruijie K. Zhang, Andrew R. Buller, Sabine Brinkmann‐Chen, & Frances H. Arnold. (2017). Enantioselective, intermolecular benzylic C–H amination catalysed by an engineered iron-haem enzyme. Nature Chemistry. 9(7). 629–634. 314 indexed citations breakdown →

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Prier, Christopher K., Todd K. Hyster, Christopher C. Farwell, Audrey Huang, & Frances H. Arnold. (2016). Asymmetric Enzymatic Synthesis of Allylic Amines: A Sigmatropic Rearrangement Strategy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(15). 4711–4715. 68 indexed citations

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Prier, Christopher K., Todd K. Hyster, Christopher C. Farwell, Audrey Huang, & Frances H. Arnold. (2016). Asymmetric Enzymatic Synthesis of Allylic Amines: A Sigmatropic Rearrangement Strategy. Angewandte Chemie. 128(15). 4789–4793. 22 indexed citations

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Prier, Christopher K. & Frances H. Arnold. (2015). Chemomimetic Biocatalysis: Exploiting the Synthetic Potential of Cofactor-Dependent Enzymes To Create New Catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(44). 13992–14006. 132 indexed citations

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Prier, Christopher K. & David W. C. MacMillan. (2014). Amine α-heteroarylation via photoredox catalysis: a homolytic aromatic substitution pathway. Chemical Science. 5(11). 4173–4178. 153 indexed citations

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Prier, Christopher K., Danica A. Rankic, & David W. C. MacMillan. (2013). Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes: Applications in Organic Synthesis. Chemical Reviews. 113(7). 5322–5363. 8092 indexed citations breakdown →

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Prier, Christopher K., Danica A. Rankic, & David W. C. MacMillan. (2013). ChemInform Abstract: Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes: Applications in Organic Synthesis. ChemInform. 44(37).

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McNally, Andrew, Christopher K. Prier, & David W. C. MacMillan. (2011). Discovery of an α-Amino C–H Arylation Reaction Using the Strategy of Accelerated Serendipity. Science. 334(6059). 1114–1117. 885 indexed citations breakdown →

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Crowley, Brendan M., et al.. (2011). Expanding the scope of the Cu assisted Suzuki–Miyaura reaction. Tetrahedron Letters. 52(39). 5055–5059. 22 indexed citations

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Lee, Jisun, Simon Berritt, Christopher K. Prier, & Madeleine M. Joullié. (2011). Facile Ring-Opening of Azabicyclic [3.1.0]- and [4.1.0]Aminocyclopropanes to Afford 3-Piperidinone and 3-Azepinone. Organic Letters. 13(5). 1083–1085. 8 indexed citations

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