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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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Scalable total synthesis of saxitoxin and related natural products 2025 ·Nature ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Zhongjie Ren, Zhonglin Liu, Roman Vlkolinský, Michal Bajo, Christopher K. Prier, Kai‐Jiong Xiao, Benjamin F. Cravatt, Marisa Roberto, Phil S. Baran	0
2	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 2023 ·Organic Process Research & Development ·Michael J. Di Maso, Jeffrey T. Kuethe, Karthik Narsimhan, (unknown), Cheol K. Chung, (unknown), Jacob H. Forstater, Shane T. Grosser, Nadine Kuhl, François Lévesque, (unknown), Kevin M. Maloney, Jonathan P. McMullen, Christopher K. Prier, Ji Qi, Nelo R. Rivera, Zhixun Wang, (unknown), Daniel Zewge	11
3	Utilizing biocatalysis and a sulfolane-mediated reductive acetal opening to access nemtabrutinib from cyrene 2022 ·Green Chemistry ·Nadine Kuhl, Ben W. H. Turnbull, Yining Ji, (unknown), Michael Shevlin, Christopher K. Prier, Cheol K. Chung, Richard Desmond, Erik D. Guetschow, Cyndi Qixin He, (unknown), Jeffrey T. Kuethe, Justin A. Newman, Mikhail Reibarkh, Nelo R. Rivera, (unknown), Zhixun Wang, Daniel Zewge, David A. Thaisrivongs	20
4	Using enzymes to tame nitrogen-centred radicals for enantioselective hydroamination 2022 ·Nature Chemistry ·Yuxuan Ye, Jingzhe Cao, Daniel G. Oblinsky, Deeptak Verma, Christopher K. Prier, Gregory D. Scholes, Todd K. Hyster	101
5	Enzymes for amino acid synthesis by design 2021 ·Nature Catalysis ·Christopher K. Prier	4
6	Enantioselective Aminohydroxylation of Styrenyl Olefins Catalyzed by an Engineered Hemoprotein 2019 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Inha Cho, Christopher K. Prier, Zhi‐Jun Jia, Ruijie K. Zhang, Tamás Görbe, Frances H. Arnold	22
7	Enantioselective Aminohydroxylation of Styrenyl Olefins Catalyzed by an Engineered Hemoprotein 2019 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Inha Cho, Christopher K. Prier, Zhi‐Jun Jia, Ruijie K. Zhang, Tamás Görbe, Frances H. Arnold	110
8	Stereodivergent Synthesis of 3‐Hydroxyprolines and 3‐Hydroxypipecolic Acids via Ketoreductase‐Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Reduction 2019 ·Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis ·Christopher K. Prier, Michael M.‐C. Lo, Hongming Li, Nobuyoshi Yasuda	12
9	Stereoselective Enzymatic Synthesis of Heteroatom-Substituted Cyclopropanes 2018 ·ACS Catalysis ·Oliver F. Brandenberg, Christopher K. Prier, Kai Chen, Anders M. Knight, Zachary Wu, Frances H. Arnold	97
10	Recent preparative applications of redox enzymes 2018 ·Current Opinion in Chemical Biology ·Christopher K. Prier, Birgit Kosjek	44
11	Enantioselective, intermolecular benzylic C–H amination catalysed by an engineered iron-haem enzyme breakdown → 2017 ·Nature Chemistry ·Christopher K. Prier, Ruijie K. Zhang, Andrew R. Buller, Sabine Brinkmann‐Chen, Frances H. Arnold	314
12	Asymmetric Enzymatic Synthesis of Allylic Amines: A Sigmatropic Rearrangement Strategy 2016 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Christopher K. Prier, Todd K. Hyster, Christopher C. Farwell, Audrey Huang, Frances H. Arnold	68
13	Asymmetric Enzymatic Synthesis of Allylic Amines: A Sigmatropic Rearrangement Strategy 2016 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Christopher K. Prier, Todd K. Hyster, Christopher C. Farwell, Audrey Huang, Frances H. Arnold	22
14	Chemomimetic Biocatalysis: Exploiting the Synthetic Potential of Cofactor-Dependent Enzymes To Create New Catalysts 2015 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Christopher K. Prier, Frances H. Arnold	132
15	Amine α-heteroarylation via photoredox catalysis: a homolytic aromatic substitution pathway 2014 ·Chemical Science ·Christopher K. Prier, David W. C. MacMillan	153
16	Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes: Applications in Organic Synthesis breakdown → 2013 ·Chemical Reviews ·Christopher K. Prier, Danica A. Rankic, David W. C. MacMillan	8092
17	ChemInform Abstract: Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes: Applications in Organic Synthesis 2013 ·ChemInform ·Christopher K. Prier, Danica A. Rankic, David W. C. MacMillan	0
18	Discovery of an α-Amino C–H Arylation Reaction Using the Strategy of Accelerated Serendipity breakdown → 2011 ·Science ·Andrew McNally, Christopher K. Prier, David W. C. MacMillan	885
19	Expanding the scope of the Cu assisted Suzuki–Miyaura reaction 2011 ·Tetrahedron Letters ·Brendan M. Crowley, (unknown), James Z. Deng, Christopher K. Prier, Daniel V. Paone, Christopher S. Burgey	22
20	Facile Ring-Opening of Azabicyclic [3.1.0]- and [4.1.0]Aminocyclopropanes to Afford 3-Piperidinone and 3-Azepinone 2011 ·Organic Letters ·Jisun Lee, Simon Berritt, Christopher K. Prier, Madeleine M. Joullié	8

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