Daniel H. Ess

12.4k citations

199 papers · 10.3k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 47

Impact in

Organic Chemistry top 0.1%
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods
- Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
- Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
- Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions
- Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
- Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
Inorganic Chemistry top 0.5%
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

Papers in ⓘ

Inorganic Chemistry 78
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis 53
Organic Chemistry 153
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods 46
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis 33
- Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions 27
- Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions 20

Co-authors: K. N. Houk (16 shared papers)László Kürti (19 shared papers)Thomas J. Meyer (3 shared papers)Gavin O. Jones (4 shared papers)Amit Paul (2 shared papers)Jonathan F. Hull (2 shared papers)Hongyin Gao (10 shared papers)Brittany C. Westlake (1 shared paper)
Journals: Organometallics (31 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (31 papers)The Journal of Organic Chemistry (16 papers)ACS Catalysis (12 papers)Angewandte Chemie International Edition (10 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada China

In The Last Decade

Daniel H. Ess

191 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer 2012 · 1.9k citations

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 Chemical Reviews
2008 Journal of the American Chemical Society
2007 Journal of the American Chemical Society

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1	Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Chemical Reviews ·David R. Weinberg, Christopher J. Gagliardi, Jonathan F. Hull, Christine Fecenko Murphy, Caleb A. Kent, Brittany C. Westlake, Amit Paul, Daniel H. Ess, Dewey G. McCafferty, Thomas J. Meyer Hit paper breakdown →	2012	1908
2	Distortion/Interaction Energy Control of 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactivity Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Daniel H. Ess, K. N. Houk Hit paper breakdown →	2007	853
3	Theory of 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions: Distortion/Interaction and Frontier Molecular Orbital Models Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Daniel H. Ess, K. N. Houk Hit paper breakdown →	2008	732
4	Bifurcations on Potential Energy Surfaces of Organic Reactions Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Daniel H. Ess, Steven E. Wheeler, Robert G. Iafe, Lai Xu, Nihan Çelebi‐Ölçüm, K. N. Houk	2008	330
5	Conceptual, Qualitative, and Quantitative Theories of 1,3‐Dipolar and Diels–Alder Cycloadditions Used in Synthesis Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis ·Daniel H. Ess, Gavin O. Jones, K. N. Houk	2006	259
6	Direct Stereospecific Synthesis of Unprotected N-H and N-Me Aziridines from Olefins Science ·Jawahar L. Jat, Mahesh P. Paudyal, Hongyin Gao, Qing-Long Xu, Muhammed Yousufuddin, Deepa Devarajan, Daniel H. Ess, László Kürti, John R. Falck	2014	255
7	Dirhodium-catalyzed C-H arene amination using hydroxylamines Science ·Mahesh P. Paudyal, Adeniyi Michael Adebesin, Scott R. Burt, Daniel H. Ess, Zhiwei Ma, László Kürti, John R. Falck	2016	236
8	Organocatalytic Aryl–Aryl Bond Formation: An Atroposelective [3,3]-Rearrangement Approach to BINAM Derivatives Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Gongqiang Li, Hongyin Gao, Craig Keene, Michael Devonas, Daniel H. Ess, László Kürti	2013	232
9	Activation Energies of Pericyclic Reactions: Performance of DFT, MP2, and CBS-QB3 Methods for the Prediction of Activation Barriers and Reaction Energetics of 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions, and Revised Activation Enthalpies for a Standard Set of Hydrocarbon Pericyclic Reactions The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·Daniel H. Ess, K. N. Houk	2005	223
10	Rapid Synthesis of Fused N‐Heterocycles by Transition‐Metal‐Free Electrophilic Amination of Arene CH Bonds Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Hongyin Gao, Qing‐Long Xu, Muhammed Yousufuddin, Daniel H. Ess, László Kürti	2014	197
11	Reactivity and Regioselectivity in 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of Azides to Strained Alkynes and Alkenes: A Computational Study Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Franziska Schoenebeck, Daniel H. Ess, Gavin O. Jones, K. N. Houk	2009	193
12	Precursor Transformation during Molecular Oxidation Catalysis with Organometallic Iridium Complexes Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Ulrich Hintermair, Stafford W. Sheehan, Alexander R. Parent, Daniel H. Ess, David T. Richens, Patrick H. Vaccaro, Gary W. Brudvig, Robert H. Crabtree	2013	182
13	Transition States of Strain-Promoted Metal-Free Click Chemistry: 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of Phenyl Azide and Cyclooctynes Organic Letters ·Daniel H. Ess, Gavin O. Jones, K. N. Houk	2008	168
14	Design and Optimization of Catalysts Based on Mechanistic Insights Derived from Quantum Chemical Reaction Modeling Chemical Reviews ·Seihwan Ahn, Mannkyu Hong, Mahesh Sundararajan, Daniel H. Ess, Mu‐Hyun Baik	2019	150
15	Main-Group Compounds Selectively Oxidize Mixtures of Methane, Ethane, and Propane to Alcohol Esters Science ·Brian G. Hashiguchi, Michael M. Konnick, Steven M. Bischof, Samantha J. Gustafson, Deepa Devarajan, Niles Gunsalus, Daniel H. Ess, Roy A. Periana	2014	147
16	Elusive Metal-Free Primary Amination of Arylboronic Acids: Synthetic Studies and Mechanism by Density Functional Theory Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Chen Zhu, Gongqiang Li, Daniel H. Ess, John R. Falck, László Kürti	2012	136
17	Intermolecular N–H Oxidative Addition of Ammonia, Alkylamines, and Arylamines to a Planar σ³-Phosphorus Compound via an Entropy-Controlled Electrophilic Mechanism Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Sean M. McCarthy, Yi‐Chun Lin, Deepa Devarajan, Ji Woong Chang, Hemant P. Yennawar, Robert M. Rioux, Daniel H. Ess, Alexander T. Radosevich	2014	136
18	Practical Organocatalytic Synthesis of Functionalized Non‐C₂‐Symmetrical Atropisomeric Biaryls Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Hongyin Gao, Qing‐Long Xu, Craig Keene, Muhammed Yousufuddin, Daniel H. Ess, László Kürti	2015	118
19	Singlet−Triplet Energy Gaps for Diradicals from Fractional-Spin Density-Functional Theory The Journal of Physical Chemistry A ·Daniel H. Ess, Erin R. Johnson, Xiangqian Hu, Weitao Yang	2010	102
20	Transition-Metal-Free Direct Arylation: Synthesis of Halogenated 2-Amino-2′-hydroxy-1,1′-biaryls and Mechanism by DFT Calculations Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Hongyin Gao, Daniel H. Ess, Muhammed Yousufuddin, László Kürti	2013	97

About Daniel H. Ess

Daniel H. Ess is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Catalysis, Process Chemistry and Technology and Pharmaceutical Science, having authored 199 papers that have together received 10.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (53 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (46 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (33 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (27 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (20 papers), Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions (19 papers), Machine Learning in Materials Science (17 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organic Chemistry (7.3k citations), Inorganic Chemistry (2.5k citations), Process Chemistry and Technology (395 citations), Catalysis (660 citations) and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (847 citations). Daniel H. Ess has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Frequent co-authors include K. N. Houk, László Kürti, Thomas J. Meyer, Gavin O. Jones, Amit Paul, Jonathan F. Hull, Hongyin Gao, Brittany C. Westlake, Christopher J. Gagliardi and Caleb A. Kent. Their work appears in journals such as Organometallics, Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, ACS Catalysis and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

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