Daniel Kaiser

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Daniel Kaiser is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Kaiser has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Organic Chemistry, 12 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Daniel Kaiser's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (18 papers), Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry (18 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (11 papers). Daniel Kaiser is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (18 papers), Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry (18 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (11 papers). Daniel Kaiser collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United Kingdom. Daniel Kaiser's co-authors include Nuno Maulide, Rik Oost, Immo Klose, James D. Neuhaus, Miran Lemmerer, Adriano Bauer, Aurélien de la Torre, Saad Shaaban, Christopher J. Teskey and Boris Maryasin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Kaiser

47 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Bond-Forming and -Breaking Reactions at Sulfur(IV): Sulfoxides, Sulfonium Salts, Sulfur Ylides, and Sulfinate Salts
    2019 689 citations Daniel Kaiser, Immo Klose et al. profile →
  2. Amide activation: an emerging tool for chemoselective synthesis
    2018 337 citations Daniel Kaiser, Adriano Bauer et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Daniel Kaiser 2.6k 507 469 220 59 52 2.7k
Qiuping Ding 3.4k 1.3× 391 0.8× 432 0.9× 338 1.5× 85 1.4× 100 3.6k
José Luis Garcı́a Ruano 2.4k 0.9× 414 0.8× 433 0.9× 199 0.9× 89 1.5× 102 2.6k
Chandra M. R. Volla 3.6k 1.4× 258 0.5× 507 1.1× 155 0.7× 65 1.1× 94 3.7k
Katsukiyo Miura 2.0k 0.8× 297 0.6× 410 0.9× 224 1.0× 72 1.2× 123 2.2k
Gregory K. Friestad 2.2k 0.9× 551 1.1× 409 0.9× 168 0.8× 47 0.8× 71 2.4k
Zhaobin Wang 3.4k 1.3× 336 0.7× 630 1.3× 174 0.8× 107 1.8× 68 3.6k
Kim L. Jensen 1.9k 0.8× 262 0.5× 460 1.0× 158 0.7× 28 0.5× 24 2.0k
Eddie L. Myers 2.6k 1.0× 357 0.7× 382 0.8× 195 0.9× 95 1.6× 39 2.8k
Søren Bertelsen 2.6k 1.0× 580 1.1× 659 1.4× 102 0.5× 61 1.0× 21 2.7k
Katsuhiko Moriyama 2.4k 1.0× 444 0.9× 618 1.3× 113 0.5× 108 1.8× 97 2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel Kaiser

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Spieß, Philipp, et al.. (2025). Diastereoselective Umpolung cyclisation of ketones promoted by hypervalent iodine. Chemical Science. 16(24). 10944–10950.
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Kaiser, Daniel, et al.. (2025). Cationic, Iodine(III)‐Mediated and Directed Diastereoselective Oxidation of Inert C−H Bonds in Cyclic Hydrocarbons. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(13). e202421872–e202421872. 2 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Daniel, et al.. (2025). Regioselective Synthesis of β,γ-Unsaturated Amides from Unactivated Alkenes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 90(11). 4121–4126. 1 indexed citations
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Niu, Zhi‐Jie, et al.. (2025). Charge Relocation Enables a Modular and Diastereoselective Synthesis of cis ‐Substituted Tetrahydrofurans. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(29). e202503750–e202503750.
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Klose, Immo, et al.. (2024). Sulfonium Rearrangements Enable the Direct Preparation of Sulfenyl Imidinium Salts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(9). e202316579–e202316579. 1 indexed citations
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Feng, Minghao, et al.. (2024). Asymmetric Synthesis of β‐Ketoamides by Sulfonium Rearrangement. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(51). e202418070–e202418070.
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Spieß, Philipp, Margaux Riomet, Boris Maryasin, et al.. (2024). Stereodivergent Synthesis of 1,4-Dicarbonyl Compounds through Sulfonium Rearrangement: Mechanistic Investigation, Stereocontrolled Access to γ-Lactones and γ-Lactams, and Total Synthesis of Paraconic Acids. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(20). 13914–13923. 4 indexed citations
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Lemmerer, Miran, et al.. (2024). Iodide Anion Enables a Reductive Cross‐Electrophile Coupling for Preparing Tertiary Amines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(2). e202409688–e202409688. 1 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Daniel, et al.. (2024). Chemical synthesis as a discovery platform in immunosuppression and determination of mode of action. Nature Synthesis. 3(2). 162–174. 4 indexed citations
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Riomet, Margaux, et al.. (2024). Stereodivergent 1,3-difunctionalization of alkenes by charge relocation. Nature. 626(7997). 92–97. 36 indexed citations
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Spieß, Philipp, et al.. (2023). Nms‐Amides: An Amine Protecting Group with Unique Stability and Selectivity. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(41). e202301312–e202301312. 13 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Daniel, et al.. (2023). General acid-mediated aminolactone formation using unactivated alkenes. Chemical Science. 14(39). 10806–10811. 4 indexed citations
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Lemmerer, Miran, et al.. (2022). Synthetic approaches to 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds. Nature Synthesis. 1(12). 923–935. 40 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Daniel, et al.. (2021). Formal Enone α-Arylation via I(III)-Mediated Aryl Migration/Elimination. Organic Letters. 23(6). 2094–2098. 25 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Daniel, et al.. (2020). Reductive Iodonium: Teaching an Old Claisen New Tricks. Trends in Chemistry. 2(7). 589–592. 3 indexed citations
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Lemmerer, Miran, Christopher J. Teskey, Pauline Adler, et al.. (2019). Unified Approach to the Chemoselective α-Functionalization of Amides with Heteroatom Nucleophiles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(46). 18437–18443. 67 indexed citations
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Adler, Pauline, Christopher J. Teskey, Daniel Kaiser, et al.. (2019). α-Fluorination of carbonyls with nucleophilic fluorine. Nature Chemistry. 11(4). 329–334. 93 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Daniel, et al.. (2019). A General Acid‐Mediated Hydroaminomethylation of Unactivated Alkenes and Alkynes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(41). 14639–14643. 45 indexed citations
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Maryasin, Boris, et al.. (2017). Mechanistic Pathways in Amide Activation: Flexible Synthesis of Oxazoles and Imidazoles. Organic Letters. 19(14). 3815–3818. 36 indexed citations
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Lemmerer, Miran, Christopher J. Teskey, Daniel Kaiser, & Nuno Maulide. (2017). Regioselective synthesis of pyridines by redox alkylation of pyridine N-oxides with malonates. Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly. 149(4). 715–719. 9 indexed citations

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