David Milstein

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

David Milstein is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Milstein has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Organic Chemistry, 11 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 2 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in David Milstein's work include Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (21 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (12 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (9 papers). David Milstein is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (21 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (12 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (9 papers). David Milstein collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. David Milstein's co-authors include J. K. Stille, Moshe Portnoy, Manuela Ohff, Andreas Ohff, Milko E. van der Boom, Yehoshua Ben‐David, Haim Weissman, Michael Gozin, Yehoshoa Ben‐David and Moshe Portnoy and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

David Milstein

24 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

A general, selective, and facile method for ketone synthesis from acid chlorides and organotin compounds catalyzed by palladium

1978 681 citations David Milstein, J. K. Stille Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Highly Active Pd(II) PCP-Type Catalysts for the Heck Reaction

1997 429 citations Manuela Ohff, Andreas Ohff et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Milstein Israel	19	2.4k	775	218	170	135	25	2.6k
Claus‐Peter Reisinger Germany	12	3.1k 1.3×	636 0.8×	242 1.1×	227 1.3×	65 0.5×	13	3.2k
Volker P. W. Böhm Germany	24	3.9k 1.6×	665 0.9×	209 1.0×	179 1.1×	73 0.5×	34	4.1k
Anil S. Guram United States	24	2.7k 1.1×	705 0.9×	266 1.2×	354 2.1×	53 0.4×	33	3.0k
Ana C. Albéniz Spain	27	1.9k 0.8×	558 0.7×	149 0.7×	103 0.6×	170 1.3×	90	2.1k
Christopher J. O’Brien Canada	23	4.9k 2.0×	835 1.1×	178 0.8×	339 2.0×	113 0.8×	34	5.0k
Fumitoshi Shibahara Japan	28	2.2k 0.9×	706 0.9×	173 0.8×	212 1.2×	161 1.2×	55	2.4k
Shuichi Ôi Japan	33	2.9k 1.2×	988 1.3×	380 1.7×	173 1.0×	237 1.8×	77	3.4k
Marko Hapke Germany	25	2.5k 1.1×	658 0.8×	178 0.8×	203 1.2×	72 0.5×	66	2.8k
Mohamed Mellah France	21	1.4k 0.6×	559 0.7×	225 1.0×	132 0.8×	184 1.4×	46	1.8k
Thomas Schareina Germany	20	2.2k 0.9×	559 0.7×	244 1.1×	238 1.4×	77 0.6×	40	2.5k

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Lu, Lijun, et al.. (2025). Aqueous Dehydrogenation of Methyl Formate Catalyzed by a Recyclable Polymer‐Grafted Manganese(I) Pincer Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(21). e202423074–e202423074.

Albéniz, Ana C., et al.. (2001). Catalytic System for Heck Reactions Involving Insertion into Pd−(Perfluoro-organyl) Bonds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 123(46). 11504–11505. 61 indexed citations

Blum, Jochanan, David Milstein, Yehoshua Ben‐David, et al.. (2000). ChemInform Abstract: Palladium‐Catalyzed Cross‐Methylation of Aryl Chlorides by Stabilized Dimethylaluminum and ‐Gallium Reagents.. ChemInform. 31(30). 2 indexed citations

Ohff, Manuela, Andreas Ohff, & David Milstein. (1999). Highly active PdII cyclometallated imine catalysts for the Heck reaction. Chemical Communications. 357–358. 160 indexed citations

Weissman, Haim & David Milstein. (1999). Highly active PdII cyclometallated imine catalyst for the Suzuki reaction. Chemical Communications. 1901–1902. 166 indexed citations

Ohff, Manuela, Andreas Ohff, Milko E. van der Boom, & David Milstein. (1998). Highly Active Pd(II) PCP-Type Catalysts for the Heck Reaction J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 11687−11688. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 120(13). 3273–3273. 7 indexed citations

Boom, Milko E. van der, Shyh‐Yeon Liou, Yehoshoa Ben‐David, Arkadi Vigalok, & David Milstein. (1997). Selektive Aktivierung von Alkyl‐ und Aryl‐Sauerstoff‐Einfachbindungen in Lösung mit Übergangsmetallkomplexen. Angewandte Chemie. 109(6). 636–637. 7 indexed citations

Ohff, Manuela, Andreas Ohff, Milko E. van der Boom, & David Milstein. (1997). Highly Active Pd(II) PCP-Type Catalysts for the Heck Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119(48). 11687–11688. 429 indexed citations breakdown →

Gozin, Michael, et al.. (1995). Directly Observed Oxidative Addition of a Strong Carbon-Carbon Bond to a Soluble Metal Complex. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117(38). 9774–9775. 88 indexed citations

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Portnoy, Moshe & David Milstein. (1994). A binuclear palladium(I) hydride. Formation, reactions, and catalysis. Organometallics. 13(2). 600–609. 64 indexed citations

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Portnoy, Moshe, Yehoshua Ben‐David, & David Milstein. (1993). Clarification of a remarkable chelate effect leads to palladium-catalyzed base-free olefin arylation. Organometallics. 12(12). 4734–4735. 64 indexed citations

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Portnoy, Moshe & David Milstein. (1993). Mechanism of aryl chloride oxidative addition to chelated palladium(0) complexes. Organometallics. 12(5). 1665–1673. 185 indexed citations

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Ben‐David, Yehoshua, Michael Gozin, Moshe Portnoy, & David Milstein. (1992). Reductive dechlorination of aryl chlorides catalyzed by palladium complexes containing basic, chelating phosphines. Journal of Molecular Catalysis. 73(2). 173–180. 47 indexed citations

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Ben‐David, Yehoshoa, Moshe Portnoy, Michael Gozin, & David Milstein. (1992). Palladium-catalyzed vinylation of aryl chlorides. Chelate effect in catalysis. Organometallics. 11(6). 1995–1996. 119 indexed citations

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Portnoy, Moshe, Felix Frolow, & David Milstein. (1991). Methanol reduces an organopalladium(II) complex to a palladium(I) hydride. Crystallographic characterization of a hydrido-bridged palladium complex. Organometallics. 10(12). 3960–3962. 64 indexed citations

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Ben‐David, Yehoshua, Moshe Portnoy, & David Milstein. (1989). Chelate-assisted, palladium-catalyzed efficient carbonylation of aryl chlorides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 111(23). 8742–8744. 156 indexed citations

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Ben‐David, Yehoshua, Moshe Portnoy, & David Milstein. (1989). Formylation of aryl chlorides catalysed by a palladium complex. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 1816–1816. 70 indexed citations

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Milstein, David. (1986). The product-forming step in palladium-catalysed methoxycarbonylation of organic halides. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 817–817. 41 indexed citations

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Milstein, David, et al.. (1982). Cobalt-catalyzed carbalkoxylation of olefins: a new mechanism. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 104(22). 6150–6152. 46 indexed citations

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Milstein, David & J. K. Stille. (1978). A general, selective, and facile method for ketone synthesis from acid chlorides and organotin compounds catalyzed by palladium. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 100(11). 3636–3638. 681 indexed citations breakdown →

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