David Y.‐K. Chen

5.8k citations

99 papers · 4.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 37

Co-authors: K. C. Nicolaou Jean‐Alexandre Richard So Won Youn Rebecca H. Pouwer Xianhai Huang Scott A. Snyder Taotao Ling Qiang Kang
Topics: Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (50 papers)Marine Sponges and Natural Products (29 papers)Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (20 papers)
Cited by: Organic Chemistry Biotechnology Pharmacology
Journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society Chemical Society Reviews Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Partner nations: Singapore United States South Korea

In The Last Decade

David Y.‐K. Chen

98 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Recent advances in the total synthesis of cyclopropane-containing natural products

2012 508 citations David Y.‐K. Chen, Rebecca H. Pouwer et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
CH Activation: A Complementary Tool in the Total Synthesis of Complex Natural Products

2012 478 citations David Y.‐K. Chen, So Won Youn Chemistry - A European Journal profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Synthesis of the C₁₈‐Norditerpenoid Alkaloid Neofinaconitine: A Lesson in Convergent Synthesis Planning 2013 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Xiaoyu Liu,David Y.‐K. Chen	5
2	A Case Study of Single‐Pill Combination Therapy: The Ezetimibe/Simvastatin Combination for Treatment of Hyperlipidemia 2012 ·ChemMedChem ·Xianhai Huang,David Y.‐K. Chen	2
3	The Chemistry of the Polycyclic Polyprenylated Acylphloroglucinols 2012 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Jean‐Alexandre Richard,Rebecca H. Pouwer,David Y.‐K. Chen	131
4	CH Activation: A Complementary Tool in the Total Synthesis of Complex Natural Productsbreakdown → 2012 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·David Y.‐K. Chen,So Won Youn	478
5	Recent advances in the total synthesis of cyclopropane-containing natural productsbreakdown → 2012 ·Chemical Society Reviews ·David Y.‐K. Chen,Rebecca H. Pouwer,Jean‐Alexandre Richard	508
6	Formal Asymmetric Synthesis of Echinopine A and B 2011 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Philippe A. Peixoto,René Severin,Chih‐Chung Tseng,David Y.‐K. Chen	30
7	Synthesis of an Advanced Maoecrystal V Core Structure 2011 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Lin Dong,Lujiang Deng,Yee Hwee Lim,Gulice Y. C. Leung,David Y.‐K. Chen	31
8	Synthesis ofent‐Nanolobatolide 2011 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Hau M. Cheng,Weiwei Tian,Philippe A. Peixoto,(unknown),David Y.‐K. Chen	20
9	Total Synthesis of (+)‐Haplophytine 2009 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·K. C. Nicolaou,Stephen M. Dalby,(unknown),Takahiro Suzuki,David Y.‐K. Chen	141
10	Identification of Distinct Thiopeptide-Antibiotic Precursor Lead Compounds Using Translation Machinery Assays 2009 ·Chemistry & Biology ·Agata L. Starosta,(unknown),Aleksandra Mikolajka,Gulice Y. C. Leung,(unknown),K. C. Nicolaou,David Y.‐K. Chen,Barry S. Cooperman,Daniel N. Wilson	22
11	Total Synthesis of Hopeahainol A and Hopeanol 2009 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·K. C. Nicolaou,Tingting Wu,Qiang Kang,David Y.‐K. Chen	82
12	An Expedient Strategy for the Synthesis of Tryptamines and Other Heterocycles 2008 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·K. C. Nicolaou,Arkady Krasovskiy,(unknown),David Y.‐K. Chen	23
13	Total Synthesis of Thiopeptide Antibiotics GE2270A, GE2270T, and GE2270C1 2008 ·Chemistry - An Asian Journal ·K. C. Nicolaou,Dattatraya H. Dethe,Gulice Y. C. Leung,Bin Zou,David Y.‐K. Chen	53
14	The stereocontrolled total synthesis of altohyrtin A/spongistatin 1: fragment couplings, completion of the synthesis, analogue generation and biological evaluation 2005 ·Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry ·Ian Paterson,David Y.‐K. Chen,Mark J. Coster,José Luis Aceña,Jordi Bach,Debra J. Wallace	34
15	The stereocontrolled total synthesis of altohyrtin A/spongistatin 1: the southern hemisphere EF segment 2005 ·Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry ·Ian Paterson,Mark J. Coster,David Y.‐K. Chen,José Luis Aceña,Jordi Bach,Linda E. Keown,Thomas Trieselmann	31
16	The stereocontrolled total synthesis of altohyrtin A/spongistatin 1: the CD-spiroacetal segment 2005 ·Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry ·Ian Paterson,Mark J. Coster,David Y.‐K. Chen,Karl R. Gibson,Debra J. Wallace	43
17	The stereocontrolled total synthesis of altohyrtin A/spongistatin 1: the AB-spiroacetal segment 2005 ·Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry ·Ian Paterson,Mark J. Coster,David Y.‐K. Chen,Renata M. Oballa,Debra J. Wallace,Roger D. Norcross	37
18	Structural Revision and Total Synthesis of Azaspiracid‐1, Part 1: Intelligence Gathering and Tentative Proposal 2004 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·K. C. Nicolaou,Štěpán Vyskočil,Theocharis V. Koftis,Yoichi M. A. Yamada,Taotao Ling,David Y.‐K. Chen,Wenjun Tang,Goran Petrović,Michael O. Frederick,Yiwei Li,Masayuki Satake	84
19	Total Synthesis of the Proposed Azaspiracid‐1 Structure, Part 2: Coupling of the C1–C20, C21–C27, and C28–C40 Fragments and Completion of the Synthesis 2003 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·K. C. Nicolaou,David Y.‐K. Chen,Yiwei Li,Wenyuan Qian,Taotao Ling,Štěpán Vyskočil,Theocharis V. Koftis,Govindasamy Mugesh,Noriaki Uesaka	72
20	Stereocontrolled Total Synthesis of (+)-Altohyrtin A/Spongistatin 1 Financial support was provided by the EPSRC (GR/L41646), Cambridge Commonwealth Trust (Scholarship to M.J.C.), EC (Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship to J.L.A.), DFG (Postdoctoral Fellowship to T.T.), NSERC-Canada (Postdoctoral Fellowship to R.M.O.), Churchill College (Research Fellowship to D.J.W.), Kingapos;s College and Sims Fund, Cambridge (Scholarship to D.Y.K.C.). We also thank Merck and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals for generous support, and Dr. Anne Butlin (AZ) and Dr. Nick Bampos (Cambridge) for valuable assistance. 2001 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Ian Paterson,David Y.‐K. Chen,Mark J. Coster,José Luis Aceña,Jordi Bach,Karl R. Gibson,Linda E. Keown,Renata M. Oballa,Thomas Trieselmann,Debra J. Wallace,(unknown),Roger D. Norcross	94

About David Y.‐K. Chen

David Y.‐K. Chen is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Organic Chemistry and Pharmacology, having authored 99 papers that have together received 4.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (50 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (29 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (20 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organic Chemistry (4.1k citations), Biotechnology (761 citations) and Pharmacology (499 citations). David Y.‐K. Chen has collaborated with scholars based in Singapore, United States and South Korea. Frequent co-authors include K. C. Nicolaou, Jean‐Alexandre Richard, So Won Youn, Rebecca H. Pouwer, K. C. Nicolaou, Xianhai Huang, Scott A. Snyder, Taotao Ling, Qiang Kang and Ya‐Ping Sun. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

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