Isaac Choi

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 856 citations indexed

About

Isaac Choi is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Isaac Choi has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 856 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Organic Chemistry, 9 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Isaac Choi's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (14 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (8 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (8 papers). Isaac Choi is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (14 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (8 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (8 papers). Isaac Choi collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Germany and United States. Isaac Choi's co-authors include Lutz Ackermann, Cong Tian, Tjark H. Meyer, Antonis M. Messinis, Young Keun Chung, Nikolaos Kaplaneris, Torben Rogge, Hui Wang, Min Kim and Jang-Won Park and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Isaac Choi

23 papers receiving 841 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Isaac Choi South Korea	13	676	181	137	73	52	23	856
Tom Wirtanen Finland	13	479 0.7×	84 0.5×	113 0.8×	79 1.1×	51 1.0×	24	656
Katrin M. Dyballa Germany	17	1.4k 2.1×	214 1.2×	130 0.9×	102 1.4×	58 1.1×	23	1.6k
Yusuke Takahira Japan	10	757 1.1×	109 0.6×	176 1.3×	83 1.1×	61 1.2×	10	936
Deidra L. Gerlach United States	14	406 0.6×	264 1.5×	219 1.6×	142 1.9×	68 1.3×	26	709
Jonathan M. Meinhardt United States	5	857 1.3×	103 0.6×	270 2.0×	94 1.3×	53 1.0×	8	1.1k
Xianqiang Kong China	22	718 1.1×	98 0.5×	86 0.6×	52 0.7×	39 0.8×	40	863
Matthew C. Leech United Kingdom	14	575 0.9×	127 0.7×	218 1.6×	56 0.8×	46 0.9×	23	788
Dongyoung Kim South Korea	11	742 1.1×	250 1.4×	88 0.6×	89 1.2×	94 1.8×	15	1.0k
Nate W. J. Ang Germany	6	843 1.2×	133 0.7×	244 1.8×	35 0.5×	56 1.1×	6	1.0k

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Kim, Jin Hee, et al.. (2025). Sustainable Approaches for the Protection and Deprotection of Functional Groups. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(40). e202501387–e202501387. 1 indexed citations

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Lim, Chaehun, et al.. (2025). Metalations on 2,2′‐bipyridine‐functionalized metal–organic frameworks for catalytic platforms. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society. 46(3). 231–252. 3 indexed citations

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Lee, Jinwoo, et al.. (2024). N-Alkylation of Dopamine and Its Impact on Surface Coating Properties. Langmuir. 40(39). 20692–20699. 4 indexed citations

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Choi, Isaac, et al.. (2024). Stability of Zr-Based UiO-66 Metal–Organic Frameworks in Basic Solutions. Nanomaterials. 14(1). 110–110. 32 indexed citations

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Choi, Isaac, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of Degradable Acetal‐Backboned Polymers via Palladium‐Catalyzed Hydroalkoxylation of Alkoxyallenes. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry. 13(3). 3 indexed citations

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Ji, Mukan, et al.. (2024). Structural Modifications on Dopamine Molecules toward Polydopamine Applications. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 28(2). 6 indexed citations

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Lee, Daeyeon, Sang-Ho Lee, Isaac Choi, & Min Kim. (2024). Positional functionalizations of metal–organic frameworks through invasive ligand exchange and additory MOF‐on‐MOF strategies: A review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). e20240002–e20240002. 25 indexed citations

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Choi, Isaac, et al.. (2022). Tunable Silver-Catalyzed Nitrene Transfer: From Chemoselectivity to Enantioselective C–H Amination. ACS Catalysis. 12(9). 5527–5539. 18 indexed citations

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Choi, Isaac, et al.. (2022). Divergent C−H Amidations and Imidations by Tuning Electrochemical Reaction Potentials. ChemSusChem. 15(23). e202201662–e202201662. 9 indexed citations

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Choi, Isaac, Antonis M. Messinis, Xiaoyan Hou, & Lutz Ackermann. (2021). A Strategy for Site‐ and Chemoselective C−H Alkenylation through Osmaelectrooxidative Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 133(52). 27211–27218. 8 indexed citations

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Choi, Isaac, Antonis M. Messinis, Xiaoyan Hou, & Lutz Ackermann. (2021). A Strategy for Site‐ and Chemoselective C−H Alkenylation through Osmaelectrooxidative Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(52). 27005–27012. 32 indexed citations

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Choi, Isaac, Julia Struwe, & Lutz Ackermann. (2021). C–H activation by immobilized heterogeneous photocatalysts. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 20(12). 1563–1572. 8 indexed citations

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Choi, Isaac, Valentin Müller, & Lutz Ackermann. (2021). Ruthenium(II)-carboxylate-catalyzed C4/C6–H dual alkylations of indoles. Tetrahedron Letters. 72. 153064–153064. 8 indexed citations

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Choi, Isaac, Antonis M. Messinis, & Lutz Ackermann. (2020). C7‐Indole Amidations and Alkenylations by Ruthenium(II) Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(30). 12534–12540. 79 indexed citations

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Choi, Isaac, Valentin Müller, Yanhui Wang, et al.. (2020). Recyclable Ruthenium Catalyst for Distal meta‐C−H Activation. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(66). 15290–15297. 17 indexed citations

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Choi, Isaac, Antonis M. Messinis, & Lutz Ackermann. (2020). C7‐Indol‐Amidierung und ‐Alkenylierung durch Ruthenium(II)‐ Katalyse. Angewandte Chemie. 132(30). 12635–12641. 13 indexed citations

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Choi, Isaac, Valentin Müller, Volker Karius, et al.. (2020). Photoinduced Heterogeneous C−H Arylation by a Reusable Hybrid Copper Catalyst. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(16). 3509–3514. 25 indexed citations

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Wang, Hui, Isaac Choi, Torben Rogge, Nikolaos Kaplaneris, & Lutz Ackermann. (2018). Versatile and robust C–C activation by chelation-assisted manganese catalysis. Nature Catalysis. 1(12). 993–1001. 63 indexed citations

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Choi, Isaac, et al.. (2017). Bimetallic Cobalt–Rhodium Nanoparticle-Catalyzed Reductive Amination of Aldehydes with Nitroarenes Under Atmospheric Hydrogen. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 82(23). 12771–12777. 21 indexed citations

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Kim, Soo Min, et al.. (2016). A highly selective colorimetric chemosensor for cyanide and sulfide in aqueous solution: experimental and theoretical studies. New Journal of Chemistry. 40(9). 7768–7778. 35 indexed citations

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