Jaesung Kwak

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Jaesung Kwak is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jaesung Kwak has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Organic Chemistry, 11 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jaesung Kwak's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (14 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (12 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (7 papers). Jaesung Kwak is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (14 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (12 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (7 papers). Jaesung Kwak collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Saudi Arabia. Jaesung Kwak's co-authors include Sukbok Chang, Seung Hwan Cho, Ji Young Kim, Min Kim, Kwangmin Shin, Jaeyune Ryu, Donggun Lee, Sukbok Chang, Yoonsu Park and Sae Hume Park and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Jaesung Kwak

30 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Recent advances in the transition metal-catalyzed twofold oxidative C–H bond activation strategy for C–C and C–N bond formation

2011 2.2k citations Seung Hwan Cho, Ji Young Kim et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jaesung Kwak South Korea	15	3.4k	827	192	168	145	31	3.8k
Yu‐Long Zhao China	34	2.1k 0.6×	841 1.0×	296 1.5×	772 4.6×	159 1.1×	121	3.2k
Renhua Qiu China	31	2.4k 0.7×	652 0.8×	69 0.4×	201 1.2×	54 0.4×	132	2.9k
Yusuke Kita Japan	28	2.2k 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	517 2.7×	245 1.5×	186 1.3×	63	2.7k
Francesco Ferretti Italy	19	1.4k 0.4×	677 0.8×	134 0.7×	421 2.5×	67 0.5×	48	1.6k
Graham R. Eastham United Kingdom	25	2.2k 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	195 1.0×	151 0.9×	91 0.6×	43	2.6k
Zilin Jin China	26	1.5k 0.4×	534 0.6×	377 2.0×	514 3.1×	97 0.7×	87	2.0k
Alberto Scrivanti Italy	23	1.5k 0.4×	752 0.9×	145 0.8×	172 1.0×	35 0.2×	116	1.9k
Yinjun Xie China	25	2.2k 0.6×	767 0.9×	140 0.7×	234 1.4×	91 0.6×	55	2.6k
Weiping Liu China	30	3.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.7×	147 0.8×	101 0.6×	48 0.3×	67	4.2k
Stephen J. Obrey United States	13	1.3k 0.4×	478 0.6×	89 0.5×	246 1.5×	70 0.5×	24	1.7k

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Kwak, Jaesung, et al.. (2026). Antibiotic hybrids: A promising strategy to replenish the pipeline and combat antimicrobial resistance. The Journal of Microbiology. 64(3). e2510006–e2510006.

Park, Areum, Chang Gon Kim, Jaesung Kwak, et al.. (2024). Inhibition of IRP2-dependent reprogramming of iron metabolism suppresses tumor growth in colorectal cancer. Cell Communication and Signaling. 22(1). 412–412. 7 indexed citations

Sahoo, Manoj Kumar, Jeong Woo Lee, Soochan Lee, et al.. (2024). Isolation and Reactivity of Arylnickel(II) Complexes in Nickel-Catalyzed Borylation of Aryl Fluorosulfates. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 1646–1653. 6 indexed citations

Lee, Soochan, Wonyoung Choe, Jaesung Kwak, et al.. (2024). Nickel-Catalyzed Mono- and Dihydrosilylation of Aliphatic Alkynes in Aqueous and Aerobic Conditions. ACS Catalysis. 14(7). 5077–5087. 6 indexed citations

Kim, Yoseph, Youngjo Kim, Myung Hwan Park, et al.. (2024). Structural and electronic tuning of single-benzene fluorophores with simple methylations. Dyes and Pigments. 233. 112523–112523. 2 indexed citations

Kwak, Jaesung, et al.. (2022). (3 + 2) Cycloaddition Reaction of the Endocyclic N-Silyl Enamine and N,N′-Cyclic Azomethine Imine. Organic Letters. 24(10). 1974–1978. 13 indexed citations

Kwak, Jaesung, Hyun Woo Kim, Minhee Ku, et al.. (2022). KS10076, a chelator for redox-active metal ions, induces ROS-mediated STAT3 degradation in autophagic cell death and eliminates ALDH1+ stem cells. Cell Reports. 40(3). 111077–111077. 11 indexed citations

Kwak, Jaesung, et al.. (2022). Radical hydrodifluoromethylation of unsaturated C−C bonds via an electroreductively triggered two-pronged approach. Communications Chemistry. 5(1). 96–96. 17 indexed citations

Lee, Daeyeon, Sang-Ho Lee, Younghu Son, et al.. (2022). Uncoordinated tetrazole ligands in metal–organic frameworks for proton‐conductivity studies. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society. 43(7). 912–917. 14 indexed citations

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Baral, Ek Raj, et al.. (2021). Chemical Upcycling of Waste Poly(bisphenol A carbonate) to 1,4,2‐Dioxazol‐5‐ones and One‐Pot C−H Amidation. ChemSusChem. 14(19). 4301–4306. 16 indexed citations

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Valekar, Anil H., Minhui Lee, Ji Woong Yoon, et al.. (2020). Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol under Mild Conditions over Zr-MOFs: Exploring the Role of Metal Node Coordination and Modification. ACS Catalysis. 10(6). 3720–3732. 236 indexed citations

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Kwak, Jaesung, et al.. (2019). 4-(3-Aminopropyl)-benzene-1,2-diol: An Improved Material-Independent Surface-Coating Reagent Compared to Dopamine. Langmuir. 35(21). 6898–6904. 10 indexed citations

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Upare, Pravin P., Do‐Young Hong, Jaesung Kwak, et al.. (2018). Direct chemical conversion of xylan into furfural over sulfonated graphene oxide. Catalysis Today. 324. 66–72. 32 indexed citations

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Lee, Jooyeon, et al.. (2018). New Aspects of Recently Developed Rhodium(N‐Heterocyclic Carbene)‐Catalyzed Organic Transformations. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 361(7). 1479–1499. 27 indexed citations

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Park, Sae Hume, Jaesung Kwak, Kwangmin Shin, et al.. (2014). Mechanistic Studies of the Rhodium-Catalyzed Direct C–H Amination Reaction Using Azides as the Nitrogen Source. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(6). 2492–2502. 245 indexed citations

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Kwak, Jaesung, Min Kim, & Sukbok Chang. (2011). Rh(NHC)-Catalyzed Direct and Selective Arylation of Quinolines at the 8-Position. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(11). 3780–3783. 214 indexed citations

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Cho, Seung Hwan, Ji Young Kim, Jaesung Kwak, & Sukbok Chang. (2011). Recent advances in the transition metal-catalyzed twofold oxidative C–H bond activation strategy for C–C and C–N bond formation. Chemical Society Reviews. 40(10). 5068–5068. 2204 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cho, Seung Hwan, Ji Young Kim, Jaesung Kwak, & Sukbok Chang. (2011). ChemInform Abstract: Recent Advances in the Transition Metal‐Catalyzed Twofold Oxidative C—H Bond Activation Strategy for C—C and C—N Bond Formation. ChemInform. 43(4). 2 indexed citations

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Kim, Min, Jaesung Kwak, & Sukbok Chang. (2009). Rhodium/N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Direct Intermolecular Arylation of sp² and sp³ CH Bonds with Chelation Assistance. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(47). 8935–8939. 144 indexed citations

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Choi, Yun Hee, Jaesung Kwak, & Nakcheol Jeong. (2009). Solvent effects on the asymmetric Pauson–Khand-type reaction by rhodium. Tetrahedron Letters. 50(44). 6068–6071. 13 indexed citations

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