Kau-Ming Chen

664 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 548 citations indexed

About

Kau-Ming Chen is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kau-Ming Chen has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 548 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Organic Chemistry, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Kau-Ming Chen's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (3 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (2 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (2 papers). Kau-Ming Chen is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (3 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (2 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (2 papers). Kau-Ming Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Switzerland. Kau-Ming Chen's co-authors include Oljan Repič, Kapa Prasad, G. E. HARDTMANN, Michael J. Shapiro, Madeleine M. Joullié, Karl Gunderson, Chung‐Pin Chen, Thomas J. Blacklock, Orin Tempkin and Sunil T. Patel and has published in prestigious journals such as Tetrahedron, Tetrahedron Letters and Chemistry Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kau-Ming Chen

11 papers receiving 511 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.

1,3- diastereoselective reduction of β-hydroxyketones utilizing alkoxydialkylboranes

1987 368 citations Kau-Ming Chen, G. E. HARDTMANN et al. Tetrahedron Letters profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kau-Ming Chen United States	8	435	165	142	117	47	12	548
Kleem Chaudhary United States	6	495 1.1×	161 1.0×	108 0.8×	100 0.9×	33 0.7×	7	567
Kurt Keßeler Germany	14	511 1.2×	257 1.6×	95 0.7×	109 0.9×	92 2.0×	18	687
Masanori Kageyama United States	8	413 0.9×	111 0.7×	109 0.8×	118 1.0×	23 0.5×	10	476
J. Uenishi	6	437 1.0×	125 0.8×	144 1.0×	98 0.8×	24 0.5×	6	503
P. A. ZORETIC United States	14	390 0.9×	150 0.9×	77 0.5×	95 0.8×	29 0.6×	60	506
Cédrickx Godbout Canada	14	568 1.3×	176 1.1×	106 0.7×	169 1.4×	34 0.7×	17	643
Jason T. Lowe United States	13	461 1.1×	140 0.8×	112 0.8×	110 0.9×	22 0.5×	15	509
Christopher M. Adams United States	13	422 1.0×	200 1.2×	80 0.6×	82 0.7×	36 0.8×	25	590
Tim Luker United Kingdom	18	606 1.4×	166 1.0×	71 0.5×	45 0.4×	78 1.7×	31	761
Michael C. Hillier United States	14	409 0.9×	199 1.2×	39 0.3×	56 0.5×	53 1.1×	21	521

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Prashad, Mahavir, John C. Amedio, George Lee, et al.. (2002). Practical Synthesis of 3-Carboxy-(2R)- [[hydroxy[(tetradecyl)oxy]phosphinyl]oxy]-N,N,N-trimethyl-1-propanaminium Hydroxide Inner Salt (CPI975): A Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase I Inhibitor. Organic Process Research & Development. 6(6). 773–776. 3 indexed citations

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Waykole, Liladhar, Kau-Ming Chen, Mahavir Prashad, et al.. (1997). Opening of Glycidol with Phenols in Water Using Catalytic Amounts of Sodium Hydroxide: A Practical Synthesis of 3-Aryloxy-1,2-propanediols. Synthetic Communications. 27(10). 1757–1761. 5 indexed citations

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Tempkin, Orin, et al.. (1997). Asymmetric synthesis of 3,5-dihydroxy-6(E)-heptenoate-containing HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. Tetrahedron. 53(31). 10659–10670. 30 indexed citations

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Patel, Sunil T., Liladhar Waykole, Oljan Repič, & Kau-Ming Chen. (1996). Synthesis of Terfenadine Carboxylate. Synthetic Communications. 26(24). 4699–4710. 10 indexed citations

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Chen, Kau-Ming, et al.. (1990). Stereoselective aldol reaction with chiral acetates. Tetrahedron Asymmetry. 1(10). 703–706. 11 indexed citations

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Lee, George T., et al.. (1990). A General Method for the Synthesis ofsyn-(E)-3,5-Dihydroxy-6-heptenoates. Synlett. 1990(9). 508–508. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Kau-Ming, Karl Gunderson, G. E. HARDTMANN, et al.. (1987). A Novel Method for the In situ Generation of Alkoxydialkylboranes and Their Use in the Selective Preparation of 1,3-syn Diols. Chemistry Letters. 16(10). 1923–1926. 88 indexed citations

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Chen, Kau-Ming, G. E. HARDTMANN, Kapa Prasad, Oljan Repič, & Michael J. Shapiro. (1987). 1,3- diastereoselective reduction of β-hydroxyketones utilizing alkoxydialkylboranes. Tetrahedron Letters. 28(2). 155–158. 368 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Kau-Ming & Madeleine M. Joullié. (1986). ETHYL 3-CHLORO-2-ETHOXY-5-FORMYL-6-HYDROXY-4-METHYLBENZOATE. Organic Preparations and Procedures International. 18(2). 109–112.

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Chen, Kau-Ming & Madeleine M. Joullié. (1984). A simple synthesis of geiparvarin. Tetrahedron Letters. 25(4). 393–394. 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Kau-Ming & Madeleine M. Joullié. (1984). A simple total synthesis of (±)-ascofuranone. Tetrahedron Letters. 25(35). 3795–3796. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Kau-Ming & Madeleine M. Joullié. (1982). Synthesis of colletochlorin D. Tetrahedron Letters. 23(44). 4567–4568. 10 indexed citations

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