Naeem Iqbal

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Naeem Iqbal is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Naeem Iqbal has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Organic Chemistry, 10 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 5 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Naeem Iqbal's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (14 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (12 papers) and Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (10 papers). Naeem Iqbal is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (14 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (12 papers) and Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (10 papers). Naeem Iqbal collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United Kingdom and India. Naeem Iqbal's co-authors include Eun Jin Cho, Sehyun Park, Youngmin You, Jae Hun Jung, Sungkyu Choi, Tanmay Chatterjee, Chunghyeon Yu, Eun‐jin Kim, Euna Ko and Debabrata Maiti and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Accounts of Chemical Research and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Naeem Iqbal

31 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Controlled Fluoroalkylation Reactions by Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis
    2016 422 citations Naeem Iqbal, Eun Jin Cho et al. profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Naeem Iqbal South Korea 19 1.7k 1.2k 524 98 91 32 2.1k
Lianqian Wu China 13 1.4k 0.9× 314 0.3× 232 0.4× 40 0.4× 38 0.4× 20 1.6k
Aditya Kulkarni United States 14 914 0.5× 470 0.4× 337 0.6× 79 0.8× 13 0.1× 24 1.2k
Takuji Kawamoto Japan 17 940 0.6× 195 0.2× 166 0.3× 54 0.6× 43 0.5× 61 1.1k
Kuai Wang China 18 996 0.6× 134 0.1× 281 0.5× 51 0.5× 65 0.7× 25 1.2k
Ming‐Chen Fu China 19 1.5k 0.9× 279 0.2× 414 0.8× 84 0.9× 138 1.5× 35 1.8k
Jun‐Hao Fu Taiwan 15 913 0.5× 147 0.1× 157 0.3× 109 1.1× 49 0.5× 26 1.1k
Matthieu Jouffroy France 17 1.6k 1.0× 140 0.1× 182 0.3× 115 1.2× 135 1.5× 36 1.7k
Jiefeng Hu China 18 1.6k 1.0× 322 0.3× 333 0.6× 70 0.7× 24 0.3× 30 1.7k
Ji Yang Germany 22 1.2k 0.7× 160 0.1× 488 0.9× 97 1.0× 44 0.5× 39 1.4k

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All Works

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Iqbal, Naeem, et al.. (2025). Quantitative Characterization of Organosilane Monolayers by Oxidative Dissociation of Monolayer Molecules. Analytical Chemistry. 97(8). 4661–4667.
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Lee, Wooin, et al.. (2023). Nonclassical Arylative Meyer–Schuster Rearrangement through Ni-Catalyzed Inner-Sphere Acyloxy Migration. ACS Catalysis. 13(16). 10756–10764. 11 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Naeem, et al.. (2022). Ni-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Alkynes and Amides to Access Multi-Functionalized Indoles. Organic Letters. 24(4). 989–994. 22 indexed citations
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Ashraf, Muhammad Awais, et al.. (2021). Sustainable radical approaches for cross electrophile coupling to synthesize trifluoromethyl- and allyl-substituted tert-alcohols. iScience. 24(12). 103388–103388. 2 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Naeem, et al.. (2020). Enantioselective nickel-catalyzed arylative and alkenylative intramolecular 1,2-allylations of tethered allene–ketones. Chemical Science. 11(9). 2401–2406. 17 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Naeem, et al.. (2020). Distinctive reactivity of N -benzylidene-[1,1'-biphenyl]-2-amines under photoredox conditions. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 16. 1335–1342. 1 indexed citations
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Rafique, Rafia, Anam Rana Gul, Seung Hoon Baek, et al.. (2020). Photo-induced reactions for disassembling of coloaded photosensitizer and drug molecules from upconversion-mesoporous silica nanoparticles: An effective synergistic cancer therapy. Materials Science and Engineering C. 110. 110545–110545. 30 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Naeem, et al.. (2020). Nickel-Catalyzed trans-Carboamination across Internal Alkynes to Access Multifunctionalized Indoles. Organic Letters. 22(21). 8550–8554. 38 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Naeem, et al.. (2019). Access to Multifunctionalized Benzofurans by Aryl Nickelation of Alkynes: Efficient Synthesis of the Anti‐Arrhythmic Drug Amiodarone. Angewandte Chemie. 131(44). 15955–15959. 17 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Naeem, et al.. (2019). Access to Multifunctionalized Benzofurans by Aryl Nickelation of Alkynes: Efficient Synthesis of the Anti‐Arrhythmic Drug Amiodarone. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(44). 15808–15812. 56 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Naeem, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of fluoroalkylated alkynesviavisible-light photocatalysis. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 17(7). 1758–1762. 28 indexed citations
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Yu, Chunghyeon, et al.. (2017). Selective Ring-Opening of N-Alkyl Pyrrolidines with Chloroformates to 4-Chlorobutyl Carbamates. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 82(13). 6615–6620. 31 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Naeem, et al.. (2016). Trifluoroethylation of Alkynes: Synthesis of Allylic‐CF3 Compounds by Visible‐Light Photocatalysis. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 34(5). 459–464. 28 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Naeem & Eun Jin Cho. (2015). Formation of Carbonyl Compounds from Amines through Oxidative CN Bond Cleavage using Visible Light Photocatalysis and Applications to N‐PMB‐Amide Deprotection. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 357(10). 2187–2192. 48 indexed citations
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Yu, Chunghyeon, Naeem Iqbal, Sehyun Park, & Eun Jin Cho. (2014). Selective difluoroalkylation of alkenes by using visible light photoredox catalysis. Chemical Communications. 50(85). 12884–12887. 227 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Naeem, Jae Hun Jung, Sehyun Park, & Eun Jin Cho. (2013). Controlled Trifluoromethylation Reactions of Alkynes through Visible‐Light Photoredox Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(2). 539–542. 368 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Naeem, Jae Hun Jung, Sehyun Park, & Eun Jin Cho. (2013). Controlled Trifluoromethylation Reactions of Alkynes through Visible‐Light Photoredox Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 126(2). 549–552. 83 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Naeem, Sungkyu Choi, Eun‐jin Kim, & Eun Jin Cho. (2012). Trifluoromethylation of Alkenes by Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 77(24). 11383–11387. 212 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Naeem, Sungkyu Choi, Euna Ko, & Eun Jin Cho. (2012). Trifluoromethylation of heterocycles via visible light photoredox catalysis. Tetrahedron Letters. 53(15). 2005–2008. 180 indexed citations

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