Ohyun Kwon

10.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
142 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Ohyun Kwon is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ohyun Kwon has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Organic Chemistry, 49 papers in Molecular Biology and 33 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ohyun Kwon's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (49 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (42 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (34 papers). Ohyun Kwon is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (49 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (42 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (34 papers). Ohyun Kwon collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and China. Ohyun Kwon's co-authors include Yi Fan, Hongchao Guo, Xue‐Feng Zhu, Yang S. Tran, Zhanhu Sun, Christopher E. Henry, Zhiming Wang, Yang Wu, Xingzhu Xu and Jie Lan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ohyun Kwon

140 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Phosphine Organocatalysis

2018 901 citations Hongchao Guo, Yi Fan et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
Phosphine catalysis of allenes with electrophiles

2014 492 citations Ohyun Kwon et al. profile →
Phosphorus-Based Catalysis

2021 246 citations Changmin Xie, Andrew J. Smaligo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ohyun Kwon United States	46	7.7k	2.3k	1.7k	403	398	142	8.6k
Timothy J. Donohoe United Kingdom	48	7.2k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	2.1k 1.2×	366 0.9×	269 0.7×	256	8.4k
Sandro Cacchi Italy	58	11.6k 1.5×	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	412 1.0×	398 1.0×	246	12.3k
K. A. Woerpel United States	44	5.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	2.0k 1.2×	251 0.6×	240 0.6×	163	6.6k
Kazuhiko Takai Japan	57	10.5k 1.4×	2.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	392 1.0×	524 1.3×	241	11.3k
James P. Morken United States	62	10.1k 1.3×	2.9k 1.3×	1.8k 1.1×	369 0.9×	252 0.6×	181	10.7k
Haruro Ishitani Japan	42	5.8k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	229 0.6×	388 1.0×	97	6.4k
Shunsuke Chiba Singapore	52	7.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	768 1.9×	319 0.8×	190	8.5k
Matthew J. Gaunt United Kingdom	63	15.2k 2.0×	3.0k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	783 1.9×	370 0.9×	133	15.9k
René Grée France	36	4.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	623 1.5×	224 0.6×	249	5.0k
Kiitirô Utimoto Japan	48	6.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	602 1.5×	330 0.8×	236	7.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ohyun Kwon

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All Works

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Maïga, Sophie, Christelle Dousset, Agnès Moreau‐Aubry, et al.. (2025). VDAC2 primes myeloma cells for BAK-dependent apoptosis and represents a novel therapeutic target. Leukemia. 39(4). 995–1000.

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He, Zhiqi, et al.. (2023). Aminodealkenylation: Ozonolysis and copper catalysis convert C(sp ³ )–C(sp ² ) bonds to C(sp ³ )–N bonds. Science. 381(6660). 877–886. 29 indexed citations

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Xie, Changmin, Jacob Kim, Binh Khanh, et al.. (2022). Enantioselective Synthesis of Quaternary Oxindoles: Desymmetrizing Staudinger–Aza-Wittig Reaction Enabled by a Bespoke HypPhos Oxide Catalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(46). 21318–21327. 22 indexed citations

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Smaligo, Andrew J. & Ohyun Kwon. (2019). Dealkenylative Thiylation of C(sp ³ )–C(sp ² ) Bonds. Organic Letters. 21(21). 8592–8597. 35 indexed citations

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Smaligo, Andrew J., Jason H. Wu, Aslam C. Shaikh, et al.. (2019). Oxodealkenylative Cleavage of Alkene C(sp³)−C(sp²) Bonds: A Practical Method for Introducing Carbonyls into Chiral Pool Materials. Angewandte Chemie. 132(3). 1227–1231. 5 indexed citations

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Smaligo, Andrew J., Jason H. Wu, Aslam C. Shaikh, et al.. (2019). Oxodealkenylative Cleavage of Alkene C(sp³)−C(sp²) Bonds: A Practical Method for Introducing Carbonyls into Chiral Pool Materials. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(3). 1211–1215. 31 indexed citations

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Smaligo, Andrew J., et al.. (2019). Hydrodealkenylative C(sp ³ )–C(sp ² ) bond fragmentation. Science. 364(6441). 681–685. 96 indexed citations

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Guo, Hongchao, Yi Fan, Zhanhu Sun, Yang Wu, & Ohyun Kwon. (2018). Phosphine Organocatalysis. Chemical Reviews. 118(20). 10049–10293. 901 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zimonjic, Drazen B., Lai N. Chan, Veenu Tripathi, et al.. (2013). In vitro and in vivo effects of geranylgeranyltransferase I inhibitor P61A6 on non-small cell lung cancer cells. BMC Cancer. 13(1). 198–198. 27 indexed citations

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Lü, Jie, Lai N. Chan, Hannah D.G. Fiji, et al.. (2009). In vivo antitumor effect of a novel inhibitor of protein geranylgeranyltransferase-I. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 8(5). 1218–1226. 64 indexed citations

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Park, Kyeong-Won, et al.. (2009). Mesoporous Silica-Pillared H⁺-Kenyaite with Highly Ordered Gallery Structure. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 9(5). 3160–3165. 5 indexed citations

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Watanabe, Masaru, Hannah D.G. Fiji, Lea Guo, et al.. (2008). Inhibitors of Protein Geranylgeranyltransferase I and Rab Geranylgeranyltransferase Identified from a Library of Allenoate-derived Compounds. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 283(15). 9571–9579. 67 indexed citations

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Jeong, Soon‐Yong, et al.. (2007). Preparation of Kenyaite/epoxy Nanocomposite from Pulverization of Kenyaite. Applied Chemistry for Engineering. 18(1). 48–53.

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Kwon, Ohyun, et al.. (2006). Porous Layered Carbon as Catalyst Support Material for PEMFC. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 12(2). 306–310. 7 indexed citations

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Kwon, Ohyun. (2003). The Preparation of Flaky Layered Carbon by Using Layered Silicate Template. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society. 24(11). 1561–1562. 4 indexed citations

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Kwon, Ohyun, et al.. (2003). The Preparation of Exfoliated Graphite by Using Microwave. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 9(6). 743–747. 33 indexed citations

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Kwon, Ohyun, et al.. (2001). Intercalation Behavior of Dodecylamine into Layered Silicates in Organic Solvents. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 7(1). 44–49. 10 indexed citations

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Kwon, Ohyun. (1999). Simple Silica-Pillaring Route into Layered Phase: Simultaneous Intercalation of Amine-TEOS into H + -magadiite and Amine Catalylzed-Interlamellar Hydrolysis of TEOS. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 5(4). 314–317. 3 indexed citations

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Kwon, Ohyun & Sang‐Won Choi. (1999). Silica-Pillared H-kenyaites: Interlamellar Base Catalyzed-Reaction of Tetraethylorthosilicate in Water Suspension. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society. 20(1). 69–75. 13 indexed citations

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Kwon, Ohyun, Dai‐Shi Su, Dong‐Fang Meng, et al.. (1998). A Stereospecific Geminal Alkylation Scheme En Route To CP-225, 917 and CP-263,114. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(13-14). 1880–1882. 38 indexed citations

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