Santanu Mukherjee

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
103 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Santanu Mukherjee is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Santanu Mukherjee has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Organic Chemistry, 33 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Santanu Mukherjee's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (60 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (25 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (24 papers). Santanu Mukherjee is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (60 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (25 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (24 papers). Santanu Mukherjee collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Germany. Santanu Mukherjee's co-authors include Benjamin List, Jung Woon Yang, S.D. Hoffmann, Chandra Bhushan Tripathi, Madhu Sudan Manna, Albrecht Berkessel, Felix Cleemann, Johann Lex, Thomas N. Müller and Amit Kumar Simlandy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Santanu Mukherjee

99 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

Asymmetric Enamine Catalysis 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2007 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Asymmetric Enamine Catalysis
    2007 2.5k citations Santanu Mukherjee et al. profile →
  2. Chiral Counteranions in Asymmetric Transition-Metal Catalysis:  Highly Enantioselective Pd/Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Direct α-Allylation of Aldehydes
    2007 547 citations Santanu Mukherjee et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Santanu Mukherjee India 36 5.8k 1.8k 1.1k 357 244 103 6.4k
Takuya Hashimoto Japan 43 6.0k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 988 0.9× 345 1.0× 447 1.8× 116 6.5k
Marc L. Snapper United States 52 6.2k 1.1× 1.9k 1.1× 2.1k 1.9× 358 1.0× 202 0.8× 109 7.0k
Christoph Schneider Germany 43 5.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 672 0.6× 272 0.8× 114 0.5× 203 6.0k
T. V. RajanBabu United States 57 8.2k 1.4× 3.4k 1.9× 1.4k 1.2× 245 0.7× 263 1.1× 147 9.0k
Haruro Ishitani Japan 42 5.8k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 1.7k 1.5× 326 0.9× 229 0.9× 97 6.4k
Fuk Yee Kwong Hong Kong 60 10.1k 1.7× 2.1k 1.2× 1.0k 0.9× 317 0.9× 319 1.3× 193 10.5k
Artis Klapars United States 28 5.5k 1.0× 898 0.5× 1.4k 1.3× 156 0.4× 225 0.9× 53 6.3k
Jeffrey N. Johnston United States 40 4.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 1.6k 1.4× 154 0.4× 233 1.0× 122 4.8k
Lei Liu China 52 7.7k 1.3× 1.7k 1.0× 899 0.8× 87 0.2× 380 1.6× 211 8.6k
Raquel P. Herrera Spain 36 4.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 959 0.8× 285 0.8× 237 1.0× 130 5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Santanu Mukherjee

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mukherjee, Santanu, et al.. (2025). Iridium‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Formal meta ‐Allenylation of Pyridines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(45). e202511571–e202511571.
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Mukherjee, Santanu, et al.. (2025). Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Allenylic Cyanomethylation. Organic Letters. 27(31). 8752–8757.
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Das, Subrata, et al.. (2025). A Ring-Deconstructive Carbon-Deletion Approach to the Enantioselective Total Synthesis of [5]-Ladderanoic Acid. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(35). 31829–31838.
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Das, Subrata, et al.. (2025). Alkoxy-Directed Dienamine Catalysis in [4 + 2]-Cycloaddition: Enantioselective Synthesis of Benzo-[3]-ladderanol. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(3). 2523–2536. 2 indexed citations
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De, Mrinmoy, et al.. (2024). Rational design of naphthoquinone-based antibacterial agents through iridium-catalyzed enantioselective β-allenylation of 2-hydroxynaphthoquinones. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11(18). 5107–5115. 2 indexed citations
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Mukherjee, Santanu, et al.. (2024). Doubly Stereoconvergent Propargylic Alkylation of α-Cyanocarbonyls: Enantioselective Construction of Vicinal Stereocenters. Organic Letters. 26(36). 7733–7738. 1 indexed citations
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Mukherjee, Santanu, et al.. (2023). Centrally Chiral Arenes: From Concept to Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis. 3(1). 1 indexed citations
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Mukherjee, Santanu, et al.. (2023). Ligand-Controlled Diastereodivergency in Propargylic Alkylation of Vinylogous Aza-Enamines: Construction of 1,3-Stereocenters. Organic Letters. 25(40). 7304–7309. 6 indexed citations
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Mukherjee, Santanu, et al.. (2022). Iridium‐Catalyzed Enantioselective and Chemodivergent Allenylic Alkylation of Vinyl Azides for the Synthesis of α‐Allenylic Amides and Ketones**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(12). e202115821–e202115821. 34 indexed citations
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Mukherjee, Santanu, et al.. (2022). Hydroxy-directed iridium-catalyzed enantioselective formal β-C(sp2)–H allylic alkylation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyls. Chemical Science. 13(42). 12491–12497. 14 indexed citations
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Mukherjee, Santanu, et al.. (2022). Catalytic Enantioselectivede novoConstruction of Chiral Arenes through Desymmetrizing Oxidative [4+2]‐Cycloaddition. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(37). e202204523–e202204523. 7 indexed citations
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Mallojjala, Sharath Chandra, et al.. (2022). Mechanism and Origin of Remote Stereocontrol in the Organocatalytic Enantioselective Formal C(sp 2 )–H Alkylation Using Nitroalkanes as Alkylating Agents. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(38). 17399–17406. 14 indexed citations
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Jindal, Garima, et al.. (2021). Catalytic Enantioselective Desymmetrizing Fischer Indolization through Dynamic Kinetic Resolution. Angewandte Chemie. 133(16). 9168–9174. 5 indexed citations
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Jindal, Garima, et al.. (2021). Catalytic Enantioselective Desymmetrizing Fischer Indolization through Dynamic Kinetic Resolution. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(16). 9086–9092. 23 indexed citations
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Simlandy, Amit Kumar, et al.. (2018). A Catalytic Enantioselective Iodocyclization Route to Dihydrooxazines. Organic Letters. 20(5). 1300–1303. 25 indexed citations
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Adair, Gareth R. A., Santanu Mukherjee, & Benjamin List. (2008). TRIP - A Powerful Brønsted Acid Catalyst for Asymmetric Synthesis. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 41(2). 31–39. 188 indexed citations
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Berkessel, Albrecht, Felix Cleemann, & Santanu Mukherjee. (2005). Kinetische Racematspaltung von Oxazinonen – ein organokatalytischer Zugang zu enantiomerenreinen β‐Aminosäuren. Angewandte Chemie. 117(45). 7632–7635. 38 indexed citations

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