Shekhar KC

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
14 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Shekhar KC is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Shekhar KC has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Organic Chemistry, 2 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Shekhar KC's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (12 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (9 papers) and Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (3 papers). Shekhar KC is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (12 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (9 papers) and Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (3 papers). Shekhar KC collaborates with scholars based in United States. Shekhar KC's co-authors include Ramesh Giri, Roshan K. Dhungana, Prakash Basnet, Bijay Shrestha, Surendra Thapa, Jeremiah M. Sears, Timothy J. Boyle, Valerie A. Schmidt, Rishi R. Sapkota and Diane A. Dickie and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and ACS Catalysis.

In The Last Decade

Shekhar KC

14 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Transition Metal‐Catalyzed Dicarbofunctionalization of Un... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2018 100 200 300 400
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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. Transition Metal‐Catalyzed Dicarbofunctionalization of Unactivated Olefins
    2018 423 citations Roshan K. Dhungana, Shekhar KC et al. The Chemical Record profile →
  2. Strategies toward Dicarbofunctionalization of Unactivated Olefins by Combined Heck Carbometalation and Cross-Coupling
    2018 301 citations Ramesh Giri, Shekhar KC The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shekhar KC United States 13 1.7k 392 199 65 33 14 1.7k
Prakash Basnet United States 11 1.3k 0.8× 302 0.8× 145 0.7× 58 0.9× 26 0.8× 13 1.4k
Srikrishna Bera Switzerland 14 1.1k 0.7× 399 1.0× 109 0.5× 79 1.2× 39 1.2× 18 1.2k
Dong‐Hang Tan China 19 1.0k 0.6× 227 0.6× 415 2.1× 99 1.5× 23 0.7× 29 1.1k
Yingsheng Zhao China 16 1.5k 0.9× 385 1.0× 180 0.9× 79 1.2× 71 2.2× 24 1.5k
Xu‐Ge Liu China 22 1.4k 0.8× 268 0.7× 151 0.8× 39 0.6× 32 1.0× 38 1.4k
Roshan K. Dhungana United States 21 2.0k 1.2× 446 1.1× 304 1.5× 112 1.7× 41 1.2× 30 2.1k
Jian Han China 21 1.1k 0.6× 296 0.8× 97 0.5× 75 1.2× 58 1.8× 44 1.1k
Marcus E. Farmer United States 16 2.1k 1.2× 497 1.3× 87 0.4× 90 1.4× 47 1.4× 16 2.1k
Christoph Grohmann Germany 8 1.7k 1.0× 382 1.0× 57 0.3× 52 0.8× 31 0.9× 9 1.8k
En‐Ze Lin China 17 847 0.5× 191 0.5× 435 2.2× 62 1.0× 23 0.7× 23 917

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shekhar KC

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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KC, Shekhar, et al.. (2021). Recent strategies used in the synthesis of saturated four-membered heterocycles. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 19(39). 8425–8441. 26 indexed citations
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KC, Shekhar, et al.. (2020). Nickel‐Catalyzed α‐Carbonylalkylarylation of Vinylarenes: Expedient Access to γ,γ‐Diarylcarbonyl and Aryltetralone Derivatives. Angewandte Chemie. 132(21). 8124–8128. 9 indexed citations
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KC, Shekhar, et al.. (2020). Nickel‐Catalyzed α‐Carbonylalkylarylation of Vinylarenes: Expedient Access to γ,γ‐Diarylcarbonyl and Aryltetralone Derivatives. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(21). 8047–8051. 58 indexed citations
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Sapkota, Rishi R., Bijay Shrestha, Roshan K. Dhungana, et al.. (2020). K2CO3-Catalyzed Synthesis of 2,5-Dialkyl-4,6,7-tricyano-Decorated Indoles via Carbon–Carbon Bond Cleavage. Organic Letters. 22(8). 3268–3272. 14 indexed citations
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Dhungana, Roshan K., et al.. (2019). Ni(I)-Catalyzed β,δ-Vinylarylation of γ,δ-Alkenyl α-Cyanocarboxylic Esters via Contraction of Transient Nickellacycles. ACS Catalysis. 9(12). 10887–10893. 45 indexed citations
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KC, Shekhar, et al.. (2019). Concise Synthesis of a Potential 5-Lipoxygenase Activating Protein (FLAP) Inhibitor and Its Analogs through Late-Stage Alkene Dicarbofunctionalization. Organic Process Research & Development. 23(8). 1686–1694. 24 indexed citations
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Dhungana, Roshan K., Shekhar KC, Prakash Basnet, & Ramesh Giri. (2018). Transition Metal‐Catalyzed Dicarbofunctionalization of Unactivated Olefins. The Chemical Record. 18(9). 1314–1340. 423 indexed citations breakdown →
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Giri, Ramesh & Shekhar KC. (2018). Strategies toward Dicarbofunctionalization of Unactivated Olefins by Combined Heck Carbometalation and Cross-Coupling. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 83(6). 3013–3022. 301 indexed citations breakdown →
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Basnet, Prakash, Shekhar KC, Roshan K. Dhungana, et al.. (2018). Synergistic Bimetallic Ni/Ag and Ni/Cu Catalysis for Regioselective γ,δ-Diarylation of Alkenyl Ketimines: Addressing β-H Elimination by in Situ Generation of Cationic Ni(II) Catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(46). 15586–15590. 136 indexed citations
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KC, Shekhar, Prakash Basnet, Surendra Thapa, Bijay Shrestha, & Ramesh Giri. (2018). Ni-Catalyzed Regioselective Dicarbofunctionalization of Unactivated Olefins by Tandem Cyclization/Cross-Coupling and Application to the Concise Synthesis of Lignan Natural Products. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 83(5). 2920–2936. 56 indexed citations
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Basnet, Prakash, Roshan K. Dhungana, Surendra Thapa, et al.. (2018). Ni-Catalyzed Regioselective β,δ-Diarylation of Unactivated Olefins in Ketimines via Ligand-Enabled Contraction of Transient Nickellacycles: Rapid Access to Remotely Diarylated Ketones. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(25). 7782–7786. 154 indexed citations
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KC, Shekhar, Roshan K. Dhungana, Bijay Shrestha, et al.. (2018). Ni-Catalyzed Regioselective Alkylarylation of Vinylarenes via C(sp3)–C(sp3)/C(sp3)–C(sp2) Bond Formation and Mechanistic Studies. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(31). 9801–9805. 169 indexed citations
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Shrestha, Bijay, Prakash Basnet, Roshan K. Dhungana, et al.. (2017). Ni-Catalyzed Regioselective 1,2-Dicarbofunctionalization of Olefins by Intercepting Heck Intermediates as Imine-Stabilized Transient Metallacycles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(31). 10653–10656. 201 indexed citations
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