Soo Y. Ko

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Soo Y. Ko is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Soo Y. Ko has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Organic Chemistry, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Soo Y. Ko's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (16 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (15 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (10 papers). Soo Y. Ko is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (16 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (15 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (10 papers). Soo Y. Ko collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Japan and United Kingdom. Soo Y. Ko's co-authors include K. Barry Sharpless, Janice M. Klunder, Hiroko Masamune, Yun Gao, Robert M. Hanson, F. J. Walker, Joanne Lerpiniere, Claudio Dalvit, Carl H. Behrens and Satoru Masamune and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Soo Y. Ko

52 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Catalytic asymmetric epoxidation and kinetic resolution: ... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Catalytic asymmetric epoxidation and kinetic resolution: modified procedures including in situ derivatization
    1987 1.7k citations Yun Gao, Janice M. Klunder et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Soo Y. Ko South Korea 24 2.5k 1.2k 337 331 286 54 3.2k
Ari M. P. Koskinen Finland 33 3.1k 1.3× 1.5k 1.3× 526 1.6× 266 0.8× 221 0.8× 190 4.1k
Janice M. Klunder United States 10 1.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 263 0.8× 298 0.9× 282 1.0× 12 2.8k
David J. Mathre United States 25 2.5k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 736 2.2× 441 1.3× 165 0.6× 51 3.4k
Philip Kocieński United Kingdom 33 3.6k 1.5× 1.1k 1.0× 323 1.0× 205 0.6× 540 1.9× 240 4.4k
Robert K. Boeckman United States 36 2.6k 1.1× 786 0.7× 251 0.7× 214 0.6× 326 1.1× 114 3.3k
Shô Itô Japan 30 2.4k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 352 1.0× 286 0.9× 202 0.7× 273 3.9k
Giovanni Casiraghi Italy 37 4.4k 1.8× 1.4k 1.2× 495 1.5× 266 0.8× 275 1.0× 173 5.3k
Gloria Rassu Italy 36 3.8k 1.5× 1.2k 1.0× 423 1.3× 154 0.5× 250 0.9× 116 4.4k
Isamu Shiina Japan 35 3.9k 1.6× 1.8k 1.5× 529 1.6× 201 0.6× 447 1.6× 164 4.6k
P. L. Fuchs United States 40 4.7k 1.9× 1.7k 1.4× 356 1.1× 377 1.1× 669 2.3× 234 6.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Soo Y. Ko

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kim, Minjae, Yeon Ui Lee, Benoı̂t Heinrich, et al.. (2021). Natural Hyperbolic Dispersion with Anisotropic Epsilon‐Near‐Zero and Epsilon‐Near‐Pole in Squaraine Molecular Film. Advanced Optical Materials. 9(22). 5 indexed citations
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Aoki, Reiko, Ryutaro Komatsu, Kenichi Goushi, et al.. (2021). Realizing Near‐Infrared Laser Dyes through a Shift in Excited‐State Absorption (Advanced Optical Materials 6/2021). Advanced Optical Materials. 9(6). 1 indexed citations
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Tang, Xun, Yi‐Ting Lee, Feng Zhao, et al.. (2020). Color-Tunable Low-Threshold Amplified Spontaneous Emission from Yellow to Near-Infrared (NIR) Based on Donor–Spacer–Acceptor–Spacer–Donor Linear Dyes. ACS Materials Letters. 2(12). 1567–1574. 30 indexed citations
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Oh, Seung Hyun, et al.. (2015). A One‐Pot Process toward 2‐Hydroxy‐1,3‐diamino Compounds: A Synthetic Application to Dual Norepinephrine/Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society. 36(2). 715–718. 2 indexed citations
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Dalvit, Claudio, Soo Y. Ko, & Anna Vulpetti. (2013). Application of the rule of shielding in the design of novel fluorinated structural motifs and peptidomimetics. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. 152. 129–135. 11 indexed citations
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Ko, Soo Y., et al.. (2010). A Synthesis of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) Starting from d-Mannitol. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 75(20). 7006–7009. 42 indexed citations
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Kim, Eun Jin & Soo Y. Ko. (2005). Synthesis of arylidene-substituted gelastatin analogues and their screening for MMP-2 inhibitory activity. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 13(12). 4103–4112. 6 indexed citations
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Ko, Soo Y., et al.. (2001). Orthogonally Protected, Enantiopure syn-2-Amino-1,3,4-butanetriol:  A General Building Block for syn-Amino Alcohols. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 66(20). 6833–6835. 13 indexed citations
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Ko, Soo Y., et al.. (2001). Improving the Regioselectivity in the Cyclic Iminocarbonate Rearrangement: Enantioselective Synthesis of the Paclitaxel Sice Chain. 22(4). 432–434. 2 indexed citations
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Ko, Soo Y. & Roland M. Wenger. (1997). Solid‐Phase Total Synthesis of Cyclosporine Analogues. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 80(3). 695–705. 18 indexed citations
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Brain, Christopher T., Allan Hallett, & Soo Y. Ko. (1997). Thioamide Synthesis:  Thioacyl-N-phthalimides as Thioacylating Agents. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 62(12). 3808–3809. 49 indexed citations
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Dalvit, Claudio, et al.. (1996). Single and Multiple-Selective Excitation Combined with Pulsed Field Gradients. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Series B. 110(2). 124–131. 18 indexed citations
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Ko, Soo Y., Joanne Lerpiniere, Ian D. Linney, & Roger Wrigglesworth. (1994). The total synthesis of epibatidine. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 1775–1775. 16 indexed citations
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Ko, Soo Y.. (1994). Cis-epoxides via sharpless' asymmetric dihydroxylation reaction: Synthesis of (+)-disparlure. Tetrahedron Letters. 35(21). 3601–3604. 18 indexed citations
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Ko, Soo Y. & Claudio Dalvit. (1992). Conformation of cyclosporin A in polar solvents. International journal of peptide & protein research. 40(5). 380–382. 59 indexed citations
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Gao, Yun, Janice M. Klunder, Robert M. Hanson, et al.. (1987). Catalytic asymmetric epoxidation and kinetic resolution: modified procedures including in situ derivatization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 109(19). 5765–5780. 1653 indexed citations breakdown →
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Klunder, Janice M., Soo Y. Ko, & K. Barry Sharpless. (1986). Asymmetric epoxidation of allyl alcohol: efficient routes to homochiral .beta.-adrenergic blocking agents. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 51(19). 3710–3712. 148 indexed citations
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Behrens, Carl H., Soo Y. Ko, K. Barry Sharpless, & F. J. Walker. (1985). Selective transformation of 2,3-epoxy alcohols and related derivatives. Strategies for nucleophilic attack at carbon-1. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 50(26). 5687–5696. 130 indexed citations

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