William Choy

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

William Choy is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, William Choy has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Organic Chemistry, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in William Choy's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (13 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (8 papers) and Education and Islamic Studies (4 papers). William Choy is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (13 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (8 papers) and Education and Islamic Studies (4 papers). William Choy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Australia. William Choy's co-authors include Satoru Masamune, John S. Petersen, Lawrence R. Sita, William Roush, Jeffery T. Davis, Mary A. Blanchette, A. P. ESSENFELD, Lawrence A. Reed, Barbara Imperiali and John W. Ellingboe and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Tetrahedron.

In The Last Decade

William Choy

20 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Double Asymmetric Synthesis and a New Strategy for Stereo... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1985 1984 250 500 750
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. Double Asymmetric Synthesis and a New Strategy for Stereochemical Control in Organic Synthesis
    1985 910 citations Satoru Masamune, William Choy et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English profile →
  2. Horner-wadsworth-emmons reaction: Use of lithium chloride and an amine for base-sensitive compounds
    1984 815 citations Mary A. Blanchette, William Choy et al. Tetrahedron Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Choy United States 12 2.2k 703 370 250 249 24 2.5k
Alex G. Fallis Canada 29 2.8k 1.3× 541 0.8× 175 0.5× 187 0.7× 176 0.7× 125 3.2k
Hidemi Yoda Japan 28 3.2k 1.4× 1.2k 1.8× 543 1.5× 206 0.8× 239 1.0× 147 3.6k
Kaori Ando Japan 27 2.8k 1.2× 598 0.9× 418 1.1× 126 0.5× 266 1.1× 116 3.1k
Peter Somfai Sweden 37 3.1k 1.4× 983 1.4× 556 1.5× 92 0.4× 207 0.8× 131 3.4k
Steven D. Burke United States 29 2.2k 1.0× 752 1.1× 229 0.6× 90 0.4× 284 1.1× 108 2.5k
Yasumitsu Tamura Japan 27 3.1k 1.4× 651 0.9× 225 0.6× 193 0.8× 261 1.0× 303 3.4k
Atsushi Abiko Japan 21 1.7k 0.8× 441 0.6× 434 1.2× 133 0.5× 151 0.6× 47 2.0k
Peter Schönholzer Switzerland 23 1.3k 0.6× 610 0.9× 369 1.0× 208 0.8× 131 0.5× 66 1.8k
G. P. POLLINI Italy 26 2.1k 0.9× 775 1.1× 239 0.6× 143 0.6× 151 0.6× 114 2.4k
Tarek Sammakia United States 27 2.1k 0.9× 635 0.9× 544 1.5× 102 0.4× 144 0.6× 63 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Choy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Choy

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ng, David, Dong Nguyen, Benjamin Wong, & William Choy. (2015). A review of Singapore principals’ leadership qualities, styles, and roles. Journal of Educational Administration. 53(4). 512–533. 29 indexed citations
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Goh, Jonathan Wee Pin, Salleh Hairon, David Ng, et al.. (2010). Leadership and organizational change in Singapore schools: A baseline study. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 15(3). 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Choy, William, et al.. (2010). The People's Republic of China, the ASEAN and Singapore. Chinese Management Studies. 4(2). 162–183. 3 indexed citations
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Choy, William, et al.. (2007). Does socialization in schools matter? differences in value priorities between managers, professionals and executives in a singaporean firm. Asia Pacific Education Review. 8(1). 129–141. 1 indexed citations
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Choy, William. (1990). An enantioselective total synthesis of epiisopodophyllotoxin. Tetrahedron. 46(7). 2281–2286. 21 indexed citations
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Choy, William, et al.. (1989). ChemInform Abstract: Diels‐Alder Reactions of α‐Oxy‐o‐xylylenes.. ChemInform. 20(20). 1 indexed citations
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Choy, William, et al.. (1988). Diels-Alder reactions of .alpha.-oxy-o-xylylenes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 53(24). 5796–5798. 71 indexed citations
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Masamune, Satoru, William Choy, John S. Petersen, & Lawrence R. Sita. (1985). Doppelte Stereodifferenzierung und eine neue Strategie zur Stereokontrolle in der Organischen Synthese. Angewandte Chemie. 97(1). 1–31. 278 indexed citations
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Masamune, Satoru, William Choy, John S. Petersen, & Lawrence R. Sita. (1985). ChemInform Abstract: DOUBLE STEREODIFFERENTIATION AND A NEW STRATEGY FOR STEREOCONTROL IN ORGANIC SYNTHESES. Chemischer Informationsdienst. 16(19). 1 indexed citations
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Masamune, Satoru, William Choy, John S. Petersen, & Lawrence R. Sita. (1985). Double Asymmetric Synthesis and a New Strategy for Stereochemical Control in Organic Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 24(1). 1–30. 910 indexed citations breakdown →
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Blanchette, Mary A., William Choy, Jeffery T. Davis, et al.. (1984). Horner-wadsworth-emmons reaction: Use of lithium chloride and an amine for base-sensitive compounds. Tetrahedron Letters. 25(21). 2183–2186. 815 indexed citations breakdown →
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Masamune, Satoru, John W. Ellingboe, & William Choy. (1983). ChemInform Abstract: ALDOL STRATEGY: COORDINATION OF THE LITHIUM CATION WITH AN ALKOXY SUBSTITUENT. Chemischer Informationsdienst. 14(1).
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Ito, Yukishige, Satoru Masamune, & William Choy. (1983). . Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 41(2). 117–133. 3 indexed citations
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Masamune, Satoru, et al.. (1983). ChemInform Abstract: ASYMMETRIC ALDOL REACTION. Chemischer Informationsdienst. 14(32). 1 indexed citations
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Masamune, Satoru, John W. Ellingboe, & William Choy. (1982). Aldol strategy: coordination of the lithium cation with an alkoxy substituent. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 104(20). 5526–5528. 63 indexed citations
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Masamune, Satoru, et al.. (1981). Stereoselective aldol condensation. Use of chiral boron enolates. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 103(6). 1566–1568. 140 indexed citations
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Choy, William, Philip Ma, & Satoru Masamune. (1981). Enantioselective synthesis of β-hydroxyisobutyric acid: a useful synthon in the synthesis of polypropionate-type natural products. Tetrahedron Letters. 22(37). 3555–3556. 10 indexed citations
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McMurry, John E. & William Choy. (1980). Total synthesis of α- and β-panasinsene. Tetrahedron Letters. 21(26). 2477–2480. 14 indexed citations
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McMurry, John E. & William Choy. (1978). The mechanism of the thermal isomerization of 1,2-diolates. Is the pinacol coupling reaction reversible?. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 43(9). 1800–1803. 11 indexed citations

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