Abbas M. Walji

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Abbas M. Walji is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Abbas M. Walji has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Organic Chemistry, 7 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Abbas M. Walji's work include Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (7 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (7 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers). Abbas M. Walji is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (7 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (7 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers). Abbas M. Walji collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and China. Abbas M. Walji's co-authors include David W. C. MacMillan, Yong Huang, Catharine H. Larsen, Huw M. L. Davies, Stéphane G. Ouellet, Bryon Simmons, Tadamichi Nagashima, David W. C. MacMillan, Anthony Mastracchio and Jennifer O’Neil and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Abbas M. Walji

21 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Enantioselective Organo-Cascade Catalysis 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 200 400 600
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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. Enantioselective Organo-Cascade Catalysis
    2005 637 citations Yong Huang, Abbas M. Walji et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers

Abbas M. Walji
Peter E. Maligres United States
Stéphane G. Ouellet Canada
Shashank Shekhar United States
Ryo Yazaki Japan
Mark A. Huffman United States
Christopher J. Borths United States
Xiaoyu Wu China
Kateri A. Ahrendt United States
Jaume Balsells United States
Guangcheng Liu China
Peter E. Maligres United States
Abbas M. Walji
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Abbas M. Walji

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Abbas M. Walji. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Abbas M. Walji based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Abbas M. Walji. Abbas M. Walji is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Demma, Mark J., Michael J. Hohn, Claudio Mapelli, et al.. (2020). Inhibition of Myc transcriptional activity by a mini‐protein based upon Mxd1. FEBS Letters. 594(10). 1467–1476. 23 indexed citations
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Brown, Zachary Z., Claudio Mapelli, Iman Farasat, et al.. (2019). Multiple Synthetic Routes to the Mini-Protein Omomyc and Coiled-Coil Domain Truncations. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 85(3). 1466–1475. 19 indexed citations
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Demma, Mark J., Claudio Mapelli, Smaranda Bodea, et al.. (2019). Omomyc Reveals New Mechanisms To Inhibit the MYC Oncogene. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 39(22). 77 indexed citations
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Zeng, Zhizhen, Brett Connolly, Stacey O’Malley, et al.. (2017). [IC‐P‐207]: IN VITRO BINDING STUDIES TO EVALUATE THE NFT‐SPECIFICITY OF [3H]MK‐6240 AND [3H]AV‐1451 BINDING IN SUBCORTICAL REGIONS OF THE HUMAN AD BRAIN. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 13(7S_Part_3). 1 indexed citations
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Sanders, John M., Douglas C. Beshore, Joseph Culberson, et al.. (2017). Informing the Selection of Screening Hit Series with in Silico Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion, and Toxicity Profiles. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 60(16). 6771–6780. 16 indexed citations
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Clas, Sophie‐Dorothée, Rosa I. Sánchez, Abbas M. Walji, et al.. (2014). Design of Prodrugs to Enhance Colonic Absorption by Increasing Lipophilicity and Blocking Ionization. Pharmaceuticals. 7(2). 207–219. 10 indexed citations
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Rajapakse, Hemaka A., Abbas M. Walji, Keith P. Moore, et al.. (2010). Strategies towards Improving the Pharmacokinetic Profile of ε‐Substituted Lysinol‐Derived HIV Protease Inhibitors. ChemMedChem. 6(2). 253–257. 4 indexed citations
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Mastracchio, Anthony, et al.. (2010). Direct and enantioselective α-allylation of ketones via singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO) catalysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(48). 20648–20651. 94 indexed citations
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Simmons, Bryon, Abbas M. Walji, & David W. C. MacMillan. (2009). Cycle‐Specific Organocascade Catalysis: Application to Olefin Hydroamination, Hydro‐oxidation, and Amino‐oxidation, and to Natural Product Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(24). 4349–4353. 223 indexed citations
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Ouellet, Stéphane G., Abbas M. Walji, & David W. C. MacMillan. (2007). Enantioselective Organocatalytic Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions using Hantzsch Esters. Accounts of Chemical Research. 40(12). 1327–1339. 462 indexed citations
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MacMillan, David W. C. & Abbas M. Walji. (2007). Strategies to Bypass the Taxol Problem. Enantioselective Cascade Catalysis, a New Approach for the Efficient Construction of Molecular Complexity. Synlett. 2007(10). 1477–1489. 74 indexed citations
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Davies, Huw M. L. & Abbas M. Walji. (2005). Direct Synthesis of (+)‐Erogorgiaene through a Kinetic Enantiodifferentiating Step. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 44(11). 1733–1735. 72 indexed citations
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Davies, Huw M. L. & Abbas M. Walji. (2005). Direct Synthesis of (+)‐Erogorgiaene through a Kinetic Enantiodifferentiating Step. Angewandte Chemie. 117(11). 1761–1763. 27 indexed citations
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Davies, Huw M. L. & Abbas M. Walji. (2005). Universal Strategy for the Immobilization of Chiral Dirhodium Catalysts. Organic Letters. 7(14). 2941–2944. 76 indexed citations
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Huang, Yong, Abbas M. Walji, Catharine H. Larsen, & David W. C. MacMillan. (2005). Enantioselective Organo-Cascade Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127(43). 15051–15053. 637 indexed citations breakdown →
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Davies, Huw M. L., Abbas M. Walji, & Tadamichi Nagashima. (2004). Simple Strategy for the Immobilization of Dirhodium Tetraprolinate Catalysts Using a Pyridine-Linked Solid Support. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 126(13). 4271–4280. 81 indexed citations
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Davies, Huw M. L. & Abbas M. Walji. (2003). Asymmetric Intermolecular C−H Activation, Using Immobilized Dirhodium Tetrakis((S)-N-(dodecylbenzenesulfonyl)- prolinate) as a Recoverable Catalyst. Organic Letters. 5(4). 479–482. 66 indexed citations
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Davies, Huw M. L., et al.. (2002). Catalytic asymmetric C–H activation by methyl thiophen-3-yldiazoacetate applied to the synthesis of (+)-cetiedil. Tetrahedron Letters. 43(28). 4981–4983. 22 indexed citations

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