Alan B. Northrup

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Alan B. Northrup is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan B. Northrup has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Organic Chemistry, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Alan B. Northrup's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (7 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (6 papers). Alan B. Northrup is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (7 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (6 papers). Alan B. Northrup collaborates with scholars based in United States. Alan B. Northrup's co-authors include David W. C. MacMillan, Ian Mangion, John J. M. Wiener, Sung‐Gon Kim, Joseph Carpenter, Ekaterina V. Bobkova, Jannik N. Andersen, Zangwei Xu, David J. Witter and Jonathan B. Grimm and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Alan B. Northrup

23 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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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.

The First Direct and Enantioselective Cross-Aldol Reaction of Aldehydes

2002 618 citations Alan B. Northrup, David W. C. MacMillan Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan B. Northrup United States	15	1.9k	682	466	110	103	24	2.2k
Derek A. Cogan United States	13	1.8k 1.0×	652 1.0×	561 1.2×	83 0.8×	107 1.0×	17	2.1k
Bang‐Chi Chen United States	25	1.7k 0.9×	661 1.0×	339 0.7×	106 1.0×	112 1.1×	76	2.2k
Nis Halland Denmark	25	2.4k 1.3×	658 1.0×	783 1.7×	103 0.9×	74 0.7×	35	2.7k
Sentaro Okamoto Japan	32	3.1k 1.6×	458 0.7×	516 1.1×	82 0.7×	93 0.9×	145	3.3k
Rafaël Pedrosa Spain	27	2.0k 1.1×	617 0.9×	402 0.9×	129 1.2×	68 0.7×	129	2.2k
Shun Su United States	20	2.2k 1.2×	390 0.6×	414 0.9×	92 0.8×	158 1.5×	27	2.6k
Matthias R. M. Hüttl Germany	8	3.4k 1.8×	749 1.1×	649 1.4×	72 0.7×	71 0.7×	11	3.5k
Jerry A. Murry United States	28	2.4k 1.3×	526 0.8×	571 1.2×	159 1.4×	127 1.2×	53	2.7k
Iain Coldham United Kingdom	30	3.5k 1.9×	688 1.0×	404 0.9×	78 0.7×	121 1.2×	128	3.7k

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Daublain, Pierre, Michael D. Altman, Iain Martin, et al.. (2017). Analyzing the Potential Root Causes of Variability of Pharmacokinetics in Preclinical Species. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 14(5). 1634–1645. 20 indexed citations

Haidle, Andrew M., Jason D. Katz, James P. Jewell, et al.. (2016). MARK inhibitors: Declaring a No-Go decision on a chemical series based on extensive DMPK experimentation. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 27(1). 109–113. 3 indexed citations

Katz, Jason D., Andrew M. Haidle, James P. Jewell, et al.. (2016). Structure guided design of a series of selective pyrrolopyrimidinone MARK inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 27(1). 114–120. 13 indexed citations

Koziol‐White, Cynthia, Yanlin Jia, Gretchen A. Baltus, et al.. (2016). Inhibition of spleen tyrosine kinase attenuates IgE‐mediated airway contraction and mediator release in human precision cut lung slices. British Journal of Pharmacology. 173(21). 3080–3087. 20 indexed citations

Siu, Tony, Michael D. Altman, Matthew H. Katcher, et al.. (2014). The discovery of reverse tricyclic pyridone JAK2 inhibitors. Part 2: Lead optimization. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 24(6). 1466–1471. 6 indexed citations

Crackower, Michael A., Lily Y. Moy, Yanlin Jia, et al.. (2012). Characterization of a Novel, Potent and Selective Small Molecule Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (SYK) Inhibitor in In Vitro and In Vivo Models of Asthma.. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 129(2). AB49–AB49. 1 indexed citations

Paweletz, Cloud P., Jannik N. Andersen, Roy M. Pollock, et al.. (2011). Identification of Direct Target Engagement Biomarkers for Kinase-Targeted Therapeutics. PLoS ONE. 6(10). e26459–e26459. 23 indexed citations

Bobkova, Ekaterina V., Michael J. Weber, Zangwei Xu, et al.. (2010). Discovery of PDK1 Kinase Inhibitors with a Novel Mechanism of Action by Ultrahigh Throughput Screening. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 285(24). 18838–18846. 41 indexed citations

Sun, Dongyu, Joon Young Jung, Thomas S. Rush, et al.. (2009). Efficient Identification of Novel Leads by Dynamic Focused Screening: PDK1 Case Study. Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening. 13(1). 16–26. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Zangwei, Kumiko Nagashima, Dongyu Sun, et al.. (2009). Development of High-Throughput TR-FRET and AlphaScreen® Assays for Identification of Potent Inhibitors of PDK1. SLAS DISCOVERY. 14(10). 1257–1262. 19 indexed citations

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Carpenter, Joseph, et al.. (2008). Total Synthesis and Structural Revision of Callipeltoside C. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(19). 3568–3572. 66 indexed citations

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Carpenter, John, et al.. (2008). Synthesis of Callipeltoside C. Synfacts. 2008(10). 1009–1009. 1 indexed citations

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Grimm, Jonathan B., Matthew H. Katcher, David J. Witter, & Alan B. Northrup. (2007). A New Strategy for the Synthesis of Benzylic Sulfonamides: Palladium-Catalyzed Arylation and Sulfonamide Metathesis. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 72(21). 8135–8138. 26 indexed citations

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Northrup, Alan B. & David W. C. MacMillan. (2004). Two-Step Synthesis of Carbohydrates by Selective Aldol Reactions. Science. 305(5691). 1752–1755. 336 indexed citations

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Mangion, Ian, Alan B. Northrup, & David W. C. MacMillan. (2004). The Importance of Iminium Geometry Control in Enamine Catalysis: Identification of a New Catalyst Architecture for Aldehyde–Aldehyde Couplings. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(48). 6722–6724. 140 indexed citations

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Northrup, Alan B., et al.. (2004). Enantioselective Organocatalytic Direct Aldol Reactions of α‐Oxyaldehydes: Step One in a Two‐Step Synthesis of Carbohydrates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(16). 2152–2154. 273 indexed citations

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Northrup, Alan B. & David W. C. MacMillan. (2002). The First General Enantioselective Catalytic Diels−Alder Reaction with Simple α,β-Unsaturated Ketones. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124(11). 2458–2460. 396 indexed citations

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Northrup, Alan B. & David W. C. MacMillan. (2002). The First Direct and Enantioselective Cross‐Aldol Reaction of Aldehydes.. ChemInform. 33(42). 37–37.

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Northrup, Alan B. & David W. C. MacMillan. (2002). The First Direct and Enantioselective Cross-Aldol Reaction of Aldehydes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124(24). 6798–6799. 618 indexed citations breakdown →

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Northrup, Alan B.. (1987). Computer–Aided Chemistry: Effective Management of Chemical Information. Nature Biotechnology. 5(5). 455–457. 1 indexed citations

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