Alexander J. Grenning

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Alexander J. Grenning is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander J. Grenning has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Organic Chemistry, 13 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Alexander J. Grenning's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (22 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (17 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (15 papers). Alexander J. Grenning is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (22 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (17 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (15 papers). Alexander J. Grenning collaborates with scholars based in United States. Alexander J. Grenning's co-authors include Jon A. Tunge, Antonio Recio, Jimmie D. Weaver, John A. Porco, Ion Ghiviriga, K. N. Houk, Jacob N. Sanders, John K. Snyder, Simon B. Lang and Tapan Maji and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Alexander J. Grenning

45 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Transition Metal-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Allylation and Benzylation Reactions

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander J. Grenning United States	15	1.5k	323	195	106	81	46	1.7k
Gedu Satyanarayana India	24	1.7k 1.1×	202 0.6×	218 1.1×	51 0.5×	141 1.7×	145	1.9k
Hengbin Wang United States	14	1.1k 0.7×	327 1.0×	154 0.8×	383 3.6×	44 0.5×	23	1.4k
Charles C. J. Loh Germany	24	1.7k 1.1×	275 0.9×	354 1.8×	74 0.7×	31 0.4×	45	1.7k
C. Wade Downey United States	17	1.5k 1.0×	428 1.3×	396 2.0×	58 0.5×	81 1.0×	35	1.7k
Luigi Pinna Italy	28	1.3k 0.9×	282 0.9×	413 2.1×	84 0.8×	69 0.9×	51	1.5k
Guillaume Pelletier Canada	15	1.8k 1.2×	438 1.4×	511 2.6×	107 1.0×	31 0.4×	20	2.0k
Ji‐Yuan Du China	22	1.5k 1.0×	143 0.4×	127 0.7×	54 0.5×	115 1.4×	41	1.6k
Sriram Tyagarajan United States	10	1.4k 0.9×	302 0.9×	264 1.4×	181 1.7×	45 0.6×	14	1.7k
Yu‐Ming Zhao China	19	1.1k 0.7×	237 0.7×	240 1.2×	94 0.9×	110 1.4×	46	1.3k

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Zhu, Ning, et al.. (2023). Altered methionine metabolism impacts phenylpropanoid production and plant development in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Journal. 116(1). 187–200. 9 indexed citations

Grenning, Alexander J., et al.. (2023). Vicinal stereocenters via asymmetric allylic alkylation and Cope rearrangement: a straightforward route to functionally and stereochemically rich heterocycles. Chemical Science. 14(10). 2755–2762. 6 indexed citations

Roitberg, Adrián E., et al.. (2023). Axially Chiral Cannabinoids: Design, Synthesis, and Cannabinoid Receptor Affinity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(25). 13581–13591. 15 indexed citations

Yang, Yinuo, et al.. (2022). Construction of vicinal 4°/3°-carbons via reductive Cope rearrangement. Chemical Science. 13(7). 1951–1956. 5 indexed citations

Grenning, Alexander J., et al.. (2022). Adiabatic Passage through Level Anticrossings in Systems of Chemically Inequivalent Protons Incorporating Parahydrogen: Theory, Experiment, and Prospective Applications. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(45). 20847–20853. 7 indexed citations

Grenning, Alexander J., et al.. (2021). Modern approaches to the development of synthetic cannabinoid receptor probes. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 203. 173119–173119. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Yi, et al.. (2021). Aldoximes are precursors of auxins in Arabidopsis and maize. New Phytologist. 231(4). 1449–1461. 24 indexed citations

Grenning, Alexander J., et al.. (2020). Diastereoselective Synthesis of 2,3,4-Trisubstituted Tetrahydrofurans via Thermally Reactive 1,5-Diene- tert -butyl Carbonates. Organic Letters. 22(3). 842–847. 4 indexed citations

Wilkerson, Jenny L., et al.. (2020). Axially Chiral Cannabinols: A New Platform for Cannabinoid‐Inspired Drug Discovery. ChemMedChem. 15(9). 728–732. 7 indexed citations

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Grenning, Alexander J., et al.. (2019). Promoting Thermodynamically Unfavorable [3,3] Rearrangements by Chemoselective Reduction. Organic Letters. 21(14). 5704–5707. 10 indexed citations

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Ghiviriga, Ion, et al.. (2018). Complex Hydroindoles by an Intramolecular Nitrile-Intercepted Allylic Alkylation Cascade Reaction. Organic Letters. 20(7). 1970–1973. 9 indexed citations

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Grenning, Alexander J., et al.. (2017). Factors Governing and Application of the Cope Rearrangement of 3,3-Dicyano-1,5-dienes and Related Studies. Organic Letters. 19(15). 4130–4133. 13 indexed citations

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Grenning, Alexander J.. (2017). Simplifying Complex Scaffold Synthesis: Knoevenagel Adduct Allyl Anions as Easily Generated Multifunctional Reagents. Synlett. 28(6). 633–639. 7 indexed citations

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Grenning, Alexander J., et al.. (2015). Knoevenagel Adducts as Trimethylenemethane Dipole Surrogates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(1). 317–320. 16 indexed citations

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Grenning, Alexander J., et al.. (2015). Knoevenagel Adducts as Trimethylenemethane Dipole Surrogates. Angewandte Chemie. 128(1). 325–328. 5 indexed citations

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Grenning, Alexander J., et al.. (2014). Rapid Synthesis of Polyprenylated Acylphloroglucinol Analogs via Dearomative Conjunctive Allylic Annulation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(33). 11799–11804. 71 indexed citations

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Chattopadhyay, Kalicharan, et al.. (2012). Palladium-catalyzed substitution of (coumarinyl)methyl acetates with C-, N-, and S-nucleophiles. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 8. 1200–1207. 4 indexed citations

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Grenning, Alexander J., et al.. (2012). Intercepted decarboxylative allylations of nitroalkanoates. Tetrahedron Letters. 53(34). 4494–4497. 10 indexed citations

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Grenning, Alexander J. & Jon A. Tunge. (2011). Deacylative Allylation: Allylic Alkylation via Retro-Claisen Activation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(37). 14785–14794. 80 indexed citations

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Grenning, Alexander J. & Jon A. Tunge. (2010). Deacylative Allylation of Nitroalkanes: Unsymmetric Bisallylation by a Three‐Component Coupling. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(7). 1688–1691. 48 indexed citations

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