Arjun Narayanan

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Arjun Narayanan is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Arjun Narayanan has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Organic Chemistry, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Arjun Narayanan's work include Click Chemistry and Applications (5 papers), Organic and Inorganic Chemical Reactions (5 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (5 papers). Arjun Narayanan is often cited by papers focused on Click Chemistry and Applications (5 papers), Organic and Inorganic Chemical Reactions (5 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (5 papers). Arjun Narayanan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Arjun Narayanan's co-authors include Lyn H. Jones, Erik C. Hett, R. Aldrin Denny, Xing Li, Frank Lovering, Ray Unwalla, Huanyu Zhou, Mark E. Bunnage, David C. Blakemore and Michael A. Tones and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Arjun Narayanan

22 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Sulfonyl fluorides as privileged warheads in chemical biology

2015 444 citations Arjun Narayanan, Lyn H. Jones Chemical Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Arjun Narayanan United States	13	765	497	323	86	84	22	1.1k
Sandrine Ongeri France	21	493 0.6×	568 1.1×	164 0.5×	103 1.2×	43 0.5×	62	1.0k
Ralph P. Robinson United States	19	1.3k 1.7×	575 1.2×	163 0.5×	133 1.5×	58 0.7×	42	1.7k
Christopher J. Smedley Australia	13	1.1k 1.5×	563 1.1×	517 1.6×	40 0.5×	76 0.9×	22	1.3k
Justine N. deGruyter United States	8	781 1.0×	667 1.3×	128 0.4×	114 1.3×	77 0.9×	11	1.1k
Gencheng Li United States	15	1.6k 2.1×	427 0.9×	383 1.2×	43 0.5×	70 0.8×	18	1.7k
Brian Aquila United States	12	990 1.3×	323 0.6×	77 0.2×	86 1.0×	44 0.5×	18	1.2k
Diego B. Diaz Canada	13	629 0.8×	374 0.8×	50 0.2×	119 1.4×	60 0.7×	21	851
Eva Altmann Switzerland	18	494 0.6×	691 1.4×	56 0.2×	147 1.7×	38 0.5×	39	1.1k
Mariateresa Giustiniano Italy	20	1.3k 1.7×	498 1.0×	115 0.4×	69 0.8×	15 0.2×	64	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Arjun Narayanan

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Bennett, James M., Thomas Christott, Matthew Dowling, et al.. (2023). Discovery of PFI-6, a small-molecule chemical probe for the YEATS domain of MLLT1 and MLLT3. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 98. 129546–129546. 4 indexed citations

Philips, Cyriac Abby, Philip Augustine, Karthik Ganesan, et al.. (2022). The role of gut microbiota in clinical complications, disease severity, and treatment response in severe alcoholic hepatitis. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 41(1). 37–51. 15 indexed citations

Narayanan, Arjun, et al.. (2019). Studies on Long-Lived (Pentafluorosulfanyl)phenyl-Substituted Carbocations. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 84(18). 11724–11734. 4 indexed citations

Narayanan, Arjun, et al.. (2018). Superelectrophilic Activation of Phenylglyoxamides: Efficient Synthesis of Triarylacetamides and Fluorenecarboxamides by Superacid Catalysis. Topics in Catalysis. 61(7-8). 652–663. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Hua, Lee R. Roberts, Song Chou, et al.. (2017). Quantitative measurement of intracellular HDAC1/2 drug occupancy using a trans-cyclooctene largazole thiol probe. MedChemComm. 8(4). 767–770. 5 indexed citations

Gopalsamy, Ariamala, Arjun Narayanan, Shenping Liu, et al.. (2017). Design of Potent mRNA Decapping Scavenger Enzyme (DcpS) Inhibitors with Improved Physicochemical Properties To Investigate the Mechanism of Therapeutic Benefit in Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 60(7). 3094–3108. 14 indexed citations

Xu, Hua, Erik C. Hett, Ariamala Gopalsamy, et al.. (2015). A library approach to rapidly discover photoaffinity probes of the mRNA decapping scavenger enzyme DcpS. Molecular BioSystems. 11(10). 2709–2712. 9 indexed citations

Li, Xing, David C. Blakemore, Arjun Narayanan, et al.. (2015). Fluorine in Drug Design: A Case Study with Fluoroanisoles. ChemMedChem. 10(4). 715–726. 122 indexed citations

Narayanan, Arjun & Lyn H. Jones. (2015). Sulfonyl fluorides as privileged warheads in chemical biology. Chemical Science. 6(5). 2650–2659. 444 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vaghoo, Habiba, et al.. (2015). Superelectrophilic Activation of Crotonic/Methacrylic Acids: Direct Access to Thiochroman-4-ones from Benzenethiols by Microwave-Assisted One-Pot Alkylation/Cyclic Acylation. Organic Letters. 17(24). 6170–6173. 17 indexed citations

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Hett, Erik C., Hua Xu, Kieran F. Geoghegan, et al.. (2015). Rational Targeting of Active-Site Tyrosine Residues Using Sulfonyl Fluoride Probes. ACS Chemical Biology. 10(4). 1094–1098. 161 indexed citations

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Jones, Lyn H., Arjun Narayanan, & Erik C. Hett. (2014). Understanding and applying tyrosine biochemical diversity. Molecular BioSystems. 10(5). 952–969. 67 indexed citations

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Huber, Stefan M., Alexander Pöthig, Arjun Narayanan, et al.. (2014). Chiral Propargylic Cations as Intermediates in S_N1-Type Reactions: Substitution Pattern, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies, and Origin of the Diastereoselectivity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(7). 2851–2857. 29 indexed citations

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Prakash, G. K. Surya, Aditya Kulkarni, Arjun Narayanan, et al.. (2014). Taming of superacids: PVP-triflic acid as an effective solid triflic acid equivalent for Friedel–Crafts hydroxyalkylation and acylation. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. 171. 102–112. 13 indexed citations

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Peng, Zhengwei, Paul Gillespie, Martin Weisel, et al.. (2013). A Crowd‐Based Process and Tool for HTS Hit Triage. Molecular Informatics. 32(4). 337–345. 4 indexed citations

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Rana, Payal, Russell Naven, Arjun Narayanan, Yvonne Will, & Lyn H. Jones. (2013). Chemical motifs that redox cycle and their associated toxicity. MedChemComm. 4(8). 1175–1175. 21 indexed citations

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Craig, Cody J., Rebecca L. Pongratz, Jacob Appelbaum, et al.. (2013). A β-Peptide Agonist of the GLP-1 Receptor, a Class B GPCR. Organic Letters. 15(20). 5318–5321. 32 indexed citations

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Hermann, Johannes C., Charles Wartchow, John G. Menke, et al.. (2012). Metal Impurities Cause False Positives in High-Throughput Screening Campaigns. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 4(2). 197–200. 87 indexed citations

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Prakash, G. K. Surya, et al.. (2012). Efficient synthesis of trifluoromethylated dihydrochalcones, aryl vinyl ketones and indanones by superelectrophilic activation of 4,4,4-trifluoro/3-(trifluoromethyl)crotonic acids. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. 143. 292–302. 19 indexed citations

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Parker, D., et al.. (2000). Failure of presynaptic purinoceptors to modulate noradrenaline release from sympathetic nerves in human dental pulp. Archives of Oral Biology. 45(10). 827–831. 2 indexed citations

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