Brandon Vara

932 total citations
12 papers, 796 citations indexed

About

Brandon Vara is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brandon Vara has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 796 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Organic Chemistry, 4 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Brandon Vara's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (5 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (4 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (3 papers). Brandon Vara is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (5 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (4 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (3 papers). Brandon Vara collaborates with scholars based in United States. Brandon Vara's co-authors include Gary A. Molander, John C. Tellis, Jeffrey N. Johnston, Jennifer K. Matsui, Álvaro Gutiérrez‐Bonet, Niki R. Patel, E. James Petersson, Simon Berritt, Christopher R. Walters and Thomas J. Struble and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Catalysis and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Brandon Vara

12 papers receiving 781 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brandon Vara United States 11 673 141 105 89 88 12 796
Jinwu Zhao China 20 830 1.2× 117 0.8× 150 1.4× 35 0.4× 167 1.9× 35 1.0k
Klaus Bjerglund Denmark 7 507 0.8× 129 0.9× 190 1.8× 90 1.0× 117 1.3× 7 612
Shen Guo China 10 552 0.8× 43 0.3× 91 0.9× 61 0.7× 102 1.2× 14 686
Ampofo Darko United States 9 421 0.6× 208 1.5× 85 0.8× 25 0.3× 95 1.1× 15 504
Vincent Corcé France 17 1000 1.5× 92 0.7× 96 0.9× 87 1.0× 15 0.2× 32 1.1k
Camille Lescot France 13 1.0k 1.5× 83 0.6× 369 3.5× 48 0.5× 187 2.1× 20 1.2k
Sidney M. Wilkerson‐Hill United States 12 364 0.5× 51 0.4× 71 0.7× 52 0.6× 75 0.9× 21 481
Bao Hu China 14 570 0.8× 88 0.6× 62 0.6× 67 0.8× 31 0.4× 28 752
Bryan J. Simmons United States 10 552 0.8× 204 1.4× 193 1.8× 25 0.3× 19 0.2× 15 698
Won Seok Ham Germany 10 703 1.0× 153 1.1× 70 0.7× 138 1.6× 13 0.1× 12 840

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brandon Vara

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brandon Vara

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All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Moure, Casey J., Brandon Vara, Mangeng Cheng, et al.. (2024). Activation of Hepatocyte Growth Factor/MET Signaling as a Mechanism of Acquired Resistance to a Novel YAP1/TEAD Small Molecule Inhibitor. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 23(8). 1095–1108. 5 indexed citations
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Vara, Brandon, Samuel M. Levi, David A. Candito, et al.. (2021). Discovery of Diaminopyrimidine Carboxamide HPK1 Inhibitors as Preclinical Immunotherapy Tool Compounds. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 12(4). 653–661. 31 indexed citations
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Mennie, Katrina M., Brandon Vara, & Samuel M. Levi. (2020). Reductive sp3–sp2 Coupling Reactions Enable Late-Stage Modification of Pharmaceuticals. Organic Letters. 22(2). 556–559. 22 indexed citations
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Vilgelm, Anna E., David K. Flaherty, Christopher Andrew Johnson, et al.. (2017). MDM2 Antagonists Counteract Drug-Induced DNA Damage. EBioMedicine. 24. 43–55. 10 indexed citations
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Vara, Brandon, Niki R. Patel, & Gary A. Molander. (2017). O-Benzyl Xanthate Esters under Ni/Photoredox Dual Catalysis: Selective Radical Generation and Csp3–Csp2 Cross-Coupling. ACS Catalysis. 7(6). 3955–3959. 97 indexed citations
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Vara, Brandon, et al.. (2017). Scalable thioarylation of unprotected peptides and biomolecules under Ni/photoredox catalysis. Chemical Science. 9(2). 336–344. 138 indexed citations
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Vara, Brandon & Jeffrey N. Johnston. (2016). Enantioselective Synthesis of β-Fluoro Amines via β-Amino α-Fluoro Nitroalkanes and a Traceless Activating Group Strategy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(42). 13794–13797. 43 indexed citations
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Vara, Brandon, Matthieu Jouffroy, & Gary A. Molander. (2016). C(sp3)–C(sp2) cross-coupling of alkylsilicates with borylated aryl bromides – an iterative platform to alkylated aryl- and heteroaryl boronates. Chemical Science. 8(1). 530–535. 46 indexed citations
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Gutiérrez‐Bonet, Álvaro, John C. Tellis, Jennifer K. Matsui, Brandon Vara, & Gary A. Molander. (2016). 1,4-Dihydropyridines as Alkyl Radical Precursors: Introducing the Aldehyde Feedstock to Nickel/Photoredox Dual Catalysis. ACS Catalysis. 6(12). 8004–8008. 237 indexed citations
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Vara, Brandon, Thomas J. Struble, Weiwei Wang, Mark C. Dobish, & Jeffrey N. Johnston. (2015). Enantioselective Small Molecule Synthesis by Carbon Dioxide Fixation using a Dual Brønsted Acid/Base Organocatalyst. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(23). 7302–7305. 112 indexed citations
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Sprague, Daniel J., Benjamin M. Nugent, Ryan A. Yoder, Brandon Vara, & Jeffrey N. Johnston. (2015). Adaptation of a Small-Molecule Hydrogen-Bond Donor Catalyst to an Enantioselective Hetero-Diels–Alder Reaction Hypothesized for Brevianamide Biosynthesis. Organic Letters. 17(4). 880–883. 10 indexed citations
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Vara, Brandon, Anand Mayasundari, John C. Tellis, et al.. (2014). Organocatalytic, Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of Nonsymmetric cis-Stilbene Diamines: A Platform for the Preparation of Single-Enantiomer cis-Imidazolines for Protein–Protein Inhibition. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 79(15). 6913–6938. 45 indexed citations

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