Christophe Malan

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Christophe Malan is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christophe Malan has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 20 papers in Organic Chemistry and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christophe Malan's work include Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (19 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (9 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (7 papers). Christophe Malan is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (19 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (9 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (7 papers). Christophe Malan collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and France. Christophe Malan's co-authors include Felix Spindler, Hans‐Ulrich Blaser, Benoı̂t Pugin, Martin Studer, Heinz Steiner, Daniela Herzberg, Antonio Zanotti‐Gerosa, Mark J. Burk, Christophe Morin and William P. Hems and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Christophe Malan

27 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Selective Hydrogenation for Fine Chemicals: Recent Trends... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 250 500 750 1000
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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. Selective Hydrogenation for Fine Chemicals: Recent Trends and New Developments
    2003 1.1k citations Hans‐Ulrich Blaser, Christophe Malan et al. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christophe Malan Switzerland 20 1.7k 1.6k 812 782 218 28 2.5k
Antonio Zanotti‐Gerosa United Kingdom 32 2.0k 1.2× 2.0k 1.3× 853 1.1× 591 0.8× 402 1.8× 78 2.9k
Jens Holz Germany 29 1.5k 0.9× 1.7k 1.1× 451 0.6× 599 0.8× 418 1.9× 80 2.2k
Renat Kadyrov Germany 26 1.5k 0.9× 2.1k 1.3× 308 0.4× 721 0.9× 191 0.9× 105 2.5k
Boopathy Gnanaprakasam India 23 1.6k 1.0× 2.1k 1.3× 246 0.3× 633 0.8× 664 3.0× 67 2.6k
Shaolin Zhou Germany 33 2.8k 1.6× 3.3k 2.0× 578 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 737 3.4× 57 4.1k
Sebastian Bähn Germany 21 2.4k 1.4× 2.1k 1.3× 346 0.4× 1.1k 1.4× 772 3.5× 21 2.8k
Karl‐Josef Haack Germany 9 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 587 0.7× 414 0.5× 365 1.7× 9 1.8k
Dipankar Srimani India 30 2.1k 1.3× 2.8k 1.7× 382 0.5× 473 0.6× 767 3.5× 60 3.3k
Christian W. Kohlpaintner Germany 14 1.1k 0.6× 1.8k 1.1× 264 0.3× 270 0.3× 512 2.3× 18 2.2k
Dmitri Gelman Israel 33 1.6k 1.0× 2.7k 1.7× 364 0.4× 265 0.3× 611 2.8× 84 3.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Berens, Ulrich, et al.. (2010). Highly Enantioselective Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of a (R)-Sibutramin Precursor. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 64(1-2). 59–59. 1 indexed citations
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Pierron, Julien, Christophe Malan, Marc Creus, et al.. (2008). Artificial Metalloenzymes for Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation on the Basis of the Biotin–Avidin Technology. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(4). 701–705. 88 indexed citations
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Pierron, Julien, Christophe Malan, Marc Creus, et al.. (2008). Artificial Metalloenzymes for Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation on the Basis of the Biotin–Avidin Technology. Angewandte Chemie. 120(4). 713–717. 35 indexed citations
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Alexakis, Alexandre, et al.. (2006). The Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Substitution. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 60(3). 124–124. 72 indexed citations
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Skander, Myriem, Christophe Malan, Anita Ivanova, & Thomas R. Ward. (2005). Chemical optimization of artificial metalloenzymes based on the biotin-avidin technology: (S)-selective and solvent-tolerant hydrogenation catalysts via the introduction of chiral amino acid spacers. Chemical Communications. 4815–4815. 35 indexed citations
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Blaser, Hans‐Ulrich, Christophe Malan, Benoı̂t Pugin, et al.. (2003). Selective Hydrogenation for Fine Chemicals: Recent Trends and New Developments.. ChemInform. 34(18). 3 indexed citations
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Blaser, Hans‐Ulrich, Christophe Malan, Benoı̂t Pugin, et al.. (2003). Selective Hydrogenation for Fine Chemicals: Recent Trends and New Developments. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 345(1-2). 103–151. 1141 indexed citations breakdown →
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Spindler, Felix, et al.. (2002). Exploring Stereogenic Phosphorus:  Synthetic Strategies for Diphosphines Containing Bulky, Highly Symmetric Substituents. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 67(15). 5239–5249. 50 indexed citations
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Spindler, Felix, et al.. (2002). P-Stereogenic diphosphines in the ruthenium-catalysed asymmetric hydrogenation of CC and CO double bonds. Tetrahedron Asymmetry. 13(16). 1817–1824. 23 indexed citations
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Zanotti‐Gerosa, Antonio, Christophe Malan, & Daniela Herzberg. (2001). Phosphonites Based on the Paracyclophane Backbone:  New Ligands for Highly Selective Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation. Organic Letters. 3(23). 3687–3690. 44 indexed citations
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Burk, Mark J., William P. Hems, Daniela Herzberg, Christophe Malan, & Antonio Zanotti‐Gerosa. (2000). A Catalyst for Efficient and Highly Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Aromatic, Heteroaromatic, and α,β-Unsaturated Ketones. Organic Letters. 2(26). 4173–4176. 159 indexed citations
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Malan, Christophe, et al.. (1999). Preparation and Reactions of Functionalized Magnesium Carbenoids. Synlett. 1999(11). 1820–1822. 35 indexed citations
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Malan, Christophe, et al.. (1998). New Chiral Ligands with Nonstereogenic Chirotopic Centers for Asymmetric Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(21). 3014–3016. 20 indexed citations
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Malan, Christophe & Christophe Morin. (1998). A Concise Preparation of 4-Borono-l-phenylalanine (l-BPA) from l-Phenylalanine. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 63(22). 8019–8020. 35 indexed citations
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Malan, Christophe & Christophe Morin. (1997). Synthesis of unsymmetrical C-disubstituted para-carboranes: Access to functionalized carboranyl-boronic acid and carboranol. Tetrahedron Letters. 38(37). 6599–6602. 11 indexed citations
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Malan, Christophe & Christophe Morin. (1996). Synthesis of 4-Borono-L-phenylalanine. Synlett. 1996(2). 167–168. 32 indexed citations
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Malan, Christophe, et al.. (1996). Two reducible protecting groups for boronic acids. Tetrahedron Letters. 37(37). 6705–6708. 12 indexed citations

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