Christopher G. Newton

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Christopher G. Newton is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher G. Newton has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Organic Chemistry, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Christopher G. Newton's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (11 papers), Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (7 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers). Christopher G. Newton is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (11 papers), Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (7 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers). Christopher G. Newton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Christopher G. Newton's co-authors include Nicolai Cramer, Caio C. Oliveira, Shouguo Wang, Christopher A. Ramsden, David Kossler, Matthew D. Wodrich, Michael S. Sherburn, E. Lunt, Malcolm F. G. Stevens and John A. Hickman 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

Christopher G. Newton

50 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Catalytic Enantioselective Transformations Involving C–H ... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 250 500 750
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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. Catalytic Enantioselective Transformations Involving C–H Bond Cleavage by Transition-Metal Complexes
    2017 913 citations Christopher G. Newton, Nicolai Cramer et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher G. Newton United Kingdom 21 2.1k 490 392 201 118 52 2.5k
Shi‐Wei Luo China 34 3.5k 1.7× 749 1.5× 596 1.5× 222 1.1× 162 1.4× 76 4.0k
Frederick A. Luzzio United States 21 1.4k 0.7× 282 0.6× 571 1.5× 144 0.7× 43 0.4× 69 1.8k
Hyun‐Joon Ha South Korea 30 2.4k 1.1× 281 0.6× 732 1.9× 151 0.8× 45 0.4× 157 3.0k
Kian L. Tan United States 27 1.9k 0.9× 676 1.4× 530 1.4× 59 0.3× 49 0.4× 50 2.4k
Guido Koch Switzerland 25 1.4k 0.7× 438 0.9× 573 1.5× 76 0.4× 32 0.3× 54 1.9k
Christopher J. Borths United States 11 1.7k 0.8× 448 0.9× 386 1.0× 120 0.6× 28 0.2× 17 2.0k
Kap‐Sun Yeung United States 22 2.1k 1.0× 481 1.0× 387 1.0× 107 0.5× 40 0.3× 46 2.6k
Christopher J. Dinsmore United States 25 1.3k 0.6× 188 0.4× 689 1.8× 71 0.4× 72 0.6× 47 1.8k
Francis Gosselin United States 28 1.9k 0.9× 635 1.3× 822 2.1× 118 0.6× 38 0.3× 104 2.5k
F. G. West Canada 43 4.0k 1.9× 338 0.7× 861 2.2× 108 0.5× 81 0.7× 175 4.7k

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All Works

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Newton, Christopher G., et al.. (2025). Hetero-Diels–Alder reactions of (isobenzo)furans. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 23(43). 9781–9796.
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Wheeler, Steven E., et al.. (2025). Ketenimines as Aza-Dienophiles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(7). 6087–6094. 3 indexed citations
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Newton, Christopher G., et al.. (2022). Ring Forming Approaches to para-Quinones: Toward a General Diels–Alder Disconnection. Synlett. 33(15). 1473–1480. 2 indexed citations
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Newton, Christopher G., et al.. (2019). A Broad‐Spectrum Synthesis of Tetravinylethylenes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 25(16). 4072–4076. 7 indexed citations
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Newton, Christopher G., et al.. (2018). Axially Chiral Dibenzazepinones by a Palladium(0)‐Catalyzed Atropo‐enantioselective C−H Arylation. Angewandte Chemie. 130(34). 11206–11210. 48 indexed citations
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Newton, Christopher G., Duc N. Tran, Matthew D. Wodrich, & Nicolai Cramer. (2017). One‐Step Multigram‐Scale Biomimetic Synthesis of Psiguadial B. Angewandte Chemie. 129(44). 13964–13968. 5 indexed citations
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Newton, Christopher G., Duc N. Tran, Matthew D. Wodrich, & Nicolai Cramer. (2017). One‐Step Multigram‐Scale Biomimetic Synthesis of Psiguadial B. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(44). 13776–13780. 43 indexed citations
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Newton, Christopher G., et al.. (2016). Masked Ketenes as Dienophiles in the Diels–Alder Reaction*. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 69(12). 1365–1374. 5 indexed citations
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Newton, Christopher G., et al.. (2015). [5]Radialene. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(46). 14653–14659. 27 indexed citations
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Newton, Christopher G., et al.. (2014). Pseudopterosin synthesis from a chiral cross-conjugated hydrocarbon through a series of cycloadditions. Nature Chemistry. 7(1). 82–86. 71 indexed citations
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Clark, David E. & Christopher G. Newton. (2004). Outsourcing lead optimisation – the quiet revolution. Drug Discovery Today. 9(11). 492–500. 20 indexed citations
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Newton, Christopher G.. (1996). Editorial Biologicals & Immunologicals: Patenting combinatorial libraries and associated technologies. Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents. 6(9). 827–835. 8 indexed citations
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Jones, Keith, et al.. (1996). Asymmetric induction ? to nitrogen in pyrrolidines and piperidines via radical chemistry. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 1107–1107. 5 indexed citations
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Dean, P. M., et al.. (1995). New perspectives in drug design. Academic Press eBooks. 38 indexed citations
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Bridge, Andrew W., Michael B. Hursthouse, Christian W. Lehmann, David J. Lythgoe, & Christopher G. Newton. (1993). Novel cycloadditions of isoquinoline Reissert salts. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 1839–1839. 10 indexed citations
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STEVENS, M. F. G., et al.. (1990). Antitumor imidazotetrazines. 20. Preparation of the 8-acid derivative of mitozolomide and its utility in the preparation of active antitumor agents. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 33(5). 1393–1399. 29 indexed citations
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Newton, Christopher G., et al.. (1988). A novel approach to the 5a-aryldecahydro-2-benzazepine skeleton. Tetrahedron Letters. 29(31). 3841–3844. 4 indexed citations
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Newton, Christopher G., et al.. (1984). Cyclic meso-ionic compounds. Part 21. The examination of nitro-derivatives of meso-ionic heterocycles as potential pharmaceuticals. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 63–63. 3 indexed citations

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