Christopher R. A. Godfrey

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

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Christopher R. A. Godfrey is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher R. A. Godfrey has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Organic Chemistry, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Christopher R. A. Godfrey's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (5 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (3 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (3 papers). Christopher R. A. Godfrey is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (5 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (3 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (3 papers). Christopher R. A. Godfrey collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and United States. Christopher R. A. Godfrey's co-authors include Neil P. Grimster, Matthew J. Gaunt, Robert M. Adlington, Jack E. Baldwin, John M. Clough, William B. Motherwell, Jacek W. Morzycki, Derek H. R. Barton, Russell J. Cox and Vipulkumar K. Patel and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Tetrahedron and Tetrahedron Letters.

In The Last Decade

Christopher R. A. Godfrey

23 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Palladium‐Catalyzed Intermolecular Alkenylation of Indoles by Solvent‐Controlled Regioselective CH Functionalization

2005 583 citations Neil P. Grimster, Christopher R. A. Godfrey et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher R. A. Godfrey United Kingdom	16	1.2k	211	181	87	61	23	1.4k
G. LHOMMET France	23	1.4k 1.2×	312 1.5×	101 0.6×	46 0.5×	98 1.6×	102	1.5k
William G. Whittingham United Kingdom	21	982 0.8×	294 1.4×	117 0.6×	95 1.1×	97 1.6×	36	1.3k
John J. Bisaha United States	10	902 0.8×	285 1.4×	163 0.9×	146 1.7×	110 1.8×	14	1.2k
Fredrik Cederbaum Switzerland	15	1.2k 1.0×	188 0.9×	339 1.9×	61 0.7×	84 1.4×	17	1.4k
Paul A. Worthington United Kingdom	16	650 0.5×	159 0.8×	99 0.5×	143 1.6×	62 1.0×	30	928
James M. Renga United States	13	1.1k 0.9×	275 1.3×	141 0.8×	100 1.1×	80 1.3×	27	1.4k
Leonor Y. Vargas Méndez Colombia	15	721 0.6×	224 1.1×	102 0.6×	50 0.6×	18 0.3×	30	903
Chung‐Yang Huang Japan	16	1.2k 1.0×	192 0.9×	246 1.4×	84 1.0×	57 0.9×	26	1.7k
Kenji Tsubata Japan	18	908 0.8×	447 2.1×	105 0.6×	137 1.6×	73 1.2×	28	1.3k
Ren‐Yu Qu China	15	791 0.7×	235 1.1×	109 0.6×	241 2.8×	120 2.0×	25	1.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Godfrey, Christopher R. A., et al.. (2010). Formal Synthesis of AB3217-A from Anisomycin Using a Directed Benzylic Oxidation. Synlett. 2010(18). 2721–2724. 1 indexed citations

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Grimster, Neil P., et al.. (2010). Alkynes to (E)-enolates using tandem catalysis: stereoselective anti-aldol and syn-[3,3]-rearrangement reactions. Tetrahedron. 66(33). 6429–6436. 42 indexed citations

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Crowley, Patrick, Edward A. Berry, Thomas H. Cromartie, et al.. (2008). The role of molecular modeling in the design of analogues of the fungicidal natural products crocacins A and D. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 16(24). 10345–10355. 38 indexed citations

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Grimster, Neil P., et al.. (2005). Palladium‐Catalyzed Intermolecular Alkenylation of Indoles by Solvent‐Controlled Regioselective CH Functionalization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 44(20). 3125–3129. 583 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cox, Russell J., et al.. (2005). A Fragment‐Based Approach to Understanding Inhibition of 1‐Deoxy‐D‐Xylulose‐5‐Phosphate Reductoisomerase. ChemBioChem. 6(10). 1866–1874. 25 indexed citations

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Grimster, Neil P., et al.. (2005). Palladium‐Catalyzed Intermolecular Alkenylation of Indoles by Solvent‐Controlled Regioselective CH Functionalization. Angewandte Chemie. 117(20). 3185–3189. 191 indexed citations

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Bennett, David Jonathan, Alexander J. Blake, Paul Cooke, et al.. (2004). Stereoselectivity in reactions of atropisomeric lactams and imides. Tetrahedron. 60(20). 4491–4511. 45 indexed citations

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Cox, Russell J., et al.. (2003). Rapid and flexible synthesis of 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate, the substrate for 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 1(18). 3173–3177. 15 indexed citations

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Godfrey, Christopher R. A., et al.. (2000). High Stereochemical Fidelity in Reactions of an AtropisomericN-Acyliminium Intermediate. Synlett. 2000(3). 388–390. 4 indexed citations

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Godfrey, Christopher R. A., et al.. (1998). A novel route to unsymmetrical stilbene derivatives via intramolecular free radical ipso substitution reactions. Tetrahedron Letters. 39(7). 723–726. 13 indexed citations

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Godfrey, Christopher R. A., et al.. (1994). Agrochemicals From Natural Products. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 67 indexed citations

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Baldwin, Jack E., Robert M. Adlington, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, & Vipulkumar K. Patel. (1993). Stereospecific synthesis of chlamydocin. Tetrahedron. 49(36). 7837–7856. 31 indexed citations

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Godfrey, Christopher R. A., et al.. (1993). ChemInform Abstract: Total Synthesis of Naturally Occurring 1,2‐Dithiolo(4,3‐b)pyrrolones and Related Compounds. ChemInform. 24(43). 1 indexed citations

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Baldwin, Jack E., et al.. (1993). A New Approach to the Synthesis of γ-Keto-α-Amino Acids: Synthesis of Optically Pure 5-Hydroxy-4-oxo-L-norvaline, L-HON. Synlett. 1993(1). 51–53. 36 indexed citations

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Clough, John M., et al.. (1991). Fungicidal β‐methoxyacrylates: From natural products to novel synthetic agricultural fungicides. Pesticide Science. 31(4). 499–519. 84 indexed citations

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Baldwin, Jack E., Robert M. Adlington, Christopher R. A. Godfrey, & Vipulkumar K. Patel. (1991). A new homolytic method for the stereospecific synthesis of (2S,9S)-2-amino-8-oxo-9,10-epoxydecanoic acid in protected form. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 1277–1277. 6 indexed citations

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BARTON, D. H. R., Christopher R. A. Godfrey, Jacek W. Morzycki, William B. Motherwell, & Steven V. Ley. (1982). A practical catalytic method for the preparation of steroidal 1,4-dien-3-ones by oxygen atom transfer from iodoxybenzene to diphenyl diselenide. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 1947–1947. 41 indexed citations

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Barton, Derek H. R., Christopher R. A. Godfrey, Jacek W. Morzycki, William B. Motherwell, & Alan Stobie. (1982). Observations on the chemistry of the iodoxy group. Tetrahedron Letters. 23(9). 957–960. 44 indexed citations

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Barrett, Anthony G. M., et al.. (1982). Inclusion complexation of 1,4-dioxan by an azaparcyclophane; an X-ray crystallographic study. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 796–796. 14 indexed citations

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Barrett, Anthony G. M., Christopher R. A. Godfrey, David M. Hollinshead, et al.. (1981). Dissolving metal reduction of esters to alkanes. A method for the deoxygenation of alcohols. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 1501–1501. 29 indexed citations

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