Christopher Sandford

2.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
21 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Christopher Sandford is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Electrochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Sandford has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Organic Chemistry, 4 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 3 papers in Electrochemistry. Recurrent topics in Christopher Sandford's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (6 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (5 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (4 papers). Christopher Sandford is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (6 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (5 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (4 papers). Christopher Sandford collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Taiwan. Christopher Sandford's co-authors include Varinder K. Aggarwal, Matthew S. Sigman, Shelley D. Minteer, Mattia Silvi, David P. Hickey, Koushik Barman, Martin A. Edwards, Henry S. White, Min Li and Kevin J. Klunder 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

Christopher Sandford

19 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Stereospecific functionalizations and transformations of secondary and tertiary boronic esters

2017 531 citations Christopher Sandford, Varinder K. Aggarwal Chemical Communications profile →
A synthetic chemist's guide to electroanalytical tools for studying reaction mechanisms

2019 344 citations Christopher Sandford, Martin A. Edwards et al. Chemical Science profile →
Cognitive impairment in people living with HIV: consensus recommendations for a new approach

2023 66 citations Sam Nightingale, Beau M. Ances et al. Nature Reviews Neurology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher Sandford United States	15	1.4k	289	184	159	154	21	1.8k
Antonio Zucca Italy	35	2.3k 1.7×	712 2.5×	141 0.8×	38 0.2×	292 1.9×	94	2.9k
Xiangsheng Xu China	19	1.4k 1.0×	101 0.3×	48 0.3×	84 0.5×	59 0.4×	66	1.5k
Zhengyin Du China	20	1.5k 1.1×	258 0.9×	157 0.9×	60 0.4×	45 0.3×	96	1.6k
Christophe M. L. Vande Velde Belgium	21	656 0.5×	219 0.8×	155 0.8×	40 0.3×	95 0.6×	69	1.2k
Barry R. Steele Greece	21	784 0.6×	317 1.1×	241 1.3×	49 0.3×	79 0.5×	64	1.2k
Dongyoung Kim South Korea	11	742 0.5×	250 0.9×	94 0.5×	75 0.5×	98 0.6×	15	1.0k
Amanda E. King United States	14	1.3k 1.0×	444 1.5×	141 0.8×	101 0.6×	133 0.9×	14	1.8k
Guo‐Xing Li China	24	1.6k 1.2×	251 0.9×	177 1.0×	319 2.0×	620 4.0×	35	2.4k
Yuwen Zeng China	14	571 0.4×	225 0.8×	66 0.4×	310 1.9×	112 0.7×	35	1.0k

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Allais, Christophe, et al.. (2025). A bifunctional boronic acid/phosphorus(V) organocatalyst for the direct room-temperature amidation of carboxylic acids. Chem Catalysis. 5(10). 101460–101460. 1 indexed citations

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Nightingale, Sam, Beau M. Ances, Paola Cinque, et al.. (2023). Cognitive impairment in people living with HIV: consensus recommendations for a new approach. Nature Reviews Neurology. 19(7). 424–433. 66 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sandford, Christopher, et al.. (2022). Insight into Stereocontrol in the Asymmetric Intramolecular Allylation with a tert-Butylsulfinamide Nucleophile: Application in the Synthesis of Chiral Isoindoline-1-Carboxylic Acid Esters. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 88(1). 613–625. 6 indexed citations

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Nightingale, Sam, Paola Cinque, John A. Joska, et al.. (2022). A new approach to cognitive impairment in people with HIV. The Lancet HIV. 9(12). e815–e817. 2 indexed citations

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Tang, Tianhua, Christopher Sandford, Shelley D. Minteer, & Matthew S. Sigman. (2021). Analyzing mechanisms in Co( i ) redox catalysis using a pattern recognition platform. Chemical Science. 12(13). 4771–4778. 18 indexed citations

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Barman, Koushik, Martin A. Edwards, David P. Hickey, et al.. (2020). Electrochemical Reduction of [Ni(Mebpy) ₃ ] ²⁺ : Elucidation of the Redox Mechanism by Cyclic Voltammetry and Steady‐State Voltammetry in Low Ionic Strength Solutions. ChemElectroChem. 7(6). 1473–1479. 17 indexed citations

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Tsai, Cheng‐Che, Christopher Sandford, Tao Wu, et al.. (2020). Enantioselective Intramolecular Allylic Substitution via Synergistic Palladium/Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalysis: Insight into Stereoinduction through Statistical Modeling. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(34). 14647–14655. 38 indexed citations

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Tsai, Cheng‐Che, Christopher Sandford, Tao Wu, et al.. (2020). Enantioselective Intramolecular Allylic Substitution via Synergistic Palladium/Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalysis: Insight into Stereoinduction through Statistical Modeling. Angewandte Chemie. 132(34). 14755–14763. 5 indexed citations

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Sandford, Christopher, Martin A. Edwards, Kevin J. Klunder, et al.. (2019). A synthetic chemist's guide to electroanalytical tools for studying reaction mechanisms. Chemical Science. 10(26). 6404–6422. 344 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hickey, David P., Christopher Sandford, Zayn Rhodes, et al.. (2019). Investigating the Role of Ligand Electronics on Stabilizing Electrocatalytically Relevant Low-Valent Co(I) Intermediates. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(3). 1382–1392. 73 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Roly J., Christopher Sandford, Cristina García‐Ruiz, & Varinder K. Aggarwal. (2017). Conjunctive functionalization of vinyl boronate complexes with electrophiles: a diastereoselective three-component coupling. Chemical Communications. 53(36). 4922–4925. 58 indexed citations

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García‐Ruiz, Cristina, Jack L.‐Y. Chen, Christopher Sandford, et al.. (2017). Stereospecific Allylic Functionalization: The Reactions of Allylboronate Complexes with Electrophiles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(43). 15324–15327. 66 indexed citations

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Silvi, Mattia, Christopher Sandford, & Varinder K. Aggarwal. (2017). Merging Photoredox with 1,2-Metallate Rearrangements: The Photochemical Alkylation of Vinyl Boronate Complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(16). 5736–5739. 193 indexed citations

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Wang, Yahui, Adam Noble, Christopher Sandford, & Varinder K. Aggarwal. (2017). Enantiospecific Trifluoromethyl‐Radical‐Induced Three‐Component Coupling of Boronic Esters with Furans. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(7). 1810–1814. 57 indexed citations

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Sandford, Christopher & Varinder K. Aggarwal. (2017). Stereospecific functionalizations and transformations of secondary and tertiary boronic esters. Chemical Communications. 53(40). 5481–5494. 531 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Yahui, Adam Noble, Christopher Sandford, & Varinder K. Aggarwal. (2017). Enantiospecific Trifluoromethyl‐Radical‐Induced Three‐Component Coupling of Boronic Esters with Furans. Angewandte Chemie. 129(7). 1836–1840. 26 indexed citations

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Farley, Alistair J. M., Christopher Sandford, & Darren J. Dixon. (2015). Bifunctional Iminophosphorane Catalyzed Enantioselective Sulfa-Michael Addition to Unactivated α-Substituted Acrylate Esters. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(51). 15992–15995. 107 indexed citations

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Sandford, Christopher, Ramesh Rasappan, & Varinder K. Aggarwal. (2015). Synthesis of Enantioenriched Alkylfluorides by the Fluorination of Boronate Complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(32). 10100–10103. 90 indexed citations

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Sandford, Christopher. (1998). Sting: Demolition Man.

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Sandford, Christopher. (1994). Clapton, edge of darkness. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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