Daniel L. Comins

9.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
206 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Daniel L. Comins is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel L. Comins has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 176 papers in Organic Chemistry, 54 papers in Molecular Biology and 22 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Daniel L. Comins's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (57 papers), Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (57 papers) and Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (33 papers). Daniel L. Comins is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (57 papers), Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (57 papers) and Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (33 papers). Daniel L. Comins collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. Daniel L. Comins's co-authors include Ali Dehghani, Jack D. Brown, Hao Hong, Abdul Halim Abdullah, Sajan P. Joseph, Donald H. LaMunyon, R. Richard Goehring, Jeffrey T. Kuethe, Rima Al‐awar and Jianhua Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Daniel L. Comins

202 papers receiving 6.4k citations

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Pyridine-derived triflating reagents: An improved preparation of vinyl triflates from metallo enolates.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniel L. Comins United States	45	6.0k	1.8k	541	485	431	206	6.8k
Luís Castedo Spain	49	8.0k 1.4×	2.6k 1.4×	671 1.2×	563 1.2×	292 0.7×	433	10.0k
Masataka Ihara Japan	41	5.5k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	528 1.0×	697 1.4×	294 0.7×	400	7.0k
Kunio Ogasawara Japan	34	4.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	529 1.0×	454 0.9×	422 1.0×	385	5.6k
Yoshimitsu Nagao Japan	36	4.1k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	302 0.6×	661 1.4×	296 0.7×	269	5.2k
Philip Magnus United States	44	6.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	438 0.8×	666 1.4×	289 0.7×	250	6.7k
Gary E. Keck United States	49	5.8k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	963 1.8×	654 1.3×	347 0.8×	129	6.5k
Seiichi Takano Japan	33	4.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	573 1.1×	312 0.6×	426 1.0×	312	4.8k
H. M. R. Hoffmann Germany	36	5.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	436 0.8×	578 1.2×	431 1.0×	280	6.6k
Susumi Hatakeyama Japan	36	3.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	614 1.1×	470 1.0×	207 0.5×	200	4.7k
Tadashi Nakata Japan	39	4.2k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	600 1.1×	447 0.9×	322 0.7×	210	5.4k

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Comins, Daniel L., et al.. (2016). Studies toward the Synthesis of Lepadiformine A. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 81(21). 10433–10443. 12 indexed citations

Cash, Brandon, et al.. (2014). Studies toward the Total Synthesis of Dihydrolycolucine. Preparation of AB and CEF Ring Fragments. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 79(12). 5740–5745. 5 indexed citations

Neufeldt, Sharon R., Gonzalo Jiménez‐Osés, Daniel L. Comins, & K. N. Houk. (2014). A Twist on Facial Selectivity of Hydride Reductions of Cyclic Ketones: Twist-Boat Conformers in Cyclohexanone, Piperidone, and Tropinone Reactions. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 79(23). 11609–11618. 21 indexed citations

Sahn, James J., Pandi Bharathi, & Daniel L. Comins. (2012). Studies toward the synthesis of spirolucidine. Preparation of ABC and EF ring fragments. Tetrahedron Letters. 53(11). 1347–1350. 12 indexed citations

Eliyahu, Dorit, Satoshi Nojima, Sonja S. Capracotta, Daniel L. Comins, & Coby Schal. (2008). Identification of cuticular lipids eliciting interspecific courtship in the German cockroach, Blattella germanica. Die Naturwissenschaften. 95(5). 403–412. 16 indexed citations

Comins, Daniel L. & Kazuhiro Higuchi. (2007). Synthesis of the Benzo-fused Indolizidine Alkaloid Mimics. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 3. 42–42. 10 indexed citations

Comins, Daniel L., et al.. (2007). One-pot terminal alkene homologation using a tandem olefin cross-metathesis/allylic carbonate reduction sequence. Chemical Communications. 4170–4170. 15 indexed citations

Wagner, Florence F. & Daniel L. Comins. (2007). Recent advances in the synthesis of nicotine and its derivatives. Tetrahedron. 63(34). 8065–8082. 43 indexed citations

Comins, Daniel L., et al.. (2001). Inter- and intramolecular Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reactions of 5-(diethoxyphosphoryl)-1-acyl-2-alkyl(aryl)-2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones. Tetrahedron Letters. 42(25). 4115–4118. 21 indexed citations

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Comins, Daniel L. & Gary M. Green. (1999). Asymmetric synthesis of dienomycin C. Tetrahedron Letters. 40(2). 217–218. 24 indexed citations

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Comins, Daniel L., Yuemei Zhang, & Xiaoling Zheng. (1998). Photochemical reactions of chiral 2,3-dihydro-4(1H)-pyridones: asymmetric synthesis of (−)-perhydrohistrionicotoxin. Chemical Communications. 2509–2510. 37 indexed citations

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Comins, Daniel L., et al.. (1995). Preparation of 2,6-disubstituted 2,3-Dihydro-4-pyridones: Dehydrogenation of trimethylsilyl enol ethers with palladium (ii) acetate. Tetrahedron Letters. 36(52). 9449–9452. 15 indexed citations

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Joseph, Sajan P., Daniel L. Comins, & Praveer Singh. (1994). An unusual C-4a hydroxylated decahydroquinolone. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 50(6). 950–952.

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Singh, Pramila, Daniel L. Comins, & Sajan P. Joseph. (1994). 4-Methoxy-1-[(1R,4S,5R)-8-phenylmenthoxycarbonyl]pyridinium hexachloroantimonate, C23H30NO3+.SbCl6−. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 50(1). 25–27. 1 indexed citations

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Comins, Daniel L., Hao Hong, Jayanta Saha, & Jianhua Gao. (1994). A Six-Step Synthesis of (.+-.)-Camptothecin. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 59(18). 5120–5121. 84 indexed citations

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Comins, Daniel L. & Mohamed M. Badawi. (1991). Nucleophilic Addition to Homochiral N-Acylisoquinolinium Salts. Asymmetric Synthesis of (+)-Carnegine. Heterocycles. 32(10). 1869–1869. 31 indexed citations

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Comins, Daniel L., et al.. (1990). Pyridine Synthesis via Anodic Oxidation of 1-Acyldihydropyridines. Heterocycles. 31(11). 2025–2025. 8 indexed citations

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Comins, Daniel L., R. Richard Goehring, Sajan P. Joseph, & Sean P. O’Connor. (1990). Asymmetric synthesis of 2-alkyl(aryl)-2,3-dihydro-4-pyridones by addition of Grignard reagents to chiral 1-acyl-4-methoxypyridinium salts. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 55(9). 2574–2576. 55 indexed citations

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Comins, Daniel L. & Nathan B. Mantlo. (1983). Synthesis of 3-acylpyridines utilizing a friedel-crafts reaction. Tetrahedron Letters. 24(35). 3683–3686. 31 indexed citations

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Comins, Daniel L. & Abdul Halim Abdullah. (1982). Grignard試薬の1-アシルピリジニウム塩への位置選択的付加 4-アルキル(アリール)ピリジンの便利な合成法. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 47(22). 4315–4319. 114 indexed citations

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