David A. Evans

43.2k total citations · 13 hit papers
360 papers, 34.3k citations indexed

About

David A. Evans is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, David A. Evans has authored 360 papers receiving a total of 34.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 303 papers in Organic Chemistry, 81 papers in Molecular Biology and 61 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in David A. Evans's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (138 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (117 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (53 papers). David A. Evans is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (138 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (117 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (53 papers). David A. Evans collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. David A. Evans's co-authors include Jeffrey S. Johnson, Kevin T. Chapman, Margaret M. Faul, Mark T. Bilodeau, Javier Bartrolí, Thomas L. Shih, Jason S. Tedrow, Michael D. Ennis, Erick M. Carreira and David J. Mathre and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

David A. Evans

355 papers receiving 32.8k citations

Hit Papers

Enantioselective aldol condensations. 2. Erythro-selectiv... 1980 2026 1995 2010 1981 2000 1982 1988 1991 400 800 1.2k
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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. Enantioselective aldol condensations. 2. Erythro-selective chiral aldol condensations via boron enolates
    1981 1.3k citations David A. Evans, Javier Bartrolí et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  2. Chiral Bis(oxazoline) Copper(II) Complexes:  Versatile Catalysts for Enantioselective Cycloaddition, Aldol, Michael, and Carbonyl Ene Reactions
    2000 908 citations Jeffrey S. Johnson, David A. Evans profile →
  3. Asymmetric alkylation reactions of chiral imide enolates. A practical approach to the enantioselective synthesis of .alpha.-substituted carboxylic acid derivatives
    1982 876 citations David A. Evans et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  4. Directed reduction of .beta.-hydroxy ketones employing tetramethylammonium triacetoxyborohydride
    1988 842 citations David A. Evans et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  5. Bis(oxazolines) as chiral ligands in metal-catalyzed asymmetric reactions. Catalytic, asymmetric cyclopropanation of olefins
    1991 828 citations David A. Evans et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. Synthesis of diaryl ethers through the copper-promoted arylation of phenols with arylboronic acids. An expedient synthesis of thyroxine
    1998 711 citations David A. Evans et al. Tetrahedron Letters profile →
  7. Development of the Copper-Catalyzed Olefin Aziridination Reaction
    1994 555 citations David A. Evans et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  8. Asymmetric Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions with chiral .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated N-acyloxazolidinones
    1988 553 citations David A. Evans et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  9. Bis(oxazoline)-copper complexes as chiral catalysts for the enantioselective aziridination of olefins
    1993 473 citations David A. Evans et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  10. Stereoselective aldol condensations via boron enolates
    1981 407 citations David A. Evans et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  11. Contrasteric carboximide hydrolysis with lithium hydroperoxide
    1987 406 citations David A. Evans et al. Tetrahedron Letters profile →
  12. The asymmetric synthesis of .alpha.-amino acids. Electrophilic azidation of chiral imide enolates, a practical approach to the synthesis of (R)- and (S)-.alpha.-azido carboxylic acids
    1990 360 citations David A. Evans et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  13. Titanium-mediated methylene-transfer reactions. Direct conversion of esters into vinyl ethers
    1980 191 citations David A. Evans et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David A. Evans United States 105 30.5k 8.4k 6.5k 3.4k 3.1k 360 34.3k
Erick M. Carreira Switzerland 102 31.3k 1.0× 6.9k 0.8× 8.5k 1.3× 2.2k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 563 36.5k
Alois Fürstner Germany 114 46.9k 1.5× 9.6k 1.1× 8.0k 1.2× 4.1k 1.2× 4.4k 1.4× 542 50.4k
Leo A. Paquette United States 52 18.8k 0.6× 3.6k 0.4× 2.3k 0.4× 1.9k 0.6× 2.3k 0.7× 1.2k 21.8k
Jack E. Baldwin United Kingdom 60 11.0k 0.4× 7.8k 0.9× 3.3k 0.5× 3.0k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 638 19.0k
Phil S. Baran United States 113 39.8k 1.3× 7.9k 0.9× 6.3k 1.0× 3.4k 1.0× 3.0k 1.0× 402 47.6k
K. C. Nicolaou United States 100 34.1k 1.1× 12.5k 1.5× 2.3k 0.4× 8.0k 2.4× 4.3k 1.4× 600 41.9k
Teruaki Mukaiyama Japan 67 20.8k 0.7× 7.2k 0.9× 4.0k 0.6× 923 0.3× 1.1k 0.4× 976 23.5k
Larry E. Overman United States 83 24.3k 0.8× 4.6k 0.5× 3.6k 0.6× 1.8k 0.5× 1.9k 0.6× 421 26.6k
Hisashi Yamamoto Japan 91 26.3k 0.9× 6.6k 0.8× 8.1k 1.2× 989 0.3× 787 0.3× 724 29.6k
Barry M. Trost United States 132 77.7k 2.5× 13.6k 1.6× 21.0k 3.2× 3.4k 1.0× 2.5k 0.8× 1.1k 83.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Evans, David A., Jason J. Beiger, Jason D. Burch, et al.. (2022). Total Synthesis of Aflastatin A. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(43). 19953–19972. 5 indexed citations
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Evans, David A., Jason D. Burch, Essa Hu, & Georg Jaeschke. (2008). Enantioselective total synthesis of callipeltoside A: two approaches to the macrolactone fragment. Tetrahedron. 64(21). 4671–4699. 39 indexed citations
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Qu, Yan, et al.. (2004). Justsystem-Clairvoyance CLIR Experiments at NTCIR-4 Workshop. NTCIR. 1 indexed citations
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Evans, David A. & Brian T. Connell. (2003). Synthesis of the Antifungal Macrolide Antibiotic (+)-Roxaticin. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 125(36). 10899–10905. 80 indexed citations
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Evans, David A., Jason S. Tedrow, Jared T. Shaw, & C. Wade Downey. (2001). Diastereoselective Magnesium Halide-Catalyzed anti-Aldol Reactions of Chiral N-Acyloxazolidinones. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124(3). 392–393. 239 indexed citations
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O′Brien, Dominic P., Peter Kirkpatrick, Jonathan B. Spencer, et al.. (2000). Expression and assay of an N-methyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of a vancomycin group antibiotic. Chemical Communications. 103–104. 30 indexed citations
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Evans, David A., Edward J. Olhava, Jeffrey S. Johnson, & Jacob M. Janey. (1998). ChiraleC2-symmetrische CuII-Komplexe als Katalysatoren für enantioselektive Hetero-Diels-Alder-Reaktionen. Angewandte Chemie. 110(24). 3553–3557. 26 indexed citations
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Evans, David A., Paul J. Coleman, & Luiz C. Dias. (1997). Enantioselektive Synthese von Altohyrtin C (Spongistatin 2): Synthese der AB‐ und CD‐Spiroketale. Angewandte Chemie. 109(24). 2951–2954. 24 indexed citations
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Evans, David A., Michael G. Yang, Michael J. Dart, & Joseph Duffy. (1996). Double stereodifferentiating aldol reactions of (E) and (Z) lithium enolates. Model reactions for polypropionate assemblage. Tetrahedron Letters. 37(12). 1957–1960. 19 indexed citations
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Evans, David A. & Annette S. Kim. (1996). Enantioselective Synthesis of the Macrolide Antibiotic Oleandomycin Aglycon. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118(45). 11323–11324. 12 indexed citations
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Evans, David A., Michael G. Yang, Michael J. Dart, Joseph Duffy, & Annette S. Kim. (1995). Double stereodifferentiating Lewis acid-promoted (Mukaiyama) aldol bond constructions.. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117(37). 9598–9599. 39 indexed citations
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Evans, David A. & Howard P. Ng. (1993). Studies directed toward the synthesis of the rutamycins. Assemblage of the polypropionate region of rutamycin B. Tetrahedron Letters. 34(14). 2229–2232. 19 indexed citations
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Evans, David A., et al.. (1987). Shape Discrimination of Sand Samples Using the Fractal Dimension. Coastal Sediments. 138–153. 1 indexed citations
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Evans, David A. & Marcello DiMare. (1986). Asymmetric synthesis of premonensin, a potential intermediate in the biosynthesis of monensin. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 108(9). 2476–2478. 46 indexed citations
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Evans, David A., Eric B. Sjogren, Javier Bartrolí, & Robert L. Dow. (1986). Aldol addition reactions of chiral crotonate imides. Tetrahedron Letters. 27(41). 4957–4960. 95 indexed citations
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Evans, David A. & J. M. HOFFMAN. (1976). Regiospecific quinone isoprenylation. Examples of remarkably facile [3,3] sigmatropic processes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 98(7). 1983–1984. 21 indexed citations
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Battersby, Alan R., David A. Evans, Keith H. Gibson, Edward McDonald, & Leon N. Nixon. (1973). Biosynthesis of porphyrins and related macrocycles. Part I. Synthesis of 14C-labelled pyrromethanes. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 15. 1546–1546. 14 indexed citations
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Evans, David A.. (1969). An approach to the synthesis of the hasubanan carbocyclic system. Tetrahedron Letters. 10(20). 1573–1576. 20 indexed citations

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