David Lapointe

3.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
13 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

David Lapointe is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Lapointe has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Organic Chemistry, 3 papers in Pharmacology and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in David Lapointe's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (9 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (7 papers) and Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (4 papers). David Lapointe is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (9 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (7 papers) and Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (4 papers). David Lapointe collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United States. David Lapointe's co-authors include Keith Fagnou, Serge I. Gorelsky, Laurence Caron, Benoît Liégault, Marc Lafrance, Olivier René, Richmond Sarpong, Felipe de Jesus Cortez and Eric M. Simmons and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

David Lapointe

13 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. Overview of the Mechanistic Work on the Concerted Metallation–Deprotonation Pathway
    2010 1000 citations David Lapointe, Keith Fagnou Chemistry Letters profile →
  2. Analysis of the Concerted Metalation-Deprotonation Mechanism in Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation Across a Broad Range of Aromatic Substrates
    2008 881 citations Serge I. Gorelsky, David Lapointe et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  3. Establishment of Broadly Applicable Reaction Conditions for the Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation of Heteroatom-Containing Aromatic Compounds
    2009 521 citations Benoît Liégault, David Lapointe et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 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 Lapointe Canada 12 3.1k 646 190 158 143 13 3.4k
Dino Alberico Canada 13 4.2k 1.3× 548 0.8× 153 0.8× 160 1.0× 88 0.6× 20 4.3k
Simon B. Blakey United States 27 2.3k 0.7× 608 0.9× 69 0.4× 175 1.1× 76 0.5× 60 2.5k
Brian L. Pagenkopf United States 33 3.0k 0.9× 353 0.5× 317 1.7× 373 2.4× 226 1.6× 78 3.4k
Jwanro Hassan France 9 3.5k 1.1× 378 0.6× 361 1.9× 227 1.4× 160 1.1× 11 3.7k
V. G. Zaitsev Belarus 10 2.6k 0.8× 490 0.8× 171 0.9× 113 0.7× 94 0.7× 26 2.8k
Thomas Dröge Germany 13 4.9k 1.6× 1.1k 1.6× 124 0.7× 123 0.8× 31 0.2× 17 5.1k
Ye‐Xiang Xie China 33 3.1k 1.0× 315 0.5× 291 1.5× 239 1.5× 55 0.4× 74 3.3k
James P. Stambuli United States 25 3.6k 1.2× 747 1.2× 156 0.8× 391 2.5× 52 0.4× 39 3.8k
Jaclyn M. Murphy United States 8 3.8k 1.2× 943 1.5× 223 1.2× 260 1.6× 49 0.3× 8 4.0k
Paula Ruiz‐Castillo United States 4 2.3k 0.8× 594 0.9× 227 1.2× 291 1.8× 51 0.4× 5 2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Lapointe

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All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Lapointe, David, et al.. (2014). Studies on C20-Diterpenoid Alkaloids: Synthesis of the Hetidine Framework and Its Application to the Synthesis of Dihydronavirine and the Atisine Skeleton. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 79(15). 6783–6800. 36 indexed citations
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Cortez, Felipe de Jesus, et al.. (2013). Synthetic studies on the icetexones: enantioselective formal syntheses of icetexone and epi-icetexone. Tetrahedron. 69(27-28). 5665–5676. 20 indexed citations
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Cortez, Felipe de Jesus, et al.. (2013). Gallium(III)‐Catalyzed Cycloisomerization Approach to the Diterpenoid Alkaloids: Construction of the Core Structure for the Hetidines and Hetisines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(18). 4854–4857. 47 indexed citations
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Cortez, Felipe de Jesus, et al.. (2013). Gallium(III)‐Catalyzed Cycloisomerization Approach to the Diterpenoid Alkaloids: Construction of the Core Structure for the Hetidines and Hetisines. Angewandte Chemie. 125(18). 4954–4957. 15 indexed citations
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Gorelsky, Serge I., David Lapointe, & Keith Fagnou. (2011). Analysis of the Palladium-Catalyzed (Aromatic)C–H Bond Metalation–Deprotonation Mechanism Spanning the Entire Spectrum of Arenes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 77(1). 658–668. 376 indexed citations
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Lapointe, David & Keith Fagnou. (2011). ChemInform Abstract: Overview of the Mechanistic Work on the Concerted Metallation—Deprotonation Pathway. ChemInform. 42(10). 1 indexed citations
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Lapointe, David & Keith Fagnou. (2010). Overview of the Mechanistic Work on the Concerted Metallation–Deprotonation Pathway. Chemistry Letters. 39(11). 1118–1126. 1000 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lapointe, David, et al.. (2010). Predictable and Site-Selective Functionalization of Poly(hetero)arene Compounds by Palladium Catalysis. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 76(3). 749–759. 138 indexed citations
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Liégault, Benoît, et al.. (2009). Establishment of Broadly Applicable Reaction Conditions for the Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation of Heteroatom-Containing Aromatic Compounds. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 74(5). 1826–1834. 521 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lapointe, David & Keith Fagnou. (2009). Palladium-Catalyzed Benzylation of Heterocyclic Aromatic Compounds. Organic Letters. 11(18). 4160–4163. 103 indexed citations
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René, Olivier, David Lapointe, & Keith Fagnou. (2009). Domino Palladium-Catalyzed Heck-Intermolecular Direct Arylation Reactions. Organic Letters. 11(20). 4560–4563. 114 indexed citations
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Lafrance, Marc, David Lapointe, & Keith Fagnou. (2008). Mild and efficient palladium-catalyzed intramolecular direct arylation reactions. Tetrahedron. 64(26). 6015–6020. 138 indexed citations
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Gorelsky, Serge I., David Lapointe, & Keith Fagnou. (2008). Analysis of the Concerted Metalation-Deprotonation Mechanism in Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation Across a Broad Range of Aromatic Substrates. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(33). 10848–10849. 881 indexed citations breakdown →

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