David Šarlah

11.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
110 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

David Šarlah is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Šarlah has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Organic Chemistry, 26 papers in Pharmacology and 18 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in David Šarlah's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (40 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (25 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (25 papers). David Šarlah is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (40 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (25 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (25 papers). David Šarlah collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Italy. David Šarlah's co-authors include K. C. Nicolaou, Paul G. Bulger, Erick M. Carreira, Michael A. Schafroth, Simon Krautwald, James Y. Hamilton, Emma H. Southgate, Mikiko Okumura, William C. Wertjes and Christopher J. Huck and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

David Šarlah

104 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

Palladium‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling Reactions in Total Syn... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2005 2013 2005 2018 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Palladium‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling Reactions in Total Synthesis
    2005 2.4k citations K. C. Nicolaou, Paul G. Bulger et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Metathesis Reactions in Total Synthesis
    2005 1.0k citations K. C. Nicolaou, Paul G. Bulger et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  3. Enantio- and Diastereodivergent Dual Catalysis: α-Allylation of Branched Aldehydes
    2013 830 citations David Šarlah, Michael A. Schafroth et al. profile →
  4. Palladiumkatalysierte Kreuzkupplungen in der Totalsynthese
    2005 632 citations K. C. Nicolaou, Paul G. Bulger et al. profile →
  5. Recent advances in chemical dearomatization of nonactivated arenes
    2018 399 citations David Šarlah et al. profile →

Peers

David Šarlah
Richard P. Hsung United States
Mitsuru Shoji Japan
Stephen P. Marsden United Kingdom
B. V. Subba Reddy India
Neil K. Garg United States
Timothy J. Donohoe United Kingdom
Paul G. Bulger United States
István E. Markó Belgium
Marisa C. Kozlowski United States
Yian Shi United States
Richard P. Hsung United States
David Šarlah
Citations per year, relative to David Šarlah David Šarlah (= 1×) peers Richard P. Hsung

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Šarlah

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Šarlah

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Šarlah. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Šarlah based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Šarlah. David Šarlah is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Cheng, Christopher J. Huck, Yaroslav D. Boyko, et al.. (2025). Stereodivergent Synthesis of Perhydrobenz[e]indene Terpenoids. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(28). 24847–24856. 1 indexed citations
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Ren, Hengqian, Dominic Luciano, David Šarlah, et al.. (2025). A Versatile Enzymatic Pathway for Modification of Peptide C-Termini. ACS Central Science. 11(11). 2143–2153.
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Li, Yanrong, et al.. (2024). Copper-Catalyzed Dearomative trans-1,2-Carboamination. ACS Catalysis. 14(13). 10132–10137. 4 indexed citations
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Petrone, David A., et al.. (2024). Asymmetric Synthesis of β,β-Disubstituted Alanines via a Sequential C(sp2)–C(sp3) Cross-Coupling–Hydrogenation Strategy. Organic Letters. 26(29). 6284–6289. 2 indexed citations
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Šarlah, David & Shu‐Li You. (2024). The Current State of the Art of Dearomatization Chemistry. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 366(20). 4186–4186. 1 indexed citations
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Ren, Hengqian, Chunshuai Huang, Haiyang Cui, et al.. (2023). Genome mining unveils a class of ribosomal peptides with two amino termini. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1624–1624. 29 indexed citations
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Matsuoka, Wataru, et al.. (2022). π-Extended Rubrenes via Dearomative Annulative π-Extension Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(1). 658–666. 18 indexed citations
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Galer, Petra, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of (+)-ribostamycin by catalytic, enantioselective hydroamination of benzene. Nature Synthesis. 1(7). 542–547. 22 indexed citations
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Shevlin, Michael, Scott R. Pollack, Donald R. Gauthier, et al.. (2022). Total Synthesis of Darobactin A. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(31). 14026–14030. 53 indexed citations
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Boyko, Yaroslav D., et al.. (2021). Synthetic Studies on Selective, Proapoptotic Isomalabaricane Triterpenoids Aided by Computational Techniques. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(4). 2138–2155. 18 indexed citations
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Jamieson, Cooper S., et al.. (2021). Total Synthesis and Computational Investigations of Sesquiterpene-Tropolones Ameliorate Stereochemical Inconsistencies and Resolve an Ambiguous Biosynthetic Relationship. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(15). 6006–6017. 37 indexed citations
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Boyko, Yaroslav D., et al.. (2021). Correction to “Synthetic Studies on Selective, Proapoptotic Isomalabaricane Triterpenoids Aided by Computational Techniques”. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(31). 12418–12418. 1 indexed citations
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Meehan-Atrash, Jiries, Wentai Luo, Kevin J. McWhirter, et al.. (2021). The influence of terpenes on the release of volatile organic compounds and active ingredients to cannabis vaping aerosols. RSC Advances. 11(19). 11714–11723. 12 indexed citations
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Huck, Christopher J. & David Šarlah. (2020). Shaping Molecular Landscapes: Recent Advances, Opportunities, and Challenges in Dearomatization. Chem. 6(7). 1589–1603. 180 indexed citations
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Okumura, Mikiko, et al.. (2019). Synthesis of (±)-Idarubicinone via Global Functionalization of Tetracene. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(26). 10193–10198. 16 indexed citations
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Schafroth, Michael A., Stephan M. Rummelt, David Šarlah, & Erick M. Carreira. (2017). Enantioselective Iridium-Catalyzed Allylic Cyclizations. Organic Letters. 19(12). 3235–3238. 60 indexed citations
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Okumura, Mikiko, et al.. (2017). Palladium-Catalyzed Dearomative syn-1,4-Carboamination. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(49). 17787–17790. 59 indexed citations
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Nicolaou, K. C., Silvano Sanchini, Tingting Wu, & David Šarlah. (2010). Total Synthesis and Structural Revision of Biyouyanagin B. Chemistry - A European Journal. 16(26). 7678–7682. 18 indexed citations
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Nicolaou, K. C., Paul G. Bulger, & David Šarlah. (2005). Palladium‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling Reactions in Total Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 44(29). 4442–4489. 2389 indexed citations breakdown →

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