David W. Lupton

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
119 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

David W. Lupton is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, David W. Lupton has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Organic Chemistry, 14 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in David W. Lupton's work include N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (48 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (41 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (39 papers). David W. Lupton is often cited by papers focused on N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (48 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (41 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (39 papers). David W. Lupton collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and India. David W. Lupton's co-authors include Lisa Candish, Sarah J. Ryan, Changhe Zhang, Joel F. Hooper, Yuji Nakano, Alison Levens, Martin G. Banwell, Christopher J. Gartshore, Debabrata Maiti and Uttam Dutta and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

David W. Lupton

118 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Acyl anion free N-heterocyclic carbene organocatalysis

2013 764 citations Sarah J. Ryan, Lisa Candish et al. profile →
N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis via the α,β-Unsaturated Acyl Azolium

2017 430 citations David W. Lupton et al. profile →

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Govindasamy Sekar India

Arkady Krasovskiy Germany

José M. González Spain

Gwilherm Evano France

Jean-François Marcoux United States

Gregorio Asensio Spain

Levi M. Stanley United States

Ei‐ichi Negishi United States

François Couty France

Hegui Gong China

Govindasamy Sekar India

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Cao, Jing, et al.. (2025). Phosphine-Mediated (3 + 2) Cycloaddition of Electron-Poor Terminal Alkynes: A Concise Route to Premethylenomycin C Lactone. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 90(31). 11230–11236. 2 indexed citations

Lupton, David W., et al.. (2025). Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (−)‐Bisabosqual F via N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed (4+2) Annulation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 65(6). e24461–e24461.

Cao, Jing, et al.. (2023). Radical Coupling Initiated by Organophosphine Addition to Ynoates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(29). e202303869–e202303869. 11 indexed citations

Nakano, Yuji & David W. Lupton. (2023). One carbon—four new bonds. Science. 379(6631). 439–440. 1 indexed citations

Piper, Sarah, Rachel M. Johnson, Rebecca S. Bamert, et al.. (2022). A Structurally Characterized Staphylococcus aureus Evolutionary Escape Route from Treatment with the Antibiotic Linezolid. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(4). e0058322–e0058322. 8 indexed citations

Bamert, Rebecca S., et al.. (2020). Characterization of the Core Ribosomal Binding Region for the Oxazolidone Family of Antibiotics Using Cryo-EM. ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science. 3(3). 425–432. 23 indexed citations

Nakano, Yuji, et al.. (2020). Polarity Inversion Catalysis by the 1,4-Addition of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 73(1). 1–8. 29 indexed citations

Czyz, Milena L., Timothy U. Connell, Martin Brzozowski, et al.. (2018). A visible-light photocatalytic thiolation of aryl, heteroaryl and vinyl iodides. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 16(9). 1543–1551. 29 indexed citations

Nichol, Gary S., David W. Lupton, Keith S. Murray, et al.. (2017). Hexahalorhenate(iv) salts of metal oxazolidine nitroxides. Dalton Transactions. 46(16). 5250–5259. 10 indexed citations

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Czyz, Milena L., David W. Lupton, & Anastasios Polyzos. (2017). Auxiliary‐Directed C(sp³)−H Arylation by Synergistic Photoredox and Palladium Catalysis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(58). 14450–14453. 20 indexed citations

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Dutta, Uttam, David W. Lupton, & Debabrata Maiti. (2016). Aryl Nitriles from Alkynes Using tert -Butyl Nitrite: Metal-Free Approach to C≡C Bond Cleavage. Organic Letters. 18(4). 860–863. 72 indexed citations

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Bonke, Shannon A., Mathias Wiechen, Rosalie K. Hocking, et al.. (2015). Electrosynthesis of Highly Transparent Cobalt Oxide Water Oxidation Catalyst Films from Cobalt Aminopolycarboxylate Complexes. ChemSusChem. 8(8). 1394–1403. 22 indexed citations

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Levens, Alison, et al.. (2015). N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Synthesis of δ‐Sultones via α,β‐Unsaturated Sulfonyl Azolium Intermediates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(40). 11780–11784. 60 indexed citations

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Lupton, David W., et al.. (2013). C–C bond fragmentation by Grob/Eschenmoser reactions, applications in dendrimer synthesis. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 11(36). 6150–6150. 3 indexed citations

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Pandiancherri, Shveta, Sarah J. Ryan, & David W. Lupton. (2012). 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of unstabilised azomethine ylides by Lewis base catalysis. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(39). 7903–7903. 36 indexed citations

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Lupton, David W., et al.. (2010). The Discovery of Catalytic Enantioselective Polyvalent Iodine Mediated Reactions. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 63(4). 653–658. 100 indexed citations

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Lupton, David W., et al.. (2010). The Grob/Eschenmoser fragmentation of cycloalkanones bearing β-electron withdrawing groups: a general strategy to acyclic synthetic intermediates. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 9(3). 783–792. 9 indexed citations

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Banwell, Martin G., A.J. Edwards, David W. Lupton, & Gregg Whited. (2005). Whole-Cell Biotransformation of m-Ethyltoluene into 1S,6R-5-Ethyl-1,6-dihydroxycyclohexa-2,4-diene-1-carboxylic Acid as an Approach to the C-Ring of the Binary Indole–Indoline Alkaloid Vinblastine. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 58(1). 14–17. 15 indexed citations

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Banwell, Martin G., David W. Lupton, & Anthony C. Willis. (2005). Application of the Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Ullmann Cross-Coupling Reaction in a Total Synthesis of (±)-Aspidospermidine and thus Representing an Approach to the Lower Hemisphere of the Binary Indole–Indoline Alkaloid Vinblastine*. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 58(10). 722–737. 35 indexed citations

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Banwell, Martin G. & David W. Lupton. (2004). Exploiting the palladium[0]-catalysed Ullmann cross-coupling reaction in natural products chemistry: application to a total synthesis of the alkaloid (±)-aspidospermidine. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 3(2). 213–215. 54 indexed citations

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