Desmond A. Young

1.3k total citations
57 papers, 902 citations indexed

About

Desmond A. Young is a scholar working on Pharmacology, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Desmond A. Young has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 902 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Pharmacology, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 19 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Desmond A. Young's work include Synthesis of Organic Compounds (26 papers), Bioactive natural compounds (8 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (7 papers). Desmond A. Young is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis of Organic Compounds (26 papers), Bioactive natural compounds (8 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (7 papers). Desmond A. Young collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Singapore. Desmond A. Young's co-authors include Daneel Ferreira, David G. Roux, Jan P. Steynberg, E. Vincent Brandt, Johann F. W. Burger, Hermanus C.M. Vosloo, H. D. Noether, Jacobus J. Botha, Jacobus A. Steenkamp and Herbert Kolodziej and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Polymer.

In The Last Decade

Desmond A. Young

55 papers receiving 827 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Desmond A. Young South Africa 18 292 266 187 168 120 57 902
Xiulan Xin China 17 429 1.5× 187 0.7× 231 1.2× 45 0.3× 110 0.9× 100 1.1k
Jesús F. Arteaga Spain 27 358 1.2× 861 3.2× 91 0.5× 140 0.8× 100 0.8× 71 1.7k
Mehmet Nuri Atalar Türkiye 17 233 0.8× 276 1.0× 113 0.6× 79 0.5× 95 0.8× 52 946
Christelle Absalon France 19 174 0.6× 634 2.4× 259 1.4× 121 0.7× 23 0.2× 38 1.3k
Akira Kunugi Japan 14 179 0.6× 170 0.6× 96 0.5× 89 0.5× 49 0.4× 81 706
M. Samsonowicz Poland 16 94 0.3× 335 1.3× 144 0.8× 56 0.3× 55 0.5× 47 869
Muhammad A. Rashid Pakistan 18 184 0.6× 503 1.9× 57 0.3× 93 0.6× 38 0.3× 57 972
Enzo Cadoni Italy 17 140 0.5× 438 1.6× 80 0.4× 39 0.2× 104 0.9× 68 930
Melati Khairuddean Malaysia 24 337 1.2× 327 1.2× 52 0.3× 181 1.1× 126 1.1× 91 1.4k
Reem I. Alsantali Saudi Arabia 19 223 0.8× 475 1.8× 90 0.5× 34 0.2× 105 0.9× 58 1.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mokrani, Touhami, et al.. (2015). Oxidative copolymerization of p-phenylenediamine and 3-aminobenzenesulfonic acid. Tetrahedron Letters. 57(3). 426–430. 11 indexed citations
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Onwudiwe, Damian C., et al.. (2013). Synthesis of highly-confined CdS nanoparticles by copolymerization of acryloylated starch. Materials Letters. 114. 63–67. 7 indexed citations
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Crous, Renier, et al.. (2007). Borate Esters as Alternative Acid Promoters in the Palladium‐Catalyzed Methoxycarbonylation of Ethylene. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(13). 2273–2275. 39 indexed citations
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Young, Desmond A., et al.. (2006). The synthesis of butene glycol ethers with aluminium triflate. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 84(6). 859–866. 4 indexed citations
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Green, Michael J., et al.. (2005). Aluminium triflate as catalyst for epoxide ring-opening and esterification reactions Mechanistic aspects. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 83(6-7). 854–861. 12 indexed citations
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Steynberg, Jan P., Barend C. B. Bezuidenhoudt, Johann F. W. Burger, Desmond A. Young, & Daneel Ferreira. (1990). Oligomeric flavanoids. Part 7. Novel base-catalysed pyran rearrangements of procyanidins. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 203–203. 14 indexed citations
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Steynberg, Jan P., et al.. (1990). Natural (−)-fisetinidol-(4,8)-(−)-epicatechin profisetinidins. Phytochemistry. 29(1). 275–277. 10 indexed citations
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Young, Desmond A., et al.. (1990). Oligomeric flavanoids. Part 10. Structure and synthesis of the first tetrahydropyrano[3,2-g]chromenes related to (4,6)-bis-(–)-fisetinidol profisetinidins. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 227–234. 7 indexed citations
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Burger, Johann F. W., Herbert Kolodziej, Richard W. Hemingway, et al.. (1990). Oligomeric flavanoids. Part W. base-catalyzed pyran rearrangements of procyanidin B-2, and evidence for the oxidative transformation of B- to A-type procyanidins. Tetrahedron. 46(16). 5733–5740. 28 indexed citations
10.
Steenkamp, Jacobus A., et al.. (1990). Oligomeric flavanoids. Part 8. The first profisetinidins and proguibourtinidins based on C-8 substituted (–)-fisetinidol units and relatedC-ring isomerized analogues. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 209–218. 10 indexed citations
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Steenkamp, Jacobus A., et al.. (1989). Oligomeric flavanoids. Part 13. Synthesis of profisetinidins based on (−) robinetinidol and (+) -epifisetinidol. Tetrahedron. 45(24). 7859–7868. 3 indexed citations
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Steynberg, Jan P., Johann F. W. Burger, Desmond A. Young, et al.. (1988). Oligomeric flavanoids. Part 3. Structure and synthesis of phlobatannins related to (–)-fisetinidol-(4α,6)- and (4α,8)-(+)-catechin profisetinidins. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 3323–3329. 23 indexed citations
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Steynberg, Jan P., Johann F. W. Burger, Desmond A. Young, et al.. (1988). Oligomeric flavanoids. Part 4. Base-catalysed conversions of (–)-fisetinidol-(+)-catechin profisetinidins with 2,3-trans-3,4-cis-flavan-3-ol constituent units. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 3331–3338. 20 indexed citations
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Young, Desmond A., et al.. (1987). Synthesis of condensed tannins. Part 19. Phenol oxidative coupling of (+)-catechin and (+)-mesquitol. Conformation of bis-(+)-catechins. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 2345–2345. 37 indexed citations
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Brandt, E. Vincent, Desmond A. Young, Daneel Ferreira, & David G. Roux. (1987). Synthesis of condensed tannins. Part 20. Cycloconformations and conformational stability among derivatives of ‘angular’ tetraflavanoid profisetinidins. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 2353–2360. 4 indexed citations
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Brandt, E. Vincent, et al.. (1987). Absolute configuration of atropisomeric m-terphenyl-type flavan-3-ols. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 1365–1365. 6 indexed citations
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Brandt, E. Vincent, Desmond A. Young, Herbert Kolodziej, Daneel Ferreira, & David G. Roux. (1986). Cycloconformations of two tetraflavaniod profisetinidin condensed tannins. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 913–913. 1 indexed citations
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Young, Desmond A., Daneel Ferreira, David G. Roux, & William E. Hull. (1985). Synthesis of condensed tannins. Part 15. Structure of natural ‘angular’ profisetinidin tetraflavanoids: asymmetric induction during oligomeric synthesis. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 2529–2535. 8 indexed citations
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Botha, Jacobus J., et al.. (1982). Synthesis of condensed tannins. Part 5. The first angular [4,6 : 4,8]-triflavanoids and their natural counterparts. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 527–527. 13 indexed citations
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Young, Desmond A.. (1963). Try anything twice. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

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