Douglass F. Taber

8.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
222 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Douglass F. Taber is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglass F. Taber has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 163 papers in Organic Chemistry, 42 papers in Molecular Biology and 28 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Douglass F. Taber's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (56 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (49 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (40 papers). Douglass F. Taber is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (56 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (49 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (40 papers). Douglass F. Taber collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and France. Douglass F. Taber's co-authors include Pavan K. Tirunahari, R. E. JUN. RUCKLE, Arnold L. Rheingold, Weiwei Tian, Krishna Raman, John C. Amedio, Kazuo Kanai, William A. Nugent, L. Jackson Roberts and Michael J. Hennessy and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Douglass F. Taber

218 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

Indole synthesis: a review and proposed classification 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 200 400 600
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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. Indole synthesis: a review and proposed classification
    2011 657 citations Douglass F. Taber, Pavan K. Tirunahari Tetrahedron profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Douglass F. Taber United States 44 5.6k 1.2k 806 585 460 222 6.9k
Toshio Honda Japan 34 3.4k 0.6× 1.6k 1.3× 280 0.3× 473 0.8× 493 1.1× 358 5.0k
Andrew Pelter United Kingdom 37 4.0k 0.7× 2.2k 1.8× 871 1.1× 450 0.8× 554 1.2× 283 6.2k
Toshiyuki Kan Japan 38 2.9k 0.5× 1.9k 1.6× 332 0.4× 274 0.5× 826 1.8× 183 5.1k
Keisuke Suzuki Japan 47 7.4k 1.3× 2.0k 1.7× 484 0.6× 294 0.5× 1.1k 2.4× 342 8.4k
Giuseppe Zanoni Italy 39 3.8k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 736 0.9× 438 0.7× 252 0.5× 158 5.2k
Yoshiharu Iwabuchi Japan 44 4.7k 0.8× 2.0k 1.7× 763 0.9× 220 0.4× 465 1.0× 218 6.4k
Takashi Matsumoto Japan 40 4.4k 0.8× 2.3k 1.9× 266 0.3× 297 0.5× 779 1.7× 343 6.0k
Andrea Goti Italy 44 6.4k 1.1× 2.3k 1.9× 511 0.6× 207 0.4× 224 0.5× 210 7.3k
Gerald Pattenden United Kingdom 44 6.6k 1.2× 2.2k 1.9× 443 0.5× 444 0.8× 1.3k 2.8× 413 8.3k
Eugene E. Van Tamelen United States 38 2.9k 0.5× 1.6k 1.3× 478 0.6× 337 0.6× 575 1.3× 212 5.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Taber, Douglass F.. (2015). Whither Organic Synthesis?. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 58(1-2). 11–17. 1 indexed citations
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Tian, Fangyuan, Douglass F. Taber, & Andrew V. Teplyakov. (2011). –NH– Termination of the Si(111) Surface by Wet Chemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(51). 20769–20777. 44 indexed citations
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Taber, Douglass F. & Pavan K. Tirunahari. (2011). Indole synthesis: a review and proposed classification. Tetrahedron. 67(38). 7195–7210. 657 indexed citations breakdown →
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Taber, Douglass F., et al.. (2011). Aliphatic C−H to C−C Conversion: Synthesis of (−)-Cameroonan-7α-ol. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 76(6). 1874–1882. 24 indexed citations
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Taber, Douglass F., et al.. (2009). One carbon homologation of halides to benzyl ethers. Tetrahedron Letters. 50(21). 2462–2463. 5 indexed citations
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Taber, Douglass F.. (2007). Organic Spectroscopic Structure Determination: A Problem-Based Learning Approach. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Taber, Douglass F.. (2006). Organic Synthesis. 2 indexed citations
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Taber, Douglass F. & Zhe Zhang. (2005). Synthesis of the Enediol Isofurans, Endogenous Oxidation Products of Arachidonic Acid. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 71(3). 926–933. 22 indexed citations
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Taber, Douglass F., et al.. (2005). Preparation of Ketones from Nitriles and Phosphoranes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 70(12). 4887–4888. 9 indexed citations
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Taber, Douglass F., Yongchun Pan, & Xia Zhao. (2004). A Flexible Enantioselective Synthesis of the Isofurans. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 69(21). 7234–7240. 22 indexed citations
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Taber, Douglass F., Joshua P. Fessel, & L. Jackson Roberts. (2004). A nomenclature system for isofurans. Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators. 73(1-2). 47–50. 27 indexed citations
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Taber, Douglass F., et al.. (2004). Cyclopentane Construction by Rh-Catalyzed Intramolecular C−H Insertion:  Relative Reactivity of a Range of Catalysts. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 69(12). 4276–4278. 36 indexed citations
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Bell, C E, et al.. (2001). Organic chemistry laboratory : with qualitative analysis : standard and microscale experiments. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations
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Taber, Douglass F., et al.. (1999). Designing the Chiral Ligand Space around an Early Transition Metal:  Myrtanyl Zirconocene. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 64(12). 4525–4527. 7 indexed citations
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Taber, Douglass F., et al.. (1999). Preparation and Identification of Benzoic Acids and Benzamides: An Organic "Unknown" Lab. Journal of Chemical Education. 76(6). 828–828. 2 indexed citations
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Taber, Douglass F. & Kazuo Kanai. (1998). A Synthetic Approach to 15-D2c-Isoprostane Ethyl Ester. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 63(19). 6607–6609. 13 indexed citations
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Taber, Douglass F., et al.. (1997). Synthesis of (−)-Haliclonadiamine. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119(1). 22–26. 51 indexed citations
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Prakash, Chandra, et al.. (1989). Synthesis of trideuteratedO‐alkyl platelet activating factor and lyso derivatives. Lipids. 24(9). 786–792. 7 indexed citations
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Maas, Richard L., Christiana D. Ingram, Douglass F. Taber, John A. Oates, & Alan Brash. (1982). Stereospecific removal of the DR hydrogen atom at the 10-carbon of arachidonic acid in the biosynthesis of leukotriene A4 by human leukocytes.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 257(22). 13515–13519. 55 indexed citations
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Taber, Douglass F. & Samir Saleh. (1980). Intramolecular Diels-Alder route to angularly substituted perhydrophenanthrenes. Synthesis of (.+-.)-fichtelite. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 102(15). 5085–5088. 22 indexed citations

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