Eric Meggers

20.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
271 papers, 17.4k citations indexed

About

Eric Meggers is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Meggers has authored 271 papers receiving a total of 17.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 215 papers in Organic Chemistry, 98 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 69 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Eric Meggers's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (96 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (90 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (57 papers). Eric Meggers is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (96 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (90 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (57 papers). Eric Meggers collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and United States. Eric Meggers's co-authors include Klaus Harms, Lilu Zhang, Lei Gong, Xiaoqiang Huang, Chuanyong Wang, Bernd Giese, Craig Streu, Haohua Huo, Howard Bregman and M.E. Michel‐Beyerle and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Eric Meggers

267 papers receiving 17.2k 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.

Sequence Dependent Long Range Hole Transport in DNA

1998 555 citations Eric Meggers et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Asymmetric photoredox transition-metal catalysis activated by visible light

2014 545 citations Klaus Harms, Eric Meggers et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cobalt catalyst with exclusive metal-centered chirality for asymmetric photocatalysis 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Marco Villa, (unknown), (unknown), Barbara Ventura, Sergei I. Ivlev, Paola Ceroni, Eric Meggers	2
2	Coordination-induced axial chirality controls the metal-centred configuration in a stereogenic-at-iron catalyst 2025 ·Chemical Communications ·(unknown), (unknown), Xiulan Xie, Sergei I. Ivlev, Eric Meggers	0
3	β³-Tryptophans by Iron-Catalyzed Enantioselective Amination of 3-Indolepropionic Acids 2024 ·Organic Letters ·Bing Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), Marcel Hemming, Sergei I. Ivlev, Shuming Chen, Eric Meggers	1
4	Stereogenic-at-iron mesoionic carbene complex for enantioselective C–H amidation 2024 ·Chemical Science ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sergei I. Ivlev, Eric Meggers	4
5	Trading Symmetry for Stereoinduction in Tetradentate, non‐C₂‐Symmetric Fe(II)‐Complexes for Asymmetric Catalysis 2023 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·(unknown), Marcel Hemming, Xiulan Xie, Sergei I. Ivlev, Eric Meggers	3
6	N‐Boc‐Protected α‐Amino Acids by 1,3‐Migratory Nitrene C(sp³)−H Insertion 2023 ·European Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Bing Zhou, Chen‐Xi Ye, Eric Meggers	5
7	Expedited synthesis of α-amino acids by single-step enantioselective α-amination of carboxylic acids 2023 ·Nature Synthesis ·Chen‐Xi Ye, (unknown), Shuming Chen, Eric Meggers	46
8	Chiral-at-Ruthenium Catalysts for Nitrene-Mediated Asymmetric C–H Functionalizations 2023 ·Accounts of Chemical Research ·Chen‐Xi Ye, Eric Meggers	37
9	Photoelectrochemical asymmetric dehydrogenative [2 + 2] cycloaddition between C–C single and double bonds via the activation of two C(sp3)–H bonds 2023 ·Nature Catalysis ·Peng Xiong, Sergei I. Ivlev, Eric Meggers	53
10	Improving the Configurational Stability of Chiral-at-Iron Catalysts Containing Two N-(2-Pyridyl)-Substituted N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands 2022 ·Organometallics ·(unknown), (unknown), Sergei I. Ivlev, Eric Meggers	11
11	Electrochemical Enantioselective Nucleophilic α-C(sp³)–H Alkenylation of 2-Acyl Imidazoles 2022 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Peng Xiong, Marcel Hemming, Sergei I. Ivlev, Eric Meggers	85
12	Stereocontrolled 1,3-nitrogen migration to access chiral α-amino acids 2022 ·Nature Chemistry ·Chen‐Xi Ye, Xiang Shen, Shuming Chen, Eric Meggers	70
13	Catalytic α-Deracemization of Ketones Enabled by Photoredox Deprotonation and Enantioselective Protonation 2021 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Xin Nie, Chen‐Xi Ye, Sergei I. Ivlev, Shuming Chen, Eric Meggers	99
14	Deracemization of Chiral-at-Ruthenium Catalyst by Diastereoselective Dynamic Resolution 2021 ·Organometallics ·(unknown), Sergei I. Ivlev, Eric Meggers	3
15	Understanding the mechanism of direct visible-light-activated [2 + 2] cycloadditions mediated by Rh and Ir photocatalysts: combined computational and spectroscopic studies 2021 ·Chemical Science ·Hoimin Jung, Mannkyu Hong, Marianna Marchini, Marco Villa, (unknown), Xiaoqiang Huang, Marcel Hemming, Eric Meggers, Paola Ceroni, Jiyong Park, Mu‐Hyun Baik	25
16	Asymmetric Synthesis of 1,4‐Dicarbonyl Compounds from Aldehydes by Hydrogen Atom Transfer Photocatalysis and Chiral Lewis Acid Catalysis 2019 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Yulong Kuang, Kai Wang, Xiangcheng Shi, Xiaoqiang Huang, Eric Meggers, Jie Wu	113
17	Asymmetric Synthesis of 1,4‐Dicarbonyl Compounds from Aldehydes by Hydrogen Atom Transfer Photocatalysis and Chiral Lewis Acid Catalysis 2019 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Yulong Kuang, Kai Wang, Xiangcheng Shi, Xiaoqiang Huang, Eric Meggers, Jie Wu	18
18	可視光活性化[2+2]光環状付加による触媒不斉脱芳香族化【JST・京大機械翻訳】 2018 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Klaus Harms, (unknown), Eric Meggers	6
19	PIM1 kinase as a target for cancer therapy 2012 ·Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs ·(unknown), Eric Meggers, Matthias Ocker	104
20	An Organometallic Protein Kinase Inhibitor Pharmacologically Activates p53 and Induces Apoptosis in Human Melanoma Cells 2007 ·Cancer Research ·Keiran S.M. Smalley, Rooha Contractor, Nikolas K. Haass, Angela N. Kulp, G. Ekin Atilla‐Gokcumen, Douglas S. Williams, Howard Bregman, Keith T. Flaherty, Marı́a S. Soengas, Eric Meggers, Meenhard Herlyn	176

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