Felix Schäfers

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Felix Schäfers is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Felix Schäfers has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Organic Chemistry, 2 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 1 paper in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Felix Schäfers's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (9 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (8 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (5 papers). Felix Schäfers is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (9 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (8 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (5 papers). Felix Schäfers collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Canada. Felix Schäfers's co-authors include Frank Glorius, Lena Pitzer, J. Luca Schwarz, Lukas Lückemeier, Adrián Tlahuext-Aca, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Elliot P. Farney, Sarah E. Reisman, Jiajia Ma and Cristian A. Strassert and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and ACS Catalysis.

In The Last Decade

Felix Schäfers

15 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Rapid Assessment of the Reaction‐Condition‐Based Sensitivity of Chemical Transformations
    2019 311 citations Lena Pitzer, Felix Schäfers et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers

Felix Schäfers
Guangying Tan China
Christophe Allais United States
Subhajit Bhunia India
Michael J. Zacuto United States
Valerio Fasano United Kingdom
Kapileswar Seth India
Runze Mao China
Ben W. Glasspoole Canada
Yury Minko Israel
Rakesh K. Saunthwal India
Guangying Tan China
Felix Schäfers
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Felix Schäfers

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Felix Schäfers. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Felix Schäfers 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 Felix Schäfers. Felix Schäfers is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Schäfer, Felix, et al.. (2024). Bridging the information gap in organic chemical reactions. Nature Chemistry. 16(4). 491–498. 14 indexed citations
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Schäfers, Felix, Subhabrata Dutta, Roman Kleinmans, Christian Mück‐Lichtenfeld, & Frank Glorius. (2022). Asymmetric Addition of Allylsilanes to Aldehydes: A Cr/Photoredox Dual Catalytic Approach Complementing the Hosomi–Sakurai Reaction. ACS Catalysis. 12(19). 12281–12290. 27 indexed citations
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Dutta, Subhabrata, Johannes E. Erchinger, Felix Schäfers, et al.. (2022). Chromium/Photoredox Dual Catalyzed Synthesis of α‐Benzylic Alcohols, Isochromanones, 1,2‐Oxy Alcohols and 1,2‐Thio Alcohols. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(49). e202212136–e202212136. 19 indexed citations
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Ma, Jiajia, Felix Schäfers, Constantin G. Daniliuc, et al.. (2020). Gadolinium Photocatalysis: Dearomative [2+2] Cycloaddition/Ring‐Expansion Sequence with Indoles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(24). 9639–9645. 83 indexed citations
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Ma, Jiajia, Felix Schäfers, Constantin G. Daniliuc, et al.. (2020). Gadolinium Photocatalysis: Dearomative [2+2] Cycloaddition/Ring‐Expansion Sequence with Indoles. Angewandte Chemie. 132(24). 9726–9732. 18 indexed citations
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Schäfers, Felix, et al.. (2020). Direct Access to Monoprotected Homoallylic 1,2-Diols via Dual Chromium/Photoredox Catalysis. ACS Catalysis. 10(20). 11841–11847. 67 indexed citations
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Pitzer, Lena, Felix Schäfers, & Frank Glorius. (2019). Evaluierung der Reaktionsbedingungs‐basierten Sensitivität chemischer Transformationen. Angewandte Chemie. 131(25). 8660–8664. 82 indexed citations
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Pitzer, Lena, Felix Schäfers, & Frank Glorius. (2019). Rapid Assessment of the Reaction‐Condition‐Based Sensitivity of Chemical Transformations. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(25). 8572–8576. 311 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cembellín, Sara, Toryn Dalton, Tobias Pinkert, Felix Schäfers, & Frank Glorius. (2019). Highly Selective Synthesis of 1,3-Enynes, Pyrroles, and Furans by Manganese(I)-Catalyzed C–H Activation. ACS Catalysis. 10(1). 197–202. 81 indexed citations
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Lin, En‐Ze, Jia‐Qiang Wu, Felix Schäfers, et al.. (2019). Author Correction: Regio- and stereoselective synthesis of tetra- and triarylethenes by N-methylimidodiacetyl boron-directed palladium-catalysed three-component coupling. Communications Chemistry. 2(1). 2 indexed citations
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Lin, En‐Ze, Jia‐Qiang Wu, Felix Schäfers, et al.. (2019). Regio- and stereoselective synthesis of tetra- and triarylethenes by N-methylimidodiacetyl boron-directed palladium-catalysed three-component coupling. Communications Chemistry. 2(1). 30 indexed citations
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Rakers, Lena, Felix Schäfers, & Frank Glorius. (2018). In Water and under Mild Conditions: α‐Alkylation of Ketones with Alcohols by Phase‐Transfer‐Assisted Borrowing Hydrogen Catalysis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(58). 15529–15532. 20 indexed citations
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Schwarz, J. Luca, Felix Schäfers, Adrián Tlahuext-Aca, Lukas Lückemeier, & Frank Glorius. (2018). Diastereoselective Allylation of Aldehydes by Dual Photoredox and Chromium Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(40). 12705–12709. 209 indexed citations
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Farney, Elliot P., et al.. (2018). Total Synthesis of (+)-Pleuromutilin. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(4). 1267–1270. 87 indexed citations
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Tan, Tristan Tsai Yuan, et al.. (2017). Imidazole-stabilized, electron-deficient boron cations. Dalton Transactions. 46(47). 16404–16407. 6 indexed citations

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