Felix Spindler

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

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Felix Spindler is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Felix Spindler has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 49 papers in Organic Chemistry and 30 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Felix Spindler's work include Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (69 papers), Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (28 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (26 papers). Felix Spindler is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (69 papers), Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (28 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (26 papers). Felix Spindler collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Austria and China. Felix Spindler's co-authors include Hans‐Ulrich Blaser, Benoı̂t Pugin, Martin Studer, Christophe Malan, Heinz Steiner, Antonio Togni, Heidi Landert, Walter Weissensteiner, Anita Schnyder and Amina Tijani and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Felix Spindler

77 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

Selective Hydrogenation for Fine Chemicals: Recent Trends and New Developments

2003 1.1k citations Hans‐Ulrich Blaser, Benoı̂t Pugin et al. profile →
A Novel Easily Accessible Chiral Ferrocenyldiphosphine for Highly Enantioselective Hydrogenation, Allylic Alkylation, and Hydroboration Reactions

1994 565 citations Antonio Togni, Felix Spindler et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Felix Spindler Switzerland	35	3.9k	3.7k	1.6k	1.4k	426	80	5.3k
André H. M. de Vries Netherlands	35	3.2k 0.8×	4.7k 1.3×	988 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	291 0.7×	57	5.7k
Hans Adolfsson Sweden	41	2.5k 0.6×	4.0k 1.1×	596 0.4×	2.0k 1.4×	487 1.1×	104	5.0k
Tetsuo Ohta Japan	38	2.8k 0.7×	3.5k 0.9×	755 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	499 1.2×	97	4.5k
Montserrat Diéguez Spain	42	5.1k 1.3×	6.5k 1.7×	910 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	634 1.5×	175	7.4k
Victorio Cadierno Spain	51	3.6k 0.9×	6.9k 1.9×	476 0.3×	1.5k 1.1×	371 0.9×	202	7.6k
Matthew L. Clarke United Kingdom	40	2.8k 0.7×	3.1k 0.8×	605 0.4×	517 0.4×	799 1.9×	111	4.1k
Hans‐Joachim Drexler Germany	32	2.3k 0.6×	2.6k 0.7×	643 0.4×	628 0.4×	750 1.8×	116	4.0k
Yasushi Obora Japan	43	2.7k 0.7×	4.8k 1.3×	409 0.3×	1.0k 0.7×	738 1.7×	171	5.9k
Shou‐Fei Zhu China	62	4.6k 1.2×	10.7k 2.8×	1.2k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	416 1.0×	180	11.8k
Qing‐An Chen China	33	2.9k 0.8×	4.1k 1.1×	963 0.6×	841 0.6×	314 0.7×	108	5.0k

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Blaser, H.U., Benoı̂t Pugin, & Felix Spindler. (2020). Having Fun (and Commercial Success) with Josiphos and Related Chiral Ferrocene Based Ligands.. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 104(1). 8 indexed citations

Spindler, Felix, et al.. (2019). Evolution of German corporate governance (1995-2014): an empirical analysis. Corporate Governance. 19(5). 1042–1062. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Weiping, Felix Spindler, Benoı̂t Pugin, & Ulrike Nettekoven. (2013). ChenPhos: Highly Modular P‐Stereogenic C₁‐Symmetric Diphosphine Ligands for the Efficient Asymmetric Hydrogenation of α‐Substituted Cinnamic Acids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(33). 8652–8656. 66 indexed citations

Gorgas, Nikolaus, et al.. (2012). Ruthenium Complexes of Phosphino-Substituted Ferrocenyloxazolines in the Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones: A Comparison. Organometallics. 31(11). 4241–4250. 29 indexed citations

Landert, Heidi, Felix Spindler, Hans‐Ulrich Blaser, et al.. (2010). Chiral Mixed Secondary Phosphine‐Oxide–Phosphines: High‐Performing and Easily Accessible Ligands for Asymmetric Hydrogenation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(38). 6873–6876. 102 indexed citations

Lotz, Matthias, Benoı̂t Pugin, Martin Kesselgruber, et al.. (2010). Bis((2-methoxymethyl)pyrrolidine)phosphine as effective chiral auxiliary for the stereoselective synthesis of chiral ferrocenyl diphosphines. Tetrahedron Asymmetry. 21(9-10). 1199–1202. 4 indexed citations

Espino, Gustavo, Xiao Li, M. Puchberger, et al.. (2009). Synthesis, coordination behaviour, structural features and use in asymmetric hydrogenations of bifep-type biferrocenes. Dalton Transactions. 2751–2751. 26 indexed citations

Feng, Xiangdong, et al.. (2009). Fengphos, a Ferrocene‐Based Chiral Diphosphine: Synthesis and Applications. ChemCatChem. 1(1). 85–88. 8 indexed citations

Kesselgruber, Martin, Matthias Lotz, P. Martin, et al.. (2008). Solphos: A New Family of Efficient Biaryl Diphosphine Ligands. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 3(8-9). 1384–1389. 24 indexed citations

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Blaser, Hans‐Ulrich, Benoı̂t Pugin, Felix Spindler, & Marc Thommen. (2007). From a Chiral Switch to a Ligand Portfolio for Asymmetric Catalysis. Accounts of Chemical Research. 40(12). 1240–1250. 165 indexed citations

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Blaser, Hans‐Ulrich, et al.. (2003). Enantioselective Hydrogenations. ChemInform. 34(2). 1 indexed citations

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Blaser, Hans‐Ulrich, Benoı̂t Pugin, Felix Spindler, & Antonio Togni. (2002). Enantioselective imine hydrogenation with Ir diphosphine catalysts: fighting deactivation. Comptes Rendus Chimie. 5(5). 379–385. 28 indexed citations

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Spindler, Felix, et al.. (1999). The Development of Enantioselective Catalytic Processes for the Manufacture of Chiral Intermediates for Agrochemicals.. 4(6). 557–568. 25 indexed citations

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Blaser, Hans‐Ulrich, et al.. (1999). The Chiral Switch of Metolachlor: The Development of a Large-Scale Enantioselective Catalytic Process. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 53(6). 275–275. 85 indexed citations

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Spindler, Felix & Hans‐Ulrich Blaser. (1999). ChemInform Abstract: Enantioselective Reduction of C=N Bonds and Enamines with Hydrogen. ChemInform. 30(6). 1 indexed citations

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Spindler, Felix, et al.. (1998). Enantioselective catalysis for agrochemicals: synthetic routes to (S)-metolachlor, (R)-metalaxyl and (αS,3R)-clozylacon. Pesticide Science. 54(3). 302–304. 9 indexed citations

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Blaser, H.U. & Felix Spindler. (1997). Enantioselective Catalysis for Agrochemicals: The Case History of the DUAL MAGNUM® Herbicide. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 51(6). 297–297. 3 indexed citations

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Blaser, H.U. & Felix Spindler. (1995). Enantioselective reduction methods for the C=N function. 13(6). 11–16. 4 indexed citations

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Bronco, Simona, et al.. (1995). Enantioselective Alternating Olefin‐Carbon Monoxide Copolymerization: A new concept for activity and stereoselectivity. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 78(4). 883–886. 34 indexed citations

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Pugin, Benoı̂t, et al.. (1991). Two enantioselective syntheses of a precursor of the biologically most active isomer of CGA 80000 (clozylacon). Tetrahedron. 47(30). 5709–5716. 27 indexed citations

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