Hans‐Ulrich Blaser

9.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

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Hans‐Ulrich Blaser is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans‐Ulrich Blaser has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 55 papers in Organic Chemistry and 50 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hans‐Ulrich Blaser's work include Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (65 papers), Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (41 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (19 papers). Hans‐Ulrich Blaser is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (65 papers), Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (41 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (19 papers). Hans‐Ulrich Blaser collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and China. Hans‐Ulrich Blaser's co-authors include Martin Studer, Felix Spindler, Benoı̂t Pugin, Heinz Steiner, Christophe Malan, Adriano F. Indolese, Anita Schnyder, Hans‐Peter Jalett, Manfred Müller and F. Naud and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Hans‐Ulrich Blaser

92 papers receiving 7.2k 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.

Selective Hydrogenation for Fine Chemicals: Recent Trends and New Developments

2003 1.1k citations Hans‐Ulrich Blaser, Christophe Malan et al. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis profile →
Selective Catalytic Hydrogenation of Functionalized Nitroarenes: An Update

2009 622 citations Hans‐Ulrich Blaser, Heinz Steiner et al. ChemCatChem profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hans‐Ulrich Blaser Switzerland	42	4.7k	4.4k	2.7k	1.4k	1.2k	100	7.5k
José A. Mayoral Spain	47	4.8k 1.0×	2.0k 0.4×	1.4k 0.5×	2.0k 1.4×	1.0k 0.8×	263	7.6k
Serafino Gladiali Italy	43	4.8k 1.0×	4.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	131	7.5k
Carmen Claver Spain	49	8.5k 1.8×	5.8k 1.3×	1.2k 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.2×	298	10.2k
Yasuhiro Uozumi Japan	59	9.5k 2.0×	3.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	316	10.5k
John A. Osborn France	49	6.6k 1.4×	4.6k 1.1×	767 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	145	8.5k
Nicholas E. Leadbeater United States	45	6.4k 1.4×	1.3k 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	205	7.9k
Emmanuelle Schulz France	41	8.0k 1.7×	2.9k 0.7×	734 0.3×	1.4k 0.9×	768 0.6×	130	9.5k
Dieter Vogt Netherlands	49	4.6k 1.0×	3.2k 0.7×	692 0.3×	750 0.5×	758 0.6×	192	6.1k
Belén Martı́n-Matute Sweden	46	3.8k 0.8×	3.7k 0.9×	664 0.2×	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	115	6.6k
Penny A. Chaloner United Kingdom	40	3.7k 0.8×	2.1k 0.5×	604 0.2×	946 0.7×	707 0.6×	173	5.5k

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Blaser, Hans‐Ulrich. (2015). Looking Back on 35 Years of Industrial Catalysis. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 69(7-8). 393–393. 14 indexed citations

Beller, Matthias & Hans‐Ulrich Blaser. (2012). Organometallics as Catalysts in the Fine Chemical Industry. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 45 indexed citations

Blaser, Hans‐Ulrich. (2010). Developing Catalysts and Catalytic Processes with Industrial Relevance. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 64(1-2). 65–65. 3 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

Blaser, Hans‐Ulrich, Heinz Steiner, & Martin Studer. (2009). Selective Catalytic Hydrogenation of Functionalized Nitroarenes: An Update. ChemCatChem. 1(2). 210–221. 622 indexed citations breakdown →

Chen, Weiping & Hans‐Ulrich Blaser. (2009). ChemInform Abstract: Ferrocene‐Based Diphosphines with Mixed Planar and Central Chirality. ChemInform. 40(42). 1 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, et al.. (2003). No Stirring Necessary: Parallel Carbonylation of Aryl Halides with CO and Various Alcohols under Pressure. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 68(9). 3725–3728. 29 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, Christophe Malan, Benoı̂t Pugin, et al.. (2003). Selective Hydrogenation for Fine Chemicals: Recent Trends and New Developments. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 345(1-2). 103–151. 1141 indexed citations breakdown →

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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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Blaser, Hans‐Ulrich, Adriano F. Indolese, Anita Schnyder, Heinz Steiner, & Martin Studer. (2001). Supported palladium catalysts for fine chemicals synthesis. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical. 173(1-2). 3–18. 286 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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Blaser, Hans‐Ulrich & Martin Studer. (1999). The Spin-Off of Scientific Services of Novartis into a New, Independent Technology Company Offering Services to the Pharmaceutical, Chemical, and Nutrition Industry. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 53(6). 261–261. 2 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, Hans‐Ulrich, et al.. (1998). Kinetic Studies of the Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Ethyl Pyruvate Catalyzed by a Cinchona Modified Pt/Al2O3Catalyst. Journal of Catalysis. 173(2). 282–294. 82 indexed citations

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Blaser, Hans‐Ulrich & Jack Halpern. (1980). Reactions of vitamin B12r with organic halides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 102(5). 1684–1689. 42 indexed citations

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