Harald Wack

1.7k total citations
16 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Harald Wack is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Harald Wack has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Organic Chemistry, 8 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Harald Wack's work include Synthesis of β-Lactam Compounds (7 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (7 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (6 papers). Harald Wack is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis of β-Lactam Compounds (7 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (7 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (6 papers). Harald Wack collaborates with scholars based in United States. Harald Wack's co-authors include Thomas Lectka, Andrew E. Taggi, Ahmed M. Hafez, Brandon Young, Stefan France, Dana Ferraris, William J. Drury, Meha H. Shah, Anthony Weatherwax and Christopher D. Cox and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Harald Wack

15 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Harald Wack United States 12 1.1k 325 167 76 73 16 1.2k
Antonio Saba Italy 22 1.0k 1.0× 431 1.3× 177 1.1× 61 0.8× 67 0.9× 73 1.1k
Urs Burckhardt Switzerland 19 1.1k 1.1× 703 2.2× 205 1.2× 55 0.7× 41 0.6× 27 1.3k
Carolyn E. Anderson United States 13 620 0.6× 208 0.6× 148 0.9× 71 0.9× 25 0.3× 18 790
N. S. Ikonnikov Russia 15 1.0k 1.0× 477 1.5× 304 1.8× 117 1.5× 69 0.9× 40 1.2k
А. Т. Солдатенков Russia 11 832 0.8× 178 0.5× 191 1.1× 129 1.7× 21 0.3× 155 1.0k
James W. Herndon United States 28 2.2k 2.0× 375 1.2× 154 0.9× 64 0.8× 18 0.2× 119 2.3k
Katsuji Ito Japan 22 1.1k 1.0× 390 1.2× 229 1.4× 74 1.0× 80 1.1× 34 1.2k
Walter Weissensteiner Austria 25 1.5k 1.4× 898 2.8× 264 1.6× 134 1.8× 119 1.6× 87 1.7k
Jean‐Paul Quintard France 24 1.3k 1.2× 193 0.6× 299 1.8× 55 0.7× 46 0.6× 95 1.5k
Saverio Florio Italy 26 2.0k 1.9× 261 0.8× 370 2.2× 64 0.8× 91 1.2× 136 2.2k

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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France, Stefan, Meha H. Shah, Anthony Weatherwax, et al.. (2005). Bifunctional Lewis Acid-Nucleophile-Based Asymmetric Catalysis:  Mechanistic Evidence for Imine Activation Working in Tandem with Chiral Enolate Formation in the Synthesis of β-Lactams. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127(4). 1206–1215. 149 indexed citations
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France, Stefan, Harald Wack, Andrew E. Taggi, et al.. (2004). Catalytic, Asymmetric α-Chlorination of Acid Halides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 126(13). 4245–4255. 98 indexed citations
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Wack, Harald, Stefan France, Ahmed M. Hafez, et al.. (2004). Development of a New Dimeric Cyclophane Ligand:  Application to Enhanced Diastereo- and Enantioselectivity in the Catalytic Synthesis of β-Lactams. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 69(13). 4531–4533. 18 indexed citations
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France, Stefan, et al.. (2002). Bifunctional Asymmetric Catalysis: A Tandem Nucleophile/Lewis Acid Promoted Synthesis of β‐Lactams.. ChemInform. 33(38). 91–91. 1 indexed citations
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Taggi, Andrew E., Harald Wack, Ahmed M. Hafez, Stefan France, & Thomas Lectka. (2002). Generation of Ketenes from Acid Chlorides Using NaH/Crown Ether Shuttle-Deprotonation for Use in Asymmetric Catalysis. Organic Letters. 4(4). 627–629. 53 indexed citations
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France, Stefan, et al.. (2002). Bifunctional Asymmetric Catalysis:  A Tandem Nucleophile/Lewis Acid Promoted Synthesis of β-Lactams. Organic Letters. 4(9). 1603–1605. 70 indexed citations
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Taggi, Andrew E., Ahmed M. Hafez, Harald Wack, et al.. (2002). The Development of the First Catalyzed Reaction of Ketenes and Imines:  Catalytic, Asymmetric Synthesis of β-Lactams. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124(23). 6626–6635. 335 indexed citations
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Hafez, Ahmed M., et al.. (2001). Reactive Ketenes through a Carbonate/Amine Shuttle Deprotonation Strategy:  Catalytic, Enantioselective α-Bromination of Acid Chlorides. Organic Letters. 3(13). 2049–2051. 65 indexed citations
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Taggi, Andrew E., Ahmed M. Hafez, Harald Wack, et al.. (2000). ChemInform Abstract: Catalytic, Asymmetric Synthesis of β‐Lactams.. ChemInform. 31(47). 2 indexed citations
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Taggi, Andrew E., Ahmed M. Hafez, Harald Wack, et al.. (2000). Catalytic, Asymmetric Synthesis of β-Lactams. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 122(32). 7831–7832. 192 indexed citations
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Hafez, Ahmed M., Andrew E. Taggi, Harald Wack, William J. Drury, & Thomas Lectka. (2000). Column Asymmetric Catalysis for β-Lactam Synthesis. Organic Letters. 2(25). 3963–3965. 76 indexed citations
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Cox, Christopher D., Harald Wack, & Thomas Lectka. (1999). Strong Hydrogen Bonding to the Amide Nitrogen Atom in an “Amide Proton Sponge”: Consequences for Structure and Reactivity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 38(6). 798–800. 48 indexed citations
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Cox, Christopher D., Harald Wack, & Thomas Lectka. (1999). Eine starke Wasserstoffbrücke zu einem Amid-Stickstoffatom in einem „Amid-Protonenschwamm”: Konsequenzen für Struktur und Reaktivität. Angewandte Chemie. 111(6). 864–867. 10 indexed citations
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Wack, Harald, William J. Drury, Andrew E. Taggi, Dana Ferraris, & Thomas Lectka. (1999). Nucleophilic Metal Complexes as Acylation Catalysts:  Solvent-Dependent “Switch” Mechanisms Leading to the First Catalyzed Staudinger Reaction. Organic Letters. 1(12). 1985–1988. 31 indexed citations
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Cox, Christopher, Harald Wack, & Thomas Lectka. (1999). Strong Hydrogen Bonding to the Amide Nitrogen Atom in an “Amide Proton Sponge”: Consequences for Structure and Reactivity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 38(6). 798–800. 1 indexed citations
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Cox, Christopher D., Harald Wack, & Thomas Lectka. (1999). Nucleophilic Catalysis of Amide Isomerization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 121(34). 7963–7964. 16 indexed citations

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