Henri B. Kagan

23.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
274 papers, 18.4k citations indexed

About

Henri B. Kagan is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Henri B. Kagan has authored 274 papers receiving a total of 18.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 209 papers in Organic Chemistry, 81 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 64 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Henri B. Kagan's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (89 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (58 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (49 papers). Henri B. Kagan is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (89 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (58 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (49 papers). Henri B. Kagan collaborates with scholars based in France, Russia and United States. Henri B. Kagan's co-authors include Jean‐Louis Namy, Olivier Riant, Christian Girard, Odile Samuel, Philippe Girard, Kovuru Gopalaiah, Tummanapalli Satyanarayana, Élisabet Duñach, Philippe Pitchen and François Rebière and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Henri B. Kagan

272 papers receiving 17.6k 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.

Divalent lanthanide derivatives in organic synthesis. 1. Mild preparation of samarium iodide and ytterbium iodide and their use as reducing or coupling agents

1980 1.1k citations Philippe Girard, Jean‐Louis Namy et al. profile →
Asymmetric catalytic reduction with transition metal complexes. I. Catalytic system of rhodium(I) with (-)-2,3-0-isopropylidene-2,3-dihydroxy-1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane, a new chiral diphosphine

1972 852 citations Henri B. Kagan et al. profile →
Nonlinear Effects in Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions: Ten Years of Investigation

1998 754 citations Christian Girard, Henri B. Kagan Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Catalytic asymmetric Diels Alder reactions

1992 715 citations Henri B. Kagan et al. profile →
An efficient asymmetric oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides

1984 500 citations Henri B. Kagan et al. profile →
Nonlinear Effects in Asymmetric Catalysis

2008 499 citations Tummanapalli Satyanarayana, Henri B. Kagan et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Tetrahedron report number 213

1986 421 citations Henri B. Kagan, Jean‐Louis Namy Tetrahedron profile →
Nonlinear effects in asymmetric synthesis. Examples in asymmetric oxidations and aldolization reactions

1986 398 citations Odile Samuel, Henri B. Kagan et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	One-pot tandem cyclization of enantiopure asymmetric cis-2,5-disubstituted pyrrolidines: Facile access to chiral 10-heteroazatriquinanes 2013 ·Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Pingan Wang, Shengyong Zhang, Henri B. Kagan	5
2	Victor Grignard and Paul Sabatier: Two Showcase Laureates of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2012 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Henri B. Kagan	16
3	Enantioselective synthesis of 2-methyl indolines by palladium catalysed asymmetric C(sp3)–H activation/cyclisation 2011 ·Chemical Communications ·Saithalavi Anas, Alex Cordi, Henri B. Kagan	170
4	Asymmetric Amplification by Kinetic Resolution Using A Racemic Reagent: Example in Amine Acetylation 2006 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Tummanapalli Satyanarayana, Henri B. Kagan	7
5	Twenty five years of organic chemistry with diiodosamarium 2005 ·Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·Henri B. Kagan	14
6	Study of molecular rotational isomerism using deuterium NMR in chiral oriented solvents 2005 ·Chemical Communications ·Philippe Lesot, Olivier Lafon, Henri B. Kagan, Chun‐An Fan	23
7	In Situ Formation of a Heterobimetallic Chiral [(Salen)Ti^IV]/[(Salen)V^V] Catalyst for the Asymmetric Addition of TMSCN to Benzaldehyde 2004 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Yuri N. Belokoń, Michael North, Victor I. Maleev, Nikolay Voskoboev, М. А. Москаленко, Аlexander S. Peregudov, (unknown), Nikolai S. Ikonnikov, Henri B. Kagan	49
8	Presence or absence of a nonlinear effect according to the asymmetric catalyst preparation in the alkylation of benzaldehyde 2002 ·Comptes Rendus Chimie ·(unknown), David R. Fenwick, Henri B. Kagan	16
9	Chiral Monophosphines as Ligands for Asymmetric Organometallic Catalysis. 2000 ·Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin ·(unknown), Henri B. Kagan	166
10	Nonlinear Effects in Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereoselective Reactions: Ten Years of Investigation breakdown → 1998 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Christian Girard, Henri B. Kagan	754
11	TRANSFORMATION OF A RACEMIC MIXTURE BY A CHIRAL REAGENT OR CATALYST TO GIVE REGIOISOMERIC PRODUCTS 1996 ·Croatica Chemica Acta ·Henri B. Kagan	16
12	Dibromosamarium: new preparations and evaluation as a reducing agent 1995 ·New Journal of Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Jean‐Louis Namy, Henri B. Kagan	22
13	Enantiomeric enrichment of sulfoxides by preparative flash chromatography on an achiral phase 1994 ·The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Patrick Diter, (unknown), Odile Samuel, Henri B. Kagan	107
14	Rabbit gastric lipase in biocatalytic resolution of 2-hydroxyalkyldiphenylphosphines 1994 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry ·Henri B. Kagan, (unknown), Jean‐Claude Fiaud	6
15	Divalent samarium compounds : perspectives for organic chemistry 1990 ·New Journal of Chemistry ·Henri B. Kagan	147
16	Divalent lanthanide derivatives in organic synthesis—II: Mechanism of SmI2 reactions in presence of ketones and organic halides 1981 ·Tetrahedron ·Henri B. Kagan, Jean‐Louis Namy, Philippe Girard	105
17	Storage of light energy by chemical systems: comment on long-term efficiency of iterative cyclic reactions 1979 ·Solar Energy ·Odile Samuel, A. Moradpour, Henri B. Kagan	9
18	Determination of configurations by chemical methods 1977 ·(unknown), (unknown), Henri B. Kagan	8
19	Chromatographie en phase vapeur d'hélicènes et de diaryl-1,2 éthylènes 1972 ·Journal of Chromatography A ·J.-F. Nicoud, A. Moradpour, G.G.A. Balavoine, Henri B. Kagan, R. H. Martin, (unknown)	6
20	Une nouvelle synthese asymetrique de l'alanine par insertion d'un carbene sur une liaison N-H. 1971 ·Tetrahedron Letters ·Jean‐François Nicoud, Henri B. Kagan	31

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