Jan‐E. Bäckvall

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Jan‐E. Bäckvall is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan‐E. Bäckvall has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Organic Chemistry, 5 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jan‐E. Bäckvall's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers), Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (5 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (3 papers). Jan‐E. Bäckvall is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers), Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (5 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (3 papers). Jan‐E. Bäckvall collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and United Kingdom. Jan‐E. Bäckvall's co-authors include Julio Piera, Jens Wöltinger, Ágnes Zsigmond, Teresa Bartholomeyzik, Youqian Deng, Òscar Pàmies, J. BERGMAN, Krisztián Bogár, Johan Franzén and Joakim Löfstedt and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemistry - A European Journal.

In The Last Decade

Jan‐E. Bäckvall

16 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Catalytic Oxidation of Organic Substrates by Molecular Ox... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 250 500 750
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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. Catalytic Oxidation of Organic Substrates by Molecular Oxygen and Hydrogen Peroxide by Multistep Electron Transfer—A Biomimetic Approach
    2008 800 citations Julio Piera, Jan‐E. Bäckvall Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jan‐E. Bäckvall Sweden 13 1.0k 344 242 124 81 16 1.3k
Mitsuo Kodomari Japan 22 1.1k 1.0× 278 0.8× 272 1.1× 178 1.4× 32 0.4× 83 1.4k
Basudeb Basu India 26 1.5k 1.4× 263 0.8× 271 1.1× 270 2.2× 59 0.7× 88 1.7k
Young Keun Chung South Korea 21 780 0.8× 358 1.0× 149 0.6× 108 0.9× 80 1.0× 44 1.1k
Thomas Schareina Germany 20 2.2k 2.1× 559 1.6× 244 1.0× 238 1.9× 84 1.0× 40 2.5k
Jan‐E. Baeckvall Sweden 11 1.0k 1.0× 334 1.0× 157 0.6× 85 0.7× 36 0.4× 47 1.1k
Jinho Kim South Korea 20 1.9k 1.8× 459 1.3× 223 0.9× 220 1.8× 100 1.2× 61 2.2k
Dilip Konwar India 23 1.5k 1.5× 264 0.8× 201 0.8× 262 2.1× 37 0.5× 64 1.7k
Scott D. McCann United States 12 1.4k 1.3× 395 1.1× 184 0.8× 83 0.7× 112 1.4× 15 1.5k
Thorsten Lauterbach Germany 20 1.4k 1.4× 247 0.7× 124 0.5× 135 1.1× 69 0.9× 21 1.6k
Kai Lang United States 19 1.3k 1.3× 504 1.5× 158 0.7× 123 1.0× 206 2.5× 31 1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan‐E. Bäckvall

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Alamsetti, Santosh Kumar, Andreas K. Å. Persson, Tuo Jiang, & Jan‐E. Bäckvall. (2013). Scalable Synthesis of Oxazolones from Propargylic Alcohols through Multistep Palladium(II) Catalysis: β‐Selective Oxidative Heck Coupling of Cyclic Sulfonyl Enamides and Aryl Boroxines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(51). 13745–13750. 27 indexed citations
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Deng, Youqian, Teresa Bartholomeyzik, & Jan‐E. Bäckvall. (2013). Control of Selectivity in Palladium‐Catalyzed Oxidative Carbocyclization/Borylation of Allenynes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(24). 6283–6287. 70 indexed citations
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Bogár, Krisztián, et al.. (2010). Asymmetric Synthesis of Bicyclic Diol Derivatives through Metal and Enzyme Catalysis: Application to the Formal Synthesis of Sertraline. Chemistry - A European Journal. 16(13). 4031–4036. 38 indexed citations
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Johnston, Eric V., et al.. (2009). Efficient Synthesis of Hybrid (Hydroquinone–Schiff base)cobalt Oxidation Catalysts. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2009(23). 3973–3976. 14 indexed citations
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Piera, Julio & Jan‐E. Bäckvall. (2008). Catalytic Oxidation of Organic Substrates by Molecular Oxygen and Hydrogen Peroxide by Multistep Electron Transfer—A Biomimetic Approach. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(19). 3506–3523. 800 indexed citations breakdown →
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Johansson, Mikael P., Byron W. Purse, Osamu Terasaki, & Jan‐E. Bäckvall. (2008). Aerobic Oxidations Catalyzed by Zeolite‐Encapsulated Cobalt Salophen. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 350(11-12). 1807–1815. 14 indexed citations
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Berner, Simon, Hans Lidbaum, John Åhlund, et al.. (2007). Electronic and structural studies of immobilized thiol-derivatized cobalt porphyrins on gold surfaces. Applied Surface Science. 253(18). 7540–7548. 32 indexed citations
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Norinder, Jakob, Jan‐E. Bäckvall, Naohiko Yoshikai, & Eiichi Nakamura. (2006). Unusual Homocoupling in the Reaction of Diorganocuprates with an Allylic Halide. Organometallics. 25(9). 2129–2132. 17 indexed citations
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Pàmies, Òscar & Jan‐E. Bäckvall. (2003). Combined metal catalysis and biocatalysis for an efficient deracemization process. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 14(4). 407–413. 42 indexed citations
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Franzén, Johan, Joakim Löfstedt, Ismet Dorange, & Jan‐E. Bäckvall. (2002). Allenes as Carbon Nucleophiles in Palladium-Catalyzed Reactions:  Observation of Anti Attack of Allenes on (π-Allyl)palladium Complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124(38). 11246–11247. 43 indexed citations
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Wöltinger, Jens, Jan‐E. Bäckvall, & Ágnes Zsigmond. (1999). Zeolite-Encapsulated Cobalt Salophen Complexes as Efficient Oxygen-Activating Catalysts in Palladium-Catalyzed Aerobic 1,4-Oxidation of 1,3-Dienes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 5(5). 1460–1467. 80 indexed citations
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Bäckvall, Jan‐E.. (1999). Synthesis of natural products via stereocontrolled palladium-catalyzed reactions. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 71(6). 1065–1070. 8 indexed citations
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Heumann, Andreas & Jan‐E. Bäckvall. (1985). Methylwanderung und transanulare 1,5-Hydridverschiebung bei der oxidativen Spaltung von CPd-Bindungen mit CuCl2. Angewandte Chemie. 97(3). 228–230. 8 indexed citations
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Bäckvall, Jan‐E., et al.. (1985). Stereocontrolled synthesis of (R*R*)- and (R*S*)-5-hydroxy-2-methylhexanoic acid lactones. Tetrahedron. 41(24). 5761–5764. 8 indexed citations
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Bäckvall, Jan‐E., et al.. (1977). Vicinal acetoxychlorination of olefins by chromyl chloride in acetyl chloride. Tetrahedron Letters. 18(40). 3523–3526. 14 indexed citations
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BERGMAN, J., et al.. (1973). Synthesis and reactions of some 3-(2-haloacyl)indoles. Tetrahedron. 29(7). 971–976. 54 indexed citations

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