John F. Bower

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
134 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

John F. Bower is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, John F. Bower has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Organic Chemistry, 41 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 28 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in John F. Bower's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (85 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (39 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (38 papers). John F. Bower is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (85 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (39 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (38 papers). John F. Bower collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Brazil. John F. Bower's co-authors include Michael J. Krische, Steven J. Stanton, Gabriele Fumagalli, Adele Faulkner, Ryan L. Patman, Giacomo E. M. Crisenza, Nicholas J. Race, Megan H. Shaw, James S. Scott and Olga O. Sokolova and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

John F. Bower

126 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Recent Methodologies That Exploit C–C Single-Bond Cleavage of Strained Ring Systems by Transition Metal Complexes

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Author						Papers	Cites
John F. Bower	6.8k	2.3k	798	344	280	134	7.2k
Li‐Xin Dai	9.6k 1.4×	3.0k 1.3×	1.3k 1.6×	429 1.2×	164 0.6×	201	10.0k
Fuk Yee Kwong	10.1k 1.5×	2.1k 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	319 0.9×	169 0.6×	193	10.5k
Enrique Gómez‐Bengoa	4.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	716 0.9×	272 0.8×	171 0.6×	127	4.7k
Naohiko Yoshikai	11.6k 1.7×	3.4k 1.5×	390 0.5×	669 1.9×	318 1.1×	192	11.9k
Marc Taillefer	7.7k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	852 1.1×	546 1.6×	239 0.9×	133	8.3k
Arkaitz Correa	5.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	559 0.7×	311 0.9×	848 3.0×	65	6.5k
Akkattu T. Biju	10.7k 1.6×	1.0k 0.4×	598 0.7×	436 1.3×	305 1.1×	181	10.9k
Gwilherm Evano	7.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	1.0k 1.3×	560 1.6×	151 0.5×	166	8.4k
Olga Garcı́a Mancheño	4.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	692 0.9×	193 0.6×	96 0.3×	112	5.0k
Xue‐Long Hou	8.2k 1.2×	3.0k 1.3×	1.3k 1.7×	372 1.1×	145 0.5×	199	8.8k

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Chung, Raymond T., Abbas Hassan, Phillippa Cooper, et al.. (2025). Benzamide‐Directed Hydroarylative Cross‐Couplings Using Minimally Activated Alkenes: Enantioselective Synthesis of Tertiary and Quaternary Stereocenters. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(22). e202502569–e202502569. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yihong, et al.. (2025). β‐Quaternary α‐Amino Acids via Iridium‐Catalyzed Branched and Enantioselective Hydroalkylation of 1,1‐Disubstituted Styrenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(26). e202504477–e202504477. 1 indexed citations

García‐Cárceles, Javier, et al.. (2024). A Strategy for the Formal C−N Cross‐Coupling of Tertiary Amines. Angewandte Chemie. 136(50).

Carvalho, Renato L., et al.. (2024). The Synthesis and Reactivity of Naphthoquinonynes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(18). e202400188–e202400188. 3 indexed citations

García‐Cárceles, Javier, et al.. (2024). A Strategy for the Formal C−N Cross‐Coupling of Tertiary Amines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(50). e202411555–e202411555. 2 indexed citations

Robertson, Craig M., et al.. (2024). An Aza‐Prilezhaev‐Based Method for Inversion of Regioselectivity in Stereospecific Alkene 1,2‐Aminohydroxylations. Angewandte Chemie. 136(49).

Carvalho, Renato L., Emilay B. T. Diogo, Maria H. Araújo, et al.. (2024). Generation and capture of naphthoquinonynes: a new frontier in the development of trypanocidal quinones via aryne chemistry. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 16(2). 694–708.

Bower, John F., et al.. (2023). A Stereospecific Alkene 1,2‐Aminofunctionalization Platform for the Assembly of Complex Nitrogen‐Containing Ring Systems. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(16). e202301262–e202301262. 16 indexed citations

Robertson, Craig M., et al.. (2023). Stereospecific Aminative Cyclizations Triggered by Intermolecular Aza‐Prilezhaev Alkene Aziridination. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(48). e202312797–e202312797. 13 indexed citations

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Bower, John F., et al.. (2023). A Stereospecific Alkene 1,2‐Aminofunctionalization Platform for the Assembly of Complex Nitrogen‐Containing Ring Systems. Angewandte Chemie. 135(16).

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Bower, John F., et al.. (2023). A Hemilabile NHC‐Gold Complex and its Application to the Redox Neutral 1,2‐Oxyarylation of Feedstock Alkenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(23). e202301526–e202301526. 32 indexed citations

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Jardim, Guilherme A. M., et al.. (2022). Looking deep into C–H functionalization: the synthesis and application of cyclopentadienyl and related metal catalysts. Chemical Communications. 58(19). 3101–3121. 25 indexed citations

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Young, Tom A., et al.. (2018). Stereospecific Alkene Aziridination Using a Bifunctional Amino-Reagent: An Aza-Prilezhaev Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(51). 17846–17850. 41 indexed citations

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Henderson, A. S., John F. Bower, & M. Carmen Galán. (2016). Carbohydrates as enantioinduction components in stereoselective catalysis. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 14(17). 4008–4017. 28 indexed citations

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McCreanor, Niall G., Steven J. Stanton, & John F. Bower. (2016). Capture–Collapse Heterocyclization: 1,3-Diazepanes by C–N Reductive Elimination from Rhodacyclopentanones. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(36). 11465–11468. 42 indexed citations

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Wang, Gang‐Wei, Niall G. McCreanor, Megan H. Shaw, William G. Whittingham, & John F. Bower. (2016). New Initiation Modes for Directed Carbonylative C–C Bond Activation: Rhodium-Catalyzed (3 + 1 + 2) Cycloadditions of Aminomethylcyclopropanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(41). 13501–13504. 46 indexed citations

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Shaw, Megan H., Rosemary A. Croft, William G. Whittingham, & John F. Bower. (2015). Modular Access to Substituted Azocanes via a Rhodium-Catalyzed Cycloaddition–Fragmentation Strategy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(25). 8054–8057. 83 indexed citations

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Shaw, Megan H., William G. Whittingham, & John F. Bower. (2015). Directed carbonylative (3+1+2) cycloadditions of amino-substituted cyclopropanes and alkynes: reaction development and increased efficiencies using a cationic rhodium system. Tetrahedron. 72(22). 2731–2741. 29 indexed citations

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Crisenza, Giacomo E. M., Olga O. Sokolova, & John F. Bower. (2015). Branch‐Selective Alkene Hydroarylation by Cooperative Destabilization: Iridium‐Catalyzed ortho‐Alkylation of Acetanilides. Angewandte Chemie. 127(49). 15079–15083. 33 indexed citations

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Shaw, Megan H., et al.. (2013). Directing Group Enhanced Carbonylative Ring Expansions of Amino-Substituted Cyclopropanes: Rhodium-Catalyzed Multicomponent Synthesis of N-Heterobicyclic Enones. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(13). 4992–4995. 116 indexed citations

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