Keith Fagnou

23.6k total citations · 14 hit papers
86 papers, 21.0k citations indexed

About

Keith Fagnou is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith Fagnou has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 21.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Organic Chemistry, 24 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Keith Fagnou's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (69 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (52 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (24 papers). Keith Fagnou is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (69 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (52 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (24 papers). Keith Fagnou collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Keith Fagnou's co-authors include Mark Lautens, David R. Stuart, David Lapointe, Louis‐Charles Campeau, Serge I. Gorelsky, Marc Lafrance, Nicolas Guimond, Derek J. Schipper, Benoît Liégault and Mathieu Parisien and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Keith Fagnou

83 papers receiving 20.8k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Overview of the Mechanistic Work on the Concerted Metallation–Deprotonation Pathway
    2010 1000 citations David Lapointe, Keith Fagnou profile →
  2. Rhodium-Catalyzed Carbon−Carbon Bond Forming Reactions of Organometallic Compounds
    2002 967 citations Keith Fagnou, Mark Lautens Chemical Reviews profile →
  3. The Catalytic Cross-Coupling of Unactivated Arenes
    2007 933 citations David R. Stuart, Keith Fagnou Science profile →
  4. Palladium-Catalyzed Benzene Arylation:  Incorporation of Catalytic Pivalic Acid as a Proton Shuttle and a Key Element in Catalyst Design
    2006 882 citations Marc Lafrance, Keith Fagnou Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  5. Analysis of the Concerted Metalation-Deprotonation Mechanism in Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation Across a Broad Range of Aromatic Substrates
    2008 881 citations Serge I. Gorelsky, David Lapointe et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Heterocycle Synthesis Using an Internal Oxidant: Improved Reactivity and Mechanistic Studies
    2011 852 citations Nicolas Guimond, Serge I. Gorelsky et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  7. Catalytic Intermolecular Direct Arylation of Perfluorobenzenes
    2006 741 citations Marc Lafrance, Keith Fagnou et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  8. Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Isoquinolone Synthesis: The N−O Bond as a Handle for C−N Bond Formation and Catalyst Turnover
    2010 705 citations Nicolas Guimond, Keith Fagnou et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  9. Indole Synthesis via Rhodium Catalyzed Oxidative Coupling of Acetanilides and Internal Alkynes
    2008 662 citations David R. Stuart, Mégan Bertrand-Laperle et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  10. Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Arene and Alkene C−H Bond Functionalization Leading to Indoles and Pyrroles
    2010 627 citations David R. Stuart, Keith Fagnou et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  11. Catalytic Direct Arylation with Aryl Chlorides, Bromides, and Iodides:  Intramolecular Studies Leading to New Intermolecular Reactions
    2005 621 citations Louis‐Charles Campeau, Keith Fagnou et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  12. Elements of Regiocontrol in Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Arene Cross-Coupling
    2007 543 citations David R. Stuart, Elisia Villemure et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  13. Establishment of Broadly Applicable Reaction Conditions for the Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation of Heteroatom-Containing Aromatic Compounds
    2009 521 citations David Lapointe, Keith Fagnou et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →
  14. Palladium-catalyzed direct arylation of simple arenes in synthesis of biaryl molecules
    2006 502 citations Louis‐Charles Campeau, Keith Fagnou Chemical Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Keith Fagnou Canada 66 19.9k 4.4k 972 925 854 86 21.0k
Tetsuya Satoh Japan 87 23.9k 1.2× 4.6k 1.0× 559 0.6× 846 0.9× 603 0.7× 275 24.6k
Anny Jutand France 57 10.9k 0.5× 3.2k 0.7× 1.1k 1.2× 947 1.0× 442 0.5× 180 12.4k
Guangbin Dong United States 71 15.1k 0.8× 3.6k 0.8× 641 0.7× 1.1k 1.2× 751 0.9× 261 16.3k
Pier Giorgio Cozzi Italy 55 8.8k 0.4× 3.5k 0.8× 1.6k 1.6× 1.5k 1.6× 419 0.5× 230 11.1k
Yangjie Wu China 55 10.0k 0.5× 1.6k 0.4× 891 0.9× 712 0.8× 857 1.0× 495 11.5k
Ilhyong Ryu Japan 60 12.6k 0.6× 2.1k 0.5× 848 0.9× 1.3k 1.4× 1.1k 1.3× 364 14.0k
Sanzhong Luo China 62 10.0k 0.5× 2.8k 0.6× 872 0.9× 1.6k 1.7× 487 0.6× 234 11.3k
Koichiro Oshima Japan 71 18.0k 0.9× 4.0k 0.9× 765 0.8× 2.0k 2.2× 1.5k 1.8× 562 19.4k
David J. Procter United Kingdom 63 10.8k 0.5× 1.6k 0.4× 440 0.5× 1.4k 1.5× 971 1.1× 230 12.1k
Louis Ricard France 52 9.3k 0.5× 6.5k 1.5× 1.6k 1.6× 784 0.8× 244 0.3× 394 11.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schipper, Derek J. & Keith Fagnou. (2011). Direct Arylation as a Synthetic Tool for the Synthesis of Thiophene-Based Organic Electronic Materials. Chemistry of Materials. 23(6). 1594–1600. 299 indexed citations
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Huestis, Malcolm P., Lina Chan, David R. Stuart, & Keith Fagnou. (2010). The Vinyl Moiety as a Handle for Regiocontrol in the Preparation of Unsymmetrical 2,3‐Aliphatic‐Substituted Indoles and Pyrroles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(6). 1338–1341. 330 indexed citations
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Huestis, Malcolm P., Lina Chan, David R. Stuart, & Keith Fagnou. (2010). The Vinyl Moiety as a Handle for Regiocontrol in the Preparation of Unsymmetrical 2,3‐Aliphatic‐Substituted Indoles and Pyrroles. Angewandte Chemie. 123(6). 1374–1377. 142 indexed citations
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Campeau, Louis‐Charles, David R. Stuart, Jean‐Philippe Leclerc, et al.. (2009). Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation of Azine and Azole N-Oxides: Reaction Development, Scope and Applications in Synthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131(9). 3291–3306. 358 indexed citations
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Blaquière, Nicole, Daniel G. Shore, Sophie A. L. Rousseaux, & Keith Fagnou. (2009). Decarboxylative Ketone Aldol Reactions: Development and Mechanistic Evaluation under Metal-Free Conditions. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 74(16). 6190–6198. 71 indexed citations
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Fagnou, Keith. (2009). Mechanistic Considerations in the Development and Use of Azine, Diazine and Azole N-Oxides in Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation. Topics in current chemistry. 292. 35–56. 125 indexed citations
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Schipper, Derek J., Sophie A. L. Rousseaux, & Keith Fagnou. (2009). Kinetic Resolution of Quaternary and Tertiary β‐Hydroxy Esters. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(44). 8343–8347. 22 indexed citations
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Blaquière, Nicole, et al.. (2008). Ruthenium-Catalyzed Dehydrogenation of Ammonia Boranes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(43). 14034–14035. 285 indexed citations
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Lafrance, Marc, David Lapointe, & Keith Fagnou. (2008). Mild and efficient palladium-catalyzed intramolecular direct arylation reactions. Tetrahedron. 64(26). 6015–6020. 138 indexed citations
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Campeau, Louis‐Charles, Derek J. Schipper, & Keith Fagnou. (2008). Site-Selective sp2 and Benzylic sp3 Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(11). 3266–3267. 308 indexed citations
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Stuart, David R. & Keith Fagnou. (2007). The Catalytic Cross-Coupling of Unactivated Arenes. Science. 316(5828). 1172–1175. 933 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stuart, David R. & Keith Fagnou. (2007). The Catalytic Cross‐Coupling of Unactivated Arenes.. ChemInform. 38(40). 1 indexed citations
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Lafrance, Marc, Nicole Blaquière, & Keith Fagnou. (2007). Aporphine Alkaloid Synthesis and Diversification via Direct Arylation.. ChemInform. 38(21). 2 indexed citations
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Campeau, Louis‐Charles & Keith Fagnou. (2007). Applications of and alternatives to π-electron-deficient azine organometallics in metal catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. Chemical Society Reviews. 36(7). 1058–1068. 216 indexed citations
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Stuart, David R., Elisia Villemure, & Keith Fagnou. (2007). Elements of Regiocontrol in Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative Arene Cross-Coupling. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129(40). 12072–12073. 543 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leclerc, Jean‐Philippe & Keith Fagnou. (2006). Palladium‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling Reactions of Diazine N‐Oxides with Aryl Chlorides, Bromides, and Iodides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(46). 7781–7786. 228 indexed citations
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Lafrance, Marc, Nicole Blaquière, & Keith Fagnou. (2004). Direct intramolecular arylation of unactivated arenes: application to the synthesis of aporphine alkaloids. Chemical Communications. 2874–2875. 59 indexed citations
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Fagnou, Keith & Mark Lautens. (2002). Halide Effects in Transition Metal Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 41(1). 26–47. 471 indexed citations
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Fagnou, Keith & Mark Lautens. (2002). Rhodium-Catalyzed Carbon−Carbon Bond Forming Reactions of Organometallic Compounds. Chemical Reviews. 103(1). 169–196. 967 indexed citations breakdown →

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