Larry E. Overman

32.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
421 papers, 26.6k citations indexed

About

Larry E. Overman is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Larry E. Overman has authored 421 papers receiving a total of 26.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 380 papers in Organic Chemistry, 77 papers in Molecular Biology and 54 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Larry E. Overman's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (140 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (118 papers) and Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (115 papers). Larry E. Overman is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (140 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (118 papers) and Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (115 papers). Larry E. Overman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Larry E. Overman's co-authors include Amy B. Dounay, Kyle W. Quasdorf, Christopher J. Douglas, Alan Steven, Emily A. Peterson, Spencer P. Pitre, Daniel J. Poon, Lewis D. Pennington, Gregory L. Lackner and Matthew M. Abelman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Larry E. Overman

418 papers receiving 25.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Asymmetric Intramolecular Heck Reaction in Natural Pr... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2014 2004 2021 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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. The Asymmetric Intramolecular Heck Reaction in Natural Product Total Synthesis
    2003 1.3k citations Larry E. Overman et al. profile →
  2. Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of quaternary carbon stereocentres
    2014 895 citations Larry E. Overman et al. profile →
  3. Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of all-carbon quaternary stereocenters
    2004 782 citations Larry E. Overman et al. profile →
  4. Strategic Use of Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis in Natural Product Synthesis
    2021 341 citations Larry E. Overman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Larry E. Overman United States 83 24.3k 4.6k 3.6k 2.3k 1.9k 421 26.6k
David A. Evans United States 105 30.5k 1.3× 8.4k 1.8× 6.5k 1.8× 981 0.4× 3.1k 1.6× 360 34.3k
Jieping Zhu Switzerland 83 22.7k 0.9× 5.4k 1.2× 2.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 437 0.2× 534 24.8k
Yasuyuki Kita Japan 65 15.9k 0.7× 2.0k 0.4× 1.9k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 899 0.5× 500 17.2k
Jack E. Baldwin United Kingdom 60 11.0k 0.5× 7.8k 1.7× 3.3k 0.9× 763 0.3× 1.2k 0.6× 638 19.0k
Erick M. Carreira Switzerland 102 31.3k 1.3× 6.9k 1.5× 8.5k 2.4× 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.8× 563 36.5k
Stephen F. Martin United States 59 11.3k 0.5× 4.8k 1.1× 1.1k 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 976 0.5× 381 14.0k
Teruaki Mukaiyama Japan 67 20.8k 0.9× 7.2k 1.6× 4.0k 1.1× 423 0.2× 1.1k 0.6× 976 23.5k
Hisashi Yamamoto Japan 91 26.3k 1.1× 6.6k 1.4× 8.1k 2.2× 506 0.2× 787 0.4× 724 29.6k
Yoshito Kishi United States 64 10.4k 0.4× 5.4k 1.2× 1.0k 0.3× 494 0.2× 2.4k 1.3× 346 15.2k
Tsutomu Katsuki Japan 71 18.5k 0.8× 3.5k 0.8× 6.9k 1.9× 467 0.2× 1.1k 0.6× 310 22.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Abbas, Samir Y., Peng Zhao, & Larry E. Overman. (2018). 1,6-Addition of Tertiary Carbon Radicals Generated From Alcohols or Carboxylic Acids by Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis. Organic Letters. 20(3). 868–871. 47 indexed citations
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Slutskyy, Yuriy, et al.. (2017). Versatile Construction of 6-Substituted cis-2,8-Dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octan-3-ones: Short Enantioselective Total Syntheses of Cheloviolenes A and B and Dendrillolide C. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(21). 7192–7195. 46 indexed citations
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Garnsey, Michelle R., Yuriy Slutskyy, Christopher R. Jamison, et al.. (2017). Short Enantioselective Total Syntheses of Cheloviolenes A and B and Dendrillolide C via Convergent Fragment Coupling Using a Tertiary Carbon Radical. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 83(13). 6958–6976. 44 indexed citations
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Canham, Stephen M., Benjamin D. Hafensteiner, Alec D. Lebsack, et al.. (2015). Stereocontrolled enantioselective total synthesis of the [2+2] quadrigemine alkaloids. Tetrahedron. 71(37). 6424–6436. 15 indexed citations
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Baumann, Marcus, André P. Dieskau, Mary C. Walton, et al.. (2015). Tricyclic analogues of epidithiodioxopiperazine alkaloids with promising in vitro and in vivo antitumor activity. Chemical Science. 6(8). 4451–4457. 30 indexed citations
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Cannon, Jeffrey S. & Larry E. Overman. (2012). Kein Ende für Totalsynthesen von Strychnin in Sicht? Lektionen für Strategien und Methoden in der Totalsynthese. Angewandte Chemie. 124(18). 4362–4386. 47 indexed citations
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Iimura, Shin, Larry E. Overman, Ralph Paulini, & Armen Zakarian. (2006). Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Guanacastepene N Using an Uncommon 7-Endo Heck Cyclization as a Pivotal Step. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(40). 13095–13101. 79 indexed citations
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Overman, Larry E. & Youseung Shin. (2006). Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (+)-Gliocladin C. Organic Letters. 9(2). 339–341. 90 indexed citations
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Kamatani, Asayuki & Larry E. Overman. (2001). A New Asymmetric Synthesis of trans-Hydroisoquinolones. Organic Letters. 3(8). 1229–1232. 30 indexed citations
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Ragozzino, Davide, Richard M. Woodward, Y. Murata, et al.. (1996). Design and in vitro pharmacology of a selective gamma-aminobutyric acidC receptor antagonist.. Molecular Pharmacology. 50(4). 1024–1030. 149 indexed citations
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Caderas, Christian, Renee M. Lett, Larry E. Overman, et al.. (1996). Enantioselective Total Syntheses of Allopumiliotoxins 267A, 323B‘, and 339A. Application of Iodide-Promoted Iminium Ion−Alkyne Cyclizations for Forming Allopumiliotoxin A Alkaloids. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118(38). 9073–9082. 45 indexed citations
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Bratz, Matthias, et al.. (1995). Total Synthesis of (+)-Laurencin. Use of Acetal-Vinyl Sulfide Cyclizations for Forming Highly Functionalized Eight-Membered Cyclic Ethers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117(22). 5958–5966. 96 indexed citations
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Overman, Larry E., Armando Castañeda, & Todd A. Blumenkopf. (1986). Acetal-initiated cyclizations of vinylsilanes. A general synthesis of allylically unsaturated oxacyclics. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 108(6). 1303–1304. 53 indexed citations
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Overman, Larry E. & E. Jon Jacobsen. (1982). Synthesis applications of aza-cope rearrangements.. Tetrahedron Letters. 23(27). 2737–2740. 8 indexed citations
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Overman, Larry E. & Masa‐aki Kakimoto. (1979). 指向性2-アゾニア〔3,3〕シグマトロープ転位による炭素-炭素結合の生成 新しいピロリジン合成. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 101(5). 1310–1312. 1 indexed citations
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Fleming, Ian, et al.. (1978). How important is secondary overlap in determining the regioselectivity of Diels-Alder reactions?. Tetrahedron Letters. 19(15). 1313–1314. 23 indexed citations
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Bartmess, John E., Warren J. Hehre, Robert T. McIver, & Larry E. Overman. (1977). Gas phase acidities of the 2-butenes. The use of organometallics as models for free carbanions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 99(6). 1976–1977. 19 indexed citations
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Overman, Larry E. & Lane A. Clizbe. (1976). Additions and Corrections - Synthesis of Trichloroacetamido-1,3-dienes. Useful Aminobutadiene Equivalents for the Diels-Alder Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 98(25). 8295–8295. 7 indexed citations
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Overman, Larry E.. (1972). Dehydrogenase enzyme models. Approximation of an alcohol and a pyridinium ring. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 37(25). 4214–4218. 5 indexed citations

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