Michael C. Pirrung

12.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
196 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Michael C. Pirrung is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael C. Pirrung has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Organic Chemistry, 98 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael C. Pirrung's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (32 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (21 papers) and Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (20 papers). Michael C. Pirrung is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (32 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (21 papers) and Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (20 papers). Michael C. Pirrung collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Michael C. Pirrung's co-authors include Lubert Stryer, Stephen P. A. Fodor, Dennis Solas, Amy T. Lu, Koushik Das Sarma, Clayton H. Heathcock, J. E. Sohn, John W. Lampe, Charles T. Buse and Andrew T. Morehead and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michael C. Pirrung

194 papers receiving 9.7k 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.

Light-Directed, Spatially Addressable Parallel Chemical Synthesis

1991 2.0k citations Michael C. Pirrung et al. profile →
Acyclic stereoselection. 7. Stereoselective synthesis of 2-alkyl-3-hydroxy carbonyl compounds by aldol condensation

1980 369 citations Clayton H. Heathcock, Charles T. Buse et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →
Concentrations of Tire Additive Chemicals and Tire Road Wear Particles in an Australian Urban Tributary

2022 252 citations Cassandra Rauert, Nathan P. Charlton et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael C. Pirrung United States	51	5.3k	4.4k	1.1k	795	621	196	10.1k
Sabine L. Flitsch United Kingdom	53	2.9k 0.5×	6.6k 1.5×	1.0k 0.9×	603 0.8×	688 1.1×	251	8.9k
Abraham Nudelman Israel	34	4.5k 0.9×	3.2k 0.7×	745 0.7×	1.5k 1.9×	1.5k 2.5×	147	10.0k
Takashi Takahashi Japan	41	4.4k 0.8×	3.1k 0.7×	700 0.6×	788 1.0×	279 0.4×	331	7.0k
Charles Mioskowski France	49	7.4k 1.4×	4.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	2.0k 2.5×	1.5k 2.5×	414	12.5k
Michael E. Jung United States	55	7.6k 1.4×	4.7k 1.1×	379 0.3×	577 0.7×	878 1.4×	377	13.6k
Ehud Keinan Israel	46	3.7k 0.7×	2.8k 0.6×	481 0.4×	806 1.0×	881 1.4×	218	6.7k
Timothy D. W. Claridge United Kingdom	55	4.6k 0.9×	5.1k 1.2×	515 0.5×	2.1k 2.7×	919 1.5×	288	11.2k
Takeshi Matsumoto Japan	42	2.6k 0.5×	3.1k 0.7×	936 0.8×	799 1.0×	593 1.0×	469	7.8k
Karl Gademann Switzerland	48	3.7k 0.7×	5.5k 1.3×	437 0.4×	614 0.8×	302 0.5×	203	10.1k
Yukio Sugiura Japan	47	2.5k 0.5×	6.7k 1.5×	396 0.3×	1.2k 1.5×	587 0.9×	280	10.3k

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Rauert, Cassandra, Nathan P. Charlton, Elvis D. Okoffo, et al.. (2022). Concentrations of Tire Additive Chemicals and Tire Road Wear Particles in an Australian Urban Tributary. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(4). 2421–2431. 252 indexed citations breakdown →

Vala, Ruturajsinh M., Albert Chen, Robert L. Sah, et al.. (2022). Syrbactin-class dual constitutive- and immuno-proteasome inhibitor TIR-199 impedes myeloma-mediated bone degeneration in vivo. Bioscience Reports. 42(2). 16 indexed citations

Pirrung, Michael C., et al.. (2018). Thiasyrbactins Induce Cell Death via Proteasome Inhibition in Multiple Myeloma Cells. Anticancer Research. 38(10). 5607–5613. 1 indexed citations

Pirrung, Michael C., et al.. (2012). A fluorescent amino acidprobe to monitor efficiency of peptideconjugation to glass surfaces for high density microarrays. Molecular BioSystems. 8(3). 879–887. 6 indexed citations

Pirrung, Michael C., Koushik Das Sarma, & Jianmei Wang. (2008). Hydrophobicity and Mixing Effects on Select Heterogeneous, Water-Accelerated Synthetic Reactions. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 73(22). 8723–8730. 74 indexed citations

Pirrung, Michael C., Ulrich Polom, & Charlotte M. Krawczyk. (2008). Groundwater exploration in a Quaternary sediment body by shear-wave reflection seismics. AGUFM. 2008(20). 2 indexed citations

Xiong, Xin & Michael C. Pirrung. (2007). Practical Synthesis of 7-Prenylindole. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 72(15). 5832–5834. 11 indexed citations

Pirrung, Michael C., et al.. (2003). Combinatorial discovery of two-photon photoremovable protecting groups. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(22). 12548–12553. 23 indexed citations

Pirrung, Michael C.. (2002). Die Herstellung von DNA-Chips. Angewandte Chemie. 114(8). 1326–1326. 71 indexed citations

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Pirrung, Michael C., et al.. (2001). Varved Sediments of Maar Lake Ranu Klindungan, East Java. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 1 indexed citations

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Pirrung, Michael C., M. Beier, & Jörg D. Hoheisel. (2000). Production by quantitative photolithographic synthesis of individually quality checked DNA microarrays. 13(7). 487–490. 4 indexed citations

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Jackman, Jane E., Carol A. Fierke, L. Nathan Tumey, et al.. (2000). Antibacterial Agents That Target Lipid A Biosynthesis in Gram-negative Bacteria. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(15). 11002–11009. 161 indexed citations

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Pirrung, Michael C. & Kaapjoo Park. (2000). Discovery of selective metal-binding peptoids using 19F encoded combinatorial libraries. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 10(18). 2115–2118. 9 indexed citations

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Pirrung, Michael C. & He Liu. (1999). Total Synthesis of Sarcodictyins A and B. Solid- and Solution-Phase Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Combinatorial Sarcodictyin Libraries.. 12(14). 1006–1012.

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Pirrung, Michael C.. (1999). Histidine kinases and two-component signal transduction systems. Chemistry & Biology. 6(6). R167–R175. 53 indexed citations

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Pirrung, Michael C. & Jean‐Claude Bradley. (1995). Dimethoxybenzoin Carbonates: Photochemically-Removable Alcohol Protecting Groups Suitable for Phosphoramidite-Based DNA Synthesis. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 60(5). 1116–1117. 54 indexed citations

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Pirrung, Michael C., Hyunsoo Han, & Richard Ludwig. (1994). Inhibitors of Thermus thermophilus Isopropylmalate Dehydrogenase. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 59(9). 2430–2436. 18 indexed citations

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Pirrung, Michael C. & Gerard M. McGeehan. (1985). Cyclopropylsubstituierte Aminocyclopropancarbonsäure (Cyclopropyl-ACC) – eine Studie zum Mechanismus der Ethylen-Biosynthese. Angewandte Chemie. 97(12). 1074–1075. 19 indexed citations

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Heathcock, Clayton H., James P. Hagen, Esa T. Jarvi, Michael C. Pirrung, & Steven D. Young. (1981). Acyclic stereoselection. 14. O-alkyllactic acid esters: reagents for the stereoselective construction of erythro- and threo-.alpha.-methyl-.alpha.,.beta.-dihydroxy carbonyl compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 103(16). 4972–4974. 32 indexed citations

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Heathcock, Clayton H., Charles T. Buse, William A. Kleschick, et al.. (1980). 非環状立体選択性 VII アルドール縮合による2-アルキル-3-ヒドロキシカルボニル化合物の立体選択合成. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 45(6). 1066–1081. 285 indexed citations

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