Michael Frohn

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Frohn is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Frohn has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Organic Chemistry, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael Frohn's work include Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (9 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (5 papers) and Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications (3 papers). Michael Frohn is often cited by papers focused on Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (9 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (5 papers) and Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications (3 papers). Michael Frohn collaborates with scholars based in United States and France. Michael Frohn's co-authors include Yian Shi, Zhixian Wang, Yong Qiang Tu, Jianrong Zhang, Yong Tang, Amos B. Smith, Xiaoming Zhou, Shawn P. Walsh, Matthew O. Duffey and Hongwu Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Organic Letters.

In The Last Decade

Michael Frohn

18 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

An Efficient Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation Method 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400
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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. An Efficient Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation Method
    1997 486 citations Zhixian Wang, Yong Qiang Tu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Frohn United States 13 982 210 131 113 108 19 1.1k
Roberto Margarita Italy 13 1.0k 1.0× 257 1.2× 143 1.1× 119 1.1× 166 1.5× 20 1.2k
Rajappa Vaidyanathan United States 14 935 1.0× 363 1.7× 135 1.0× 84 0.7× 66 0.6× 34 1.1k
Lorenzo Caggiano United Kingdom 18 640 0.7× 209 1.0× 133 1.0× 94 0.8× 75 0.7× 40 823
Luca Parlanti Italy 10 805 0.8× 215 1.0× 87 0.7× 44 0.4× 153 1.4× 18 925
Guncheol Kim South Korea 21 1.2k 1.3× 501 2.4× 70 0.5× 78 0.7× 90 0.8× 58 1.4k
Ian S. Young United States 14 1.9k 2.0× 428 2.0× 180 1.4× 59 0.5× 205 1.9× 24 2.1k
Larry Yet United States 14 1.6k 1.6× 436 2.1× 221 1.7× 52 0.5× 75 0.7× 29 1.9k
Robert Lett France 18 673 0.7× 191 0.9× 81 0.6× 77 0.7× 66 0.6× 37 835
Nobuyuki Takiyama Japan 5 843 0.9× 213 1.0× 121 0.9× 37 0.3× 77 0.7× 6 969
Hidetsura Cho Japan 16 971 1.0× 376 1.8× 93 0.7× 48 0.4× 73 0.7× 54 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Frohn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Frohn

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Frohn, Michael, Longbin Liu, Aaron C. Siegmund, et al.. (2020). The development of a structurally distinct series of BACE1 inhibitors via the (Z)-fluoro-olefin amide bioisosteric replacement. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 30(14). 127240–127240. 4 indexed citations
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Harrington, Paul E., Matthew P. Bourbeau, Christopher Fotsch, et al.. (2013). The optimization of aminooxadiazoles as orally active inhibitors of Cdc7. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 23(23). 6396–6400. 14 indexed citations
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Pennington, Lewis D., Kelvin Sham, Alexander J. Pickrell, et al.. (2011). 4-Methoxy-N-[2-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-4-ylcarbamoyl]nicotinamide: A Potent and Selective Agonist of S1P1. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 2(10). 752–757. 12 indexed citations
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Tegley, Christopher M., Vellarkad N. Viswanadhan, Kaustav Biswas, et al.. (2008). Discovery of novel hydroxy-thiazoles as HIF-α prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors: SAR, synthesis, and modeling evaluation. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(14). 3925–3928. 39 indexed citations
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Smith, Amos B., et al.. (2007). Total Syntheses of the Assigned Structures of Lituarines B and C. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(2). 422–423. 37 indexed citations
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Lorenz, Jon C., Michael Frohn, Xiaoming Zhou, et al.. (2005). Transition State Studies on the Dioxirane-Mediated Asymmetric Epoxidation via Kinetic Resolution and Desymmetrization. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 70(8). 2904–2911. 21 indexed citations
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Smith, Amos B. & Michael Frohn. (2002). Lituarine Synthetic Studies. An Efficient, Stereocontrolled Construction of the Common C(7−19) Tricyclic Spiroketal Fragment. Organic Letters. 4(23). 4183–4183. 5 indexed citations
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Smith, Amos B. & Michael Frohn. (2001). Lituarine Synthetic Studies. An Efficient, Stereocontrolled Construction of the Common C(7−19) Tricyclic Spiroketal Fragment. Organic Letters. 3(24). 3979–3982. 9 indexed citations
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Frohn, Michael & Yian Shi. (2000). Chiral Ketone-Catalyzed Asymmetric Epoxidation of Olefins. Synthesis. 2000(14). 1979–2000. 123 indexed citations
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Frohn, Michael, Xiaoming Zhou, Jianrong Zhang, Yong Tang, & Yian Shi. (1999). Kinetic Resolution of Racemic Cyclic Olefins via Chiral Dioxirane. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 121(33). 7718–7719. 52 indexed citations
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Dakin, Les A., James S. Panek, Michael Frohn, et al.. (1998). Recent advances in catalytic asymmetric epoxidation of trisubstituted and trans-olefins. 11(7). 531–536. 1 indexed citations
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Frohn, Michael, et al.. (1998). Highly Regio- and Enantioselective Monoepoxidation of Conjugated Dienes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 63(9). 2948–2953. 92 indexed citations
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Tu, Yong Qiang, Zhixian Wang, Michael Frohn, et al.. (1998). Structural Probing of Ketone Catalysts for Asymmetric Epoxidation. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 63(23). 8475–8485. 58 indexed citations
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Frohn, Michael, Zhixian Wang, & Yian Shi. (1998). A Mild and Efficient Epoxidation of Olefins Using in Situ Generated Dimethyldioxirane at High pH. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 63(18). 6425–6426. 39 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhixian, Yong Qiang Tu, Michael Frohn, & Yian Shi. (1997). A Dramatic pH Effect Leads to a Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 62(8). 2328–2329. 99 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhixian, Yong Qiang Tu, Michael Frohn, Jianrong Zhang, & Yian Shi. (1997). An Efficient Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation Method. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119(46). 11224–11235. 486 indexed citations breakdown →
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O’Connor, J. M., et al.. (1997). Diazoketones Undergo Reaction with a Cobalt Alkyne Complex To Give Highly Functionalized Conjugated Dienes. Organometallics. 16(26). 5589–5591. 13 indexed citations

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