Michael Grigalunas

962 total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 667 citations indexed

About

Michael Grigalunas is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Grigalunas has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 667 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Organic Chemistry and 12 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Michael Grigalunas's work include Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (10 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (6 papers). Michael Grigalunas is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (10 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (6 papers). Michael Grigalunas collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Michael Grigalunas's co-authors include Herbert Waldmann, Susanne Brakmann, Olaf Wiest, Paul Helquist, Axel Pahl, Annina Burhop, Per‐Ola Norrby, Tobias Ankner, Carsten Strohmann and Sonja Sievers and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michael Grigalunas

29 papers receiving 658 citations

Hit Papers

Chemical Evolution of Natural Product Structure 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 40 80 120
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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. Chemical Evolution of Natural Product Structure
    2022 136 citations Michael Grigalunas, Herbert Waldmann et al. profile →

Peers

Michael Grigalunas
Hugo Lachance Canada
Mai E. Shoman Egypt
Nian‐Guang Li China
Luigi Margarucci Italy
Annina Burhop Germany
Alexander G. Dossetter United Kingdom
Raghuram Rao Akkinepally India
Tina M. Hallis United States
Xing‐Kai Qian China
Nikolai M. Evdokimov United States
Hugo Lachance Canada
Michael Grigalunas
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All Works

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Burhop, Annina, Beate Schölermann, Jie Liu, et al.. (2025). An Indole Dearomatization Strategy for the Synthesis of Pseudo‐Natural Products. ChemBioChem. 26(10). e202500182–e202500182. 1 indexed citations
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Schölermann, Beate, Sukdev Bag, Axel Pahl, et al.. (2024). Discovery of a Novel Pseudo‐Natural Product Aurora Kinase Inhibitor Chemotype through Morphological Profiling. Advanced Science. 11(21). e2309202–e2309202. 9 indexed citations
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Bag, Sukdev, Jie Liu, Beate Schölermann, et al.. (2024). A divergent intermediate strategy yields biologically diverse pseudo-natural products. Nature Chemistry. 16(6). 945–958. 17 indexed citations
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Cheng, Xiu‐Fen, Michael Grigalunas, & Herbert Waldmann. (2024). Progress and opportunities of pseudo-natural-product design in molecular discovery. ARKIVOC. 2024(5). 1 indexed citations
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Xie, Jianing, Axel Pahl, Jie Liu, et al.. (2023). Synthetic Matching of Complex Monoterpene Indole Alkaloid Chemical Space. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(48). e202310222–e202310222. 7 indexed citations
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Xie, Jianing, Axel Pahl, Jie Liu, et al.. (2023). Synthetic Matching of Complex Monoterpene Indole Alkaloid Chemical Space. Angewandte Chemie. 135(48). 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Jie, Axel Pahl, Rebecca Scheel, et al.. (2023). Collective Synthesis of Sarpagine and Macroline Alkaloid‐Inspired Compounds. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(5). e202303027–e202303027. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Jie, Jana Flegel, Carsten Strohmann, et al.. (2023). A highly enantioselective intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition yields novel pseudo-natural product inhibitors of the Hedgehog signalling pathway. Chemical Science. 14(29). 7936–7943. 6 indexed citations
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Corkery, Dale, Andrei Ursu, Michael Grigalunas, et al.. (2023). Inducin Triggers LC3‐Lipidation and ESCRT‐Mediated Lysosomal Membrane Repair. ChemBioChem. 24(24). e202300579–e202300579. 3 indexed citations
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Young, Robert J., Sabine L. Flitsch, Michael Grigalunas, et al.. (2022). The Time and Place for Nature in Drug Discovery. JACS Au. 2(11). 2400–2416. 68 indexed citations
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Schölermann, Beate, Michael Grigalunas, Annina Burhop, et al.. (2022). Identification of Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase Inhibitors Using the Cell Painting Assay. ChemBioChem. 23(22). e202200475–e202200475. 18 indexed citations
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Grigalunas, Michael, Axel Pahl, Jana Flegel, et al.. (2022). Unprecedented Combination of Polyketide Natural Product Fragments Identifies the New Hedgehog Signaling Pathway Inhibitor Grismonone. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28(67). e202202164–e202202164. 16 indexed citations
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Grigalunas, Michael, Annina Burhop, Sarah Zinken, et al.. (2021). Natural product fragment combination to performance-diverse pseudo-natural products. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1883–1883. 81 indexed citations
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Burhop, Annina, Sukdev Bag, Michael Grigalunas, et al.. (2021). Synthesis of Indofulvin Pseudo‐Natural Products Yields a New Autophagy Inhibitor Chemotype. Advanced Science. 8(19). e2102042–e2102042. 24 indexed citations
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Grigalunas, Michael, et al.. (2020). Pseudo-natural products and natural product-inspired methods in chemical biology and drug discovery. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 56. 111–118. 59 indexed citations
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Ferraudi, G., Gang Liu, Michael Grigalunas, et al.. (2020). Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of a Luminescent Cholesterol Mimic. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 86(2). 1612–1621. 2 indexed citations
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Grigalunas, Michael, Olaf Wiest, & Paul Helquist. (2016). Single-Flask Multicomponent Synthesis of Highly Substituted α-Pyrones via a Sequential Enolate Arylation and Alkenylation Strategy. Organic Letters. 18(21). 5724–5727. 13 indexed citations
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Grigalunas, Michael, Per‐Ola Norrby, Olaf Wiest, & Paul Helquist. (2015). Single‐Flask Multicomponent Palladium‐Catalyzed α,γ‐Coupling of Ketone Enolates: Facile Preparation of Complex Carbon Scaffolds. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(40). 11822–11825. 19 indexed citations
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Grigalunas, Michael, Tobias Ankner, Per‐Ola Norrby, Olaf Wiest, & Paul Helquist. (2014). Palladium-Catalyzed Alkenylation of Ketone Enolates under Mild Conditions. Organic Letters. 16(15). 3970–3973. 36 indexed citations

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