Myles W. Smith

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 852 citations indexed

About

Myles W. Smith is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Myles W. Smith has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 852 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Organic Chemistry, 9 papers in Pharmacology and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Myles W. Smith's work include Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (11 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (9 papers) and Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology (9 papers). Myles W. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (11 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (9 papers) and Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology (9 papers). Myles W. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Finland. Myles W. Smith's co-authors include Scott A. Snyder, Dongyoung Kim, Phil S. Baran, Tian Qin, Sara Gutiérrez, Jessica Giacoboni, Yuki Yabe, Julian C. Lo, Jacob T. Edwards and Jinghan Gui and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Myles W. Smith

20 papers receiving 834 citations

Hit Papers

Fe-Catalyzed C–C Bond Construction from Olefins via Radicals 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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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. Fe-Catalyzed C–C Bond Construction from Olefins via Radicals
    2017 357 citations Julian C. Lo, Dongyoung Kim et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers

Myles W. Smith
Nengzhong Wang China
Vikram Bhat United States
Derek Johnston United Kingdom
Si‐Hua Hou China
Josephine W. Reed United States
Won‐jin Chung South Korea
Changgui Zhao China
Ben Bradshaw Spain
David W. Lin United States
Alexander J. Grenning United States
Nengzhong Wang China
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Myles W. Smith

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Myles W. Smith. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Myles W. Smith based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Myles W. Smith. Myles W. Smith is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Smith, Myles W., et al.. (2025). Total Synthesis of Annotinolide B via Sequential Quinoline Dearomatization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(43). 39042–39046.
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Banerjee, Ankush, et al.. (2024). Total Synthesis of (−)-Rauvomine B via a Strain-Promoted Intramolecular Cyclopropanation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(31). 22047–22055. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Myles W., et al.. (2024). Total Synthesis of Psammaplysins A, M, O, and Q and Ceratinamide A. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(5). 2913–2918. 7 indexed citations
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Smith, Myles W., et al.. (2023). Synthetic Studies toward the Myrioneuron Alkaloids. Synthesis. 55(22). 3725–3736. 1 indexed citations
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Banerjee, Ankush, et al.. (2023). Modular Total Synthesis of the 5/5-Spirocyclic Spiroindimicins. Organic Letters. 25(47). 8413–8418. 3 indexed citations
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Smith, Myles W., et al.. (2022). Symmetry-Driven Total Synthesis of Myrioneurinol. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(25). 11088–11093. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhen, S. Ray, Hanspeter Niederstrasser, et al.. (2021). Total synthesis of (+)-spiroindimicin A and congeners unveils their antiparasitic activity. Chemical Science. 12(30). 10388–10394. 22 indexed citations
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Smith, Myles W., et al.. (2021). Enantioselective Cyclobutenylation of Olefins Using N-Sulfonyl-1,2,3-Triazoles as Vicinal Dicarbene Equivalents. Organic Letters. 23(16). 6530–6535. 17 indexed citations
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Smith, Myles W., et al.. (2021). A general approach to 2,2-disubstituted indoxyls: total synthesis of brevianamide A and trigonoliimine C. Chemical Science. 12(41). 13756–13763. 30 indexed citations
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Smith, Myles W., et al.. (2019). Synthesis of (+)-Tacamonine via Stereoselective Radical Cyclization. Organic Letters. 21(21). 8740–8745. 14 indexed citations
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Smith, Myles W., et al.. (2019). A convenient C–H functionalization platform for pyrroloiminoquinone alkaloid synthesis. Tetrahedron. 75(24). 3366–3370. 11 indexed citations
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Smith, Myles W., et al.. (2017). A 7-Step Formal Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Strictamine via an Asymmetric Propargylation and Metal-Mediated Cyclization. Organic Letters. 19(5). 1004–1007. 56 indexed citations
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Lo, Julian C., Dongyoung Kim, Jacob T. Edwards, et al.. (2017). Fe-Catalyzed C–C Bond Construction from Olefins via Radicals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(6). 2484–2503. 357 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gan, Pei, Myles W. Smith, Nathaniel R. Braffman, & Scott A. Snyder. (2016). Pyrone Diels–Alder Routes to Indolines and Hydroindolines: Syntheses of Gracilamine, Mesembrine, and Δ 7 ‐Mesembrenone. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(11). 3625–3630. 70 indexed citations
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Gan, Pei, Myles W. Smith, Nathaniel R. Braffman, & Scott A. Snyder. (2016). Pyrone Diels–Alder Routes to Indolines and Hydroindolines: Syntheses of Gracilamine, Mesembrine, and Δ7‐Mesembrenone. Angewandte Chemie. 128(11). 3689–3694. 26 indexed citations
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Mercer, Jaron A. M., Steven R. Shuken, Myles W. Smith, et al.. (2016). Chemical Synthesis and Self-Assembly of a Ladderane Phospholipid. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(49). 15845–15848. 85 indexed citations
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Smith, Myles W. & Scott A. Snyder. (2013). A Concise Total Synthesis of (+)-Scholarisine A Empowered by a Unique C–H Arylation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(35). 12964–12967. 125 indexed citations
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Zalkow, L. H., et al.. (1976). Synthesis of intermedeol and related sesquiterpenoid studies. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 41(23). 3710–3714. 2 indexed citations

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