Nicholas A. Cortese

708 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 532 citations indexed

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Nicholas A. Cortese is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas A. Cortese has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 532 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Organic Chemistry, 3 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Nicholas A. Cortese's work include Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (4 papers), Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry (4 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (3 papers). Nicholas A. Cortese is often cited by papers focused on Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (4 papers), Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry (4 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (3 papers). Nicholas A. Cortese collaborates with scholars based in United States. Nicholas A. Cortese's co-authors include Richard F. Heck, Carl B. Ziegler, Bruce J. Hrnjez, Babu A. Patel, Peter W. Jeffs and Richard M. Laine and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Chemischer Informationsdienst.

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Nicholas A. Cortese

12 papers receiving 504 citations

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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.

Palladium catalyzed reductions of halo- and nitroaromatic compounds with triethylammonium formate

1977 157 citations Nicholas A. Cortese, Richard F. Heck The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicholas A. Cortese United States	11	458	126	116	45	42	12	532
Richard H. Wettach United States	12	767 1.7×	168 1.3×	55 0.5×	43 1.0×	59 1.4×	15	821
Masanobu Morikawa Japan	13	909 2.0×	245 1.9×	177 1.5×	35 0.8×	60 1.4×	20	985
F. Francalanci Italy	14	466 1.0×	252 2.0×	175 1.5×	27 0.6×	38 0.9×	21	656
Thierry Schlama France	13	396 0.9×	144 1.1×	172 1.5×	34 0.8×	29 0.7×	28	547
Joel Slade Switzerland	12	304 0.7×	79 0.6×	134 1.2×	20 0.4×	21 0.5×	17	372
N. Bhanumathi India	14	400 0.9×	74 0.6×	146 1.3×	34 0.8×	25 0.6×	25	459
Keizo Kimura Japan	5	505 1.1×	108 0.9×	105 0.9×	28 0.6×	10 0.2×	5	562
Bernard Siegfried United States	8	334 0.7×	37 0.3×	90 0.8×	31 0.7×	55 1.3×	15	445
Kazumi Okuro Canada	17	1.2k 2.6×	191 1.5×	133 1.1×	73 1.6×	46 1.1×	23	1.2k
Stefan Klaus Germany	17	860 1.9×	162 1.3×	269 2.3×	48 1.1×	34 0.8×	32	973

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Jeffs, Peter W., et al.. (1983). ChemInform Abstract: SCELETIUM ALKALOIDS. PART 12. SYNTHESIS OF (.+-.)-MESEMBRANOL AND (.+-.)-O-METHYLJOUBERTIAMINE. AZA-RING EXPANSION OF CIS-BICYCLO(4.2.0)OCTANONES. Chemischer Informationsdienst. 14(8). 1 indexed citations

Jeffs, Peter W., et al.. (1982). Sceletium alkaloids. Part 12. Synthesis of (.+-.)-mesembranol and (.+-.)-O-methyljoubertiamine. Aza-ring expansion of cis-bicyclo[4.2.0]octanones. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 47(20). 3881–3886. 11 indexed citations

Jeffs, Peter W., et al.. (1982). Sceletium alkaloids. Part 10. Synthesis of 1-substituted cis-bicyclo[4.2.0]octanones through [2+2] cycloadditions of dichloroketene to alkenes. Structural characterization of cycloadducts by oxa-ring expansion. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 47(20). 3871–3875. 24 indexed citations

Jeffs, Peter W., et al.. (1982). Sceletium alkaloids. Part 11. Aza-ring expansion of cis-bicyclo[4.2.0]octanones and related compounds. A regiospecific synthesis of cis-octahydroindolones. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 47(20). 3876–3881. 19 indexed citations

Patel, Babu A., et al.. (1979). Palladium-catalyzed vinylation of conjugated dienes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 44(6). 918–921. 26 indexed citations

Cortese, Nicholas A., Carl B. Ziegler, Bruce J. Hrnjez, & Richard F. Heck. (1978). ChemInform Abstract: PALLADIUM‐CATALYZED SYNTHESIS OF 2‐QUINOLONE DERIVATIVES FROM 2‐IODOANILINES. Chemischer Informationsdienst. 9(48). 16 indexed citations

Cortese, Nicholas A. & Richard F. Heck. (1978). Palladium-catalyzed reductions of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, conjugated dienes, and acetylenes with trialkylammonium formates. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 43(20). 3985–3987. 67 indexed citations

Patel, Babu A., et al.. (1978). ChemInform Abstract: PALLADIUM‐CATALYZED VINYLIC SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS WITH CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVES. Chemischer Informationsdienst. 9(14). 15 indexed citations

Cortese, Nicholas A., Carl B. Ziegler, Bruce J. Hrnjez, & Richard F. Heck. (1978). Palladium-catalyzed synthesis of 2-quinolone derivatives from 2-iodoanilines. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 43(15). 2952–2958. 110 indexed citations

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Cortese, Nicholas A. & Richard F. Heck. (1977). Palladium catalyzed reductions of halo- and nitroaromatic compounds with triethylammonium formate. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 42(22). 3491–3494. 157 indexed citations breakdown →

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Patel, Babu A., et al.. (1977). Palladium-catalyzed vinylic substitution reactions with carboxylic acid derivatives. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 42(24). 3903–3907. 62 indexed citations

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Laine, Richard M., et al.. (1976). Monoterpene syntheses via a palladium catalyzed isoprene dimerization. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 41(21). 3455–3460. 24 indexed citations

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