Nicholas A. White

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

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Nicholas A. White is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas A. White has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Organic Chemistry, 7 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 3 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Nicholas A. White's work include Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (8 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (7 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers). Nicholas A. White is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (8 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (7 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers). Nicholas A. White collaborates with scholars based in United States and Switzerland. Nicholas A. White's co-authors include Tomislav Rovis, Darrin M. Flanigan, Fedor Romanov‐Michailidis, Joseph M. Dennis, Stephen L. Buchwald, Richard Y. Liu, Daniel A. DiRocco, Klavs F. Jensen, Lorenz M. Baumgartner and Lauren E. Sirois and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and ACS Catalysis.

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Nicholas A. White

18 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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Organocatalytic Reactions Enabled by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

2015 1.8k citations Darrin M. Flanigan, Fedor Romanov‐Michailidis et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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19 of 19 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Aryl halide cross-coupling via formate-mediated transfer hydrogenation 2025 ·Nature Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nam Nguyen, (unknown), (unknown), Jessica M. Hoover, Nicholas A. White, Peng Liu, Michael J. Krische	3
2	Hydrogen-Mediated Reductive Cross-Coupling of Aryl Iodides with Activated Aryl and Heteroaryl Bromides 2025 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), B. Gonzalez, (unknown), (unknown), Nicholas A. White, Brad P. Carrow, Michael J. Krische	0
3	Nitrilation of carboxylic acids by P^III/P^V-catalysis 2025 ·Chemical Science ·Siraj Z. Ali, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jeffrey M. Lipshultz, Nicholas A. White, Alexander T. Radosevich	2
4	Streamlined Synthesis of SHP2 Inhibitor GDC-1971 Enhanced by a Telescoped Schotten-Baumann S_NAr and Reactive Crystallization Cascade 2024 ·Organic Process Research & Development ·Lauren E. Sirois, Nicholas A. White, (unknown), Derek M. Dalton, Daniel Zell, (unknown), Francis Gosselin	2
5	Manufacturing Process for 6-Bromo-N,N-bis(4-methoxybenzyl)-4-methyl-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-amine, a Key Intermediate in the Synthesis of KRAS G12C Inhibitor Divarasib 2023 ·Organic Process Research & Development ·(unknown), Nicholas A. White, Qingping Tian, Lauren E. Sirois, Haiming Zhang, Francis Gosselin	5
6	Second-Generation Atroposelective Synthesis of KRAS G12C Covalent Inhibitor GDC-6036 2023 ·Organic Letters ·Jie Xu, Ngiap‐Kie Lim, Jacob C. Timmerman, (unknown), Kyle Clagg, (unknown), Raphael Bigler, (unknown), Roland Meier, Nicholas A. White, Johannes A. Burkhard, Lauren E. Sirois, Qingping Tian, Rémy Angelaud, Stephan Bachmann, Haiming Zhang, Francis Gosselin	11
7	Atroposelective Negishi Coupling Optimization Guided by Multivariate Linear Regression Analysis: Asymmetric Synthesis of KRAS G12C Covalent Inhibitor GDC-6036 2022 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Jie Xu, (unknown), Matthew S. Sigman, (unknown), Kyle Clagg, Ngiap‐Kie Lim, Jacob C. Timmerman, (unknown), Nicholas A. White, Lauren E. Sirois, Chong Han, Haiming Zhang, Matthew S. Sigman, Francis Gosselin	30
8	Practical Synthesis of a Stable Precursor for Positron Emission Tomography Imaging Agent ¹⁸F-GTP1 2020 ·Organic Process Research & Development ·Nicholas A. White, Kyle Clagg, Lauren E. Sirois, Ngiap‐Kie Lim, William A. Nack, Paul O’Shea, Haiming Zhang, Francis Gosselin	4
9	Pd-Catalyzed C–N Coupling Reactions Facilitated by Organic Bases: Mechanistic Investigation Leads to Enhanced Reactivity in the Arylation of Weakly Binding Amines 2019 ·ACS Catalysis ·Joseph M. Dennis, Nicholas A. White, Richard Y. Liu, Stephen L. Buchwald	74
10	Use of a Droplet Platform To Optimize Pd-Catalyzed C–N Coupling Reactions Promoted by Organic Bases 2019 ·Organic Process Research & Development ·Lorenz M. Baumgartner, Joseph M. Dennis, Nicholas A. White, Stephen L. Buchwald, Klavs F. Jensen	59
11	Phosphoramidates as Steering Elements for Highly Selective Access to Complementary Imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidine Isomers 2019 ·Organic Letters ·Nicholas A. White, Kyle Clagg, Lauren E. Sirois, Matthew S. Sigman, Mohammad H. Al‐Sayah, William A. Nack, Paul O’Shea, Haiming Zhang, Francis Gosselin	13
12	Breaking the Base Barrier: An Electron-Deficient Palladium Catalyst Enables the Use of a Common Soluble Base in C–N Coupling 2018 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Joseph M. Dennis, Nicholas A. White, Richard Y. Liu, Stephen L. Buchwald	136
13	Oxidatively Initiated NHC-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of 3,4-Disubstituted Cyclopentanones from Enals 2015 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Nicholas A. White, Tomislav Rovis	114
14	Organocatalytic Reactions Enabled by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes breakdown → 2015 ·Chemical Reviews ·Darrin M. Flanigan, Fedor Romanov‐Michailidis, Nicholas A. White, Tomislav Rovis	1753
15	Rapid Construction of (−)‐Paroxetine and (−)‐Femoxetine via an N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Homoenolate Addition to Nitroalkenes 2014 ·Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Nicholas A. White, (unknown), Darrin M. Flanigan, Tomislav Rovis	15
16	Enantioselective N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed β-Hydroxylation of Enals Using Nitroarenes: An Atom Transfer Reaction That Proceeds via Single Electron Transfer 2014 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Nicholas A. White, Tomislav Rovis	180
17	Asymmetric N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Addition of Enals to Nitroalkenes: Controlling Stereochemistry via the Homoenolate Reactivity Pathway To Access δ-Lactams 2013 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Nicholas A. White, Daniel A. DiRocco, Tomislav Rovis	83
18	Reductive cleavage versus hydrogenation of allyl aryl ethers and allylic esters using sodium borohydride/catalytic ruthenium(III) in various aqueous solvent mixtures 2010 ·Tetrahedron Letters ·James H. Babler, Nicholas A. White, (unknown), (unknown)	5
19	A convenient methodology for the chemoselective reduction of a wide variety of functionalized alkenes 2009 ·Tetrahedron Letters ·James H. Babler, Nicholas A. White	5

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