O. Back

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

O. Back is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, O. Back has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Organic Chemistry, 9 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 1 paper in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in O. Back's work include Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (7 papers), N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (5 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (4 papers). O. Back is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (7 papers), N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (5 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (4 papers). O. Back collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. O. Back's co-authors include Guy Bertrand, B. Donnadieu, M. Henry-Ellinger, Gernot Frenking, Caleb D. Martin, David Martín, G. Kuchenbeiser, Pattiyil Parameswaran, Mehmet Ali Çelik and Mohand Melaïmi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

O. Back

10 papers receiving 1.8k citations

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³¹P NMR Chemical Shifts of Carbene–Phosphinidene Adducts as an Indicator of the π‐Accepting Properties of Carbenes

2013 453 citations O. Back, M. Henry-Ellinger et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
O. Back United States	9	1.7k	1.1k	71	58	45	10	1.8k
Barrett E. Eichler United States	21	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	56 0.8×	130 2.2×	55 1.2×	27	1.4k
Masaaki Okazaki Japan	21	1.2k 0.7×	935 0.9×	62 0.9×	104 1.8×	57 1.3×	88	1.3k
Arseni Kostenko Germany	19	991 0.6×	763 0.7×	56 0.8×	141 2.4×	25 0.6×	64	1.1k
Christian Hering‐Junghans Germany	21	1.0k 0.6×	669 0.6×	72 1.0×	94 1.6×	16 0.4×	59	1.1k
Antoine Baceiredo France	17	1.4k 0.8×	619 0.6×	75 1.1×	38 0.7×	15 0.3×	38	1.4k
Yuri F. Oprunenko Russia	18	659 0.4×	427 0.4×	123 1.7×	127 2.2×	48 1.1×	62	834
B.T. Sterenberg Canada	18	841 0.5×	688 0.6×	28 0.4×	55 0.9×	39 0.9×	49	944
Dominik Reiter Germany	9	994 0.6×	644 0.6×	97 1.4×	52 0.9×	18 0.4×	9	1.1k
Maryse Gouygou France	19	910 0.5×	675 0.6×	37 0.5×	153 2.6×	32 0.7×	73	1.1k
Romano Dorta Germany	15	947 0.6×	706 0.6×	61 0.9×	55 0.9×	18 0.4×	43	1.1k

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Deng, Yifan, Bruno Faivre, O. Back, et al.. (2019). Structural and Functional Characterization of 4‐Hydroxyphenylacetate 3‐Hydroxylase from Escherichia coli. ChemBioChem. 21(1-2). 163–170. 27 indexed citations

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Deng, Yifan, Mateusz Odziomek, Clément Sánchez, et al.. (2019). A Heterogeneous Recyclable Rhodium‐based Catalyst for the Reduction of Pyridine Dinucleotides and Flavins. ChemCatChem. 12(4). 1236–1243. 6 indexed citations

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Back, O., M. Henry-Ellinger, Caleb D. Martin, David Martín, & Guy Bertrand. (2013). ³¹P NMR Chemical Shifts of Carbene–Phosphinidene Adducts as an Indicator of the π‐Accepting Properties of Carbenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(10). 2939–2943. 453 indexed citations breakdown →

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Back, O., M. Henry-Ellinger, Caleb D. Martin, David Martín, & Guy Bertrand. (2013). ³¹P NMR Chemical Shifts of Carbene–Phosphinidene Adducts as an Indicator of the π‐Accepting Properties of Carbenes. Angewandte Chemie. 125(10). 3011–3015. 176 indexed citations

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Dielmann, Fabian, O. Back, M. Henry-Ellinger, et al.. (2012). A Crystalline Singlet Phosphinonitrene: A Nitrogen Atom–Transfer Agent. Science. 337(6101). 1526–1528. 164 indexed citations

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Back, O., B. Donnadieu, Moritz von Hopffgarten, et al.. (2011). N-Heterocyclic carbenes versus transition metals for stabilizing phosphinyl radicals. Chemical Science. 2(5). 858–858. 109 indexed citations

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Back, O., B. Donnadieu, Pattiyil Parameswaran, Gernot Frenking, & Guy Bertrand. (2010). Isolation of crystalline carbene-stabilized P2-radical cations and P2-dications. Nature Chemistry. 2(5). 369–373. 276 indexed citations

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Back, O., Mehmet Ali Çelik, Gernot Frenking, et al.. (2010). A Crystalline Phosphinyl Radical Cation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132(30). 10262–10263. 176 indexed citations

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Back, O., G. Kuchenbeiser, B. Donnadieu, & Guy Bertrand. (2009). Nonmetal‐Mediated Fragmentation of P₄: Isolation of P₁ and P₂ Bis(carbene) Adducts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(30). 5530–5533. 277 indexed citations

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Back, O., G. Kuchenbeiser, B. Donnadieu, & Guy Bertrand. (2009). Nonmetal‐Mediated Fragmentation of P₄: Isolation of P₁ and P₂ Bis(carbene) Adducts. Angewandte Chemie. 121(30). 5638–5641. 138 indexed citations

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