Peter O’Brien

7.7k citations

171 papers · 5.7k indexed · h-index 41

Organic Chemistry top 0.2%
- Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis 92
- Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics 55
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods 42
- Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions 31
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods 17
- Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry 17
Inorganic Chemistry top 1%
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis 28
Process Chemistry and Technology top 5%
Pharmaceutical Science top 5%
Pharmacology top 5%
Molecular Biology
- Chemical Synthesis and Analysis 31

Co-authors: Richard J. K. Taylor William P. Unsworth Michael J. James Matthew J. McGrath Darren Stead Kevin R. Campos Adam J. Sanderson Stuart Warren
Cited by: Organic Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Process Chemistry and Technology
Journals: Tetrahedron Letters (29 papers)Organic Letters (17 papers)Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 (13 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Germany

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Peter O’Brien

165 papers receiving 5.5k citations

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1	Synthesis of α‐Aryl and α‐Heteroaryl 4‐Silyloxy Piperidines via a One‐Pot Negishi Cross‐Coupling Approach Chemistry - A European Journal ·Gulniso Nekushoeva,Nils Kangas,Mariela Diament Socolowski,James D. Firth,David C. Blakemore,John Humphrey,Ricardo Lira,Peter O’Brien	2025	0
2	Organogel delivery vehicles for the stabilization of organolithium reagents Nature Chemistry ·Petr Slavík,Priscilla Yeung,Peter O’Brien,David K. Smith	2023	35
3	Multiplexed experimental strategies for fragment library screening against challenging drug targets using SPR biosensors SLAS DISCOVERY ·Edward A. Fitzgerald,나지훈,SakthiPriya Manivannan,Hanna F. Klein,David J. Hamilton,V. Talibov,Ayundha Evanthi,Charlotte Juton,Maria T. Lindgren,Claes Holmgren,Ben Davis,Peter O’Brien,Maikel Wijtmans,Roderick E. Hubbard,Iwan J. P. de Esch,U. Helena Danielson	2023	12
4	α‐Functionalisation of Cyclic Sulfides Enabled by Lithiation Trapping Angewandte Chemie ·CLEOSANICE BARBOSA LIMA,Masakazu Atobe,Leander Rommelse,James D. Firth,Peter B. Karadakov,Frederick W. Goldberg,Peter O’Brien	2023	0
5	α‐Functionalisation of Cyclic Sulfides Enabled by Lithiation Trapping Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·CLEOSANICE BARBOSA LIMA,Masakazu Atobe,Leander Rommelse,James D. Firth,Peter B. Karadakov,Frederick W. Goldberg,Peter O’Brien	2023	5
6	Exploration of piperidine 3D fragment chemical space: synthesis and 3D shape analysis of fragments derived from 20 regio- and diastereoisomers of methyl substituted pipecolinates RSC Medicinal Chemistry ·Simon Jones,James D. Firth,A. Goltsov,Masakazu Atobe,Roderick E. Hubbard,David C. Blakemore,Claudia De Fusco,Simon C. C. Lucas,Stephen D. Roughley,Lewis R. Vidler,郭德刚,Alison J.‐A. Woolford,Gail L. Wrigley,Peter O’Brien	2022	4
7	Puckering the Planar Landscape of Fragments: Design and Synthesis of a 3D Cyclobutane Fragment Library ChemMedChem ·David J. Hamilton,Joseph M. Blea,Christian Geldermann,Mariko Kihara,Jershon Orlando Espitia Rey,Hanna F. Klein,Peter O’Brien,Iwan J. P. de Esch,Maikel Wijtmans	2022	9
8	Escape from planarity in fragment-based drug discovery: A synthetic strategy analysis of synthetic 3D fragment libraries Drug Discovery Today ·Hanna F. Klein,David J. Hamilton,Iwan J. P. de Esch,Maikel Wijtmans,Peter O’Brien	2022	40
9	Synthesis and functionalisation of a bifunctional normorphan 3D building block for medicinal chemistry Tetrahedron ·Mariela Diament Socolowski,James R. Donald,James D. Firth,Claudia De Fusco,Richard Storer,Daniel Cox,Peter O’Brien	2021	5
10	Rapid “high” temperature batch and flow lithiation-trapping of N-Boc pyrrolidine Tetrahedron ·E.A. Mahmoud,James D. Firth,Thomas J. Farmer,Peter O’Brien	2020	7
11	Stuart Warren (24 Dec 1938–22 Mar 2020) Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry ·Varinder K. Aggarwal,Susan K. Armstrong,Lorenzo Caggiano,Kelly Chibale,Jonathan Clayden,Iain Coldham,Nick Greeves,Richard C. Hartley,Julian G. Knight,Nikolai Kuhnert,Helen J. Mitchell,Adam Nelson,Peter O’Brien,Stephen P. Thomas,Paul Wyatt	2020	1
12	Design and Synthesis of 56 Shape‐Diverse 3D Fragments Chemistry - A European Journal ·Thomas D. Downes,Simon Jones,Hanna F. Klein,A. Goltsov,Masakazu Atobe,Paul S. Bond,James D. Firth,徹品川,敦子佐藤,Roderick E. Hubbard,David C. Blakemore,Claudia De Fusco,Stephen D. Roughley,Lewis R. Vidler,郭德刚,Alison J.‐A. Woolford,Gail L. Wrigley,Peter O’Brien	2020	39
13	Bioluminescent flashes drive nighttime schooling behavior and synchronized swimming dynamics in flashlight fish PLoS ONE ·David F. Gruber,Brennan Phillips,Varvara Varlamova,Vivek Boominathan,Ashok Veeraraghavan,Ganesh Vasan,Peter O’Brien,Vincent A. Pieribone,John S. Sparks	2019	14
14	Gram‐Scale Synthesis of the (−)‐Sparteine Surrogate and (−)‐Sparteine Angewandte Chemie ·James D. Firth,Steven J. Canipa,Leigh Ferris,Peter O’Brien	2017	9
15	General Procedures for the Lithiation/Trapping of N-Boc Piperazines The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·James D. Firth,Peter O’Brien,Leigh Ferris	2017	12
16	Increase of enzyme activity through specific covalent modification with fragments Chemical Science ·M. Warsinsky,Masakazu Atobe,James D. Firth,Paul S. Bond,G.J. Davies,Peter O’Brien,Roderick E. Hubbard	2017	33
17	Gram‐Scale Synthesis of the (−)‐Sparteine Surrogate and (−)‐Sparteine Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·James D. Firth,Steven J. Canipa,Leigh Ferris,Peter O’Brien	2017	31
18	Mechanistic interrogation of the asymmetric lithiation-trapping of N-thiopivaloyl azetidine and pyrrolidine Chemical Communications ·Peter J. Rayner,Iris Aurora Del Castillo Velasco Martinez,Xiangxu Chai,Peter O’Brien,Paul A. Clarke,Lian Hui	2015	16
19	Lithiation-electrophilic trapping of N-sulfonyl-activated ethylene aziridines Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry ·Jianhui Huang,純裕柴田,Peter O’Brien,Adrian C. Whitwood,John P. Gilday	2008	9
20	Stereocontrolled synthesis and alkylation of cyclic β-amino esters: asymmetric synthesis of a (–)-sparteine surrogate Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry ·Jean‐Paul R. Hermet,Aurélien Viterisi,Jonathan Wright,Matthew J. McGrath,Peter O’Brien,Adrian C. Whitwood,John P. Gilday	2007	17

About Peter O’Brien

Peter O’Brien is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Pharmaceutical Science and Molecular Biology, having authored 171 papers that have together received 5.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (92 papers), Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (55 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (42 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (31 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (31 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (28 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (17 papers) and Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organic Chemistry (5.2k citations), Inorganic Chemistry (1.3k citations), Process Chemistry and Technology (89 citations), Pharmaceutical Science (129 citations) and Pharmacology (142 citations). Peter O’Brien has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Richard J. K. Taylor, William P. Unsworth, Michael J. James, Matthew J. McGrath, Darren Stead, Kevin R. Campos, Adam J. Sanderson, Stuart Warren, Jean‐Paul R. Hermet and James D. Firth. Their work appears in journals such as Tetrahedron Letters, Organic Letters, Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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