Philippe Pitchen

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 842 citations indexed

About

Philippe Pitchen is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Philippe Pitchen has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 842 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Organic Chemistry, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Philippe Pitchen's work include Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (5 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (5 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (3 papers). Philippe Pitchen is often cited by papers focused on Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (5 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (5 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (3 papers). Philippe Pitchen collaborates with scholars based in France and United States. Philippe Pitchen's co-authors include Henri B. Kagan, M. N. DESHMUKH, Élisabet Duñach, Christopher G. Newton, Conception Nemecek, Odile Samuel, Shuying Zhao, Volker Schurig, Christoph Mark and Klaus Hintzer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Tetrahedron and Tetrahedron Letters.

In The Last Decade

Philippe Pitchen

10 papers receiving 797 citations

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An efficient asymmetric oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides

1984 500 citations Philippe Pitchen, Élisabet Duñach et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Philippe Pitchen France	7	715	285	136	117	93	11	842
Shizue Watanabe Japan	8	549 0.8×	216 0.8×	81 0.6×	107 0.9×	66 0.7×	9	634
M. N. DESHMUKH India	9	606 0.8×	188 0.7×	148 1.1×	73 0.6×	115 1.2×	18	753
WR Jackson Australia	14	512 0.7×	226 0.8×	169 1.2×	36 0.3×	77 0.8×	51	644
H. R. Sonawane India	16	534 0.7×	90 0.3×	118 0.9×	103 0.9×	54 0.6×	44	672
Mark Bell United Kingdom	12	783 1.1×	238 0.8×	150 1.1×	48 0.4×	39 0.4×	15	837
S. MURATA Japan	10	611 0.9×	99 0.3×	189 1.4×	81 0.7×	71 0.8×	15	710
M. Zaidlewicz Poland	19	813 1.1×	306 1.1×	231 1.7×	59 0.5×	81 0.9×	57	952
Lianhe Shu United States	15	650 0.9×	132 0.5×	138 1.0×	165 1.4×	29 0.3×	25	773
Brian E. Love United States	13	568 0.8×	116 0.4×	208 1.5×	49 0.4×	44 0.5×	34	693
Alphonse Tenaglia France	25	1.4k 2.0×	372 1.3×	143 1.1×	66 0.6×	35 0.4×	71	1.5k

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Gaudillière, Jean‐Paul, et al.. (2004). Problèmes et enjeux contemporains de l'innovation thérapeutique. Entreprises et histoire. n° 36(2). 120–149. 1 indexed citations

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Newton, Christopher G., et al.. (2000). ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of the Common Lactone Moiety of HMG‐CoA Reductase Inhibitors. ChemInform. 31(15). 2 indexed citations

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Pitchen, Philippe. (1997). ChemInform Abstract: Asymmetric Synthesis of Sulfoxides: Two Case Studies. ChemInform. 28(42). 1 indexed citations

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Pitchen, Philippe, et al.. (1994). ChemInform Abstract: Large Scale Asymmetric Synthesis of a Biologically Active Sulfoxide.. ChemInform. 25(22). 1 indexed citations

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Pitchen, Philippe, et al.. (1994). Large scale asymmetric synthesis of a biologically active sulfoxide. Tetrahedron Letters. 35(3). 485–488. 30 indexed citations

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Newton, Christopher G., et al.. (1993). Straightforward homochiral synthesis of the lactone moiety of mevinic acids. Tetrahedron Letters. 34(10). 1635–1638. 14 indexed citations

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Newton, Christopher G., et al.. (1991). Bis-deoxygenation of methyl 3,6-anhydro-D-pyranosides. Tetrahedron. 47(32). 6381–6388. 20 indexed citations

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Schurig, Volker, et al.. (1989). Enantioselective epoxidation of unfunctionalized simple olefins by non-racemic molybdenum(VI)(oxo-diperoxo) complexes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 370(1-3). 81–96. 35 indexed citations

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Kagan, Henri B., et al.. (1985). A short route to chiral sulfoxides using titanium-mediated asymmetric oxidation. Pure and Applied Chemistry. 57(12). 1911–1916. 51 indexed citations

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Pitchen, Philippe, Élisabet Duñach, M. N. DESHMUKH, & Henri B. Kagan. (1984). An efficient asymmetric oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 106(26). 8188–8193. 500 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pitchen, Philippe & Henri B. Kagan. (1984). An efficient asymmetric oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides. Tetrahedron Letters. 25(10). 1049–1052. 187 indexed citations

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