Ralf Weirich

949 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 855 citations indexed

About

Ralf Weirich is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Weirich has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 855 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Organic Chemistry, 3 papers in Spectroscopy and 2 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Ralf Weirich's work include Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (5 papers), Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (3 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (3 papers). Ralf Weirich is often cited by papers focused on Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (5 papers), Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (3 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (3 papers). Ralf Weirich collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Belgium and Ivory Coast. Ralf Weirich's co-authors include Gerhard Bringmann, Rainer Walter, Martin Rübenacker, Johannes R. Jansen, Laurent Aké Assi, Jörg Holenz, Christian Funke, Michael R. Boyd, Robert J. Gulakowski and Guido François and has published in prestigious journals such as Tetrahedron, Phytochemistry and Planta Medica.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Weirich

6 papers receiving 819 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.

The Directed Synthesis of Biaryl Compounds: Modern Concepts and Strategies

1990 544 citations Gerhard Bringmann, Rainer Walter et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ralf Weirich Germany	6	790	193	84	78	70	6	855
Olaf Schupp Germany	14	434 0.5×	172 0.9×	92 1.1×	36 0.5×	41 0.6×	30	526
Orfeo O. Orazi Argentina	15	405 0.5×	107 0.6×	181 2.2×	34 0.4×	67 1.0×	61	618
Francisco Yuste Mexico	17	658 0.8×	73 0.4×	194 2.3×	42 0.5×	119 1.7×	64	851
Robert Lett France	18	673 0.9×	90 0.5×	191 2.3×	33 0.4×	81 1.2×	37	835
Yasuyuki Kita Japan	17	810 1.0×	42 0.2×	99 1.2×	52 0.7×	66 0.9×	34	884
Henri Philippe Husson	16	736 0.9×	73 0.4×	210 2.5×	116 1.5×	61 0.9×	20	823
Nobuyuki Takiyama Japan	5	843 1.1×	52 0.3×	213 2.5×	43 0.6×	121 1.7×	6	969
Yasukazu Ogino United States	6	365 0.5×	98 0.5×	100 1.2×	25 0.3×	93 1.3×	8	463
James Kallmerten United States	18	535 0.7×	79 0.4×	147 1.8×	34 0.4×	33 0.5×	43	673
Lloyd J. Dolby United States	18	523 0.7×	58 0.3×	154 1.8×	90 1.2×	41 0.6×	57	717

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Weirich

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Bringmann, Gerhard, Jörg Holenz, Ralf Weirich, et al.. (1998). First synthesis of the antimalarial naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid dioncophylline C, and its unnatural anti-HIV dimer, jozimine C. Tetrahedron. 54(3-4). 497–512. 63 indexed citations

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Bringmann, Gerhard, et al.. (1993). Acetogenic Isoquinoline Alkaloids, L. The Synthesis of All Possible Isomeric 6,8‐Dioxygenated 1,3‐Dimethyl‐1,2,3,4‐tetrahydroisoquinoline Methyl Ethers – Useful Chiral Building Blocks for Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloids. Liebigs Annalen der Chemie. 1993(8). 877–888. 69 indexed citations

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Bringmann, Gerhard, et al.. (1992). Ancistrobrevine D: An Unusual Alkaloid fromAncistrocladus abbreviatus. Planta Medica. 58(S 1). 703–704. 12 indexed citations

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Bringmann, Gerhard, Martin Rübenacker, Ralf Weirich, & Laurent Aké Assi. (1992). Dioncophylline C from the roots of Triphyophyllum peltatum, the first 5,1′-coupled dioncophyllaceae alkaloid. Phytochemistry. 31(11). 4019–4024. 43 indexed citations

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Bringmann, Gerhard, Rainer Walter, & Ralf Weirich. (1990). The Directed Synthesis of Biaryl Compounds: Modern Concepts and Strategies. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 29(9). 977–991. 544 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bringmann, Gerhard, Rainer Walter, & Ralf Weirich. (1990). Der gezielte Aufbau von Biarylverbindungen: Moderne Konzepte und Strategien. Angewandte Chemie. 102(9). 1006–1019. 124 indexed citations

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