René Imwinkelried

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 876 citations indexed

About

René Imwinkelried is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, René Imwinkelried has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 876 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Organic Chemistry, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in René Imwinkelried's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (5 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (5 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (5 papers). René Imwinkelried is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (5 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (5 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (5 papers). René Imwinkelried collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland. René Imwinkelried's co-authors include Dieter Seebàch, Yi Xiang, E. J. Corey, Stanisław Pikul, Louis S. Hegedus, Grety Rihs, Karl‐Heinz Altmann, Dalimil Dvořák, Yoshitaka Satoh and Stéphane De Lombaert and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Tetrahedron Letters.

In The Last Decade

René Imwinkelried

14 papers receiving 818 citations

Hit Papers

Practical enantioselective Diels-Alder and aldol reaction... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 50 100 150 200 250
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  1. Practical enantioselective Diels-Alder and aldol reactions using a new chiral controller system
    1989 285 citations E. J. Corey, René Imwinkelried et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers

René Imwinkelried
Atsuhiro Ookawa Japan
Massimo Falorni Italy
Konrad Oertle Switzerland
Joshodeep Boruwa India
Gabriel E. Job United States
Neil G. Andersen Canada
Hiroshi Hongo Japan
Antoine Fadel France
Ennio Valentin Italy
Francisco Yuste Mexico
Atsuhiro Ookawa Japan
René Imwinkelried
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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Griffiths, Gareth, et al.. (1999). Novel Syntheses of 2-Butyl-5-chloro-3H-imidazole-4-carbaldehyde:  A Key Intermediate for the Synthesis of the Angiotensin II Antagonist Losartan. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 64(22). 8084–8089. 37 indexed citations
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Imwinkelried, René. (1997). Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation in the Manufacture of d-Biotin and Dextromethorphan. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 51(6). 300–300. 39 indexed citations
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Altmann, Karl‐Heinz, et al.. (1994). 1′,6′-methano carbocyclic thymidine: Synthesis, x-ray crystal structure, and effect on nucleic acid duplex stability. Tetrahedron Letters. 35(41). 7625–7628. 80 indexed citations
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Hegedus, Louis S., Mark A. Schwindt, Stéphane De Lombaert, & René Imwinkelried. (1990). Photolytic reactions of chromium aminocarbene complexes. Conversion of amides to .alpha.-amino acids. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 112(6). 2264–2273. 45 indexed citations
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Hegedus, Louis S., et al.. (1990). Synthesis of optically active .beta.-lactams by the photolytic reaction of imines with optically active chromium carbene complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 112(3). 1109–1117. 76 indexed citations
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Corey, E. J., René Imwinkelried, Stanisław Pikul, & Yi Xiang. (1989). Practical enantioselective Diels-Alder and aldol reactions using a new chiral controller system. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 111(14). 5493–5495. 285 indexed citations breakdown →
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Imwinkelried, René & Louis S. Hegedus. (1988). Synthesis of (aminocarbene)chromium(0) complexes by the reaction of Na2Cr(CO)5 with amides in the presence of trimethylsilyl chloride. Organometallics. 7(3). 702–706. 82 indexed citations
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Seebàch, Dieter, et al.. (1986). Preparation of Optically Active Alcohols from 1,3‐Dioxan‐4‐ones. A Practical Version of the Asymmetric Synthesis with Nucleophilic Substitution at Acetal Centers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 25(2). 178–180. 38 indexed citations
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Imwinkelried, René & Dieter Seebàch. (1985). Allylierung von Aldehyden unter Veretherung mit Dialkoxydichlorotitan und Allyltrimethylsilan; eine asymmetrische Variante der Sakurai‐Reaktion. Angewandte Chemie. 97(9). 781–782. 23 indexed citations
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Imwinkelried, René & Dieter Seebàch. (1985). Allylation of Aldehydes with Etherification by Dialkoxydichlorotitanium/Allyltrimethylsilane; an Asymmetric Variant of the Sakurai Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 24(9). 765–766. 42 indexed citations
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Imwinkelried, René & Dieter Seebàch. (1984). Aminierende, reduktive Kupplung aromatischer Aldehyde mit Tris(dialkylamino)methylvanandium (IV) zu N,N,N′,N′‐Tetraaalkyl‐1,2‐diaryläthylendiaminen. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 67(6). 1496–1502. 21 indexed citations

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