Robert Szpera

702 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 572 citations indexed

About

Robert Szpera is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Szpera has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 572 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Organic Chemistry, 8 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 4 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Robert Szpera's work include Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (8 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (4 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (2 papers). Robert Szpera is often cited by papers focused on Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (8 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (4 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (2 papers). Robert Szpera collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Robert Szpera's co-authors include Véronique Gouverneur, Lewis B. Smith, Alistair J. Sterling, Daniel. F. Moseley, Michael J. Tilby, Stephen P. Fletcher, Lucy van Dijk, Natan J. W. Straathof, Paul Richardson and Patrick G. Isenegger and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Polymer and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Robert Szpera

12 papers receiving 571 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 Fluorination of C−H Bonds: Developments and Perspectives

2019 341 citations Robert Szpera, Daniel. F. Moseley et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Szpera United Kingdom	7	441	391	142	79	45	12	572
Kai Altenhöner Germany	8	307 0.7×	306 0.8×	168 1.2×	23 0.3×	92 2.0×	9	456
Michael J. Tilby United Kingdom	11	487 1.1×	61 0.2×	64 0.5×	65 0.8×	40 0.9×	13	558
Adele Faulkner United Kingdom	9	867 2.0×	88 0.2×	125 0.9×	48 0.6×	54 1.2×	9	906
Benson J. Jelier Switzerland	12	766 1.7×	319 0.8×	158 1.1×	89 1.1×	46 1.0×	23	919
Byoung Se Lee South Korea	12	325 0.7×	94 0.2×	53 0.4×	134 1.7×	50 1.1×	24	485
Ayan Dasgupta United Kingdom	15	669 1.5×	76 0.2×	183 1.3×	56 0.7×	66 1.5×	28	727
Ana López‐Pérez Spain	14	595 1.3×	50 0.1×	83 0.6×	153 1.9×	98 2.2×	16	724
Giulio Goti Italy	12	550 1.2×	53 0.1×	40 0.3×	80 1.0×	51 1.1×	23	652
W. LAWRYNOWICZ United States	6	239 0.5×	122 0.3×	62 0.4×	55 0.7×	24 0.5×	8	329
Jun Mihara Japan	8	305 0.7×	97 0.2×	126 0.9×	68 0.9×	85 1.9×	9	443

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Ford, Joseph, et al.. (2024). ¹⁸F-Difluoromethyl(ene) Motifs via Oxidative Fluorodecarboxylation with [¹⁸F]Fluoride. Organic Letters. 26(43). 9368–9372. 5 indexed citations

2.

Singer, Robert A., et al.. (2024). Recent Advances in Nonprecious Metal Catalysis. Organic Process Research & Development. 28(12). 4240–4263. 3 indexed citations

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Pettman, Alan, et al.. (2024). Commercial Route Development Toward PF-07265807, an AXL-MER Inhibitor Oncology Candidate. Organic Process Research & Development. 28(7). 2646–2658. 3 indexed citations

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Hansen, Eric C., Robert A. Singer, Robert Szpera, et al.. (2023). Recent Advances in Nonprecious Metal Catalysis. Organic Process Research & Development. 27(11). 1913–1930. 3 indexed citations

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Szpera, Robert, et al.. (2021). Synthesis and Structural Characteristics of all Mono- and Difluorinated 4,6-Dideoxy-d-xylo-hexopyranoses. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 86(11). 7725–7756. 9 indexed citations

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Szpera, Robert, Patrick G. Isenegger, Natan J. W. Straathof, et al.. (2020). Synthesis of Fluorinated Alkyl Aryl Ethers by Palladium-Catalyzed C–O Cross-Coupling. Organic Letters. 22(16). 6573–6577. 28 indexed citations

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Szpera, Robert, Daniel. F. Moseley, Lewis B. Smith, Alistair J. Sterling, & Véronique Gouverneur. (2019). Fluorierung von C‐H‐Bindungen: Entwicklungen und Perspektiven. Angewandte Chemie. 131(42). 14966–14991. 53 indexed citations

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Szpera, Robert, et al.. (2019). Conformational influence of fluorinated building blocks on the physical properties of polyesters. Polymer. 164. 134–141. 4 indexed citations

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Szpera, Robert, Daniel. F. Moseley, Lewis B. Smith, Alistair J. Sterling, & Véronique Gouverneur. (2019). The Fluorination of C−H Bonds: Developments and Perspectives. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(42). 14824–14848. 341 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dijk, Lucy van, et al.. (2018). Molecular machines for catalysis. Nature Reviews Chemistry. 2(3). 99 indexed citations

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Hyde, Stephen C., Janis Veliks, David M. H. Ascough, et al.. (2018). Enantioselective rhodium-catalysed insertion of trifluorodiazoethanes into tin hydrides. Tetrahedron. 75(1). 17–25. 16 indexed citations

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Szpera, Robert, et al.. (2017). The synthesis of the 2,3-difluorobutan-1,4-diol diastereomers. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 13. 2883–2887. 8 indexed citations

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