Robin B. Bedford

9.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Robin B. Bedford is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin B. Bedford has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Organic Chemistry, 44 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robin B. Bedford's work include Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (91 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (62 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (38 papers). Robin B. Bedford is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (91 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (62 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (38 papers). Robin B. Bedford collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain. Robin B. Bedford's co-authors include Catherine S. J. Cazin, M. Limmert, Michael B. Hursthouse, M.F. Haddow, Michael Betham, Simon J. Coles, Samantha L. Hazelwood, Robert M. Frost, P. Noelle Scully and Duncan W. Bruce and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Robin B. Bedford

120 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

The development of palladium catalysts for CC and Chetero... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. The development of palladium catalysts for CC and Cheteroatom bond forming reactions of aryl chloride substrates
    2004 540 citations Robin B. Bedford, Catherine S. J. Cazin et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robin B. Bedford United Kingdom 53 7.6k 2.1k 507 425 236 123 8.0k
Eva Hevia United Kingdom 44 6.2k 0.8× 2.4k 1.2× 383 0.8× 332 0.8× 147 0.6× 252 6.8k
Karl Heinz Dötz Germany 41 6.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 578 1.1× 492 1.2× 162 0.7× 224 7.0k
Diego J. Cárdenas Spain 44 7.2k 0.9× 1.3k 0.6× 645 1.3× 487 1.1× 174 0.7× 130 7.8k
Karinne Miqueu France 44 5.4k 0.7× 2.3k 1.1× 458 0.9× 175 0.4× 196 0.8× 167 5.9k
Thomas J. Colacot United States 29 6.5k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 580 1.1× 500 1.2× 108 0.5× 55 7.0k
Fumiyuki Ozawa Japan 55 7.6k 1.0× 3.4k 1.7× 714 1.4× 781 1.8× 294 1.2× 202 8.6k
Teruyuki Kondo Japan 43 6.1k 0.8× 2.4k 1.2× 586 1.2× 760 1.8× 144 0.6× 169 6.8k
Gregori Ujaque Spain 45 5.2k 0.7× 2.5k 1.2× 672 1.3× 353 0.8× 275 1.2× 138 6.2k
Marc Taillefer France 40 7.7k 1.0× 1.6k 0.8× 540 1.1× 852 2.0× 121 0.5× 133 8.3k
Bruce A. Arndtsen Canada 41 5.7k 0.7× 1.9k 0.9× 699 1.4× 688 1.6× 138 0.6× 117 6.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Richards, Emma, et al.. (2024). The iron-catalysed Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides. Nature Catalysis. 7(11). 1186–1198. 7 indexed citations
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Elorriaga, David, et al.. (2017). Cobalt‐Catalyzed Suzuki Biaryl Coupling of Aryl Halides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(51). 16367–16370. 61 indexed citations
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Elorriaga, David, et al.. (2017). Cobalt‐Catalyzed Suzuki Biaryl Coupling of Aryl Halides. Angewandte Chemie. 129(51). 16585–16588. 13 indexed citations
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Bedford, Robin B.. (2016). Eight irons hit the right spin. Nature Chemistry. 8(10). 904–905. 3 indexed citations
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Bedford, Robin B., et al.. (2015). Copper‐Catalyzed Borylation of Cyclic Sulfamidates: Access to Enantiomerically Pure (β‐and γ‐Aminoalkyl)boronic Esters. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2016(4). 673–677. 13 indexed citations
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Bedford, Robin B., et al.. (2015). Catalyst‐Switchable Regiocontrol in the Direct Arylation of Remote CH Groups in Pyrazolo[1,5‐a]pyrimidines. Angewandte Chemie. 127(30). 8911–8914. 13 indexed citations
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Bedford, Robin B., et al.. (2015). Facile Hydrolysis and Alcoholysis of Palladium Acetate. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(22). 6591–6594. 36 indexed citations
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Bedford, Robin B., et al.. (2015). Catalyst‐Switchable Regiocontrol in the Direct Arylation of Remote CH Groups in Pyrazolo[1,5‐a]pyrimidines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(30). 8787–8790. 64 indexed citations
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Bedford, Robin B., et al.. (2012). Exploiting Boron–Zinc Transmetallation for the Arylation of Benzyl Halides: What are the Reactive Species?. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(22). 5435–5438. 49 indexed citations
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Bedford, Robin B., Yu‐Ning Chang, M.F. Haddow, & Claire L. McMullin. (2011). Tuning ligand structure in chiral bis(phosphite) and mixed phosphite–phosphinite PCP-palladium pincer complexes. Dalton Transactions. 40(35). 9034–9034. 14 indexed citations
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Bedford, Robin B., Charlotte Mitchell, & Ruth L. Webster. (2010). Solvent free catalytic C–H functionalisation. Chemical Communications. 46(18). 3095–3095. 67 indexed citations
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Bedford, Robin B., M.F. Haddow, Lukasz T. Pilarski, et al.. (2009). Chiral triaryl phosphite-based palladacycles and platinacycles: synthesis and application to asymmetric Lewis acid catalysis. Dalton Transactions. 7796–7796. 19 indexed citations
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Bedford, Robin B., Ruth L. Webster, & Charlotte Mitchell. (2009). Palladium-catalysed ortho-arylation of carbamate-protected phenols. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 7(23). 4853–4853. 70 indexed citations
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Bedford, Robin B., et al.. (2009). Reactive 4a-alkyl-4aH-carbazoles by catalytic dearomatisation, and their unusual dimerisation and dealkylation reactions. Chemical Communications. 4832–4832. 62 indexed citations
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Bedford, Robin B., Michael Betham, Andrew J. M. Caffyn, et al.. (2008). Simple rhodium–chlorophosphine pre-catalysts for the ortho-arylation of phenols. Chemical Communications. 990–990. 83 indexed citations
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Bedford, Robin B., Michael Betham, Duncan W. Bruce, et al.. (2006). Iron nanoparticles in the coupling of alkyl halides with aryl Grignard reagents. Chemical Communications. 1398–1398. 130 indexed citations
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Bedford, Robin B., Duncan W. Bruce, Robert M. Frost, & Michael Hird. (2005). Simple iron-amine catalysts for the cross-coupling of aryl Grignards with alkyl halides bearing β-hydrogens. Chemical Communications. 4161–4161. 172 indexed citations
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Bedford, Robin B., et al.. (2004). Di- and tri-alkylphosphine adducts of S-donor palladacycles as catalysts in the Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides. Dalton Transactions. 3864–3864. 36 indexed citations
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Bedford, Robin B., Simon J. Coles, Michael B. Hursthouse, & M. Limmert. (2003). The Catalytic Intermolecular Orthoarylation of Phenols. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 42(1). 112–114. 297 indexed citations

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