Scott C. Berk

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

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Scott C. Berk is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott C. Berk has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Organic Chemistry, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Scott C. Berk's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (9 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (6 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (6 papers). Scott C. Berk is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (9 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (6 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (6 papers). Scott C. Berk collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Germany. Scott C. Berk's co-authors include Stephen L. Buchwald, M.-C.P. Yeh, Paul Knochel, Robert B. Grossman, Kristina A. Kreutzer, Paul Knochel, Xavier Verdaguer, Kenneth J. Barr, Nakcheol Jeong and Marcus Høy Hansen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Analytical Chemistry and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Scott C. Berk

23 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Synthesis and reactivity toward acyl chlorides and enones of the new highly functionalized copper reagents RCu(CN)ZnI

1988 595 citations Paul Knochel, M.-C.P. Yeh et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Scott C. Berk United States	15	1.4k	404	345	46	45	24	1.5k
Jérôme Blanchet France	22	1.2k 0.9×	350 0.9×	503 1.5×	46 1.0×	53 1.2×	46	1.4k
Yong Sun Park South Korea	21	1.3k 1.0×	303 0.8×	459 1.3×	34 0.7×	50 1.1×	65	1.6k
Gerald A. Weisenburger United States	12	1.1k 0.8×	271 0.7×	545 1.6×	37 0.8×	37 0.8×	24	1.2k
Takeshi Takeda Japan	24	1.9k 1.4×	221 0.5×	297 0.9×	37 0.8×	69 1.5×	142	2.0k
Ch. Raji Reddy India	21	928 0.7×	221 0.5×	384 1.1×	37 0.8×	35 0.8×	43	1.0k
Eduardo Rubio Spain	25	1.9k 1.4×	280 0.7×	195 0.6×	20 0.4×	67 1.5×	50	2.0k
Dongwei Cai United States	20	1.2k 0.9×	353 0.9×	342 1.0×	26 0.6×	38 0.8×	36	1.4k
Neil W. Boaz United States	18	1.1k 0.8×	442 1.1×	393 1.1×	28 0.6×	51 1.1×	26	1.3k
Monique Savignac France	22	1.6k 1.2×	322 0.8×	447 1.3×	27 0.6×	66 1.5×	47	1.7k
Alejandro Pérez‐Luna France	23	1.8k 1.3×	383 0.9×	280 0.8×	42 0.9×	114 2.5×	72	1.9k

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Kaczmarek, Przemysław, Vijay Singh, Doreen E. Cashen, et al.. (2009). Somatostatin receptor subtypes 2 and 5 mediate inhibition of egg yolk-induced gall bladder emptying in mice. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 22(2). 204–e66. 8 indexed citations

Ma, Yao, et al.. (2004). Combinatorial Synthesis of Substituted Biaryls and Heterocyclic Arylamines. Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry. 6(3). 426–430. 5 indexed citations

Schell, Peter, et al.. (2004). Versatile Solid-Phase Synthesis of Trisubstituted 1H-Pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-ones and Related Heterocycles. Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry. 7(1). 96–98. 11 indexed citations

Flynn, Daniel L., Paul R. Hanson, Scott C. Berk, & Gergely M. Makara. (2003). New Developments in Chemical Library Synthesis. Norbornenyl Tags for Use in Phase‐Switching, Sequestration, Capture‐Release and Soluble Support Applications. ChemInform. 34(27). 1 indexed citations

Flynn, Daniel L., Scott C. Berk, & Gergely M. Makara. (2002). Recent advances in chemical library synthesis methodology.. PubMed. 5(4). 580–93. 1 indexed citations

Flynn, Daniel L., Paul R. Hanson, Scott C. Berk, & Gergely M. Makara. (2002). New developments in chemical library synthesis. Norbornenyl tags for use in phase-switching, sequestration, capture-release and soluble support applications.. PubMed. 5(4). 571–9. 14 indexed citations

Willoughby, Christopher A., Scott C. Berk, Kevin T. Chapman, et al.. (2001). Combinatorial synthesis of CCR5 antagonists. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 11(24). 3137–3141. 28 indexed citations

Berk, Scott C., et al.. (1999). Development of somatostatin receptor subtype selective agonists through combinatorial chemistry.. PubMed. 2(4). 293–303. 10 indexed citations

Berk, Scott C., Susan P. Rohrer, Sylvia J. Degrado, et al.. (1999). A Combinatorial Approach toward the Discovery of Non-Peptide, Subtype-Selective Somatostatin Receptor Ligands. Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry. 1(5). 388–396. 27 indexed citations

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Verdaguer, Xavier, Marcus Høy Hansen, Scott C. Berk, & Stephen L. Buchwald. (1997). Titanocene-Catalyzed Reduction of Lactones to Lactols. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 62(24). 8522–8528. 60 indexed citations

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Berk, Scott C. & Kevin T. Chapman. (1997). Spatially arrayed mixture (SPAM) technology: Synthesis of two-dimensionally indexed orthogonal combinatorial libraries. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 7(7). 837–842. 10 indexed citations

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Hicks, Frederick A., Scott C. Berk, & Stephen L. Buchwald. (1996). A Practical Titanium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Bicyclic Cyclopentenones and Allylic Amines. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 61(8). 2713–2718. 35 indexed citations

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Barr, Kenneth J., Scott C. Berk, & Stephen L. Buchwald. (1994). Titanocene-Catalyzed Reduction of Esters Using Polymethylhydrosiloxane as the Stoichiometric Reductant. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 59(15). 4323–4326. 73 indexed citations

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Berk, Scott C., Robert B. Grossman, & Stephen L. Buchwald. (1994). Development of a Titanocene-Catalyzed Enyne Cyclization/Isocyanide Insertion Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 116(19). 8593–8601. 80 indexed citations

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Berk, Scott C., Robert B. Grossman, & Stephen L. Buchwald. (1993). Titanocene-catalyzed conversion of enynes to bicyclic cyclopentenones. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 115(11). 4912–4913. 63 indexed citations

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Berk, Scott C. & Stephen L. Buchwald. (1992). An air-stable catalyst system for the conversion of esters to alcohols. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 57(14). 3751–3753. 107 indexed citations

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Berk, Scott C., Kristina A. Kreutzer, & Stephen L. Buchwald. (1991). A catalytic method for the reduction of esters to alcohols. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 113(13). 5093–5095. 124 indexed citations

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Berk, Scott C., M.-C.P. Yeh, Nakcheol Jeong, & Paul Knochel. (1990). Preparation and reactions of functionalized benzylic organometallics of zinc and copper. Organometallics. 9(12). 3053–3064. 70 indexed citations

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Knochel, Paul, et al.. (1988). Synthesis and reactivity toward acyl chlorides and enones of the new highly functionalized copper reagents RCu(CN)ZnI. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 53(10). 2390–2392. 595 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yeh, M.-C.P., Paul Knochel, William M. Butler, & Scott C. Berk. (1988). 1,4-Additions of the highly functionalized copper reagents RCu(CN)ZnI · 2 BFP3 to trisubstituted enones. A new BF3 promoted cyclization reaction. Tetrahedron Letters. 29(51). 6693–6696. 23 indexed citations

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