Scott E. Denmark

37.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
466 papers, 28.7k citations indexed

About

Scott E. Denmark is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott E. Denmark has authored 466 papers receiving a total of 28.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 429 papers in Organic Chemistry, 117 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 53 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Scott E. Denmark's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (185 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (111 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (84 papers). Scott E. Denmark is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (185 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (111 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (84 papers). Scott E. Denmark collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Singapore. Scott E. Denmark's co-authors include Gregory L. Beutner, Jiping Fu, Matthew T. Burk, Atli Thorarensen, Robert A. Stavenger, Ramzi F. Sweis, Christopher S. Regens, John R. Heemstra, Yu Fan and James P. Edwards and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Scott E. Denmark

457 papers receiving 28.0k citations

Hit Papers

Lewis Base Catalysis in Organic Synthesis 1996 2026 2006 2016 2008 2003 1996 2012 2008 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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. Lewis Base Catalysis in Organic Synthesis
    2008 1.1k citations Scott E. Denmark et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Catalytic Enantioselective Addition of Allylic Organometallic Reagents to Aldehydes and Ketones
    2003 1.1k citations Scott E. Denmark et al. profile →
  3. Tandem [4+2]/[3+2] Cycloadditions of Nitroalkenes
    1996 612 citations Scott E. Denmark et al. profile →
  4. Catalytic, Asymmetric Halofunctionalization of Alkenes—A Critical Perspective
    2012 492 citations Scott E. Denmark et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  5. Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions of Organosilanols and Their Salts: Practical Alternatives to Boron- and Tin-Based Methods
    2008 488 citations Scott E. Denmark et al. profile →
  6. Prediction of higher-selectivity catalysts by computer-driven workflow and machine learning
    2019 479 citations Andrew F. Zahrt, Jeremy Henle et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Scott E. Denmark United States 90 26.2k 7.3k 4.1k 1.8k 1.5k 466 28.7k
Paul Knochel Germany 97 38.7k 1.5× 8.3k 1.1× 4.9k 1.2× 2.4k 1.4× 2.0k 1.3× 975 42.4k
Dieter Enders Germany 86 35.8k 1.4× 6.5k 0.9× 6.7k 1.6× 831 0.5× 1.7k 1.1× 697 37.6k
Karl Anker Jørgensen Denmark 111 40.3k 1.5× 9.9k 1.4× 7.5k 1.8× 1.1k 0.6× 2.4k 1.6× 502 42.3k
Keiji Maruoka Japan 86 26.6k 1.0× 7.8k 1.1× 6.4k 1.6× 995 0.6× 2.0k 1.3× 680 28.7k
Gary A. Molander United States 94 32.5k 1.2× 4.5k 0.6× 4.0k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 3.5k 2.3× 441 34.6k
Dennis P. Curran United States 90 28.0k 1.1× 3.4k 0.5× 6.8k 1.7× 1.7k 0.9× 3.2k 2.1× 521 31.9k
Gregory C. Fu United States 120 41.3k 1.6× 10.4k 1.4× 5.6k 1.4× 1.8k 1.0× 2.4k 1.6× 319 43.5k
Bruce H. Lipshutz United States 86 21.2k 0.8× 5.1k 0.7× 4.7k 1.1× 2.0k 1.1× 940 0.6× 469 24.7k
Miguel Yus Spain 77 27.2k 1.0× 9.9k 1.4× 5.4k 1.3× 1.7k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 648 30.2k
Mark Lautens Canada 90 31.8k 1.2× 7.1k 1.0× 2.5k 0.6× 720 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 526 33.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Cheng, Christopher J. Huck, Yaroslav D. Boyko, et al.. (2025). Stereodivergent Synthesis of Perhydrobenz[e]indene Terpenoids. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(28). 24847–24856. 1 indexed citations
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Burke, Martin D., et al.. (2025). Catalytic allylation of native hexoses and pentoses in water with indium. Nature. 640(8057). 94–99. 3 indexed citations
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Denmark, Scott E., et al.. (2024). ChemScraper: leveraging PDF graphics instructions for molecular diagram parsing. International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition (IJDAR). 27(3). 395–414.
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Denmark, Scott E., et al.. (2024). molli: A General Purpose Python Toolkit for Combinatorial Small Molecule Library Generation, Manipulation, and Feature Extraction. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 64(21). 8083–8090. 1 indexed citations
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Denmark, Scott E., et al.. (2024). Organoselenium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of 2-Oxazolidinones from Alkenes. Organic Letters. 26(31). 6703–6708. 5 indexed citations
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Denmark, Scott E., et al.. (2024). Rapid, Homogenous, B-Alkyl Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Boronic Esters. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 89(22). 16195–16202. 3 indexed citations
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Saunthwal, Rakesh K., et al.. (2023). A machine-learning tool to predict substrate-adaptive conditions for Pd-catalyzed C–N couplings. Science. 381(6661). 965–972. 77 indexed citations
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Delaney, Connor P., et al.. (2022). Potassium Trimethylsilanolate-Promoted, Anhydrous Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction Proceeds via the “Boronate Mechanism”: Evidence for the Alternative Fork in the Trail. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(10). 4345–4364. 35 indexed citations
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Tao, Zhong‐Lin, et al.. (2019). Catalytic, Enantioselective syn- Diamination of Alkenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(48). 19161–19170. 103 indexed citations
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Denmark, Scott E. & Dietrich Böse. (2017). Investigating the Enantiodetermining Step of a Chiral Lewis Base Catalyzed Bromocycloetherification of Privileged Alkenes. Synlett. 29(4). 433–439. 21 indexed citations
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Denmark, Scott E. & Won‐jin Chung. (2008). Lewis Base Activation of Lewis Acids: Catalytic Enantioselective Glycolate Aldol Reactions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(10). 1890–1892. 45 indexed citations
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Denmark, Scott E. & Justin I. Montgomery. (2005). Synthesis of cis,cis,cis,cis‐[5.5.5.4]‐1‐Azafenestrane with Discovery of an Unexpected Dyotropic Rearrangement. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 44(24). 3732–3736. 34 indexed citations
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Denmark, Scott E., et al.. (2003). Organosilicon Reagents: Synthesis and Application to Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions. 36(3). 75–85. 129 indexed citations
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Denmark, Scott E., et al.. (2002). Synthesis of cis,cis,cis,cis-[5.5.5.5]-1-Azafenestrane. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 41(21). 4122–4125. 19 indexed citations
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Coates, Robert M. & Scott E. Denmark. (1999). Reagents, auxiliaries, and catalysts for C-C bond formation. John Wiley & Sons eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Dakin, Les A., James S. Panek, Michael Frohn, et al.. (1998). Recent advances in catalytic asymmetric epoxidation of trisubstituted and trans-olefins. 11(7). 531–536. 1 indexed citations
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Denmark, Scott E., Stephen P. O’Connor, & Scott R. Wilson. (1998). Solution and Solid-State Studies of a Chiral Zinc-Sulfonamide Complex Relevant to Enantioselective Cyclopropanations. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(8). 1149–1151. 78 indexed citations
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NICAISE, O. J.‐C. & Scott E. Denmark. (1997). Asymmetric addition of organometallic reagents to chiral α-alkoxy hydrazones. 134(134). 395–398.

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