Simon B. Lang

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Simon B. Lang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon B. Lang has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Organic Chemistry, 6 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Simon B. Lang's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (11 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (8 papers) and Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (6 papers). Simon B. Lang is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (11 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (8 papers) and Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (6 papers). Simon B. Lang collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. Simon B. Lang's co-authors include Gary A. Molander, Christopher B. Kelly, Jennifer K. Matsui, Jon A. Tunge, Rebecca J. Wiles, James P. Phelan, Ryan Dykstra, Osvaldo Gutiérrez, Andrew J. Peat and Simon Berritt and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and ACS Catalysis.

In The Last Decade

Simon B. Lang

18 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Photoredox-Mediated Routes to Radicals: The Value of Catalytic Radical Generation in Synthetic Methods Development

2017 525 citations Jennifer K. Matsui, Simon B. Lang et al. ACS Catalysis profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon B. Lang United States	15	1.8k	520	205	197	146	18	2.0k
Shorouk O. Badir United States	21	2.3k 1.3×	239 0.5×	270 1.3×	176 0.9×	174 1.2×	22	2.5k
Chao Shu China	32	3.1k 1.7×	174 0.3×	141 0.7×	269 1.4×	51 0.3×	72	3.2k
Ming Shang United States	22	2.6k 1.4×	244 0.5×	181 0.9×	623 3.2×	82 0.6×	33	2.7k
Olivia L. Garry United States	6	1.3k 0.7×	182 0.3×	88 0.4×	154 0.8×	180 1.2×	7	1.5k
Ian B. Perry United States	5	1.9k 1.1×	211 0.4×	123 0.6×	369 1.9×	249 1.7×	6	2.2k
Jiean Chen China	23	1.5k 0.8×	203 0.4×	184 0.9×	290 1.5×	45 0.3×	66	1.7k
Gregory J. P. Perry United Kingdom	23	1.9k 1.1×	267 0.5×	167 0.8×	362 1.8×	35 0.2×	45	2.1k
Zhenhua Zhang China	21	2.0k 1.1×	170 0.3×	157 0.8×	335 1.7×	38 0.3×	45	2.2k
Edna Mao United States	7	1.4k 0.8×	186 0.4×	88 0.4×	151 0.8×	194 1.3×	9	1.6k
Zhengkai Chen China	33	4.2k 2.3×	736 1.4×	288 1.4×	487 2.5×	41 0.3×	107	4.3k

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18 of 18 papers shown

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Bacauanu, Vlad, et al.. (2023). Nickel-Catalyzed Antibody Bioconjugation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(47). 25842–25849. 26 indexed citations

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Hayes, Michael, Kanaka Hettiarachchi, Simon B. Lang, Jun Wang, & Thomas J. Greshock. (2022). Ultra-fast microscale purification of chiral racemates and achiral pharmaceuticals with analytical supercritical fluid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A. 1665. 462829–462829. 8 indexed citations

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Merchant, Rohan R., et al.. (2020). A General One-Pot Protocol for Hindered N-Alkyl Azaheterocycles from Tertiary Carboxylic Acids. Organic Letters. 22(11). 4180–4184. 15 indexed citations

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Phelan, James P., Simon B. Lang, Jaehoon Sim, et al.. (2019). Open-Air Alkylation Reactions in Photoredox-Catalyzed DNA-Encoded Library Synthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(8). 3723–3732. 276 indexed citations

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Cartwright, Kaitie C., Simon B. Lang, & Jon A. Tunge. (2019). Photoinduced Kochi Decarboxylative Elimination for the Synthesis of Enamides and Enecarbamates from N-Acyl Amino Acids. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 84(5). 2933–2940. 44 indexed citations

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Noland, Wayland E., et al.. (2018). A Diels–Alder/Ene Cascade Leading to 5‐(Pyrrolidin‐3‐yl)thieno[3,2‐e]isoindoles from Ketone‐derived 2‐Vinylthiophenes and N‐Phenylmaleimide. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 55(12). 2698–2714. 3 indexed citations

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Cabrera‐Afonso, María Jesús, Zhipeng Lu, Christopher B. Kelly, et al.. (2018). Engaging sulfinate salts via Ni/photoredox dual catalysis enables facile C_sp2–SO₂R coupling. Chemical Science. 9(12). 3186–3191. 117 indexed citations

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Phelan, James P., Simon B. Lang, Jordan S. Compton, et al.. (2018). Redox-Neutral Photocatalytic Cyclopropanation via Radical/Polar Crossover. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(25). 8037–8047. 223 indexed citations

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Phelan, James P., Rebecca J. Wiles, Simon B. Lang, Christopher B. Kelly, & Gary A. Molander. (2018). Rapid access to diverse, trifluoromethyl-substituted alkenes using complementary strategies. Chemical Science. 9(12). 3215–3220. 18 indexed citations

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Lang, Simon B., Rebecca J. Wiles, Christopher B. Kelly, & Gary A. Molander. (2017). Photoredox Generation of Carbon‐Centered Radicals Enables the Construction of 1,1‐Difluoroalkene Carbonyl Mimics. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(47). 15073–15077. 306 indexed citations

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Matsui, Jennifer K., et al.. (2017). Photoredox-Mediated Routes to Radicals: The Value of Catalytic Radical Generation in Synthetic Methods Development. ACS Catalysis. 7(4). 2563–2575. 525 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lang, Simon B., Rebecca J. Wiles, Christopher B. Kelly, & Gary A. Molander. (2017). Photoredox Generation of Carbon‐Centered Radicals Enables the Construction of 1,1‐Difluoroalkene Carbonyl Mimics. Angewandte Chemie. 129(47). 15269–15273. 48 indexed citations

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Lang, Simon B., et al.. (2016). Photocatalytic Aminodecarboxylation of Carboxylic Acids. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2016(20). 3331–3334. 43 indexed citations

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Lang, Simon B., et al.. (2015). Dual Catalytic Decarboxylative Allylations of α‐Amino Acids and Their Divergent Mechanisms. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(51). 18589–18593. 74 indexed citations

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Noland, Wayland E., et al.. (2014). Crystal structure of (1S,2R,6R,7R,8S,12S)-4,10,17-triphenyl-15-thia-4,10-diazapentacyclo[5.5.5.0^1,16.0^2,6.0^8,12]heptadeca-13,16-diene-3,5,9,11-tetronep-xylene hemisolvate. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 70(12). 550–554. 1 indexed citations

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Lang, Simon B., et al.. (2014). Activation of Alcohols with Carbon Dioxide: Intermolecular Allylation of Weakly Acidic Pronucleophiles. Organic Letters. 16(16). 4308–4311. 50 indexed citations

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Lang, Simon B., et al.. (2014). Decarboxylative Allylation of Amino Alkanoic Acids and Esters via Dual Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(39). 13606–13609. 181 indexed citations

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Grenning, Alexander J., et al.. (2013). Development of Asymmetric Deacylative Allylation. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 78(14). 7281–7287. 37 indexed citations

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