Thomas Wirth

18.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
333 papers, 14.5k citations indexed

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Thomas Wirth is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Toxicology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Wirth has authored 333 papers receiving a total of 14.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 246 papers in Organic Chemistry, 58 papers in Toxicology and 57 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Wirth's work include Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (113 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (60 papers) and Organoselenium and organotellurium chemistry (58 papers). Thomas Wirth is often cited by papers focused on Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (113 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (60 papers) and Organoselenium and organotellurium chemistry (58 papers). Thomas Wirth collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland. Thomas Wirth's co-authors include Fateh V. Singh, Robert D. Richardson, Umar Farid, Mohamed Elsherbini, Sohail Anjum Shahzad, Gianfranco Fragale, Diana M. Freudendahl, Batoul Ahmed‐Omer, Pushpak Mizar and Andrew N. French and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Wirth

324 papers receiving 14.3k citations

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Hypervalent Iodine Chemistry in Synthesis: Scope and New Directions

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Sakae Uemura Japan

Ilhyong Ryu Japan

Brindaban C. Ranu India

Luís R. Domingo Spain

Jianwei Sun Hong Kong

Aiwen Lei China

Masood Parvez Canada

Jin‐Heng Li China

Lei Wang China

Jón T. Njardarson United States

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Babaahmadi, Rasool, et al.. (2025). Raman Study of Intermediates Formed During the Electrochemical N‐Nitrosation of Secondary Amines. Chemistry - Methods. 5(3).

Wirth, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Electrolyte‐Controlled Regiodivergent Continuous Flow Electroselenocyclisations. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(38). e202509811–e202509811. 2 indexed citations

Pahar, Sanjukta, Rasool Babaahmadi, Benson M. Kariuki, et al.. (2024). Diverse Reactivity of Amidinate-Supported Boron Centers with the Hypersilyl Anion and Access to a Monomeric Secondary Boron Hydride. Inorganic Chemistry. 63(18). 8302–8311. 2 indexed citations

Babaahmadi, Rasool, Milan Pramanik, Benson M. Kariuki, et al.. (2024). B(C₆F₅)₃‐Catalysed Alkylation of Imidazo[1,2‐a]pyridines Using α,β‐Unsaturated Ketones. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 27(12). 4 indexed citations

Babaahmadi, Rasool, et al.. (2024). An un-forgotten classic: the nitro-Mannich reaction between nitrones and silyl nitronates catalysed by B(C₆F₅)₃. Chemical Science. 15(7). 2648–2654. 3 indexed citations

Babaahmadi, Rasool, et al.. (2024). B(C₆F₅)₃‐Catalyzed Regiodivergent Thioetherifications of Alkenes via Thiiranium Intermediates: Experimental and Computational Insights. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(10). e202404236–e202404236.

Wirth, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Continuous Flow Electroselenocyclization of Allylamides and Unsaturated Oximes to Selenofunctionalized Oxazolines and Isoxazolines. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 350–355. 3 indexed citations

Wirth, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of Chiral Iodoaniline-Lactate Based Catalysts for the α-Functionalization of Ketones. PubMed. 3(4). 209–216. 1 indexed citations

Babaahmadi, Rasool, Milan Pramanik, Ayan Dasgupta, et al.. (2023). B(3,4,5-F₃H₂C₆)₃Lewis acid-catalysed C3-allylation of indoles. Dalton Transactions. 52(16). 5039–5043. 3 indexed citations

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Jones, Andrew C., et al.. (2022). Electrochemical Deconstructive Functionalization of Cycloalkanols via Alkoxy Radicals Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer. Organic Letters. 24(21). 3890–3895. 29 indexed citations

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Soldatova, Natalia S., Павел С. Постников, Daniil M. Ivanov, et al.. (2022). Zwitterionic iodonium species afford halogen bond-based porous organic frameworks. Chemical Science. 13(19). 5650–5658. 32 indexed citations

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Wirth, Thomas & Nasser Amri. (2020). Accelerating Electrochemical Synthesis through Automated Flow: Efficient Synthesis of Chalcogenophosphites. Synlett. 31(19). 1894–1898. 18 indexed citations

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Yusubov, Mekhman S., Natalia S. Soldatova, Павел С. Постников, et al.. (2019). 2-Iodoxybenzoic acid ditriflate: the most powerful hypervalent iodine(v) oxidant. Chemical Communications. 55(54). 7760–7763. 25 indexed citations

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Soldatova, Natalia S., Павел С. Постников, Viktor V. Zhdankin, et al.. (2018). One-pot synthesis of diaryliodonium salts from arenes and aryl iodides with Oxone–sulfuric acid. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 14. 849–855. 28 indexed citations

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Постников, Павел С., Akira Yoshimura, Thomas Wirth, et al.. (2018). Preparation and X-ray structure of 2-iodoxybenzenesulfonic acid (IBS) – a powerful hypervalent iodine(V) oxidant. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 14. 1854–1858. 11 indexed citations

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Wirth, Thomas. (2013). Microreactors in organic chemistry and catalysis. Wiley-VCH eBooks. 47 indexed citations

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Unger, Wolfgang E. S., Dae Won Moon, Vasile‐Dan Hodoroaba, et al.. (2011). Inter‐laboratory comparison: Quantitative surface analysis of thin Fe‐Ni alloy films. Surface and Interface Analysis. 44(2). 192–199. 26 indexed citations

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Wirth, Thomas. (2000). Organoselenium chemistry : modern developments in organic synthesis. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 127 indexed citations

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Wirth, Thomas. (2000). Organoselenium Chemistry in Stereoselective Reactions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 39(21). 3740–3749. 246 indexed citations

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Kawabata, Takeo, et al.. (1997). Memory of Chirality: Direct Asymmetric a-Alkylation of Phenylalanine Derivatives (SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY-Fine Organic Synthesis). Kyoto University Research Information Repository (Kyoto University). 3. 36–37. 1 indexed citations

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