Thorsten Bach

21.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
435 papers, 17.1k citations indexed

About

Thorsten Bach is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thorsten Bach has authored 435 papers receiving a total of 17.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 408 papers in Organic Chemistry, 55 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 52 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Thorsten Bach's work include Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (177 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (167 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (112 papers). Thorsten Bach is often cited by papers focused on Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (177 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (167 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (112 papers). Thorsten Bach collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Thorsten Bach's co-authors include Richard Brimioulle, Jörg P. Hehn, Andreas Bauer, Eberhardt Herdtweck, Lei Jiao, Mark M. Maturi, Andreas Tröster, You‐Quan Zou, Saner Poplata and Klaus Harms and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Thorsten Bach

415 papers receiving 16.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Cyclobutanes by Olefin [2 + 2] Photocycloaddition Reactions
    2016 898 citations You‐Quan Zou, Thorsten Bach et al. profile →
  2. Photochemical Reactions as Key Steps in Natural Product Synthesis
    2011 687 citations Thorsten Bach et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  3. Enantioselective Catalysis of Photochemical Reactions
    2015 560 citations Thorsten Bach et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  4. Enantioselective Photochemical Reactions Enabled by Triplet Energy Transfer
    2021 349 citations Johannes Großkopf, Thilo Kratz et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Thorsten Bach 15.5k 1.8k 1.7k 1.6k 1.4k 435 17.1k
Paolo Melchiorre 19.4k 1.3× 2.4k 1.3× 3.3k 2.0× 927 0.6× 1.7k 1.2× 209 20.6k
Ilhyong Ryu 12.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 2.1k 1.3× 848 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 364 14.0k
Wen‐Jing Xiao 31.2k 2.0× 2.0k 1.1× 3.2k 1.9× 2.0k 1.3× 3.1k 2.2× 448 33.8k
Gary A. Molander 32.5k 2.1× 4.0k 2.2× 4.5k 2.7× 1.6k 1.0× 3.5k 2.5× 441 34.6k
Varinder K. Aggarwal 25.7k 1.7× 3.4k 1.9× 3.6k 2.2× 663 0.4× 1.7k 1.3× 490 27.1k
Koichiro Oshima 18.0k 1.2× 2.0k 1.1× 4.0k 2.4× 765 0.5× 1.5k 1.1× 562 19.4k
Constantin G. Daniliuc 22.6k 1.5× 1.9k 1.1× 6.7k 4.0× 1.7k 1.0× 2.5k 1.8× 797 25.0k
Tamejiro Hiyama 22.6k 1.5× 2.2k 1.2× 5.1k 3.0× 2.6k 1.6× 4.1k 3.0× 550 25.9k
Miquel À. Pericàs 10.2k 0.7× 3.0k 1.7× 3.5k 2.1× 1.1k 0.7× 383 0.3× 363 12.4k
Mukund P. Sibi 11.2k 0.7× 2.4k 1.4× 1.9k 1.1× 541 0.3× 667 0.5× 243 12.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Nuernberger, Patrick, et al.. (2025). Enantioselective Photochemical Generation of a Short‐Lived, Twisted Cycloheptenone Isomer: Catalytic Formation, Detection, and Consecutive Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(23). e202501433–e202501433. 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, Ajeet, Roger Jan Kutta, Patrick Nuernberger, et al.. (2025). Oxetane Cleavage Pathways in the Excited State: Photochemical Kinetic Resolution as an Approach to Enantiopure Oxetanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(16). 13893–13904. 1 indexed citations
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Breitenlechner, Stefan, et al.. (2024). Intermolecular Enantioselective Amination Reactions Mediated by Visible Light and a Chiral Iron Porphyrin Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(34). e202407003–e202407003. 11 indexed citations
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Bannwarth, Christoph, et al.. (2024). Photochemical Deracemization of 4,7-Diaza-1-isoindolinones by Unidirectional Hydrogen Atom Shuttling. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(2). 1434–1439. 9 indexed citations
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Bach, Thorsten, et al.. (2024). Photochemical Deracemization of N‐Carboxyanhydrides En Route to Chiral α‐Amino Acid Derivatives. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(6). e202418873–e202418873. 7 indexed citations
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Bach, Thorsten, et al.. (2023). Photochemical Isomerization of Cyclohept-1-ene-1-carbaldehyde: Strain-Release Cycloadditions and Ene Reactions. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 88(17). 12844–12852. 2 indexed citations
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Kutta, Roger Jan, Johannes Großkopf, Philipp Pracht, et al.. (2023). Multifaceted View on the Mechanism of a Photochemical Deracemization Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(4). 2354–2363. 41 indexed citations
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Bach, Thorsten, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of Boronates with a Protoilludane Skeleton. Synthesis. 55(15). 2311–2318. 2 indexed citations
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Bach, Thorsten, et al.. (2023). Total Synthesis of (−)‐5‐Deoxyenterocin and Attempted Late‐Stage Functionalization Reactions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(57). e202301996–e202301996. 2 indexed citations
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Kratz, Thilo, Pit Steinbach, Stefan Breitenlechner, et al.. (2022). Photochemical Deracemization of Chiral Alkenes via Triplet Energy Transfer. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(23). 10133–10138. 74 indexed citations
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Rigotti, Thomas, et al.. (2022). Enantioselective crossed intramolecular [2+2] photocycloaddition reactions mediated by a chiral chelating Lewis acid. Chemical Science. 13(8). 2378–2384. 28 indexed citations
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Shimizu, Nao, Hajime Shigemitsu, Toshiyuki Kida, Thorsten Bach, & Tadashi Mori. (2022). Visible Light-Induced Regio- and Enantiodifferentiating [2 + 2] Photocycloaddition of 1,4-Naphthoquinones Mediated by Oppositely Coordinating 1,3,2-Oxazaborolidine Chiral Lewis Acid. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 87(12). 8071–8083. 4 indexed citations
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Jandl, Christian, et al.. (2022). Diels–Alder Reaction of Photochemically Generated (E)-Cyclohept-2-enones: Diene Scope, Reaction Pathway, and Synthetic Application. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 87(7). 4838–4851. 13 indexed citations
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Rigotti, Thomas, Erling Thyrhaug, Giulio Cerullo, et al.. (2022). Photoinduced B–Cl Bond Fission in Aldehyde-BCl3 Complexes as a Mechanistic Scenario for C–H Bond Activation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(41). 18927–18937. 8 indexed citations
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Plaza, Manuel, Johannes Großkopf, Stefan Breitenlechner, Christoph Bannwarth, & Thorsten Bach. (2021). Photochemical Deracemization of Primary Allene Amides by Triplet Energy Transfer: A Combined Synthetic and Theoretical Study. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(29). 11209–11217. 80 indexed citations
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Sieber, Stephan A., et al.. (2020). Totalsynthese des cyclischen Depsipeptids Vioprolid D über sein (Z)‐Diastereomer. Angewandte Chemie. 132(30). 12456–12460. 4 indexed citations
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Sieber, Stephan A., et al.. (2020). Total Synthesis of the Cyclic Depsipeptide Vioprolide D via its (Z)‐Diastereoisomer. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(30). 12357–12361. 13 indexed citations
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Zou, You‐Quan, Johannes Gramüller, Tadashi Mori, et al.. (2020). A Thioxanthone Sensitizer with a Chiral Phosphoric Acid Binding Site: Properties and Applications in Visible Light‐Mediated Cycloadditions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 26(23). 5190–5194. 40 indexed citations
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Mulzer, Johann, Thorsten Bach, & Uwe Beifuß. (2005). Natural product synthesis : targets, methods, concepts. Springer eBooks.
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Olah, George A., Thorsten Bach, & G. K. Surya Prakash. (1991). Friedel-Crafts Trialkyl (Triphenyl) Silylation of Ferrocene. New Journal of Chemistry. 15(7). 571–574. 9 indexed citations

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