Wolfgang Notz

5.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
16 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Notz is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Notz has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Organic Chemistry, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Notz's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (10 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (5 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (5 papers). Wolfgang Notz is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (10 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (5 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (5 papers). Wolfgang Notz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Wolfgang Notz's co-authors include Carlos F. Barbas, Fujie Tanaka, Armando Córdova, Kandasamy Sakthivel, Tommy Bui, Benjamin List, Guofu Zhong, Shinichi Watanabe, Juan M. Betancort and Naidu S. Chowdari and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Notz

15 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Enamine-Based Organocatalysis with Proline and Diamines: ... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2004 2001 2000 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Enamine-Based Organocatalysis with Proline and Diamines:  The Development of Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol, Mannich, Michael, and Diels−Alder Reactions
    2004 1.2k citations Wolfgang Notz, Fujie Tanaka et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
  2. Amino Acid Catalyzed Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reactions:  A Bioorganic Approach to Catalytic Asymmetric Carbon−Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions
    2001 1.0k citations Kandasamy Sakthivel, Wolfgang Notz et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  3. Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of anti-1,2-Diols
    2000 569 citations Wolfgang Notz, Benjamin List Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers

Wolfgang Notz
Mikel Oiarbide Spain
S.D. Hoffmann Germany
Ismail Ibrahem Sweden
Aiqiao Mi China
Denis Sinou France
Marcella Bosco Italy
Francisco Foubelo Spain
Yaozhong Jiang China
Linfeng Cun China
Tibor Soós Hungary
Mikel Oiarbide Spain
Wolfgang Notz
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Notz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wolfgang Notz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wolfgang Notz based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Wolfgang Notz. Wolfgang Notz is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Notz, Wolfgang, Fujie Tanaka, Shinichi Watanabe, et al.. (2004). The Direct Organocatalytic Asymmetric Mannich Reaction: Unmodified Aldehydes as Nucleophiles.. ChemInform. 35(17).
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Notz, Wolfgang, Shinichi Watanabe, Naidu S. Chowdari, et al.. (2004). The Scope of the Direct Proline‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Addition of Ketones to Imines. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 346(9-10). 1131–1140. 105 indexed citations
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Notz, Wolfgang, Fujie Tanaka, & Carlos F. Barbas. (2004). Enamine-Based Organocatalysis with Proline and Diamines:  The Development of Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol, Mannich, Michael, and Diels−Alder Reactions. Accounts of Chemical Research. 37(8). 580–591. 1237 indexed citations breakdown →
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Notz, Wolfgang, Fujie Tanaka, Shinichi Watanabe, et al.. (2003). The Direct Organocatalytic Asymmetric Mannich Reaction:  Unmodified Aldehydes as Nucleophiles. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 68(25). 9624–9634. 234 indexed citations
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Córdova, Armando, Wolfgang Notz, & Carlos F. Barbas. (2002). Direct organocatalytic aldol reactions in buffered aqueous media. Chemical Communications. 3024–3025. 269 indexed citations
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Córdova, Armando, Wolfgang Notz, Guofu Zhong, Juan M. Betancort, & Carlos F. Barbas. (2002). A Highly Enantioselective Amino Acid-Catalyzed Route to Functionalized α-Amino Acids. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124(9). 1842–1843. 379 indexed citations
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Córdova, Armando, Shinichi Watanabe, Fujie Tanaka, Wolfgang Notz, & Carlos F. Barbas. (2002). A Highly Enantioselective Route to Either Enantiomer of Both α- and β-Amino Acid Derivatives. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124(9). 1866–1867. 315 indexed citations
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Notz, Wolfgang, et al.. (2001). De Novo Synthesis of a Methylene-Bridged Neu5Ac-α-(2,3)-Gal C-Disaccharide. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 66(12). 4250–4260. 35 indexed citations
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Sakthivel, Kandasamy, Wolfgang Notz, Tommy Bui, & Carlos F. Barbas. (2001). Amino Acid Catalyzed Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reactions:  A Bioorganic Approach to Catalytic Asymmetric Carbon−Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 123(22). 5260–5267. 1034 indexed citations breakdown →
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Córdova, Armando, Wolfgang Notz, & Carlos F. Barbas. (2001). Proline-Catalyzed One-Step Asymmetric Synthesis of 5-Hydroxy-(2E)-hexenal from Acetaldehyde. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 67(1). 301–303. 234 indexed citations
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Notz, Wolfgang, Kandasamy Sakthivel, Tommy Bui, Guofu Zhong, & Carlos F. Barbas. (2001). Amine-catalyzed direct asymmetric Mannich-type reactions. Tetrahedron Letters. 42(2). 199–201. 207 indexed citations
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Streiff, Markus, et al.. (2001). Hemmung vonα(1-3)-Galactosyltransferase durch ein neuartiges Disubstratanalogon. Angewandte Chemie. 113(21). 4120–4124. 16 indexed citations
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Notz, Wolfgang & Benjamin List. (2000). Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of anti-1,2-Diols. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 122(30). 7386–7387. 569 indexed citations breakdown →

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