Yehiel Gaoni

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

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Yehiel Gaoni is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yehiel Gaoni has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Organic Chemistry, 16 papers in Spectroscopy and 15 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Yehiel Gaoni's work include Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (12 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (11 papers) and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (11 papers). Yehiel Gaoni is often cited by papers focused on Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (12 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (11 papers) and Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (11 papers). Yehiel Gaoni collaborates with scholars based in Israel, Germany and United States. Yehiel Gaoni's co-authors include Raphael Mechoulam, Franz Sondheimer, Paul Braun, David A. Lightner, H. Budzikiewicz, Carl Djerassi, Yaacov Amiel, David A. Ben-Efraim, Zvi Ben‐Zvi and Reuven Wolovsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yehiel Gaoni

73 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Isolation, Structure, and Partial Synthesis of an Active Constituent of Hashish

1964 1.8k citations Yehiel Gaoni, Raphael Mechoulam Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
A Total Synthesis of dl-Δ¹-Tetrahydrocannabinol, the Active Constituent of Hashish¹

1965 290 citations Raphael Mechoulam, Yehiel Gaoni Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yehiel Gaoni Israel	29	2.9k	1.2k	972	774	565	74	4.2k
Asher Mandelbaum Israel	19	4.1k 1.4×	2.1k 1.7×	491 0.5×	610 0.8×	813 1.4×	115	6.0k
John W. Huffman United States	37	4.7k 1.7×	2.4k 2.0×	913 0.9×	846 1.1×	1.5k 2.7×	199	7.1k
Raj K. Razdan United States	41	5.5k 1.9×	3.0k 2.4×	470 0.5×	849 1.1×	838 1.5×	167	6.4k
Andrea Tontini Italy	26	4.7k 1.6×	2.6k 2.1×	389 0.4×	526 0.7×	877 1.6×	54	5.7k
Didier M. Lambert Belgium	38	3.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	720 0.7×	447 0.6×	1.6k 2.8×	104	5.0k
Giorgio Tarzia Italy	46	5.6k 1.9×	3.1k 2.5×	1.3k 1.4×	681 0.9×	2.2k 3.9×	169	9.2k
Andrea Duranti Italy	34	4.9k 1.7×	2.8k 2.3×	504 0.5×	574 0.7×	1.2k 2.2×	84	6.4k
Bo Holmstedt Sweden	34	820 0.3×	798 0.6×	519 0.5×	701 0.9×	1.2k 2.2×	131	3.8k
Francis Barth France	21	3.3k 1.2×	2.3k 1.9×	175 0.2×	287 0.4×	630 1.1×	33	3.8k
Alessia Ligresti Italy	46	5.6k 2.0×	2.4k 1.9×	521 0.5×	964 1.2×	1.4k 2.5×	126	7.5k

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Gaoni, Yehiel. (1994). Stable Monosubstituted Triazenes by Reduction of Some Tertiary Azides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 59(22). 6853–6855. 12 indexed citations

Gaoni, Yehiel, et al.. (1994). Synthesis, NMDA Receptor Antagonist Activity, and Anticonvulsant Action of 1-Aminocyclobutanecarboxylic Acid Derivatives. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 37(25). 4288–4296. 43 indexed citations

Lanthorn, Thomas H., William F. Hood, Gerald B. Watson, et al.. (1990). cis-2,4-methanoglutamate is a potent and selective N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor agonist. European Journal of Pharmacology. 182(3). 397–404. 44 indexed citations

Gaoni, Yehiel. (1981). A simple one-pot preparation of 1-arylsulfonylbicyclobutanes from γ,δ,-epoxysulfones. Tetrahedron Letters. 22(43). 4339–4340. 11 indexed citations

Gaoni, Yehiel, et al.. (1980). Preparation and selected reactions of 2,3-bis(bromomethyl)-1,3-butadiene. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 45(5). 870–881. 40 indexed citations

Gaoni, Yehiel. (1976). Ring-substituted arylsulfonylcyclopropanes from γ,δ-epoxysulfones. 1-Arylsulfonylbicyclobutanes and 1-arylsulfonylspirobicyclobutanes.. Tetrahedron Letters. 17(6). 503–506. 12 indexed citations

Gaoni, Yehiel, et al.. (1975). Binuclear π-complexes of tetramethyleneethane dimers: 1,4-bis(dimethylenemethylene)cyclohexanediiron hexacarbonyl. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 93(3). C31–C33. 8 indexed citations

Gaoni, Yehiel. (1973). 3,4-Dimethylene five-membered heterocycles and symmetrically disubstituted 1,3-butadienes from 2,3-bis(bromomethyl)-1,3-butadiene. Tetrahedron Letters. 14(26). 2361–2364. 7 indexed citations

Gaoni, Yehiel, C. C. LEZNOFF, & Franz Sondheimer. (1968). Unsaturated macrocyclic compounds. LVIII. Reaction of trans-1,4-dibromo-2-butene and trans-1,4-dichloro-2-butene with ethynylmagnesium bromide. Synthesis of precursors of fully conjugated 14-, 16-, 20-, and 26-membered ring cyclic compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 90(18). 4940–4945. 13 indexed citations

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Gaoni, Yehiel. (1968). Nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of 2,7-dioxabicyclo[2,2,1]heptanes. Journal of the Chemical Society B Physical Organic. 382–382. 1 indexed citations

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Gaoni, Yehiel. (1968). Reactions of γδ-unsaturated ketones with peracids. 2,7-Dioxabicyclo-[2,2,1]heptanes. Journal of the Chemical Society C Organic. 0(0). 2925–2934. 11 indexed citations

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Gaoni, Yehiel & Raphael Mechoulam. (1966). Hashish—VII. Tetrahedron. 22(4). 1481–1488. 103 indexed citations

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Budzikiewicz, H., et al.. (1965). Massenspektroskopie und IHRE anwendung auf strukturelle und stereochemische probleme—LXVIII: Massenspektroskopische untersuchung der inhaltstoffe von haschisch. Tetrahedron. 21(7). 1881–1888. 73 indexed citations

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Mechoulam, Raphael & Yehiel Gaoni. (1965). Additions and Corrections - A Total Synthesis of dl-Δ'-Tetrahydrocannabinol, the Active Constituent of Hashish.. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 87(24). 5811–5811. 29 indexed citations

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Gaoni, Yehiel & Raphael Mechoulam. (1964). Isolation, Structure, and Partial Synthesis of an Active Constituent of Hashish. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 86(8). 1646–1647. 1757 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sondheimer, Franz & Yehiel Gaoni. (1962). Unsaturated Macrocyclic Compounds. XXV.¹ The Synthesis of Bisdehydro-[20]-annulene, [20]Annulene, Tridehydro-[30]annulene and [30]Annulene from 1,5,9-Decatriyne. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 84(18). 3520–3526. 16 indexed citations

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Jackman, L. M., Franz Sondheimer, Yaacov Amiel, et al.. (1962). The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of a Series of Annulenes and Dehydro-annulenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 84(22). 4307–4312. 82 indexed citations

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Sondheimer, Franz, David A. Ben-Efraim, & Yehiel Gaoni. (1961). Unsaturated Macrocyclic Compounds. XVIII.¹ The Prototropic Rearrangement of Linear 1,5-Diynes to Conjugated Polyen-ynes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 83(7). 1682–1685. 28 indexed citations

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Sondheimer, Franz & Yehiel Gaoni. (1961). UNSATURATED MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS. XXIV.¹ SYNTHESIS OF FOUR COMPLETELY CONJUGATED SIXTEEN-MEMBERED RING CYCLIC SYSTEMS. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 83(23). 4863–4864. 21 indexed citations

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Sondheimer, Franz, Reuven Wolovsky, & Yehiel Gaoni. (1960). UNSATURATED MACROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS. XIII.¹ CYCLOTRIACONTAPENTADECAENE. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 82(3). 755–756. 12 indexed citations

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