OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Organic Letters is 51. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Total Synthesis of (±)-Furanether A	85
Construction of Oxo-Bridged Diazocines via Rhodium-Catalyzed (4+3) Cycloaddition of Carbonyl Ylides with Azoalkenes	84
Biosynthesis of Dolastatin 10 in Marine Cyanobacteria, a Prototype for Multiple Approved Cancer Drugs	83
Reductive Hydrodehalogenation of Halogenated Carboxylic Acid Derivatives Using a DMSO/HCOONa·2H₂O System	80
Direct Synthesis of α-Methylated Arylacetamides from Arylacetonitriles via Ir-Catalyzed Cascade α-Methylation and Selective Hydration	79
Macrocyclization of Unprotected Peptides via Cycloaddition between o-Diones and Furan-2(3H)-one	78
Ascomycotols A–C: Rare Sulfur/Sulfone-Containing Scaffolds from Mushroom Endophytes with Dual Anti-inflammatory and Antirenal Fibrosis Effects	77
Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed [4 + 2] Annulation of N-Arylbenzamidines with Propargyl Alcohols: Highly Regioselective Synthesis of 1-Aminoisoquinolines Controlled by Noncovalent Interaction	74
Visible-Light-Induced Selective α-Fluoroarylation of Secondary N-Alkyl Anilines with Polyfluoroarenes via Direct C–H/C–F Coupling	74
Computationally Assisted Analysis of NMR Chemical Shifts as a Tool in Conformational Analysis	73
Stereoselective Double Spirocyclization of 2-Benzyl-3-alkynyl Chromone with Nitrone via Gold-Catalyzed Cascade Reactions	71
Solid-Phase Total Synthesis of Plusbacin A₃	71
Borylative Cyclization of 1,6-Allenynes Driven by BCl₃	70
Synthesis of γ-Butyrolactones with Chiral Quaternary–Tertiary Stereocenters via Catalytic Asymmetric Mukaiyama–Michael Addition	69
Light-Induced Activation of C–X Bond via Carbonate-Assisted Anion−π Interactions: Applications to C–P and C–B Bond Formation	68
Tertiary Amine-Mediated Reductions of Phosphine Oxides to Phosphines	67
Exo-Selective and Enantioselective Photoenolization/Diels–Alder Reaction	67
Selective C–H Iodination of Weinreb Amides and Benzamides through Iridium Catalysis in Solution and under Mechanochemical Conditions	67
Base Metal-Controlled Chemodivergent Cyclization of Propargylamines for the Atom-Economic Synthesis of Nitrogen Heterocycles	66
AJICAP-M: Traceless Affinity Peptide Mediated Conjugation Technology for Site-Selective Antibody–Drug Conjugate Synthesis	64
Bicyclic Bridgehead Phosphoramidite-Based Hybrid Diphosphorus Ligands: Design, Synthesis, and Application in Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation	63
Biocatalytically Generated Library of Chiral Building Blocks Containing a Quaternary Stereocenter	62
Biocatalytic Synthesis of Metaxalone and Its Analogues	62
Cobalt/Rhodium-Catalyzed Diversified Amidation of Benzocyclobutenols via C–C Cleavage under Catalyst and Condition Control	61
Aldehydes as O-Nucleophiles in Cobalt Hydride Hydrogen Atom Transfer Catalysis: Overriding the Innate Somophilicity	61

Asymmetric Synthesis of Axially Chiral Arylpyrazole via an Organocatalytic Arylation Reaction	61
Synthesis of 3-Benzazepines via Cobalt-Catalyzed C–H Bond Functionalization with CaC₂ as the Acetylene Source	61
Palladium-Catalyzed Double ipso-Defluoroetherification of Allylic gem-Difluorides with Phenols or Alcohols	60
Access to SCF₃-Substituted Indolizines via a Photocatalytic Late-Stage Functionalization Protocol	59
Dual 1,2-Migration-Enabled β-Boryl Amide Synthesis	58
Kinetic Resolution of BINOLs and Biphenols by Atroposelective, Cu–H-Catalyzed Si–O Coupling with Hydrosilanes	57
Synthesis of Sulfur-Substituted Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes by Iodo-Sulfenylation of [1.1.1]Propellane	57
Dichloromethyl(diaryl) Sulfonium Salts as gem-Dichlorocyclopropanation Reagents	56
Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of Spiro-Isoindolinone-Indolines via Formal [3 + 2] Cycloaddition	56
Highly Contorted Rigid Nitrogen-Rich Nanographene with Four Heptagons	56
Exploiting Iminoquinones as Electrophilic at Nitrogen “N+” Synthons for C–N Bond Construction	55
Rhodium-Catalyzed Selective C(sp²)–H Activation/Annulation of tert-Butyl Benzoyloxycarbamates with 1,3-Diynes: A One Step Access to Alkynylated Isocoumarins and Bis-Isocoumari	55
Versatile Access to Tetrasubstituted 2-Amidoacroleins through Formal Silylformylation of Ynamides	55
Enantioselective Palladium-Catalyzed Domino Carbonylative Heck Esterification of o-Iodoalkenylbenzenes with Arylboronic Acids	55
Deciphering the δ-Lactam Formation and lron-Reducing Activity of Spinactins from Saccharopolyspora spinosa	54
Synthesis of α-Aryl Secondary Amides via Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Redox-Active Esters	54
Oxoammonium Salt-Mediated Regioselective Vicinal Dioxidation of Alkenes: Relying on Transient and Persistent Nitroxides	54
Solvent-Driven Room-Temperature Curtius Rearrangements to Access Nucleotides Bearing Substituted Fused Pyridones	53
Photocatalytic Strecker-Type Reaction for the Synthesis of Primary α-Aminonitriles	53
Nonactivated Aziridine Synthesis by Intermolecular Polarity-Mismatched Carboamination of Unactivated Alkenes with Unactivated Alkyl Halides	53
Relay Annulation of Ammonium Ylides with Oxindole-Derived α,β-Unsaturated Ketimines: Catalytic Construction of Spiro-polycyclic Oxindoles	53
Nickel-Catalyzed Deaminative Allenylation of Amino Acid Derivatives: Catalytic Activity Enhanced by an Amide-Type NN₂ Pincer Ligand	52
Spirochrains A–D, Four Caged [5,6,5] Spirocyclic Amides from an Antarctic Fungus Aspergillus ochraceopetaliformis SCSIO 05702 with Anti-RSV Activities	52
Enantioselective Cobalt-Catalyzed Remote Hydroboration of Alkenylboronates	51
Multiselective Diels–Alder Reaction of α-Arylacroleins Catalyzed by Boron Tribromide-Assisted Chiral Phosphoric Acids	51
Dinickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation of Cyclic Ketones with Allylic Amine Derivatives	51
Gold-Catalyzed Regioselective Synthesis of Crowded Cyclopentadienes by Migratory Cycloisomerization of Vinylallenes	51