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109
Citations
78536
World Ranking
825
National Ranking
329

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1975 - Tilden Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Alan R. Katritzky was affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research spanned several scientific fields, primarily focused on medicine, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and chemistry. The scientist's work extended to specific subfields including pharmacology, molecular biology, and organic chemistry.

Their research topics covered a range of areas related to chemical synthesis and biological effects. These included:

  • Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
  • Chemical synthesis and analysis
  • Synthesis of β-Lactam compounds

Among their publications, a notable recent paper was titled "Molecular docking-guided synthesis of NSAID-glucosamine bioconjugates and their evaluation as COX-1/COX-2 inhibitors with potentially reduced gastric toxicity," published in 2021 in the journal Chemical Biology & Drug Design.

Frequent coauthors collaborating on their research included:

  • Rachel A. Jones
  • Yann Thillier
  • Christophe Morisseau
  • Christopher S. Sebastiano
  • Brian C. Smith

The chemical and biological sciences venue where this scientist often published was Chemical Biology & Drug Design.

During their career, the scientist received recognition in the form of awards such as the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2000 and the Tilden Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 1975.

Best Publications

  • Quantum-Chemical Descriptors in QSAR/QSPR Studies

    Mati Karelson;Victor S. Lobanov;Alan R. Katritzky

  • Aromaticity as a cornerstone of heterocyclic chemistry.

    Alexandru T. Balaban;Daniela C. Oniciu;Alan R. Katritzky

  • Aromaticity: a Theoretical Concept of Immense Practical Importance

    T.M. Krygowski;M.K. Cyrañski;Z. Czarnocki;G. Häfelinger

  • QSPR: the correlation and quantitative prediction of chemical and physical properties from structure

    Alan R. Katritzky;Victor S. Lobanov;Mati Karelson

  • Quantitative Correlation of Physical and Chemical Properties with Chemical Structure: Utility for Prediction

    Alan R. Katritzky;Minati Kuanar;Svetoslav Slavov;C. Dennis Hall

  • Properties and Synthetic Utility of N-Substituted Benzotriazoles.

    Alan R. Katritzky;Xiangfu Lan;Jason Z. Yang;Olga V. Denisko

  • To what extent can aromaticity be defined uniquely?

    Unknown

  • Recent progress in the synthesis of 1,2,3,4,-tetrahydroquinolines

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  • Aromaticity as a Quantitative Concept. 1. A Statistical Demonstration of the Orthogonality of "Classical" and "Magnetic" Aromaticity in Five- and Six-Membered Heterocycles

    Alan R. Katritzky;Piotr Barczynski;Giuseppe Musumarra;Danila Pisano

  • Quantitative measures of solvent polarity.

    Alan R. Katritzky;Dan C. Fara;Hongfang Yang;Kaido Tämm

  • Quantitative measures of aromaticity for mono-, bi-, and tricyclic penta- and hexaatomic heteroaromatic ring systems and their interrelationships.

    Alan R. Katritzky;Karl Jug;Daniela C. Oniciu

  • Traditional topological indices vs electronic, geometrical, and combined molecular descriptors in QSAR/QSPR research.

    Alan R. Katritzky;Ekaterina V. Gordeeva

  • The Tautomerism of Heterocycles: Five-membered Rings with Two or More Heteroatoms

    Vladimir I. Minkin;Alexander D. Garnovskii;José Elguero;Alan R. Katritzky

  • Structurally diverse quantitative structure--property relationship correlations of technologically relevant physical properties

    Alan R. Katritzky;Uko Maran;and Victor S. Lobanov;Mati Karelson

  • Combustible ionic liquids by design: is laboratory safety another ionic liquid myth?

    Marcin Smiglak;W. Mathew Reichert;John D. Holbrey;John S. Wilkes

  • Benzotriazole: A novel synthetic auxiliary

    Alan R. Katritzky;Stanislaw Rachwal;Gregory J. Hitchings

  • AROMATICITY AS A QUANTITATIVE CONCEPT. 7. AROMATICITY REAFFIRMED AS A MULTIDIMENSIONAL CHARACTERISTIC

    Alan R. Katritzky;Mati Karelson;Sulev Sild;and T. Marek Krygowski

  • Reactivity of organic compounds in superheated water: general background.

    and Michael Siskin;Alan R. Katritzky

  • Peptidomimetics via modifications of amino acids and peptide bonds

    Ilker Avan;C. Dennis Hall;Alan R. Katritzky

  • Correlation of Boiling Points with Molecular Structure. 1. A Training Set of 298 Diverse Organics and a Test Set of 9 Simple Inorganics

    Alan R. Katritzky;Lan Mu;Victor S. Lobanov;Mati Karelson

  • Synthesis of Heterocycles Mediated by Benzotriazole. 1. Monocyclic Systems

    Alan R. Katritzky;Stanislaw Rachwal

  • Correlation of the melting points of potential ionic liquids (imidazolium bromides and benzimidazolium bromides) using the CODESSA program.

    Alan R. Katritzky;Ritu Jain;Andre Lomaka;Ruslan Petrukhin

  • Organic Azides: Syntheses and Applications

    Alan Katritzky;Eric Scriven

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Steel
Peter J. Steel University of Canterbury
Mati Karelson
Mati Karelson University of Tartu
Richard A. Jones
Richard A. Jones The University of Texas at Austin
Michael J. Cook
Michael J. Cook University of East Anglia
Christian V. Stevens
Christian V. Stevens Ghent University
Ion Ghiviriga
Ion Ghiviriga University of Florida
Robin D. Rogers
Robin D. Rogers University of Alabama
Gus J. Palenik
Gus J. Palenik University of Florida
Abdullah M. Asiri
Abdullah M. Asiri King Abdulaziz University
John R. Eyler
John R. Eyler University of Florida

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