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D-Index
87
Citations
30783
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2378
National Ranking
54

Andreas Pfaltz publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Pfaltz sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 330 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Andreas Pfaltz D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andreas Pfaltz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Chirality Medal, Società Chimica Italiana
  • 2008 - Ryoji Noyori Prize, Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Overview

Andreas Pfaltz is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple fields within chemistry, focusing predominantly on organic and materials chemistry. The scholar has contributed to areas including asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, chemical synthesis and analysis, and organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis.

The main fields of study associated with Pfaltz reflect a strong orientation toward chemistry, with a total of eight publications categorized under this discipline. Subfields where they have published include organic chemistry, materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, molecular biology, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

Their frequent coauthors include Montserrat Diéguez, Donald Hilvert, Helma Wennemers, Antoni Riéra, and Raphael Bigler.

Pfaltz's work has appeared in several publication venues. Most notably, their contributions have been published in Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, The Cambridge Structural Database, Chemical Reviews, Helvetica Chimica Acta, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Recent papers by Andreas Pfaltz include:

  • Recent Advances in Enantioselective Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution: From Design to Applications, 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • Optimized Scalable Synthesis of Chiral Iridium Pyridyl-Phosphinite (Pyridophos) Catalysts, 2020, Helvetica Chimica Acta
  • Albert Eschenmoser (1925-2023): A Giant of Organic Chemistry, 2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Albert Eschenmoser (1925-2023): Ein Gigant der Organischen Chemie, 2023, Angewandte Chemie
  • Front Cover Picture: Special Issue Dedicated to Miquel A. Pericàs (Adv. Synth. Catal. 4/2024), 2024, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis

Throughout their career, Pfaltz has received formal recognition for their contributions, including the Chirality Medal from Società Chimica Italiana in 2016 and the Ryoji Noyori Prize from the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive asymmetric catalysis

    Eric N. Jacobsen;Andreas Pfaltz;尚 山本

  • PhosphinooxazolinesA New Class of Versatile, Modular P,N-Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis

    Günter Helmchen;Andreas Pfaltz

  • Comprehensive Asymmetric Catalysis I–III

    Eric N. Jacobsen;Andreas Pfaltz;Hisashi Yamamoto

  • Chiral Phosphinoaryldihydrooxazoles as Ligands in Asymmetric Catalysis: Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution

    Peter von Matt;Andreas Pfaltz

  • Chiral semicorrins and related nitrogen heterocycles as ligands in asymmetric catalysis

    Andreas Pfaltz

  • Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Olefins

    Stephen J. Roseblade;Andreas Pfaltz

  • C2‐Symmetric 4,4′,5,5′‐Tetrahydrobi(oxazoles) and 4,4′,5,5′‐Tetrahydro‐2,2′‐methylenebis[oxazoles] as Chiral Ligands for Enantioselective Catalysis Preliminary Communication

    Dieter Müller;Gisela Umbricht;Beat Weber;Andreas Pfaltz

  • Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Olefins with Iridium-Phosphanodihydrooxazole Catalysts.

    Andrew Lightfoot;Patrick Schnider;Andreas Pfaltz

  • Recent Advances in Enantioselective Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution: From Design to Applications.

    Oscar Pàmies;Jèssica Margalef;Santiago Cañellas;Jinju James

  • Asymmetric hydrogenation of unfunctionalized, purely alkyl-substituted olefins.

    Sharon Bell;Sharon Bell;Bettina Wüstenberg;Bettina Wüstenberg;Stefan Kaiser;Stefan Kaiser;Frederik Menges;Frederik Menges

  • 5-aza-semicorrins: A new class of bidentate nitrogen ligands for enantioselective catalysis

    Urs Leutenegger;Gisela Umbricht;Christoph Fahrni;Peter von Matt

  • Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Imines in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

    Sabine Kainz;Axel Brinkmann;Walter Leitner;Andreas Pfaltz

  • Semicorrin metal complexes as enantioselective catalysts. Part 2. Enantioselective cyclopropane formation from olefins with diazo compounds catalyzed by chiral (semicorrinato)copper complexes

    Hugo Fritschi;Urs Leutenegger;Andreas Pfaltz

  • Iridium Catalysts with Bicyclic Pyridine–Phosphinite Ligands: Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Olefins and Furan Derivatives

    Stefan Kaiser;Sebastian P. Smidt;Andreas Pfaltz

  • ENANTIOSELECTIVE ALLYLIC SUBSTITUTION CATALYZED BY CHIRAL [BIS(DIHYDROOXAZOLE)]PALLADIUM COMPLEXES - CATALYST STRUCTURE AND POSSIBLE MECHANISM OF ENANTIOSELECTION

    Peter Von Matt;Guy C. Lloyd-Jones;Alexander B. E. Minidis;Andreas Pfaltz

  • Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Olefins

    Andreas Pfaltz;Jörg Blankenstein;Robert Hilgraf;Esther Hörmann

  • Zur Kenntnis des Faktors F430 aus methanogenen Bakterien: Struktur des porphinoiden Ligandsystems

    Andreas Pfaltz;Bernhard Jaun;Alexander Fassler;Albert Eschenmoser

  • Design of chiral ligands for asymmetric catalysis: from C2-symmetric P,P- and N,N-ligands to sterically and electronically nonsymmetrical P,N-ligands.

    Andreas Pfaltz;William J. Drury

  • Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Imines with Chiral (Phosphanodihydrooxazole)iridium Catalysts

    Patrick Schnider;Guido Koch;Roger Prétôt;Guozhi Wang

  • Enantioselective hydrogenation of imines in ionic liquid/carbon dioxide media.

    Maurizio Solinas;Andreas Pfaltz;Pier Giorgio Cozzi;Walter Leitner

  • New Ligands for Regio- and Enantiocontrol in Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylations.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Neuburger
Markus Neuburger University of Basel
Karl Gademann
Karl Gademann University of Zurich
Guy C. Lloyd-Jones
Guy C. Lloyd-Jones University of Edinburgh
Christoph Schneider
Christoph Schneider Leipzig University
Frank Glorius
Frank Glorius University of Münster
Walter Leitner
Walter Leitner Max Planck Society
Bernhard Kräutler
Bernhard Kräutler University of Innsbruck
Rudolf K. Thauer
Rudolf K. Thauer Max Planck Society

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