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D-Index
71
Citations
16660
World Ranking
5610
National Ranking
1733

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 1971 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Edwin Vedejs was affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States during their academic career. Their professional recognition includes being named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2011 and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1971.

Throughout their career, Edwin Vedejs contributed to the field of chemistry. The available data does not list specific research topics, subfields, or main fields of study, nor does it include details of their published papers or frequent collaborators.

There are no records of book publications or frequent publication venues associated with Edwin Vedejs in the provided data.

Best Publications

  • Efficiency in nonenzymatic kinetic resolution.

    Edwin Vedejs;Mara Jure

  • Conversion of Arylboronic Acids into Potassium Aryltrifluoroborates: Convenient Precursors of Arylboron Difluoride Lewis Acids

    E. Vedejs;R. W. Chapman;S. C. Fields;S. Lin

  • Development of chiral nucleophilic pyridine catalysts: applications in asymmetric quaternary carbon synthesis.

    Scott A. Shaw;Pedro Aleman;Edwin Vedejs

  • Cationic tricoordinate boron intermediates: borenium chemistry from the organic perspective.

    Timothy S. De Vries;Aleksandrs Prokofjevs;Edwin Vedejs

  • Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Alcohols. Enantioselective Acylation Mediated by a Chiral (Dimethylamino)pyridine Derivative

    Edwin Vedejs;Xinhai Chen

  • Transition-metal peroxide reactions. Synthesis of .alpha.-hydroxycarbonyl compounds from enolates

    Unknown

  • Enantioselective TADMAP-Catalyzed Carboxyl Migration Reactions for the Synthesis of Stereogenic Quaternary Carbon

    Scott A. Shaw;Pedro Aleman;Justin Christy;Jeff W. Kampf

  • Tributylphosphine: a remarkable acylation catalyst

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  • Parallel Kinetic Resolution

    Edwin Vedejs;Xinhai Chen

  • Tributylphosphine-catalyzed acylations of alcohols: scope and related reactions

    E. Vedejs;N. S. Bennett;L. M. Conn;S. T. Diver

  • Improved aldehyde synthesis from 1,3-dithianes

    Edwin Vedejs;P. L. Fuchs

  • Low-temperature characterization of the intermediates in the Wittig reaction

    E. Vedejs;G. P. Meier;K. A. J. Snoble

  • Structure-activity relationships among monoterpene inhibitors of protein isoprenylation and cell proliferation.

    Pamela L. Crowell;Zhibin Ren;Shouzhong Lin;Edwin Vedejs

  • 2-Aryl-4,4,8-trimethyl-2-phosphabicyclo[3.3.0]octanes: Reactive Chiral Phosphine Catalysts for Enantioselective Acylation

    Edwin Vedejs;Olafs Daugulis

  • Total synthesis of prostaglandins. Synthesis of the pure dl-E1, -F1-alpha-F1-beta, -A1, and -B1 hormones.

    Elias J. Corey;Niels H. Andersen;Robert M. Carlson;Joachim Paust

  • Internal coordination at tin promotes selective alkyl transfer in the Stille coupling reaction

    Edwin Vedejs;Anthony R. Haight;William O. Moss

  • Ylides by the desilylation of .alpha.-silyl onium salts

    Edwin Vedejs;Frederick G. West

  • Chemoprevention of mammary carcinogenesis by hydroxylated derivatives of d-limonene.

    Pamela L. Crowell;Wendy S. Kennan;Jill D. Haag;Saleem Ahmad

  • Kinetic (not equilibrium) factors are dominant in wittig reactions of conjugated ylides

    Edwin Vedejs;Thomas J. Fleck

  • ASYMMETRIC MEMORY AT LABILE, STEREOGENIC BORON : ENOLATE ALKYLATION OF OXAZABOROLIDINONES

    E. Vedejs;S. C. Fields;R. Hayashi;S. R. Hitchcock

  • Thioaldehyde Diels-Alder Reactions

    E. Vedejs;T. H. Eberlein;D. J. Mazur;C. K. Mcclure

  • Identification of metabolites of the antitumor agent d-limonene capable of inhibiting protein isoprenylation and cell growth.

    Pamela L. Crowell;Shouzhong Lin;Edwin Vedejs;Michael N. Gould

  • Stereochemistry and Mechanism in the Wittig Reaction

    E. Vedejs;M. J. Peterson

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott D. Larsen
Scott D. Larsen University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Olafs Daugulis
Olafs Daugulis University of Houston
Philip L. Fuchs
Philip L. Fuchs Purdue University West Lafayette
Michael N. Gould
Michael N. Gould University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jeff W. Kampf
Jeff W. Kampf University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Frederick G. West
Frederick G. West University of Alberta
Douglas R. Powell
Douglas R. Powell University of Oklahoma
Dennis P. Curran
Dennis P. Curran University of Pittsburgh

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