Eric N. Jacobsen

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
• 2016 - Arthur C. Cope Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
• 2012 - Chirality Medal, Società Chimica Italiana
• 2010 - Ryoji Noyori Prize, Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
• 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1997 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1992 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Best Publications

• Small-molecule H-bond donors in asymmetric catalysis.

  Abigail Gutmann Doyle;Eric N. Jacobsen

  2878
  Citations

• Comprehensive asymmetric catalysis

  Eric N. Jacobsen;Andreas Pfaltz;尚 山本

  2375
  Citations

• Enantioselective Epoxidation of Unfunctionalized Olefins Catalyzed by (salen)Manganese Complexes

  Wei Zhang;Jennifer L. Loebach;Scott R. Wilson;Eric N. Jacobsen

  2328
  Citations

• Asymmetric catalysis by chiral hydrogen-bond donors.

  Mark S. Taylor;Eric N. Jacobsen

  2276
  Citations

• Privileged Chiral Catalysts

  Tehshik P. Yoon;Eric N. Jacobsen

  1776
  Citations

• Asymmetric Catalysis with Water: Efficient Kinetic Resolution of Terminal Epoxides by Means of Catalytic Hydrolysis

  Makoto Tokunaga;Jay F. Larrow;Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Eric N. Jacobsen

  1732
  Citations

• Comprehensive Asymmetric Catalysis I–III

  Eric N. Jacobsen;Andreas Pfaltz;Hisashi Yamamoto

  1624
  Citations

• Asymmetric catalysis of epoxide ring-opening reactions.

  Eric N. Jacobsen

  1548
  Citations

• Highly enantioselective epoxidation catalysts derived from 1,2-diaminocyclohexane

  Eric N. Jacobsen;Wei Zhang;Alexander R. Muci;James R. Ecker

  1444
  Citations

• SCHIFF BASE CATALYSTS FOR THE ASYMMETRIC STRECKER REACTION IDENTIFIED AND OPTIMIZED FROM PARALLEL SYNTHETIC LIBRARIES

  Matthew S. Sigman;Eric N. Jacobsen

  1409
  Citations

• Highly Selective Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution of Terminal Epoxides Catalyzed by Chiral (salen)CoIII Complexes. Practical Synthesis of Enantioenriched Terminal Epoxides and 1,2-Diols

  Scott E. Schaus;Bridget D. Brandes;Jay F. Larrow;Makoto Tokunaga

  1388
  Citations

• Asymmetric dihydroxylation via ligand-accelerated catalysis

  E. N. Jacobsen;I. E. Markó;W. S. Mungall;G. W. Schröder

  1103
  Citations

• A Practical Method for the Large-Scale Preparation of [N,N'-Bis(3,5-di-tertbutylsalicylidene)-1,2-cyclohexanediaminato(2-)]manganese(III) chloride, a Highly Enantioselective Epoxidation Catalyst

  Jay F. Larrow;Eric N. Jacobsen;Yun Gao;Yaping Hong

  1050
  Citations

• Asymmetric ion-pairing catalysis.

  Katrien Brak;Eric N. Jacobsen

  1032
  Citations

• Practical Considerations in Kinetic Resolution Reactions

  John M. Keith;Jay F. Larrow;Eric N. Jacobsen

  862
  Citations

• Attractive noncovalent interactions in asymmetric catalysis: Links between enzymes and small molecule catalysts

  Robert Randolph Knowles;Eric N. Jacobsen

  840
  Citations

• Structure-based analysis and optimization of a highly enantioselective catalyst for the strecker reaction.

  Petr Vachal;Eric N. Jacobsen

  785
  Citations

• Asymmetric alkene aziridination with readily available chiral diimine-based catalysts

  Zhen Li;Kathryn R. Conser;Eric N. Jacobsen

  765
  Citations

• Asymmetric Catalytic Mannich Reactions Catalyzed by Urea Derivatives: Enantioselective Synthesis of β-Aryl-β-Amino Acids

  Anna G. Wenzel;Eric N. Jacobsen

  761
  Citations

• Highly Enantioselective Ring Opening of Epoxides Catalyzed by (salen)Cr(III) Complexes

  Luis E. Martinez;James L. Leighton;Douglas H. Carsten;Eric N. Jacobsen

  755
  Citations