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Erick M. Carreira

Erick M. Carreira

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Chemistry
Switzerland
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
120
Citations
48019
World Ranking
499
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1997 - ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1996 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Erick M. Carreira is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, History and Philosophy of Science, and Biotechnology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics including Chemical synthesis and alkaloids, Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods, Academic Writing and Publishing, Alkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology, Marine Sponges and Natural Products, Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry, and Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae.

Erick M. Carreira has published extensively, with frequent appearances in several notable venues:

  • Synfacts
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Organic Letters
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Light-mediated discovery of surfaceome nanoscale organization and intercellular receptor interaction networks, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Palladium-Catalyzed C−H Alkynylation of Unactivated Alkenes, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Construction of Vicinal Quaternary Centers via Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allenylic Alkylation of Racemic Tertiary Alcohols, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Intermolecular Organophotocatalytic Cyclopropanation of Unactivated Olefins, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Δ9-cis-Tetrahydrocannabinol: Natural Occurrence, Chirality, and Pharmacology, 2021, Journal of Natural Products

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Scott J. Miller
  • Paul J. Chirik
  • Cynthia J. Burrows
  • Shu Wang
  • Hyun Jae Kim

Throughout their career, Erick M. Carreira has received several awards, such as:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2017
  • ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS), 1997
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1996

Best Publications

  • Construction of Spiro[pyrrolidine‐3,3′‐oxindoles] − Recent Applications to the Synthesis of Oxindole Alkaloids

    Christiane Marti;Erick M. Carreira

  • Directed reduction of .beta.-hydroxy ketones employing tetramethylammonium triacetoxyborohydride

    D. A. Evans;K. T. Chapman;E. M. Carreira

  • Enantio- and Diastereodivergent Dual Catalysis: α-Allylation of Branched Aldehydes

    Simon Krautwald;David Sarlah;Michael A. Schafroth;Erick M. Carreira

  • Facile Enantioselective Synthesis of Propargylic Alcohols by Direct Addition of Terminal Alkynes to Aldehydes

    Doug E. Frantz;and Roger Fässler;Erick M. Carreira

  • Four-membered ring-containing spirocycles: synthetic strategies and opportunities.

    Erick M. Carreira;Thomas C. Fessard

  • Chiral olefins as steering ligands in asymmetric catalysis.

    Christian Defieber;Hansjörg Grützmacher;Erick M. Carreira

  • Cyclopropanation Strategies in Recent Total Syntheses

    Christian Ebner;Erick M. Carreira

  • Arynes and cyclohexyne in natural product synthesis.

    Christian M. Gampe;Erick M. Carreira

  • A simple, mild, catalytic, enantioselective addition of terminal acetylenes to aldehydes.

    Neel K. Anand;Erick M. Carreira

  • Readily available [2.2.2]-bicyclooctadienes as new chiral ligands for Ir(I): catalytic, kinetic resolution of allyl carbonates.

    Christian Fischer;Christian Defieber;Takeyuki Suzuki;Erick M. Carreira

  • Stereodivergence in Asymmetric Catalysis

    Simon Krautwald;Erick M. Carreira

  • Hydrazines and azides via the metal-catalyzed hydrohydrazination and hydroazidation of olefins.

    Jerome Waser;Boris Gaspar;Hisanori Nambu;Erick M. Carreira

  • The Discovery of Novel Reactivity in the Development of C−C Bond-Forming Reactions: In Situ Generation of Zinc Acetylides with ZnII/R3N

    Doug E. Frantz;Roger Fässler;Craig S. Tomooka;Erick M. Carreira

  • Iridium-catalyzed synthesis of primary allylic amines from allylic alcohols: sulfamic acid as ammonia equivalent.

    Christian Defieber;Martin A. Ariger;Patricia Moriel;Erick M. Carreira

  • Readily Available Biaryl P,N Ligands for Asymmetric Catalysis

    Thomas F. Knöpfel;Patrick Aschwanden;Takashi Ichikawa;Takumi Watanabe

  • Oxetanes as Versatile Elements in Drug Discovery and Synthesis

    Johannes A. Burkhard;Georg Wuitschik;Mark Rogers-Evans;Klaus Müller

  • Oxetanes in Drug Discovery: Structural and Synthetic Insights

    Georg Wuitschik;Erick M. Carreira;Björn Wagner;Holger Fischer

  • Total synthesis of (-)-spirotryprostatin B: synthesis and related studies.

    Christiane Marti;Erick M. Carreira

  • Conformationally Restricted Aza‐Bodipy: A Highly Fluorescent, Stable, Near‐Infrared‐Absorbing Dye

    Weili Zhao;Erick M. Carreira

  • Stereodivergent α-Allylation of Linear Aldehydes with Dual Iridium and Amine Catalysis

    Simon Krautwald;Michael A. Schafroth;David Sarlah;Erick M. Carreira

  • Chiral [2.2.2] Dienes as Ligands for Rh(I) in Conjugate Additions of Boronic Acids to a Wide Range of Acceptors

    Christian Defieber;Jean-François Paquin;Sonia Serna;Erick M. Carreira

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott J. Miller
Scott J. Miller Yale University
Paul J. Chirik
Paul J. Chirik Princeton University
Shu Wang
Shu Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gilbert C. Walker
Gilbert C. Walker University of Toronto
Stuart J. Rowan
Stuart J. Rowan University of Chicago
Prashant V. Kamat
Prashant V. Kamat University of Notre Dame
Marc A. Hillmyer
Marc A. Hillmyer University of Minnesota
Vincent M. Rotello
Vincent M. Rotello University of Massachusetts Amherst
Gregory D. Scholes
Gregory D. Scholes Princeton University

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