Mark J. Burk

Mark J. Burk publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

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Mark J. Burk D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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Best Publications

• Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for direct production of 1,4-butanediol

  Harry Yim;Robert Haselbeck;Wei Niu;Catherine Pujol-Baxley

  1275
  Citations

• Preparation and use of C2-symmetric bis(phospholanes): production of .alpha.-amino acid derivatives via highly enantioselective hydrogenation reactions

  Mark J. Burk;John E. Feaster;William A. Nugent;Richard L. Harlow

  820
  Citations

• C2-symmetric bis(phospholanes) and their use in highly enantioselective hydrogenation reactions

  Mark J. Burk

  589
  Citations

• Modular Phospholane Ligands in Asymmetric Catalysis

  Mark J. Burk

  534
  Citations

• Enantioselective hydrogenation of the C=N group : a catalytic asymmetric reductive amination procedure

  Mark J. Burk;John E. Feaster

  380
  Citations

• Asymmetric catalytic hydrogenation reactions in supercritical carbon dioxide.

  Mark J. Burk;Shaoguang Feng;Michael F. Gross;William Tumas

  378
  Citations

• New chiral phospholanes; Synthesis, characterization, and use in asymmetric hydrogenation reactions

  Mark J. Burk;John E. Feaster;Richard L. Harlow

  338
  Citations

• Beyond nature's chiral pool: Enantioselective catalysis in industry

  William A. Nugent;T. V. RajanBabu;Mark J. Burk

  333
  Citations

• Creation of a productive, highly enantioselective nitrilase through gene site saturation mutagenesis (GSSM).

  Grace DeSantis;Kelvin Wong;Bob Farwell;Kelly Chatman

  330
  Citations

• An Enzyme Library Approach to Biocatalysis: Development of Nitrilases for Enantioselective Production of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

  Grace Desantis;Zuolin Zhu;William A. Greenberg;Kelvin Wong

  329
  Citations

• Selective catalytic dehydrogenation of alkanes to alkenes

  Mark J. Burk;Robert H. Crabtree

  309
  Citations

• Development of a commercial scale process for production of 1,4-butanediol from sugar

  Unknown

  285
  Citations

• Asymmetric catalytic synthesis of .beta.-branched amino acids via highly enantioselective hydrogenation of .alpha.-enamides.

  Mark J. Burk;Michael F. Gross;Jose P. Martinez

  283
  Citations

• Exploring nitrilase sequence space for enantioselective catalysis.

  Dan E. Robertson;Jennifer A. Chaplin;Grace DeSantis;Mircea Podar

  271
  Citations

• Development of an efficient, scalable, aldolase-catalyzed process for enantioselective synthesis of statin intermediates

  William A. Greenberg;Alexander Varvak;Sarah R. Hanson;Kelvin Wong

  268
  Citations

• A catalyst for efficient and highly enantioselective hydrogenation of aromatic, heteroaromatic, and alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones

  Mark J. Burk;William Hems;Daniela Herzberg;Christophe Malan

  249
  Citations

• New electron-rich chiral phosphines for asymmetric catalysis

  Mark J. Burk;John E. Feaster;Richard L. Harlow

  217
  Citations

• A Convenient Asymmetric Synthesis of α-1-Arylalkylamines through the Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Enamides

  Unknown

  214
  Citations

• A Three-Step Procedure for Asymmetric Catalytic Reductive Amidation of Ketones

  Unknown

  204
  Citations

• Highly Enantioselective Hydrogenation of .beta.-Keto Esters under Mild Conditions

  Mark J. Burk;T. Gregory P. Harper;Christopher S. Kalberg

  172
  Citations