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Chemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
11897
World Ranking
11060
National Ranking
3022

Best Publications

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

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

  • 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

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

    Mark J. Burk

  • Modular Phospholane Ligands in Asymmetric Catalysis

    Mark J. Burk

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

    Mark J. Burk;John E. Feaster

  • Asymmetric catalytic hydrogenation reactions in supercritical carbon dioxide.

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Grace DeSantis;Kelvin Wong;Bob Farwell;Kelly Chatman

  • 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

  • Selective catalytic dehydrogenation of alkanes to alkenes

    Mark J. Burk;Robert H. Crabtree

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

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

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

  • Exploring nitrilase sequence space for enantioselective catalysis.

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

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

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

  • 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

  • New electron-rich chiral phosphines for asymmetric catalysis

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

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

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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard L. Harlow
Richard L. Harlow DuPont (United States)
Robert H. Crabtree
Robert H. Crabtree Yale University
Michael Harris
Michael Harris University of Florida
T. V. RajanBabu
T. V. RajanBabu The Ohio State University
Michael D. Ward
Michael D. Ward New York University
Joseph C. Calabrese
Joseph C. Calabrese DuPont (United States)
Mircea Podar
Mircea Podar Oak Ridge National Laboratory
John M. Brown
John M. Brown University of Oxford
Geoffrey P. Hazlewood
Geoffrey P. Hazlewood Babraham Institute

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