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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Phil S. Baran is affiliated with Scripps in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, focusing extensively on Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's recent notable publications include:

  • Ni-electrocatalytic Csp3-Csp3 doubly decarboxylative coupling, 2022, Nature
  • Cobalt-electrocatalytic HAT for functionalization of unsaturated C-C bonds, 2022, Nature
  • Overcoming the limitations of Kolbe coupling with waveform-controlled electrosynthesis, 2023, Science
  • Chemoselective Electrosynthesis Using Rapid Alternating Polarity, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Two-Phase Synthesis of Taxol, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their research covers major topics such as:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis

Phil S. Baran has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Arnold L. Rheingold, Yu Kawamata, Julien C. Vantourout, Martins S. Oderinde, and Molhm Nassir.

The scientist's publications appear most often in venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Science

Baran's work spans subfields including Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Pharmacology, integrating interdisciplinary approaches to chemical and materials research.

Among awards, Phil S. Baran has been recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 2006.

Best Publications

  • Synthetic Organic Electrochemical Methods Since 2000: On the Verge of a Renaissance

    Ming Yan;Yu Kawamata;Phil S. Baran

  • C–H functionalization logic in total synthesis

    Will R. Gutekunst;Phil S. Baran

  • If C-H bonds could talk: selective C-H bond oxidation.

    Timothy Newhouse;Phil S. Baran

  • Radicals: Reactive Intermediates with Translational Potential

    Ming Yan;Julian C. Lo;Jacob T. Edwards;Phil S. Baran

  • Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry: An Enabling and Innately Sustainable Method

    Evan J. Horn;Brandon R. Rosen;Phil S. Baran

  • Innate C-H trifluoromethylation of heterocycles.

    Yining Ji;Tobias Brueckl;Ryan D. Baxter;Yuta Fujiwara

  • Practical and innate carbon–hydrogen functionalization of heterocycles

    Yuta Fujiwara;Janice A. Dixon;Fionn O’Hara;Erik Daa Funder

  • The Art and Science of Total Synthesis at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century

    K. C. Nicolaou;Dionisios Vourloumis;Nicolas Charles Winssinger;Phil S. Baran

  • The economies of synthesis

    Timothy Newhouse;Phil S. Baran;Reinhard W. Hoffmann

  • Redox economy in organic synthesis.

    Noah Z. Burns;Phil S. Baran;Reinhard W. Hoffmann

  • Aiming for the Ideal Synthesis

    Tanja Gaich;Phil S. Baran

  • Scalable and sustainable electrochemical allylic C–H oxidation

    Evan J. Horn;Brandon R. Rosen;Yong Chen;Jiaze Tang

  • A general alkyl-alkyl cross-coupling enabled by redox-active esters and alkylzinc reagents.

    Tian Qin;Josep Cornella;Chao Li;Lara R. Malins

  • A Survival Guide for the "Electro-curious".

    Cian Kingston;Maximilian D. Palkowitz;Yusuke Takahira;Julien C. Vantourout

  • Iodine(V) Reagents in Organic Synthesis. Part 4. o-Iodoxybenzoic Acid as a Chemospecific Tool for Single Electron Transfer-Based Oxidation Processes

    Nicolaou Kc;Montagnon T;Baran Ps;Zhong Yl

  • Protecting-group-free synthesis as an opportunity for invention

    Ian S. Young;Phil S. Baran

  • A New Reagent for Direct Difluoromethylation

    Yuta Fujiwara;Janice A. Dixon;Rodrigo A. Rodriguez;Ryan D. Baxter

  • Direct C–H Arylation of Electron-Deficient Heterocycles with Arylboronic Acids

    Ian B. Seiple;Shun Su;Rodrigo A. Rodriguez;Ryan Gianatassio

  • Total synthesis of marine natural products without using protecting groups

    Phil S. Baran;Thomas J. Maimone;Jeremy M. Richter

  • Innate and guided C–H functionalization logic

    Tobias Brückl;Ryan D. Baxter;Yoshihiro Ishihara;Phil S. Baran

Frequent Co-Authors

K. C. Nicolaou
K. C. Nicolaou Rice University
Yun He
Yun He Chongqing University
Donna G. Blackmond
Donna G. Blackmond Scripps Research Institute
Junichiro Yamaguchi
Junichiro Yamaguchi Waseda University
Bradley S. Moore
Bradley S. Moore University of California, San Diego
E. J. Corey
E. J. Corey Harvard University
Philip E. Dawson
Philip E. Dawson Scripps Research Institute
Stephen R. Wilson
Stephen R. Wilson Luna Innovations (United States)
David I. Schuster
David I. Schuster New York University
Doron Shabat
Doron Shabat Tel Aviv University

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