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63
Citations
15845
World Ranking
8343
National Ranking
2409

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2017 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 2009 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • 2008 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Richmond Sarpong is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a significant focus on Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry as subfields, along with contributions to Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, and Biochemistry.

The research topics covered by Richmond Sarpong include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Richmond Sarpong are:

  • Charles S. Yeung (22 publications)
  • Justin Jurczyk (21 publications)
  • Jose B. Roque (21 publications)
  • Jin Su Ham (20 publications)
  • Goh Sennari (18 publications)

Richmond Sarpong publishes frequently in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (52 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (24 publications)
  • Chemical Science (8 publications)
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry (6 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (5 publications)

Additional recent publications by Richmond Sarpong include:

  • "C-H activation", 2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • "Single-atom logic for heterocycle editing", 2022, Nature Synthesis
  • "Photomediated ring contraction of saturated heterocycles", 2021, Science
  • "Automation and computer-assisted planning for chemical synthesis", 2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • "Skeletal Editing of Pyrimidines to Pyrazoles by Formal Carbon Deletion", 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Throughout their career, Richmond Sarpong has been recognized with several awards:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2020
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2019
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2017
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2009
  • Hellman Fellow, 2008

Best Publications

  • Production of the antimalarial drug precursor artemisinic acid in engineered yeast

    Dae-Kyun Ro;Eric M. Paradise;Mario Ouellet;Karl J. Fisher

  • C–H activation

    Torben Rogge;Nikolaos Kaplaneris;Naoto Chatani;Jinwoo Kim

  • Single-atom logic for heterocycle editing

    Unknown

  • Intramolecular C(sp3)–H amination

    Jenna L. Jeffrey;Richmond Sarpong

  • The First Total Synthesis of Dragmacidin D

    Neil K. Garg;Richmond Sarpong;Brian M. Stoltz

  • Total synthesis of (+)-complanadine A using an iridium-catalyzed pyridine C-H functionalization.

    Daniel F. Fischer;Richmond Sarpong

  • Application of in situ-generated Rh-bound trimethylenemethane variants to the synthesis of 3,4-fused pyrroles.

    Erica E. Schultz;Richmond Sarpong

  • Deconstructive diversification of cyclic amines

    Jose B. Roque;Yusuke Kuroda;Lucas T. Göttemann;Richmond Sarpong

  • Neonicotinoid insecticides induce salicylate-associated plant defense responses.

    Kevin A. Ford;John E. Casida;Divya Chandran;Alexander G. Gulevich

  • Deconstructive fluorination of cyclic amines by carbon-carbon cleavage

    Jose B. Roque;Yusuke Kuroda;Lucas T. Göttemann;Richmond Sarpong

  • Toward a Symphony of Reactivity: Cascades Involving Catalysis and Sigmatropic Rearrangements

    Amanda C. Jones;Jeremy A. May;Richmond Sarpong;Brian M. Stoltz

  • Photomediated ring contraction of saturated heterocycles

    Justin Jurczyk;Michaelyn C. Lux;Donovon Adpressa;Sojung F. Kim

  • Pt-Catalyzed Cyclization/1,2-Migration for the Synthesis of Indolizines, Pyrrolones, and Indolizinones

    Cameron R. Smith;Eric M. Bunnelle;and Allison J. Rhodes;Richmond Sarpong

  • Total synthesis and isolation of citrinalin and cyclopiamine congeners

    Eduardo V. Mercado-Marin;Pablo Garcia-Reynaga;Stelamar Romminger;Eli. F. Pimenta

  • Expedient Synthesis of Fused Azepine Derivatives Using a Sequential Rhodium(II)-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation/1-Aza-Cope Rearrangement of Dienyltriazoles

    Erica E. Schultz;Vincent N. G. Lindsay;Richmond Sarpong

  • Divergent reactions on racemic mixtures

    Laura C. Miller;Richmond Sarpong

  • Skeletal Editing of Pyrimidines to Pyrazoles by Formal Carbon Deletion.

    Unknown

  • Automation and computer-assisted planning for chemical synthesis

    Yuning Shen;Julia E. Borowski;Melissa A. Hardy;Richmond Sarpong

  • Pt-catalyzed pentannulations from in situ generated metallo-carbenoids utilizing propargylic esters.

    B. A. Bhanu Prasad;Francis K. Yoshimoto;Richmond Sarpong

  • Concise Synthesis of Pauciflorol F Using a Larock Annulation

    Jenna L. Jeffrey;Richmond Sarpong

  • Unified strategy for the synthesis of the "miscellaneous" lycopodium alkaloids: total synthesis of (+/-)-lyconadin A.

    Alakesh Bisai;Scott P. West;Richmond Sarpong

  • Stereodivergent Intramolecular C(sp3)–H Functionalization of Azavinyl Carbenes: Synthesis of Saturated Heterocycles and Fused N-Heterotricycles

    Vincent N. G. Lindsay;Hélène M.-F. Viart;Richmond Sarpong

  • Ga(III)-catalyzed cycloisomerization strategy for the synthesis of icetexane diterpenoids: total synthesis of (+/-)-salviasperanol.

    Eric M. Simmons;Richmond Sarpong

  • Bio-inspired synthesis of xishacorenes A, B, and C, and a new congener from fuscol

    Alexander R. Rovira;Nicolas Müller;Weiwen Deng;Chudi Ndubaku

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay D. Keasling
Jay D. Keasling University of California, Berkeley
Brian M. Stoltz
Brian M. Stoltz California Institute of Technology
Dean J. Tantillo
Dean J. Tantillo University of California, Davis
Djamaladdin G. Musaev
Djamaladdin G. Musaev Emory University
Neil K. Garg
Neil K. Garg University of California, Los Angeles
Tehshik P. Yoon
Tehshik P. Yoon University of Wisconsin–Madison
John E. Casida
John E. Casida University of California, Berkeley
Matthew S. Sigman
Matthew S. Sigman University of Utah
Sarah E. Reisman
Sarah E. Reisman California Institute of Technology
Martin F. Semmelhack
Martin F. Semmelhack Princeton University

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