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Stephen J. Connon

Stephen J. Connon

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Chemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
13538
World Ranking
11489
National Ranking
29

Overview

Stephen J. Connon is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. Their research spans multiple scientific disciplines, with a primary focus on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, chemistry, and materials science.

Their work covers several key research topics, including:

  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

In terms of scientific subfields, the focus lies predominantly in molecular biology and organic chemistry, along with materials chemistry. Their publications also touch on industrial and manufacturing engineering and biomaterials.

The frequent co-authors with whom Stephen J. Connon has collaborated include:

  • J. Mike Southern
  • Vincent P. Kelly
  • Cristina Trujillo
  • Simon N. Smith
  • Sarah A. Cronin

Research outputs have appeared repeatedly in several publication venues. Among the most common venues are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Green Chemistry
  • Chemical Communications

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Stephen J. Connon include:

  • The human tRNA-guanine transglycosylase displays promiscuous nucleobase preference but strict tRNA specificity (2021, Nucleic Acids Research)
  • Enantioselective N-heterocyclic carbene-catalysed intermolecular crossed benzoin condensations: improved catalyst design and the role of in situ racemisation (2020, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry)
  • Divergent Synthesis of γ-Amino Acid and γ-Lactam Derivatives from meso-Glutaric Anhydrides (2020, Chemistry - A European Journal)
  • The eukaryotic tRNA-guanine transglycosylase enzyme inserts queuine into tRNAviaa sequential bi-bi mechanism (2020, Chemical Communications)
  • Cholinium-based ionic liquid catalysts for polyethylene terephthalate glycolysis: understanding the role of solvent and a reappraisal of the cation contribution (2023, RSC Sustainability)

Best Publications

  • Recent Developments in Olefin Cross-Metathesis

    Stephen J. Connon;Siegfried Blechert

  • Organocatalysis Mediated by (Thio)urea Derivatives

    Stephen J. Connon

  • Asymmetric catalysis with bifunctional cinchona alkaloid-based urea and thiourea organocatalysts.

    Stephen J. Connon

  • Urea‐ and Thiourea‐Substituted Cinchona Alkaloid Derivatives as Highly Efficient Bifunctional Organocatalysts for the Asymmetric Addition of Malonate to Nitroalkenes: Inversion of Configuration at C9 Dramatically Improves Catalyst Performance.

    Séamus H. McCooey;Stephen J. Connon

  • Chiral Phosphoric Acids: Powerful Organocatalysts for Asymmetric Addition Reactions to Imines

    Stephen J. Connon

  • Readily accessible 9-epi-amino cinchona alkaloid derivatives promote efficient, highly enantioselective additions of aldehydes and ketones to nitroolefins.

    Séamus H McCooey;Stephen J Connon

  • Jüngste Entwicklungen bei der gekreuzten Olefinmetathese

    Stephen J. Connon;Siegfried Blechert

  • A Magnetic-Nanoparticle-Supported 4-N,N-Dialkylaminopyridine Catalyst: Excellent Reactivity Combined with Facile Catalyst Recovery and Recyclability†

    Ciarán Ó Dálaigh;Serena A. Corr;Yurii Gun'ko;Stephen J. Connon

  • Asymmetric organocatalytic reductions mediated by dihydropyridines

    Stephen J. Connon

  • Ruthenium olefin metathesis catalysts with modified styrene ethers: influence of steric and electronic effects

    Mirko Zaja;Stephen J Connon;Aideen M Dunne;Michael Rivard

  • Highly Enantioselective Benzoin Condensation Reactions Involving a Bifunctional Protic Pentafluorophenyl-Substituted Triazolium Precatalyst

    Louise Baragwanath;Christopher A Rose;Kirsten Zeitler;Stephen J Connon

  • Nucleophilic carbene-catalysed oxidative esterification reactions

    Conor Noonan;Louise Baragwanath;Stephen J. Connon

  • The First Magnetic Nanoparticle‐Supported Chiral DMAP Analogue: Highly Enantioselective Acylation and Excellent Recyclability

    Oliver Gleeson;Renata Tekoriute;Yurii K. Gun'ko;Stephen J. Connon

  • Acceleration of the DABCO-promoted Baylis–Hillman reaction using a recoverable H-bonding organocatalyst ☆

    Declan J. Maher;Stephen J. Connon

  • A solid-supported phosphine-free ruthenium alkylidene for olefin metathesis in methanol and water.

    Stephen J Connon;Siegfried Blechert

  • The Catalytic Asymmetric Strecker Reaction: Ketimines Continue to Join the Fold

    Stephen J. Connon

  • Novel axially chiral bis-arylthiourea-based organocatalysts for asymmetric Friedel-Crafts type reactions

    Eimear M. Fleming;Thomas McCabe;Stephen J. Connon

  • Stereoselective synthesis of highly functionalized nitrocyclopropanes via organocatalyic conjugate addition to nitroalkenes.

    Séamus H McCooey;Thomas McCabe;Stephen J Connon

  • Conformational control of nonplanar free base porphyrins: Towards bifunctional catalysts of tunable basicity

    M. Roucan;M. Kielmann;S. J. Connon;S. S. R. Bernhard

  • Chirale Phosphorsäuren: wirksame Organokatalysatoren für asymmetrische Additionen an Imine

    Stephen J. Connon

  • A Self‐Generating, Highly Active, and Recyclable Olefin‐Metathesis Catalyst

    Stephen J. Connon;Aideen M. Dunne;Siegfried Blechert

  • The Diels-Alder Reaction Selected Practical Methods

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Frequent Co-Authors

Siegfried Blechert
Siegfried Blechert Technical University of Berlin
Yurii K. Gun'ko
Yurii K. Gun'ko Trinity College Dublin
Brendan Twamley
Brendan Twamley Trinity College Dublin
Graeme W. Watson
Graeme W. Watson Trinity College Dublin
Mathias O. Senge
Mathias O. Senge Trinity College Dublin
Kingston H. G. Mills
Kingston H. G. Mills Trinity College Dublin
Karol Grela
Karol Grela University of Warsaw
Laurent Meijer
Laurent Meijer Perha Pharmaceuticals
Karsten Hokamp
Karsten Hokamp Trinity College Dublin
Stefan Bernhard
Stefan Bernhard Carnegie Mellon University

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