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Robert K. Orr

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Publications

20

Citations

890

H-Index

16

Active since

1988

Affiliations

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)(Current)

University of Rochester

University of Sheffield

Merck Institute for Science Education

Robert K. Orr is an author at Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) specializing in chemistry, engineering, and biochemistry.

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ChemistryEngineeringBiochemistryNatural SciencesOrganic ChemistryBiomolecular EngineeringCatalysisPharmacologyDrug DiscoveryMedicine

Publications per year

1988–2023

20

Publications

20

Asymmetric synthesis using ketenes

Robert K. Orr, Michael A. Calter · Tetrahedron · 2003 · 141 citations

Asymmetric Synthesis, Organic Chemistry, Chemistry +3

<i>N-</i>Phosphinoylimines: An Emerging Class of Reactive Intermediates for Stereoselective Organic Synthesis

Steven M. Weinreb, Robert K. Orr · Synthesis · 2005 · 113 citations

Combinatorial Chemistry, Stereoselective Organic Synthesis, Engineering +13

Polymorphic Ionic Mesogens of Silver(l): Ionic Materials Exhibiting a Thermotropic Cubic Mesophase

Duncan W. Bruce, D. A. Dunmur, Sarah Hudson et al. · Molecular crystals and liquid crystals · 1991 · 82 citations

Catalytic, Asymmetric Preparation of Ketene Dimers from Acid Chlorides

Michael A. Calter, Robert K. Orr, Wei Song · Organic Letters · 2003 · 77 citations

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Resolution Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of β-Chromanones by an Elimination-Induced Racemization Mechanism

Eric R. Ashley, Edward C. Sherer, Barbara Pio et al. · ACS Catalysis · 2017 · 62 citations

Engineering, Chiral Chroman Derivatives, Organic Chemistry +16

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