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Richard Desmond

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26

Publications

1.7K

Citations

21

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1988

Active since

Affiliations

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

Richard Desmond is an author at Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) specializing in organic chemistry, chemistry, and drug discovery.

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Organic ChemistryChemistryMedicinePharmacologyDrug DiscoveryNatural SciencesEngineeringMedicinal ChemistryCatalysisBiochemistry

Publications per year

1988–2025

26

Publications

26

A novel chromium trioxide catalyzed oxidation of primary alcohols to the carboxylic acids

Mangzhu Zhao, Jing Li, Zhiguo J. Song et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1998 · 220 citations

Chemical Engineering, Carboxylic Acids, Engineering +8

An Improved Procedure for Aromatic Cyanation

David M. Tschaen, Richard Desmond, Anthony O. King et al. · Synthetic Communications · 1994 · 181 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Catalytic Amount +10

Chemistry of tricarbonyl hemiketals and application of Evans technology to the total synthesis of the immunosuppressant (-)-FK-506

Todd K. Jones, Robert A. Reamer, Richard Desmond et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1990 · 165 citations

Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Sciences, Evans Technology +12

Asymmetric Synthesis of MK-0499

David M. Tschaen, Lee Abramson, Dongwei Cai et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1995 · 152 citations

Databases, Media Standards, Molecular Biology +16

Total synthesis of immunosuppressant (-)-FK-506

Todd K. Jones, Sander G. Mills, Robert A. Reamer et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1989 · 151 citations

Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Sciences, Pharmaceutical Science +14

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