Alan B. Northrup

The First Direct and Enantioselective Cross-Aldol Reaction of Aldehydes

Alan B. Northrup, David W. C. MacMillan · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2002 · 701 citations

Novel Organocatalysts, Structural Variation, Engineering +13

The First General Enantioselective Catalytic Diels−Alder Reaction with Simple α,β-Unsaturated Ketones

Alan B. Northrup, David W. C. MacMillan · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2002 · 449 citations

Simple Ketone Dienophiles, Simple α, Iminium Catalysis +13

Two-Step Synthesis of Carbohydrates by Selective Aldol Reactions

Alan B. Northrup, David W. C. MacMillan · Science · 2004 · 392 citations

Enantioselective Organocatalytic Direct Aldol Reactions of α‐Oxyaldehydes: Step One in a Two‐Step Synthesis of Carbohydrates

Alan B. Northrup, Ian Mangion, Frank Hettche et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2004 · 320 citations · Full text

Bioorganic Chemistry, Engineering, Glycobiology +17

The Importance of Iminium Geometry Control in Enamine Catalysis: Identification of a New Catalyst Architecture for Aldehyde–Aldehyde Couplings

Ian Mangion, Alan B. Northrup, David W. C. MacMillan · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2004 · 168 citations

Cross-coupling Reaction, Novel Organocatalysts, New Organocatalyst System +15