Steven F. Pedersen

The first practical niobium(III) reagent in organic synthesis. A convenient route to 2-amino alcohols via the coupling of imines with aldehydes or ketones promoted by NbCl3(DME)

Eric J. Roskamp, Steven F. Pedersen · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1987 · 164 citations

Combinatorial Chemistry, 2-Amino Alcohols, Engineering +10

Intermolecular pinacol cross coupling of electronically similar aldehydes. An efficient and stereoselective synthesis of 1,2-diols employing a practical vanadium(II) reagent

John H. Freudenberger, Andrei W. Konradi, Steven F. Pedersen · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1989 · 138 citations

Cross-coupling Reaction, Practical Vanadium, Engineering +11

Reaction of tungsten(VI) alkylidyne complexes with acetylenes to give tungstenacyclobutadiene and cyclopentadienyl complexes

Steven F. Pedersen, Richard R. Schrock, Melvyn Rowen Churchill et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1982 · 135 citations

Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Engineering +11

Convenient routes to vicinal diamines. Coupling of nitriles or N-(trimethylsilyl) imines promoted by NbCl4(THF)2

Eric J. Roskamp, Steven F. Pedersen · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1987 · 132 citations

Vicinal Diamines, Combinatorial Chemistry, Engineering +11

Crystal structures of two titanium tartrate asymmetric epoxidation catalysts

Ian D. Williams, Steven F. Pedersen, K. Barry Sharpless et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1984 · 120 citations