Synthesis at the molecular frontier

The Atom Economy—A Search for Synthetic Efficiency

BM Trost · Science · 1991 · 4.7K citations

Combinatorial Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering +14

A Predictably Selective Aliphatic C–H Oxidation Reaction for Complex Molecule Synthesis

Mark S. Chen, M. Christina White · Science · 2007 · 1.3K citations

Chemical Engineering, Novel Organocatalysts, Engineering +11

Thermal, Catalytic, Regiospecific Functionalization of Alkanes

Huiyuan Chen, Sabine Schlecht, Thomas C. Semple et al. · Science · 2000 · 873 citations

Organic Synthesis—Where now?

Dieter Seebàch · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1990 · 576 citations

Bioorganic Chemistry, Engineering, Appropriate Analogues +17

LXIII.—A synthesis of tropinone

Robert Robinson · Journal of the Chemical Society Transactions · 1917 · 513 citations

R. Robinson, Inorganic Chemistry, Engineering +12