From nature to the laboratory and into the clinic

The Use of Diethyl Azodicarboxylate and Triphenylphosphine in Synthesis and Transformation of Natural Products

Oyo Mitsunobu · Synthesis · 1981 · 4.1K citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +8

Plant antitumor agents. VI. Isolation and structure of taxol, a novel antileukemic and antitumor agent from Taxus brevifolia

M. C. Wani, Harold L. Taylor, Monroe E. Wall et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1971 · 4.1K citations

Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +10

Promotion of microtubule assembly in vitro by taxol

Peter B. Schiff, Jane Fant, Susan Band Horwitz · Nature · 1979 · 3.6K citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Cell Biology +9

Synthesis and Activity of a New Generation of Ruthenium-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Coordinated with 1,3-Dimesityl-4,5-dihydroimidazol-2-ylidene Ligands

Matthias Scholl, Sheng Ding, Choon Woo Lee et al. · Organic Letters · 1999 · 3.4K citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +15

Palladium‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling Reactions in Total Synthesis

K. C. Nicolaou, Paul G. Bulger, David Šarlah · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2005 · 2.7K citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +6