| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The Use of Diethyl Azodicarboxylate and Triphenylphosphine in Synthesis and Transformation of Natural Products | Synthesis | 1981 | 3,881 |
| 2 | Chiral Phosphoric Acids as Versatile Catalysts for Enantioselective Transformations | Synthesis | 2010 | 1,186 |
| 3 | Tetrapropylammonium Perruthenate, Pr4N+RuO4 -, TPAP: A Catalytic Oxidant for Organic Synthesis | Synthesis | 1994 | 1,175 |
| 4 | "Cascade"- and "Nonskid-Chain-like" Syntheses of Molecular Cavity Topologies | Synthesis | 1978 | 1,122 |
| 5 | Activated Dimethyl Sulfoxide: Useful Reagents for Synthesis | Synthesis | 1981 | 1,034 |
| 6 | A Convenient Synthesis of Ethynylarenes and Diethynylarenes | Synthesis | 1980 | 1,011 |
| 7 | Asymmetric Syntheses of Oxindole and Indole Spirocyclic Alkaloid Natural Products | Synthesis | 2009 | 995 |
| 8 | Catalytic Enantioselective Construction of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters | Synthesis | 2006 | 942 |
| 9 | Recent Advances in Catalytic Enantioselective Michael Additions | Synthesis | 2001 | 925 |
| 10 | Recent Advances in Solution-PhaseMulticomponent Methodology for the Synthesis of HeterocyclicCompounds | Synthesis | 2003 | 874 |
| 11 | New Solvent-Free Organic Synthesis Using Focused Microwaves | Synthesis | 1998 | 811 |
| 12 | The Design and Application of Free Radical Chain Reactions in Organic Synthesis. Part 2 | Synthesis | 1988 | 768 |
| 13 | Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation via Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Cleavage | Synthesis | 2008 | 752 |
| 14 | Synthetically Useful Reactions of Epoxides | Synthesis | 1984 | 717 |
| 15 | The Specific Synthesis of Pyridines and Oligopyridines1 | Synthesis | 1976 | 686 |
| 16 | The Design and Application of Free Radical Chain Reactions in Organic Synthesis. Part 1 | Synthesis | 1988 | 671 |
| 17 | Umpolung of the Reactivity of Carbonyl Compounds Through Sulfur-Containing Reagents | Synthesis | 1977 | 653 |
| 18 | Organocatalytic Enantioselective Michael and Hetero-Michael Reactions | Synthesis | 2007 | 605 |
| 19 | Synthesis of Imidazol-2-ylidenes by Reduction of Imidazole-2(3H)-thiones | Synthesis | 1993 | 573 |
| 20 | Recent Synthetic Applications of Chiral Aziridines | Synthesis | 2000 | 546 |
| 21 | Organocatalytic Formation of Quaternary Stereocenters | Synthesis | 2009 | 533 |
| 22 | Tri-n-butyltin Hydride as Reagent in Organic Synthesis | Synthesis | 1987 | 516 |
| 23 | Baker's Yeast as a Reagent in Organic Synthesis | Synthesis | 1990 | 499 |
| 24 | Copper-Promoted Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Cross-Coupling with Boronic Acids and Derivatives | Synthesis | 2011 | 499 |
| 25 | Palladium-Catalysed Reactions of Organotin Compounds | Synthesis | 1992 | 475 |
| 26 | On the Use of Stable Organic Nitroxyl Radicals for the Oxidation of Primary and Secondary Alcohols | Synthesis | 1996 | 473 |
| 27 | Perfluoroalkanesulfonic Esters: Methods of Preparation and Applications in Organic Chemistry | Synthesis | 1982 | 470 |
| 28 | Synthetic Applications of the Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidation of Olefins to Ketones | Synthesis | 1984 | 469 |
| 29 | Coupling of Grignard Reagents with Organic Halides | Synthesis | 1971 | 462 |
| 30 | Carbometallation (C-Metallation) of Alkynes: Stereospecific Synthesis of Alkenyl Derivatives | Synthesis | 1981 | 461 |
| 31 | Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley Reductions and Oppenauer Oxidations: An Integrated Approach | Synthesis | 1994 | 456 |
| 32 | Recent Advances in Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Conjugate Additions | Synthesis | 2007 | 433 |
| 33 | Electrophilic Substitution of Organosilicon Compounds- Applications to Organic Synthesis | Synthesis | 1979 | 422 |
| 34 | Sodium Cyanoborohydride - A Highly Selective Reducing Agent for Organic Functional Groups | Synthesis | 1975 | 417 |
| 35 | Advances in the Chemistry of Mannich Bases | Synthesis | 1973 | 414 |
| 36 | Synthesis and Applications of Binaphthylic C2-Symmetry Derivatives as Chiral Auxiliaries in Enantioselective Reactions | Synthesis | 1992 | 406 |
| 37 | Water-Promoted Organic Reactions | Synthesis | 1994 | 405 |
| 38 | Cyclopalladated Complexes in Organic Synthesis | Synthesis | 1985 | 401 |
| 39 | Cinchona Alkaloids in Asymmetric Organocatalysis | Synthesis | 2010 | 392 |
| 40 | Oxidation of Alcohols by Activated Dimethyl Sulfoxide and Related Reactions: An Update | Synthesis | 1990 | 386 |
| 41 | The Ullmann Synthesis of Biaryls | Synthesis | 1974 | 379 |
| 42 | Catalytic Hydration of Alkynes and Its Application in Synthesis | Synthesis | 2007 | 379 |
| 43 | Fluorinated Alcohols as Solvents, Cosolvents and Additives in Homogeneous Catalysis | Synthesis | 2007 | 378 |
| 44 | Cleavage of Ethers | Synthesis | 1983 | 374 |
| 45 | Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Regioselective Arylation and Vinylation of Carboxylic Acids | Synthesis | 2010 | 366 |
| 46 | Synthetic Transformations of Vinyl and Aryl Triflates | Synthesis | 1993 | 363 |
| 47 | Asymmetric Synthesis Using Nucleophilic Reagents Containing a Chiral Sulfoxide Group | Synthesis | 1981 | 358 |
| 48 | Stereoselective Synthesis of Piperidines | Synthesis | 2000 | 357 |
| 49 | Synthetic Applications of Dealkoxycarbonylations of Malonate Esters, β-Keto Esters, α-Cyano Esters and Related Compounds in Dipolar Aprotic Media - Part I | Synthesis | 1982 | 354 |
| 50 | Nucleophile Acylierung mit 2-Lithium-1,3-dithianen bzw. -1,3,5-trithianen1,2,3 | Synthesis | 1969 | 348 |
