| Recent progress in the chemistry of the Stemona alkaloids RA Pilli, MCF de Oliveira Natural Product Reports 17 (1), 117-127, 2000 | 601* | 2000 |
| Styryl lactones and their derivatives: biological activities, mechanisms of action and potential leads for drug design A De Fátima, LV Modolo, LS Conegero, RA Pilli, CV Ferreira, LK Kohn, ... Current medicinal chemistry 13 (28), 3371-3384, 2006 | 311 | 2006 |
| Synthesis and differential antiproliferative activity of Biginelli compounds against cancer cell lines: monastrol, oxo-monastrol and oxygenated analogues D Russowsky, RFS Canto, SAA Sanches, MGM D’Oca, Â de Fátima, ... Bioorganic chemistry 34 (4), 173-182, 2006 | 276 | 2006 |
| Cytotoxic activity of (S)-goniothalamin and analogues against human cancer cells  de Fátima, LK Kohn, JE de Carvalho, RA Pilli Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 14 (3), 622-631, 2006 | 185 | 2006 |
| The mechanism of the Stille reaction investigated by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry LS Santos, GB Rosso, RA Pilli, MN Eberlin The Journal of organic chemistry 72 (15), 5809-5812, 2007 | 148 | 2007 |
| (R)-Goniothalamin: total syntheses and cytotoxic activity against cancer cell lines  de Fátima, LK Kohn, MA Antônio, JE de Carvalho, RA Pilli Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 13 (8), 2927-2933, 2005 | 143 | 2005 |
| One-Pot preparation of quinolizidin-2-one and indolizidin-7-one ring systems. Concise total syntheses of (.+-.)-myrtine,(.+-.)-lasubine ii, and (-)-indolizidine 223AB RA Pilli, LC Dias, AO Maldaner The Journal of Organic Chemistry 60 (3), 717-722, 1995 | 123 | 1995 |
| Biosynthesis of a trypanocide by Chromobacterium violaceum N Durán, RV Antonio, M Haun, RA Pilli World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 10, 686-690, 1994 | 112 | 1994 |
| Enantioselective Total Syntheses of (+)-Arborescidine A, (−)-Arborescidine B, and (−)-Arborescidine C LS Santos, RA Pilli, VH Rawal The Journal of Organic Chemistry 69 (4), 1283-1289, 2004 | 108 | 2004 |
| Fifteen years of biological and synthetic studies of decarestrictine family VB Riatto, RA Pilli, MM Victor Tetrahedron 64 (10), 2279-2300, 2008 | 100 | 2008 |
| Acyclic stereoselection. 25. Stereoselective synthesis of the C-1 to C-7 moiety of erythronolide A CH Heathcock, SD Young, JP Hagen, R Pilli, U Badertscher The Journal of Organic Chemistry 50 (12), 2095-2105, 1985 | 99 | 1985 |
| Enhanced trans diastereoselection in the allylation of cyclic chiral N-acyliminium ions. Synthesis of hydroxylated indolizidines CF Klitzke, RA Pilli Tetrahedron Letters 42 (33), 5605-5608, 2001 | 98 | 2001 |
| Effect of goniothalamin on the development of Ehrlich solid tumor in mice DB Vendramini-Costa, IBD de Castro, ALTG Ruiz, C Marquissolo, RA Pilli, ... Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 18 (18), 6742-6747, 2010 | 87 | 2010 |
| Fast screening of low molecular weight compounds by thin-layer chromatography and “on-spot” MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry LS Santos, R Haddad, NF Höehr, RA Pilli, MN Eberlin Analytical chemistry 76 (7), 2144-2147, 2004 | 87 | 2004 |
| Novel supramolecular palladium catalyst for the asymmetric reduction of imines in aqueous media WA da Silva, MT Rodrigues Jr, N Shankaraiah, RB Ferreira, CKZ Andrade, ... Organic Letters 11 (15), 3238-3241, 2009 | 83 | 2009 |
| Synthesis of 1-ferrocenyl-2-aryl (heteroaryl) acetylenes and 2-ferrocenylindole derivatives via the Sonogashira–Heck–Cassar reaction JC Torres, RA Pilli, MD Vargas, FA Violante, SJ Garden, AC Pinto Tetrahedron 58 (22), 4487-4492, 2002 | 77 | 2002 |
| Probing the mechanism of the petasis olefination reaction by atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass and tandem mass spectrometry EC Meurer, LS Santos, RA Pilli, MN Eberlin Organic Letters 5 (9), 1391-1394, 2003 | 76 | 2003 |
| Enantioselective total syntheses of ropivacaine and its analogues N Shankaraiah, RA Pilli, LS Santos Tetrahedron Letters 49 (34), 5098-5100, 2008 | 73 | 2008 |
| Visible-light-activated catalytic enantioselective β-alkylation of α, β-unsaturated 2-acyl imidazoles using Hantzsch esters as radical reservoirs FF de Assis, X Huang, M Akiyama, RA Pilli, E Meggers The Journal of Organic Chemistry 83 (18), 10922-10932, 2018 | 72 | 2018 |
| Total synthesis of 10-deoxymethynolide, the aglycon of the macrolide antibiotic 10-deoxymethymycin RA Pilli, CKZ de Andrade, CRO Souto, A de Meijere The Journal of Organic Chemistry 63 (22), 7811-7819, 1998 | 72 | 1998 |