A. SPENCER

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

A. SPENCER is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, A. SPENCER has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Organic Chemistry, 11 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 5 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in A. SPENCER's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (9 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (7 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers). A. SPENCER is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (9 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (7 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers). A. SPENCER collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. A. SPENCER's co-authors include G. Wilkinson, Illtud Evans, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Robert W. Mitchell, Hans‐Ulrich Blaser, H. Werner, Sakae Uemura and R. D. Gillard and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Discussions of the Faraday Society and Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions.

In The Last Decade

A. SPENCER

24 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Dichlorotetrakis(dimethyl sulphoxide)ruthenium(II) and its use as a source material for some new ruthenium(II) complexes

1973 629 citations Illtud Evans, A. SPENCER et al. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions profile →
Carboxylato-triphenylphosphine complexes of ruthenium, cationic triphenylphosphine complexes derived from them, and their behaviour as homogeneous hydrogenation catalysts for alkenes

1973 195 citations Robert W. Mitchell, A. SPENCER et al. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. SPENCER Switzerland	15	995	575	537	335	258	25	1.5k
E. Uhlig France	18	816 0.8×	636 1.1×	600 1.1×	246 0.7×	328 1.3×	153	1.4k
Ingo‐Peter Lorenz Germany	23	1.3k 1.3×	647 1.1×	743 1.4×	295 0.9×	206 0.8×	143	1.7k
MR Snow Australia	21	637 0.6×	389 0.7×	578 1.1×	266 0.8×	203 0.8×	57	1.2k
J.L. Bear United States	24	782 0.8×	658 1.1×	432 0.8×	400 1.2×	323 1.3×	60	1.4k
Pamela R. Auburn Canada	14	825 0.8×	468 0.8×	558 1.0×	254 0.8×	270 1.0×	18	1.3k
Florian P. Pruchnik Poland	21	997 1.0×	773 1.3×	643 1.2×	363 1.1×	349 1.4×	81	1.5k
Giuseppe Pilloni Italy	23	1.4k 1.4×	800 1.4×	709 1.3×	182 0.5×	206 0.8×	83	1.8k
Ronald J. Cross United Kingdom	23	1.6k 1.6×	455 0.8×	894 1.7×	262 0.8×	195 0.8×	112	1.9k
U. Belluco Italy	28	2.0k 2.0×	757 1.3×	844 1.6×	254 0.8×	243 0.9×	128	2.4k
Elmer C. Alyea Canada	23	1.2k 1.2×	703 1.2×	777 1.4×	371 1.1×	265 1.0×	100	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. SPENCER

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SPENCER, A.. (1985). Ruthenium-catalysed rearrangements of azobenzenes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 295(2). 199–210. 9 indexed citations

SPENCER, A.. (1985). Ruthenium-catalysed rearrangements of azobenzenes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 295(1). 91–97. 4 indexed citations

SPENCER, A.. (1985). Ruthenium-catalysed rearrangements of azobenzenes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 295(1). 79–89. 11 indexed citations

SPENCER, A.. (1984). Selective preparation of non-symmetrically substituted divinylbenzenes by palladium-catalysed arylations of alkenes with bromobenzoic acid derivatives. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 265(3). 323–331. 36 indexed citations

SPENCER, A.. (1984). Homogeneous palladium-catalysed arylation of activated alkenes with aryl chlorides. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 270(1). 115–120. 37 indexed citations

SPENCER, A.. (1983). A highly efficient version of the palladium-catalysed arylation of alkenes with aryl bromides. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 258(1). 101–108. 77 indexed citations

SPENCER, A.. (1983). Synthesis of styrene and stilbene derivatives by the palladium-catalysed arylation of ethylene with aroyl chlorides. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 247(1). 117–122. 44 indexed citations

SPENCER, A.. (1982). Stereochemical course of the palladium-catalysed arylation of disubstituted activated alkenes with benzoyl chloride. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 240(2). 209–216. 36 indexed citations

SPENCER, A.. (1980). Hydroformylation of formaldehyde catalysed by rhodium complexes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 194(1). 113–123. 56 indexed citations

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SPENCER, A. & H. Werner. (1979). Basic metals XVI. Interconversion of alkyl- and acyl-cobalt(III) complexes derived from cyclopentadienylcarbonyl(trimethylphosphine)cobalt(I). Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 171(2). 219–228. 40 indexed citations

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SPENCER, A.. (1977). Hydroformylation of cyclic dienes catalysed by acetatocarbonylbis(triphenylphosphine)rhodium(I). Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 124(1). 85–91. 15 indexed citations

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SPENCER, A.. (1976). Structure of hydridocarboxylatotris(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II) complexes in solution. Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry Letters. 12(8). 661–663. 1 indexed citations

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SPENCER, A.. (1975). Acid-dependent selectivity in the homogeneous hydrogenation of mono- and di-enes by acetatoriphenylphosphine complexes of ruthenium and rhodium. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 93(3). 389–395. 13 indexed citations

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Evans, Illtud, A. SPENCER, & G. Wilkinson. (1973). Dichlorotetrakis(dimethyl sulphoxide)ruthenium(II) and its use as a source material for some new ruthenium(II) complexes. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions. 204–204. 629 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mitchell, Robert W., A. SPENCER, & Geoffrey Wilkinson. (1973). Carboxylato-triphenylphosphine complexes of ruthenium, cationic triphenylphosphine complexes derived from them, and their behaviour as homogeneous hydrogenation catalysts for alkenes. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions. 846–846. 195 indexed citations breakdown →

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SPENCER, A. & G. Wilkinson. (1972). µ-Oxo-triruthenium carboxylate complexes. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions. 1570–1577. 78 indexed citations

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Gillard, R. D. & A. SPENCER. (1972). Optically active Co-ordination compounds. Part XXVII. Complexes of cobalt(III) with glycyl-L-histidine. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions. 902–902. 3 indexed citations

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Gillard, R. D. & A. SPENCER. (1970). Reactions of cobalt(III) complexes. Part VI. Detection of peroxocobalt(III) complexes by chemiluminescence. Journal of the Chemical Society A Inorganic Physical Theoretical. 1761–1761. 1 indexed citations

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Gillard, R. D. & A. SPENCER. (1969). Optically active co-ordination compounds. Part XVII. Oxygenation of cobalt(II)–dipeptide complexes. Journal of the Chemical Society A Inorganic Physical Theoretical. 0(0). 2718–2725. 8 indexed citations

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Gillard, R. D. & A. SPENCER. (1968). Activation of peptides by cobalt ions. Discussions of the Faraday Society. 46. 213–213. 1 indexed citations

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