Alan H. Cowley

18.4k citations

504 papers · 14.8k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 58

Organic Chemistry top 0.05%
Inorganic Chemistry top 0.05%
Materials Chemistry top 2%
Oncology top 2%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials top 2%

Co-authors: Richard A. Jones R.R. Butorac Nicholas C. Norman Marek Pakulski Richard A. Kemp Charles L. B. Macdonald Christine M. Nunn M. L. P. Reddy
Topics: Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (242 papers)Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (188 papers)Organophosphorus compounds synthesis (81 papers)
Cited by: Inorganic Chemistry Organic Chemistry Process Chemistry and Technology
Journals: Chemical Reviews Journal of the American Chemical Society Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Partner nations: United States Canada United Kingdom

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Alan H. Cowley

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Synthesis and reaction chemistry of stable two-coordinate phosphorus cations (phosphenium ions)

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1	Luminescent Electropolymerizable Ruthenium Complexes and Corresponding Conducting Metallopolymers 2018 ·Macromolecules ·(unknown),Xunjin Zhu,Xiaoping Yang,Alan H. Cowley,Bradley J. Holliday	9
2	Variation in the biomolecular interactions of nickel(ii) hydrazone complexes upon tuning the hydrazide fragment 2012 ·Dalton Transactions ·P. Krishnamoorthy,P. Sathyadevi,R.R. Butorac,Alan H. Cowley,Nattamai S. P. Bhuvanesh,N. Dharmaraj	68
3	Copper(i) and nickel(ii) complexes with 1 : 1 vs. 1 : 2 coordination of ferrocenyl hydrazone ligands: Do the geometry and composition of complexes affect DNA binding/cleavage, protein binding, antioxidant and cytotoxic activities? 2012 ·Dalton Transactions ·P. Krishnamoorthy,P. Sathyadevi,R.R. Butorac,Alan H. Cowley,Nattamai S. P. Bhuvanesh,N. Dharmaraj	155
4	Nanofiber composites containing N-heterocyclic carbene complexes with antimicrobial activity 2012 ·International Journal of Nanomedicine ·Alan H. Cowley,Ahmed A. Elzatahry,(unknown),Elsayed A. Elsayed,(unknown),(unknown),R.R. Butorac	21
5	Evaluation of DNA binding, DNA cleavage, protein binding and in vitro cytotoxic activities of bivalent transition metal hydrazone complexes 2011 ·European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·P. Krishnamoorthy,P. Sathyadevi,Alan H. Cowley,R.R. Butorac,N. Dharmaraj	303
6	Facile syntheses of thiophene-substituted 1,4-diazabutadiene (α-diimine) ligands and their conversion to phosphenium triiodide salts 2009 ·Dalton Transactions ·Adam B. Powell,(unknown),Kalyan V. Vasudevan,Alan H. Cowley	17
7	Synthesis and crystal structures of lanthanide 4-benzyloxy benzoates: Influence of electron-withdrawing and electron-donating groups on luminescent properties 2009 ·Dalton Transactions ·(unknown),M. L. P. Reddy,Alan H. Cowley,Kalyan V. Vasudevan	100
8	Synthesis and structure of two new (guanidinate)boron dichlorides and their attempted conversion to boron(i) derivatives 2008 ·Dalton Transactions ·Michael Findlater,Nicholas J. Hill,Alan H. Cowley	57
9	Synthesis and structures of boron dihalides supported by the C6F5-substituted β-diketiminate ligand [HC(CMe)2(NC6F5)2]− 2008 ·Dalton Transactions ·D. Vidović,G. Reeske,Michael Findlater,Alan H. Cowley	21
10	Group 13 decamethylmetallocenium cations 2007 ·Dalton Transactions ·Charles L. B. Macdonald,John D. Gorden,Andreas Voigt,(unknown),Alan H. Cowley	33
11	A β-diketiminato hydroxyphosphenium cation: phosphinous acid–secondary phosphine oxidetautomerism revisited 2007 ·Chemical Communications ·Zheng Lu,Michael Findlater,Alan H. Cowley	19
12	N,C-bonded β-diketiminato phosphenium cations 2006 ·Chemical Communications ·Zheng Lu,G. Reeske,Jennifer A. Moore,Alan H. Cowley	8
13	Facile routes to Alkyl-BIAN ligands 2006 ·Chemical Communications ·Jennifer A. Moore,Kalyan V. Vasudevan,Nicholas J. Hill,G. Reeske,Alan H. Cowley	25
14	An N,N′-chelated phosphenium cation supported by a β-diketiminate ligand 2006 ·Chemical Communications ·D. Vidović,Zheng Lu,G. Reeske,Jennifer A. Moore,Alan H. Cowley	30
15	Complexes of 1,2-bis(aryl-imino)acenaphthene (Ar-BIAN) ligands with some heavy p-block elements 2006 ·Dalton Transactions ·Nicholas J. Hill,G. Reeske,Jennifer A. Moore,Alan H. Cowley	23
16	Direct reactions of tellurium tetrahalides with chelating nitrogen ligands. Trapping of TeI₂by a 1,2-bis(arylimino)acenaphthene (aryl-BIAN) ligand and C–H activation of an α,α′-diiminopyridine (DIMPY) ligand 2006 ·Chemical Communications ·G. Reeske,Alan H. Cowley	40
17	Isolation of an intermediate in the insertion of a carbodiimide into a boron-aryl bond 2005 ·Chemical Communications ·Nicholas J. Hill,Jennifer A. Moore,Michael Findlater,Alan H. Cowley	39
18	Synthetic and structural chemistry of amidinate-substituted boron halides 2005 ·Dalton Transactions ·Nicholas J. Hill,Michael Findlater,Alan H. Cowley	27
19	Isolation of C–H⋯C(π) complexes from the reaction of stable carbenes with hydrocarbons 2003 ·Chemical Communications ·(unknown),Jamie N. Jones,(unknown),Alan H. Cowley,Fabrizia Grepioni,Dario Braga	18
20	Reactions of cyclenphosphorane with transition-metal carbonyl dimers and hydrides: synthesis of phosphoranide adducts and metal carbonyl anions and the x-ray crystal structure of (cyclenP)MoCp(CO)2 1986 ·Organometallics ·Michael Lattman,Suman K. Chopra,Alan H. Cowley,Atta M. Arif	22

About Alan H. Cowley

Alan H. Cowley is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, having authored 504 papers that have together received 14.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (242 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (188 papers) and Organophosphorus compounds synthesis (81 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Inorganic Chemistry (9.5k citations), Organic Chemistry (11.0k citations) and Process Chemistry and Technology (310 citations). Alan H. Cowley has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Richard A. Jones, R.R. Butorac, Nicholas C. Norman, Marek Pakulski, Richard A. Kemp, Charles L. B. Macdonald, Christine M. Nunn, M. L. P. Reddy, David A. Atwood and Kalyan V. Vasudevan. Their work appears in journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

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