Alan L. Balch

29.4k citations

590 papers · 24.3k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 76

Impact in

Organic Chemistry top 0.02%
- Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
Inorganic Chemistry top 0.1%

Papers in

Organic Chemistry 402
- Fullerene Chemistry and Applications 200
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis 126
Inorganic Chemistry 161
- Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms 65

Co-authors: Marilyn M. Olmstead Lechosław Latos‐Grażyński B.C. Noll Harry C. Dorn Krzysztof Winkler Josep M. Poblet Steven Stevenson Joong W. Lee
Journals: Inorganic Chemistry (165 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (155 papers)Chemical Communications (28 papers)Inorganica Chimica Acta (22 papers)Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (19 papers)
Partner nations: United States Poland China

In The Last Decade

Alan L. Balch

586 papers receiving 23.4k citations

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Small-bandgap endohedral metallofullerenes in high yield and purity 1999 · 801 citations

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1999 Nature
1987 Journal of the American Chemical Society

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1	Molecular Flexibility in Solvated Crystals of the Dimer, Au₂(μ-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane)₂I₂, with Three-Coordinate Gold(I) Inorganic Chemistry ·淳至山中, Michael M. Aristov, Sang Ho Lim, M. Martínez, Diana-Maria Bîrzan, Marilyn M. Olmstead, James C. Fettinger, John F. Berry, Alan L. Balch	2024	1
2	Covalently linked thieno[2,3-b]thiophene-fullerene dimers: synthesis and physical characterization Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry ·P. Dutraive, Mohammad H. BinSabt, Hamad M. Al‐Matar, Alan L. Balch, Mona A. Shalaby	2024	1
3	Tb₂O@C₂(13333)-C₇₄: A Non-Isolated Pentagon Endohedral Fullerene Containing a Nearly Linear Tb–O–Tb Unit Inorganic Chemistry ·James C. Duchamp, Harry C. Dorn, Aleksander L. Wysocki, Kyungwha Park, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Phyllis Greene, Alan L. Balch	2023	3
4	Clamshell Arrangements and Chirality in Cocrystals of C₇₀ with M^II(octaethylporphyrin) (M = Co or Zn) Crystal Growth & Design ·Lilia M. Baldauf, James C. Fettinger, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Kamran B. Ghiassi, Alan L. Balch	2023	2
5	Pyrazole-, isoxazole- and pyrrole-ring fused derivatives of C₆₀: synthesis and electrochemical properties as well as morphological characterization New Journal of Chemistry ·Mohammad H. BinSabt, P. Dutraive, Hamad M. Al‐Matar, Alan L. Balch, Mona A. Shalaby	2022	1
6	Direct Crystallization of Diamine Radical Cations: Carbon‐Nitrogen Bond Formation from the Reaction of Triphenylamine with TiCl₄, TiBr₄, or SnCl₄ versus Carbon‐Carbon Bond Formation with SbCl₅** Chemistry - A European Journal ·Phyllis Greene, Jeffrey H. Walton, James C. Fettinger, Alan L. Balch	2022	11
7	Synthesis and Electrochemistry of Novel Dumbbell-Shaped Bis-pyrazolino[60]fullerene Derivatives Formed Using Microwave Radiation ACS Omega ·Mohammad H. BinSabt, Hamad M. Al‐Matar, Alan L. Balch, Mona A. Shalaby	2021	5
8	Seeing luminescence appear as crystals crumble. Isolation and subsequent self-association of individual [(C₆H₁₁NC)₂Au]⁺ions in crystals Chemical Science ·Qiang Zhang, Aleksandra Gala-Jaskórzynska, Valérie Congote, I. Fermo, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Alan L. Balch	2020	10
9	2‐Aminoethanol Extraction as a Method for Purifying Sc₃N@C₈₀ and for Differentiating Classes of Endohedral Fullerenes on the Basis of Reactivity Chemistry - A European Journal ·Hai‐Lian Fang, Brandon Q. Mercado, E. Park, Christopher J. Thompson, Michael L. Easterling, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Alan L. Balch	2015	16
10	Regioselective Cage Opening of La₂@D₂(10611)‐C₇₂ with 5,6‐Diphenyl‐3‐(2‐pyridyl)‐1,2,4‐triazine Angewandte Chemie ·Michio Yamada, Manuela Cadelli, Hiroki Kurihara, Zdeněk Slanina, Mitsuaki Suzuki, Yutaka Maeda, Yves Rubin, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Alan L. Balch, Shigeru Nagase, Xing Lü, Takeshi Akasaka	2014	4
11	Regioselective Cage Opening of La₂@D₂(10611)‐C₇₂ with 5,6‐Diphenyl‐3‐(2‐pyridyl)‐1,2,4‐triazine Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Michio Yamada, Manuela Cadelli, Hiroki Kurihara, Zdeněk Slanina, Mitsuaki Suzuki, Yutaka Maeda, Yves Rubin, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Alan L. Balch, Shigeru Nagase, Xing Lü, Takeshi Akasaka	2014	8
12	Structural similarities in Cs(16)-C86 and C2(17)-C86 Chemical Communications ·Zhimin Wang, Hua Yang, An Jiang, Ziyang Liu, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Alan L. Balch	2010	26
13	Dynamische Kristalle: visuell wahrnehmbare mechanochemische Lumineszenzänderungen von Gold‐ und anderen Übergangsmetallkomplexen Angewandte Chemie ·Alan L. Balch	2009	39
14	Isolation and Structural Characterization of the Molecular Nanocapsule Sm₂@D_3d(822)‐C₁₀₄ Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Brandon Q. Mercado, An Jiang, Hua Yang, Zhimin Wang, Hongxiao Jin, Ziyang Liu, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Alan L. Balch	2009	70
15	Sc₃N@C₇₈: Encapsulated Cluster Regiocontrol of Adduct Docking on an Ellipsoidal Metallofullerene Sphere Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Ting Cai, Liaosa Xu, Harry W. Gibson, Harry C. Dorn, Christopher J. Chancellor, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Alan L. Balch	2007	44
16	X-Ray crystallographic and EPR spectroscopic characterization of a pyrrolidine adduct of Y3N@C80 Chemical Communications ·Luís Echegoyen, Christopher J. Chancellor, Claudia M. Cardona, Bevan Elliott, Ruth Korzenborn, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Alan L. Balch	2006	79
17	Prediction of Heterofullerene Stabilities: A Combined DFT and Chemometric Study of C₅₆Pt₂, C₅₇Pt₂ and C₈₁Pt₂ Chemistry - A European Journal ·Josep M. Campanera, Carles Bó, Alan L. Balch, Joan Ferré, Josep M. Poblet	2005	13
18	Electrochemical formation of two-tricomponent films from 2'-Ferrocenylpyrrolidino[3', 4';1,2][C60]fullerene and transition metal complexes Polish Journal of Chemistry ·Marta E. Płońska‐Brzezińska, C.-Y Chan, Krzysztof Winkler, Alan L. Balch	2004	12
19	Pyramidalization of Gd3N inside a C80 cage. The synthesis and structure of Gd3N@C80 Chemical Communications ·Steven Stevenson, J. Paige Phillips, Hugo Steckelmacher, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Sankar Prasad Rath, Alan L. Balch	2004	99
20	Electrochemical Properties of Fullerene Based Solid Thin Layers Polish Journal of Chemistry ·Krzysztof Winkler, David A. Costa, Alan L. Balch	2000	11

About Alan L. Balch

Alan L. Balch is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, having authored 590 papers that have together received 24.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (200 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (126 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (115 papers), Graphene research and applications (109 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (100 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (89 papers), Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (67 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (65 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organic Chemistry (16.7k citations), Inorganic Chemistry (6.3k citations), Materials Chemistry (14.7k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (3.6k citations) and Oncology (3.3k citations). Alan L. Balch has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Poland and China. Frequent co-authors include Marilyn M. Olmstead, Lechosław Latos‐Grażyński, B.C. Noll, Harry C. Dorn, Krzysztof Winkler, Josep M. Poblet, Steven Stevenson, Joong W. Lee, Antonio Rodríguez‐Fortea and Vincent J. Catalano. Their work appears in journals such as Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, Inorganica Chimica Acta and Journal of Organometallic Chemistry.

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