Benjamin M. Day

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

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Benjamin M. Day is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin M. Day has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Organic Chemistry, 14 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 13 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Benjamin M. Day's work include Magnetism in coordination complexes (14 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (13 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (13 papers). Benjamin M. Day is often cited by papers focused on Magnetism in coordination complexes (14 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (13 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (13 papers). Benjamin M. Day collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Finland and China. Benjamin M. Day's co-authors include Richard A. Layfield, Fu‐Sheng Guo, Akseli Mansikkamäki, Yan‐Cong Chen, Ming‐Liang Tong, Thomas Pugh, Martyn P. Coles, David J. Evans, Kuntal Pal and Jani O. Moilanen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin M. Day

32 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Magnetic hysteresis up to 80 kelvin in a dysprosium metallocene single-molecule magnet

2018 1.6k citations Fu‐Sheng Guo, Benjamin M. Day et al. Science profile →
A Dysprosium Metallocene Single‐Molecule Magnet Functioning at the Axial Limit

2017 940 citations Fu‐Sheng Guo, Benjamin M. Day et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin M. Day United Kingdom	19	3.0k	2.8k	944	806	671	32	3.6k
Fabrizio Ortu United Kingdom	22	2.3k 0.8×	2.3k 0.8×	885 0.9×	708 0.9×	546 0.8×	57	3.1k
Akseli Mansikkamäki Finland	26	3.4k 1.1×	3.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.4×	1.2k 1.5×	765 1.1×	71	4.5k
Conrad A. P. Goodwin United Kingdom	23	2.4k 0.8×	2.4k 0.9×	937 1.0×	710 0.9×	546 0.8×	52	3.2k
Veacheslav Vieru Belgium	30	3.8k 1.3×	3.6k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	352 0.4×	908 1.4×	52	4.1k
You‐Song Ding China	25	2.4k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	602 0.6×	393 0.5×	607 0.9×	59	2.9k
Fu‐Sheng Guo China	30	5.0k 1.7×	4.6k 1.7×	1.9k 2.0×	549 0.7×	881 1.3×	47	5.6k
Jennifer J. Le Roy Canada	18	1.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	428 0.5×	372 0.5×	448 0.7×	21	2.1k
Fabrice Pointillart France	40	4.5k 1.5×	4.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.3×	616 0.8×	942 1.4×	157	5.2k
Yin‐Shan Meng China	34	3.1k 1.0×	3.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	294 0.4×	629 0.9×	139	3.8k
Stuart K. Langley Australia	42	4.6k 1.5×	4.3k 1.5×	1.8k 1.9×	281 0.3×	873 1.3×	90	5.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Day, Benjamin M., et al.. (2022). Dominance of Cyclobutadienyl Over Cyclopentadienyl in the Crystal Field Splitting in Dysprosium Single‐Molecule Magnets. Angewandte Chemie. 134(17). 8 indexed citations

Guo, Fu‐Sheng, Benjamin M. Day, Yan‐Cong Chen, et al.. (2018). Magnetic hysteresis up to 80 kelvin in a dysprosium metallocene single-molecule magnet. Science. 362(6421). 1400–1403. 1550 indexed citations breakdown →

Day, Benjamin M., Fu‐Sheng Guo, S. R. Giblin, et al.. (2018). Rare‐Earth Cyclobutadienyl Sandwich Complexes: Synthesis, Structure and Dynamic Magnetic Properties. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(63). 16779–16782. 41 indexed citations

Guo, Fu‐Sheng, Benjamin M. Day, Yan‐Cong Chen, et al.. (2017). A Dysprosium Metallocene Single‐Molecule Magnet Functioning at the Axial Limit. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(38). 11445–11449. 940 indexed citations breakdown →

Day, Benjamin M., et al.. (2017). Activation of C–H bonds by rare-earth metallocene-butyl complexes. Chemical Communications. 53(72). 9990–9993. 17 indexed citations

Moilanen, Jani O., Nicholas F. Chilton, Benjamin M. Day, Thomas Pugh, & Richard A. Layfield. (2016). Strong Exchange Coupling in a Trimetallic Radical‐Bridged Cobalt(II)‐Hexaazatrinaphthylene Complex. Angewandte Chemie. 128(18). 5611–5615. 24 indexed citations

Hänninen, Mikko M., Kuntal Pal, Benjamin M. Day, Thomas Pugh, & Richard A. Layfield. (2016). A three-coordinate iron–silylene complex stabilized by ligand–ligand dispersion forces. Dalton Transactions. 45(28). 11301–11305. 22 indexed citations

Moilanen, Jani O., Benjamin M. Day, Thomas Pugh, & Richard A. Layfield. (2015). Open-shell doublet character in a hexaazatrinaphthylene trianion complex. Chemical Communications. 51(57). 11478–11481. 25 indexed citations

Pal, Kuntal, et al.. (2015). Iron‐ and Cobalt‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Carbene Phosphinidenes. Angewandte Chemie. 128(5). 1722–1725. 18 indexed citations

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Day, Benjamin M., Nicholas F. Chilton, & Richard A. Layfield. (2015). Molecular and electronic structures of donor-functionalized dysprosium pentadienyl complexes. Dalton Transactions. 44(16). 7109–7113. 15 indexed citations

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Day, Benjamin M., Joseph J. W. McDouall, Jonathan Clayden, & Richard A. Layfield. (2015). Directed Lithiation of Pentadienylsilanes. Organometallics. 34(11). 2348–2355. 6 indexed citations

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Schwamm, Ryan J., et al.. (2014). Catalytic bond forming reactions promoted by amidinate, guanidinate and phosphaguanidinate compounds of magnesium. Dalton Transactions. 43(38). 14302–14314. 41 indexed citations

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Day, Benjamin M., et al.. (2014). Carbene Rearrangements in Three-Coordinate N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Cobalt(II) Bis(trimethylsilyl)amide. Inorganic Chemistry. 53(19). 10578–10584. 35 indexed citations

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Schneider, David, et al.. (2014). Divalent Transition Metal Silylamide Ate Complexes. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2014(26). 4302–4309. 24 indexed citations

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Day, Benjamin M., Jonathan Clayden, & Richard A. Layfield. (2013). Structural Influences in Lithium Pentadienylsilane Complexes. Organometallics. 32(15). 4448–4451. 8 indexed citations

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Day, Benjamin M., Philip W. Dyer, & Martyn P. Coles. (2012). Hydroformylation by Pt–Sn compounds from N-heterocyclic stannylenes. Dalton Transactions. 41(25). 7457–7457. 14 indexed citations

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Day, Benjamin M., et al.. (2012). Synthetic and catalytic intermediates in a magnesium promoted Tishchenko reaction. Dalton Transactions. 41(36). 10930–10930. 34 indexed citations

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Day, Benjamin M., et al.. (2011). Bicyclic guanidinate compounds of magnesium and their activity as pre-catalysts in the Tishchenko reaction. Chemical Communications. 47(17). 4995–4995. 54 indexed citations

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Coles, Martyn P., et al.. (2011). Planar Chirality and Helical Polymers: Ferrocenyl-Substituted Amidinium–Carboxylate Salts. Crystal Growth & Design. 11(7). 3206–3212. 7 indexed citations

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Day, Benjamin M. & Martyn P. Coles. (2010). Synthesis and Reactivity of the Phospha‐Grignard Reagent Mg(P{SiMe₃}₂)Br(thf). European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2010(34). 5471–5477. 8 indexed citations

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