Brian P. Roberts

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
179 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

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Brian P. Roberts is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian P. Roberts has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Organic Chemistry, 31 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 26 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Brian P. Roberts's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (113 papers), Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (44 papers) and Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (29 papers). Brian P. Roberts is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (113 papers), Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (44 papers) and Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (29 papers). Brian P. Roberts collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Brian P. Roberts's co-authors include Hai‐Shan Dang, Jehan A. Baban, Yudong Cai, Alwyn G. Davies, Derek A. Tocher, Colin R. Willis, Jeremy R. M. Giles, Marco Lucarini, M. J. Perkins and Jean‐Marc Weibel and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Brian P. Roberts

173 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Polarity-reversal catalysis of hydrogen-atom abstraction reactions: concepts and applications in organic chemistry

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian P. Roberts United Kingdom	28	3.2k	461	372	350	298	179	3.7k
Francesca Fontana Italy	35	3.5k 1.1×	731 1.6×	328 0.9×	963 2.8×	205 0.7×	114	4.2k
Neil E. Schore United States	31	2.8k 0.9×	668 1.4×	609 1.6×	406 1.2×	297 1.0×	91	3.6k
Ernst Anders Germany	28	1.8k 0.6×	533 1.2×	569 1.5×	332 0.9×	238 0.8×	133	2.8k
Ruggero Curci Italy	29	2.9k 0.9×	410 0.9×	354 1.0×	612 1.7×	198 0.7×	88	3.3k
Daniel J. Pasto United States	27	2.3k 0.7×	368 0.8×	344 0.9×	245 0.7×	299 1.0×	165	3.0k
Harold Kwart United States	27	2.2k 0.7×	484 1.0×	388 1.0×	334 1.0×	336 1.1×	161	3.0k
Michel Chanon France	26	1.6k 0.5×	282 0.6×	394 1.1×	490 1.4×	374 1.3×	165	2.5k
Janusz Lusztyk Canada	26	1.7k 0.5×	355 0.8×	245 0.7×	231 0.7×	499 1.7×	50	2.1k
Henry J. Shine United States	25	1.9k 0.6×	234 0.5×	363 1.0×	365 1.0×	419 1.4×	183	2.5k
Kenneth Charles Westaway Canada	21	1.8k 0.6×	230 0.5×	483 1.3×	327 0.9×	134 0.4×	49	2.5k

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Almeida-da-Silva, Cássio Luiz Coutinho, Tamer Alpagot, Brian P. Roberts, et al.. (2019). Chlamydia pneumoniae is present in the dental plaque of periodontitis patients and stimulates an inflammatory response in gingival epithelial cells. Microbial Cell. 6(4). 197–208. 13 indexed citations

Cai, Yudong, Brian P. Roberts, Derek A. Tocher, & Sarah A. Barnett. (2004). Carbon–carbon bond formation by radical addition–fragmentation reactions of O-alkylated enols. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 2(17). 2517–2529. 21 indexed citations

Dang, Hai‐Shan, et al.. (2003). Deoxygenation of carbohydrates by thiol-catalysed radical-chain redox rearrangement of the derived benzylidene acetals. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 1(8). 1330–1341. 30 indexed citations

Dang, Hai‐Shan, Brian P. Roberts, & Derek A. Tocher. (2003). Thiol-catalysed radical-chain redox rearrangement reactions of benzylidene acetals derived from terpenoid diols. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 1(22). 4073–4073. 8 indexed citations

Cai, Yudong, Brian P. Roberts, & Derek A. Tocher. (2002). Carbohydrate-derived thiols as protic polarity-reversal catalysts for enantioselective radical-chain reactions. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 1376–1386. 59 indexed citations

Fielding, Alistair J., et al.. (2001). EPR and computational studies of the formation and β-scission of cyclic and acyclic dialkoxyalkyl radicals. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 155–163. 4 indexed citations

Dang, Hai‐Shan & Brian P. Roberts. (1999). Selective radical-chain epimerisation at CH centres α to oxygen under conditions of polarity-reversal catalysis. Tetrahedron Letters. 40(22). 4271–4274. 20 indexed citations

Dang, Hai‐Shan & Brian P. Roberts. (1996). Radical addition to carbenoids. Chain reactions of α-diazo carbonyl compounds with triorganotin hydrides, tris(trimethylsilyl)silane and allyltributylstannane. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 769–775. 8 indexed citations

Roberts, Brian P., et al.. (1991). Can both cis- and trans-isomers of the 9-decalyl radical be detected in solution by ESR spectroscopy?. Tetrahedron Letters. 32(39). 5385–5388. 8 indexed citations

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Roberts, Brian P., et al.. (1989). Homolytic reactions of ligated boranes. Part 12. Amine–alkylboranes as polarity reversal catalysts for hydrogen-atom abstraction by t-butoxyl radicals. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 1953–1961. 27 indexed citations

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Brand, John, et al.. (1985). An electron spin resonance study of the photolysis of azide ions in liquid ammonia: formation of imine radical anions in the presence of alkenes. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 1659–1659.

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Roberts, Brian P., et al.. (1979). Electron spin resonance studies of radicals derived from trialkyl phosphorimidates, (RO)₃PNR. Phosphazene formation by β-scission of an aminophosphoranyl radical. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 756–762. 4 indexed citations

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Roberts, Brian P., et al.. (1979). An E.S.R. study of spin-trapping by azodicarboxylates to give hydrazyl radicals. Tetrahedron Letters. 20(37). 3575–3578. 8 indexed citations

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Roberts, Brian P., et al.. (1977). Electron spin resonance study of iminyl and triazenyl radicals derived from organic azides. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 320–320. 11 indexed citations

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Roberts, Brian P., et al.. (1977). An electron spin resonance study of the reactions of alkoxyl and trimethylsiloxyl radicals with dialkyl sulphoxides. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 1708–1708. 2 indexed citations

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Davies, Alwyn G., Maxwell J. Parrott, & Brian P. Roberts. (1976). Cyclisation of unsaturated phosphoranyl radicals. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 1066–1066. 12 indexed citations

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Roberts, Brian P., et al.. (1976). Configurational effects in the α-scission of phosphoranyl radicals. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 808–813. 7 indexed citations

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Perkins, M. J. & Brian P. Roberts. (1975). Electron spin resonance study of the fragmentation of some cyclic and acyclic dialkoxyalkyl radicals. The mechanism of 1,2-rearrangement of β-acyloxyalkyl radicals. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 77–84. 22 indexed citations

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Roberts, Brian P., et al.. (1975). An electron spin resonance study of the structure and reactivity of aminophosphoranyl radicals in solution. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 140–140. 8 indexed citations

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Perkins, M. J. & Brian P. Roberts. (1974). A probe for homolytic reactions in solution. Part VIII. An electron spin resonance study of the rates of fragmentation and spin trapping of t-butoxycarbonyl radicals and acyl radicals. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 297–297. 26 indexed citations

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