C. A. Grob

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
229 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

C. A. Grob is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, C. A. Grob has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 207 papers in Organic Chemistry, 96 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 55 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in C. A. Grob's work include Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (106 papers), Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms (69 papers) and Free Radicals and Antioxidants (34 papers). C. A. Grob is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (106 papers), Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms (69 papers) and Free Radicals and Antioxidants (34 papers). C. A. Grob collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Hungary and United States. C. A. Grob's co-authors include Peter Schiess, E. Renk, W. Fischer, Adrian Waldner, E. F. Jenny, Bruno Schaub, G. VON SPRECHER, Hendrik Wilkens, S. Winstein and W. Schwarz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Accounts of Chemical Research and Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.

In The Last Decade

C. A. Grob

228 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanisms and Stereochemistry of Heterolytic Fragmentation 1969 2026 1988 2007 1969 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Mechanisms and Stereochemistry of Heterolytic Fragmentation
    1969 302 citations C. A. Grob Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. A. Grob Switzerland 31 3.7k 1.2k 937 597 415 229 4.5k
Fausto Ramírez United States 38 4.8k 1.3× 496 0.4× 1.4k 1.5× 618 1.0× 1.3k 3.2× 219 6.4k
J. B. Stothers Canada 35 2.1k 0.6× 439 0.4× 1.3k 1.4× 1.3k 2.2× 310 0.7× 197 4.6k
Harold Shechter United States 33 3.4k 0.9× 580 0.5× 524 0.6× 303 0.5× 468 1.1× 173 4.1k
Franz Sondheimer United Kingdom 39 3.9k 1.0× 587 0.5× 1.4k 1.5× 708 1.2× 277 0.7× 294 5.6k
Claude F. Bernasconi United States 33 3.6k 1.0× 1.4k 1.2× 967 1.0× 679 1.1× 248 0.6× 201 4.2k
Christopher Kelk Ingold United Kingdom 12 2.1k 0.6× 587 0.5× 651 0.7× 1.1k 1.8× 538 1.3× 29 3.3k
V. Boekelheide United States 38 3.9k 1.1× 606 0.5× 966 1.0× 672 1.1× 377 0.9× 201 4.8k
S Sternhell Australia 31 2.5k 0.7× 394 0.3× 908 1.0× 947 1.6× 330 0.8× 170 4.1k
P. de Mayo Canada 34 2.4k 0.6× 978 0.8× 712 0.8× 458 0.8× 197 0.5× 200 4.3k
Wolfgang von Philipsborn Switzerland 37 2.8k 0.8× 348 0.3× 884 0.9× 1.0k 1.7× 863 2.1× 179 4.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Della, Ernest W., C. A. Grob, & Dennis K. Taylor. (1994). Bridgehead Carbocations: A Solvolytic Study of 1-Bromobicyclo[1.1.1]pentane and Its Bridgehead-Substituted Derivatives. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 116(14). 6159–6166. 24 indexed citations
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Grob, C. A., et al.. (1988). Induktivität und Verbrückung in Ammonium‐ und Carbenium‐Ionen. Angewandte Chemie. 100(5). 723–724. 1 indexed citations
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Grob, C. A., et al.. (1988). Norbornanes. Part 21. Bridging strain in norbornyl and oxanorbornyl cations. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 71(5). 1017–1024. 4 indexed citations
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Heilbronner, E., et al.. (1986). Charge Dispersal in the Quinuclidine Radical Cation and in the Quinuclidinium Ion, as Revealed by PE and ICR Spectroscopy. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 69(8). 2114–2126. 6 indexed citations
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Honegger, Evi, et al.. (1984). ‘Lone Pair’ and ‘CI Bond’ Ionization Energies of exo‐ and endo‐2‐Norbornyl Iodides. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 67(7). 1691–1697. 1 indexed citations
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Grob, C. A., et al.. (1982). Synthese und Hydrolyse von 6endo‐substituierten p‐Toluolsulfonsäure‐[2endo‐norbornyl]estern. Norbornanreihe, 9. Mitteilung. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 65(7). 2288–2298. 4 indexed citations
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Grob, C. A. & Ulrich Zutter. (1982). Bridging strain in bicyclic carbocations. Tetrahedron Letters. 23(28). 2849–2852. 9 indexed citations
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Grob, C. A., et al.. (1981). Bridged and unbridged norbornyl cations. Tetrahedron Letters. 22(34). 3231–3234. 2 indexed citations
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Grob, C. A., et al.. (1979). Polar Effects in the Solvolysis of 4‐Substituted Bicyclo [2.2.2]octyl p‐Nitrobenzenesulfonates. Polar effects. VII. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 62(8). 2793–2801. 23 indexed citations
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Grob, C. A. & Adrian Waldner. (1979). Polar Substituent Effects in the Solvolysis of Acyclic Tertiary Chlorides Polar Effects VI. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 62(6). 1736–1744. 22 indexed citations
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Fischer, W., C. A. Grob, & G. VON SPRECHER. (1979). Inductive, CC-hyperconjugative and frangomeric effects in the solvolysis of 6-exo-substituted 2-exo-norbornyl p-toluenesulfonates. Tetrahedron Letters. 20(5). 473–476. 14 indexed citations
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Fischer, W. & C. A. Grob. (1978). Inductive, Hyperconjugative and Frangomeric Effects in the Solvolysis of 1‐Substituted 3‐Bromoadamantanes. Polar effects IV. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 61(5). 1588–1608. 58 indexed citations
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Grob, C. A., et al.. (1974). Polar Substituent Effects on Rates and Equilibria of 4‐Substituted Quinuclidines. Preliminary communication. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 57(2). 509–511. 11 indexed citations
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Grob, C. A.. (1969). Mechanisms and Stereochemistry of Heterolytic Fragmentation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 8(8). 535–546. 302 indexed citations breakdown →
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Grob, C. A., et al.. (1965). Die multiple Isomerisierung von Brom‐decahydroisochinolinen. Decahydroisochinoline. I. Teil. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 48(7). 1610–1627. 3 indexed citations
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Braun, André M., et al.. (1965). Anchimerically assisted elimination and nucleophilic displacement at a tertiary carbon atom. Tetrahedron Letters. 6(51). 4733–4735. 6 indexed citations
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Grob, C. A., et al.. (1964). Die solvoltische Decarboxylierung von α, β‐ungesättigeten β‐Halogensäuren Fragmentierungsreaktionen, 9. Miteilung. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 47(6). 1590–1602. 29 indexed citations
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Grob, C. A., H. Kappeler, & Walter Meier. (1961). Herstellung und Eigenschaften von 2a, 3, 4, 5‐Tetrahydronaphtostyril‐Derivaten. Benz[cd]indol‐Reihe. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 44(6). 1517–1525. 6 indexed citations
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Grob, C. A., et al.. (1955). Zur Kenntnis des 2‐Oxy‐3,4‐diamino‐pentans. I. Teil. Synthese, Struktur und Oxydation von N‐Acylderivaten. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 38(7). 1689–1698. 4 indexed citations

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