Charles A. Brown

6.1k citations

112 papers · 4.8k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 32

Impact in

Organic Chemistry top 0.5%
- Fullerene Chemistry and Applications
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
- Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
Materials Chemistry top 2%
- Graphene research and applications
- Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
- Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research

Papers in

Organic Chemistry 72
- Chemical Synthesis and Reactions 13
- Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry 12
- Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry 10
- Fullerene Chemistry and Applications 9
Inorganic Chemistry 19
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis 16

Co-authors: Herbert C. Brown V. K. AHUJA Donald S. Bethune Mattanjah S. de Vries Harry C. Dorn Lise Hedberg Robert D. Johnson Kenneth Hedberg
Journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society (21 papers)The Journal of Organic Chemistry (16 papers)Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (9 papers)Tetrahedron Letters (6 papers)Synthesis (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Switzerland

In The Last Decade

Charles A. Brown

109 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Bond Lengths in Free Molecules of Buckminsterfullerene, C ₆₀ , from Gas-Phase Electron Diffraction 1991 · 534 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
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.

1991 Science
1991 Chemical Physics Letters
1962 Journal of the American Chemical Society

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#	Work
1	Air Pollution Control Technology Handbook 付英男, Charles A. Brown	2011	91
2	Molecular Structure of Free Molecules of the Fullerene C₇₀ from Gas-Phase Electron Diffraction Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Kenneth Hedberg, Lise Hedberg, Michæl Bühl, Donald S. Bethune, Charles A. Brown, Robert D. Johnson	1997	74
3	The reaction of sulfenate esters with acyl chlorides. Formation of sulfenyl chlorides, and trapping thereof with alkenes Tetrahedron Letters ·Charles A. Brown, Graham Evans	1996	1
4	The “thio-Arbuzov” reaction of sulfenate esters with sulfenyl chlorides: Fate of the thiosulfinate product Tetrahedron Letters ·Charles A. Brown, Graham Evans	1996	11
5	Organoboranes for synthesis. 13. Simple, efficient syntheses of long-chain alcohols and carboxylic acids. Tetrahedron ·Herbert C. Brown, Andrew Singmin, Narayan G. Bhat, Uday S. Racherla, Charles A. Brown	1992	3
6	Polymerization of two unsaturated fatty acid esters in Langmuir-Blodgett films as studied by IR spectroscopy Thin Solid Films ·Jürgen P. Rabe, John F. Rabolt, Charles A. Brown, J. D. Swalen	1985	23
7	A Garden Heritage: The Arkansas Territorial Restoration The Arkansas Historical Quarterly ·葛春峰, Charles A. Brown, 康世中野	1984	1
8	Unusual monolayer behavior of a geminally disubstituted fatty acid. Characterization via surface plasmons and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study The Journal of Physical Chemistry ·Charles A. Brown, F. C. Burns, Wolfgang Knoll, 트란나헝, Andreas Fischer	1983	6
9	Quaternary boron. 5. An unexpected hydride transfer reaction of hydridoborates. A convenient new route to highly hindered potassium trialkylhydridoborates Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Charles A. Brown, John L. Hubbard	1979	12
10	The reaction between oximes and sulphinyl chlorides: a ready, low-temperature radical rearrangement process Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2 ·Charles A. Brown, R. F. Hudson, B. I. Asrorov	1978	29
11	Saline hydrides and superbases. 14. Rapid elimination reactions of vinyl ethers and sulfides with potassium 3-aminopropylamide. Vinyl sulfides as acetylene equivalents The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Charles A. Brown	1978	11
12	Novel synthesis of an ω-alkynylorganometallic reagent via triple bond isomerization with potassium 3-aminopropylamide: ω-(9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonan-9-yl)alkl-1-ynes Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications ·Charles A. Brown, Ei‐ichi Negishi	1977	9
13	Exceptionally easy isomerization of acetylenic alcohols with potassium 3-aminopropylamide. A new, high yield synthesis of functionally differentiated αω-difunctional structures Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications ·Charles A. Brown, Akihiro Yamashita	1976	31
14	Saline hydrides and superbases in organic reactions. IX. Acetylene zipper. Exceptionally facile contrathermodynamic multipositional isomeriazation of alkynes with potassium 3-aminopropylamide Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Charles A. Brown, Ayako Yamashita	1975	157
15	Potassium 3-aminopropylamide. A novel alkamide superbase of exceptional reactivity Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications ·Charles A. Brown	1975	17
16	Carbon-13 CIDNP [chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization] effects associated with the thermal 1,3 rearrangement of oxime thionocarbomates Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Charles A. Brown, R. F. Hudson, Randolph C. Daniel	1973	7
17	Catalytic hydrogenation. VI. Reaction of sodium borohydride with nickel salts in ethanol solution. P-2 Nickel, a highly convenient, new, selective hydrogenation catalyst with great sensitivity to substrate structure The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Charles A. Brown, V. K. AHUJA	1973	259
18	P-2 nickel boride, a catalyst with a remarkable affinity for norbornene double bonds. A highly convenient method for the selective hydrogenation of strained bicyclic double bonds Journal of the Chemical Society D Chemical Communications ·Charles A. Brown	1969	9
19	Mass spectrometry in structural and stereochemical problems—CLXXI: Factors governing the preferential loss of small vs. Large radicals in the α‐fission of aliphatic amines Organic Mass Spectrometry ·Charles A. Brown, A. M. Duffield, Carl Djerassi	1969	12
20	A Simple Automatic Procedure for Catalytic Hydrogenations in Glass Apparatus at Atmospheric Pressure Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Charles A. Brown, Herbert C. Brown	1962	21

About Charles A. Brown

Charles A. Brown is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Spectroscopy, having authored 112 papers that have together received 4.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (16 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (13 papers), Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (12 papers), Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (10 papers), Boron Compounds in Chemistry (9 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (9 papers), Fullerene Chemistry and Applications (9 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organic Chemistry (3.1k citations), Materials Chemistry (2.0k citations), Inorganic Chemistry (551 citations), Catalysis (237 citations) and Energy Engineering and Power Technology (76 citations). Charles A. Brown has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Herbert C. Brown, V. K. AHUJA, Donald S. Bethune, Mattanjah S. de Vries, Harry C. Dorn, Lise Hedberg, Robert D. Johnson, Kenneth Hedberg, Ayako Yamashita and William G. Golden. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Tetrahedron Letters and Synthesis.

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