Christopher Kelk Ingold

7.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
29 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Christopher Kelk Ingold is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Organic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Kelk Ingold has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Spectroscopy, 10 papers in Organic Chemistry and 6 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Christopher Kelk Ingold's work include Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (6 papers), Chemical Reactions and Isotopes (6 papers) and Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (5 papers). Christopher Kelk Ingold is often cited by papers focused on Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (6 papers), Chemical Reactions and Isotopes (6 papers) and Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (5 papers). Christopher Kelk Ingold collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Christopher Kelk Ingold's co-authors include R. S. Cahn, V. Prelog, V. Prelog, E. D. Hughes, D. V. Banthorpe, M. L. TOBE, Richard Bramley, R. S. Nyholm, H. C. Volger and B. Bosnich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society and Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Kelk Ingold

29 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Specification of Molecular Chirality 1953 2026 1977 2001 1966 1953 1966 400 800 1.2k
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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. Specification of Molecular Chirality
    1966 1.4k citations R. S. Cahn, Christopher Kelk Ingold et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English profile →
  2. Structure and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry
    1953 1.2k citations Christopher Kelk Ingold Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  3. Spezifikation der molekularen Chiralität
    1966 598 citations R. S. Cahn, Christopher Kelk Ingold et al. Angewandte Chemie profile →

Peers

Christopher Kelk Ingold
C. Gardner Swain United States
Hans Musso Germany
Arthur C. Cope United States
V. Boekelheide United States
S Sternhell Australia
Iain C. Paul United States
Melvin S. Newman United States
Wolfgang von Philipsborn Switzerland
Jan Sandström Sweden
Kurt Mislow United States
C. Gardner Swain United States
Christopher Kelk Ingold
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ingold, Christopher Kelk. (1968). Eustace Ebenezer Turner, 1893-1966. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 449–467. 3 indexed citations
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Banthorpe, D. V., et al.. (1968). Mechanism of benzidine and semidine rearrangements. Part XVI. Transitional kinetics in the acid rearrangement of 2-methoxyhydrazobenzene. Journal of the Chemical Society B Physical Organic. 64–64. 2 indexed citations
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Ingold, Christopher Kelk. (1967). Closing remarks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 297(1448). 171–172. 1 indexed citations
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Cahn, R. S., Christopher Kelk Ingold, & V. Prelog. (1966). Specification of Molecular Chirality. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 5(4). 385–415. 1387 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cahn, R. S., Christopher Kelk Ingold, & V. Prelog. (1966). Spezifikation der molekularen Chiralität. Angewandte Chemie. 78(8). 413–447. 598 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hughes, E. D., et al.. (1965). 190. Homolytic substitution at a saturated carbon atom. Part III. Kinetics of the gaseous reaction of nitric acid in nitrogen alone and in the presence of methane. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 1063–1063. 3 indexed citations
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Ingold, Christopher Kelk. (1964). Edward David Hughes, 1906-1963. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 147–182. 5 indexed citations
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Banthorpe, D. V., et al.. (1964). 560. Mechanism of benzidine and semidine rearrangements. Part XV. A collective discussion. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 2864–2864. 33 indexed citations
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Ingold, Christopher Kelk, R. S. Nyholm, & M. L. TOBE. (1962). Orientation in Octahedral Basic Hydrolysis. Nature. 194(4826). 344–347. 2 indexed citations
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Banthorpe, D. V., E. D. Hughes, & Christopher Kelk Ingold. (1962). 461. Mechanism of benzidine and semidine rearrangements. Part I. Kinetic dichotomy: kinetics, solvent-isotope effect, and products of acid rearrangement of 1,1′-hydrazonaphthalene. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 0(0). 2386–2401. 3 indexed citations
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Banthorpe, D. V., et al.. (1962). 653. Mechanism of benzidine and semidine rearrangements. Part IX. Substrate-isotope effects on kinetics and products of acid rearrangement of 1,1′-hydrazonaphthalene. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 0(0). 3299–3308. 1 indexed citations
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Ingold, Christopher Kelk. (1962). Education of a Scientist. Nature. 196(4859). 1030–1034. 2 indexed citations
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Ingold, Christopher Kelk, et al.. (1961). 227. Mechanism of electrophilic substitution at a saturated carbon atom. Part IV. Kinetics, stereochemistry, and mechanism of the uncatalysed one-alkyl mercury-exchange reaction. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 1133–1133. 14 indexed citations
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Hughes, E. D., et al.. (1959). 549. Homolytic substitution at a saturated carbon atom. Part II. Products of the photoinduced gaseous chlorination of t-butylbenzene. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 2742–2742. 1 indexed citations
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Hughes, E. D., et al.. (1959). 548. Homolytic substitution at a saturated carbon atom. Part I. Products of the gaseous nitration of t-butylbenzene. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 2734–2734. 4 indexed citations
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Hughes, E. D., et al.. (1959). 506. Mechanism of electrophilic substitution at a saturated carbon atom. Part II. Kinetics, stereochemistry, and mechanism of the two-alkyl mercury-exchange reaction. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 2530–2530. 19 indexed citations
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Ingold, Christopher Kelk. (1953). Structure and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1153 indexed citations breakdown →

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