D. E. West

556 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 473 citations indexed

About

D. E. West is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, D. E. West has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 473 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Organic Chemistry, 2 papers in Spectroscopy and 1 paper in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in D. E. West's work include Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds (5 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (3 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (3 papers). D. E. West is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds (5 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (3 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (3 papers). D. E. West collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. D. E. West's co-authors include J. F. W. McOmie, Charles W. Rees, Stanley K. Madan and Michael R. Stillings and has published in prestigious journals such as Inorganic Chemistry, Tetrahedron and Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

D. E. West

8 papers receiving 433 citations

Hit Papers

Demethylation of aryl methyl ethers by boron tribromide 1968 2026 1987 2006 1968 100 200 300 400
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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. Demethylation of aryl methyl ethers by boron tribromide
    1968 442 citations J. F. W. McOmie, D. E. West et al. Tetrahedron profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. E. West United Kingdom 5 272 141 74 56 45 10 473
T. R. KASTURI India 12 379 1.4× 144 1.0× 83 1.1× 29 0.5× 51 1.1× 73 646
Peter J. Beynon United Kingdom 12 180 0.7× 121 0.9× 62 0.8× 68 1.2× 23 0.5× 14 361
M. GOLFIER France 13 388 1.4× 135 1.0× 63 0.9× 54 1.0× 32 0.7× 25 559
A. K. BOSE United States 12 324 1.2× 152 1.1× 69 0.9× 37 0.7× 46 1.0× 55 555
P. Fitton Belgium 11 516 1.9× 83 0.6× 56 0.8× 74 1.3× 27 0.6× 15 670
Paul E. Spoerri United States 15 464 1.7× 122 0.9× 52 0.7× 28 0.5× 54 1.2× 43 631
Derek Walker United States 10 448 1.6× 121 0.9× 64 0.9× 43 0.8× 31 0.7× 21 623
John Parrick United Kingdom 16 352 1.3× 212 1.5× 137 1.9× 21 0.4× 83 1.8× 49 743
Stephen W. Horgan United States 10 324 1.2× 108 0.8× 52 0.7× 28 0.5× 29 0.6× 16 470
Takeshi Ohnuma Japan 15 380 1.4× 72 0.5× 24 0.3× 48 0.9× 19 0.4× 37 577

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. E. West

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All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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West, D. E., et al.. (1980). cine and tele Substitutions in the reaction of 2,3-dinitroaniline with secondary amines. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 281–281. 5 indexed citations
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West, D. E., et al.. (1980). Heterocyclic quinones with bridgehead nitrogen atoms. Part I. Pyrrolo[1,2‐a]quinoxaline‐6,9‐dione and pyrrolo[2,1‐c][1,2,4]benzotriazine‐6,9‐dione. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 17(8). 1705–1708. 8 indexed citations
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West, D. E., et al.. (1976). A novel cine substitution in the reaction of 4-alkoxy-2,3-dinitroanilines with secondary amines. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 849–849. 2 indexed citations
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McOmie, J. F. W. & D. E. West. (1970). Biphenylenes. Part XXVI. Reactions of 2,3,6,7-tetramethoxy-1,8-dimethylbiphenylene and of 6,7-dimethoxy-1,8-dimethylbiphenylene-2,3-quinone. Journal of the Chemical Society C Organic. 1084–1084.
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Rees, Charles W. & D. E. West. (1970). Reactive intermediates. Part XI. The generation and some reactions of benzynequinone. Journal of the Chemical Society C Organic. 583–583. 6 indexed citations
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McOmie, J. F. W. & D. E. West. (1969). Biphenylenes. Part XXIV. Synthesis of 6,7-dihydroxybiphenylene-2,3-quinone and its 1,8-dimethyl derivative (dibenzologues of squaric acid). Journal of the Chemical Society C Organic. 2579–2579.
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McOmie, J. F. W., et al.. (1968). Biphenylenes. Part XX. Synthesis of some di- and tetra-methoxy-polymethylbiphenylenes. Journal of the Chemical Society C Organic. 2414–2414. 2 indexed citations
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McOmie, J. F. W., et al.. (1968). Demethylation of aryl methyl ethers by boron tribromide. Tetrahedron. 24(5). 2289–2292. 442 indexed citations breakdown →

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