David R. Williams

7.2k total citations
232 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

David R. Williams is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David R. Williams has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Organic Chemistry, 27 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 24 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in David R. Williams's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (74 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (57 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (21 papers). David R. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (74 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (57 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (21 papers). David R. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Singapore. David R. Williams's co-authors include Michael P. Clark, John W. Benbow, Kevin G. Meyer, Michael J. Reno, Peter Wipf, Yoshikazu Uto, Andrew J. Phillips, Dawn A. Brooks, Peter M. May and Samarjit Patnaik and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

David R. Williams

228 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David R. Williams United States 40 4.1k 1.2k 727 647 579 232 5.7k
Andrew E. Greene France 40 4.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 344 0.5× 518 0.8× 666 1.2× 166 5.1k
William G. Dauben United States 40 4.0k 1.0× 1.5k 1.3× 309 0.4× 356 0.6× 383 0.7× 291 6.5k
Yong‐Li Zhong United States 31 2.9k 0.7× 785 0.7× 409 0.6× 459 0.7× 164 0.3× 74 3.7k
Jean Louis Luche France 13 2.3k 0.6× 865 0.7× 378 0.5× 320 0.5× 125 0.2× 22 3.3k
Till Opatz Germany 44 4.3k 1.1× 1.9k 1.6× 351 0.5× 833 1.3× 172 0.3× 353 7.1k
Reinhard W. Hoffmann Germany 51 11.0k 2.7× 2.6k 2.2× 493 0.7× 612 0.9× 188 0.3× 403 12.7k
Derek R. Boyd United Kingdom 36 3.0k 0.7× 2.1k 1.8× 158 0.2× 359 0.6× 130 0.2× 289 5.5k
Eberhard Breitmaier Germany 32 2.1k 0.5× 1.9k 1.6× 228 0.3× 467 0.7× 227 0.4× 249 4.9k
Derek H. R. Barton United States 51 9.4k 2.3× 2.6k 2.1× 461 0.6× 595 0.9× 529 0.9× 401 12.1k
Jens Hartung Germany 29 3.0k 0.7× 784 0.7× 224 0.3× 228 0.4× 125 0.2× 127 3.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Williams, David R., et al.. (2024). Synthesis Studies and the Evaluation of C6 Raloxifene Derivatives. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(6). 879–884. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, David R., et al.. (2020). Structural Identification, Synthesis and Biological Activity of Two Volatile Cyclic Dipeptides in a Terrestrial Vertebrate. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4303–4303. 14 indexed citations
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Williams, David R. & Liangfeng Fu. (2010). Methodology for the Synthesis of Substituted 1,3-Oxazoles. Synlett. 2010(4). 591–594. 9 indexed citations
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Williams, David R., David C. Ihle, Todd A. Brugel, & Samarjit Patnaik. (2006). Investigations of Pd-Catalyzed Aryl Substitution Reactions. A Case Study towards Zoanthenol. Heterocycles. 70(1). 77–77. 11 indexed citations
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Williams, David R., Leslie A. Robinson, C. Richard Nevill, & Jayachandra P. Reddy. (2006). Strategies for the Synthesis of Fusicoccanes by Nazarov Reactions of Dolabelladienones: Total Synthesis of (+)‐Fusicoauritone. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(6). 915–918. 73 indexed citations
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Williams, David R., et al.. (2005). Total Synthesis of (+)‐Apiosporamide: Assignment of Relative and Absolute Configuration. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 44(41). 6715–6718. 44 indexed citations
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Williams, David R., Martin H. Osterhout, & George Amato. (2004). Iodine-induced Cyclizations of N-Alkoxyaminoalkenes. A Stereocontrolled Approach to trans-2,6-Disubstituted Piperidine Alkaloids. Heterocycles. 64(1). 45–45. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, David R., et al.. (2003). Chemical speciation to optimise the efficiency of mixed ligand blends for complexing in industry and healthcare. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 356. 109–113. 2 indexed citations
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Taylor, David, et al.. (1995). Spectrophotometric analysis of uranyl as its 4-sulfonic calix[6]arene complex. Analytical Proceedings. 32(6). 217–217. 6 indexed citations
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Williams, David R., et al.. (1993). A study of stereocontrol in spiroketalizations. The role of hydroxy-assisted chelation.. Tetrahedron Letters. 34(20). 3231–3234. 7 indexed citations
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Williams, David R. & Martin H. Osterhout. (1992). Stereocontrolled hydride reductions of .beta.-hydroxy oximino ethers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 114(22). 8750–8751. 29 indexed citations
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Duffield, John R., David R. Williams, & Ivan Kron. (1991). Speciation studies of the solubility and aqueous solution chemistry of tin(II)- and tin(IV)-pyrophosphate complexes. Polyhedron. 10(3). 377–387. 19 indexed citations
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Williams, David R., et al.. (1991). Trace metal complex speciation in saliva and dentifrices. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 43(2-3). 685–685. 1 indexed citations
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Williams, David R.. (1989). Speciation and legislation. Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability. 1(1). 3–5. 3 indexed citations
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Williams, David R., et al.. (1980). The use of crosslinked casein to recover chromate from solution.. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry. 2(1). 60–65. 6 indexed citations
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Williams, David R., et al.. (1977). The principles of bio-inorganic chemistry. 24 indexed citations
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Corey, E. J., Robert H. Wollenberg, & David R. Williams. (1977). Total synthesis of ()-brefeldin A (Part IV)1. Tetrahedron Letters. 18(26). 2243–2246. 20 indexed citations
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Williams, David R., et al.. (1976). Thermodynamic considerations in co-ordination. Part XXII. Sequestering ligands for improving the treatment of plumbism and cadmiumism. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions. 1012–1012. 43 indexed citations
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Williams, David R., et al.. (1976). An Introduction to bio-inorganic chemistry. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 30 indexed citations
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Williams, David R.. (1971). The metals of life : the solution chemistry of metal ions in biological systems. Van Nostrand Reinhold eBooks. 37 indexed citations

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