Donald B. Boyd

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Donald B. Boyd is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald B. Boyd has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Organic Chemistry, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Donald B. Boyd's work include Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (15 papers), Synthesis of β-Lactam Compounds (14 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (11 papers). Donald B. Boyd is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (15 papers), Synthesis of β-Lactam Compounds (14 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (11 papers). Donald B. Boyd collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Italy. Donald B. Boyd's co-authors include William N. Lipscomb, Kenny B. Lipkowitz, W. H. W. LUNN, Roald Hoffmann, R. D. G. Cooper, Norman L. Allinger, Stephen Z. Goldberg, James J. P. Stewart, E. Wimmer and David W. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Donald B. Boyd

85 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Donald B. Boyd United States	24	1.0k	589	508	468	304	88	2.3k
Hans‐Otto Kalinowski Germany	24	1.7k 1.7×	484 0.8×	525 1.0×	364 0.8×	246 0.8×	81	3.0k
John B. Grutzner United States	21	1.4k 1.4×	502 0.9×	768 1.5×	171 0.4×	296 1.0×	59	2.7k
G. A. Sim United Kingdom	25	1.4k 1.3×	819 1.4×	453 0.9×	213 0.5×	465 1.5×	244	3.1k
E. B. Whipple United States	24	887 0.9×	250 0.4×	430 0.8×	312 0.7×	274 0.9×	61	1.8k
Daniel L. Severance United States	20	775 0.8×	636 1.1×	481 0.9×	773 1.7×	459 1.5×	30	2.3k
Akiko Y. Hirakawa Japan	24	298 0.3×	379 0.6×	628 1.2×	599 1.3×	245 0.8×	58	1.6k
Eli Shefter United States	26	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.9×	504 1.0×	176 0.4×	653 2.1×	85	3.4k
Jeremy G. Vinter United Kingdom	30	1.1k 1.1×	971 1.6×	570 1.1×	241 0.5×	583 1.9×	54	2.7k
Roberto Martı́nez Mexico	24	1.3k 1.2×	659 1.1×	324 0.6×	330 0.7×	138 0.5×	167	2.2k
N. Van Opdenbosch	3	931 0.9×	1.3k 2.1×	334 0.7×	130 0.3×	377 1.2×	5	2.6k

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Cundari, Thomas R., et al.. (2007). Reviews in Computational Chemistry, Reviews in Computational Chemistry. Wiley-VCH eBooks. 2 indexed citations

Franchetti, Palmarisa, Loredana Cappellacci, Riccardo Petrelli, et al.. (2005). Synthesis, conformational analysis, and biological activity of new analogues of thiazole-4-carboxamide adenine dinucleotide (TAD) as IMP dehydrogenase inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 13(6). 2045–2053. 19 indexed citations

Iriepa, Isabel, et al.. (2001). Superimposition-based protocol as a tool for determining bioactive conformations. I. application to ligands of the glycinergic receptor (GlyR). Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 19(3-4). 331–337. 3 indexed citations

Iriepa, Isabel, et al.. (2001). Superimposition-based protocol as a tool for determining bioactive conformations. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 20(2). 183–197. 6 indexed citations

Boyd, Donald B.. (1997). On the rhodanines and their presence in biologically active ligands. Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEM. 401(3). 227–234. 20 indexed citations

Boyd, Donald B., et al.. (1996). Stochastic approach to force field evaluations: conformational analysis of raloxifene, a potential new therapeutic agent for post-menopausal osteoporosis. Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEM. 368(1-3). 7–15. 1 indexed citations

Boyd, Donald B.. (1993). Application of the hypersurface iterative projection method to bicyclic pyrazolidinone antibacterial agents. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 36(10). 1443–1449. 19 indexed citations

Zimmerman, Kathy, et al.. (1992). Nonpeptide angiotensin II receptor antagonists: synthetic and computational chemistry of N-[[4-[2-(2H-tetrazol-5-yl)-1-cycloalken-1-yl]phenyl]methyl]imidazole derivatives and their in vitro activity. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 35(14). 2658–2667. 26 indexed citations

Jungheim, Louis N., et al.. (1991). Synthesis, hydrolysis rates, supercomputer modeling, and antibacterial activity of bicyclic tetrahydropyridazinones. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 34(5). 1732–1739. 28 indexed citations

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McDonald, John H., et al.. (1989). 3-Quaternary ammonium 1-carba-1-dethiacephems. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 32(11). 2442–2450. 8 indexed citations

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Allen, Norris E., Donald B. Boyd, Jack B. Deeter, et al.. (1989). Molecular modeling of γ-lactam analogues of β-lactam antibacterial agents: synthesis and biological evaluation of selected penem and carbapenem analoques. Tetrahedron. 45(7). 1905–1928. 37 indexed citations

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Boyd, Donald B., et al.. (1984). Correlations between CNDO/2 charge distribution and 13C NMR chemical shift in 7-acylamino side chains of cephalosporins.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 37(12). 1642–1650. 3 indexed citations

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Boyd, Donald B.. (1984). Electronic structures of cephalosporins and penicillins. 15. Inductive effect of the 3-position side chain in cephalosporins. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 27(1). 63–66. 34 indexed citations

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Boyd, Donald B.. (1983). Substituent effects in cephalosporins as assessed by molecular orbital calculations, nuclear magnetic resonance, and kinetics. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 26(7). 1010–1013. 30 indexed citations

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Lipkowitz, Kenny B., Raima Larter, & Donald B. Boyd. (1980). p.pi.p.pi. Interactions in organic molecules. 3. Theoretical search for a new nonclassical carbonium ion: the .sigma.-allyl cation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 102(1). 85–92. 23 indexed citations

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Boyd, Donald B. & W. H. W. LUNN. (1979). Electronic structures of cephalosporins and penicillins. 9. Departure of a leaving group in cephalosporins. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 22(7). 778–784. 44 indexed citations

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Boyd, Donald B.. (1976). Space-Filling Molecular Models of Four-Membered Rings.. Journal of Chemical Education. 1 indexed citations

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Boyd, Donald B.. (1976). Space-filling molecular models of four-membered rings. Three-dimensional aspects in the design of penicillin and cephalosporin antibiotics. Journal of Chemical Education. 53(8). 483–483. 16 indexed citations

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Boyd, Donald B.. (1972). Direct comparison of EH and CNDO charge distributions for adenine. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts. 23(4). 383–386. 4 indexed citations

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Boyd, Donald B.. (1971). Near-minimum basis set SCF calculations on HCl as a source of transferable parameters. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts. 20(3). 273–281. 8 indexed citations

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