George A. Olah

64.7k total citations · 23 hit papers
1.3k papers, 49.4k citations indexed

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George A. Olah is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, George A. Olah has authored 1.3k papers receiving a total of 49.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 857 papers in Organic Chemistry, 423 papers in Spectroscopy and 233 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in George A. Olah's work include Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (278 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (235 papers) and Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (216 papers). George A. Olah is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (278 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (235 papers) and Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (216 papers). George A. Olah collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. George A. Olah's co-authors include G. K. Surya Prakash, Alain Goeppert, Miklós Czaun, Golam Rasul, Subhash C. Narang, Thomas Mathew, John‐Paul Jones, Ripudaman Malhotra, Judith A. Olah and B. G. B. GUPTA and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

George A. Olah

1.3k papers receiving 47.0k citations

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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.

Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy

2005 1.9k citations George A. Olah Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Chemical Recycling of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol and Dimethyl Ether: From Greenhouse Gas to Renewable, Environmentally Carbon Neutral Fuels and Synthetic Hydrocarbons

2008 1.2k citations George A. Olah, Alain Goeppert et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →
Recycling of carbon dioxide to methanol and derived products – closing the loop

2014 1.2k citations Alain Goeppert, Miklós Czaun et al. profile →
Anthropogenic Chemical Carbon Cycle for a Sustainable Future

2011 1.1k citations George A. Olah, G. K. Surya Prakash et al. profile →
Air as the renewable carbon source of the future: an overview of CO2 capture from the atmosphere

2012 609 citations Alain Goeppert, Miklós Czaun et al. profile →
Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy

2009 584 citations George A. Olah, Alain Goeppert et al. profile →
Towards Oil Independence Through Renewable Methanol Chemistry

2012 562 citations George A. Olah Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Synthetic methods and reactions. 63. Pyridinium poly(hydrogen fluoride) (30% pyridine-70% hydrogen fluoride): a convenient reagent for organic fluorination reactions

1979 460 citations George A. Olah et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →
Carbon Dioxide Capture from the Air Using a Polyamine Based Regenerable Solid Adsorbent

2011 460 citations Alain Goeppert, Miklós Czaun et al. profile →
Synthetic methods and reactions. 141. Fluoride-induced trifluoromethylation of carbonyl compounds with trifluoromethyltrimethylsilane (TMS-CF3). A trifluoromethide equivalent

1989 445 citations G. K. Surya Prakash, George A. Olah et al. profile →
Synthetic methods and reactions. 62. Transformations with chlorotrimethylsilane/sodium iodide, a convenient in situ iodotrimethylsilane reagent

1979 410 citations George A. Olah, Subhash C. Narang et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →
Aromatic substitution. XXVIII. Mechanism of electrophilic aromatic substitutions

1971 354 citations George A. Olah profile →
Superelectrophiles

1993 343 citations George A. Olah profile →
Perfluorinated Resinsulfonic Acid (Nafion-H®) Catalysis in Synthesis

1986 271 citations George A. Olah, G. K. Surya Prakash et al. profile →
Advances in direct oxidation methanol fuel cells

1994 253 citations G. K. Surya Prakash, George A. Olah et al. profile →
Iodotrimethylsilane—a versatile synthetic reagent

1982 250 citations George A. Olah, Subhash C. Narang profile →
Carbocations and Electrophilic Reactions

1973 234 citations George A. Olah profile →
Super acids. III. Protonation of alkanes and intermediacy of alkanonium ions, pentacoordinated carbon cations of CH5+ type. Hydrogen exchange, protolytic cleavage, hydrogen abstraction; polycondensation of methane, ethane, 2,2-dimethylpropane and 2,2,3,3-tetramethylbutane in FSO3H-SbF5

1969 215 citations George A. Olah et al. profile →
Chemistry in super acids. I. Hydrogen exchange and polycondensation of methane and alkanes in FSO3H-SbF5 ("magic acid") solution. Protonation of alkanes and the intermediacy of CH5+ and related hydrocarbon ions. The high chemical reactivity of "paraffins" in ionic solution reactions

1968 202 citations George A. Olah et al. profile →
Stable carbocations. CXVIII. General concept and structure of carbocations based on differentiation of trivalent (classical) carbenium ions from three-center bound penta- of tetracoordinated (nonclassical) carbonium ions. Role of carbocations in electrophilic reactions

1972 200 citations George A. Olah profile →
Superacids

1979 192 citations George A. Olah, G. K. Surya Prakash et al. profile →
Electrophilic reactions at single bonds. XII. Hydrogen-deuterium exchange, protolysis (deuterolysis), and oligocondensation of alkanes with superacids

1973 144 citations George A. Olah et al. profile →
Aromatic substitution. XXX. Friedel-Crafts benzylation of benzene and toluene with benzyl and substituted benzyl halides

1972 141 citations George A. Olah, Masashi Tashiro et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Direct Synthesis of Diverse β‐Fluoroethylamines by a Multicomponent Protocol 2013 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·G. K. Surya Prakash, (unknown), Parag V. Jog, Shinji Tanaka, (unknown), (unknown), Ralf Haiges, Thomas Mathew, George A. Olah	12
2	Reduction of Carbonyl to Methylene: Organosilane-Ga(OTf)3 as an Efficient Reductant System 2011 ·Catalysis Letters ·G. K. Surya Prakash, (unknown), Thomas Mathew, George A. Olah	14
3	Hydrogen Generation from Formic Acid Decomposition by Ruthenium Carbonyl Complexes. Tetraruthenium Dodecacarbonyl Tetrahydride as an Active Intermediate 2011 ·ChemSusChem ·Miklós Czaun, Alain Goeppert, Robert B. May, Ralf Haiges, G. K. Surya Prakash, George A. Olah	75
4	Jenseits von Öl und Gas: die Methanolwirtschaft 2005 ·Angewandte Chemie ·George A. Olah	201
5	Direct Methanol Fuel Cells 2004 ·Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry ·Kimberly McGrath, G. K. Surya Prakash, George A. Olah	123
6	O-acylation mechanism of p-substituted phenols with various alkanoyl chlorides under phase transfer catalysis conditions 2004 ·Revue Roumaine de Chimie ·Iwao Hashimoto, (unknown), Yoshiharu Mitoma, (unknown), Cristian Simion, (unknown), G. K. Surya Prakash, George A. Olah, Masashi Tashiro	1
7	NITRATION: Methods and Mechanisms 2003 ·George A. Olah, Ripudaman Malhotra, Subhash C. Narang	361
8	Difluoromethyl Phenyl Sulfone as a Selective Difluoromethylene Dianion Equivalent: One‐Pot Stereoselective Synthesis of anti‐2,2‐Difluoropropane‐1,3‐diols 2003 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·G. K. Surya Prakash, Jinbo Hu, Thomas Mathew, George A. Olah	78
9	Triphenylmethyldifluoramine: a stable reagent for the synthesis of gem-bis(difluoramines) 2002 ·Chemical Communications ·G. K. Surya Prakash, Markus Etzkorn, George A. Olah, Karl O. Christe, Stefan Schneider, Ashwani Vij	9
10	Mutagenicity studies of methyl-tert-butylether using the Ames tester strain TA102 1999 ·Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis ·Donna M. Williams-Hill, Colin Paul Spears, G. K. Surya Prakash, George A. Olah, (unknown), Tannaz Moin, (unknown), C.K. Hill	38
11	Triaxanmethyl‐Kation und 2,10‐p‐[3².5⁶]Octahedrandimethyl‐Dikation 1996 ·Angewandte Chemie ·George A. Olah, Herwig Buchholz, G. K. Surya Prakash, Golam Rasul, (unknown), Roger K. Murray, (unknown), (unknown), Armin de Meijere	5
12	NMR/IGLO/ Ab initio Study of the 1,3-Dithiolanium Cation 1992 ·Croatica Chemica Acta ·George A. Olah, V. Prakash Reddy, Golam Rasul, G. K. Surya Prakash	1
13	Chemistry of energetic materials 1991 ·Academic Press eBooks ·George A. Olah, (unknown)	135
14	Friedel-Crafts Trialkyl (Triphenyl) Silylation of Ferrocene 1991 ·New Journal of Chemistry ·George A. Olah, Thorsten Bach, G. K. Surya Prakash	9
15	Electron deficient boron and carbon clusters 1991 ·Wiley eBooks ·George A. Olah, Kenneth Wade, William N. Lipscomb	52
16	Miscellaneous ions, theory, and structure 1976 ·George A. Olah, Paul von Ragué Schleyer	1
17	有機金属化学 VII エチレンメルクリニウムイオンについてのC‐13核磁気共鳴吸収研究と結合性ノルボルナジエン‐および1,5‐シクロオクタジエンメチルメルクリニウムイオンの合成と研究 1975 ·The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·George A. Olah, (unknown)	11
18	Methods of formation and major types 1970 ·George A. Olah, Paul von Ragué Schleyer	1
19	Alkylation and related reactions 1964 ·George A. Olah	6
20	Acylation and related reactions 1964 ·George A. Olah	2

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