Gregory A. Solan

9.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
213 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Gregory A. Solan is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Process Chemistry and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gregory A. Solan has authored 213 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 184 papers in Organic Chemistry, 105 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 66 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology. Recurrent topics in Gregory A. Solan's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (163 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (77 papers) and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (66 papers). Gregory A. Solan is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (163 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (77 papers) and Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (66 papers). Gregory A. Solan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Russia. Gregory A. Solan's co-authors include V.C. Gibson, Carl Redshaw, Wen‐Hua Sun, Andrew J. P. White, David J. Williams, George J. P. Britovsek, Yanping Ma, Peter J. Maddox, B.S. Kimberley and S. McTavish and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Macromolecules.

In The Last Decade

Gregory A. Solan

210 papers receiving 8.3k 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.

Novel olefin polymerization catalysts based on iron and cobalt

1998 959 citations Gregory A. Solan et al. profile →
Iron and Cobalt Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts Bearing 2,6-Bis(Imino)Pyridyl Ligands: Synthesis, Structures, and Polymerization Studies

1999 944 citations Gregory A. Solan et al. profile →
Bis(imino)pyridines: Surprisingly Reactive Ligands and a Gateway to New Families of Catalysts

2007 747 citations Gregory A. Solan et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Tuning High Temperature Performance Through Targeted Halide Substitution in a Bis(Imino)Pyridine‐Iron Ethylene Polymerization Catalyst 2025 ·Journal of Applied Polymer Science ·(unknown), Yufei Ma, (unknown), Gregory A. Solan, (unknown), (unknown), Wen‐Hua Sun	0
2	Ultra-low-molecular-weight PE wax using a cyclohexyl-fused bis(imino)pyridine-cobalt catalyst functionalized with a remote para-phenyl group 2025 ·Polymer Chemistry ·(unknown), Zheng Wang, Qiuyue Zhang, (unknown), Gregory A. Solan, Xuelei Duan, Yanping Ma, (unknown), Zhe Zhou, Wen‐Hua Sun	0
3	Correlating electronic properties of a nickel polymerisation catalyst with the branching density of a polyethylene 2025 ·Catalysis Science & Technology ·(unknown), (unknown), Kuldip Singh, Gregory A. Solan, Yanping Ma, Wen‐Hua Sun	0
4	Non-Symmetrically Fused Bis(arylimino)pyridines with para-Phenyl Substitution: Exploring Their Use as N′,N,N″-Supports in Iron Ethylene Polymerization Catalysis 2024 ·Catalysts ·(unknown), Zheng Wang, Qiuyue Zhang, Yanping Ma, Gregory A. Solan, (unknown), Wen‐Hua Sun	1
5	Iron ethylene polymerization catalysts incorporating trifluoromethoxy functionality: Effects on PE molecular weight and productivity 2023 ·Journal of Organometallic Chemistry ·Ming Liu, (unknown), Yanping Ma, Gregory A. Solan, Tongling Liang, Wen‐Hua Sun	7
6	Robust and efficient transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds catalyzed by NN-Mn(i) complexes 2023 ·Dalton Transactions ·Zheng Wang, Ning Ma, (unknown), Ming Liu, Tian Liu, Qingbin Liu, Gregory A. Solan, Wen‐Hua Sun	12
7	High molecular weight bimodal polyethylene elastomers using N,N'-nickel catalysts appended with methoxy and trifluoromethoxy functionality 2023 ·European Polymer Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yanping Ma, Gregory A. Solan, Tongling Liang, Wen‐Hua Sun	8
8	High Temperature Iron Ethylene Polymerization Catalysts Bearing N, N, N′-2-(1-(2,4-Dibenzhydryl-6-fluorophenylimino)ethyl)-6-(1-(arylphenylimino)ethyl)pyridines 2023 ·Chinese Journal of Polymer Science ·(unknown), Qiuyue Zhang, (unknown), Gregory A. Solan, Tongling Liang, Wen‐Hua Sun	7
9	N,N-Bis(2,4-Dibenzhydryl-6-cycloalkylphenyl)butane-2,3-diimine–Nickel Complexes as Tunable and Effective Catalysts for High-Molecular-Weight PE Elastomers 2023 ·Molecules ·(unknown), (unknown), Irina V. Oleynik, (unknown), Gregory A. Solan, Ivan I. Oleynik, Ming Liu, Yanping Ma, Tongling Liang, Wen‐Hua Sun	9
10	High molecular weight PE elastomers through 4,4-difluorobenzhydryl substitution in symmetrical α-diimino-nickel ethylene polymerization catalysts 2022 ·RSC Advances ·(unknown), (unknown), Ming Liu, (unknown), Yanping Ma, Gregory A. Solan, Wenjuan Zhang, Tongling Liang, Wen‐Hua Sun	10
11	Phenoxy-imine/-amide aluminum complexes with pendant or coordinated pyridine moieties: Solvent effects on structural type and catalytic capability for the ROP of cyclic esters 2022 ·Polymer ·(unknown), Wenjuan Zhang, Mingyang Han, (unknown), Gregory A. Solan, Rui Wang, Yanping Ma, Wen‐Hua Sun	12
12	Zinc 8-aminotrihydroquinolines appended with pendant N-diphenylphosphinoethyl arms as exceptionally active catalysts for the ROP of ε-CL 2022 ·Catalysis Science & Technology ·(unknown), Yun Wang, Xing Wang, Wenjuan Zhang, Gregory A. Solan, Rui Wang, Yanping Ma, Xiang Hao, Wen‐Hua Sun	9
13	Thermally resilient cobalt ethylene polymerization catalysts under the joint influence of co-catalyst, gem-dimethyl substitution and ortho-cycloalkyl ring size 2021 ·Polymer ·Randi Zhang, (unknown), Yanping Ma, Gregory A. Solan, Xinquan Hu, Tongling Liang, Wen‐Hua Sun	9
14	Integrating Ring‐Size Adjustable Cycloalkyl and Benzhydryl Groups as the Steric Protection in Bis(arylimino)trihydroquinoline‐Cobalt Catalysts for Ethylene Polymerization 2021 ·European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry ·Randi Zhang, Irina V. Oleynik, (unknown), Gregory A. Solan, Yanping Ma, Liqun Jin, Ivan I. Oleynik, Xinquan Hu, Wen‐Hua Sun	1
15	1,5-Naphthyl-linked bis(imino)pyridines as binucleating scaffolds for dicobalt ethylene oligo-/polymerization catalysts: exploring temperature and steric effects 2019 ·Dalton Transactions ·Qiang Chen, Hongyi Suo, Wenjuan Zhang, Randi Zhang, Gregory A. Solan, Tongling Liang, Wen‐Hua Sun	20
16	Cycloheptyl-fusedN,N,N′-chromium catalysts with selectivity for vinyl-terminated polyethylene waxes: thermal optimization and polymer functionalization 2018 ·Dalton Transactions ·Chuanbing Huang, (unknown), Yanping Ma, Gregory A. Solan, Yang Sun, Xinquan Hu, Wen‐Hua Sun	27
17	Ligand and solvent control of selectivity in the C–H activation of a pyridylimine-substituted 1-naphthalene; a combined synthetic and computational study 2018 ·Dalton Transactions ·(unknown), (unknown), Warren B. Cross, Eric G. Hope, Kuldip Singh, Gregory A. Solan	4
18	Methylene-bridged bimetallic bis(imino)pyridine-cobaltous chlorides as precatalysts for vinyl-terminated polyethylene waxes 2018 ·Dalton Transactions ·Qiang Chen, Wenjuan Zhang, Gregory A. Solan, Tongling Liang, Wen‐Hua Sun	21
19	ortho-Cycloalkyl substitutedN,N′-diaryliminoacenaphthene-Ni(ii) catalysts for polyethylene elastomers; exploring ring size and temperature effects 2017 ·Dalton Transactions ·Hongyi Suo, Irina V. Oleynik, (unknown), Chuanbing Huang, (unknown), (unknown), Gregory A. Solan, Yanping Ma, Tongling Liang, Wen‐Hua Sun	43
20	Substituted N-picolylethylenediamines of the type (ArNHCH2CH2){(2-C5H4N)CH2}NR [R = Me, 4-CH2CH(C6H4)CH2, (2-C5H4N)CH2] and their transition metal(ii) halide complexes 2005 ·Dalton Transactions ·Christopher Davies, John Fawcett, (unknown), Gregory A. Solan	12

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