Jack D. Dunitz

21.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
243 papers, 17.8k citations indexed

About

Jack D. Dunitz is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Jack D. Dunitz has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 17.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Organic Chemistry, 93 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 67 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Jack D. Dunitz's work include Crystallography and molecular interactions (68 papers), Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure (37 papers) and Crystal structures of chemical compounds (26 papers). Jack D. Dunitz is often cited by papers focused on Crystallography and molecular interactions (68 papers), Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure (37 papers) and Crystal structures of chemical compounds (26 papers). Jack D. Dunitz collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Jack D. Dunitz's co-authors include A. Gavezzotti, Leslie E. Orgel, W. Bernd Schweizer, Paul Seiler, C.P. Brock, Robin Taylor, Joel Bernstein, Hans Beat Buergi, Markus Dobler and Dieter Seebàch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jack D. Dunitz

241 papers receiving 16.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Organic Fluorine Hardly Ever Accepts Hydrogen Bonds

1997 833 citations Jack D. Dunitz et al. profile →
Disappearing Polymorphs

1995 726 citations Jack D. Dunitz, Joel Bernstein Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
Stereochemistry of reaction paths at carbonyl centres

1974 603 citations Jack D. Dunitz et al. profile →
Win some, lose some: enthalpy-entropy compensation in weak intermolecular interactions

1995 567 citations Jack D. Dunitz Chemistry & Biology profile →
From crystal statics to chemical dynamics

1983 560 citations Jack D. Dunitz et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
The Entropic Cost of Bound Water in Crystals and Biomolecules

1994 496 citations Jack D. Dunitz profile →
On the validity of Wallach's rule: on the density and stability of racemic crystals compared with their chiral counterparts

1991 471 citations W. Bernd Schweizer, Jack D. Dunitz et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Commemoration for Jack Dunitz’s 100th Birthday on 29 March 2023 — Famous Friends 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Jack D. Dunitz	0
2	Intermolecular atom–atom bonds in crystals? 2015 ·IUCrJ ·Jack D. Dunitz	75
3	The Crystal Structure of D‐Ribose—At Last! 2010 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·(unknown), Lynne B. McCusker, Giorgia Zandomeneghi, Beat H. Meier, Dieter Bläser, Roland Boese, W. Bernd Schweizer, Ryan Gilmour, Jack D. Dunitz	58
4	How molecules stick together in organic crystals: weak intermolecular interactions 2009 ·Chemical Society Reviews ·Jack D. Dunitz, A. Gavezzotti	270
5	Is Deuterium Always Smaller than Protium? 2008 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Jack D. Dunitz, R.M. Ibberson	61
6	Molecular Recognition in Organic Crystals: Directed Intermolecular Bonds or Nonlocalized Bonding? 2005 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Jack D. Dunitz, A. Gavezzotti	373
7	Molekulare Erkennung in organischen Kristallen: gerichtete intermolekulare oder nichtlokalisierte Bindungen? 2005 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Jack D. Dunitz, A. Gavezzotti	62
8	Crystal structure prediction of small organic molecules: a second blind test 2002 ·Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science ·W.D.S. Motherwell, Herman L. Ammon, Jack D. Dunitz, Alexander Dzyabchenko, Peter Erk, A. Gavezzotti, Detlef W. M. Hofmann, Frank J. J. Leusen, Jos P. M. Lommerse, Wijnand T. M. Mooij, Sarah L. Price, Harold A. Scheraga, W. Bernd Schweizer, Martin U. Schmidt, Bouke P. van Eijck, P. Verwer, Donald E. Williams	301
9	Crystal Structure of Potassium Croconate Dihydrate, after 175 Years 2001 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Jack D. Dunitz, Paul Seiler, Werngard Czechtizky	34
10	A test of crystal structure prediction of small organic molecules 2000 ·Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Science ·Jos P. M. Lommerse, W.D.S. Motherwell, Herman L. Ammon, Jack D. Dunitz, A. Gavezzotti, Detlef W. M. Hofmann, Frank J. J. Leusen, Wijnand T. M. Mooij, Sarah L. Price, W. Bernd Schweizer, Martin U. Schmidt, Bouke P. van Eijck, P. Verwer, Donald E. Williams	335
11	Vladimir Prelog. 23 July 1906-7 January 1998 1999 ·Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society ·(unknown), Jack D. Dunitz, Albert Eschenmoser	1
12	Recollections of Pre-Prebiotic Leslie Orgel 1997 ·Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres ·Jack D. Dunitz	3
13	Win some, lose some: enthalpy-entropy compensation in weak intermolecular interactions breakdown → 1995 ·Chemistry & Biology ·Jack D. Dunitz	567
14	Disappearing Polymorphs breakdown → 1995 ·Accounts of Chemical Research ·Jack D. Dunitz, Joel Bernstein	726
15	Electrical Transport Properties of TMBEDT-TTF Salts 1987 ·Japanese Journal of Applied Physics ·M. M. Freund, J. Olsen, John D. Wallis, (unknown), Jack D. Dunitz, B. Hilti	3
16	Perspectives in structural chemistry 1967 ·Wiley eBooks ·Jack D. Dunitz, (unknown)	60
17	Die Strukturen der mittleren Ringverbindungen. IX. 1, 8‐Diazacyclotetradecan‐dihydrobromid 1965 ·Helvetica Chimica Acta ·Jack D. Dunitz, E. F. Meyer	8
18	Structure analysis of nickel(II)-1,8,8,13,13-pentamethyl- 5-cyano- trans -corrin chloride 1965 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·Jack D. Dunitz, E. F. Meyer	11
19	The structure of sodium dithionite and the nature of the dithionite ion 1956 ·Acta Crystallographica ·Jack D. Dunitz	65
20	Influence of Chain Length on the Symmetry of Conjugated Molecules 1952 ·The Journal of Chemical Physics ·Jack D. Dunitz, Leslie E. Orgel	14

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