James H. Brewster

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

James H. Brewster is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, James H. Brewster has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Organic Chemistry, 18 papers in Spectroscopy and 11 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in James H. Brewster's work include Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (13 papers), Various Chemistry Research Topics (8 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (6 papers). James H. Brewster is often cited by papers focused on Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (13 papers), Various Chemistry Research Topics (8 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (6 papers). James H. Brewster collaborates with scholars based in United States. James H. Brewster's co-authors include Herbert C. Brown, Harold Shechter, Horst O. Bayer, Stanley F. Osman, Toivo T. Kodas, Fred W. McLafferty, P. C. Wszolek, Howard E. Smith, Ronald J. Lorentzen and Ei‐ichi Negishi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

James H. Brewster

40 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

An Interpretation of the Chemical Behavior of Five- and Six-membered Ring Compounds¹

1954 244 citations Herbert C. Brown, James H. Brewster et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Scott Searles United States

J. Strating Netherlands

Manfred Jautelat Germany

Brian Capon United Kingdom

Masao Nakazaki Japan

Donald S. Noyce United States

M. FETIZON France

J. F. W. McOmie United Kingdom

John L. Kice United States

G. D. Meakins United Kingdom

Scott Searles United States

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Brewster, James H., et al.. (2003). Combinatorial Spray-Based Synthesis of PEM FC Electrocatalysts. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 1 indexed citations

Brewster, James H. & Toivo T. Kodas. (1997). Generation of unagglomerated, Dense, BaTiO3 particles by flame-spray pyrolysis. AIChE Journal. 43(S11). 2665–2669. 25 indexed citations

Lorentzen, Ronald J., James H. Brewster, & H. E. SMITH. (1992). ChemInform Abstract: Application of the Benzene Sector and the Benzene Chirality Rules to Perhydrobenzocycloalkenes and Related Compounds.. ChemInform. 23(27). 1 indexed citations

Walborsky, H. M., et al.. (1988). Syntheses and chiroptical properties of 4-substituted 2-adamantylidene derivatives. A new sector rule for chiral 1,3-dienes and .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carbonyls. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 53(20). 4832–4846. 1 indexed citations

Brewster, James H.. (1974). On the optical activity of paraffinic hydrocarbons. Tetrahedron. 30(13). 1807–1818. 11 indexed citations

Brewster, James H., et al.. (1973). Useful model of optical activity. X. Absolute configuration and chiroptical properties of optically active 1,1'-spirobiindan, 1,1'-spirobiindene, and 1,1'-spirobiindanone. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 95(4). 1217–1229. 30 indexed citations

Wszolek, P. C., Fred W. McLafferty, & James H. Brewster. (1968). Skeletal rearrangements in mass spectra. Part I. Bis‐aryl compounds. Organic Mass Spectrometry. 1(1). 127–137. 30 indexed citations

Brewster, James H., et al.. (1966). The Absolute Configuration of an Axially Dissymmetric Compound. (S)-(+)-1-Benzylidene-4-methylcyclohexane¹. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 88(7). 1419–1424. 14 indexed citations

Brewster, James H., Horst O. Bayer, & Stanley F. Osman. (1964). Hydrogenolyses with Chloroaluminum Hydrides. II. Benzylic Alcohols. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 29(1). 110–115. 27 indexed citations

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Brewster, James H., et al.. (1963). Steric Effect in the Reduction of N-Methyl-1,2-naphthalimide with Zinc¹. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 28(2). 501–503. 10 indexed citations

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Brewster, James H., et al.. (1963). Reduction of Phthalic Acid and Its Derivatives by Zinc¹. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 28(2). 498–501. 32 indexed citations

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Brewster, James H.. (1961). Some applications of the conformational dissymmetry rule. Tetrahedron. 13(1-3). 106–122. 101 indexed citations

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Brewster, James H. & Stanley F. Osman. (1960). OPTICAL ROTATORY DISPERSION OF PHTHALIMIDES OF p-SUBSTITUTED α-PHENYLETHYLAMINES. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 82(21). 5754–5755. 13 indexed citations

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Brewster, James H.. (1959). The Optical Activity of Saturated Cyclic Compounds¹. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 81(20). 5483–5493. 98 indexed citations

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Brewster, James H.. (1959). A Useful Model of Optical Activity. I. Open Chain Compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 81(20). 5475–5483. 245 indexed citations

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Brewster, James H., et al.. (1954). Reductions at Metal Surfaces. III. Clemmensen Reduction of Some Sterically-hindered Ketones. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 76(24). 6368–6371. 11 indexed citations

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Brown, Herbert C., James H. Brewster, & Harold Shechter. (1954). An Interpretation of the Chemical Behavior of Five- and Six-membered Ring Compounds¹. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 76(2). 467–474. 244 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brewster, James H.. (1954). Reductions at Metal Surfaces. II. A Mechanism for the Clemmensen Reduction¹. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 76(24). 6364–6368. 31 indexed citations

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Brewster, James H., et al.. (1952). Nucleophilic Displacement via Frontal Attack. The Stereochemistry of the Stevens Rearrangement. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 74(20). 5179–5182. 43 indexed citations

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Brewster, James H.. (1952). The Terpenes: The Sesquiterpenes, Diterpenes and their Derivatives, Vol. III. 2nd ed. Sir John Simonsen and D. H. R. Barton. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1952. 579 pp. $10.00. Science. 116(3016). 434–434. 1 indexed citations

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