John A. Osborn

11.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
145 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

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John A. Osborn is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, John A. Osborn has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Organic Chemistry, 77 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 22 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in John A. Osborn's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (67 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (59 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (26 papers). John A. Osborn is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (67 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (59 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (26 papers). John A. Osborn collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and United States. John A. Osborn's co-authors include Richard R. Schrock, G. Wilkinson, F. H. Jardine, J.F. Young, Jacky Kress, Darrell J. R. Evans, Jean Fischer, J. Kress, Yang‐Hsiang Chan and Marie‐Thérèse Youinou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

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John A. Osborn

145 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The preparation and properties of tris(triphenylphosphine)halogenorhodium(I) and some reactions thereof including catalytic homogeneous hydrogenation of olefins and acetylenes and their derivatives

1966 1.1k citations John A. Osborn et al. profile →
Hydroformylation of alkenes by use of rhodium complex catalysts

1968 520 citations John A. Osborn et al. profile →
Preparation and properties of some cationic complexes of rhodium(I) and rhodium(III)

1971 346 citations John A. Osborn et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
.pi.-Bonded complexes of the tetraphenylborate ion with rhodium(I) and iridium(I)

1970 325 citations John A. Osborn et al. Inorganic Chemistry profile →
Catalytic hydrogenation using cationic rhodium complexes. I. Evolution of the catalytic system and the hydrogenation of olefins

1976 306 citations John A. Osborn et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Coordinatively unsaturated cationic complexes of rhodium(I), iridium(I), palladium(II), and platinum(II). Generation, synthetic utility, and some catalytic studies

1971 243 citations John A. Osborn et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Catalytic hydrogenation using cationic rhodium complexes. II. The selective hydrogenation of alkynes to cis olefins

1976 216 citations John A. Osborn et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Syntheses, interconversions and reactivity of heteropalladacycles made from aryl isocyanates and various phenanthroline Pd(II) precursors with small molecules 2002 ·Comptes Rendus Chimie ·Frédéric Paul, Jean Fischer, Philippe Ochsenbein, John A. Osborn	20
2	‘A rendezvous with an old flame’: revisiting olefin hydrogenation with new rhodium and iridium catalysts 2002 ·Comptes Rendus Chimie ·(unknown), Ali A. Bahsoun, Marie‐Thérèse Youinou, John A. Osborn	8
3	Effect of chloride ions on allylic diphosphine palladium (II) complexes: NMR characteristics and chemical reactivity 2002 ·Comptes Rendus Chimie ·(unknown), Laurent Barloy, John A. Osborn, Nathalie Kyritsakas	7
4	Versatile Ligands for Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation 1998 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Peter Dierkes, Shailesh Ramdeehul, Laurent Barloy, André De Cian, Jean Fischer, Paul C. J. Kamer, Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen, John A. Osborn	98
5	Mechanistic Implications of the Observation of Kinetic Resolution in a Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Allylic Alkylation 1998 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Shailesh Ramdeehul, Peter Dierkes, Rafael Aguado, Paul C. J. Kamer, Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen, John A. Osborn	69
6	Efficient Homogeneous Hydrosilylation of Olefins by Use of Complexes of Pt0 with Selected Electron-Deficient Olefins as Ligands 1998 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·(unknown), John A. Osborn, André DeCian, (unknown)	43
7	Catalyzed oxidation of alcohols by cis-dioxomolybdenum (VI) complexes via oxygen atom transfer from sulfoxides. 1996 ·Christian Lorber, (unknown), John A. Osborn	3
8	Ferromagneto‐Structural Correlations in [Mn(OC₆X₃H₂)₂(bipy)]₂ Compounds, X Cl, Br 1994 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English ·Marcel Wesolek, Daniel Meyer, John A. Osborn, André De Cian, Jean Fischer, A. Derory, Patrick Legoll, Marc Drillon	49
9	Catalytic oxidation and ammoxidation of propylene. Modelling studies on well-defined molybdenum complexes 1994 ·Journal of Molecular Catalysis ·(unknown), J. Kress, John A. Osborn	42
10	¹H NMR study of the kinetics of metathesis polymerization of 5‐ and 5,6‐methoxycarbonyl derivatives of bicyclo[2.2.1]‐hept‐2‐ene, initiated by 1992 ·Die Makromolekulare Chemie ·K. J. Ivin, Jacky Kress, John A. Osborn	6
11	The palladium catalysed carbonylation of nitrobenzene into phenyl isocyanate: a metallacyclic intermediate 1990 ·Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications ·(unknown), F. Metz, André Mortreux, John A. Osborn, Frédéric Paul, François Petit, (unknown)	55
12	Chromyl complexes with aryloxy and siloxy ligands 1990 ·Inorganic Chemistry ·Pericles Stavropoulos, Nathan Bryson, Marie Therese Youinou, John A. Osborn	22
13	Preparation of block copolymers by ring‐opening polymerization of cycloalkenes initiated by a tungstencyclopentylidene complex 1988 ·Die Makromolekulare Chemie ·(unknown), K. J. Ivin, John J. Rooney, Jacky Kress, John A. Osborn	16
14	Controlled hydrolysis of molybdenum(VI) alkyls and alkylidenes: X-ray structure of the molybdate-bridged trimetallic complex [{Mo(NBut)(CH2But)3}2(MoO4)] 1988 ·Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications ·Guy Schoettel, Jacky Kress, Jean Fischer, John A. Osborn	14
15	Crystal and molecular structure of the tungsten-carbene complex [cyclic] W[C(CH2)3CH2](OCH2-tert-Bu)2Br2 and of its gallium tribromide adduct. A structural approach to the mechanism of olefin metathesis 1988 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Marie‐Thérèse Youinou, J. Kress, (unknown), Alina Agüero, John A. Osborn	39
16	Synthese und katalytische Eigenschaften einseitig offener, zweikerniger Rh¹‐Komplexe und Struktur von[Rh₂(CO)₂(CH₃CN)₂{CH(PPh₂)₃}](CF₃SO₃)₂ 1987 ·Angewandte Chemie ·(unknown), Ali A. Bahsoun, Jean Fischer, John A. Osborn	1
17	Pseudo-rotation in seven-co-ordination: implications in catalysis. X-Ray crystal structure of [HMo(C₂H₄)₂(cis-Ph₂PCHCHPPh₂)₂]⁺ 1977 ·Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications ·(unknown), Jacky Kress, John A. Osborn, Louis Ricard, Raymond Weiss	8
18	Rapid intramolecular rearrangements in pentacoordinate transition metal compounds 1973 ·Accounts of Chemical Research ·John R. Shapley, John A. Osborn	72
19	Preparation and crystallographic characterization of a hexameric triphenylphosphinecopper hydride cluster 1971 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Susan A. Bezman, Melvyn Rowen Churchill, John A. Osborn, John Wormald	140
20	Simple allene complexes of transition metals 1968 ·Chemical Communications (London) ·John A. Osborn	2

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