John E. Bercaw

32.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
298 papers, 26.3k citations indexed

About

John E. Bercaw is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. Bercaw has authored 298 papers receiving a total of 26.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 251 papers in Organic Chemistry, 168 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 41 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in John E. Bercaw's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (185 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (75 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (53 papers). John E. Bercaw is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (185 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (75 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (53 papers). John E. Bercaw collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. John E. Bercaw's co-authors include Jay A. Labinger, Alexander J. M. Miller, William P. Schaefer, Karen I. Goldberg, Brian M. Stoltz, Nathaniel H. Sherden, Hugo E. Gottlieb, Abraham Nudelman, Shannon S. Stahl and Lawrence M. Henling and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

John E. Bercaw

295 papers receiving 25.4k citations

Hit Papers

NMR Chemical Shifts of Tr... 1984 2026 1998 2012 2010 2002 2013 1987 1998 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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.

  1. NMR Chemical Shifts of Trace Impurities: Common Laboratory Solvents, Organics, and Gases in Deuterated Solvents Relevant to the Organometallic Chemist
    2010 3.2k citations Alexander J. M. Miller, John E. Bercaw et al. Organometallics profile →
  2. Understanding and exploiting C–H bond activation
    2002 2.4k citations Jay A. Labinger, John E. Bercaw profile →
  3. Frontiers, Opportunities, and Challenges in Biochemical and Chemical Catalysis of CO2 Fixation
    2013 1.9k citations John E. Bercaw et al. profile →
  4. .sigma.-Bond metathesis for carbon-hydrogen bonds of hydrocarbons and Sc-R (R = H, alkyl, aryl) bonds of permethylscandocene derivatives. Evidence for noninvolvement of the .pi. system in electrophilic activation of aromatic and vinylic C-H bonds
    1987 669 citations Bernard D. Santarsiero, William P. Schaefer et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  5. Homogeneous Oxidation of Alkanes by Electrophilic Late Transition Metals
    1998 497 citations Shannon S. Stahl, Jay A. Labinger et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  6. Scandium complex [{(.eta.5-C5Me4)Me2Si(.eta.1-NCMe3)}(PMe3)ScH]2: a unique example of a single-component .alpha.-olefin polymerization catalyst
    1990 479 citations William P. Schaefer, John E. Bercaw et al. Organometallics profile →
  7. Model Ziegler-Natta .alpha.-Olefin Polymerization Catalysts Derived from[{(.eta.5-C5Me4)SiMe2(.eta.1-NCMe3)}(PMe3)Sc(.mu.2-H)]2 and[{(.eta.5-C5Me4)SiMe2(.eta.1-NCMe3)}Sc(.mu.2-CH2CH2CH3)]2. Synthesis, Structures, and Kinetic and Equilibrium Investigations of the Catalytically Active Species in Solution
    1994 432 citations William P. Schaefer, Jay A. Labinger et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  8. Halide, hydride, and alkyl derivatives of (pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)bis(trimethylphosphine)ruthenium
    1984 167 citations Robert H. Grubbs, John E. Bercaw et al. Organometallics profile →

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John E. Bercaw 20.0k 12.5k 3.9k 3.9k 2.8k 298 26.3k
Paul J. Chirik 17.5k 0.9× 13.0k 1.0× 3.0k 0.8× 2.7k 0.7× 2.8k 1.0× 325 23.3k
Odile Eisenstein 14.3k 0.7× 9.2k 0.7× 1.7k 0.4× 3.3k 0.9× 1.9k 0.7× 339 20.0k
Maurice Brookhart 30.4k 1.5× 14.3k 1.1× 11.0k 2.8× 2.6k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 330 34.5k
Alan J. Lough 18.1k 0.9× 13.6k 1.1× 2.6k 0.7× 5.7k 1.5× 1.0k 0.4× 810 27.1k
Wolfgang A. Herrmann 42.3k 2.1× 16.8k 1.3× 6.3k 1.6× 7.8k 2.0× 2.9k 1.0× 879 51.0k
Joost N. H. Reek 17.8k 0.9× 11.2k 0.9× 3.2k 0.8× 6.1k 1.6× 4.6k 1.6× 489 27.0k
Maurizio Peruzzini 9.1k 0.5× 7.8k 0.6× 1.9k 0.5× 2.8k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 445 15.0k
Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen 22.3k 1.1× 13.5k 1.1× 3.9k 1.0× 3.8k 1.0× 817 0.3× 417 27.5k
Douglas W. Stephan 39.6k 2.0× 27.0k 2.2× 5.7k 1.4× 4.0k 1.0× 1.8k 0.6× 650 43.8k
Martin Lutz 13.4k 0.7× 9.5k 0.8× 1.9k 0.5× 3.5k 0.9× 1.8k 0.6× 656 20.8k

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All Works

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Panchenko, Valentina N., Dmitrii E. Babushkin, John E. Bercaw, & Hans H. Brintzinger. (2019). Catalyst Speciation during ansa-Zirconocene-Catalyzed Polymerization of 1-Hexene Studied by UV-vis Spectroscopy—Formation and Partial Re-Activation of Zr-Allyl Intermediates †. Polymers. 11(6). 936–936. 6 indexed citations
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Despagnet‐Ayoub, Emmanuelle, Karinne Miqueu, Jean‐Marc Sotiropoulos, et al.. (2013). Unexpected rearrangements in the synthesis of an unsymmetrical tridentate dianionic N-heterocyclic carbene. Chemical Science. 4(5). 2117–2117. 22 indexed citations
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Despagnet‐Ayoub, Emmanuelle, Lawrence M. Henling, Jay A. Labinger, & John E. Bercaw. (2013). Addition of a phosphine ligand switches an N-heterocyclic carbene-zirconium catalyst from oligomerization to polymerization of 1-hexene. Dalton Transactions. 42(44). 15544–15544. 34 indexed citations
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Winston, Matthew S., et al.. (2012). Activator‐Free Olefin Oligomerization and Isomerization Reactions Catalyzed by an Air‐ and Water‐Tolerant Wacker Oxidation Intermediate. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(39). 9822–9824. 18 indexed citations
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Klet, Rachel C., David G. VanderVelde, Jay A. Labinger, & John E. Bercaw. (2012). Highly regioirregular polypropylene from asymmetric group 4 anilide(pyridine)phenoxide complexes. Chemical Communications. 48(53). 6657–6657. 11 indexed citations
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Hazari, Amaruka, Jay A. Labinger, & John E. Bercaw. (2012). A Versatile Ligand Platform that Supports Lewis Acid Promoted Migratory Insertion. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(33). 8268–8271. 30 indexed citations
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Atiqullah, Muhammad, et al.. (2012). Effects of a vanadium post-metallocene catalyst-induced polymer backbone inhomogeneity on UV oxidative degradation of the resulting polyethylene film. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 97(7). 1164–1177. 14 indexed citations
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Miller, Alexander J. M. & John E. Bercaw. (2010). Dehydrogenation of amine–boranes with a frustrated Lewis pair. Chemical Communications. 46(10). 1709–1709. 92 indexed citations
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Tonks, Ian A., L. M. Henling, Michael W. Day, & John E. Bercaw. (2009). Amine, Amido, and Imido Complexes of Tantalum Supported by a Pyridine-Linked Bis(phenolate) Pincer Ligand: Ta−N π-Bonding Influences Pincer Ligand Geometry. Inorganic Chemistry. 48(12). 5096–5105. 27 indexed citations
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Bercaw, John E., et al.. (2008). Alkylaluminum-Complexed Zirconocene Hydrides: Identification of Hydride-Bridged Species by NMR Spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(51). 17423–17433. 46 indexed citations
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Bercaw, John E., et al.. (2008). CH Bond Activation by [{(Diimine)Pd(μ‐OH)}2]2+ Dimers: Mechanism‐Guided Catalytic Improvement. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(51). 9941–9943. 46 indexed citations
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Chen, George Y., Jay A. Labinger, & John E. Bercaw. (2007). The role of alkane coordination in C–H bond cleavage at a Pt(II) center. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(17). 6915–6920. 54 indexed citations
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Bercaw, John E., Robert H. Grubbs, Nilay Hazari, Jay A. Labinger, & Xingwei Li. (2007). Enhanced selectivity in the conversion of methanol to 2,2,3-trimethylbutane (triptane) over zinc iodide by added phosphorous or hypophosphorous acid. Chemical Communications. 2974–2974. 12 indexed citations
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Chirik, Paul J., Nathan F. Dalleska, Lawrence M. Henling, & John E. Bercaw. (2005). Experimental Evidence for γ-Agostic Assistance in β-Methyl Elimination, the Microscopic Reverse of α-Agostic Assistance in the Chain Propagation Step of Olefin Polymerization. Organometallics. 24(11). 2789–2794. 26 indexed citations
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Stahl, Shannon S., Jay A. Labinger, & John E. Bercaw. (1998). Homogeneous Oxidation of Alkanes by Electrophilic Late Transition Metals. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(16). 2180–2192. 497 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mayer, James M., Calvin J. Curtis, & John E. Bercaw. (1983). Hydrogen-transfer reactions which generate new imine, imido, and trimethylenemethane complexes of tantalum. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 105(9). 2651–2660. 112 indexed citations
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Sen, Ayusman & John E. Bercaw. (1980). Thermal desorption studies on hydrogen- and oxygen-terminated graphite surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 84(4). 465–466. 11 indexed citations

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