John F. Sebastian

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 999 citations indexed

About

John F. Sebastian is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, John F. Sebastian has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 999 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Organic Chemistry, 11 papers in Spectroscopy and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in John F. Sebastian's work include Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (10 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (7 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (6 papers). John F. Sebastian is often cited by papers focused on Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (10 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (7 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (6 papers). John F. Sebastian collaborates with scholars based in United States. John F. Sebastian's co-authors include Myron L. Bender, Robert L. VanEtten, Manfred G. Reinecke, Harry W. Johnson, John R. Grunwell, Chongsuh Pyun, Robert L. Van Etten, Trevor D. Power, Nathan Harris and Guiqing Liang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Physical Chemistry and The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

John F. Sebastian

32 papers receiving 900 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.

Acceleration of phenyl ester cleavage by cycloamyloses. A model for enzymic specificity

1967 400 citations Robert L. VanEtten, John F. Sebastian et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John F. Sebastian United States	13	536	314	312	188	181	34	999
Oswald S. Tee Canada	19	667 1.2×	183 0.6×	347 1.1×	238 1.3×	121 0.7×	89	1.0k
Karl R. Kopecky Canada	17	910 1.7×	354 1.1×	164 0.5×	113 0.6×	135 0.7×	47	1.3k
Paolo Linda Italy	18	513 1.0×	542 1.7×	194 0.6×	61 0.3×	116 0.6×	93	1.0k
J. Strating Netherlands	23	1.2k 2.2×	207 0.7×	272 0.9×	115 0.6×	121 0.7×	130	1.6k
G. D. Meakins United Kingdom	19	679 1.3×	480 1.5×	256 0.8×	74 0.4×	99 0.5×	141	1.3k
Edward M. Burgess United States	23	1.3k 2.4×	350 1.1×	258 0.8×	114 0.6×	73 0.4×	45	1.7k
Donald Valentine United States	18	656 1.2×	193 0.6×	144 0.5×	81 0.4×	151 0.8×	29	963
Scott Searles United States	22	923 1.7×	201 0.6×	286 0.9×	72 0.4×	129 0.7×	59	1.4k
H. Slebocka‐Tilk Canada	20	788 1.5×	309 1.0×	198 0.6×	85 0.5×	125 0.7×	46	1.2k
Donald S. Noyce United States	17	909 1.7×	223 0.7×	320 1.0×	96 0.5×	128 0.7×	107	1.3k

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Sebastian, John F., et al.. (2004). Density functional study of the lithiation of cyclic vinyl ethers in solution. Tetrahedron. 60(48). 10899–10906. 20 indexed citations

Power, Trevor D. & John F. Sebastian. (1999). A DFT proton affinity study of vinyl and allyl anions of cyclic vinyl ethers and cycloalkenes. Tetrahedron Letters. 40(34). 6149–6152. 2 indexed citations

Power, Trevor D. & John F. Sebastian. (1998). Relative anion stabilities and transition state energies regarding vinylic vs allylic deprotonation of cyclic vinyl ethers by organolithium reagents: An ab initio study. Tetrahedron. 54(29). 8371–8392. 7 indexed citations

Liang, Guiqing & John F. Sebastian. (1998). Searching for the Lowest Energy Conformation of Substrates in the Carboxypeptidase A Active Site Using Monte Carlo/Energy Minimization Techniques. Bioorganic Chemistry. 26(6). 295–308. 1 indexed citations

Power, Trevor D. & John F. Sebastian. (1996). Vinylic vs allylic deprotonation: An ab initio molecular orbital study of 2,3-dihydrooxepin and 1,3-cycloheptadiene. Tetrahedron Letters. 37(51). 9127–9130. 2 indexed citations

Sebastian, John F., et al.. (1990). Effect of sulfonates on the esterase activity of carboxypeptidase A. Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 68(7-8). 1062–1065. 2 indexed citations

Sebastian, John F., et al.. (1987). Kinetic studies of modifier effects on the carboxypeptidase A catalyzed hydrolyses of peptides. Biochemistry and Cell Biology. 65(8). 717–725. 2 indexed citations

Sebastian, John F.. (1987). Reversible activators of enzymes. Journal of Chemical Education. 64(12). 1031–1031. 8 indexed citations

Sebastian, John F., et al.. (1982). The Synthesis of 2,7-Dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]Octanes. Synthetic Communications. 12(8). 607–612. 3 indexed citations

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Sebastian, John F., et al.. (1980). Direct observation of acyl anion equivalents by carbon-13 Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 45(24). 4959–4961. 36 indexed citations

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Poorman, Roger A., et al.. (1979). Inhibition of carboxypeptidase A catalyzed peptide hydrolysis by 3-phenylpropanoate at activating and nonactivating substrate concentrations. Canadian Journal of Biochemistry. 57(4). 357–365. 1 indexed citations

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Sebastian, John F., et al.. (1978). Direct observation of metalated N,N-dimethylbenzylamines by ft NMR spectroscopy. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 159(4). 363–371. 14 indexed citations

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Sebastian, John F., et al.. (1978). Mechanisms for activation and inhibition of carboxypeptidase A catalyzed hydrolyses of peptides and esters. Canadian Journal of Biochemistry. 56(5). 329–333. 6 indexed citations

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Sebastian, John F., et al.. (1975). A space-filling model of the active site region of carboxypeptidase A. Journal of Chemical Education. 52(10). 660–660.

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Sebastian, John F., et al.. (1974). Electronic structure and geometry of bis(dimethyl ether)allyllithium. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 78(1). C1–C3. 21 indexed citations

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Sebastian, John F.. (1971). The electronic effects of alkyl groups. Journal of Chemical Education. 48(2). 97–97. 18 indexed citations

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Reinecke, Manfred G., John F. Sebastian, Harry W. Johnson, & Chongsuh Pyun. (1971). NMR spectral study of some organometallic derivatives of indoles. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 36(21). 3091–3095. 12 indexed citations

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VanEtten, Robert L., et al.. (1967). Acceleration of phenyl ester cleavage by cycloamyloses. A model for enzymic specificity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 89(13). 3242–3253. 400 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bender, Myron L., et al.. (1966). A Pictorial Description of the “Lock and Key” Theory¹. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 88(10). 2318–2319. 37 indexed citations

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Reinecke, Manfred G., Harry W. Johnson, & John F. Sebastian. (1963). The Structure of the Pyrrole Grignard Reagent. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 85(18). 2859–2860. 16 indexed citations

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