Jonathan M. J. Williams

16.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
194 papers, 14.7k citations indexed

About

Jonathan M. J. Williams is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan M. J. Williams has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 14.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 147 papers in Organic Chemistry, 131 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 81 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jonathan M. J. Williams's work include Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (128 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (73 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (49 papers). Jonathan M. J. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (128 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (73 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (49 papers). Jonathan M. J. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Jonathan M. J. Williams's co-authors include C. Liana Allen, Andrew J. A. Watson, Malai Haniti S. A. Hamid, Michael K. Whittlesey, Paul A. Slatford, Christopher G. Frost, Aoife C. Maxwell, A. John Blacker, T.D. Nixon and James E. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan M. J. Williams

191 papers receiving 14.5k 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.

Borrowing Hydrogen in the Activation of Alcohols

2007 1.0k citations Paul A. Slatford, Jonathan M. J. Williams et al. profile →
Metal-catalysed approaches to amide bond formation

2011 932 citations C. Liana Allen, Jonathan M. J. Williams profile →
The Give and Take of Alcohol Activation

2010 636 citations Jonathan M. J. Williams et al. profile →
Transition metal catalysed reactions of alcohols using borrowing hydrogen methodology

2008 615 citations T.D. Nixon, Michael K. Whittlesey et al. Dalton Transactions profile →
Ruthenium-CatalyzedN-Alkylation of Amines and Sulfonamides Using Borrowing Hydrogen Methodology

2009 598 citations C. Liana Allen, Gareth W. Lamb et al. profile →
Amidines, isothioureas, and guanidines as nucleophilic catalysts

2012 429 citations Steven D. Bull, Jonathan M. J. Williams et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Lewis Acid Activation of Pyridines for Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution and Conjugate Addition 2015 ·ChemSusChem ·Sarah Abou‐Shehada, (unknown), Steven D. Bull, Charles E. Wade, Jonathan M. J. Williams	21
2	Direct amide formation from unactivated carboxylic acids and amines 2011 ·Chemical Communications ·C. Liana Allen, A. Rosie Chhatwal, Jonathan M. J. Williams	295
3	1,4‐Butanediol as a Reducing Agent in Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions 2010 ·Chemistry - An Asian Journal ·Hannah C. Maytum, Javier Francos, (unknown), Jonathan M. J. Williams	37
4	Iridium-catalysed amine alkylation with alcohols in water 2010 ·Chemical Communications ·Ourida Saidi, A. John Blacker, Mohamed M. Farah, Stephen P. Marsden, Jonathan M. J. Williams	201
5	Catalytic Acylation of Amines with Aldehydes or Aldoximes 2010 ·Organic Letters ·C. Liana Allen, (unknown), Jonathan M. J. Williams	104
6	Selective Ruthenium‐Catalyzed N‐Alkylation of Indoles by Using Alcohols 2010 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Sebastian Bähn, Sebastian Imm, Kathleen Mevius, Lorenz Neubert, Annegret Tillack, Jonathan M. J. Williams, Matthias Beller	141
7	Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Alkene Synthesis by the Decarbonylative Coupling of Aldehydes with Alkynes 2010 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·C. Liana Allen, Jonathan M. J. Williams	24
8	Selective Amine Cross‐Coupling Using Iridium‐Catalyzed “Borrowing Hydrogen” Methodology 2009 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Ourida Saidi, A. John Blacker, Mohamed M. Farah, Stephen P. Marsden, Jonathan M. J. Williams	149
9	Borrowing hydrogen - C - N bond formation from alcohols 2008 ·Gareth W. Lamb, Jonathan M. J. Williams	61
10	Ruthenium xantphos complexes in hydrogen transfer processes: reactivity and mechanistic studies 2008 ·Dalton Transactions ·A.E.W. Ledger, Paul A. Slatford, John P. Lowe, Mary F. Mahon, Michael K. Whittlesey, Jonathan M. J. Williams	52
11	Transition metal catalysed reactions of alcohols using borrowing hydrogen methodology breakdown → 2008 ·Dalton Transactions ·T.D. Nixon, Michael K. Whittlesey, Jonathan M. J. Williams	615
12	A catalytic deracemisation of alcohols 2007 ·Chemical Communications ·Gareth R. A. Adair, Jonathan M. J. Williams	37
13	A novel ruthenium catalysed deracemisation of alcohols 2005 ·Chemical Communications ·Gareth R. A. Adair, Jonathan M. J. Williams	27
14	Borrowing hydrogen: iridium-catalysed reactions for the formation of C–C bonds from alcohols 2005 ·Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry ·Phillip J. Black, Gerta Cami‐Kobeci, Michael G. Edwards, Paul A. Slatford, Michael K. Whittlesey, Jonathan M. J. Williams	101
15	N-Alkylation of phenethylamine and tryptamine 2004 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·Gerta Cami‐Kobeci, Paul A. Slatford, Michael K. Whittlesey, Jonathan M. J. Williams	93
16	Conversion of alcohols into N-alkyl anilines via an indirect aza-Wittig reaction 2004 ·Chemical Communications ·Gerta Cami‐Kobeci, Jonathan M. J. Williams	78
17	Catalytic Electronic Activation: Indirect Addition of Nucleophiles to an Allylic Alcohol This work was supported by the University of Bath and Roche Discovery (P.J.B.). 2001 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Phillip J. Black, William R. Harris, Jonathan M. J. Williams	28
18	Dynamic kinetic resolution 1999 ·Current Opinion in Chemical Biology ·(unknown), Jonathan M. J. Williams	99
19	Enantioselective synthesis of succinic acids and γ-lactones via palladium catalysed allylic substitution reactions 1995 ·Tetrahedron Asymmetry ·Graham Dawson, Jonathan M. J. Williams, Steven J. Coote	60
20	The shift lattice: an interpretation of some infinitely adaptive structures 1993 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·(unknown), Richard J. D. Tilley, Jonathan M. J. Williams, (unknown)	5

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