K. E. Wilzbach

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

K. E. Wilzbach is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, K. E. Wilzbach has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Organic Chemistry, 11 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 10 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in K. E. Wilzbach's work include Chemical Reactions and Isotopes (10 papers), Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (6 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (6 papers). K. E. Wilzbach is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Reactions and Isotopes (10 papers), Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (6 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (6 papers). K. E. Wilzbach collaborates with scholars based in United States. K. E. Wilzbach's co-authors include Louis A. Kaplan, David J. Rausch, Peter Riesz, Weldon G. Brown, James W. Pavlik, Thomas Wartik, A. E. Finholt, H. I. Schlesinger, Leon M. Dorfman and Stephen P. Walch and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

K. E. Wilzbach

37 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
K. E. Wilzbach United States 24 750 359 343 333 304 37 1.9k
Edward S. Lewis United States 25 1.6k 2.1× 237 0.7× 493 1.4× 382 1.1× 379 1.2× 115 2.3k
V. J. Shiner United States 27 1.6k 2.1× 421 1.2× 449 1.3× 544 1.6× 784 2.6× 97 3.1k
E. B. Whipple United States 24 887 1.2× 102 0.3× 273 0.8× 430 1.3× 250 0.8× 61 1.8k
Marjorie C. Caserio United States 23 1.2k 1.6× 119 0.3× 260 0.8× 419 1.3× 273 0.9× 77 2.2k
Daniel J. Pasto United States 27 2.3k 3.1× 206 0.6× 299 0.9× 260 0.8× 344 1.1× 165 3.0k
Howard E. Simmons United States 26 2.5k 3.4× 301 0.8× 417 1.2× 332 1.0× 353 1.2× 44 3.3k
F. A. L. Anet Canada 26 1.1k 1.5× 108 0.3× 368 1.1× 774 2.3× 343 1.1× 70 2.2k
Harold Kwart United States 27 2.2k 3.0× 215 0.6× 336 1.0× 402 1.2× 388 1.3× 161 3.0k
J. M. Tedder United Kingdom 21 1.2k 1.6× 349 1.0× 299 0.9× 289 0.9× 158 0.5× 172 2.3k
Frank J. Weigert United States 21 918 1.2× 223 0.6× 178 0.5× 746 2.2× 353 1.2× 69 2.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kaplan, Louis A., James W. Pavlik, & K. E. Wilzbach. (1972). Photohydration of pyridinium ions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 94(9). 3283–3284. 56 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Louis A., David J. Rausch, & K. E. Wilzbach. (1972). Photosolvation of benzene. Mechanism of formation of bicyclo[3.1.0]hex-3-en-2-yl and of bicyclo[3.1.0]hex-2-en-6-yl derivatives. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 94(24). 8638–8640. 36 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Louis A., Laura Wendling, & K. E. Wilzbach. (1971). Photooxidation of aqueous benzene. I. Identification of the product as 1,3-cyclopentadiene-1-carboxaldehyde. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 93(15). 3819–3820. 20 indexed citations
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Wilzbach, K. E. & David J. Rausch. (1970). Photochemistry of nitrogen heterocycles. Dewar pyridine and its intermediacy in photoreduction and photohydration of pyridine. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 92(7). 2178–2179. 106 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Louis A. & K. E. Wilzbach. (1968). Photolysis of benzene vapor. Benzvalene formation at wavelengths 2537-2370 A. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 90(12). 3291–3292. 85 indexed citations
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Wilzbach, K. E., A. L. Harkness, & Louis A. Kaplan. (1968). Photochemical rearrangement of benzene-1,3,5-tri deutrium. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 90(5). 1116–1118. 38 indexed citations
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Wilzbach, K. E., et al.. (1967). Benzvalene, the Tricyclic Valence Isomer of Benzene. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 89(4). 1031–1032. 132 indexed citations
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Wilzbach, K. E. & Louis A. Kaplan. (1964). Photoisomerization of Dialkylbenzenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 86(11). 2307–2308. 46 indexed citations
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Wilzbach, K. E.. (1963). The Gas Exposure Technique for Tritium Labeling. PubMed. 1. 4–11. 4 indexed citations
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Wilzbach, K. E.. (1962). Gas exposure method for tritium labelling. 1 indexed citations
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Roth, Lloyd J., K. E. Wilzbach, Alfred Heller, & Louis A. Kaplan. (1959). Tritium-Labeled Meprobamate**University of Chicago, Dept. of Pharmacology, Chicago 37, Ill., and Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Ill. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (Scientific ed ). 48(7). 415–416. 5 indexed citations
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Dorfman, Leon M. & K. E. Wilzbach. (1959). Tritium Labelling of Organic Compounds by Means of Electric Discharge. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 63(6). 799–801. 31 indexed citations
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Riesz, Peter & K. E. Wilzbach. (1958). Labeling of Some C6 Hydrocarbons by Exposure to Tritium. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 62(1). 6–9. 35 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Louis A. & K. E. Wilzbach. (1955). Hydrogen Isotope Effects in the Alkaline Cleavage of Triorganosilanes1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 77(5). 1297–1302. 35 indexed citations
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Wilzbach, K. E., et al.. (1955). The Synthesis of Tritium-labeled Methyl Iodide and Acriflavine1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 77(4). 1033–1035. 5 indexed citations
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Wilzbach, K. E., et al.. (1954). Determination of Tritium by Ion Current Measurement. Analytical Chemistry. 26(5). 880–883. 36 indexed citations
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Wilzbach, K. E., Louis A. Kaplan, & Weldon G. Brown. (1953). The Preparation of Gas for Assay of Tritium in Organic Compounds. Science. 118(3070). 522–523. 69 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Louis A., G. R. Ringo, & K. E. Wilzbach. (1952). Thermal Neutron Absorption Cross Section of Deuterium. Physical Review. 87(5). 785–786. 23 indexed citations
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Brown, Weldon G., Louis A. Kaplan, & K. E. Wilzbach. (1952). The Exchange of Hydrogen Gas with Lithium and Sodium Borohydrides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 74(5). 1343–1344. 18 indexed citations
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Finholt, A. E., et al.. (1951). The Preparation of the Hydrides of Zinc, Cadmium, Beryllium, Magnesium and Lithium by the Use of Lithium Aluminum Hydride1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 73(10). 4585–4590. 109 indexed citations

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