Kenneth Turnbull

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

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Kenneth Turnbull is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth Turnbull has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Organic Chemistry, 5 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 4 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kenneth Turnbull's work include N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (37 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (20 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (11 papers). Kenneth Turnbull is often cited by papers focused on N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (37 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (20 papers) and Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (11 papers). Kenneth Turnbull collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and India. Kenneth Turnbull's co-authors include Eric F. V. Scriven, Douglas M. Krein, I. W. J. STILL, Peter N. Preston, David A. Grossie, Trevor J. King, Shô Itô, Congcong Sun, David R. Jones and Thomas M. Cooper and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

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Kenneth Turnbull

70 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Azides: their preparation and synthetic uses

1988 1.3k citations Eric F. V. Scriven, Kenneth Turnbull Chemical Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kenneth Turnbull United States	14	1.7k	481	194	170	91	70	1.9k
Piero Spagnolo Italy	30	2.3k 1.3×	351 0.7×	130 0.7×	119 0.7×	130 1.4×	129	2.4k
Klaus Banert Germany	25	1.9k 1.1×	361 0.8×	178 0.9×	430 2.5×	141 1.5×	157	2.3k
Kerstin Knepper Germany	10	2.5k 1.4×	847 1.8×	246 1.3×	199 1.2×	139 1.5×	13	2.8k
Nagatoshi Nishiwaki Japan	19	1.7k 1.0×	510 1.1×	341 1.8×	83 0.5×	72 0.8×	194	1.9k
Kakali Lahiri India	14	2.6k 1.5×	427 0.9×	265 1.4×	95 0.6×	60 0.7×	21	2.9k
G. L'ABBE Belgium	25	2.9k 1.7×	680 1.4×	138 0.7×	312 1.8×	145 1.6×	221	3.1k
Edward Lee‐Ruff Canada	17	1.2k 0.7×	283 0.6×	156 0.8×	147 0.9×	191 2.1×	108	1.6k
Gabriele Wagner United Kingdom	24	1.1k 0.7×	161 0.3×	356 1.8×	82 0.5×	48 0.5×	77	1.5k
Peter N. Preston United Kingdom	16	1.1k 0.7×	233 0.5×	210 1.1×	68 0.4×	43 0.5×	98	1.4k
Rino Leardini Italy	28	1.7k 1.0×	242 0.5×	139 0.7×	118 0.7×	76 0.8×	77	1.8k

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Turnbull, Kenneth, et al.. (2018). The reaction of sydnones with bromine in acetic anhydride revisited: a new route to 5-substituted-3-aryl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2(3H)-ones from N-aryl-N-bromocarbonylhydrazines. ARKIVOC. 2018(4). 94–101. 2 indexed citations

Grossie, David A., et al.. (2014). Crystal structure of 4-(2-bromopropionyl)-3-phenylsydnone. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 70(11). o1165–o1166. 4 indexed citations

Turnbull, Kenneth, et al.. (2014). Bismuth Triflate Catalyzed Friedel-Crafts Acylation of 3-Phenyl- and 3-(2-Carboalkoxyphenyl)sydnones under Microwave Irradiation. Organic Preparations and Procedures International. 46(4). 363–369. 3 indexed citations

Grossie, David A., et al.. (2013). 3-{5-Bromo-2-[(triphenylphosphanylidene)amino]phenyl}-4,5-dihydro-1,2,3-oxadiazol-3-ylium-5-olate. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 69(8). o1196–o1196. 2 indexed citations

Turnbull, Kenneth, et al.. (2012). Bismuth Triflate–Catalyzed Friedel–Crafts Acylations of Sydnones. Synthetic Communications. 42(21). 3220–3229. 11 indexed citations

Grossie, David A., et al.. (2009). 3-(2-Acetamidophenyl)sydnone. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 65(3). o554–o555. 5 indexed citations

Turnbull, Kenneth. (2008). Six-membered rings with three or more heteroatoms, and their fused carbocyclic derivatives. Elsevier eBooks. 3 indexed citations

Turnbull, Kenneth, et al.. (2007). 4‐Substituted ortho‐(Silylated phenyl)sydnones via a Lithiation‐Induced Silicon Migration and Subsequent Reaction with Electrophiles. Synthetic Communications. 37(6). 915–919. 2 indexed citations

Turnbull, Kenneth. (2000). ChemInform Abstract: Five‐Membered Ring Systems with More than One Nitrogen Atom. ChemInform. 31(18). 1 indexed citations

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Turnbull, Kenneth & Douglas M. Krein. (1997). The sydnone ring as an ortho-director of lithiation. Dilithiation of 3-phenylsydnone and trapping by electrophiles. Tetrahedron Letters. 38(7). 1165–1168. 13 indexed citations

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Krein, Douglas M., et al.. (1996). The reaction of 4-substituted aroyl azides with. Tetrahedron Letters. 37(40). 7213–7216. 7 indexed citations

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Turnbull, Kenneth, et al.. (1993). Formation of 1-bromocarbonylindazoles via cleavage of 4-bromo ortho-substituted arylsydnones with HBr. Tetrahedron Letters. 34(2). 239–242. 8 indexed citations

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Rao, H. Surya Prakash, et al.. (1992). Reduction of Aroyl Azides with Sodium Borohydride/Nickel (II) Chloride. Synthetic Communications. 22(9). 1339–1343. 11 indexed citations

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Jones, David R., et al.. (1991). Intramolecular Aza-Wittig Routes to Sydnoquinoxalines. Synthesis. 1991(9). 745–746. 13 indexed citations

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Scriven, Eric F. V. & Kenneth Turnbull. (1988). Azides: their preparation and synthetic uses. Chemical Reviews. 88(2). 297–368. 1259 indexed citations breakdown →

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Turnbull, Kenneth, et al.. (1988). The Efficient Synthesis of 3-Arylsydnones Under Neutral Conditions. Synthesis. 1988(12). 1011–1012. 25 indexed citations

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Turnbull, Kenneth, et al.. (1988). Acid induced reactions of a sydnone ketoxime. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 25(6). 1817–1819. 8 indexed citations

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Turnbull, Kenneth. (1986). Debromination of 3-Aryl-4-bromosydnones with Sodium Borohydride. Synthesis. 1986(4). 334–336. 9 indexed citations

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Turnbull, Kenneth. (1984). The reaction of 2‐(3‐sydnonyl)phenylmethanol with sulfonyl chlorides. A one pot conversion to the chloro congener. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 21(6). 1637–1638. 5 indexed citations

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Preston, Peter N., et al.. (1976). Thermal isomerisation of mesoinic tetrazoles. A new type of heterocyclic rearrangement. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 343–343. 3 indexed citations

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