Kwang‐Ting Liu

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 911 citations indexed

About

Kwang‐Ting Liu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Kwang‐Ting Liu has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 911 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Organic Chemistry, 40 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 25 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Kwang‐Ting Liu's work include Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (51 papers), Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms (29 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (13 papers). Kwang‐Ting Liu is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (51 papers), Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms (29 papers) and Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (13 papers). Kwang‐Ting Liu collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, United States and China. Kwang‐Ting Liu's co-authors include Herbert C. Brown, Chandra Prakash Garg, Yeh‐Fang Duann, Jye‐Shane Yang, Yau‐Tang Lin, Ying‐Chih Lin, Bih‐Yaw Jin, James H. Kawakami, Yu Wang and Shu‐Chuan Jao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Tetrahedron.

In The Last Decade

Kwang‐Ting Liu

73 papers receiving 841 citations

Hit Papers

Oxidation of secondary al... 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 40 80 120
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  1. Oxidation of secondary alcohols in diethyl ether with aqueous chromic acid. Convenient procedure for the preparation of ketones in high epimeric purity
    1971 140 citations Herbert C. Brown, Chandra Prakash Garg et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kwang‐Ting Liu Taiwan 17 780 331 241 220 58 76 911
Howard Maskill United Kingdom 15 686 0.9× 273 0.8× 217 0.9× 191 0.9× 84 1.4× 76 921
Richard A. Sneen United States 14 610 0.8× 218 0.7× 193 0.8× 188 0.9× 76 1.3× 33 776
J. Hudec United Kingdom 17 595 0.8× 187 0.6× 213 0.9× 170 0.8× 73 1.3× 71 926
Günter Kresze Germany 21 1.1k 1.5× 145 0.4× 285 1.2× 262 1.2× 107 1.8× 98 1.3k
RFC Brown United States 18 823 1.1× 204 0.6× 118 0.5× 183 0.8× 43 0.7× 98 1.1k
Paul H. Mazzocchi United States 21 826 1.1× 223 0.7× 116 0.5× 197 0.9× 159 2.7× 82 1.1k
Robert Loos Germany 9 1.1k 1.5× 246 0.7× 236 1.0× 158 0.7× 52 0.9× 12 1.3k
Bon‐Su Lee South Korea 17 701 0.9× 280 0.8× 201 0.8× 270 1.2× 42 0.7× 57 884
Willi Sicking Germany 21 859 1.1× 161 0.5× 183 0.8× 314 1.4× 58 1.0× 40 1.1k
Krzysztof Wojciechowski Poland 18 1.2k 1.6× 177 0.5× 215 0.9× 232 1.1× 86 1.5× 75 1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kwang‐Ting Liu

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All Works

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Liu, Kwang‐Ting, et al.. (2006). Solvolysis of Highly Congested Tertiary Benzylic p‐Nitrobenzoates. Kinetic Probe for Detecting Resonance Contribution of Aryl Moiety to the Cationic Transition State. Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society. 53(6). 1491–1499. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Kwang‐Ting, et al.. (2001). Application of Grunwald–Winstein correlation analyses with Y BnBr scales to the solvolysis of benzoyl bromides. Tetrahedron. 57(16). 3343–3347. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Kwang‐Ting, et al.. (1998). Nucleophilic solvent participation in the solvolysis of 4-methoxybenzyl bromide and chloride. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 2181–2186. 19 indexed citations
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Liu, Kwang‐Ting, et al.. (1998). B-Strain and Solvolytic Reactivity Revisited. Nucleophilic Solvent Participation and Abnormal Rate Ratios for Tertiary Chloroalkanes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 63(4). 1360–1362. 15 indexed citations
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Liu, Kwang‐Ting, et al.. (1998). Solvolysis of 1‐Aryl‐1‐tert‐butylmethyl Chlorides. Solvent Effects on the Hammett‐type Correlation Analysis. Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society. 45(1). 153–158. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Kwang‐Ting, et al.. (1997). Solvolysis of 1-alkyl-1-chloro-1-(4-methyl)phenylmethanes. Nucleophilic solvent intervention and extendedYBnCl scale. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry. 10(12). 879–884. 20 indexed citations
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Liu, Kwang‐Ting. (1996). Comments on the utility of aromatic ring parameters in the correlation analysis of solvolytic reactivities for benzylic substrates. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 2. 327–327. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Kwang‐Ting, et al.. (1989). Oxygen‐17 NMR study on substituted α, α, α‐trifluoroacetophenones. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry. 2(4). 363–366. 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Kwang‐Ting, et al.. (1981). A Convenient Procedure for Phase Transfer Catalyzed Acetylation of Hindered Phenols. Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society. 28(4). 209–211. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Kwang‐Ting, et al.. (1978). Oxidation with supported oxidants. 2. Preparation of sulfoxides by alumina-supported sodium metaperiodate. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 43(13). 2717–2718. 30 indexed citations
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Liu, Kwang‐Ting, et al.. (1978). A Facile Conversion of Thiols to Disulfides. Synthesis. 1978(9). 669–670. 52 indexed citations
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Liu, Kwang‐Ting. (1976). Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies. IV. Proton Chemical Shifts and Coupling Constants of 2‐Norbornanols and Methyl‐Substituted 2‐Norbornanols. Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society. 23(1). 1–10. 5 indexed citations
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Brown, Herbert C., Chandra Prakash Garg, & Kwang‐Ting Liu. (1971). Oxidation of secondary alcohols in diethyl ether with aqueous chromic acid. Convenient procedure for the preparation of ketones in high epimeric purity. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 36(3). 387–390. 140 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brown, Herbert C. & Kwang‐Ting Liu. (1971). Relative rate of exo addition to norbornene and 7,7-dimethylnorbornene. New criterion for distinguishing between cyclic and noncyclic addition processes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 93(26). 7335–7337. 19 indexed citations
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Brown, Herbert C., James H. Kawakami, & Kwang‐Ting Liu. (1970). Remarkably high stereoselectivity in the addition of acetic acid and trifluoroacetic acid to norbornene. Evidence for the capture of the norbornyl cation in an unsymmetrical state. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 92(18). 5536–5538. 7 indexed citations
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