Lee Belding

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Lee Belding is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lee Belding has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Organic Chemistry, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lee Belding's work include Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (7 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (5 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (5 papers). Lee Belding is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (7 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (5 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (5 papers). Lee Belding collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and South Korea. Lee Belding's co-authors include Travis Dudding, George M. Whitesides, Philipp Rothemund, Alar Ainla, Daniel J. Preston, Zhigang Suo, Ilia Korobkov, Georgii I. Nikonov, Art van der Est and Terry Chu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Lee Belding

29 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. A soft, bistable valve for autonomous control of soft actuators
    2018 401 citations Philipp Rothemund, Alar Ainla et al. Science Robotics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lee Belding Canada 17 671 404 274 268 191 29 1.4k
Masahito Watanabe Japan 21 873 1.3× 251 0.6× 109 0.4× 613 2.3× 137 0.7× 72 1.5k
Zhen‐Sheng Zhao China 25 338 0.5× 835 2.1× 81 0.3× 68 0.3× 257 1.3× 71 1.5k
Katherine S. Elvira Canada 16 224 0.3× 1.3k 3.1× 98 0.4× 46 0.2× 427 2.2× 25 1.6k
Hiroki Yamashita Japan 20 207 0.3× 207 0.5× 34 0.1× 141 0.5× 571 3.0× 77 1.3k
Yu Zeng China 25 303 0.5× 310 0.8× 29 0.1× 322 1.2× 620 3.2× 79 2.1k
Takeo Akiyama Japan 23 723 1.1× 323 0.8× 89 0.3× 249 0.9× 621 3.3× 117 1.8k
François Michaud France 16 219 0.3× 186 0.5× 39 0.1× 120 0.4× 105 0.5× 59 728
Quan Liu China 22 167 0.2× 287 0.7× 67 0.2× 157 0.6× 446 2.3× 81 1.5k
В. И. Соколов Russia 14 432 0.6× 173 0.4× 65 0.2× 165 0.6× 241 1.3× 129 951

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lee Belding

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All Works

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Park, Jun‐Woo, Mohamad S. Kodaimati, Lee Belding, et al.. (2022). Controlled Hysteresis of Conductance in Molecular Tunneling Junctions. ACS Nano. 16(3). 4206–4216. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Yuan, Samuel E. Root, Lee Belding, et al.. (2021). Characterizing Chelation at Surfaces by Charge Tunneling. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(15). 5967–5977. 15 indexed citations
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Belding, Lee, et al.. (2019). Competitive hydrogen bonding of cyclopropenium ions: Implications of an anion switch. Tetrahedron Letters. 60(32). 150928–150928. 8 indexed citations
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Baghbanzadeh, Mostafa, Lee Belding, Yuan Li, et al.. (2019). Dipole-Induced Rectification Across AgTS/SAM//Ga2O3/EGaIn Junctions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(22). 8969–8980. 47 indexed citations
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Rothemund, Philipp, Alar Ainla, Lee Belding, et al.. (2018). A soft, bistable valve for autonomous control of soft actuators. Science Robotics. 3(16). 401 indexed citations breakdown →
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Belding, Lee, et al.. (2018). Fluorescence of Cyclopropenium Ion Derivatives. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 83(12). 6489–6497. 15 indexed citations
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Heine, N., Sherif J. Kaldas, Lee Belding, et al.. (2016). Synthesis of Chiral Piperazinones Using Amphoteric Aziridine Aldehyde Dimers and Functionalized Isocyanides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 81(12). 5209–5216. 9 indexed citations
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Chu, Terry, Lee Belding, Prashanth K. Poddutoori, et al.. (2016). Unique molecular geometries of reduced 4- and 5-coordinate zinc complexes stabilised by diiminopyridine ligand. Dalton Transactions. 45(34). 13440–13448. 15 indexed citations
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Belding, Lee, et al.. (2015). Synthesis, Theoretical Analysis, and Experimental pKa Determination of a Fluorescent, Nonsymmetric, In–Out Proton Sponge. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 81(1). 6–13. 40 indexed citations
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Chu, Terry, Lee Belding, Art van der Est, et al.. (2014). A Coordination Compound of Ge0 Stabilized by a Diiminopyridine Ligand. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(10). 2711–2715. 103 indexed citations
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Belding, Lee, S. Maryamdokht Taimoory, & Travis Dudding. (2014). Mirroring Enzymes: The Role of Hydrogen Bonding in an Asymmetric Organocatalyzed Aza-Henry Reaction—a DFT Study. ACS Catalysis. 5(1). 343–349. 18 indexed citations
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Chu, Terry, Lee Belding, Art van der Est, et al.. (2014). A Coordination Compound of Ge0 Stabilized by a Diiminopyridine Ligand. Angewandte Chemie. 126(10). 2749–2753. 61 indexed citations
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Belding, Lee & Travis Dudding. (2013). Synthesis and Theoretical Investigation of a 1,8‐Bis(bis(diisopropylamino)cyclopropeniminyl)naphthalene Proton Sponge Derivative. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(4). 1032–1037. 38 indexed citations
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Belding, Lee, Sherry R. Chemler, & Travis Dudding. (2013). A Computational Study of the Copper(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Intramolecular Aminooxygenation of Alkenes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 78(20). 10288–10297. 16 indexed citations
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Metallinos, Costa, et al.. (2013). Reversal of Stereoselectivity in Lithiation of Ferrocenyl‐imidazolones: Epimeric Substrates lead to Planar Chiral Enantiomers. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 355(6). 1211–1219. 19 indexed citations
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Paderes, Monissa C., et al.. (2012). Evidence for Alkene cis‐Aminocupration, an Aminooxygenation Case Study: Kinetics, EPR Spectroscopy, and DFT Calculations. Chemistry - A European Journal. 18(6). 1711–1726. 61 indexed citations
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Trant, John F., Lee Belding, Travis Dudding, & Tomáš Hudlický. (2012). Application of D‐chiro‐Inositol as a Chiral Template for the DielsAlder Reaction. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 95(10). 2026–2035. 1 indexed citations
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Paull, Daniel H., et al.. (2011). From Bifunctional to Trifunctional (Tricomponent Nucleophile–Transition Metal–Lewis Acid) Catalysis: The Catalytic, Enantioselective α-Fluorination of Acid Chlorides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(19). 7536–7546. 71 indexed citations
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Cho, Inhee, Labros G. Meimetis, Lee Belding, et al.. (2011). Directed ortho,ortho'-dimetalation of hydrobenzoin: Rapid access to hydrobenzoin derivatives useful for asymmetric synthesis. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 7. 1315–1322. 7 indexed citations

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