Lee T. Boulton

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 889 citations indexed

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Lee T. Boulton is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lee T. Boulton has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 889 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Organic Chemistry, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lee T. Boulton's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (9 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (7 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (5 papers). Lee T. Boulton is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (9 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (7 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (5 papers). Lee T. Boulton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Lee T. Boulton's co-authors include Marco T. Sabatini, Tom D. Sheppard, Helen F. Sneddon, David M. Hodgson, Graham N. Maw, Bernd Jandeleit, Michael Härter, K. C. Nicolaou, Rachel M. Lanigan and Ian C. Lennon and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Communications, Science Advances and Chemistry - A European Journal.

In The Last Decade

Lee T. Boulton

22 papers receiving 863 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.

A green chemistry perspective on catalytic amide bond formation

2019 339 citations Marco T. Sabatini, Lee T. Boulton et al. Nature Catalysis profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lee T. Boulton United Kingdom	15	709	512	211	78	53	22	889
Gerald A. Weisenburger United States	12	1.1k 1.5×	545 1.1×	271 1.3×	93 1.2×	34 0.6×	24	1.2k
Marco T. Sabatini United Kingdom	9	546 0.8×	498 1.0×	151 0.7×	47 0.6×	46 0.9×	10	755
Michael J. Zacuto United States	18	856 1.2×	168 0.3×	151 0.7×	54 0.7×	24 0.5×	29	946
William S. Kissel United States	10	444 0.6×	210 0.4×	200 0.9×	62 0.8×	19 0.4×	13	580
Humberto Rodríguez‐Solla Spain	25	1.6k 2.3×	461 0.9×	326 1.5×	52 0.7×	37 0.7×	102	1.8k
Joseph P. A. Harrity United Kingdom	16	1.7k 2.4×	745 1.5×	206 1.0×	41 0.5×	28 0.5×	24	1.8k
Andrew D. Campbell United Kingdom	14	952 1.3×	266 0.5×	127 0.6×	61 0.8×	41 0.8×	27	1.2k
Klaus Langemann Germany	9	1.1k 1.6×	539 1.1×	109 0.5×	55 0.7×	53 1.0×	10	1.2k
Eric C. Hansen United States	19	1.2k 1.7×	303 0.6×	190 0.9×	93 1.2×	11 0.2×	31	1.3k
Zhongmin Xu United States	13	613 0.9×	241 0.5×	129 0.6×	28 0.4×	35 0.7×	22	714

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Murray, Ben J., Lee T. Boulton, Juan A. Aguilar, et al.. (2023). HFO‐1234yf as a CF ₃ Building Block: Synthesis of Trifluoromethyl Quinoline and Chromene Derivatives from Trifluoromethyl‐ynones. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 26(11). 4 indexed citations

Pratley, Cassie, et al.. (2023). Development of a Horizontal Dynamically Mixed Flow Reactor for Laboratory Scale-Up of Photochemical Wohl–Ziegler Bromination. Organic Process Research & Development. 28(5). 1725–1733. 14 indexed citations

Murray, Ben J., Lee T. Boulton, & Graham Sandford. (2021). HFO-1234yf as a CF3-building block: Synthesis of trifluoromethyl-benzophenone derivatives by deoxygenative aromatisation. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. 245. 109774–109774. 3 indexed citations

Murray, Ben J., Dmitri S. Yufit, Mark A. Fox, et al.. (2020). HFO‐1234yf as a CF₃‐Building Block: Synthesis and Chemistry of CF₃‐Ynones. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2020(39). 6236–6244. 19 indexed citations

Boulton, Lee T., et al.. (2020). Ruthenium-Catalyzed Ester Reductions Applied to Pharmaceutical Intermediates. Organic Process Research & Development. 24(11). 2745–2751. 19 indexed citations

Sabatini, Marco T., Lee T. Boulton, Helen F. Sneddon, & Tom D. Sheppard. (2019). A green chemistry perspective on catalytic amide bond formation. Nature Catalysis. 2(1). 10–17. 339 indexed citations breakdown →

Sabatini, Marco T., et al.. (2018). Protecting‐Group‐Free Amidation of Amino Acids using Lewis Acid Catalysts. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(27). 7033–7043. 47 indexed citations

Sabatini, Marco T., Lee T. Boulton, & Tom D. Sheppard. (2017). Borate esters: Simple catalysts for the sustainable synthesis of complex amides. Science Advances. 3(9). e1701028–e1701028. 159 indexed citations

Lanigan, Rachel M., et al.. (2016). Direct amidation of unprotected amino acids using B(OCH₂CF₃)₃. Chemical Communications. 52(57). 8846–8849. 38 indexed citations

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Boulton, Lee T., et al.. (2012). The Large-Scale Synthesis of (S)-N-Boc-bis(4-fluorophenyl)alanine. Organic Process Research & Development. 17(1). 69–76. 21 indexed citations

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Boulton, Lee T., Christopher J. Cobley, Catherine Hill, et al.. (2005). Efficient Synthesis of an Imidazole-Substituted δ-Amino Acid by the Integration of Chiral Technologies. Organic Letters. 7(10). 1931–1934. 10 indexed citations

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Boulton, Lee T., Martin E. Fox, Paul B. Hodgson, & Ian C. Lennon. (2004). Zinc-mediated intramolecular acyl and imino transfer reactions of aryl iodides. Tetrahedron Letters. 46(6). 983–986. 5 indexed citations

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Boulton, Lee T., Ian C. Lennon, & Raymond McCague. (2003). Asymmetric hydrogenation of a 4,4-diaryl-3-butenoate; a novel approach to sertraline. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 1(7). 1094–1096. 26 indexed citations

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Boulton, Lee T., Martin E. Fox, Mark Jackson, et al.. (2002). Synthesis of the Potent Antiglaucoma Agent, Travoprost. Organic Process Research & Development. 6(2). 138–145. 24 indexed citations

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Boulton, Lee T., et al.. (1999). Generation of unnatural α,α-disubstituted amino acid derivatives from cyclic sulfamidates. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 1421–1430. 41 indexed citations

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Hodgson, David M., et al.. (1999). A Stille cyclisation approach to (−)-periplanone-B: studies in alkene-selective ring-closing metathesis and an improved chromium(II)-mediated synthesis of (E )-alkenylstannanes from aldehydes. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 2911–2922. 17 indexed citations

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Nicolaou, K. C., Michael Härter, Lee T. Boulton, & Bernd Jandeleit. (1997). Synthesis of the Bicyclic Core of CP‐225,917 and CP‐263,114 by an Intramolecular Diels–Alder Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 36(11). 1194–1196. 37 indexed citations

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Hodgson, David M., Lee T. Boulton, & Graham N. Maw. (1995). An Efficient Medium-Ring Cyclisation Approach to the Germacranes. Synlett. 1995(3). 267–268. 6 indexed citations

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Hodgson, David M., Lee T. Boulton, & Graham N. Maw. (1995). Scope of the chromium(II)-mediated synthesis of E-alkenylstannanes from aldehydes and Bu3SnCHBr2. Tetrahedron. 51(12). 3713–3724. 25 indexed citations

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Hodgson, David M., Lee T. Boulton, & Graham N. Maw. (1994). Chemoselectivity in the chromium(II)-mediated synthesis of E-alkenylstannanes from aldehydes and Bu3SnCHBr2. Tetrahedron Letters. 35(14). 2231–2234. 17 indexed citations

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