Lester Friedman

2.4k total citations
48 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Lester Friedman is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lester Friedman has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Organic Chemistry, 16 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lester Friedman's work include Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (11 papers), Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms (7 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (6 papers). Lester Friedman is often cited by papers focused on Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (11 papers), Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms (7 papers) and Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (6 papers). Lester Friedman collaborates with scholars based in United States. Lester Friedman's co-authors include Harold Shechter, John G. Miller, Peter W. Rabideau, J F Chlebowski, John Hamilton, Joel G. Berger, D. L. Fishel, Vandana Kulkarni, Howard A. Schneiderman and A. Krishnakumaran and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Marketing.

In The Last Decade

Lester Friedman

48 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lester Friedman United States	21	1.3k	293	224	174	173	48	1.8k
Henry Feuer United States	17	1.3k 1.0×	258 0.9×	342 1.5×	177 1.0×	179 1.0×	96	1.7k
Jacques Metzger France	21	1.1k 0.9×	175 0.6×	357 1.6×	206 1.2×	241 1.4×	172	1.8k
N. B. Chapman United Kingdom	16	1.0k 0.8×	380 1.3×	240 1.1×	226 1.3×	139 0.8×	82	1.5k
H. Suschitzky United Kingdom	21	1.9k 1.5×	371 1.3×	482 2.2×	101 0.6×	191 1.1×	248	2.4k
DeLos F. DeTar United States	21	915 0.7×	254 0.9×	563 2.5×	284 1.6×	223 1.3×	100	1.7k
J. F. Arens Netherlands	27	2.3k 1.9×	183 0.6×	622 2.8×	300 1.7×	201 1.2×	137	3.0k
James H. Brewster United States	19	927 0.7×	176 0.6×	333 1.5×	493 2.8×	103 0.6×	42	1.5k
R. A. Olofson United States	28	1.9k 1.5×	143 0.5×	641 2.9×	192 1.1×	95 0.5×	91	2.5k
Hans‐Dieter Scharf Germany	23	1.9k 1.5×	202 0.7×	458 2.0×	233 1.3×	289 1.7×	141	2.3k
James M. Coxon New Zealand	22	1.1k 0.9×	131 0.4×	468 2.1×	123 0.7×	144 0.8×	150	1.5k

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Friedman, Lester & John G. Miller. (1971). Odor Incongruity and Chirality. Science. 172(3987). 1044–1046. 144 indexed citations

Friedman, Lester, et al.. (1970). Carbenoid species from methyl and methylene halides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 92(15). 4640–4645. 9 indexed citations

Friedman, Lester, et al.. (1969). Alkylation of arenes via aprotic diazotization of alkylamines. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 91(7). 1808–1811. 1 indexed citations

Friedman, Lester, et al.. (1969). Factors affecting the formation and stability of the equilibrating protonated cyclopropane. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 91(7). 1800–1803. 6 indexed citations

Friedman, Lester, et al.. (1969). Aprotic diazotization of aliphatic amines. Hydrocarbon products and reaction parameters. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 91(7). 1790–1794. 14 indexed citations

Friedman, Lester, et al.. (1968). Electron impact and thermal fragmentation of biphenylene. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 90(9). 2324–2328. 20 indexed citations

Friedman, Lester, et al.. (1968). Anomalies in the acetylation of o- and p-xylenes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 33(3). 1255–1257. 1 indexed citations

Friedman, Lester & Peter W. Rabideau. (1968). Thermolysis reactions of biphenylene. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 33(1). 451–453. 12 indexed citations

Friedman, Lester, et al.. (1968). Primary and secondary products from reaction of benzyne and benzene at elevated temperatures. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 90(9). 2329–2333. 36 indexed citations

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Friedman, Lester, et al.. (1967). Concerning the Mechanisms of Alkylamine Diazotization and N-Alkyl-N-nitrosoacetamide Decomposition. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 89(1). 147–148. 11 indexed citations

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Friedman, Lester, et al.. (1967). Mechanism of Cyclopropane Formation via Diazotization of Aliphatic Amines. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 89(1). 149–150. 3 indexed citations

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Friedman, Lester. (1967). Reaction of benzyne with benzene. Effect of silver ion. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 89(12). 3071–3073. 39 indexed citations

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Friedman, Lester, et al.. (1967). Pyrolysis of Biphenylene. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 89(5). 1271–1272. 20 indexed citations

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Shechter, Harold, et al.. (1967). Reactions of butyllithium with sulfonylhydrazones. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 89(22). 5736–5737. 42 indexed citations

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Cook, Fred L., et al.. (1966). The Mechanisms of Base-Catalyzed Decomposition of Cyclopropanecarboxaldehyde p-Tosylhydrazone in Protic Solvents. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 88(16). 3870–3872. 4 indexed citations

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Friedman, Lester, et al.. (1965). Reaction of Poorly Solvated Alkyl Cations with Arenes and Ethers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 87(24). 5788–5790. 8 indexed citations

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Friedman, Lester, et al.. (1965). Intramolecular Reactions of Cyclopropylcarbinyl, Cyclobutyl, and Allylcarbinyl Cationic Systems. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 87(3). 661–663. 18 indexed citations

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Friedman, Lester, et al.. (1963). Benzynes via Aprotic Diazotization of Anthranilic Acids: A Convenient Synthesis of Triptycene and Derivatives. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 85(10). 1549–1549. 138 indexed citations

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Friedman, Lester & Joel G. Berger. (1961). DEHYDROHALOGENATION OF SIMPLE ALKYL HALIDES BY STRONG BASE; EVIDENCE OF CARBENE INTERMEDIATES, EXTENT OF α-ELIMINATION¹. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 83(2). 492–493. 18 indexed citations

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Friedman, Lester & Harold Shechter. (1961). Amidation and aminoalkylation of olefins: Blocking techniques in radical chain reactions. Tetrahedron Letters. 2(7). 238–242. 37 indexed citations

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