Louis Noodleman

15.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
131 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

Louis Noodleman is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Louis Noodleman has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 40 papers in Materials Chemistry and 38 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Louis Noodleman's work include Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (46 papers), Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (29 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (25 papers). Louis Noodleman is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (46 papers), Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins (29 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (25 papers). Louis Noodleman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Louis Noodleman's co-authors include David A. Case, Timothy Lovell, Fahmi Himo, Ernest R. Davidson, Wen‐Ge Han, K. Barry Sharpless, Joe G. Norman, Evert Jan Baerends, Donald Bashford and Tiqing Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Louis Noodleman

130 papers receiving 12.7k citations

Hit Papers

Valence bond description ... 1979 2026 1994 2010 1981 2004 1986 1995 1984 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Valence bond description of antiferromagnetic coupling in transition metal dimers
    1981 2.2k citations Louis Noodleman profile →
  2. Copper(I)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Azoles. DFT Study Predicts Unprecedented Reactivity and Intermediates
    2004 1.4k citations Fahmi Himo, Timothy Lovell et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  3. Ligand spin polarization and antiferromagnetic coupling in transition metal dimers
    1986 853 citations Louis Noodleman et al. profile →
  4. Orbital interactions, electron delocalization and spin coupling in iron-sulfur clusters
    1995 716 citations Louis Noodleman, Chun Peng et al. Coordination Chemistry Reviews profile →
  5. Electronic structure, magnetic properties, ESR, and optical spectra for 2-iron ferredoxin models by LCAO-X.alpha. valence bond theory
    1984 460 citations Louis Noodleman et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. The Xα valence bond theory of weak electronic coupling. Application to the low-lying states of Mo2Cl84−
    1979 370 citations Louis Noodleman et al. profile →
  7. Why Is Tetrazole Formation by Addition of Azide to Organic Nitriles Catalyzed by Zinc(II) Salts?
    2003 327 citations Fahmi Himo, Louis Noodleman et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  8. Mechanisms of Tetrazole Formation by Addition of Azide to Nitriles
    2002 295 citations Fahmi Himo, Louis Noodleman et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  9. Sulfur [ 18 F]Fluoride Exchange Click Chemistry Enabled Ultrafast Late-Stage Radiosynthesis
    2021 109 citations Qinheng Zheng, Hongtao Xu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Louis Noodleman United States 51 4.5k 4.4k 3.8k 3.5k 2.6k 131 12.9k
Elı́es Molins Spain 56 3.5k 0.8× 3.9k 0.9× 6.9k 1.8× 4.8k 1.4× 1.4k 0.5× 490 16.8k
Alfred X. Trautwein Germany 56 4.0k 0.9× 4.8k 1.1× 1.8k 0.5× 4.7k 1.3× 2.1k 0.8× 357 11.3k
Ansgar Schäfer Germany 25 3.2k 0.7× 5.9k 1.3× 6.5k 1.7× 6.3k 1.8× 1.8k 0.7× 53 19.0k
Dimitrios A. Pantazis Germany 50 2.1k 0.5× 3.7k 0.8× 2.1k 0.6× 3.3k 0.9× 3.4k 1.3× 166 10.2k
Serena DeBeer Germany 67 2.6k 0.6× 6.3k 1.4× 3.4k 0.9× 4.8k 1.3× 1.7k 0.6× 312 15.0k
Vincent L. Pecoraro United States 79 6.9k 1.6× 10.0k 2.3× 3.5k 0.9× 8.0k 2.3× 4.3k 1.7× 324 18.8k
Kizashi Yamaguchi Japan 57 8.0k 1.8× 3.7k 0.8× 4.8k 1.3× 5.4k 1.5× 2.9k 1.1× 770 18.6k
W. Robert Scheidt United States 64 3.7k 0.8× 6.0k 1.4× 2.3k 0.6× 9.5k 2.7× 3.6k 1.4× 360 14.5k
Martin Kaupp Germany 69 3.1k 0.7× 6.0k 1.4× 6.3k 1.7× 4.7k 1.3× 909 0.3× 413 17.1k
G. te Velde Netherlands 13 2.8k 0.6× 5.3k 1.2× 5.7k 1.5× 6.1k 1.7× 1.0k 0.4× 17 16.2k

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All Works

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Zheng, Qinheng, Hongtao Xu, Hua Wang, et al.. (2021). Sulfur [ 18 F]Fluoride Exchange Click Chemistry Enabled Ultrafast Late-Stage Radiosynthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(10). 3753–3763. 109 indexed citations breakdown →
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Han, Wen‐Ge, Andreas W. Götz, & Louis Noodleman. (2019). DFT Fea3–O/O–O Vibrational Frequency Calculations over Catalytic Reaction Cycle States in the Dinuclear Center of Cytochrome c Oxidase. Inorganic Chemistry. 58(20). 13933–13944. 10 indexed citations
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Han, Wen‐Ge, Andreas W. Götz, & Louis Noodleman. (2018). A Water Dimer Shift Activates a Proton Pumping Pathway in the PR → F Transition of ba3 Cytochrome c Oxidase. Inorganic Chemistry. 57(3). 1048–1059. 12 indexed citations
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Noodleman, Louis. (2018). Fe4S4 clusters as small molecule catalysts. Nature Catalysis. 1(6). 383–384. 4 indexed citations
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Fee, James A., David A. Case, & Louis Noodleman. (2008). Toward a Chemical Mechanism of Proton Pumping by the B-Type Cytochrome c Oxidases: Application of Density Functional Theory to Cytochrome ba 3 of Thermus thermophilus. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(45). 15002–15021. 58 indexed citations
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Han, Wen‐Ge, Tiqing Liu, Timothy Lovell, & Louis Noodleman. (2006). Density Functional Theory Study of Fe(IV) d−d Optical Transitions in Active-Site Models of Class I Ribonucleotide Reductase Intermediate X with Vertical Self-Consistent Reaction Field Methods. Inorganic Chemistry. 45(21). 8533–8542. 25 indexed citations
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Han, Wen‐Ge, Tiqing Liu, Timothy Lovell, & Louis Noodleman. (2006). DFT calculations of 57Fe Mössbauer isomer shifts and quadrupole splittings for iron complexes in polar dielectric media: Applications to methane monooxygenase and ribonucleotide reductase. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 27(12). 1292–1306. 61 indexed citations
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Han, Wen‐Ge, Tiqing Liu, Timothy Lovell, & Louis Noodleman. (2005). Active Site Structure of Class I Ribonucleotide Reductase Intermediate X:  A Density Functional Theory Analysis of Structure, Energetics, and Spectroscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 127(45). 15778–15790. 59 indexed citations
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Salsbury, Freddie R., Wen‐Ge Han, Louis Noodleman, & Charles L. Brooks. (2003). Temperature‐Dependent Behavior of Protein‐Chromophore Interactions: A Theoretical Study of a Blue Fluorescent Antibody. ChemPhysChem. 4(8). 848–855. 5 indexed citations
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Han, Wen‐Ge, Timothy Lovell, Tiqing Liu, & Louis Noodleman. (2003). A Density Functional Evaluation of an Fe(III)−Fe(IV) Model Diiron Cluster:  Comparisons with Ribonucleotide Reductase Intermediate X. Inorganic Chemistry. 42(8). 2751–2758. 34 indexed citations
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Ullmann, G. Matthias, Louis Noodleman, & David A. Case. (2002). Density functional calculation of pK a values and redox potentials in the bovine Rieske iron-sulfur protein. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 7(6). 632–639. 105 indexed citations
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Lovell, Timothy, Jian Li, & Louis Noodleman. (2002). Density functional and electrostatics study of oxidized and reduced ribonucleotide reductase; comparisons with methane monooxygenase. JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 7(7-8). 799–809. 10 indexed citations
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Himo, Fahmi, Louis Noodleman, Margareta R. A. Blomberg, & Per E. M. Siegbahn. (2002). Relative Acidities of Ortho-Substituted Phenols, as Models for Modified Tyrosines in Proteins. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 106(37). 8757–8761. 42 indexed citations
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Han, Wen‐Ge, Timothy Lovell, Tiqing Liu, & Louis Noodleman. (2002). Density Functional Studies of the Ground- and Excited-State Potential-Energy Curves of Stilbenecis-trans Isomerization. ChemPhysChem. 3(2). 167–178. 76 indexed citations
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Noodleman, Louis, Chun Peng, David A. Case, & Jean‐Marie Mouesca. (1995). Orbital interactions, electron delocalization and spin coupling in iron-sulfur clusters. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 144. 199–244. 716 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bassingthwaighte, James B., et al.. (1989). Modeling of palmitate transport in the heart. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 88(1-2). 51–58. 54 indexed citations
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Noodleman, Louis, Nicholas P. C. Westwood, & K.A.R. Mitchell. (1978). Ionization energies and electronic structure of N3P3Cl6 as determined by UV photoelectron spectroscopy and the Xα scattered wave method. Chemical Physics Letters. 58(2). 252–258. 5 indexed citations

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