Malcolm S. Tolley

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Malcolm S. Tolley is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Malcolm S. Tolley has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Organic Chemistry, 22 papers in Materials Chemistry and 14 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Malcolm S. Tolley's work include Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (28 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (18 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (10 papers). Malcolm S. Tolley is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (28 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (18 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (10 papers). Malcolm S. Tolley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and United States. Malcolm S. Tolley's co-authors include Peter R. Ashton, J. Fraser Stoddart, David J. Williams, Nicholas D. Spencer, Andrew J. P. White, Masumi Asakawa, Vincenzo Balzani, Ian W. Parsons, Margherita Venturi and Alberto Credi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Polymer.

In The Last Decade

Malcolm S. Tolley

48 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

A Chemically and Electrochemically Switchable [2]Catenane... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 50 100 150 200 250
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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 Chemically and Electrochemically Switchable [2]Catenane Incorporating a Tetrathiafulvalene Unit
    1998 268 citations Masumi Asakawa, Peter R. Ashton et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers

Malcolm S. Tolley
Timothy T. Goodnow United States
Mark V. Reddington United Kingdom
Darren G. Hamilton United Kingdom
Josette Canceill France
Franz H. Kohnke Italy
Myroslav O. Vysotsky Germany
Walter M. Müller Germany
Jane M. Cram United States
Hidetoshi Kawai Japan
Sumio Tokita Japan
Timothy T. Goodnow United States
Malcolm S. Tolley
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Malcolm S. Tolley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Malcolm S. Tolley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Malcolm S. Tolley based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Malcolm S. Tolley. Malcolm S. Tolley is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hursthouse, Michael B., et al.. (2003). Syntheses of selectively fluorinated cyclodecenones: the first deployment of the neutral oxy-Cope rearrangement in organofluorine chemistry. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 1(24). 4423–4423. 7 indexed citations
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Rowley, Natalie M., Peter R. Ashton, Christopher J. Jones, et al.. (2000). Synthesis, electrochemistry and spectroelectrochemistry of a porphyrin–viologen donor–acceptor diad. New Journal of Chemistry. 24(7). 555–560. 13 indexed citations
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Asakawa, Masumi, Peter R. Ashton, Vincenzo Balzani, et al.. (1998). A Chemically and Electrochemically Switchable [2]Catenane Incorporating a Tetrathiafulvalene Unit. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(3). 333–337. 268 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wolf, Reinhard, Masumi Asakawa, Peter R. Ashton, et al.. (1998). A Molecular Chameleon: Chromophoric Sensing by a Self-Complexing Molecular Assembly. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(7). 975–979. 35 indexed citations
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Ashton, Peter R., et al.. (1998). The Synthesis and Characterization of a New Family of Polyamide Dendrimers. Chemistry - A European Journal. 4(5). 781–795. 38 indexed citations
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Wolf, Reinhard, Masumi Asakawa, Peter R. Ashton, et al.. (1998). Ein molekulares Chamäleon: ein selbstkomplexierendes molekulares Aggregat als chromophorer Sensor. Angewandte Chemie. 110(7). 1018–1022. 15 indexed citations
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Mason, Philip E., Ian W. Parsons, & Malcolm S. Tolley. (1998). Dynamic behaviour of a pseudo[n]polyrotaxane containing a bipyridyl-based cyclophane: spectroscopic observations. Polymer. 39(17). 3981–3991. 9 indexed citations
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Asakawa, Masumi, Peter R. Ashton, Richard A. Bissell, et al.. (1997). Toward Controllable Molecular Shuttles. Chemistry - A European Journal. 3(7). 1113–1135. 111 indexed citations
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Asakawa, Masumi, Peter R. Ashton, Wim Dehaen, et al.. (1997). Self‐Assembly of Novel [2]Catenanes and [2]Pseudorotaxanes Incorporating Thiacrown Ethers or Their Acyclic Analogues. Chemistry - A European Journal. 3(5). 772–787. 17 indexed citations
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Mason, Philip E., Ian W. Parsons, & Malcolm S. Tolley. (1996). The First Demonstration of Molecular Queuing in Pseudo[n]polyrotaxanes: A Novel Variant of Supramolecular Motion. Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 35(19). 2238–2241. 46 indexed citations
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Armspach, Dominique, Peter R. Ashton, Roberto Ballardini, et al.. (1995). Catenated Cyclodextrins. Chemistry - A European Journal. 1(1). 33–55. 69 indexed citations
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Ashton, Peter R., Jon A. Preece, J. Fraser Stoddart, et al.. (1994). The Self-Assembly and Dynamic Properties of Thiophene-Containing [2]Catenanes. Synthesis. 1994(12). 1344–1352. 24 indexed citations
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Ashton, Peter R., et al.. (1994). The Design and Self-Assembly of a Pyridine-Containing [2]Catenane. Synlett. 1994(12). 1063–1066. 8 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaoqiang, David B. Amabilino, Peter R. Ashton, et al.. (1994). Towards the self‐assembly of polyrotaxanes. Macromolecular Symposia. 77(1). 191–207. 15 indexed citations
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Amabilino, David B., Peter R. Ashton, Malcolm S. Tolley, J. Fraser Stoddart, & David J. Williams. (1993). Durch Selbstassoziation zu isomeren [2]‐Catenanen. Angewandte Chemie. 105(9). 1358–1362. 20 indexed citations
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Ashton, Peter R., Richard A. Bissell, Nicholas D. Spencer, J. Fraser Stoddart, & Malcolm S. Tolley. (1992). Towards Controllable Molecular Shuttles - 1. Synlett. 1992(11). 914–918. 43 indexed citations
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Ashton, Peter R., Richard A. Bissell, Douglas Philp, et al.. (1992). Towards Controllable Molecular Shuttles - 2. Synlett. 1992(11). 919–922. 36 indexed citations
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Hargis, J. H., W.B. Jennings, S. D. Worley, & Malcolm S. Tolley. (1980). A study of the conformation of 2-dialkylamino-1,3-dimethyl-1,3,2-diazaphospholanes by dynamic carbon-13 NMR and nitrogen-15 NMR. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 102(1). 13–17. 16 indexed citations
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Jennings, W.B., et al.. (1975). Concerning the fluorine NMR spectra of steroidal phosphorofluoridates. Organic Magnetic Resonance. 7(12). 631–632. 1 indexed citations

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