Michael K. Whittlesey

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
146 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

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Michael K. Whittlesey is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael K. Whittlesey has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Organic Chemistry, 65 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 22 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Michael K. Whittlesey's work include Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (70 papers), N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (70 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (44 papers). Michael K. Whittlesey is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (70 papers), N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (70 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (44 papers). Michael K. Whittlesey collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Michael K. Whittlesey's co-authors include Mary F. Mahon, Jonathan M. J. Williams, Stuart A. Macgregor, T.D. Nixon, S. Burling, Robin N. Perutz, C.E. Ellul, Rodolphe Jazzar, Paul A. Slatford and A.E.W. Ledger and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Michael K. Whittlesey

145 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

Transition metal catalysed reactions of alcohols using borrowing hydrogen methodology

2008 615 citations T.D. Nixon, Michael K. Whittlesey et al. Dalton Transactions profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael K. Whittlesey United Kingdom	43	5.3k	3.3k	1.1k	844	605	146	6.6k
Enrique Oñate Spain	55	9.8k 1.8×	5.1k 1.5×	1.1k 1.0×	450 0.5×	697 1.2×	288	10.6k
Pedro J. Pérez Spain	56	9.5k 1.8×	2.6k 0.8×	546 0.5×	526 0.6×	788 1.3×	230	10.6k
Oleg V. Ozerov United States	46	5.6k 1.1×	3.5k 1.1×	665 0.6×	848 1.0×	473 0.8×	149	6.6k
Xuebing Leng China	41	4.0k 0.8×	2.6k 0.8×	515 0.5×	915 1.1×	825 1.4×	183	5.4k
Neal P. Mankad United States	45	4.8k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	829 0.8×	296 0.4×	697 1.2×	112	6.1k
Jean‐Luc Renaud France	47	4.5k 0.8×	3.2k 1.0×	841 0.8×	178 0.2×	523 0.9×	144	5.9k
Cornelis J. Elsevier Netherlands	54	7.5k 1.4×	4.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	184 0.2×	776 1.3×	205	8.8k
Udo Radius Germany	48	7.0k 1.3×	2.6k 0.8×	570 0.5×	1.2k 1.4×	538 0.9×	200	7.7k
Bruce A. Arndtsen Canada	41	5.7k 1.1×	1.9k 0.6×	339 0.3×	458 0.5×	699 1.2×	117	6.4k
Gregori Ujaque Spain	45	5.2k 1.0×	2.5k 0.7×	309 0.3×	216 0.3×	672 1.1×	138	6.2k

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Lowe, John P., et al.. (2025). ZnH₂ as a Precursor to Catalytically Active Ru–ZnH Heterometallic Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 64(8). 4043–4051.

Walsh, Aron, Lía Sotorríos, Barbara Procacci, et al.. (2024). Isolobal Cationic Iridium Dihydride and Dizinc Complexes: A Dual Role for the ZnR Ligand Enhances H₂ Activation. Inorganic Chemistry. 63(48). 22944–22954. 1 indexed citations

Sabater, Sara, David Schmidt, Maximilian W. Kuntze‐Fechner, et al.. (2021). [Ni(NHC)₂] as a Scaffold for Structurally Characterized trans [H−Ni−PR₂] and trans [R₂P−Ni−PR₂] Complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(52). 13221–13234. 23 indexed citations

Mahon, Mary F., et al.. (2021). Synthetic Access to Ring-Expanded N-Heterocyclic Carbene (RE-NHC) Copper Complexes and Their Performance in Click Chemistry. Organometallics. 40(9). 1252–1261. 10 indexed citations

Miloserdov, Fedor M., et al.. (2020). Impact of the Novel Z-Acceptor Ligand Bis{(ortho-diphenylphosphino)phenyl}zinc (ZnPhos) on the Formation and Reactivity of Low-Coordinate Ru(0) Centers. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(21). 15606–15619. 13 indexed citations

Miloserdov, Fedor M., Nasir A. Rajabi, John P. Lowe, et al.. (2020). Zn-Promoted C–H Reductive Elimination and H₂ Activation via a Dual Unsaturated Heterobimetallic Ru–Zn Intermediate. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(13). 6340–6349. 39 indexed citations

Liptrot, David J., et al.. (2020). The first ring-expanded NHC–copper(i) phosphides as catalysts in the highly selective hydrophosphination of isocyanates. Chemical Communications. 56(87). 13359–13362. 34 indexed citations

O’Leary, Niall, Fedor M. Miloserdov, Mary F. Mahon, & Michael K. Whittlesey. (2019). Transforming PPh₃into bidentate phosphine ligands at Ru–Zn heterobimetallic complexes. Dalton Transactions. 48(37). 14000–14009. 12 indexed citations

Sabater, Sara, Michael J. Page, Mary F. Mahon, & Michael K. Whittlesey. (2017). Stoichiometric and Catalytic Reactivity of Ni(6-Mes)(PPh₃)₂. Organometallics. 36(9). 1776–1783. 34 indexed citations

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Collins, Lee R., Gabriele Hierlmeier, Mary F. Mahon, Ian M. Riddlestone, & Michael K. Whittlesey. (2015). Unexpected Migratory Insertion Reactions of M(alkyl)₂ (M=Zn, Cd) and Diamidocarbenes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(8). 3215–3218. 7 indexed citations

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Collins, Lee R., John P. Lowe, Mary F. Mahon, Rebecca C. Poulten, & Michael K. Whittlesey. (2014). Copper Diamidocarbene Complexes: Characterization of Monomeric to Tetrameric Species. Inorganic Chemistry. 53(5). 2699–2707. 24 indexed citations

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Page, Michael J., Rebecca C. Poulten, Emma Carter, et al.. (2013). Three‐Coordinate Nickel(I) Complexes Stabilised by Six‐, Seven‐ and Eight‐Membered Ring N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis, EPR/DFT Studies and Catalytic Activity. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(6). 2158–2167. 80 indexed citations

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Mahon, Mary F., et al.. (2009). Sequential Formation of [Ru(IPr)₂(CO)H(OH₂)]⁺ and [Ru(IPr)(η⁶-C₆H₆)(CO)H]⁺ upon Protonation of Ru(IPr)₂(CO)H(OH) (IPr = 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)imidazol-2-ylidene). Organometallics. 28(6). 1976–1979. 18 indexed citations

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Nixon, T.D., Michael K. Whittlesey, & Jonathan M. J. Williams. (2008). Transition metal catalysed reactions of alcohols using borrowing hydrogen methodology. Dalton Transactions. 753–762. 615 indexed citations breakdown →

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Slatford, Paul A., et al.. (2007). Ruthenium-catalysed conversion of 1,4-alkynediols into pyrroles. Tetrahedron Letters. 48(29). 5115–5120. 65 indexed citations

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Ellul, C.E., et al.. (2007). Abnormally Bound N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Ruthenium: CH Activation of Both C4 and C5 Positions in the Same Ligand. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(33). 6343–6345. 121 indexed citations

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Ampt, Kirsten A. M., S. Burling, Steven M. A. Donald, et al.. (2006). Photochemical Isomerization of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ruthenium Hydride Complexes: In situ Photolysis, Parahydrogen, and Computational Studies. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128(23). 7452–7453. 19 indexed citations

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Lowe, John P., et al.. (2005). Synthesis and structural characterisation of rhodium hydride complexes bearing N-heterocyclic carbene ligands. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 690(23). 5027–5035. 23 indexed citations

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Burling, S., Michael K. Whittlesey, & Jonathan M. J. Williams. (2005). Direct and Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones and Imines with a Ruthenium N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Complex. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 347(4). 591–594. 101 indexed citations

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Cami‐Kobeci, Gerta, Paul A. Slatford, Michael K. Whittlesey, & Jonathan M. J. Williams. (2004). N-Alkylation of phenethylamine and tryptamine. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 15(3). 535–537. 93 indexed citations

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