Patrick H. Willoughby

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

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Patrick H. Willoughby is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick H. Willoughby has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Organic Chemistry, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Patrick H. Willoughby's work include Cyclization and Aryne Chemistry (6 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (5 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (3 papers). Patrick H. Willoughby is often cited by papers focused on Cyclization and Aryne Chemistry (6 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (5 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (3 papers). Patrick H. Willoughby collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Brazil. Patrick H. Willoughby's co-authors include Thomas R. Hoye, Dawen Niu, Brian P. Woods, Beeraiah Baire, Dominic J. Pascoe, Calum McLaughlin, Terry Smith, Andrew D. Smith, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and Aileen B. Frost and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Patrick H. Willoughby

22 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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A guide to small-molecule structure assignment through computation of (1H and 13C) NMR chemical shifts

2014 342 citations Patrick H. Willoughby, Thomas R. Hoye et al. Nature Protocols profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick H. Willoughby United States	14	933	278	204	169	84	22	1.3k
Nurullah Saraçoğlu Türkiye	19	924 1.0×	330 1.2×	81 0.4×	106 0.6×	124 1.5×	66	1.2k
A.J.H. Klunder Netherlands	22	1.1k 1.2×	356 1.3×	105 0.5×	173 1.0×	75 0.9×	112	1.5k
Ryu Yamasaki Japan	25	1.2k 1.3×	375 1.3×	94 0.5×	157 0.9×	38 0.5×	71	1.5k
L. Straver Netherlands	10	375 0.4×	285 1.0×	160 0.8×	175 1.0×	130 1.5×	17	909
Beeraiah Baire India	21	1.5k 1.7×	131 0.5×	156 0.8×	47 0.3×	46 0.5×	86	1.7k
Yuji Tokunaga Japan	21	1.0k 1.1×	324 1.2×	97 0.5×	357 2.1×	28 0.3×	100	1.4k
Edward R. Biehl United States	24	1.3k 1.4×	690 2.5×	136 0.7×	89 0.5×	76 0.9×	153	1.9k
K. Srinivas India	20	856 0.9×	511 1.8×	57 0.3×	76 0.4×	151 1.8×	79	1.4k
Jacques Streith France	23	1.7k 1.8×	566 2.0×	134 0.7×	131 0.8×	124 1.5×	137	1.9k
Leticia Quintero Mexico	21	1.3k 1.4×	358 1.3×	51 0.3×	90 0.5×	71 0.8×	96	1.5k

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Soler, Jordi Soler, et al.. (2024). Biocatalytic asymmetric aldol addition into unactivated ketones. Nature Chemistry. 16(12). 2076–2083. 15 indexed citations

Das, Arit, et al.. (2024). Characterization methods to predict extrusion performance in thermoplastic polyurethane batches. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 224. 110746–110746. 4 indexed citations

Lakshman, Mahesh K., et al.. (2023). Nitrene C−H Bond Insertion Approach to Carbazolones and Indolones, and a Reactivity Departure for 7‐Membered Analogues**. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(72). e202302995–e202302995. 2 indexed citations

Willoughby, Patrick H., et al.. (2022). Cross-dehydrogenative coupling of ethers and amides with tautomerizable quinazolinones and mechanistic studies. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 20(29). 5735–5746. 3 indexed citations

Willoughby, Patrick H., et al.. (2022). Efficient Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of α-Aryl Aldehydes as Intermediates in C–C Bond Forming Biocatalytic Cascades. ACS Catalysis. 12(17). 10700–10710. 15 indexed citations

Willoughby, Patrick H., et al.. (2021). Scalable and Selective β‐Hydroxy‐α‐Amino Acid Synthesis Catalyzed by Promiscuous l ‐Threonine Transaldolase ObiH. ChemBioChem. 23(2). e202100577–e202100577. 23 indexed citations

Johnson, Andrew J., et al.. (2021). The Aryne-Abramov Reaction as a 1,2-Benzdiyne Platform for the Generation and Solvent-Dependent Trapping of 3-Phosphonyl Benzynes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 86(15). 10724–10746. 8 indexed citations

Wentzel, Michael T., et al.. (2019). Simple and Versatile Protocol for Preparing Self-Healing Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hydrogels. Journal of Chemical Education. 96(10). 2247–2252. 10 indexed citations

Young, Claire M., Dominic J. Pascoe, Calum McLaughlin, et al.. (2019). The Importance of 1,5‐Oxygen⋅⋅⋅Chalcogen Interactions in Enantioselective Isochalcogenourea Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(9). 3705–3710. 136 indexed citations

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Shen, Hang, et al.. (2018). BF₃-Promoted, Carbene-like, C–H Insertion Reactions of Benzynes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(46). 15616–15620. 20 indexed citations

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Mishra, Abhinay, et al.. (2015). Long‐term in vitro hydrolytic stability of thermoplastic polyurethanes. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 103(12). 3798–3806. 28 indexed citations

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Alvarenga, Elson S., et al.. (2015). Isolation and stereochemical assignment of phthalides resulting from the Diels–Alder reaction between 5-isopropoxyfuran-2(5H)-one and cyclopentadiene. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1101. 212–218. 14 indexed citations

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Willoughby, Patrick H., et al.. (2014). A guide to small-molecule structure assignment through computation of (1H and 13C) NMR chemical shifts. Nature Protocols. 9(3). 643–660. 342 indexed citations breakdown →

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Willoughby, Patrick H., et al.. (2014). Mechanism of the Reactions of Alcohols with o-Benzynes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(39). 13657–13665. 57 indexed citations

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Willoughby, Patrick H., et al.. (2014). Generation of Gaussian 09 Input Files for the Computation of 1H and 13C NMR Chemical Shifts of Structures from a Spartan’14 Conformational Search. Protocol Exchange. 5 indexed citations

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Baire, Beeraiah, Dawen Niu, Patrick H. Willoughby, Brian P. Woods, & Thomas R. Hoye. (2013). Synthesis of complex benzenoids via the intermediate generation of o-benzynes through the hexadehydro-Diels-Alder reaction. Nature Protocols. 8(3). 501–508. 56 indexed citations

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Niu, Dawen, Patrick H. Willoughby, Brian P. Woods, Beeraiah Baire, & Thomas R. Hoye. (2013). Alkane desaturation by concerted double hydrogen atom transfer to benzyne. Nature. 501(7468). 531–534. 129 indexed citations

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Hoye, Thomas R., Beeraiah Baire, Dawen Niu, Patrick H. Willoughby, & Brian P. Woods. (2012). The hexadehydro-Diels–Alder reaction. Nature. 490(7419). 208–212. 373 indexed citations

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Willoughby, Patrick H., et al.. (2008). Decarboxylative Isomerization of N-Acyl-2-oxazolidinones to 2-Oxazolines. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 73(8). 3292–3294. 9 indexed citations

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Bumpus, John A. & Patrick H. Willoughby. (2008). On the heat of formation of nitromethane. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry. 21(9). 747–757. 3 indexed citations

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