Paul R. Rablen

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Paul R. Rablen is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul R. Rablen has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Organic Chemistry, 25 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 23 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Paul R. Rablen's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (23 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (19 papers) and Crystallography and molecular interactions (12 papers). Paul R. Rablen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (23 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (19 papers) and Crystallography and molecular interactions (12 papers). Paul R. Rablen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Australia. Paul R. Rablen's co-authors include Kenneth B. Wiberg, Thomas Bally, William L. Jorgensen, Jeffrey W. Lockman, John F. Hartwig, Rupal Jain, Todd A. Keith, Christopher M. Hadad, Scott J. Miller and Anthony J. Metrano and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Paul R. Rablen

76 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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Alessandro Bagno Italy

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Rablen, Paul R.. (2025). Typical Electron-Withdrawing Groups Are ortho, meta-Directors Rather than meta-Directors in Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 90(17). 6090–6093. 1 indexed citations

Meier, Robert J. & Paul R. Rablen. (2024). Group Contribution Revisited: The Enthalpy of Formation of Organic Compounds with “Chemical Accuracy” Part V. Applied Sciences. 14(5). 1929–1929. 1 indexed citations

Meier, Robert J. & Paul R. Rablen. (2023). Group Contribution Revisited: The Enthalpy of Formation of Organic Compounds with “Chemical Accuracy” Part IV. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 289–308. 3 indexed citations

Paley, Robert S., et al.. (2022). N-Oxazolidinoyl Diene Iron(0) Tricarbonyl Complexes: Preparation by Diastereoselective Complexation and Synthetic Applications. Organometallics. 41(15). 2188–2219. 1 indexed citations

Manor, Brian C., et al.. (2019). Synthesis and Characterization of a Tripodal Tris(nitroxide) Aluminum Complex and Its Catalytic Activity toward Carbonyl Hydroboration. Organometallics. 38(5). 1017–1020. 23 indexed citations

Wiberg, Kenneth B., Paul R. Rablen, & Joshua H. Baraban. (2018). Butadiene and Heterodienes Revisited. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 83(15). 8473–8482. 12 indexed citations

Blacklock, Kristin, et al.. (2018). Computational assessment of thioether isosteres. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. 80. 282–292. 2 indexed citations

Barrett, Kimberly T., Anthony J. Metrano, Paul R. Rablen, & Scott J. Miller. (2014). Spontaneous transfer of chirality in an atropisomerically enriched two-axis system. Nature. 509(7498). 71–75. 164 indexed citations

O’Leary, Daniel J., Paul R. Rablen, & Matthew P. Meyer. (2011). On the Origin of Conformational Kinetic Isotope Effects. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(11). 2564–2567. 13 indexed citations

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Thamattoor, Dasan M., et al.. (2011). Experimental and Theoretical Study of the 2-Alkoxyethylidene Rearrangement. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 76(6). 1584–1591. 20 indexed citations

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Kim, Eun Ju, Dona C. Love, Mohannad Abdo, et al.. (2010). OGA inhibition by GlcNAc-selenazoline. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 18(19). 7058–7064. 15 indexed citations

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Knapp, Spencer, et al.. (2009). GlcNAc-Thiazoline conformations. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 17(5). 1831–1836. 9 indexed citations

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Rablen, Paul R., et al.. (2009). Computational Investigation of the Mechanism of Addition of Singlet Carbenes to Bicyclobutanes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 74(11). 4252–4261. 11 indexed citations

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Paley, Robert S., et al.. (2008). Computational Modeling of a Stereoselective Epoxidation: Reaction of Carene with Peroxyformic Acid. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 73(9). 3492–3496. 18 indexed citations

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Paley, Robert S., et al.. (2003). Simultaneous and Stereoselective Formation of Planar and Axial Chiralities in Enantiopure Sulfinyl Iron Diene Complexes. Organic Letters. 5(3). 309–312. 9 indexed citations

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Rablen, Paul R.. (1999). Is the Acetate Anion Stabilized by Resonance or Electrostatics? A Systematic Structural Comparison. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 122(2). 357–368. 68 indexed citations

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Rablen, Paul R. & John F. Hartwig. (1996). Accurate Borane Sequential Bond Dissociation Energies by High-Level ab Initio Computational Methods. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118(19). 4648–4653. 120 indexed citations

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Wiberg, Kenneth B., et al.. (1995). Amides. 3. Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the Effect of the Medium on the Rotational Barriers for N,N-Dimethylformamide and N,N-Dimethylacetamide. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117(15). 4261–4270. 286 indexed citations

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Jorgensen, William L., et al.. (1995). Importance of Polarization for Dipolar Solutes in Low-Dielectric Media: 1,2-Dichloroethane and Water in Cyclohexane. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117(47). 11809–11810. 64 indexed citations

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Wiberg, Kenneth B., Christopher M. Hadad, Paul R. Rablen, & Jerzy Ciosłowski. (1992). Substituent effects. 4. Nature of substituent effects at carbonyl groups. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 114(22). 8644–8654. 124 indexed citations

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