Peter M. Maitlis

14.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
350 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Peter M. Maitlis is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter M. Maitlis has authored 350 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 297 papers in Organic Chemistry, 178 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 36 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Peter M. Maitlis's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (226 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (108 papers) and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (55 papers). Peter M. Maitlis is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (226 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (108 papers) and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (55 papers). Peter M. Maitlis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Russia. Peter M. Maitlis's co-authors include K. Moseley, Jung Wook Kang, Anne‐Marie Giroud‐Godquin, Pamela M. Bailey, Sarah Hudson, Brian E. Mann, Anthony Haynes, Colin White, Harry Adams and Michael L. Turner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Peter M. Maitlis

345 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

Pentamethylcyclopentadien... 1969 2026 1988 2007 1969 1991 1993 100 200 300 400
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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. Pentamethylcyclopentadienylrhodium and -iridium halides. I. Synthesis and properties
    1969 498 citations Jung Wook Kang, Peter M. Maitlis et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  2. Metallomesogens: Metal Complexes in Organized Fluid Phases
    1991 489 citations Anne‐Marie Giroud‐Godquin, Peter M. Maitlis profile →
  3. Calamitic metallomesogens: metal-containing liquid crystals with rodlike shapes
    1993 417 citations Peter M. Maitlis et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Peter M. Maitlis 7.7k 4.4k 2.1k 1.7k 1.2k 350 10.4k
Robert J. Angelici 8.4k 1.1× 4.9k 1.1× 1.9k 0.9× 849 0.5× 1.8k 1.5× 394 11.3k
Kenneth G. Caulton 9.4k 1.2× 7.4k 1.7× 2.7k 1.3× 1.7k 1.0× 1.6k 1.3× 441 13.2k
Ulli Englert 7.1k 0.9× 6.0k 1.4× 2.4k 1.2× 1.4k 0.8× 1.4k 1.1× 540 11.1k
Renato Ugo 3.8k 0.5× 3.0k 0.7× 3.9k 1.9× 2.3k 1.4× 1.5k 1.2× 247 8.5k
Agustı́ Lledós 8.7k 1.1× 5.5k 1.3× 1.7k 0.8× 605 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 384 12.3k
John A. Osborn 6.6k 0.9× 4.6k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 534 0.3× 990 0.8× 145 8.5k
Carl Krüger 14.7k 1.9× 9.4k 2.1× 1.9k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 1.5k 1.2× 644 17.5k
Masanobu Hidai 9.0k 1.2× 6.0k 1.4× 1.9k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 378 11.9k
Carlo Floriani 7.8k 1.0× 5.9k 1.4× 3.5k 1.7× 2.7k 1.6× 2.1k 1.7× 406 12.0k
Hiroshi Yamazaki 5.9k 0.8× 3.2k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 621 0.4× 888 0.7× 287 7.8k

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All Works

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Maitlis, Peter M.. (2011). “Ruthenium Oxidation Complexes: Their Uses as Homogenous Organic Catalysts”. Platinum Metals Review. 55(3). 193–195. 13 indexed citations
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Maitlis, Peter M. & Valerio Zanotti. (2009). The role of electrophilic species in the Fischer–Tropsch reaction. Chemical Communications. 1619–1619. 121 indexed citations
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Maitlis, Peter M., Anthony Haynes, Brian R. James, Marta Catellani, & Gian Paolo Chiusoli. (2004). Iodide effects in transition metal catalyzed reactions. Dalton Transactions. 3409–3409. 105 indexed citations
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Maitlis, Peter M., Ruhksana Quyoum, Helen C. Long, & Michael L. Turner. (1999). Towards a chemical understanding of the Fischer–Tropsch reaction: alkene formation. Applied Catalysis A General. 186(1-2). 363–374. 66 indexed citations
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Kaneko, Yuichi, Takayoshi Suzuki, Kiyoshi Isobe, & Peter M. Maitlis. (1998). Isolation and characterization of [(RhCp*)2{η1:η4:η2-μ-CHC(Ph)CHC(Ph)CHCH2}]+ (Cp*=η5-C5Me5). Reinvestigation of the carbon–carbon bond formation between μ-CH2 group and alkynes in [(RhCp*)2(μ-CH2)2(CH3CN)2]2+. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 554(2). 155–161. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhiqiang, Michael L. Turner, A. Kunicki, & Peter M. Maitlis. (1995). Vinyl-plus-vinyl coupling in rhodium complexes: formation of [(C5Me5)RhBr(η3-syn-1-methylallyl)] be reaction of [(C5Me5)RhBr2(Me2SO)] with vinylmagnesium bromide in homogeneous solution. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 488(1-2). C11–C12. 8 indexed citations
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Fanizzi, Francesco Paolo, et al.. (1994). Discotic metallomesogens: Synthesis and properties of square planar metal bis(β-diketonate) complexes. Liquid Crystals. 16(4). 675–685. 19 indexed citations
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Giroud‐Godquin, Anne‐Marie & Peter M. Maitlis. (1991). Metallomesogene: Metallkomplexe in geordneten fluiden Phasen. Angewandte Chemie. 103(4). 370–398. 107 indexed citations
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Gusev, Oleg V., et al.. (1991). Deprotonation of 1,2,3,4,5-Pentamethylrhodocenium; a New Route to 1-Substituted-2,3,4,5-tetramethylcyclopentadienylrhodium Complexes. Mendeleev Communications. 1(1). 21–22. 16 indexed citations
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Sunley, Glenn J., Isabel M. Sáez, David J. Gulliver, Peter S. Williams, & Peter M. Maitlis. (1991). Synthesis of alkan-2-ones by dirhodium-mediated four carbon coupling. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 193–193. 2 indexed citations
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Gómez, Manuel, et al.. (1985). Reaction of the rhodium and iridium complexes [C5Me5MMe2(Me2SO)] with aldehydes to give [C5Me5MMe(R)(CO)], and related reactions. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 296(1-2). 197–207. 33 indexed citations
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Koetzle, T. F., et al.. (1984). Neutron diffraction analysis of isomorphous dihydridobis(triethylsilyl)pentamethylcyclopentadienyl-iridium(V) and -rhodium(V) complexes at 20 K. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 40(a1). C301–C301. 3 indexed citations
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Dapporto, Paolo, Piero Stoppioni, & Peter M. Maitlis. (1982). Crystal and molecular structure of [{Rh(C5Me5)}3Cl5np3]PF6 · 0.5 C3H8O. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 236(2). 273–280. 3 indexed citations
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Mann, Brian E., et al.. (1978). Palladium(0) and platinum(0) complexes of p,p′-diisopropyldibenzylideneacetone and their NMR spectra. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 152(1). 117–123. 16 indexed citations
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Hosokawa, Tomohisa & Peter M. Maitlis. (1972). Model system for acid and base reactions, carbonylation, and .beta.-hydride elimination in organopalladium chemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 94(9). 3238–3240. 23 indexed citations
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Kang, Jung Wook & Peter M. Maitlis. (1971). (Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)rhodium and -iridium complexes IV. Oxidative addition reactions to dicarbonyl(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)rhodium and -iridium. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 26(3). 393–399. 77 indexed citations
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Maitlis, Peter M. & Avi Efraty. (1965). Cyclobutadiene-metal complexes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 4(2). 172–174. 7 indexed citations

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