Peter N. Preston

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

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Peter N. Preston is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter N. Preston has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Organic Chemistry, 17 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 15 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Peter N. Preston's work include Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds (23 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (15 papers) and Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms (10 papers). Peter N. Preston is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds (23 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (15 papers) and Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms (10 papers). Peter N. Preston collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Malaysia. Peter N. Preston's co-authors include W. Edward Lindsell, G. Tennant, Ray V. H. Jones, Kenneth Turnbull, Jack L. Davidson, Maria Vittoria Russo, Georgina M. Rosair, Michael H. Palmer, Laurence Carlton and J. D. Forrester and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Chemistry of Materials and Macromolecules.

In The Last Decade

Peter N. Preston

93 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Synthesis, reactions, and spectroscopic properties of benzimidazoles

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter N. Preston United Kingdom	16	1.1k	233	210	142	105	98	1.4k
Marek L. Główka Poland	14	578 0.5×	311 1.3×	181 0.9×	198 1.4×	95 0.9×	125	946
K. Krishnan India	22	789 0.7×	187 0.8×	192 0.9×	251 1.8×	58 0.6×	56	1.4k
Robert Filler United States	24	1.6k 1.5×	414 1.8×	398 1.9×	215 1.5×	62 0.6×	126	2.6k
Matthias Findeisen Germany	18	646 0.6×	329 1.4×	124 0.6×	275 1.9×	57 0.5×	84	1.3k
D. BELLUS Switzerland	23	1.4k 1.2×	295 1.3×	184 0.9×	149 1.0×	53 0.5×	82	1.8k
Toshio Itahara Japan	19	870 0.8×	184 0.8×	118 0.6×	137 1.0×	33 0.3×	89	1.1k
Slovenko Polanc Slovenia	24	1.7k 1.5×	509 2.2×	182 0.9×	179 1.3×	108 1.0×	144	2.1k
Burkhard Costisella Germany	22	1.2k 1.0×	308 1.3×	424 2.0×	109 0.8×	115 1.1×	117	1.4k
Hakjune Rhee South Korea	21	990 0.9×	225 1.0×	379 1.8×	377 2.7×	58 0.6×	57	1.4k
Alain Marsura France	18	429 0.4×	350 1.5×	85 0.4×	168 1.2×	94 0.9×	77	885

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Scott, M. P., et al.. (2004). VisRes-G: A Grid Computational Steering and Visualisation Tool for R-matrix Computations. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 1 indexed citations

Preston, Peter N., et al.. (1996). Synthesis of benzimidazole and pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine analogues of 'iso-2', 3'-dideoxyadenosine' (iso-ddA). 444–445.

Kar, A. K., et al.. (1996). Synthesis and Optical Characterization of Polydiacetylenes Containing Carboxylic Acid, Carbamate, Phosphonium, and Quaternary Ammonium Functionalities. Macromolecules. 29(20). 6365–6370. 12 indexed citations

Forrester, J. D., et al.. (1995). Generation of trimethylsulfonium cation from dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethyl sulfate: implications for the synthesis of epoxides from aldehydes and ketones. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 2289–2289. 8 indexed citations

Soutar, Ian, et al.. (1993). Structure-property relationships in PMR-type polyimide resins: 1. Novel anthraquinone-based PMR resins. Polymer. 34(24). 5048–5052. 1 indexed citations

Preston, Peter N., et al.. (1990). Effect of Monomer Structure on the Cure of PMR Polyimides. High Performance Polymers. 2(1). 47–56. 4 indexed citations

Butler, Ian R., et al.. (1990). Thermal and photochemical reactions of η⁵-cyclopentadienyl(naphthoyl)(dicarbonyl)iron complexes with alkynes: formation of benzindenones and dihydropentalenones. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 2799–2805. 2 indexed citations

Wright, Stanley H. B., et al.. (1989). Synthesis and reactions of [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidinium betaines. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 1727–1727. 4 indexed citations

McCullough, Kevin J., et al.. (1987). Synthesis of [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidinium-2-olates and structure elucidation of their 1:2 adducts with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 112–112.

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Preston, Peter N.. (1986). Condensed imidazoles : 5-5 ring systems. Wiley eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Preston, Peter N., et al.. (1985). Synthesis of intermediates related to 11-deoxyanthracyclinones. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 39–39. 2 indexed citations

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Preston, Peter N., et al.. (1983). Preparation of 3,4-dihydroanthracen-1(2H)-ones. A synthetic approach to islandicin and digitopurpone via difluoro[anthracen-1(2H)-onato-O 1,O 9]boron chelates. Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1. 1001–1001. 4 indexed citations

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Carlton, Laurence, W. Edward Lindsell, & Peter N. Preston. (1981). Electron spin resonance investigation of the thermolysis, photolysis, and oxygenation of bi- and tri-metallic organochromium complexes. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 531–531. 3 indexed citations

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Preston, Peter N.. (1980). Benzimidazoles and congeneric tricyclic compounds. Wiley eBooks. 96 indexed citations

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Lindsell, W. Edward & Peter N. Preston. (1979). Electron spin resonance investigations of the photo-oxidation of decacarbonyldimanganese and related complexes. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions. 1105–1105. 12 indexed citations

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Preston, Peter N., et al.. (1976). Thermal isomerisation of mesoinic tetrazoles. A new type of heterocyclic rearrangement. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 343–343. 3 indexed citations

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Preston, Peter N., et al.. (1976). Notizen: Synthesis and Electron Spin Resonance Study of Spin-Labelled Compounds Related to Tumour- Growth Inhibitory Nitroarylaziridines. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C. 31(5-6). 328–330. 6 indexed citations

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Preston, Peter N., et al.. (1970). The mass spectra of s‐triazines. Organic Mass Spectrometry. 3(7). 863–874. 23 indexed citations

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Preston, Peter N., et al.. (1968). Mass spectra of vinyltriphenyl derivatives of fourth main-group elements. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Physics. 1(4-5). 303–308. 6 indexed citations

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Preston, Peter N. & Neil Weir. (1968). Electron impact induced fragmentation of tetraphenylsilane. Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry Letters. 4(5). 279–281. 6 indexed citations

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