Richard Waack

1.4k total citations
34 papers, 998 citations indexed

About

Richard Waack is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Waack has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 998 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Organic Chemistry, 6 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 6 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Richard Waack's work include Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (21 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (10 papers) and Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (8 papers). Richard Waack is often cited by papers focused on Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (21 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (10 papers) and Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (8 papers). Richard Waack collaborates with scholars based in United States and India. Richard Waack's co-authors include Mary A. Doran, Peter J. West, L. Dennis McKeever, Edward B. Baker, M. Szwarc, Philip E. Stevenson, A. Rembaum, Jason D. Coombes, Charles U. Pittman and G. A. Olah and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Physical Chemistry and Polymer.

In The Last Decade

Richard Waack

34 papers receiving 880 citations

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Waack United States 18 756 251 153 124 118 34 998
P. Pino Italy 16 608 0.8× 193 0.8× 156 1.0× 108 0.9× 78 0.7× 49 817
W. H. Sharkey United States 16 723 1.0× 180 0.7× 113 0.7× 104 0.8× 133 1.1× 36 1.1k
V. A. Engelhardt 14 595 0.8× 263 1.0× 130 0.8× 97 0.8× 139 1.2× 22 1.0k
T. L. Cairns United Kingdom 15 583 0.8× 125 0.5× 122 0.8× 130 1.0× 167 1.4× 32 941
R. J. Kern United States 18 527 0.7× 176 0.7× 77 0.5× 67 0.5× 178 1.5× 31 837
T. E. Hogen Esch United States 6 386 0.5× 77 0.3× 234 1.5× 83 0.7× 113 1.0× 7 680
G. J. Bullen United Kingdom 12 480 0.6× 286 1.1× 57 0.4× 72 0.6× 170 1.4× 42 732
Alwyn G. Evans United Kingdom 12 390 0.5× 88 0.4× 67 0.4× 107 0.9× 124 1.1× 80 584
Christ Tamborski United States 21 1.1k 1.4× 491 2.0× 83 0.5× 93 0.8× 132 1.1× 87 1.5k
H. Martin Germany 11 737 1.0× 308 1.2× 52 0.3× 49 0.4× 149 1.3× 31 1.1k

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All Works

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Waack, Richard, et al.. (1972). Kinetic study of addition of p-t-amylbenzyllithium to 1,1,-diphenylethylene in toluene. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 46(1). 1–7. 2 indexed citations
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McKeever, L. Dennis & Richard Waack. (1971). A nuclear magnetic resonance study of carbon-lithium bonding in arylmethyllithiums benzyllithium and 1,1-diphenyl-n-hexyllithium. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 28(2). 145–151. 25 indexed citations
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Waack, Richard, et al.. (1969). The electrolytic formation of organometallic compounds. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 17(1). 142–144. 3 indexed citations
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Waack, Richard, L. Dennis McKeever, & Mary A. Doran. (1969). The nature of carbon–lithium bonding in benzyl-lithium and its variation with solvent. Journal of the Chemical Society D Chemical Communications. 0(3). 117b–118. 24 indexed citations
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Waack, Richard & Mary A. Doran. (1969). Addition of organolithium reagents to 1,1-diphenylethylene in tetrahydrofuran. Kinetics and structure-reactivity relationship. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 91(10). 2456–2461. 35 indexed citations
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West, Peter J., et al.. (1969). Dependence of the kinetic isotope effect on the structure of the organolithium metalating reagent in the metalation of triphenylmethane. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 19(2). 267–277. 10 indexed citations
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McKeever, L. Dennis, Richard Waack, Mary A. Doran, & Edward B. Baker. (1969). Nuclear magnetic resonance study of structure and bonding in methylithium. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 91(5). 1057–1061. 76 indexed citations
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Waack, Richard, Mary A. Doran, & Edward B. Baker. (1967). Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of lithium exchange between organolithium compounds and lithium halides in ether solutions. Chemical Communications (London). 1291–1291. 1 indexed citations
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Waack, Richard & Mary A. Doran. (1967). Reactivities of organolithium compounds in tetrahydrofuran. I. As vinyl polymerization initiators. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 32(11). 3395–3399. 29 indexed citations
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Waack, Richard & Peter J. West. (1966). Aggregation of n-butyllithium in basic solvents. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 5(2). 188–191. 18 indexed citations
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Waack, Richard, Mary A. Doran, Edward B. Baker, & G. A. Olah. (1966). Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation of α-C13-Phenylmethyllithiums. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 88(6). 1272–1275. 77 indexed citations
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Olah, George A., Charles U. Pittman, Richard Waack, & Mary A. Doran. (1966). The Electronic Spectra of Carbonium Ions in Strongly Acidic Solutions1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 88(7). 1488–1495. 74 indexed citations
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Doran, Mary A. & Richard Waack. (1965). Radical-anions of olefins; a mechanism for geometric isomerization. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 3(1). 94–96. 12 indexed citations
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Waack, Richard & Philip E. Stevenson. (1965). Kinetics of Addition of Vinyllithium to 1,1-Diphenylethylene in Tetrahydrofuran Solution. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 87(6). 1183–1186. 16 indexed citations
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Waack, Richard & Mary A. Doran. (1965). Formation of radical-anions of conjugated sterically hindered olefins via electron transfer from organolithium compounds. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 3(1). 92–94. 9 indexed citations
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Waack, Richard, Mary A. Doran, & Philip E. Stevenson. (1965). Solvent and concentration effects on the rate of addition of n-butyllithium to 1,1-diphenylethylene. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 3(6). 481–484. 8 indexed citations
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Waack, Richard & Peter J. West. (1964). Metalation of Triphenylmethane by Organolithium Compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 86(20). 4494–4496. 18 indexed citations
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Waack, Richard & Mary A. Doran. (1963). Complexes of Organolithium Compounds with Vacant Orbital Acceptors. II. Determination of Electron-Density Changes by Proton Magnetic Resonance. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 85(24). 4042–4044. 5 indexed citations
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Waack, Richard & Mary A. Doran. (1963). Electronic Spectra of Organolithium Compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 85(11). 1651–1654. 54 indexed citations
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Waack, Richard, A. Rembaum, Jason D. Coombes, & M. Szwarc. (1957). MOLECULAR WEIGHTS OF “LIVING” POLYMERS*. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 79(8). 2026–2027. 81 indexed citations

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