Robert E. Ireland

6.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
117 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

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Robert E. Ireland is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert E. Ireland has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Organic Chemistry, 46 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Robert E. Ireland's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (35 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (23 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (19 papers). Robert E. Ireland is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (35 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (23 papers) and Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (19 papers). Robert E. Ireland collaborates with scholars based in United States. Robert E. Ireland's co-authors include Richard H. Mueller, Longbin Liu, Alvin K. Willard, Daniel W. Norbeck, Peter Wipf, Suvit Thaisrivongs, James A. Marshall, Craig S. Wilcox, Joseph D. Armstrong and Michael D. Varney and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Tetrahedron.

In The Last Decade

Robert E. Ireland

117 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The ester enolate Claisen rearrangement. Stereochemical control through stereoselective enolate formation

1976 650 citations Robert E. Ireland, Richard H. Mueller et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
An improved procedure for the preparation of the Dess-Martin periodinane

1993 585 citations Robert E. Ireland et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →
Claisen rearrangement of allyl esters

1972 290 citations Robert E. Ireland, Richard H. Mueller Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert E. Ireland	4.1k	1.5k	622	557	315	117	5.0k
Osamu Yonemitsu	5.1k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	799 1.3×	804 1.4×	326 1.0×	286	6.1k
Seiichi Takano	4.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	353 0.6×	573 1.0×	312 1.0×	312	4.8k
Eugene E. Van Tamelen	2.9k 0.7×	1.6k 1.1×	295 0.5×	575 1.0×	478 1.5×	212	5.0k
Pierre Deslongchamps	3.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	618 1.0×	389 0.7×	246 0.8×	244	5.0k
D. B. DESS	4.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 1.8×	855 1.5×	316 1.0×	7	5.0k
H. M. R. Hoffmann	5.9k 1.4×	1.3k 0.9×	548 0.9×	436 0.8×	578 1.8×	280	6.6k
Kunio Ogasawara	4.7k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	431 0.7×	529 0.9×	454 1.4×	385	5.6k
Gary E. Keck	5.8k 1.4×	1.9k 1.2×	803 1.3×	963 1.7×	654 2.1×	129	6.5k
Shigeru Nishiyama	3.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	689 1.1×	714 1.3×	245 0.8×	253	4.5k
Masaaki Miyashita	3.1k 0.8×	981 0.7×	467 0.8×	501 0.9×	315 1.0×	171	3.9k

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Ireland, Robert E., Joseph D. Armstrong, Jacques Lebreton, Robert Meißner, & Mark A. Rizzacasa. (1993). Convergent synthesis of polyether ionophore antibiotics: synthesis of the spiroketal and tricyclic glycal segments of monensin. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 115(16). 7152–7165. 33 indexed citations

Ireland, Robert E. & Robert Meißner. (1991). Convenient method for the titration of amide base solutions. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 56(14). 4566–4568. 25 indexed citations

Ireland, Robert E., Peter Wipf, & Thomas D. Roper. (1990). Use of a masked aldol unit in the synthesis of the right side of FK-506. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 55(8). 2284–2285. 21 indexed citations

Ireland, Robert E. & Peter Wipf. (1989). Studies directed towards the total synthesis of FK-506 preparation of a C(1) to C(15) segment. Tetrahedron Letters. 30(8). 919–922. 27 indexed citations

Ireland, Robert E., Dieter Haebich, & Daniel W. Norbeck. (1985). Convergent synthesis of polyether ionophore antibiotics: the synthesis of the monensin spiroketal. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 107(11). 3271–3278. 30 indexed citations

Ireland, Robert E., William C. Dow, Jollie D. Godfrey, & Suvit Thaisrivongs. (1984). Total synthesis of (.+-.)-aphidicolin and (.+-.)-.beta.-chamigrene. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 49(6). 1001–1013. 37 indexed citations

Ireland, Robert E., Robert C. Anderson, R. Badoud, et al.. (1983). The total synthesis of ionophore antibiotics. A convergent synthesis of lasalocid A (X537A). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 105(7). 1988–2006. 130 indexed citations

Ireland, Robert E., et al.. (1982). Synthesis of chiral subunits for macrolide synthesis: an efficient method for converting spiroketals into open-chain derivatives. Tetrahedron Letters. 23(34). 3471–3474. 4 indexed citations

Ireland, Robert E. & Jean‐Paul Vevert. (1981). Synthèse totale des acides (+) et (–) nonactique à partir de carbohydrates. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 59(3). 572–583. 26 indexed citations

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Ireland, Robert E., et al.. (1981). Approach to the total synthesis of chlorothricolide: synthesis of "7-epi-bottom half" and its union with "top half" systems. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 46(24). 4863–4873. 24 indexed citations

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Ireland, Robert E., Craig S. Wilcox, & Suvit Thaisrivongs. (1978). ChemInform Abstract: AN EFFICIENT METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF FURANOID AND PYRANOID GLYCALS. Chemischer Informationsdienst. 9(27). 3 indexed citations

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Ireland, Robert E., et al.. (1975). Experiments directed toward the total synthesis of terpenes. XXI. Alternate total synthesis of dl-alnusenone via polyene cyclization. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 40(8). 1000–1007. 8 indexed citations

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Ireland, Robert E., Conrad J. Kowalski, Jefferson Tilley, & David M. Walba. (1975). Total synthesis of terpenes. XX. Total synthesis of (+-)-shionone, a tetracyclic triterpene. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 40(8). 990–1000. 7 indexed citations

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Ireland, Robert E., et al.. (1975). Total synthesis of terpenes. XXII. Polyene cyclization approach to tetradecahydropicene derivatives for pentacyclic triterpene synthesis. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 40(8). 1007–1017. 8 indexed citations

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Ireland, Robert E., et al.. (1974). Reactions of pentahapto-cyclohexadienyliron tricarbonyl cations with enamines. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 39(1). 51–59. 49 indexed citations

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Ireland, Robert E., et al.. (1973). Reaction product of 3,3-dichloro-2-methylpropenal and piperidine. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 38(17). 3056–3057. 2 indexed citations

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Ireland, Robert E. & Richard H. Mueller. (1972). Claisen rearrangement of allyl esters. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 94(16). 5897–5898. 290 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ireland, Robert E., et al.. (1970). Total synthesis of terpenes. XIV. Interpretation of the transmogrification of 4.beta., 7a.alpha.-dimethyl-1.alpha.-hydroxy-4.alpha.-phenyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-2-indanone by base. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 35(3). 570–584. 7 indexed citations

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Ireland, Robert E. & Lewis N. Mander. (1967). Experiments directed toward the total synthesis of terpenes. XI. The total synthesis of (.+-.)-rimuene and (.+-.)-13-epi-rimuene. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 32(3). 689–696. 19 indexed citations

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Ireland, Robert E. & James A. Marshall. (1962). The n-Butylthiomethylene Blocking Group¹. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 27(5). 1615–1619. 77 indexed citations

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