Robert S. Paton

12.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
246 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Robert S. Paton is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert S. Paton has authored 246 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 166 papers in Organic Chemistry, 45 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 38 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert S. Paton's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (56 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (46 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (31 papers). Robert S. Paton is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (56 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (46 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (31 papers). Robert S. Paton collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Robert S. Paton's co-authors include Seonah Kim, K. N. Houk, Jonathan M. Goodman, Qian Peng, Gregg T. Beckham, Fernanda Duarte, Peter C. St. John, Juan V. Alegre‐Requena, Mark R. Nimlos and Andrew McNally and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert S. Paton

235 papers receiving 9.4k 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.

Prediction of organic homolytic bond dissociation enthalpies at near chemical accuracy with sub-second computational cost

2020 238 citations Peter C. St. John, Yanfei Guan et al. profile →
Phosphate-enabled mechanochemical PFAS destruction for fluoride reuse

2025 31 citations Robert S. Paton, Véronique Gouverneur et al. Nature profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert S. Paton

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Photocatalysis as a mechanistic probe for the Staudinger β-lactam synthesis 2025 ·Chem Catalysis ·Mihai V. Popescu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Juan V. Alegre‐Requena, Robert S. Paton, Martin D. Smith	0
2	Conformation Dependent Features of Bisphosphine Ligands 2025 ·The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Guilian Luchini, (unknown), (unknown), Mikko Muuronen, (unknown), Mark Pfeifle, (unknown), Robert S. Paton, Matthew S. Sigman, Olaf Wiest	0
3	Bottom-Up Atomistic Descriptions of Top-Down Macroscopic Measurements: Computational Benchmarks for Hammett Electronic Parameters 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Guilian Luchini, Robert S. Paton	13
4	Rapid prediction of conformationally-dependent DFT-level descriptors using graph neural networks for carboxylic acids and alkyl amines 2024 ·Digital Discovery ·(unknown), Melissa A. Hardy, (unknown), (unknown), Connor W. Coley, Robert S. Paton, Matthew S. Sigman	7
5	Predicting Lewis Acidity: Machine Learning the Fluoride Ion Affinity of p‐Block‐Atom‐Based Molecules 2024 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Lukas M. Sigmund, (unknown), Andreas E. Albers, Philipp Erdmann, Robert S. Paton, Lutz Greb	0
6	A comparative study of influenza surveillance systems and administrative data in England during the 2022–2023 season 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Rachel Christie, James Guilder, Robert S. Paton, Suzanne Elgohari, Conall Watson, Sarah R Deeny, Thomas Ward	1
7	Selective Ni-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Heteroaryl Chlorides and Aryl Bromides at 1:1 Substrate Ratio 2024 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Zhi-Ming Su, (unknown), Darren L. Poole, Mohammad Rafiee, Robert S. Paton, Daniel J. Weix, Shannon S. Stahl	6
8	Expansion of bond dissociation prediction with machine learning to medicinally and environmentally relevant chemical space 2023 ·Digital Discovery ·(unknown), Yeonjoon Kim, Seonah Kim, Peter C. St. John, Robert S. Paton	10
9	Multi-objective goal-directed optimization of de novo stable organic radicals for aqueous redox flow batteries 2022 ·Nature Machine Intelligence ·(unknown), Jeffrey Law, (unknown), Dmitry Duplyakin, (unknown), David Biagioni, Robert S. Paton, Peter C. St. John	54
10	Umpolung Synthesis of Pyridyl Ethers by Bi^V‐Mediated O‐Arylation of Pyridones 2022 ·Angewandte Chemie ·(unknown), (unknown), Kenneth B. Ling, Robert S. Paton, Liam T. Ball	1
11	[18F]Difluorocarbene for positron emission tomography 2022 ·Nature ·Jeroen B. I. Sap, Claudio F. Meyer, Joseph Ford, Natan J. W. Straathof, Alexander B. Dürr, Mariah J. Lelos, Stephen J. Paisey, (unknown), Sandrine M. Hell, Andrés A. Trabanco, Christophe Génicot, Christopher W. am Ende, Robert S. Paton, Matthew Tredwell, Véronique Gouverneur	48
12	Catalytic Enantioselective 6π Photocyclization of Acrylanilides 2022 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Mihai V. Popescu, Ji‐Yuan Du, Robert S. Paton, Martin D. Smith	32
13	Real-time prediction of ¹ H and ¹³ C chemical shifts with DFT accuracy using a 3D graph neural network 2021 ·Chemical Science ·Yanfei Guan, (unknown), (unknown), Peter C. St. John, Robert S. Paton	96
14	Enantiomerically enriched tetrahydropyridine allyl chlorides 2020 ·Chemical Science ·(unknown), (unknown), Serge Palacin, Robert S. Paton, Stephen P. Fletcher	12
15	Hydrogen Bonding Phase-Transfer Catalysis with Ionic Reactants: Enantioselective Synthesis of γ-Fluoroamines 2020 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), David M. H. Ascough, Francesco Ibba, Anna Chiara Vicini, Alberto Fontana, Kirsten E. Christensen, Aldo Peschiulli, Daniel Oehlrich, Antonio Misale, Andrés A. Trabanco, Robert S. Paton, Gabriele Pupo, Véronique Gouverneur	54
16	Palladium‐Catalyzed Directed meta‐Selective C−H Allylation of Arenes: Unactivated Internal Olefins as Allyl Surrogates 2019 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Tapas Kumar Achar, Xinglong Zhang, Rahul Mondal, (unknown), S.K. Maiti, (unknown), (unknown), Robert S. Paton, Debabrata Maiti	26
17	Heterobiaryl synthesis by contractive C–C coupling via P(V) intermediates 2018 ·Science ·Michael C. Hilton, Xuan Zhang, Benjamin T. Boyle, Juan V. Alegre‐Requena, Robert S. Paton, Andrew McNally	169
18	Adenosine Monophosphate Binding Stabilizes the KTN Domain of the Shewanella denitrificans Kef Potassium Efflux System 2017 ·Biochemistry ·Christos Pliotas, (unknown), (unknown), Anthony Chan, Jess Healy, Phedra Marius, Wendy Bartlett, Amjad Khan, Wilian A. Cortopassi, Shane A. Chandler, Tim Rasmussen, Justin L. P. Benesch, Robert S. Paton, Timothy D. W. Claridge, Samantha Miller, Ian R. Booth, James H. Naismith, Stuart J. Conway	10
19	Visible Light Photocatalysis of 6π Heterocyclization 2017 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Niels Münster, (unknown), Lucy van Dijk, Robert S. Paton, Martin D. Smith	86
20	Rapid Cross-Metathesis for Reversible Protein Modifications via Chemical Access to Se -Allyl-selenocysteine in Proteins 2013 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Yuya A. Lin, Omar Boutureira, Lukas Lercher, Bhaskar Bhushan, Robert S. Paton, Benjamin G. Davis	110

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