Roland E. Zahler

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
7 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Roland E. Zahler is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Roland E. Zahler has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Organic Chemistry, 2 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 2 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Roland E. Zahler's work include Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (3 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (2 papers) and Chemical Reactions and Isotopes (2 papers). Roland E. Zahler is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (3 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (2 papers) and Chemical Reactions and Isotopes (2 papers). Roland E. Zahler collaborates with scholars based in . Roland E. Zahler's co-authors include J. F. Bunnett, Robert H. Grubbs, Stanley H. Pine, David A. Evans, Werner Schubert, William H. Koster, C. M. CIMARUSTI, Russell G. Tonkyn and G. A. JACOBS and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemischer Informationsdienst.

In The Last Decade

Roland E. Zahler

7 papers receiving 962 citations

Hit Papers

Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions. 1951 2026 1976 2001 1951 1980 250 500 750
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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. Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions.
    1951 821 citations J. F. Bunnett, Roland E. Zahler Chemical Reviews profile →
  2. Titanium-mediated methylene-transfer reactions. Direct conversion of esters into vinyl ethers
    1980 191 citations Stanley H. Pine, Roland E. Zahler et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roland E. Zahler 6 902 232 136 109 98 7 1.1k
Hans Reimlinger Belgium 20 1.2k 1.4× 201 0.9× 124 0.9× 106 1.0× 103 1.1× 86 1.3k
S. Hoff Netherlands 8 838 0.9× 229 1.0× 79 0.6× 52 0.5× 123 1.3× 20 1.1k
Elliot N. Marvell United States 17 649 0.7× 117 0.5× 95 0.7× 49 0.4× 103 1.1× 64 844
Costin D. Nenitzescu Romania 18 666 0.7× 99 0.4× 136 1.0× 75 0.7× 87 0.9× 69 833
Calvin A. VanderWerf United States 16 574 0.6× 151 0.7× 63 0.5× 57 0.5× 115 1.2× 49 734
Siegfried Hauptmann Germany 8 1.6k 1.7× 185 0.8× 66 0.5× 70 0.6× 148 1.5× 37 1.8k
Paul E. Fanta United States 13 729 0.8× 159 0.7× 49 0.4× 57 0.5× 85 0.9× 33 862
Helmut Huber Germany 13 897 1.0× 208 0.9× 103 0.8× 270 2.5× 71 0.7× 30 1.2k
Teruji Tsuji Japan 18 616 0.7× 185 0.8× 82 0.6× 138 1.3× 82 0.8× 42 796
R. Michael Paton United Kingdom 16 672 0.7× 284 1.2× 63 0.5× 108 1.0× 59 0.6× 91 876

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All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
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Koster, William H., et al.. (1983). 2-Oxoazetidine-1-phosphonic acids: synthesis and transesterification. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 105(11). 3743–3745. 14 indexed citations
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Koster, William H., et al.. (1983). ChemInform Abstract: 2‐OXOAZETIDINE‐1‐PHOSPHONIC ACIDS: SYNTHESIS AND TRANSESTERIFICATION. Chemischer Informationsdienst. 14(36). 2 indexed citations
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Pine, Stanley H., Roland E. Zahler, David A. Evans, & Robert H. Grubbs. (1980). Titanium-mediated methylene-transfer reactions. Direct conversion of esters into vinyl ethers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 102(9). 3270–3272. 191 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schubert, Werner & Roland E. Zahler. (1954). Aromatic Electrophilic Substitution by Hydrogen. III. The Mechanism of the Acid-catalyzed Decarboxylation of Aromatic Aldehydes1,2. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 76(1). 1–9. 10 indexed citations
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Bunnett, J. F., et al.. (1953). Comparative Activation of Nucleophilic Substitution in 4-Substituted-2-nitrochlorobenzenes1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 75(3). 642–645. 17 indexed citations
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Bunnett, J. F. & Roland E. Zahler. (1951). Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions.. Chemical Reviews. 49(2). 273–412. 821 indexed citations breakdown →

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