Saul Wolfe

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
217 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Saul Wolfe is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Saul Wolfe has authored 217 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Organic Chemistry, 71 papers in Spectroscopy and 66 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Saul Wolfe's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (45 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (34 papers) and Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (28 papers). Saul Wolfe is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (45 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (34 papers) and Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (28 papers). Saul Wolfe collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Spain. Saul Wolfe's co-authors include H. Bernhard Schlegel, Arnold L. Demain, Fernando Bernardi, David J. Mitchell, Susan E. Jensen, D. W. S. Westlake, Sason Shaik, Myung‐Hwan Whangbo, Imre G. Csizmadia and Noham Weinberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Saul Wolfe

216 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

Gauche effect. Stereochemical consequences of adjacent el... 1972 2026 1990 2008 1972 200 400 600
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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. Gauche effect. Stereochemical consequences of adjacent electron pairs and polar bonds
    1972 692 citations Saul Wolfe profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Saul Wolfe Canada 42 2.9k 1.9k 1.6k 1.5k 1.1k 217 6.2k
Yöichi Iitaka Japan 51 3.9k 1.4× 4.9k 2.5× 334 0.2× 1.2k 0.8× 1.5k 1.3× 577 11.0k
Satoru Masamune United States 60 10.0k 3.5× 3.1k 1.6× 455 0.3× 1.1k 0.8× 861 0.8× 232 13.0k
Thomas F. Hendrickson United States 16 2.7k 0.9× 4.9k 2.5× 931 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 397 0.4× 24 8.0k
John J. Wendoloski United States 28 2.1k 0.7× 2.8k 1.4× 1.0k 0.7× 660 0.4× 316 0.3× 54 6.5k
Anthony J. Kirby United Kingdom 47 5.1k 1.8× 3.8k 2.0× 604 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 199 0.2× 292 8.7k
V. Prelog Germany 37 3.8k 1.3× 2.0k 1.0× 207 0.1× 2.0k 1.3× 679 0.6× 147 6.6k
Stefan Berger Germany 40 3.1k 1.1× 1.6k 0.8× 575 0.4× 2.5k 1.6× 218 0.2× 276 7.0k
Rosa M. Claramunt Spain 43 5.4k 1.9× 981 0.5× 468 0.3× 1.8k 1.2× 236 0.2× 454 8.0k
Hans‐Joachim Böhm Germany 29 1.7k 0.6× 2.1k 1.1× 870 0.5× 563 0.4× 328 0.3× 47 5.1k
J. Brunvoll Norway 36 2.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 634 0.4× 894 0.6× 122 0.1× 383 6.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Saul Wolfe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Saul Wolfe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Saul Wolfe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Saul Wolfe based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Saul Wolfe. Saul Wolfe is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Shi, Zheng, et al.. (2009). The neutral hydrolysis of methyl acetate — Part 2. Is there a tetrahedral intermediate?. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 87(4). 544–555. 21 indexed citations
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Weinberg, Noham, et al.. (2009). The neutral hydrolysis of methyl acetate — Part 1. Kinetic experiments. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 87(4). 539–543. 14 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Saul, et al.. (2003). 5-Hydroxy[1,2]oxazinan-3-ones as potential carbapenem and D-ala-D-ala surrogates. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 81(8). 915–936. 12 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Saul, Chan-Kyung Kim, Kiyull Yang, Noham Weinberg, & Zheng Shi. (1998). Additions and corrections: Transverse compression and the secondary H/D isotope effects in intramolecular S<sub>N</sub>2 methyl-transfer reactions. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 76(3). 359–370. 1 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Saul, et al.. (1992). Biochemical studies on the activity of δ-(l-α-aminoadipyl)-l-cysteinyl-d-valine synthetase from Streptomyces clavuligerus. Biochemical Journal. 283(3). 691–698. 37 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Saul, et al.. (1989). Phosphate regulation of ACV synthetase and cephalosporin biosynthesis in Streptomyces clavuligerus. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 57(2). 145–150. 28 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jinyou, Saul Wolfe, & Arnold L. Demain. (1989). Carbon source regulation of ACV synthetase inCephalosporium acremonium C-10. Current Microbiology. 18(6). 361–367. 16 indexed citations
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Vining, L. C., Susan E. Jensen, D. W. S. Westlake, Yair Aharonowitz, & Saul Wolfe. (1987). Cephamycin production and isopenicillin N synthetase activity in cultures of Streptomyces clavuligerus. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 27(3). 15 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Saul, et al.. (1986). Cell-free synthesis of δ-(L-α-aminoadipyl)-L-cysteine, the first intermediate of penicillin and cephalosporin biosynthesis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 137(1). 528–535. 53 indexed citations
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Jensen, Susan E., D. W. S. Westlake, & Saul Wolfe. (1985). Deacetoxycephalosporin C synthetase and deacetoxycephalosporin C hydroxylase are two separate enzymes in Streptomyces clavuligerus.. The Journal of Antibiotics. 38(2). 263–265. 68 indexed citations
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Kupka, Jutta, Yongqiang Shen, Saul Wolfe, & Arnold L. Demain. (1983). Studies on the ring-cyclization and ring-expansion enzymes of β-lactam biosynthesis in Cephalosporium acremonium. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 29(5). 488–496. 57 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Saul, et al.. (1982). Sulfur-free penicillin derivatives. VII. Multiple functionalization of 2-azetidinyl-3-methyl-2-butenoates. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 60(2). 144–153. 6 indexed citations
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Whangbo, Myung‐Hwan & Saul Wolfe. (1980). The Orbital Interaction Approach to Structural and Conformational Problems in Organic Chemistry. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 20(1-2). 36–42. 11 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Saul, et al.. (1979). Conversion of amino hydroxyacids to oxazolidine-4-carboxylic acids, oxazolidine-5-carboxylic acids and tetrahydrooxazine-4-carboxylic acids. Tetrahedron Letters. 20(41). 3913–3916. 9 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Saul, et al.. (1973). Gauche effect. Localized molecular orbitals and excited-state geometries in fluoromethanol. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 95(15). 4863–4870. 38 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Saul, et al.. (1972). Sulfur-free Penicillin Derivatives. II. Functionalization of the Methyl Groups. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 50(17). 2898–2902. 6 indexed citations
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Wolfe, Saul & Arvi Rauk. (1966). A CONVENIENT METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE BENZYL-α-d ALCOHOL. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 44(21). 2591–2593. 7 indexed citations

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