Tom Opstal

570 total citations
13 papers, 465 citations indexed

About

Tom Opstal is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Opstal has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 465 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Organic Chemistry, 3 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Tom Opstal's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (12 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (8 papers) and Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (3 papers). Tom Opstal is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (12 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (8 papers) and Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (3 papers). Tom Opstal collaborates with scholars based in Belgium and Czechia. Tom Opstal's co-authors include Francis Verpoort, Ján Svoboda, Jan Sedláček, Jiřı́ Zednı́k and Jiřı́ Vohlı́dal and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Tetrahedron Letters and Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis.

In The Last Decade

Tom Opstal

13 papers receiving 459 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tom Opstal Belgium 11 412 116 116 50 46 13 465
Pierre H. Dixneuf France 7 512 1.2× 58 0.5× 131 1.1× 52 1.0× 91 2.0× 7 582
R. Jothibasu Singapore 11 731 1.8× 71 0.6× 115 1.0× 44 0.9× 47 1.0× 12 805
L. Vieille-Petit Switzerland 13 501 1.2× 101 0.9× 255 2.2× 87 1.7× 81 1.8× 29 586
Nadine Summa Germany 6 285 0.7× 268 2.3× 110 0.9× 82 1.6× 73 1.6× 6 430
A. Arunachalampillai India 12 302 0.7× 63 0.5× 230 2.0× 83 1.7× 40 0.9× 21 431
Chen‐Shiang Lee Taiwan 16 436 1.1× 65 0.6× 111 1.0× 77 1.5× 15 0.3× 21 535
Bhumika Agrahari India 13 399 1.0× 121 1.0× 97 0.8× 68 1.4× 37 0.8× 21 487
Malka Mora Spain 9 446 1.1× 123 1.1× 157 1.4× 107 2.1× 44 1.0× 11 556
Ibrahim Abdellah France 14 503 1.2× 49 0.4× 179 1.5× 96 1.9× 37 0.8× 32 579
Kunhua Lin China 10 356 0.9× 40 0.3× 132 1.1× 97 1.9× 37 0.8× 27 491

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Opstal

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All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Opstal, Tom & Francis Verpoort. (2003). Synthesis of Highly Active Ruthenium Indenylidene Complexes for Atom‐Transfer Radical Polymerization and Ring‐Opening‐Metathesis Polymerization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 42(25). 2876–2879. 154 indexed citations
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Opstal, Tom & Francis Verpoort. (2003). Easily accessible and robust olefin-metathesis catalysts based on ruthenium vinylidene complexes. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical. 200(1-2). 49–61. 40 indexed citations
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Opstal, Tom & Francis Verpoort. (2003). Synthesis of Highly Active Ruthenium Indenylidene Complexes for Atom‐Transfer Radical Polymerization and Ring‐Opening‐Metathesis Polymerization. Angewandte Chemie. 115(25). 2982–2985. 13 indexed citations
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Opstal, Tom & Francis Verpoort. (2003). Controlled Radical Polymerization Mediated by Cationic Arene Ruthenium Complexes. Polymer Bulletin. 50(1-2). 17–23. 11 indexed citations
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Opstal, Tom & Francis Verpoort. (2002). From atom transfer radical addition to atom transfer radical polymerisation of vinyl monomers mediated by ruthenium indenylidene complexes. New Journal of Chemistry. 27(2). 257–262. 36 indexed citations
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Opstal, Tom, Jiřı́ Zednı́k, Jan Sedláček, et al.. (2002). Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Styrene and Methyl Methacrylate Induced by RhI(cycloocta-1,5-diene) Complexes. Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications. 67(12). 1858–1871. 14 indexed citations
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Opstal, Tom & Francis Verpoort. (2002). Ruthenium Indenylidene and Vinylidene Complexes bearing Schiff Bases: Potential Catalysts in Enol-Ester Synthesis. Synlett. 2002(6). 935–941. 60 indexed citations
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Opstal, Tom & Francis Verpoort. (2002). Atom transfer radical addition and enol-ester synthesis catalyzed by Ru–vinylidene complexes. Tetrahedron Letters. 43(50). 9259–9263. 33 indexed citations
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Opstal, Tom, et al.. (2002). Selective Dimerisation and Addition of Carboxylic Acids to Terminal Alkynes, Catalysed by Thermolysed Grubbs’ Catalyst: A Novel Synthesis of Enynes and Vinyl Esters. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2002(22). 3779–3784. 45 indexed citations
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Opstal, Tom, et al.. (2001). Atom Transfer Radical Polymerisation with an Immobilised [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2 Dimer. Catalysis Letters. 74(3-4). 155–159. 23 indexed citations

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