W. Clegg

34.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
1.3k papers, 28.9k citations indexed

About

W. Clegg is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Clegg has authored 1.3k papers receiving a total of 28.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 837 papers in Organic Chemistry, 688 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 254 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in W. Clegg's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (377 papers), Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (279 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (250 papers). W. Clegg is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (377 papers), Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (279 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (250 papers). W. Clegg collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. W. Clegg's co-authors include Ross W. Harrington, M.R.J. Elsegood, Robert E. Mulvey, Keith Izod, Eva Hevia, Alan R. Kennedy, Todd B. Marder, R. John Errington, Stephen T. Liddle and Nicholas C. Norman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

W. Clegg

1.2k papers receiving 27.7k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Clegg United Kingdom	71	19.4k	13.7k	6.5k	4.1k	3.6k	1.3k	28.9k
A.G. Orpen United Kingdom	65	18.6k 1.0×	13.4k 1.0×	4.9k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	3.7k 1.0×	532	26.7k
Allan H. White Australia	72	20.8k 1.1×	12.7k 0.9×	6.5k 1.0×	6.5k 1.6×	7.4k 2.0×	1.3k	30.9k
Brian W. Skelton Australia	74	22.0k 1.1×	13.0k 1.0×	7.5k 1.2×	7.0k 1.7×	7.8k 2.1×	1.6k	34.2k
Dietmar Stalke Germany	76	24.1k 1.2×	17.9k 1.3×	6.2k 1.0×	3.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.5×	788	31.7k
Gerard van Koten Netherlands	79	25.4k 1.3×	12.5k 0.9×	4.8k 0.7×	2.9k 0.7×	4.7k 1.3×	834	31.6k
Alan J. Lough Canada	79	18.1k 0.9×	13.6k 1.0×	5.7k 0.9×	2.2k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	810	27.1k
Glenn P. A. Yap United States	72	16.5k 0.8×	10.9k 0.8×	4.6k 0.7×	3.1k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	688	22.5k
Roland Fröhlich Germany	81	26.5k 1.4×	12.6k 0.9×	4.2k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.4×	1.0k	32.0k
Michael B. Hursthouse United Kingdom	81	23.7k 1.2×	15.1k 1.1×	9.8k 1.5×	7.4k 1.8×	5.5k 1.5×	1.5k	38.5k
Hubert Schmidbaur Germany	71	22.2k 1.1×	14.8k 1.1×	7.3k 1.1×	4.0k 1.0×	4.5k 1.2×	978	30.2k

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Horton, Peter N., Simon J. Coles, W. Clegg, Ross W. Harrington, & Ian R. Butler. (2025). A Rapid General Synthesis and the Spectroscopic Data of 2,2′-Bis-(di-isopropylphosphino)-1,1′-dibromoferrocene, (bpdbf), 1,1′,2,2′-Tetrakis-(di-isopropylphosphino) Ferrocene, (tdipf) and Related Ligands: Taking dppf into the Future. Inorganics. 13(1). 10–10.

Bould, Jonathan, Oleg L. Tok, Monika Kučeráková, et al.. (2024). Expanding Luminescence Horizons in Macropolyhedral Heteroboranes. Angewandte Chemie. 136(17). 1 indexed citations

Robertson, Craig M., Peter N. Horton, Mark E. Light, et al.. (2021). Ferrocenylmethylphosphanes and the Alpha Process for Methoxycarbonylation: The Original Story. Inorganics. 9(7). 57–57. 6 indexed citations

Bould, Jonathan, Kamil Lang, Kaplan Kirakci, et al.. (2020). A Series of Ultra-Efficient Blue Borane Fluorophores. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(23). 17058–17070. 14 indexed citations

Benniston, Andrew C., Dumitru Sirbu, Constantin Turta, Michael R. Probert, & W. Clegg. (2014). A simple method for desymmetrizing 1,1′-ferrocenedicarboxaldehyde. Tetrahedron Letters. 55(28). 3777–3780. 5 indexed citations

Wills, Corinne, William McFarlane, W. Clegg, et al.. (2011). An Alkoxido‐Tin‐Substituted Polyoxometalate [(MeO)SnW₅O₁₈]³⁻: The First Member of a New Family of Reactive {SnW₅} Lindqvist‐Type Anions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 18(1). 59–62. 13 indexed citations

Harrington, Ross W., et al.. (2010). Thermal 1,3-Trityl Migrations in Diels−Alder Domino Reactions of 1-Trityl-4-vinyl-1H-imidazoles. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 75(13). 4604–4607. 16 indexed citations

Al‐Karawi, Ahmed Jasim M., W. Clegg, Ross W. Harrington, & Richard A. Henderson. (2008). Synthetic, structural and kinetic studies on the binding of cyclohexane-1,2-bis(4-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazone) to divalent metal ions (Co, Ni, Cu, Zn or Cd). Dalton Transactions. 564–570. 17 indexed citations

Blair, Victoria L., Luca M. Carrella, W. Clegg, et al.. (2008). Tuning the Basicity of Synergic Bimetallic Reagents: Switching the Regioselectivity of the Direct Dimetalation of Toluene from 2,5‐ to 3,5‐Positions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(33). 6208–6211. 46 indexed citations

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Clegg, W., Sophie H. Dale, Eva Hevia, et al.. (2006). Alkali‐Metal‐Mediated Zincation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Synthesis and Structures of Mono‐ and Dizincated Naphthalenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(39). 6548–6550. 56 indexed citations

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Lin, Ping, W. Clegg, Ross W. Harrington, & Richard A. Henderson. (2005). Synthesis and characterization of a Mo/Ag/Rb heterotrimetallic cluster with double-cage architecture. Dalton Transactions. 2349–2349. 15 indexed citations

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Onions, Stuart, S.L. Heath, D.J. Price, et al.. (2004). Self‐Assembly of a Spin‐Coupled Octanuclear Copper(II) Circular Array from a Single‐Stranded Ligand. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(14). 1814–1817. 16 indexed citations

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Matthews, Craig J., M.R.J. Elsegood, Gérald Bernardinelli, W. Clegg, & Alan F. Williams. (2004). Crystal structures of dicarboxy-2,2′-bipyridyl complexes: the role of hydrogen bonding and stacking interactions. Dalton Transactions. 492–497. 49 indexed citations

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Pike, Andrew R., et al.. (2004). Ferrocenyl‐Modified DNA: Synthesis, Characterization and Integration with Semiconductor Electrodes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 11(1). 344–353. 51 indexed citations

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Mas‐Ballesté, Rubén, Gabriel Aullón, W. Clegg, et al.. (2003). The Evolution of [{Ph₂P(CH₂)_nPPh₂}Pt(μ‐S)₂Pt{Ph₂P(CH₂)_nPPh₂}] (n=2, 3) Metalloligands in Protic Acids: A Cascade of Sequential Reactions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 9(20). 5023–5035. 36 indexed citations

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Aullón, Gabriel, Mercè Capdevila, W. Clegg, et al.. (2002). First Evidence of Fast SH⋅⋅⋅S Proton Transfer in a Transition Metal Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 41(15). 2776–2778. 22 indexed citations

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Henderson, Alistair P., Esra Mutlu, Christine Bleasdale, et al.. (2002). Trapping of benzene oxide-oxepin and methyl-substituted derivatives with 4-phenyl- and 4-pentafluorophenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione. Chemical Communications. 1956–1957. 16 indexed citations

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Fedin, Vladimir P., И.В. Калинина, Denis G. Samsonenko⧫, et al.. (1999). Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Molybdenum and Tungsten Cyano Complexes with Cuboidal M₄(μ₃-E)₄ (M = Mo, W; E = S, Se, Te) Cores. Inorganic Chemistry. 38(9). 1956–1965. 44 indexed citations

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Jackson, Richard F. W., et al.. (1988). Preparation of 1-phenylsulphonyl-1-phenylthio epoxide: Convenientprecursors to α-halo S-phenyl thio esters. Tetrahedron Letters. 29(38). 4889–4892. 17 indexed citations

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Raper, Eric S., et al.. (1988). Tetrakis(1-methylimidazoline-2-thione)-μ2-bis(1-methylimidazoline-2-thione)-di-copper(I) tetrafluoroborate: Preparation, thermal analysis and crystal structure. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 143(1). 95–100. 40 indexed citations

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