W. David Ollis

10.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
268 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

W. David Ollis is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. David Ollis has authored 268 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Organic Chemistry, 75 papers in Molecular Biology and 38 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in W. David Ollis's work include Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (30 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (24 papers) and Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds (24 papers). W. David Ollis is often cited by papers focused on Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (30 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (24 papers) and Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds (24 papers). W. David Ollis collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Brazil and Germany. W. David Ollis's co-authors include D. H. R. BARTON, Ian O. Sutherland, Wilson Baker, Christopher A. Ramsden, J. Fraser Stoddart, K. Schenker, R. B. Woodward, H. U. Daeniker, A. Hunger and Michael P. Cava and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

W. David Ollis

256 papers receiving 6.6k citations

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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.

Comprehensive organic chemistry

1978 2.5k citations W. David Ollis et al. Tetrahedron Letters profile →
Biochemistry of Phenolic Compounds.

1965 467 citations W. David Ollis Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Phytochemical examination of the lichen, Lecanora gangaleoides Nyl 1986 ·Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 ·John P. Devlin, (unknown), W. David Ollis, Christopher Smith	6
2	Conformational behaviour of medium-sized rings. Part 12. Tri-3-methyltrianthranilide 1982 ·Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 ·(unknown), W. David Ollis, (unknown), J. Fraser Stoddart	11
3	The orthosomycin family of antibiotics—I 1979 ·Tetrahedron ·W. David Ollis, Christopher Smith, (unknown)	43
4	Machaerium vestitum(マメ科)からのイソフラボノイド類ベスチトールおよびベスチカルパン 1978 ·Phytochemistry ·(unknown), W. David Ollis, (unknown), Ian O. Sutherland, (unknown)	1
5	Radical-coupling products derived from ammonium ylides. Competing [1,2], [1,3], and [1,4] anionic rearrangements 1978 ·Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications ·Kan Chantrapromma, W. David Ollis, Ian O. Sutherland	3
6	Cyclic mesoionic compounds. Part 14. The electric dipole moments of mesoionic heterocycles 1978 ·Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 ·(unknown), W. David Ollis, Christopher A. Ramsden, (unknown), L. E. Sutton	7
7	Cyclic meso-ionic compounds. Part XII. Synthesis, spectroscopic properties, and chemistry of 1,3,4-oxadiazolium-2-aminides 1974 ·Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 ·W. David Ollis, Christopher A. Ramsden	4
8	Effect of transition-state geometry on the [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangements of ammonium ylides 1971 ·Journal of the Chemical Society D Chemical Communications ·(unknown), W. David Ollis, Ian O. Sutherland, Yodhathai Thebtaranonth	1
9	Sigmatropic reactions of allylic sulphur ylids 1968 ·Chemical Communications (London) ·G. Michael Blackburn, W. David Ollis, (unknown), (unknown), Ian O. Sutherland	4
10	New neoflavanoids from Machaerium kuhlmannii and Machaerium nictitans and the recognition of a new neoflavanoid type, the neoflavenes 1968 ·Chemical Communications (London) ·W. David Ollis, (unknown), R. J. Roberts, Ian O. Sutherland, (unknown)	10
11	The natural occurrence of isoflavans and an isoflavanquinone 1968 ·Chemical Communications (London) ·(unknown), W. David Ollis, (unknown), Ian O. Sutherland, Alaı́de Braga de Oliveira, (unknown), (unknown)	9
12	The reaction of benzo-4-pyrones with dimethylsulphoxonium methylide 1968 ·Journal of the Chemical Society C Organic ·(unknown), W. David Ollis, Ian O. Sutherland	3
13	The natural occurrence of cis- and trans-cinnamylphenols 1968 ·Chemical Communications (London) ·Matthew Gregson, (unknown), W. David Ollis, (unknown), Richard J. Roberts, Ian O. Sutherland, Alaı́de Braga de Oliveira, (unknown), (unknown), H. H. Dietrichs	7
14	Reactions of dimethylsulphoxonium methylide with benzo-4-pyrone derivatives 1967 ·Chemical Communications (London) ·(unknown), W. David Ollis, Ian O. Sutherland	1
15	The study of the ring inversion of tri-o-thymotide by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy 1966 ·Chemical Communications (London) ·W. David Ollis, Ian O. Sutherland	2
16	Biochemistry of Phenolic Compounds. breakdown → 1965 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·W. David Ollis	467
17	Plant polyphenols. VII. The hydroxycinnamoyl esters of Polygala senega root 1962 ·Phytochemistry ·(unknown), Jeffrey B. Harborne, (unknown), W. David Ollis	19
18	285. The relative stereochemistry of the rotenoids 1961 ·Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed) ·Carl Djerassi, W. David Ollis, (unknown)	12
19	Űber die identitat von rutilantinon mit pyrromycinon und űber die lage der carbomethoxy-gruppe in pyrromycinonen 1960 ·Tetrahedron Letters ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Werner Lenk, W. David Ollis, V. Prelog, Ian O. Sutherland	8
20	604. Eight- and higher-membered ring compounds. Part X. Di-, tri-, and tetra-thiosalicylides 1952 ·Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed) ·Wilson Baker, (unknown), W. David Ollis	8

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