W. J. Le Noble

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
142 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

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W. J. Le Noble is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. J. Le Noble has authored 142 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Organic Chemistry, 39 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 27 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in W. J. Le Noble's work include Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (24 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (17 papers) and Various Chemistry Research Topics (16 papers). W. J. Le Noble is often cited by papers focused on Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (24 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (17 papers) and Various Chemistry Research Topics (16 papers). W. J. Le Noble collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Taiwan. W. J. Le Noble's co-authors include T. Asano, Rudi van Eldik, Alexander Drljaca, M. V. Basilevsky, Colin D. Hubbard, H. Kelm, Nathan Kornblum, Wen‐Sheng Chung, Haifang Li and Shalini Srivastava and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

W. J. Le Noble

139 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Activation and reaction volumes in solution. 2

1989 486 citations W. J. Le Noble et al. profile →
Activation and reaction volumes in solution

1978 413 citations W. J. Le Noble et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. J. Le Noble United States	26	2.0k	702	676	521	507	142	3.5k
Wolfgang Lüttke Germany	28	1.6k 0.8×	685 1.0×	515 0.8×	255 0.5×	592 1.2×	180	2.9k
Edward M. Arnett United States	39	2.9k 1.5×	964 1.4×	776 1.1×	724 1.4×	1.2k 2.3×	183	5.0k
R. P. Bell United Kingdom	22	1.5k 0.8×	953 1.4×	1.1k 1.6×	546 1.0×	717 1.4×	113	3.8k
John T. Edward Canada	24	1.5k 0.8×	759 1.1×	566 0.8×	672 1.3×	679 1.3×	162	3.9k
Jack Hine United States	34	2.1k 1.1×	500 0.7×	362 0.5×	705 1.4×	592 1.2×	156	3.6k
Keith Yates Canada	33	2.0k 1.0×	894 1.3×	693 1.0×	250 0.5×	835 1.6×	161	3.2k
Ernest Grunwald United States	31	1.8k 0.9×	901 1.3×	787 1.2×	671 1.3×	1.2k 2.4×	175	4.2k
A. J. Kresge Canada	36	3.5k 1.8×	1.1k 1.6×	668 1.0×	878 1.7×	811 1.6×	296	4.9k
Michael J. Blandamer United Kingdom	30	2.2k 1.1×	842 1.2×	882 1.3×	752 1.4×	540 1.1×	216	4.0k
Christoph Rüchardt Germany	34	4.0k 2.0×	1.0k 1.5×	640 0.9×	360 0.7×	507 1.0×	264	4.8k

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Noble, W. J. Le, et al.. (1997). Enhanced Stereoselectivity in the Capture of a 5-Substituted 2-Adamantyl Radical by Substitution of C-5 by Negative Boron. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 62(14). 4885–4885. 1 indexed citations

Noble, W. J. Le, et al.. (1996). Enhanced Stereoselectivity in the Capture of a 5-Substituted 2-Adamantyl Radical by Substitution of C-5 by Negative Boron. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 61(26). 9588–9590. 9 indexed citations

Noble, W. J. Le, et al.. (1995). Face Selection in Additions to the Trigonal C2 Site in Quaternized 5-Azaadamantane Derivatives. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 117(46). 11421–11425. 16 indexed citations

Mukherjee, Ashis K. & W. J. Le Noble. (1993). On the stereochemistry of the oxidation of 5-phenyl-2-thiaadamantane. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 58(27). 7955–7957. 10 indexed citations

Mukherjee, Ashis K., E. M. Schulman, & W. J. Le Noble. (1992). Electronic control of face selection in the [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement of allyl vinyl sulfoxides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 57(11). 3120–3126. 8 indexed citations

Chung, Wen‐Sheng, Nicholas J. Turro, Jack Silver, & W. J. Le Noble. (1990). Modification of face selectivity by inclusion in cyclodextrins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 112(3). 1202–1205. 41 indexed citations

Li, Haifang & W. J. Le Noble. (1990). Reduction of 5-p-anilinoadamantan-2-one. A reinvestigation. Tetrahedron Letters. 31(31). 4391–4392. 18 indexed citations

Noble, W. J. Le, et al.. (1989). Effect of pressure on the rate of methylation of a buttressed pyridine. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 54(3). 570–573. 15 indexed citations

Srivastava, Shalini & W. J. Le Noble. (1987). Hyperconjugation as a stereoinductive factor in the approach of electrophiles to trigonal carbon. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 109(19). 5874–5875. 45 indexed citations

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Srivastava, S. K., et al.. (1986). Geometric equivalents of enantiomers in studies of the stereochemical course of substitution at carbon. Electronic effects in nucleophilic addition to carbonyl groups and to carbocations. Virtual proof of the existence of .sigma. participation by unstrained carbon-carbon bonds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 108(7). 1598–1605. 93 indexed citations

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Srivastava, Sushil, et al.. (1983). Structure of solid di-9-pentacyclo[4.3.0.02,4.03,8.05,7]nonyl ether (“Coates' ether”). Bond shortening in an eclipsed bicyclopropyl. Tetrahedron Letters. 24(24). 2431–2432. 2 indexed citations

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Noble, W. J. Le, et al.. (1981). Dimethylpentatetraenylidene. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 103(15). 4638–4639. 10 indexed citations

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Noble, W. J. Le, et al.. (1979). Reactions in compressed solutions. 56. Evidence for a carbene-anion pair. 1,4-Disubstituted adamantanes as a stereochemical probe. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 101(12). 3244–3251. 14 indexed citations

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Noble, W. J. Le, et al.. (1978). Stereospecific return in the methanolysis of propargylic halides. Remote phenyl directive effect on the stereoselection of carbonium ion capture. Tetrahedron Letters. 19(22). 1961–1962. 2 indexed citations

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Asano, Tsutomu & W. J. Le Noble. (1974). "Void" and "expansion" volume contributions to reaction and activation volumes of nearly nonpolar reactions. Kyoto University Research Information Repository (Kyoto University). 43(2). 82–91. 4 indexed citations

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Noble, W. J. Le, et al.. (1971). Kinetics of reactions in solutions under pressure. XXIII. Base-promoted hydrolysis of difluoramine. Intermediacy and behavior of fluoronitrene. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 93(19). 4710–4714. 2 indexed citations

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Noble, W. J. Le, et al.. (1967). Chemical reactions under high pressure. XIII. Activation volumes of some solvolysis reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 89(15). 3751–3755. 9 indexed citations

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Kornblum, Nathan, et al.. (1963). Solvation as a Factor in the Alkylation of Ambident Anions: The Importance of the Hydrogen Bonding Capacity of the Solvent. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 85(8). 1141–1147. 118 indexed citations

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Bhatia, A. B. & W. J. Le Noble. (1953). Diffraction of light by ultrasonic waves. II. Approximate expressions for the intensities and comparison with experiment. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 220(1142). 369–385. 9 indexed citations

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Bhatia, A. B. & W. J. Le Noble. (1953). Diffraction of light by ultrasonic waves I. General theory. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 220(1142). 356–368. 41 indexed citations

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