W. J. Le Noble

4.7k citations

142 papers · 3.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 26

Organic Chemistry top 1%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry top 0.5%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 5%
Molecular Biology
Spectroscopy top 2%

Co-authors: T. Asano Rudi van Eldik Colin D. Hubbard Alexander Drljaca M. V. Basilevsky H. Kelm Nathan Kornblum Wen‐Sheng Chung
Topics: Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (24 papers)Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (17 papers)Various Chemistry Research Topics (16 papers)
Cited by: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Organic Chemistry Pharmaceutical Science
Journals: Science Chemical Reviews Journal of the American Chemical Society
Partner nations: United States Canada Taiwan

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W. J. Le Noble

139 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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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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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Enhanced Stereoselectivity in the Capture of a 5-Substituted 2-Adamantyl Radical by Substitution of C-5 by Negative Boron 1996 ·The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·(unknown),(unknown),W. J. Le Noble	9
2	Electronic control of face selection in the [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement of allyl vinyl sulfoxides 1992 ·The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Ashis K. Mukherjee,E. M. Schulman,W. J. Le Noble	8
3	Reduction of 5-p-anilinoadamantan-2-one. A reinvestigation 1990 ·Tetrahedron Letters ·Haifang Li,W. J. Le Noble	18
4	Orbital symmetry control of epimeric rates of generation of an allylic cation from sterically unbiased precursors 1989 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown),Mary K. Boyd,W. J. Le Noble	10
5	.sigma.-Delocalization induced stereoselectivity in the capture of cumyl cations and failure of stabilizing substituents to suppress it 1988 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Mei‐Huey Lin,(unknown),W. J. Le Noble	20
6	Hyperconjugation as a stereoinductive factor in the approach of electrophiles to trigonal carbon 1987 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Shalini Srivastava,W. J. Le Noble	45
7	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 1986 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),S. K. Srivastava,W. J. Le Noble	93
8	The estimation of activation parameters: Corrections and incorrections 1984 ·Journal of Chemical Education ·S. D. Hamann,W. J. Le Noble	23
9	Atrial transport function in coronary artery disease: Relation to left ventricular function 1983 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Robert I. Hamby,W. J. Le Noble,(unknown),Irwin Hoffman	22
10	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 1983 ·Tetrahedron Letters ·Sushil Srivastava,(unknown),Joseph W. Lauher,G. Jenner,W. J. Le Noble	2
11	Reactions in compressed solutions. 56. Evidence for a carbene-anion pair. 1,4-Disubstituted adamantanes as a stereochemical probe 1979 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·W. J. Le Noble,(unknown),Y. Okaya	14
12	"Void" and "expansion" volume contributions to reaction and activation volumes of nearly nonpolar reactions 1974 ·Kyoto University Research Information Repository (Kyoto University) ·Tsutomu Asano,W. J. Le Noble	4
13	Chemical reactions under high pressure. XIII. Activation volumes of some solvolysis reactions 1967 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·W. J. Le Noble,(unknown),(unknown)	9
14	The alkyl group effect in the alkylations of ethyl acetoacetate in dimethyl sulfoxide 1966 ·Tetrahedron Letters ·W. J. Le Noble,(unknown)	24
15	Solvation as a Factor in the Alkylation of Ambident Anions: The Importance of the Hydrogen Bonding Capacity of the Solvent 1963 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Nathan Kornblum,(unknown),W. J. Le Noble	118
16	CHEMICAL EFFECTS ARISING FROM SELECTIVE SOLVATION: SELECTIVE SOLVATION AS A FACTOR IN THE ALKYLATION OF AMBIDENT ANIONS 1960 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Nathan Kornblum,(unknown),W. J. Le Noble	44
17	Theory of the Shadow Zone Diffraction of Underwater Sound 1956 ·The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America ·W. J. Le Noble	1
18	Diffraction of light by ultrasonic waves I. General theory 1953 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·A. B. Bhatia,W. J. Le Noble	41
19	Diffraction of light by ultrasonic waves. II. Approximate expressions for the intensities and comparison with experiment 1953 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·A. B. Bhatia,W. J. Le Noble	9
20	A Direct Treatment of the Foucault Pendulum 1952 ·American Journal of Physics ·W. J. Le Noble	4

About W. J. Le Noble

W. J. Le Noble is a scholar working on Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy, having authored 142 papers that have together received 3.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (24 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (17 papers) and Various Chemistry Research Topics (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (702 citations), Organic Chemistry (2.0k citations) and Pharmaceutical Science (241 citations). W. J. Le Noble has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Taiwan. Frequent co-authors include T. Asano, Rudi van Eldik, Colin D. Hubbard, Alexander Drljaca, M. V. Basilevsky, H. Kelm, Nathan Kornblum, Wen‐Sheng Chung, Haifang Li and Shalini Srivastava. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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