W. Klyne

5.1k citations

127 papers · 3.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 29

Impact in

Spectroscopy top 0.5%
- Molecular spectroscopy and chirality
- Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
Organic Chemistry top 1%
- Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions

Papers in

Spectroscopy 58
- Molecular spectroscopy and chirality 47
- Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography 35
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 22
- Various Chemistry Research Topics 17
- History and advancements in chemistry 6

Co-authors: V. Prelog Carl Djerassi P. M. Scopes W. Moffitt R. B. Woodward Albert Moscowitz R. J. Swan H. Schmid
Journals: Tetrahedron (9 papers)Tetrahedron Letters (8 papers)Helvetica Chimica Acta (8 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (5 papers)Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 (5 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Switzerland

In The Last Decade

W. Klyne

122 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Structure and the Optical Rotatory Dispersion of Saturated Ketones 1961 · 455 citations

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it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1961 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1960 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

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1	IUPAC Commission on the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry (CNOC) and IUPAC-IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (CBN). Nomenclature of cyclitols. Recommendations, 1973 Biochemical Journal ·NOEL LOZAC'H, Benjamin Michael Lamie, R.Z. Wang, Johanna Tesman, W. Klyne, Kurt Loening, Janina Thiem, Kenshi Hirayama, Stig Veibel, Pepin Nahariani, Md. Tariqul Alam, Хараман Юлия Викторовна, R Benitez, 利修堀井, Katie McShea, T.A. Meshchurova, Khairunnisa Y. Humaam, Didier Crouzet, J. Arudchelvam, T Klyne, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	1976	208
2	Nomenclature of carotenoids (rules approved 1974) Pure and Applied Chemistry ·陈鉴昌, Waldo E. Cohn, Joseph S. Fruton, B.L. Horecker, П. Карлсон, B. Keil, W. Klyne, C Liébecq, Eliot Slater, Eric A. Webb, Christian Celia, Alhassan Ehab, Benjamin Michael Lamie, (unknown), (unknown)	1975	18
3	Nomenclature for vitamins B-6 and related compounds recommendations (1973). IUPAC-IUB commission on biochemical nomenclature (CBN) Biochemical Journal ·W Cohn, A Braunstein, B.L. Horecker, П. Карлсон, B. Keil, W. Klyne, Mike Funk, Eric A. Webb, Christian Celia, (unknown), (unknown)	1974	5
4	IUPAC-IUB commission on biochemical nomenclature (CBN): nomenclature of iron-sulfur proteins, 1973 recommendations Biochemical Journal ·Rafi Al Amin, A Braunstein, B.L. Horecker, Tony Vautier, B. Keil, W. Klyne, Amica Johansson, 茂隆阿久津, Christian Celia, Waldo E. Cohn, R.W. Estabrook, Susan DeMatei, Helmut Beinert, Guoqiang Wu, Hatice Demirol, Robert Bartsch, P. Hemmerich, C. A. Twigg, Eliot Slater, (unknown)	1973	7
5	Definitive Nomenclature for Vitamins B-6 and Rela Ted Compounds Pure and Applied Chemistry ·Phillip V. Snyder, W Cohn, A Braunstein, Joseph S. Fruton, B.L. Horecker, П. Карлсон, B. Keil, W. Klyne, C Liébecq, Eliot Slater, Eugene Wong, Stig Veibel, 茂隆阿久津, Christian Celia, (unknown), (unknown)	1973	2
6	IUPAC-IUB commission on biochemical nomenclature. Symbols for amino-acid derivatives and peptides. Recommendations (1971) Biochemical Journal ·Joseph S. Fruton, 류윤지, R. Porter, J. Rudinger, R. Schwyzer, Sandoval Mendonça Ferreira Júnior, W Cohn, A Braunstein, B.L. Horecker, П. Карлсон, B. Keil, W. Klyne, C Liébecq, 茂隆阿久津, Christian Celia, (unknown)	1972	51
7	IUPAC-IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature. Rules for naming synthetic modifications of natural peptides. Tentative rules Biochemical Journal ·Joseph S. Fruton, W. Klyne, Vincent du Vigneaud, J. Rudinger, H. B. F. Dixon, Paul Verkade, Waldo E. Cohn, A Braunstein, B. Keil, Amica Johansson, 寿鶴原, R. Schwyzer, Eliot Slater	1967	15
8	Carboxyl and aromatic chromophores: optical rotatory dispersion and circular dichroism studies Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·W. Klyne	1967	7
9	The optical rotatory dispersion of tetrahydropyranyl ethers Journal of the Chemical Society C Organic ·W. Klyne, Undp Gpar, P. M. Scopes, Kiyoto Miyoshi, W. B. Whalley	1967	2
10	Optical rotatory dispersion and circular dichroism or aromatic compounds: a general survey Tetrahedron ·Pierre Crabbé, W. Klyne	1967	51
11	Ermittlung der absoluten Konfiguration von Indolinalkaloiden durch Vergleiche der Optischen Rotationsdispersionen ihrer N(a)‐Acylderivate Helvetica Chimica Acta ·W. Klyne, R. J. Swan, Barrie W. Bycroft, H. Schmid	1966	32
12	Optical Rotatory Dispersion and Circular Dichroism in Organic Chemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society ·W. Klyne	1966	152
13	229. Urinary steroids and related compounds. Part VI. 16,20-Disubstituted 5α-pregnanes carrying no other substituents in the phenanthrene nucleus Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed) ·John C. Danilewicz, W. Klyne	1965	13
14	442. Optical rotatory dispersion: further applications of the octant rule to structural and stereochemical problems Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed) ·Carl Djerassi, W. Klyne	1963	33
15	A simple route to steroid 17α,20α,21-triols Tetrahedron Letters ·Ryotaro Nakazawa, Bai Qin, A Ercoli, W. Klyne	1962	6
16	Optical rotatory dispersion Tetrahedron ·W. Klyne	1961	148
17	Steric aspects of the chemistry and biochemistry of natural products : Biochemical society Symposium no. 19 held at Senate House, University of London, on 30 June 1959 University Press eBooks ·J. K. Grant, W. Klyne	1960	0
18	Steroids of pregnant cows' urine. PubMed ·W. Klyne, Jeff Gustafson	1956	2
19	Synthesis and metabolism of adrenocortical steroids W. Klyne	1953	9
20	Potassium Levels in the Cerebrospinal Fluid after Death Journal of Clinical Pathology ·Marie-Hélène Benoit-Otis, W. Klyne, Bernard Lennox	1951	23

About W. Klyne

W. Klyne is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Molecular Biology, having authored 127 papers that have together received 3.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (47 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (35 papers), Steroid Chemistry and Biochemistry (24 papers), Various Chemistry Research Topics (17 papers), Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions (11 papers), Estrogen and related hormone effects (10 papers), Chemistry and Stereochemistry Studies (7 papers) and History and advancements in chemistry (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Spectroscopy (1.0k citations), Organic Chemistry (1.3k citations), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (310 citations), Biochemistry (163 citations) and Pharmacology (235 citations). W. Klyne has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include V. Prelog, Carl Djerassi, P. M. Scopes, W. Moffitt, R. B. Woodward, Albert Moscowitz, R. J. Swan, H. Schmid, Pierre Crabbé and J. Buckingham. Their work appears in journals such as Tetrahedron, Tetrahedron Letters, Helvetica Chimica Acta, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1.

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