Wesley B. Swords

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Wesley B. Swords is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wesley B. Swords has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Organic Chemistry, 10 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 9 papers in Electrochemistry. Recurrent topics in Wesley B. Swords's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (11 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (9 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (6 papers). Wesley B. Swords is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (11 papers), Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (9 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (6 papers). Wesley B. Swords collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Chile. Wesley B. Swords's co-authors include Tehshik P. Yoon, Gerald J. Meyer, Jesse B. Kidd, Matthew J. Genzink, Ludovic Troian‐Gautier, Michael D. Turlington, Steven J. Chapman, Guocan Li, Kazimer L. Skubi and Andrew B. Maurer and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Wesley B. Swords

26 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Chiral Photocatalyst Structures in Asymmetric Photochemical Synthesis

2021 311 citations Matthew J. Genzink, Jesse B. Kidd et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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Felix Glaser Switzerland

Luca Rocchigiani Italy

Ashfaq A. Bengali United States

Gabriele Manca Italy

Starla D. Glover United States

Abdelaziz Houmam Canada

Inke Siewert Germany

Tatiana P. Gerasimova Russia

Madhavan Jaccob India

Khuong Q. Vuong Australia

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20 of 20 papers shown

Swords, Wesley B., et al.. (2024). Predicting Emission Spectra of Heteroleptic Iridium Complexes Using Artificial Chemical Intelligence. ChemPhysChem. 25(16). e202400176–e202400176. 3 indexed citations

Kidd, Jesse B., Wesley B. Swords, Y.H. Park, et al.. (2024). Enantioselective Paternò–Büchi Reactions: Strategic Application of a Triplet Rebound Mechanism for Asymmetric Photocatalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(22). 15293–15300. 21 indexed citations

Meyer, Gerald J., Rubén Polanco, Elı́es Molins, et al.. (2024). Fluorescence probes for prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells using Re(CO) 3 + complexes with an electron withdrawing ancillary ligand. UNC Libraries.

Swords, Wesley B., Hanna Lee, Y.H. Park, et al.. (2023). Highly Enantioselective 6π Photoelectrocyclizations Engineered by Hydrogen Bonding. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(49). 27045–27053. 16 indexed citations

Chapman, Steven J., Wesley B. Swords, Christine M. Le, et al.. (2022). Cooperative Stereoinduction in Asymmetric Photocatalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(9). 4206–4213. 37 indexed citations

Swords, Wesley B., et al.. (2022). Variable Temperature LED–NMR: Rapid Insights into a Photocatalytic Mechanism from Reaction Progress Kinetic Analysis. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 87(17). 11776–11782. 15 indexed citations

Genzink, Matthew J., Jesse B. Kidd, Wesley B. Swords, & Tehshik P. Yoon. (2021). Chiral Photocatalyst Structures in Asymmetric Photochemical Synthesis. Chemical Reviews. 122(2). 1654–1716. 311 indexed citations breakdown →

Carreño, Alexánder, Manuel Gacitúa, Dayán Páez‐Hernández, et al.. (2021). New Cationic fac-[Re(CO)3(deeb)B2]+ Complex, Where B2 Is a Benzimidazole Derivative, as a Potential New Luminescent Dye for Proteins Separated by SDS-PAGE. Frontiers in Chemistry. 9. 647816–647816. 4 indexed citations

Swords, Wesley B., Gerald J. Meyer, & Leif Hammarström. (2020). Excited-state proton-coupled electron transfer within ion pairs. Chemical Science. 11(13). 3460–3473. 15 indexed citations

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Skubi, Kazimer L., Wesley B. Swords, Heike Hofstetter, & Tehshik P. Yoon. (2020). LED‐NMR Monitoring of an Enantioselective Catalytic [2+2] Photocycloaddition. ChemPhotoChem. 4(9). 685–690. 25 indexed citations

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Troian‐Gautier, Ludovic, Michael D. Turlington, Sara A. M. Wehlin, et al.. (2019). Halide Photoredox Chemistry. Chemical Reviews. 119(7). 4628–4683. 160 indexed citations

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Farney, Elliot P., Steven J. Chapman, Wesley B. Swords, et al.. (2019). Discovery and Elucidation of Counteranion Dependence in Photoredox Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(15). 6385–6391. 107 indexed citations

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Queyriaux, Nicolas, Wesley B. Swords, Hemlata Agarwala, et al.. (2019). Mechanistic insights on the non-innocent role of electron donors: reversible photocapture of CO₂ by Ru^II-polypyridyl complexes. Dalton Transactions. 48(45). 16894–16898. 7 indexed citations

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Schneider, Jenny, Rachel E. Bangle, Wesley B. Swords, Ludovic Troian‐Gautier, & Gerald J. Meyer. (2019). Determination of Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reorganization Energies with Application to Water Oxidation Catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(25). 9758–9763. 30 indexed citations

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Swords, Wesley B., et al.. (2018). Resolving orbital pathways for intermolecular electron transfer. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4916–4916. 29 indexed citations

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Troian‐Gautier, Ludovic, Wesley B. Swords, & Gerald J. Meyer. (2018). Iodide Photoredox and Bond Formation Chemistry. Accounts of Chemical Research. 52(1). 170–179. 27 indexed citations

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Parlane, Fraser G. L., Chantal L. Mustoe, Wesley B. Swords, et al.. (2017). Spectroscopic detection of halogen bonding resolves dye regeneration in the dye-sensitized solar cell. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1761–1761. 40 indexed citations

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Li, Guocan, Wesley B. Swords, & Gerald J. Meyer. (2017). Bromide Photo-oxidation Sensitized to Visible Light in Consecutive Ion Pairs. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(42). 14983–14991. 31 indexed citations

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Swords, Wesley B., Fraser G. L. Parlane, R.K. Dean, et al.. (2016). Evidence for Interfacial Halogen Bonding. Angewandte Chemie. 128(20). 6060–6064. 9 indexed citations

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Carreño, Alexánder, Manuel Gacitúa, Juan A. Fuentes, et al.. (2016). Fluorescence probes for prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells using Re(CO)₃⁺complexes with an electron withdrawing ancillary ligand. New Journal of Chemistry. 40(9). 7687–7700. 19 indexed citations

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