William C. Wertjes

840 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 678 citations indexed

About

William C. Wertjes is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, William C. Wertjes has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 678 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Organic Chemistry, 1 paper in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in William C. Wertjes's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers), Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (4 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (4 papers). William C. Wertjes is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers), Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (4 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (4 papers). William C. Wertjes collaborates with scholars based in United States. William C. Wertjes's co-authors include David Šarlah, Emma H. Southgate, Dipannita Kalyani, Mikiko Okumura, Peter J. Waller, Lydia Wolfe, Eric M. Simmons, Gregory L. Beutner, Thomas M. Razler and Yi Hsiao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Organic Letters.

In The Last Decade

William C. Wertjes

9 papers receiving 672 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Recent advances in chemical dearomatization of nonactivated arenes
    2018 399 citations William C. Wertjes, Emma H. Southgate et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

Peers

William C. Wertjes
Tianyang Yu China
Tehetena Mesganaw United States
Amanda L. Silberstein United States
Hiromichi Fujioka Japan
Quannan Wang China
Tobias Knecht Germany
Matthew J. Cook United Kingdom
Chuan‐Zhi Yao China
Xiaojian Zheng China
Shauna M. Paradine United States
Tianyang Yu China
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All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Wertjes, William C., et al.. (2020). Chemical Equivalent of Arene Monooxygenases: Dearomative Synthesis of Arene Oxides and Oxepines. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(22). 10125–10131. 72 indexed citations
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Wertjes, William C., Mikiko Okumura, & David Šarlah. (2018). Palladium-Catalyzed Dearomative syn-1,4-Diamination. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(1). 163–167. 60 indexed citations
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Beutner, Gregory L., William C. Wertjes, Sloan Ayers, Qi Gao, & Eric M. Simmons. (2018). A Divergent Nickel-Catalyzed Synthesis of Quinazolinediones and Benzoxazinone Imines. Synthesis. 50(22). 4453–4461. 7 indexed citations
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Wertjes, William C., Emma H. Southgate, & David Šarlah. (2018). Recent advances in chemical dearomatization of nonactivated arenes. Chemical Society Reviews. 47(21). 7996–8017. 399 indexed citations breakdown →
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Beutner, Gregory L., Yi Hsiao, Thomas M. Razler, Eric M. Simmons, & William C. Wertjes. (2017). Nickel-Catalyzed Synthesis of Quinazolinediones. Organic Letters. 19(5). 1052–1055. 40 indexed citations
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Wertjes, William C., et al.. (2015). Nickel-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Cross-Coupling of Perfluorobenzoates with Aryl Halides and Sulfonates. Organic Letters. 17(5). 1256–1259. 45 indexed citations
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Kalyani, Dipannita, et al.. (2014). Nickel-Mediated Synthesis of Isoindolinones at Room Temperature. Synthesis. 46(22). 3033–3040. 4 indexed citations
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Wertjes, William C., Lydia Wolfe, Peter J. Waller, & Dipannita Kalyani. (2014). ChemInform Abstract: Nickel or Phenanthroline Mediated Intramolecular Arylation of sp3 C—H Bonds Using Aryl Halides.. ChemInform. 45(20). 1 indexed citations
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Wertjes, William C., Lydia Wolfe, Peter J. Waller, & Dipannita Kalyani. (2013). Nickel or Phenanthroline Mediated Intramolecular Arylation of sp3 C–H Bonds Using Aryl Halides. Organic Letters. 15(23). 5986–5989. 50 indexed citations

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