William J. Chain

656 total citations
22 papers, 549 citations indexed

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William J. Chain is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Chain has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 549 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Organic Chemistry, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in William J. Chain's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (4 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (4 papers) and Phytochemical compounds biological activities (4 papers). William J. Chain is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (4 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (4 papers) and Phytochemical compounds biological activities (4 papers). William J. Chain collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. William J. Chain's co-authors include Zhenwu Li, Andrew G. Myers, David A. Kummer, Robert S. Lewis, Ming‐Tsz Chen, Oscar Navarro, David A. Vicic, Michael L. Turner, John A. Beutler and Galyna G. Dubinina and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

William J. Chain

22 papers receiving 547 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William J. Chain United States	12	390	185	71	58	40	22	549
Daniel Berney Canada	10	311 0.8×	125 0.7×	41 0.6×	45 0.8×	40 1.0×	25	427
Tatsuo Tsuri Japan	13	403 1.0×	164 0.9×	27 0.4×	43 0.7×	165 4.1×	16	544
Scott M. Sheehan United States	13	609 1.6×	88 0.5×	45 0.6×	17 0.3×	57 1.4×	22	659
Tokutaro Ogata Japan	12	662 1.7×	93 0.5×	168 2.4×	18 0.3×	27 0.7×	24	771
Dong Xiao United States	13	345 0.9×	159 0.9×	28 0.4×	35 0.6×	36 0.9×	41	469
Tsuyoshi Ogiku Japan	15	445 1.1×	349 1.9×	28 0.4×	29 0.5×	62 1.6×	45	657
Jean‐Christophe Jullian France	12	138 0.4×	180 1.0×	11 0.2×	34 0.6×	77 1.9×	25	409
Yonghoon Kwon South Korea	12	222 0.6×	73 0.4×	31 0.4×	35 0.6×	35 0.9×	23	352
Kent Neuenschwander United States	12	248 0.6×	181 1.0×	29 0.4×	21 0.4×	32 0.8×	19	446
Frank J. Urban United States	13	304 0.8×	247 1.3×	30 0.4×	20 0.3×	29 0.7×	33	452

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Lewis, Robert S., et al.. (2025). Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (–)‐Psiguadial A. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(30). e202506537–e202506537. 1 indexed citations

Chain, William J., et al.. (2023). Electrochemically Enabled Total Syntheses of Natural Products. ChemElectroChem. 10(11). 12 indexed citations

Xiong, Lu, et al.. (2022). Electrochemically Mediated Oxidation of Sensitive Propargylic Benzylic Alcohols. Organic Letters. 24(7). 1423–1428. 9 indexed citations

Chain, William J., et al.. (2022). Recent Developments with Icetexane Natural Products. Chemistry & Biodiversity. 19(11). e202200793–e202200793. 4 indexed citations

Wu, Zhenhua, Jean‐Simon Suppo, Sarka Tumova, et al.. (2020). Bridgehead Modifications of Englerin A Reduce TRPC4 Activity and Intravenous Toxicity but not Cell Growth Inhibition. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 11(9). 1711–1716. 3 indexed citations

Chain, William J., et al.. (2018). Synthesis of Halogenated Anilines by Treatment of N,N-Dialkylaniline N-Oxides with Thionyl Halides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 83(18). 11359–11368. 10 indexed citations

Bush, Timothy S., Glenn P. A. Yap, & William J. Chain. (2018). Transformation of N,N-Dimethylaniline N-Oxides into Diverse Tetrahydroquinoline Scaffolds via Formal Povarov Reactions. Organic Letters. 20(17). 5406–5409. 12 indexed citations

Li, Zhenwu, et al.. (2017). Englerins: A Comprehensive Review. Journal of Natural Products. 80(3). 771–781. 42 indexed citations

Peer, Cody J., Zhenwu Li, Sima Hayavi, et al.. (2016). Synthesis of a stable and orally bioavailable englerin analogue. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 26(11). 2641–2644. 10 indexed citations

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Lewis, Robert S., et al.. (2015). Michael Additions of Highly Basic Enolates toortho-Quinone Methides. Organic Letters. 17(9). 2278–2281. 33 indexed citations

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Lewis, Robert S., et al.. (2014). Metal-Free Functionalization of N,N-Dialkylanilines via Temporary Oxidation to N,N-Dialkylaniline N-Oxides and Group Transfer. Organic Letters. 16(14). 3832–3835. 18 indexed citations

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Sulzmaier, Florian J., et al.. (2012). Englerin A Selectively Induces Necrosis in Human Renal Cancer Cells. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e48032–e48032. 36 indexed citations

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Chen, Ming‐Tsz, David A. Vicic, William J. Chain, Michael L. Turner, & Oscar Navarro. (2011). Inhibited Catalyst Activation in (N-Heterocyclic carbene)PdCl₂(diethylamine) Complexes by Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding. Organometallics. 30(24). 6770–6773. 49 indexed citations

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Li, Zhenwu, et al.. (2011). A Brief Synthesis of (−)-Englerin A. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(17). 6553–6556. 99 indexed citations

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Chain, William J.. (2011). Synthetic Strategies toward the Guaiane Sesquiterpene Englerin A. Synlett. 2011(18). 2605–2608. 22 indexed citations

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Dubinina, Galyna G. & William J. Chain. (2010). Reactions of azepinones with electrophiles. Tetrahedron Letters. 52(8). 939–942. 8 indexed citations

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Dubinina, Galyna G., Wesley Y. Yoshida, & William J. Chain. (2010). On the preparation of azepinones. Tetrahedron Letters. 51(40). 5325–5327. 10 indexed citations

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Kummer, David A., et al.. (2008). Stereocontrolled Alkylative Construction of Quaternary Carbon Centers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(40). 13231–13233. 105 indexed citations

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Harki, Daniel A., Jason D. Graci, Jessica E. Galarraga, et al.. (2006). Synthesis and Antiviral Activity of 5-Substituted Cytidine Analogues: Identification of a Potent Inhibitor of Viral RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerases. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 49(21). 6166–6169. 36 indexed citations

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Chain, William J. & Andrew G. Myers. (2006). A Convenient, NMR-Based Method for the Analysis of Diastereomeric Mixtures of Pseudoephedrine Amides. Organic Letters. 9(2). 355–357. 16 indexed citations

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