William J. Leigh

3.4k total citations
156 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

William J. Leigh is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Leigh has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Organic Chemistry, 72 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 59 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in William J. Leigh's work include Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (58 papers), Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (36 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (33 papers). William J. Leigh is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (58 papers), Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies (36 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (33 papers). William J. Leigh collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and Ghana. William J. Leigh's co-authors include Gregory W. Sluggett, Donald R. Arnold, Christine J. Bradaric, Andrey G. Moiseev, J. C. Scaiano, Lawrence A. Huck, Mario Paz, R. Srinivasan, Mark S. Workentin and Ignacio Vargas‐Baca and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

William J. Leigh

151 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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William J. Leigh

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О. М. Нефедов Russia

Roland Schmid Austria

Ivar Koppel Estonia

David M. Lemal United States

Burkhard Krumm Germany

Marcin Palusiak Poland

Joseph J. Dannenberg United States

Markus Bursch Germany

M. Berthelot France

Martin Rahm Sweden

О. М. Нефедов Russia

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Moiseev, Andrey G., et al.. (2009). Photochemistry of Cyclic Trisilanes: “Spring‐Loaded” Precursors to Methylphenylsilylene. Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(34). 8485–8491. 7 indexed citations

Huck, Lawrence A., Gregory D. Potter, Hilary A. Jenkins, James F. Britten, & William J. Leigh. (2009). 1,1-Bis[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]germetane. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 65(5). m602–m602. 1 indexed citations

Moretto, Alessandro, Marco Crisma, Fernando Formaggio, et al.. (2008). Photoinduced Intramolecular Macrocyclization Reaction between a Bpa and a Met Residue in a Helical Peptide: 3D Structures of the Diastereomeric Products. Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(1). 67–70. 11 indexed citations

Leigh, William J., et al.. (2006). Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Studies of the Reactivities of Dimethylgermylene and Tetramethyldigermene in Solution. Organometallics. 25(8). 2055–2065. 41 indexed citations

Leigh, William J., et al.. (2005). Bimolecular Hydrogen Abstraction from Phenols by Aromatic Ketone Triplets†. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 82(1). 291–291. 63 indexed citations

Leigh, William J. & Richard Wakeford. (2001). RADIATION LITIGATION AND THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY—THE EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. Health Physics. 81(6). 646–654. 2 indexed citations

Leigh, William J., et al.. (2001). Solvent, Substituent, and Temperature Effects on the Absolute Rate Constants for Addition of Methoxytrimethylsilane to 1,1-Diarylsilenes. Organometallics. 20(5). 932–936. 5 indexed citations

Leigh, William J., et al.. (2001). Conrotatory Photochemical Ring Opening of Alkylcyclobutenes in Solution. A Test of the Hot Ground-State Mechanism. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 123(22). 5188–5193. 7 indexed citations

Leigh, William J., et al.. (2000). The one- and two-photon photochemistry of benzylsilacyclobutanes, acyclic benzylsilanes, and 1,1,2-triphenylsilacyclobutane. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 78(11). 1459–1468. 1 indexed citations

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Stradiotto, Mark, et al.. (1999). Homo- and Cross-[2+2]-Cycloaddition of 1,1-Diphenylsilene and 1,1-Diphenylgermene. Absolute Rate Constants for Dimerization and the Molecular Structures and Photochemistry of the Resulting 1,3-Dimetallacyclobutanes. Organometallics. 18(26). 5643–5652. 24 indexed citations

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Wakeford, Richard, et al.. (1998). A Compensation Scheme for Nuclear Industry Workers in the United Kingdom. Health Physics. 74(1). 1–9. 16 indexed citations

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Leigh, William J., et al.. (1998). Substituent Effects on the Reactivity of the Silicon−Carbon Double Bond. Resonance, Inductive, and Steric Effects of Substituents at Silicon on the Reactivity of Simple 1-Methylsilenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 120(37). 9504–9512. 40 indexed citations

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Leigh, William J., et al.. (1996). The photochemistry of 3,3′,4,4′-tetramethoxy-and 4-hydroxy-3,3′,4′-trimethoxystilbene — models for stilbene chromophores in peroxide-bleached, high-yield wood pulps. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 74(2). 263–275. 8 indexed citations

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Leigh, William J. & Gregory W. Sluggett. (1994). Aryldisilane photochemistry. A kinetic and product study of the mechanism of alcohol additions to transient silenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 116(23). 10468–10476. 34 indexed citations

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Leigh, William J., Kang‐Cheng Zheng, & K. B. Clark. (1991). Cyclobutene photochemistry. 4. The photochemistry of cis- and trans-bicyclo[5.2.0]non-8-ene. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 56(4). 1574–1580. 9 indexed citations

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WERSTIUK, N. H., K. B. Clark, & William J. Leigh. (1990). Conformational analysis and structure elucidation of 2,3-dimethyl- and 2,4-dimethyl-2,4-hexadienes by AM1 and He(I) ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 68(11). 2078–2084. 6 indexed citations

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Clark, K. B. & William J. Leigh. (1988). Cyclobutene photochemistry. Involvement of carbene intermediates in the photochemistry of alkylcyclobutenes. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 66(7). 1571–1578. 6 indexed citations

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Scaiano, J. C., et al.. (1987). Kinetic and spectroscopic study of a ketyl-phenoxy biradical produced by a remote hydrogen abstraction. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 52(20). 4540–4544. 28 indexed citations

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Leigh, William J.. (1986). Organic reactions in liquid crystalline solvents. 4. Nanosecond laser flash photolysis studies of intramolecular motions of rod-like solutes in liquid crystals. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 64(6). 1130–1139. 10 indexed citations

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Leigh, William J., et al.. (1985). Organic reactions in liquid crystalline solvents. 1. The thermal cis–trans isomerization of a bulky olefin in cholesteric liquid crystalline solvents. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 63(8). 2131–2138. 10 indexed citations

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