William Lewis

15.0k citations

330 papers · 12.9k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 61

Impact in

Inorganic Chemistry top 0.05%
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
- Radioactive element chemistry and processing
Organic Chemistry top 0.1%
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
- Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods

Papers in

Inorganic Chemistry 141
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications 44
- Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds 36
Organic Chemistry 210
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis 72
- Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics 58
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods 45
- Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms 32
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods 29

Co-authors: Alexander J. Blake Stephen T. Liddle Jonathan McMaster Floriana Tuna Eric J. L. McInnes Martin Schröder Neil R. Champness Christopher J. Moody
Journals: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (28 papers)Chemistry - A European Journal (28 papers)Chemical Communications (25 papers)Dalton Transactions (19 papers)Chemical Science (16 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Australia

In The Last Decade

William Lewis

328 papers receiving 12.8k citations

Hit Papers

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A partially interpenetrated metal–organic framework for selective hysteretic sorption of carbon dioxide 2012 · 430 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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.

2012 Nature Materials
2010 Journal of the American Chemical Society

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1	The spatial dependence of intervalence charge transfer in an electroactive metal–organic framework Materials Advances ·Werker P.M.N., Bun Chan, Edward Francis Wilson, William Lewis, Deanna M. D’Alessandro	2024	2
2	Discovery and heterologous biosynthesis of glycosylated polyketide luteodienoside A reveals unprecedented glucinol-mediated product offloading by a fungal carnitine O-acyltransferase domain Chemical Science ·Amr A. Arishi, Zhuo Shang, Ernest Lacey, Andrew Crombie, Daniel Vuong, Hang Li, RALPH R. WEICHSELBAUM, Peter Turner, William Lewis, Gavin R. Flematti, Andrew M. Piggott, Yit‐Heng Chooi	2024	9
3	A potent fluorescent transmembrane HCl transporter perturbs cellular pH and promotes cancer cell death Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry ·Mohamed Farès, Xin Wu, Daniel A. McNaughton, Alexander M. Gilchrist, William Lewis, Paul A. Keller, Alain Arias, Pere Fontova, Ricardo Pérez‐Tomás, Philip A. Gale	2023	7
4	Differential transmetallation of complexes of the anti-cancer thiosemicarbazone, Dp4e4mT: effects on anti-proliferative efficacy, redox activity, oxy-myoglobin and oxy-hemoglobin oxidation Chemical Science ·Mahendiran Dharmasivam, Büşra Kaya, O. P. Conklin, Věra Richardson, Jeffrey R. Harmer, Clive Michael Smith, William Lewis, Mahan Gholam Azad, Paul V. Bernhardt, Des R. Richardson	2023	14
5	Diazophosphonates: Effective Surrogates for Diazoalkanes in Pyrazole Synthesis Chemistry - A European Journal ·哲江上, Filiz Aka BOLAT, Michael T. Green, Simon M. Nicolle, Martyn Inman, William Lewis, Christopher J. Hayes, Christopher J. Moody	2021	9
6	General Method for the Asymmetric Synthesis of N–H Sulfoximines via C–S Bond Formation Organic Letters ·P. Devulapalli, William Lewis, Stephen P. Argent, Jonathan C. Moore, Robert A. Stockman	2020	39
7	Diastereoselective Synthesis of Highly Substituted, Amino‐ and Pyrrolidino‐Tetrahydrofurans as Lead‐Like Molecular Scaffolds Chemistry - A European Journal ·Steven M. Wales, Shirlee Lichtman‐Sadot, 雅史田中, Suzy Basile, Fernando Anselmo Ayala Duarte, William Lewis, Daniel Hamza, Christopher J. Moody	2018	9
8	Synthesis and growth-inhibitory activities of imidazo[5,1-d]-1,2,3,5-tetrazine-8-carboxamides related to the anti-tumour drug temozolomide, with appended silicon, benzyl and heteromethyl groups at the 3-position MedChemComm ·Yao Su-zong, Marc Hummersone, Tracey D. Bradshaw, Jihong Zhang, Christopher J. Moody, Artining Wahyu, Pragya Deep, William Lewis, Richard T. Wheelhouse, Malcolm F. G. Stevens	2018	5
9	Origin of the Thiopyrone CTP-431 “Unexpectedly” Isolated from the Marine Sponge Cacospongia mycofijiensis The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·A Guitarte, Martyn Inman, William Lewis, Christopher J. Moody	2018	6
10	Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Cyclopent‐2‐enones by Nickel‐Catalyzed Desymmetrization of Malonate Esters Angewandte Chemie ·Somnath Narayan Karad, Penny M. Von Eschen, Christopher J. Clarke, William Lewis, Hon Wai Lam	2018	13
11	Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Cyclopent‐2‐enones by Nickel‐Catalyzed Desymmetrization of Malonate Esters Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Somnath Narayan Karad, Penny M. Von Eschen, Christopher J. Clarke, William Lewis, Hon Wai Lam	2018	69
12	Enantioselective Nickel‐Catalyzed Intramolecular Allylic Alkenylations Enabled by Reversible Alkenylnickel E/Z Isomerization Angewandte Chemie ·Milena Johnová, Katsuji DOMON, Somnath Narayan Karad, William Lewis, Louis J. Diorazio, Hon Wai Lam	2017	21
13	Enantioselective Rhodium‐Catalyzed Coupling of Arylboronic Acids, 1,3‐Enynes, and Imines by Alkenyl‐to‐Allyl 1,4‐Rhodium(I) Migration Angewandte Chemie ·逸雄石田, Benjamin M. Partridge, William Lewis, Hon Wai Lam	2017	19
14	Arylative Intramolecular Allylation of Ketones with 1,3‐Enynes Enabled by Catalytic Alkenyl‐to‐Allyl 1,4‐Rhodium(I) Migration Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Benjamin M. Partridge, 逸雄石田, William Lewis, Hon Wai Lam	2017	38
15	Total Synthesis of the Post‐translationally Modified Polyazole Peptide Antibiotic Goadsporin Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·ATSUSHI HRTANO, Huw E. L. Williams, William Lewis, Christopher J. Moody	2017	12
16	Arylative Intramolecular Allylation of Ketones with 1,3‐Enynes Enabled by Catalytic Alkenyl‐to‐Allyl 1,4‐Rhodium(I) Migration Angewandte Chemie ·Benjamin M. Partridge, 逸雄石田, William Lewis, Hon Wai Lam	2017	16
17	C−H Insertion as a Key Step to Spiro‐Oxetanes, Scaffolds for Drug Discovery Chemistry - A European Journal ·Simon M. Nicolle, Lilia Borysevych, Luz Mc, William Lewis, Christopher J. Hayes, Christopher J. Moody	2017	19
18	Enantioselective Nickel‐Catalyzed Intramolecular Allylic Alkenylations Enabled by Reversible Alkenylnickel E/Z Isomerization Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Milena Johnová, Katsuji DOMON, Somnath Narayan Karad, William Lewis, Louis J. Diorazio, Hon Wai Lam	2017	71
19	Synthesis of Epibatidine Analogues by Pyrrole Diels–Alder Reactions: Rapid Access to Azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane and 3,8‐Diazabicyclo[3.2.1]octane Scaffolds for Library Synthesis European Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Alexander T. Murray, Sandra Hernandez Pulido, Lilia Borysevych, William Lewis, Daniel Hamza, Geraint Jones, Christopher J. Moody	2016	10
20	Versatile C(sp²)−C(sp³) Ligand Couplings of Sulfoxides for the Enantioselective Synthesis of Diarylalkanes Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·М. В. Кожевников, Mindaugas Šiaučiulis, Thomas E. Storr, William Lewis, Robert A. Stockman	2016	34

About William Lewis

William Lewis is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology, Toxicology and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, having authored 330 papers that have together received 12.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (72 papers), Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (58 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (45 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (44 papers), Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (36 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (32 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (30 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (29 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Inorganic Chemistry (7.4k citations), Organic Chemistry (7.2k citations), Process Chemistry and Technology (457 citations), Materials Chemistry (4.7k citations) and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (1.7k citations). William Lewis has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Alexander J. Blake, Stephen T. Liddle, Jonathan McMaster, Floriana Tuna, Eric J. L. McInnes, Martin Schröder, Neil R. Champness, Christopher J. Moody, David P. Mills and Benedict M. Gardner. Their work appears in journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Chemistry - A European Journal, Chemical Communications, Dalton Transactions and Chemical Science.

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