William N. Olmstead

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

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William N. Olmstead is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Analytical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, William N. Olmstead has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Organic Chemistry, 9 papers in Spectroscopy and 8 papers in Analytical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in William N. Olmstead's work include Petroleum Processing and Analysis (8 papers), Free Radicals and Antioxidants (5 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (5 papers). William N. Olmstead is often cited by papers focused on Petroleum Processing and Analysis (8 papers), Free Radicals and Antioxidants (5 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (5 papers). William N. Olmstead collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. William N. Olmstead's co-authors include John I. Brauman, F. G. Bordwell, Z. Margolin, Howard Freund, Kuangnan Qian, Stephen B. Jaffe, Kathleen Edwards, H. Freund, Murray R. Gray and Alan R. Katritzky and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

William N. Olmstead

25 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Gas-phase nucleophilic displacement reactions

1977 522 citations William N. Olmstead, John I. Brauman Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Harald Høiland Norway

Leon M. Stock United States

J. B. Hyne Canada

D.F. McMillen United States

Yosadara Ruiz‐Morales Mexico

Jean‐Jacques Delpuech France

Tetsuo Okada Japan

Gianfranco Savelli Italy

Jeanine Tortajada France

Ross Stewart United States

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Qian, Kuangnan, Kathleen Edwards, Anthony S. Mennito, et al.. (2012). Determination of Structural Building Blocks in Heavy Petroleum Systems by Collision-Induced Dissociation Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry. 84(10). 4544–4551. 76 indexed citations

Freund, Howard, et al.. (2012). Characterization of Asphaltene Building Blocks by Cracking under Favorable Hydrogenation Conditions. Energy & Fuels. 27(4). 1817–1829. 64 indexed citations

Qian, Kuangnan, et al.. (2011). Quantitative Evidence for Bridged Structures in Asphaltenes by Thin Film Pyrolysis. Energy & Fuels. 25(8). 3581–3589. 89 indexed citations

Qian, Kuangnan, Kathleen Edwards, Gary J. Dechert, et al.. (2008). Measurement of Total Acid Number (TAN) and TAN Boiling Point Distribution in Petroleum Products by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry. 80(3). 849–855. 54 indexed citations

Qian, Kuangnan, et al.. (2007). Desorption and Ionization of Heavy Petroleum Molecules and Measurement of Molecular Weight Distributions. Energy & Fuels. 21(2). 1042–1047. 109 indexed citations

Jaffe, Stephen B., Howard Freund, & William N. Olmstead. (2005). Extension of Structure-Oriented Lumping to Vacuum Residua. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 44(26). 9840–9852. 141 indexed citations

Schaub, Tanner, et al.. (2005). Speciation of Aromatic Compounds in Petroleum Refinery Streams by Continuous Flow Field Desorption Ionization FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry. Energy & Fuels. 19(4). 1566–1573. 59 indexed citations

Olmstead, William N. & John I. Brauman. (1995). Gas‐phase nucleophilic displacement reactions. Journal of Mass Spectrometry. 30(12). 1653–1662. 5 indexed citations

Katritzky, Alan R., Richard A. Barcock, Marudai Balasubramanian, et al.. (1994). Aqueous High-Temperature Chemistry of Carbo- and Heterocycles. 21. Reactions of Sulfur-Containing Compounds in Supercritical Water at 460 .degree.C. Energy & Fuels. 8(2). 498–506. 45 indexed citations

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Katritzky, Alan R., Richard A. Barcock, Michael Siskin, & William N. Olmstead. (1994). Aqueous High-Temperature Chemistry of Carbo- and Heterocycles. 23.Reactions of Pyridine Analogs and Benzopyrroles in Supercritical Water at 460 .degree.C. Energy & Fuels. 8(4). 990–1001. 34 indexed citations

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Katritzky, Alan R., Richard A. Barcock, Marudai Balasubramanian, et al.. (1994). Aqueous High-Temperature Chemistry of Carbo- and Heterocycles. 20. Reactions of Some Benzenoid Hydrocarbons and Oxygen-Containing Derivatives in Supercritical Water at 460 .degree.C. Energy & Fuels. 8(2). 487–497. 30 indexed citations

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Hsu, Chang Samuel, Kuangnan Qian, Thomas Aczel, et al.. (1991). On-line liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry for heavy hydrocarbon characterization. Energy & Fuels. 5(3). 395–398. 29 indexed citations

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Freund, H. & William N. Olmstead. (1989). Detailed chemical kinetic modeling of butylbenzene pyrolysis. International Journal of Chemical Kinetics. 21(7). 561–574. 49 indexed citations

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Freund, H. & William N. Olmstead. (1988). Detailed chemical kinetic modeling of butylbenzene pyrolysis. Preprints - American Chemical Society. Division of Petroleum Chemistry. 33(3). 470–477. 1 indexed citations

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Olmstead, William N., Z. Margolin, & F. G. Bordwell. (1980). Acidities of water and simple alcohols in dimethyl sulfoxide solution. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 45(16). 3295–3299. 335 indexed citations

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Bordwell, F. G., et al.. (1980). Equilibriums involving organic anions in dimethyl sulfoxide and N-methylpyrrolidin-2-one: acidities, ion pairing, and hydrogen bonding. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 45(16). 3305–3313. 105 indexed citations

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Asubiojo, O. I., et al.. (1977). Reactions and photochemistry of vibrationally excited Cl−2. Chemical Physics Letters. 48(1). 127–131. 8 indexed citations

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Olmstead, William N., et al.. (1977). Analysis of the rates of ion-molecule association reactions. Proton-bound dimers of ammonia, methylamine, and dimethylamine. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 99(4). 992–998. 38 indexed citations

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Brauman, John I., et al.. (1974). Gas-phase nucleophilic displacement reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 96(12). 4030–4031. 81 indexed citations

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Brauman, John I., et al.. (1974). ChemInform Abstract: GAS‐PHASE NUCLEOPHILIC DISPLACEMENT REACTIONS. Chemischer Informationsdienst. 5(33). 7 indexed citations

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