William R. Bartlett

955 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 787 citations indexed

About

William R. Bartlett is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, William R. Bartlett has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 787 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Organic Chemistry, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in William R. Bartlett's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (6 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (2 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (2 papers). William R. Bartlett is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (6 papers), Marine Sponges and Natural Products (2 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (2 papers). William R. Bartlett collaborates with scholars based in United States. William R. Bartlett's co-authors include William S. Johnson, D. John Faulkner, Michael R. Petersen, Lucius Werthemann, Timothy J. Brocksom, Mark S. Plummer, Rudolph K. Kullnig, Fook S. Tham, Balan Chenera and R. A. Buchanan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Synthesis.

In The Last Decade

William R. Bartlett

12 papers receiving 727 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. Simple stereoselective version of the Claisen rearrangement leading to trans-trisubstituted olefinic bonds. Synthesis of squalene
    1970 530 citations William S. Johnson, Lucius Werthemann et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William R. Bartlett United States 8 594 235 113 97 78 12 787
S. GILMAN 6 591 1.0× 190 0.8× 116 1.0× 90 0.9× 69 0.9× 6 716
P. F. SCHUDA United States 16 641 1.1× 244 1.0× 99 0.9× 93 1.0× 49 0.6× 27 815
Kin‐ichi Tadano Japan 17 791 1.3× 280 1.2× 117 1.0× 146 1.5× 95 1.2× 72 915
Michiharu Kato Japan 16 608 1.0× 212 0.9× 67 0.6× 86 0.9× 74 0.9× 71 799
G. M. RUBOTTOM United States 19 866 1.5× 233 1.0× 71 0.6× 58 0.6× 55 0.7× 31 1.1k
Russell Rodrigo Canada 18 674 1.1× 210 0.9× 68 0.6× 112 1.2× 101 1.3× 47 832
Kunio Ogasawara Japan 18 885 1.5× 268 1.1× 88 0.8× 96 1.0× 71 0.9× 60 1.0k
Takeshi Wakamatsu Japan 17 643 1.1× 230 1.0× 78 0.7× 92 0.9× 97 1.2× 60 797
V. VanRheenen United States 4 780 1.3× 358 1.5× 104 0.9× 157 1.6× 103 1.3× 5 1000
Martha A. Umbreit 4 452 0.8× 230 1.0× 83 0.7× 76 0.8× 46 0.6× 6 642

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Fields of papers citing papers by William R. Bartlett

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William R. Bartlett

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All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Bartlett, William R., Javier Read de Alaniz, Eric D. Edstrom, et al.. (2022). Stereocontrolled Synthesis of (±)-Grandisol. Synthesis. 54(14). 3209–3214. 1 indexed citations
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Johnson, William S., William R. Bartlett, Boris A. Czeskis, et al.. (1999). The Fluorine Atom as a Cation-Stabilizing Auxiliary in Biomimetic Polyene Cyclizations:  Total Synthesis of dl-Dammarenediol1. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 64(26). 9587–9595. 29 indexed citations
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Johnson, William S., R. A. Buchanan, William R. Bartlett, Fook S. Tham, & Rudolph K. Kullnig. (1993). Cation-stabilizing auxiliaries in polyene cyclizations. 6. The fluorine atom as a cation-stabilizing auxiliary in biomimetic polyene cyclizations. 3. Use to effect regiospecific control. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 115(2). 504–515. 35 indexed citations
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Bartlett, William R., et al.. (1990). Biomimetic polyene cyclizations. Cationic cyclization of a substrate having an internal acetylenic bond. Synthesis of euphol and tirucallol. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 55(7). 2215–2224. 23 indexed citations
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Bartlett, William R. & William S. Johnson. (1975). The biomimetic cyclization of I,3-dimethyl-2-(trans-trans-7,II-dimethyl-3,7,II-dodecatrienyl)-2-cyclohexenol to give the d-homosteroid nucleus (I). Bioorganic Chemistry. 4(4). 342–362. 2 indexed citations
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Abrams, Geoffrey D., William R. Bartlett, Victor Fung, & William S. Johnson. (1971). Nonenzymic, biogenetic-like cyclization of a trienic acetal. Bioorganic Chemistry. 1(3). 243–268. 7 indexed citations
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Johnson, William S., Charles A. Harbert, William R. Bartlett, et al.. (1970). Developments in the nonenzymic biogenetic-like steroid synthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 92(14). 4461–4463. 36 indexed citations
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Johnson, William S., Lucius Werthemann, William R. Bartlett, et al.. (1970). Simple stereoselective version of the Claisen rearrangement leading to trans-trisubstituted olefinic bonds. Synthesis of squalene. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 92(3). 741–743. 530 indexed citations breakdown →

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