William S. Knowles

5.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
30 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

William S. Knowles is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William S. Knowles has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 12 papers in Organic Chemistry and 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in William S. Knowles's work include Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (14 papers), Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (12 papers) and Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (4 papers). William S. Knowles is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (14 papers), Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (12 papers) and Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (4 papers). William S. Knowles collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. William S. Knowles's co-authors include M. J. Sabacky, B. D. Vineyard, Gerald L. Bachman, Ryōji Noyori, Quentin E. Thompson, Karl E. Koenig, B. R. STULTS, Sarah S. Staniland, Atsushi Arakaki and Rosemary Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

William S. Knowles

30 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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Asymmetric Hydrogenations (Nobel Lecture) Copyright© The Nobel Foundation 2002. We thank the Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, for permission to print this lecture.

2002 883 citations William S. Knowles profile →
Asymmetric Hydrogenations (Nobel Lecture 2001)

2003 819 citations William S. Knowles profile →
Asymmetric hydrogenation. Rhodium chiral bisphosphine catalyst

1977 651 citations B. D. Vineyard, William S. Knowles et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Asymmetric hydrogenation with a complex of rhodium and a chiral bisphosphine

1975 338 citations William S. Knowles, M. J. Sabacky et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Biomagnetic Recovery and Bioaccumulation of Selenium Granules in Magnetotactic Bacteria 2016 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Masayoshi Tanaka, William S. Knowles, Rosemary Brown, Nicole Hondow, Atsushi Arakaki, Stephen A. Baldwin, Sarah S. Staniland, Tadashi Matsunaga	34
2	Asymmetric Hydrogenations (Nobel Lecture 2001). 2003 ·ChemInform ·William S. Knowles	5
3	Asymmetrische Hydrierungen (Nobel-Vortrag) Copyright© The Nobel Foundation 2002. – Wir danken der Nobel-Stiftung, Stockholm, für die Genehmigung zum Druck einer deutschen Fassung des Vortrags. 2002 ·Angewandte Chemie ·William S. Knowles	271
4	Asymmetric Hydrogenations (Nobel Lecture) 2002 ·ChemInform ·William S. Knowles	10
5	Synthesis & characterization of N-amino-glyphosate as a potent analog inhibitor of E. coli EPSP synthase. 1993 ·Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters ·William S. Knowles, Karen S. Anderson, (unknown), Dennis P. Phillion, Joel E. Ream, Kenneth A. Johnson, James A. Sikorski	13
6	Application of organometallic catalysis to the commercial production of L-DOPA 1986 ·Journal of Chemical Education ·William S. Knowles	72
7	ChemInform Abstract: STUDIES OF ASYMMETRIC HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSTS 1982 ·Chemischer Informationsdienst ·William S. Knowles, (unknown), Karl E. Koenig, (unknown)	6
8	Homogeneous asymmetric catalysis: structural studies of catalytic intermediates using extended x-ray absorption fine structure 1981 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·B. R. STULTS, Robert M. Friedman, Karl E. Koenig, William S. Knowles, R.B. Greegor, Farrel W. Lytle	22
9	ASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATIONS WITH RHODIUM CHIRAL PHOSPHINE CATALYSTS 1980 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·Karl E. Koenig, M. J. Sabacky, Gerald L. Bachman, (unknown), (unknown), Robert Friedman, William S. Knowles, B. R. STULTS, B. D. Vineyard, (unknown)	36
10	Use of deuterium to investigate E-Z isomerizations during rhodium-catalyzed reduction. Asymmetric induction and mechanistic implications 1978 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Karl E. Koenig, William S. Knowles	40
11	Asymmetric hydrogenation. Rhodium chiral bisphosphine catalyst breakdown → 1977 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·B. D. Vineyard, William S. Knowles, M. J. Sabacky, Gerald L. Bachman, (unknown)	651
12	CATALYTIC ASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATION* 1973 ·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ·William S. Knowles, M. J. Sabacky, B. D. Vineyard	20
13	Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation 1972 ·Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications ·William S. Knowles, M. J. Sabacky, B. D. Vineyard	207
14	Catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation employing a soluble, optically active, rhodium complex 1968 ·Chemical Communications (London) ·William S. Knowles, M. J. Sabacky	122
15	Notes- A Convenient Method for Reduction of Hydroperoxide Ozonation Products 1960 ·The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·William S. Knowles, Quentin E. Thompson	43
16	Notes- The Mechanism of the N,N-Dichloro-sec-alkylamine Rearrangement 1960 ·The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·(unknown), William S. Knowles	11
17	Studies in Steroid Total Synthesis. V. Abnormal Cleavage of Some Tricyclic Ketone Epoxides 1957 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·William S. Knowles, Quentin E. Thompson	8
18	Studies in Steroid Total Synthesis. III. Preparation of Cortisone and Compound F¹ 1954 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), William S. Knowles, (unknown)	15
19	Studies in Steroid Total Synthesis. II. Correlation of Optically Active Bicyclic Intermediates with Natural Steroids¹ 1954 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), William S. Knowles, (unknown), Quentin E. Thompson	20
20	A SYNTHESIS OF dl-CORTISONE ACETATE 1953 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), (unknown), William S. Knowles, (unknown)	4

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