William Watt

1.4k total citations
35 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

William Watt is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, William Watt has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Organic Chemistry, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in William Watt's work include Synthesis and Reactivity of Heterocycles (4 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (4 papers) and Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds (4 papers). William Watt is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and Reactivity of Heterocycles (4 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (4 papers) and Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds (4 papers). William Watt collaborates with scholars based in United States. William Watt's co-authors include Keith David Watenpaugh, Richard P. Swenson, A. Tulinsky, Alfredo G. Tomasselli, Robert L. Heinrikson, Ana M. Mildner, Kenneth A. Koeplinger, Mark C. McMills, Suvit Thaisrivongs and Donald T. Pals and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

William Watt

34 papers receiving 989 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Watt United States 16 561 499 100 96 76 35 1.0k
Andrew E. Derome United Kingdom 17 437 0.8× 514 1.0× 153 1.5× 73 0.8× 103 1.4× 39 941
Wayne J. Thompson United States 21 615 1.1× 969 1.9× 78 0.8× 58 0.6× 79 1.0× 44 1.5k
Joseph Hajdu United States 22 862 1.5× 557 1.1× 48 0.5× 110 1.1× 162 2.1× 72 1.4k
Walther Schmid Austria 23 756 1.3× 689 1.4× 119 1.2× 193 2.0× 169 2.2× 60 1.3k
Kamyar Afarinkia United Kingdom 18 349 0.6× 1.2k 2.3× 150 1.5× 59 0.6× 67 0.9× 73 1.4k
Alexandra E. Gould United States 13 489 0.9× 903 1.8× 188 1.9× 86 0.9× 75 1.0× 19 1.5k
Patrick McCarren United States 17 539 1.0× 508 1.0× 92 0.9× 140 1.5× 76 1.0× 23 1.0k
James M. Coxon New Zealand 22 468 0.8× 1.1k 2.2× 114 1.1× 144 1.5× 123 1.6× 150 1.5k
Shuhua Ma United States 15 669 1.2× 278 0.6× 135 1.4× 218 2.3× 76 1.0× 26 1.1k
Makoto Nitta Japan 20 436 0.8× 1.2k 2.4× 109 1.1× 168 1.8× 39 0.5× 177 1.7k

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All Works

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Wang, Zhigang, William Watt, Nathan A. Brooks, et al.. (2010). Kinetic and structural characterization of caspase-3 and caspase-8 inhibition by a novel class of irreversible inhibitors. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics. 1804(9). 1817–1831. 52 indexed citations
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Ciske, Fred L., Michael R. Barbachyn, Michaël Génin, et al.. (2003). The effect of remote chirality on the antibacterial activity of indolinyl, tetrahydroquinolyl and dihydrobenzoxazinyl oxazolidinones. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13(23). 4235–4239. 22 indexed citations
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Reynolds, R.A., William Watt, & Keith David Watenpaugh. (2001). Structures and comparison of the Y98H (2.0 Å) and Y98W (1.5 Å) mutants of flavodoxin (Desulfovibrio vulgaris). Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 57(4). 527–535. 8 indexed citations
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Larsen, Scott D., Mark A. Connell, Paul D. May, et al.. (2001). Synthesis and Biological Activity of Analogues of the Antidiabetic/Antiobesity Agent 3-Guanidinopropionic Acid:  Discovery of a Novel Aminoguanidinoacetic Acid Antidiabetic Agent. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 44(8). 1217–1230. 53 indexed citations
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Watt, William, Kenneth A. Koeplinger, Ana M. Mildner, et al.. (1999). The atomic-resolution structure of human caspase-8, a key activator of apoptosis. Structure. 7(9). 1135–1143. 153 indexed citations
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Wishka, Donn G., David R. Graber, Eric P. Seest, et al.. (1998). Stereoselective Synthesis of Furo[2,3-c]pyridine Pyrimidine Thioethers, A New Class of Potent HIV-1 Non-nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 63(22). 7851–7859. 56 indexed citations
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Judge, Thomas M., Joel Morris, Geoffrey P. Luke, et al.. (1997). Asymmetric Syntheses and Absolute Stereochemistry of 5,6-Dihydro-α-pyrones, A New Class of Potent HIV Protease Inhibitors. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119(15). 3627–3628. 34 indexed citations
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Dobrowolski, Paul J., et al.. (1997). Production Scale Synthesis of the Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Atevirdine Mesylate (U-87,201E). Organic Process Research & Development. 1(2). 106–116. 13 indexed citations
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Larsen, Scott D., et al.. (1996). Cyclopentene Synthesis from 1,3-Dienes via Base-Induced Ring Contraction of 3,6-Dihydro-2H-thiopyrans:  Studies on Diastereoselection and Mechanism. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 61(14). 4725–4738. 14 indexed citations
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Tulinsky, John, S. A. MIZSAK, William Watt, et al.. (1995). A novel asymmetric synthesis of atropisomeric 6-aryl pyrazinones via an unusual chirality transfer process. New chiral ligands for the GABAA/Chloride ionophore complex. Tetrahedron Letters. 36(12). 2017–2020. 5 indexed citations
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McMills, Mark C., Linghang Zhuang, Dennis L. Wright, & William Watt. (1994). A carbonyl-ylide approach to the tigliane diterpenes. Tetrahedron Letters. 35(45). 8311–8314. 52 indexed citations
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Gadwood, Robert C., Bharat V. Kamdar, Mark L. Wolfe, et al.. (1993). Synthesis and biological activity of spirocyclic benzopyran imidazolone potassium channel openers. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 36(10). 1480–1487. 56 indexed citations
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Gray, Gary M. & William Watt. (1992). Coordinated 2-halo-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinane ligands. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 434(2). 181–199. 8 indexed citations
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Gammill, Ronald B., et al.. (1992). A novel entry to substituted chromones and furochromones through cyclopropane intermediates.. Tetrahedron Letters. 33(8). 997–1000. 5 indexed citations
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Watt, William, A. Tulinsky, Richard P. Swenson, & Keith David Watenpaugh. (1991). Comparison of the crystal structures of a flavodoxin in its three oxidation states at cryogenic temperatures. Journal of Molecular Biology. 218(1). 195–208. 167 indexed citations
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Yamashita, Ayako, Joseph M. Timko, & William Watt. (1988). Reaction of aryl chromium carbene complexes with 1-hexyne; formation of unusual diels-alder cycloaddition products. Tetrahedron Letters. 29(21). 2513–2515. 10 indexed citations
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Martin, David G., Robert C. Kelly, William Watt, et al.. (1988). Absolute configuration of CC-1065 by x-ray crystallography on a derivatized chiral fragment (CPI) from the natural antibiotic. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 53(19). 4610–4613. 5 indexed citations
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Wiley, Paul F., S. A. MIZSAK, L. BACZYNSKYJ, et al.. (1986). The structure and chemistry of paulomycin. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 51(13). 2493–2499. 22 indexed citations

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