W.R. Roper

9.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
213 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

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W.R. Roper is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, W.R. Roper has authored 213 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 188 papers in Organic Chemistry, 130 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 39 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in W.R. Roper's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (150 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (56 papers) and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (49 papers). W.R. Roper is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (150 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (56 papers) and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (49 papers). W.R. Roper collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United Kingdom and Germany. W.R. Roper's co-authors include L.J. Wright, Clifton E. F. Rickard, George R. Clark, Terrence J. Collins, G.J. Irvine, Kevin Grundy, Penelope J. Brothers, Joyce M. Waters, James P. Collman and A. Williamson and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

W.R. Roper

211 papers receiving 6.7k citations

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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.

Transition Metal−Boryl Compounds: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Structure

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W.R. Roper New Zealand	42	6.3k	3.5k	848	489	473	213	7.0k
Ekkehard Lindner Germany	32	5.4k 0.9×	4.0k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	224 0.5×	835 1.8×	395	6.6k
Bernard L. Shaw United Kingdom	44	7.0k 1.1×	4.2k 1.2×	1.9k 2.3×	328 0.7×	766 1.6×	349	8.1k
H. Werner Germany	36	3.8k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	526 0.6×	198 0.4×	252 0.5×	189	4.2k
Ernesto Carmona Spain	44	6.6k 1.0×	4.1k 1.2×	712 0.8×	258 0.5×	647 1.4×	277	7.7k
Kenneth W. Muir United Kingdom	35	3.7k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	183 0.4×	686 1.5×	249	4.6k
Wolfgang Saak Germany	47	5.6k 0.9×	4.7k 1.3×	471 0.6×	218 0.4×	896 1.9×	280	7.2k
Malcolm L. H. Green United Kingdom	32	4.2k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	410 0.5×	138 0.3×	638 1.3×	204	5.0k
Gregory L. Geoffroy United States	37	3.1k 0.5×	2.1k 0.6×	514 0.6×	167 0.3×	886 1.9×	182	4.2k
Hans‐Georg Schmidt Germany	47	5.7k 0.9×	5.1k 1.5×	344 0.4×	335 0.7×	1.5k 3.1×	232	7.2k
Gregory L. Hillhouse United States	42	4.3k 0.7×	2.4k 0.7×	367 0.4×	176 0.4×	469 1.0×	94	5.2k

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Clark, George R., et al.. (2006). Synthesis and structure of Os(η2-3,3-diphenylcyclopropene)Cl(NO)(PPh3)2 and the ring-opening reactions of the π-bound cyclopropene with acids. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 359(11). 3763–3768. 6 indexed citations

Roper, W.R.. (2001). Erst die Metallabenzole und nun ein stabiles Metalladidehydrobenzol. Angewandte Chemie. 113(13). 2506–2507. 13 indexed citations

Roper, W.R., et al.. (2000). Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions of a Metallabenzene: Nitration and Halogenation of the Osmabenzene [Os{C(SMe)CHCHCHCH}I(CO)(PPh3)2]. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 39(4). 750–752. 116 indexed citations

Clark, Alex M., Clifton E. F. Rickard, W.R. Roper, & L.J. Wright. (2000). Bromination and nitration reactions of metallated (Ru and Os) multiaromatic ligands and crystal structures of selected products. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 598(2). 262–275. 39 indexed citations

Rickard, Clifton E. F., W.R. Roper, A. Williamson, & L.J. Wright. (2000). Reactions of cis and trans Bcat, Aryl Osmium Complexes (cat = 1,2-O₂C₆H₄). Bis(Bcat) Complexes of Osmium and Ruthenium and a Structural Comparison of cis and trans Isomers of Os(Bcat)I(CO)₂(PPh₃)₂. Organometallics. 19(21). 4344–4355. 39 indexed citations

Clark, Alex M., Clifton E. F. Rickard, W.R. Roper, & L.J. Wright. (1999). Electrophilic Substitution Reactions at the Phenyl Ring of the Chelated 2-(2‘-Pyridyl)phenyl Ligand Bound to Ruthenium(II) or Osmium(II). Organometallics. 18(15). 2813–2820. 82 indexed citations

Clark, Alex M., Clifton E. F. Rickard, W.R. Roper, & L.J. Wright. (1997). Osmium complexes containing either chelating or non-chelating 8-quinolyl ligands. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 545-546. 619–622. 13 indexed citations

Burrell, Anthony K., et al.. (1990). Migration of a hydride ligand to a difluorocarbene ligand bound to rhodium. The synthesis and crystal structure of RhCl2(CF2H)(PPh3)2. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 388(3). 391–408. 31 indexed citations

Bohle, D. Scott, Clifton E. F. Rickard, & W.R. Roper. (1988). [Os(η2-PHS)(CO)2(PPh3)2], ein stabiler η2-Thioxophosphan(HPS)-Metallkomplex. Angewandte Chemie. 100(2). 308–310. 7 indexed citations

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Bohle, D. Scott, George R. Clark, Clifton E. F. Rickard, et al.. (1987). Terminal methylene complexes of ruthenium(II) and osmium(II) and intramolecular methylene and acyl ligand combination to form metallaoxetenes: the crystal structures of [OsCl(η²-C[O]-o-tolyl)(CH₂)(PPh₃)₂] and [Ru(C[Ph]OCH₂)(CN-p-tolyl)₂(PPh₃)₂]ClO₄. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 563–565. 23 indexed citations

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Roper, W.R., J.M. Waters, & Anthony Wright. (1984). Sulfene-transition metal complexes from SO2 addition to terminal methylene complexes of osmium(0) and iridium(I). Structure of )Cl(NO)(PPh3)2. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 276(1). c13–c15. 16 indexed citations

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Hill, Anthony F., W.R. Roper, Joyce M. Waters, & Anthony Wright. (1983). A mononuclear, low-valent, electron-rich osmium methylene complex. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 105(18). 5939–5940. 107 indexed citations

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Elliott, Gregory P., W.R. Roper, & Joyce M. Waters. (1982). Metallacyclohexatrienes or ‘metallabenzenes.’ Synthesis of osmabenzene derivatives and X-ray crystal structure of [Os(CSCHCHCHCH)(CO)(PPh₃)₂]. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 811–813. 238 indexed citations

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Collins, Terrence J., Kevin Grundy, & W.R. Roper. (1982). The tris(triphenylphosphine)osmium zerovalent complexes Os(CO)2(PPh3)3, .Os(CO)(CNR)(PPh3)3, Os(CO)(CS)(PPh3)3, Os(CS)(cNR)(PPh3)3 and derived compounds. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 231(2). 161–172. 28 indexed citations

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Clark, George R., et al.. (1980). The interaction of an osmium-carbon triple bond with copper(I), silver(I) and gold(I) to give mixed dimetallocyclopropene species and the structures of R) Cl(CO) (PPh3)2. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 199(2). C35–C38. 34 indexed citations

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Collins, Terrence J. & W.R. Roper. (1978). Stepwise reduction of the thiocarbonyl ligand: hydride transfer to CS: thioformyl, thioformaldehyde, methylthiolato, secondary carbene, formyl and iminoformyl complexes of osmium. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 159(1). 73–89. 79 indexed citations

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Clark, George R., et al.. (1977). A four-membered osmium metallocycle from inter-ligand reaction between thiocarboxamido- and thiocarbonyl ligands. Structure of NMeptolyl)H(CO) (PPh3)2.. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 141(1). C5–C9. 22 indexed citations

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Collins, Terrence J., et al.. (1976). Cyclic transition-metal carbene complexes from ring-closing reactions on the π-bound substrates CS2 and CSe2. 1,3-Dithiolan-2-ylidene and 1,3-diselenolan-2-ylidene complexes of ruthenium(II) and osmium(II). Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 107(3). C37–C39. 11 indexed citations

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Clark, George R., et al.. (1972). The geometry of nitrosyl ligands. Preparation, reactions, and X-ray structure determination of [Os(NO)(CO)2(PPh3)2]+. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 119–119. 17 indexed citations

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Grundy, Kevin, et al.. (1970). Dinitrosyl complexes of rutheninm and osmium and their reaction with oxygen. Journal of the Chemical Society D Chemical Communications. 1500–1500. 25 indexed citations

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