Herbert C. Brown

55.9k citations
1.1k papers · 37.3k · 26 hit papers · h-index 89

Impact in

    • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
    • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
    • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
    • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions
    • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
    • Chemical Reaction Mechanisms
    • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

Papers in

    • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry 351
    • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions 337
    • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis 196
    • Chemical Reaction Mechanisms 143
    • Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry 116
    • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis 236

Herbert C. Brown

1.1k papers receiving 34.6k citations

Herbert C. Brown's Hit Papers

Chiral synthesis via organoboranes. 7. Diastereoselective and enantioselective synthesis of erythro- and threo-.beta.-methylhomoallyl alcohols via enantiomeric (Z)- and (E)-crotylboranes 1986 · 330 citations
3300+21+42Years since publication100200300400

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Herbert C. Brown
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  • Organic Chemistry 28.7k
  • Inorganic Chemistry 7.6k
  • Pharmaceutical Science 2.0k
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 2.5k
  • Spectroscopy 3.9k
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Sodium Borohydride, Its Hydrolysis and its Use as a Reducing Agent and in the Generation of Hydrogen1
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Electrophilic Substituent Constants
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1958944
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An Extended Table of Hammett Substitutent Constants Based on the Ionization of Substituted Benzoic Acids
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1958925
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Asymmetric carbon-carbon bond formation via .beta.-allyldiisopinocampheylborane. Simple synthesis of secondary homoallylic alcohols with excellent enantiomeric purities
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1983418
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Forty years of hydride reductions
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1979358
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Chiral synthesis via organoboranes. 7. Diastereoselective and enantioselective synthesis of erythro- and threo-.beta.-methylhomoallyl alcohols via enantiomeric (Z)- and (E)-crotylboranes
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1986330
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Chiral synthesis via organoboranes. 6. Asymmetric allylboration via chiral allyldialkylboranes. Synthesis of homoallylic alcohols with exceptionally high enantiomeric excess
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1986310
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10 1988257
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An Interpretation of the Chemical Behavior of Five- and Six-membered Ring Compounds1
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1954244
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Lithium tri-sec-butylborohydride. New reagent for the reduction of cyclic and bicyclic ketones with super stereoselectivity. Remarkably simple and practical procedure for the conversion of ketones to alcohols in exceptionally high stereochemical purity
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1972243
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The Nonclassical Ion Problem
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1977223
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Organic syntheses via boranes
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1975206
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New, Highly Active Metal Catalysts for the Hydrolysis of Borohydride
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1962202
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A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR THE CONVERSION OF OLEFINS INTO ORGANOBORANES AND RELATED ALCOHOLS
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1956189
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Substituent Constants for Aromatic Substitution1-3
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1957187
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Catecholborane (1,3,2-benzodioxaorole) as a new, general monohydroboration reagent for alkynes. Convenient synthesis of alkeneboronic esters and acids from alkynes via hydroboration
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1972185
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A SIMPLE PROCEDURE FOR THE CHROMIC ACID OXIDATION OF ALCOHOLS TO KETONES OF HIGH PURITY
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1961184

About Herbert C. Brown

Herbert C. Brown is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, having authored 1.1k papers that have together received 37.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (351 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (337 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (236 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (196 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (151 papers), Chemical Reaction Mechanisms (143 papers), Boron Compounds in Chemistry (139 papers) and Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry (116 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organic Chemistry (28.7k citations), Inorganic Chemistry (7.6k citations), Pharmaceutical Science (2.0k citations), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (2.5k citations) and Spectroscopy (3.9k citations). Herbert C. Brown has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Poland and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include S. Krishnamurthy, P. Veeraraghavan Ramachandran, George Zweifel, K. S. BHAT, Y Okamoto, Bin Rao, Prabhakar K. Jadhav, Darl H. McDaniel, Uday S. Racherla and Bakthan Singaram. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Tetrahedron Letters, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry and Synthesis.

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