Simon J. Coles

20.7k citations

820 papers · 17.1k · 2 hit papers · h-index 57

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Inorganic Chemistry top 0.1%
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
Organic Chemistry top 0.05%
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
- Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions

Papers in

Organic Chemistry 466
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis 118
Inorganic Chemistry 293
- Crystal structures of chemical compounds 94
- Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications 82
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis 58

Co-authors: Michael B. Hursthouse (251 shared papers)Peter N. Horton (146 shared papers)Philip A. Gale (21 shared papers)Mark E. Light (59 shared papers)Graham J. Tizzard (94 shared papers)Robin B. Bedford (16 shared papers)Mateusz B. Pitak (62 shared papers)Peter J. Skabara (40 shared papers)
Journals: Dalton Transactions (64 papers)Chemical Communications (39 papers)Polyhedron (38 papers)Organometallics (34 papers)CrystEngComm (33 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom Türkiye United States

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Simon J. Coles

795 papers receiving 16.9k citations

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Changing and challenging times for service crystallography 2011 · 412 citations

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it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 Chemical Science
1995 Journal of the American Chemical Society

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1	Superconducting and Semiconducting Magnetic Charge Transfer Salts: (BEDT-TTF)4AFe(C2O4)3.cntdot.C6H5CN (A = H2O, K, NH4) Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Mohamedally Kurmoo, Anthony W. Graham, Peter Day, Simon J. Coles, Michael B. Hursthouse, Jason L. Caulfield, John Singleton, F. L. Pratt, W. Hayes, Laurent Ducasse, Philippe Guionneau Hit paper breakdown →	1995	518
2	Changing and challenging times for service crystallography Chemical Science ·Simon J. Coles, Philip A. Gale Hit paper breakdown →	2011	412
3	Applying Hot-Stage Microscopy to Co-Crystal Screening: A Study of Nicotinamide with Seven Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Crystal Growth & Design ·David J. Berry, Colin C. Seaton, W. Clegg, Ross W. Harrington, Simon J. Coles, Peter N. Horton, Michael B. Hursthouse, Richard Storey, William Jones, Tomislav Friščić, N. Blagden	2008	302
4	The Catalytic Intermolecular Orthoarylation of Phenols Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Robin B. Bedford, Simon J. Coles, Michael B. Hursthouse, M. Limmert	2003	298
5	Squaramides as Potent Transmembrane Anion Transporters Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Nathalie Busschaert, Isabelle L. Kirby, Sarah J. Young, Simon J. Coles, Peter N. Horton, Mark E. Light, Philip A. Gale	2012	257
6	Novel Expanded Ring N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Free Carbenes, Silver Complexes, And Structures Organometallics ·Manuel Iglesias, D.J. Beetstra, James C. Knight, Li‐Ling Ooi, Andreas Stasch, Simon J. Coles, Louise Male, Michael B. Hursthouse, K.J. Cavell, A. Dervisi, Ian A. Fallis	2008	220
7	Quadratic Nonlinear Optical Properties ofN-Aryl Stilbazolium Dyes Advanced Functional Materials ·Benjamin J. Coe, J. Arthur Harris, Inge Asselberghs, Koen Clays, Geert Olbrechts, A. Persoons, Joseph T. Hupp, Robert C. Johnson, Simon J. Coles, Michael B. Hursthouse, Keitaro Nakatani	2002	209
8	Lewis acidity of tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane: crystal and molecular structure of B(C6F5)3·OPEt3 Inorganic Chemistry Communications ·Michael A. Beckett, D.S. Brassington, Simon J. Coles, Michael B. Hursthouse	2000	191
9	Luminescent, Enantiopure, Phenylatopyridine Iridium-Based Coordination Capsules Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Oleg Chepelin, Jakub Ujma, Xiaohua Wu, Alexandra M. Z. Slawin, Mateusz B. Pitak, Simon J. Coles, Julien Michel, Anita C. Jones, Perdita E. Barran, Paul J. Lusby	2012	186
10	Quadratic Optical Nonlinearities of N‐Methyl and N‐Aryl Pyridinium Salts Advanced Functional Materials ·Benjamin J. Coe, J. Arthur Harris, Inge Asselberghs, Kurt Wostyn, Koen Clays, André Persoons, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Simon J. Coles, T. Gelbrich, Mark E. Light, Michael B. Hursthouse, Kazuhiko Nakatani	2003	160
11	Chiral 2,6-lutidinyl-biscarbene complexes of palladium Chemical Communications ·A.A.D. Tulloch, Andreas A. Danopoulos, Graham J. Tizzard, Simon J. Coles, Michael B. Hursthouse, Robyn S. Hay-Motherwell, William B. Motherwell	2001	156
12	Synthesis and characterisation of infinite co-ordination networks from flexible dipyridyl ligands and cadmium salts † Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions ·M. John Plater, M.R.St.J. Foreman, Thomas Gelbrich, Simon J. Coles, Michael B. Hursthouse	2000	153
13	High-Activity Catalysts for Suzuki Coupling and Amination Reactions with Deactivated Aryl Chloride Substrates: Importance of the Palladium Source Organometallics ·Robin B. Bedford, Catherine S. J. Cazin, Simon J. Coles, Thomas Gelbrich, Peter N. Horton, Michael B. Hursthouse, Mark E. Light	2003	152
14	Thiophene and Selenophene Copolymers Incorporating Fluorinated Phenylene Units in the Main Chain: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application in Organic Field-Effect Transistors Chemistry of Materials ·D.J. Crouch, Peter J. Skabara, Jan E. Lohr, Joseph J. W. McDouall, Martin Heeney, Iain McCulloch, David Sparrowe, Maxim Shkunov, Simon J. Coles, Peter N. Horton, Michael B. Hursthouse	2005	147
15	Anion-directed assembly: the first fluoride-directed double helix Chemical Communications ·Simon J. Coles, Jeremy G. Frey, Philip A. Gale, Michael B. Hursthouse, Mark E. Light, K. Navakhun, Gemma L. Thomas	2003	141
16	Luminescent Pt^II(bipyridyl)(diacetylide) Chromophores with Pendant Binding Sites as Energy Donors for Sensitised Near‐Infrared Emission from Lanthanides: Structures and Photophysics of Pt^II/Ln^III Assemblies Chemistry - A European Journal ·Tanya K. Ronson, Theodore Lazarides, Harry Adams, Simon J. A. Pope, Daniel Sykes, Stephen Faulkner, Simon J. Coles, Michael B. Hursthouse, W. Clegg, Ross W. Harrington, Michael D. Ward	2006	136
17	Syntheses and Properties of Two-Dimensional Charged Nonlinear Optical Chromophores Incorporating Redox-Switchablecis-Tetraammineruthenium(II) Centers Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Benjamin J. Coe, J. Arthur Harris, Lathe A. Jones, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Kai Song, Koen Clays, Javier Garı́n, J. Orduna, Simon J. Coles, Michael B. Hursthouse	2005	120
18	Orthopalladated and ‐platinated Bulky Triarylphosphite Complexes: Synthesis, Reactivity and Application as High‐Activity Catalysts for Suzuki and Stille Coupling Reactions Chemistry - A European Journal ·Robin B. Bedford, Samantha L. Hazelwood, M. Limmert, David A. Albisson, Sylvia M. Draper, P. Noelle Scully, Simon J. Coles, Michael B. Hursthouse	2003	115
19	First Examples of Diazepanylidene Carbenes and Their Late-Transition-Metal Complexes Organometallics ·Manuel Iglesias, D.J. Beetstra, Andreas Stasch, Peter N. Horton, Michael B. Hursthouse, Simon J. Coles, K.J. Cavell, A. Dervisi, Ian A. Fallis	2007	115
20	Syntheses and Quadratic Nonlinear Optical Properties of Salts Containing Benzothiazolium Electron-Acceptor Groups Chemistry of Materials ·Benjamin J. Coe, J. Arthur Harris, Jonathan Hall, Bruce S. Brunschwig, Sheng‐Ting Hung, Wim Libaers, Koen Clays, Simon J. Coles, Peter N. Horton, Mark E. Light, Michael B. Hursthouse, Javier Garı́n, J. Orduna	2006	114

About Simon J. Coles

Simon J. Coles is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Oncology, having authored 820 papers that have together received 17.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (118 papers), Metal complexes synthesis and properties (115 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (111 papers), Magnetism in coordination complexes (109 papers), Crystal structures of chemical compounds (94 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (82 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (58 papers) and Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (52 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Inorganic Chemistry (5.1k citations), Organic Chemistry (9.4k citations), Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (2.1k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (3.3k citations) and Process Chemistry and Technology (398 citations). Simon J. Coles has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Türkiye and United States. Frequent co-authors include Michael B. Hursthouse, Peter N. Horton, Philip A. Gale, Mark E. Light, Graham J. Tizzard, Robin B. Bedford, Mateusz B. Pitak, Peter J. Skabara, Michael A. Beckett and M. Limmert. Their work appears in journals such as Dalton Transactions, Chemical Communications, Polyhedron, Organometallics and CrystEngComm.

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