Stuart A. Macgregor

11.0k citations

254 papers · 9.9k · 2 hit papers · h-index 51

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Inorganic Chemistry top 0.2%
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
Process Chemistry and Technology top 0.5%

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Organic Chemistry 178
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis 75
- Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions 52
- Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry 42
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods 38
- N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry 27
Inorganic Chemistry 112
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis 61

Co-authors: David L. Davies (14 shared papers)Steven M. A. Donald (6 shared papers)Michael K. Whittlesey (41 shared papers)Claire L. McMullin (12 shared papers)Andrew S. Weller (46 shared papers)Mary F. Mahon (31 shared papers)Odile Eisenstein (9 shared papers)Amalia I. Poblador‐Bahamonde (4 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society (37 papers)Organometallics (34 papers)Dalton Transactions (21 papers)Angewandte Chemie International Edition (19 papers)Chemistry - A European Journal (13 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Spain

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Stuart A. Macgregor

242 papers receiving 9.8k citations

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Computational Studies of Carboxylate-Assisted C–H Activation and Functionalization at Group 8–10 Transition Metal Centers 2017 · 486 citations

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

2017 Chemical Reviews
2005 Journal of the American Chemical Society

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1	Computational Study of the Mechanism of Cyclometalation by Palladium Acetate Journal of the American Chemical Society ·David L. Davies, Steven M. A. Donald, Stuart A. Macgregor Hit paper breakdown →	2005	656
2	Computational Studies of Carboxylate-Assisted C–H Activation and Functionalization at Group 8–10 Transition Metal Centers Chemical Reviews ·David L. Davies, Stuart A. Macgregor, Claire L. McMullin Hit paper breakdown →	2017	486
3	C−F and C−H Bond Activation of Fluorobenzenes and Fluoropyridines at Transition Metal Centers: How Fluorine Tips the Scales Accounts of Chemical Research ·Eric Clot, Odile Eisenstein, Naseralla A. Jasim, Stuart A. Macgregor, John E. McGrady, Robin N. Perutz	2011	446
4	Mechanisms of C–H bond activation: rich synergy between computation and experiment Dalton Transactions ·Y. Boutadla, David L. Davies, Stuart A. Macgregor, Amalia I. Poblador‐Bahamonde	2009	399
5	Synthesis, Electronic Structure, and Magnetism of [Ni(6-Mes)₂]⁺: A Two-Coordinate Nickel(I) Complex Stabilized by Bulky N-Heterocyclic Carbenes Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Rebecca C. Poulten, Michael J. Page, Andrés G. Algarra, Jennifer J. Le Roy, Isidoro López, Emma Carter, Antoni Llobet, Stuart A. Macgregor, Mary F. Mahon, Damien M. Murphy, Muralee Murugesu, Michael K. Whittlesey	2013	252
6	Electrophilic C−H Activation at {CpIr}: Ancillary-Ligand Control of the Mechanism of C−H Activation Journal of the American Chemical Society* ·David L. Davies, Steven M. A. Donald, O. Al-Duaij, Stuart A. Macgregor, Manuel Pölleth	2006	242
7	C−C and C−H Bond Activation Reactions in N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Ruthenium Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Rodolphe Jazzar, Stuart A. Macgregor, Mary F. Mahon, Stephen P. Richards, Michael K. Whittlesey	2002	183
8	A Highly Reactive Rhodium(I)–Boryl Complex as a Useful Tool for CH Bond Activation and Catalytic CF Bond Borylation Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Michael Teltewskoi, Julien A. Panetier, Stuart A. Macgregor, Thomas Braun	2010	164
9	Synthesis and Characterization of a Rhodium(I) σ-Alkane Complex in the Solid State Science ·Sebastian D. Pike, Amber L. Thompson, Andrés G. Algarra, David C. Apperley, Stuart A. Macgregor, Andrew S. Weller	2012	143
10	The F/Ph Rearrangement Reaction of [(Ph₃P)₃RhF], the Fluoride Congener of Wilkinson's Catalyst Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Stuart A. Macgregor, D. Christopher Roe, William Marshall, Karen M. Bloch, Vladimir I. Bakhmutov, Vladimir V. Grushin	2005	141
11	Transition metal-mediated P–C/X exchange at bound phosphine ligands (X = aryl, alkyl, NR₂, OR and F): scope and mechanisms Chemical Society Reviews ·Stuart A. Macgregor	2006	133
12	Beyond the Icosahedron: The First 13‐Vertex Carborane Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Anthony Burke, David Ellis, B.T. Giles, B.E. Hodson, Stuart A. Macgregor, Georgina M. Rosair, Alan J. Welch	2003	124
13	Mechanisms of Catalyst Poisoning in Palladium-Catalyzed Cyanation of Haloarenes. Remarkably Facile C−N Bond Activation in the [(Ph₃P)₄Pd]/[Bu₄N]⁺ CN^- System Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Stefan Erhardt, Vladimir V. Grushin, A.H. Kilpatrick, Stuart A. Macgregor, William Marshall, D. Christopher Roe	2008	119
14	Cobalt‐Catalyzed Oxidase C−H/N−H Alkyne Annulation: Mechanistic Insights and Access to Anticancer Agents Chemistry - A European Journal ·Ruhuai Mei, Hui Wang, Svenja Warratz, Stuart A. Macgregor, Lutz Ackermann	2016	118
15	Phosphine- and Pyridine-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Methyl and Allyl Complexes of Palladium. Unexpected Regiospecificity of the Protonation Reaction of the Dimethyl Complexes Organometallics ·Andreas A. Danopoulos, Nikolaos Tsoureas, Stuart A. Macgregor, Christopher T. Smith	2006	116
16	Experimental and DFT Studies Explain Solvent Control of C–H Activation and Product Selectivity in the Rh(III)-Catalyzed Formation of Neutral and Cationic Heterocycles Journal of the American Chemical Society ·David L. Davies, C.E. Ellul, Stuart A. Macgregor, Claire L. McMullin, Kuldip Singh	2015	115
17	[Ir(PCy₃)₂(H)₂(H₂BNMe₂)]⁺ as a Latent Source of Aminoborane: Probing the Role of Metal in the Dehydrocoupling of H₃B⋅NMe₂H and Retrodimerisation of [H₂BNMe₂]₂ Chemistry - A European Journal ·Charlotte J. Stevens, R. Dallanegra, Adrian B. Chaplin, Andrew S. Weller, Stuart A. Macgregor, Bryan J. Ward, David McKay, Gilles Alcaraz, Sylviane Sabo‐Etienne	2011	114
18	Competing C−F Activation Pathways in the Reaction of Pt(0) with Fluoropyridines: Phosphine-Assistance versus Oxidative Addition Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Ainara Nova, Stefan Erhardt, Naseralla A. Jasim, Robin N. Perutz, Stuart A. Macgregor, John E. McGrady, Adrian C. Whitwood	2008	103
19	Room Temperature Iron-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation and Regioselective Deuteration of Carbon–Carbon Double Bonds Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Maialen Espinal‐Viguri, Samuel E. Neale, Nathan T. Coles, Stuart A. Macgregor, Ruth L. Webster	2018	93
20	CF₃–Ph Reductive Elimination from [(Xantphos)Pd(CF₃)(Ph)] Organometallics ·Vladimir I. Bakhmutov, Fernando Bozoglián, Kerman Gómez, Gabriel González, Vladimir V. Grushin, Stuart A. Macgregor, Eddy Martín, Fedor M. Miloserdov, Maxim A. Novikov, Julien A. Panetier, Leonid V. Romashov	2011	91

About Stuart A. Macgregor

Stuart A. Macgregor is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pharmaceutical Science and Materials Chemistry, having authored 254 papers that have together received 9.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (75 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (61 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (52 papers), Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (42 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (38 papers), Boron Compounds in Chemistry (36 papers), Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (28 papers) and N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (27 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Inorganic Chemistry (4.3k citations), Process Chemistry and Technology (802 citations), Organic Chemistry (7.7k citations), Pharmaceutical Science (1.5k citations) and Catalysis (398 citations). Stuart A. Macgregor has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Frequent co-authors include David L. Davies, Steven M. A. Donald, Michael K. Whittlesey, Claire L. McMullin, Andrew S. Weller, Mary F. Mahon, Odile Eisenstein, Amalia I. Poblador‐Bahamonde, Julien A. Panetier and John E. McGrady. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Organometallics, Dalton Transactions, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemistry - A European Journal.

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