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Daniel A. Singleton

Daniel A. Singleton

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
9072
World Ranking
11355
National Ranking
3078

Daniel A. Singleton publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Daniel A. Singleton sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 125 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Daniel A. Singleton D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Daniel A. Singleton sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Daniel A. Singleton is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Chemistry, with a notable focus on Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. Their work also spans subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, Pharmaceutical Science, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

Their main research topics include:

  • Chemical Reaction Mechanisms
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Chirality
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Chemistry and Stereochemistry Studies

Frequent coauthors in Singleton's work encompass:

  • Vladislav A. Roytman
  • Kai-Yuan Kuan
  • Christoph E. Bracher
  • Connor J. Allen
  • Scheherzad Alvi

Their research has been published in several venues, notably:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Organic Letters

Key recent papers authored by or associated with Daniel A. Singleton include:

  • Solvation Dynamics and the Nature of Reaction Barriers and Ion-Pair Intermediates in Carbocation Reactions, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Isotope Effects and the Mechanism of Photoredox-Promoted [2 + 2] Cycloadditions of Enones, 2021, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Vibrationally Hot and Cold Triplets. Sensitizer-Dependent Dynamics and Localized Vibrational Promotion of a Di-π-methane Rearrangement, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Energy Read-out as a Probe of Kinetically Hidden Transition States, 2021, Organic Letters
  • Nuclear Quantum Effects on the Nature of Hydroboration Selectivity: Experimental Effects of First-Collision Tunneling, 2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • High-Precision Simultaneous Determination of Multiple Small Kinetic Isotope Effects at Natural Abundance

    Daniel A. Singleton;Allen A. Thomas

  • A Case Study of the Mechanism of Alcohol-Mediated Morita Baylis–Hillman Reactions. The Importance of Experimental Observations

    R. Erik Plata;Daniel A. Singleton

  • Experimental and Theoretical Kinetic Isotope Effects for Asymmetric Dihydroxylation. Evidence Supporting a Rate-Limiting “(3 + 2)” Cycloaddition

    A. J. DelMonte;J. Haller;K. N. Houk;K. B. Sharpless

  • Mechanism of Ene Reactions of Singlet Oxygen. A Two-Step No-Intermediate Mechanism

    Daniel A Singleton;Chao Hang;Michael J Szymanski;Matthew P Meyer

  • Synchronous or Asynchronous? An “Experimental” Transition State from a Direct Comparison of Experimental and Theoretical Kinetic Isotope Effects for a Diels−Alder Reaction

    Brett R. Beno;K. N. Houk;Daniel A. Singleton

  • Dynamic effects on the periselectivity, rate, isotope effects, and mechanism of cycloadditions of ketenes with cyclopentadiene.

    Bryson R. Ussing;Chao Hang;Daniel A. Singleton

  • Phenomenon of optical self-purification of chiral non-racemic compounds

    Vadim A. Soloshonok;Hisanori Ueki;Manabu Yasumoto;Shekar Mekala

  • Isotope effects and the nature of selectivity in rhodium-catalyzed cyclopropanations.

    Daniel T. Nowlan;Timothy M. Gregg;Huw M. L. Davies;Daniel A. Singleton

  • Outer-Sphere Direction in Iridium C-H Borylation

    Philipp C. Roosen;Venkata A. Kallepalli;Buddhadeb Chattopadhyay;Daniel A. Singleton

  • Experimental Geometry of the Epoxidation Transition State

    Daniel A. Singleton;Steven R. Merrigan;Jian Liu;K. N. Houk

  • Control Elements in Dynamically-Determined Selectivity on a Bifurcating Surface

    Jacqueline B. Thomas;Jack R. Waas;Michael Harmata;Daniel A. Singleton

  • Dynamics and the failure of transition state theory in alkene hydroboration.

    Yatsandra Oyola;Daniel A. Singleton

  • Reinvestigation of the Isotope Effects for the Claisen and Aromatic Claisen Rearrangements: The Nature of the Claisen Transition States

    Matthew P. Meyer;and Albert J. DelMonte;Daniel A. Singleton

  • Ir-Catalyzed ortho-Borylation of Phenols Directed by Substrate–Ligand Electrostatic Interactions: A Combined Experimental/in Silico Strategy for Optimizing Weak Interactions

    Buddhadeb Chattopadhyay;Buddhadeb Chattopadhyay;Jonathan E. Dannatt;Ivonne L. Andujar-De Sanctis;Kristin A. Gore

  • DISTINCTION BETWEEN AMINIUM CATION RADICAL AND PROTIC ACID CATALYZED DIELS-ALDER REACTIONS

    P. G. Gassman;D. A. Singleton

  • Recrossing and Dynamic Matching Effects on Selectivity in a Diels-Alder Reaction

    Zhihong Wang;Jennifer S. Hirschi;Daniel A. Singleton

  • A few molecules can control the enantiomeric outcome. Evidence supporting absolute asymmetric synthesis using the Soai asymmetric autocatalysis.

    Daniel A. Singleton;Loan K. Vo

  • "Concerted" transition state, stepwise mechanism. Dynamics effects in C2-C6 enyne allene cyclizations.

    Tefsit Bekele;Chad F. Christian;Mark A. Lipton;Daniel A. Singleton

  • 13C Kinetic Isotope Effects for the Addition of Lithium Dibutylcuprate to Cyclohexenone. Reductive Elimination Is Rate-Determining

    Doug E. Frantz;Daniel A. Singleton;James P. Snyder

  • Dynamically Complex [6+4] and [4+2] Cycloadditions in the Biosynthesis of Spinosyn A

    Ashay Patel;Zhuo Chen;Zhongyue Yang;Osvaldo Gutiérrez

  • Enantioselective synthesis without discrete optically active additives.

    Daniel A Singleton;Loan K Vo

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul G. Gassman
Paul G. Gassman University of Minnesota
Milton R. Smith
Milton R. Smith Michigan State University
Kendall N. Houk
Kendall N. Houk University of California, Los Angeles
Hiroyuki Kagechika
Hiroyuki Kagechika Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Christopher S. Foote
Christopher S. Foote University of California, Los Angeles
Derek H. R. Barton
Derek H. R. Barton Texas A&M University
Daniel Romo
Daniel Romo Baylor University
Olaf Wiest
Olaf Wiest University of Notre Dame
Thomas O. Baldwin
Thomas O. Baldwin University of California, Riverside
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski Carnegie Mellon University

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