John A. Osborn

John A. Osborn publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

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John A. Osborn D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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Research.com Recognitions

• 1972 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Best Publications

• The preparation and properties of tris(triphenylphosphine)halogenorhodium(I) and some reactions thereof including catalytic homogeneous hydrogenation of olefins and acetylenes and their derivatives

  J. A. Osborn;F. H. Jardine;J. F. Young;G. Wilkinson

  1473
  Citations

• Hydroformylation of alkenes by use of rhodium complex catalysts

  D. Evans;J. A. Osborn;G. Wilkinson

  676
  Citations

• Preparation and properties of some cationic complexes of rhodium(I) and rhodium(III)

  John A. Osborn;Richard R. Schrock

  560
  Citations

• .pi.-Bonded complexes of the tetraphenylborate ion with rhodium(I) and iridium(I)

  Richard R. Schrock;John A. Osborn

  488
  Citations

• Catalytic hydrogenation using cationic rhodium complexes. I. Evolution of the catalytic system and the hydrogenation of olefins

  Richard R. Schrock;John A. Osborn

  487
  Citations

• Coordinatively unsaturated cationic complexes of rhodium(I), iridium(I), palladium(II), and platinum(II). Generation, synthetic utility, and some catalytic studies

  John A. Osborn;Richard R. Schrock

  388
  Citations

• Catalytic hydrogenation using cationic rhodium complexes. II. The selective hydrogenation of alkynes to cis olefins

  Richard R. Schrock;John A. Osborn

  355
  Citations

• Homogeneous Hydrogenation and Hydroformylation using Ruthenium Complexes

  D. Evans;J. A. Osborn;F. H. Jardine;G. Wilkinson

  248
  Citations

• Self‐Assembly of a Cu4 Complex with Coplanar Copper(I) Ions: Synthesis, Structure, and Electrochemical Properties

  Marie-Thérèse Youinou;Noureddine Rahmouni;Jean Fischer;John A. Osborn

  241
  Citations

• Catalytic hydrogenation using cationic rhodium complexes. 3. The selective hydrogenation of dienes to monoenes

  Richard R. Schrock;John A. Osborn

  224
  Citations

• Preparation and crystallographic characterization of a hexameric triphenylphosphinecopper hydride cluster

  Susan A. Bezman;Melvyn R. Churchill;John A. Osborn;John Wormald

  204
  Citations

• Iridium(III) hydride complexes for the catalytic enantioselective hydrogenation of imines

  Unknown

  193
  Citations

• Preparation and catalytic properties of some cationic iridium(III) and rhodium(III) dihydrido complexes

  J. R. Shapley;R. R. Schrock;J. A. Osborn

  188
  Citations

• Synthesis and molecular geometry of hexameric triphenylphosphinocopper(I) hydride and the crystal structure of H6Cu6(PPh3)6. HCONMe2 [hexameric triphenylphosphino copper(I) hydride dimethylformamide]

  Melvyn Rowen. Churchill;Susan A. Bezman;John A. Osborn;John. Wormald

  174
  Citations

• Chlorocarbon Activation: Catalytic Carbonylation of Dichloromethane and Chlorobenzene

  Unknown

  165
  Citations

• VERSATILE LIGANDS FOR PALLADIUM-CATALYZED ASYMMETRIC ALLYLIC ALKYLATION

  Peter Dierkes;Shailesh Ramdeehul;Laurent Barloy;Andre De Cian

  158
  Citations

• Rhodium catalysts for the homogeneous hydrogenation of ketones

  R. R. Schrock;J. A. Osborn

  138
  Citations

• MECHANISTIC INSIGHTS INTO THE VERY EFFICIENT REO3OSIR3-CATALYZED ISOMERIZATION OF ALLYL ALCOHOLS

  Stéphane Bellemin-Laponnaz;Hervé Gisie;Jean Pierre Le Ny;John A. Osborn

  132
  Citations

• Mechanistic studies of oxidative addition to low valent metal complexes. IV. CIDNP effects in platinum(0) and palladium(0) reactions

  Unknown

  127
  Citations

• Tungsten (IV) carbenes for the metathesis of olefins. Direct observation and identification of the chain carrying carbene complexes in a highly active catalyst system

  Unknown

  119
  Citations