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D-Index
63
Citations
12737
World Ranking
8521
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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

  • Hydroformylation of alkenes by use of rhodium complex catalysts

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

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

    John A. Osborn;Richard R. Schrock

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

    Richard R. Schrock;John A. Osborn

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

    Richard R. Schrock;John A. Osborn

  • 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

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

    Richard R. Schrock;John A. Osborn

  • Homogeneous Hydrogenation and Hydroformylation using Ruthenium Complexes

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

  • 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

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

    Richard R. Schrock;John A. Osborn

  • Preparation and crystallographic characterization of a hexameric triphenylphosphinecopper hydride cluster

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

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

    Unknown

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

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

  • 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

  • Chlorocarbon Activation: Catalytic Carbonylation of Dichloromethane and Chlorobenzene

    Unknown

  • VERSATILE LIGANDS FOR PALLADIUM-CATALYZED ASYMMETRIC ALLYLIC ALKYLATION

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

  • Rhodium catalysts for the homogeneous hydrogenation of ketones

    R. R. Schrock;J. A. Osborn

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

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

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

    Unknown

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Fischer
Jean Fischer Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Stéphane Bellemin-Laponnaz
Stéphane Bellemin-Laponnaz University of Strasbourg
André De Cian
André De Cian Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Nathalie Kyritsakas
Nathalie Kyritsakas University of Strasbourg
Jillian M. Buriak
Jillian M. Buriak University of Alberta
Louis Ricard
Louis Ricard École Polytechnique
Paul C. J. Kamer
Paul C. J. Kamer University of Amsterdam
Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen
Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse
Marc Drillon
Marc Drillon University of Strasbourg
Christophe M. Thomas
Christophe M. Thomas Chimie ParisTech

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