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D-Index
44
Citations
5996
World Ranking
16979
National Ranking
4182

Leo H. Sommer 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 Leo H. Sommer sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 179 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leo H. Sommer 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 Leo H. Sommer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 7th percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1960 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Leo H. Sommer was affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Throughout their academic career, they contributed to research and scholarship without specific records of recent papers or frequently published venues available.

Sommer did not have listed frequent co-authors or specific subfields and main topics documented in the provided data. Similarly, there are no recorded book publications or detailed fields of study associated with their research profile.

Among recognitions, Sommer was awarded the status of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1960, indicating a period of active research and acknowledgment within the academic community.

Leo H. Sommer is deceased. The available information outlines a career connected to an established research institution and recognition through an academic fellowship but does not elaborate on particular research themes, collaborations, or scholarly output.

Best Publications

  • Stereochemistry of Asymmetric Silicon. I. Relative and Absolute Configurations of Optically Active α-Naphthylphenylmethylsilanes

    L. H. Sommer;C. L. Frye;G. A. Parker;K. W. Michael

  • PEROXIDE-CATALYZED ADDITION OF TRICHLOROSILANE TO 1-OCTENE

    L. H. Sommer;E. W. Pietrusza;F. C. Whitmore

  • Organo-silicon Compounds. II.1 Silicon Analogs of Neopentyl Chloride and Neopentyl Iodide. The Alpha Silicon Effect1

    Frank C. Whitmore;Leo H. Sommer

  • Stereochemistry of asymmetric silicon. XVI. Transition metal catalyzed substitution reactions of optically active organosilicon hydrides

    Leo H. Sommer;J. E. Lyons

  • Vinylsilanes, Chlorovinylsilanes and β-Styryltrimethylsilane. Further Studies on the α-Silicon Effect and β-Eliminations Involving Silicon1

    L. H. Sommer;D. L. Bailey;G. M. Goldberg;C. E. Buck

  • Hydrogen-Halogen Exchange Reactions of Triethylsilane. A New Rearrangement of Neopentyl Chloride1

    F. C. Whitmore;E. W. Pietrusza;L. H. Sommer

  • Steric Effects of the t-Butyl Group in Organosilicon Compounds1

    Leo H. Sommer;Leslie J. Tyler

  • Reactions of Allyltrimethylsilane1,2

    Leo H. Sommer;Leslie J. Tyler;Frank C. Whitmore

  • Stereochemistry of asymmetric silicon. XV. Stereospecific hydrosilation and exchange reactions of R3SiH(D) catalyzed by Group VIII metal centers

    Leo H. Sommer;J. E. Lyons;Hiroshi Fujimoto

  • Organo-silicon compounds; alpha- and beta-chloroalkyl silanes and the unusual reactivity of the latter.

    Leo H. Sommer;Frank C. Whitmore

  • Stereochemistry of asymmetric silicon. XX. Hydroxylation and carbene insertion reactions of R3SiH

    Unknown

  • OPTICALLY ACTIVE ORGANOSILICON COMPOUNDS HAVING REACTIVE GROUPS BONDED TO ASYMMETRIC SILICON. DISPLACEMENT REACTIONS AT SILICON WITH PURE RETENTION AND PURE INVERSION OF CONFIGURATION

    Leo H. Sommer;Cecil L. Frye

  • The Polar Effects of Organosilicon Substituents in Aliphatic Amines1,2

    Leo H. Sommer;Jack Rockett

  • Further Studies of β-Eliminations Involving Silicon1

    Leo H. Sommer;Donald L. Bailey;Frank C. Whitmore

  • Hybrid Paraffin-siloxanes Containing the 1,6-Disilahexane Grouping1

    Leo H. Sommer;Gerald R. Ansul

  • Properties of the Silicon—Hydroxyl Bond in Trialkylsilanols<sup>1</sup>

    Unknown

  • The Reactivity with Alkali of Chlorine—Carbon Bonds Alpha, Beta and Gamma to Silicon1,2

    Leo H. Sommer;Edwin Dorfman;Gershon M. Goldberg;Frank C. Whitmore

  • Group VIII metal-catalyzed reactions of organosilicon hydrides with amines, hydrogen halides, and hydrogen sulfide

    Unknown

  • Photochemical dehydrosilylation of pentaphenylmethyldisilane. Generation and trapping of an unstable intermediate containing a silicon-carbon double bond or its equivalent

    P. Boudjouk;J. R. Roberts;C. M. Golino;L. H. Sommer

  • SILICONIUM IONS AND CARBONIUM IONS AS REACTION INTERMEDIATES

    Leo H. Sommer;Glen A. Baughman

  • Stereochemistry of Asymmetric Silicon. V. Coupling Reactions with Organometallic Reagents and Displacements of Chloride and Fluoride Leaving Groups

    L. H. Sommer;W. D. Korte;P. G. Rodewald

  • Intramolecular Rearrangement of Chloromethyltrimethylsilane1

    Frank C. Whitmore;Leo H. Sommer;Jack Gold

  • Organo-silicon Compounds. I. Synthesis and Properties of n-Alkyltrimethyl- and n-Alkyltriethyl-silanes

    F. C. Whitmore;L. H. Sommer;P. A. Di Giorgio;W. A. Strong

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroshi Fujimoto
Hiroshi Fujimoto University of Tokyo
Hakon Hope
Hakon Hope University of California, Davis
Paul S. Miller
Paul S. Miller Johns Hopkins University
Lionel Goodman
Lionel Goodman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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