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55
Citations
9374
World Ranking
12285
National Ranking
333

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1983 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Saul Wolfe is affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada. Their academic and research activities are tied to this institution.

Wolfe was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1983, under the Academy of Science, reflecting their engagement with the Canadian scientific community.

Best Publications

  • On the magnitudes and origins of the “anomeric effects”, “exo-anomeric effects”, “reverse anomeric effects”, and CX and CY bond -lengths in XCH2YH molecules☆

    Saul Wolfe;Whangbo Myung-Hwan;David J. Mitchell

  • Ab initio computation of force constants. The second and third period hydrides

    H. Bernhard Schlegel;Saul Wolfe;Fernando Bernardi

  • The Perlin Effect: bond lengths, bond strengths, and the origins of stereoelectronic effects upon one-bond C–H coupling constants

    Saul Wolfe;B. Mario Pinto;Vikram Varma;Ronald Y. N. Leung

  • Hydration of the Carbonyl Group. A Theoretical Study of the Cooperative Mechanism

    Saul Wolfe;Chan-Kyung Kim;Kiyull Yang;Noham Weinberg

  • δ -(L-α-Aminoadipyl)-L-cysteinyl-D-valine synthetase (ACV synthetase): a multifunctional enzyme with broad substrate specificity for the synthesis of penicillin and cephalosporin precursors

    Gerald Banko;Arnold L. Demain;Saul Wolfe

  • THEORETICAL STUDIES OF SN2 TRANSITION STATES. 1. GEOMETRIES

    Saul Wolfe;David John Mitchell;H. Bernhard Schlegel

  • Irrelevance of d-orbital conjugation. I. .alpha.-Thiocarbanion. Comparative quantum chemical study of the static and dynamic properties and proton affinities of carbanions adjacent to oxygen and to sulfur

    Fernando Bernardi;Imre G. Csizmadia;Angelo Mangini;H. Bernhard Schlegel

  • Molecular Orbitals from Group Orbitals. 3. Quantitative Perturbational Molecular Orbital Analysis of ab Initio SCF-MO Wave Functions'

    Myung-Hwan Whangbo;H. Bernhard Schlegel;Saul Wolfe

  • Ab initio computation of force constants. IV. The theoretical anharmonic force fields and vibrational frequencies of methylamine, methanol, and methanethiol

    H. Bernhard Schlegel;Saul Wolfe;Fernando Bernardi

  • Theoretical studies of SN2 transition states. 2. Intrinsic barriers, rate-equilibrium relationships, and the Marcus equation

    Saul Wolfe;David John Mitchell;H. Bernhard Schlegel

  • A theoretical study of the Edward–Lemieux effect (the anomeric effect). The stereochemical requirements of adjacent electron pairs and polar bonds

    Saul Wolfe;Arvi Rauk;Luis M. Tel;I. G. Csizmadia

  • Deacetoxycephalosporin C synthetase and deacetoxycephalosporin C hydroxylase are two separate enzymes in Streptomyces clavuligerus.

    Susan E. Jensen;Donald W. S. Westlake;Saul Wolfe

  • The gauche effect

    Nikolai S. Zefirov;V.V. Samoshin;O.A. Subbotin;V.I. Baranenkov

  • A pure enzyme catalyzing penicillin biosynthesis

    IJ Hollander;YQ Shen;J Heim;AL Demain

  • A molecular orbital interpretation of the static, dynamic, and chemical properties of CH2X radicals

    Fernando Bernardi;Nicolaos D. Epiotis;William Cherry;H. Bernhard Schlegel

  • Relationships between geometries and energies of identity SN2 transition states: the dominant role of the distortion energy and its origin

    David John Mitchell;H. Bernhard Schlegel;Sason S. Shaik;Saul Wolfe

  • Ruthenium trichloride-catalysed hypochlorite oxidation of organic compounds

    Saul Wolfe;S. K. Hasan;John R. Campbell

  • Theoretical aspects of physical organic chemistry : the S[N]2 mechanism

    Sason S. Shaik;H. Bernhard Schlegel;Saul Wolfe

  • OXIDATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS BY ZINC PERMANGANATE

    S. Wolfe;C. F. Ingold

  • Ammonium repression of cephalosporin production by Streptomyces clavuligerus.

    Alfredo F. Braña;Saul Wolfe;Arnold L. Demain

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Bernhard Schlegel
H. Bernhard Schlegel Wayne State University
Arnold L. Demain
Arnold L. Demain Drew University
Imre G. Csizmadia
Imre G. Csizmadia University of Toronto
Susan E. Jensen
Susan E. Jensen University of Alberta
Fernando Bernardi
Fernando Bernardi University of Bologna
Myung-Hwan Whangbo
Myung-Hwan Whangbo North Carolina State University
Peter G. C. Campbell
Peter G. C. Campbell Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Sason Shaik
Sason Shaik Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Alan H. Cowley
Alan H. Cowley The University of Texas at Austin
Arvi Rauk
Arvi Rauk University of Calgary

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