William B. Motherwell

Research.com Recognitions

• 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
• 2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
• 1998 - Tilden Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
• 1991 - Bader Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
• 1983 - Corday–Morgan Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Best Publications

• The invention of new radical chain reactions. Part VIII. Radical chemistry of thiohydroxamic esters; A new method for the generation of carbon radicals from carboxylic acids

  Derek H.R. Barton;David Crich;William B. Motherwell

  807
  Citations

• Free Radical Chain Reactions in Organic Synthesis

  William B. Motherwell;David Crich

  591
  Citations

• Recent progress in the design and synthesis of artificial enzymes

  W.B. Motherwell;M.J. Bingham;Y. Six

  326
  Citations

• New and improved methods for the radical decarboxylation of acids

  Derek H. R. Barton;David Crich;William B. Motherwell

  287
  Citations

• A practical alternative to the hunsdiecker reaction

  Derek H.R. Barton;David Crich;William B. Motherwell

  236
  Citations

• Chiral 2,6-lutidinyl-biscarbene complexes of palladium

  Arran A. D. Tulloch;Andreas A. Danopoulos;Graham J. Tizzard;Simon J. Coles

  229
  Citations

• Epidithiodiketopiperazines block the interaction between hypoxia inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) and p300 by a zinc ejection mechanism

  Kristina M. Cook;Stephen T. Hilton;Jasmin Mecinović;William B. Motherwell

  199
  Citations

• Stable N-functionalised ‘pincer’ bis carbene ligands and their ruthenium complexes; synthesis and catalytic studies

  Andreas A. Danopoulos;Scott Winston;William B. Motherwell

  192
  Citations

• Samarium(II) iodide promoted radical ring opening reactions of cyclopropyl ketones

  Robert A. Batey;William B. Motherwell

  153
  Citations

• N-heterocyclic 'pincer' dicarbene complexes of cobalt(I), cobalt(II), and cobalt(III)

  Andreas A. Danopoulos;Joseph A. Wright;William B. Motherwell;Simon Ellwood

  151
  Citations

• Molecular N2 complexes of iron stabilised by N-heterocyclic ‘pincer’ dicarbene ligands

  Andreas A. Danopoulos;Joseph A. Wright;William B. Motherwell

  149
  Citations

• A novel route to biaryls via intramolecular free radical ipso substitution reactions

  William B. Motherwell;Andrew M. K. Pennell

  145
  Citations

• A CONVENIENT METHOD FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE ANOMERIC HYDROXY GROUP IN CARBOHYDRATES BY DIFLUOROMETHYL FUNCTIONALITY

  William B. Motherwell;Matthew J. Tozer;Barry C. Ross

  141
  Citations

• Pentavalent organobismuth reagents. Part vi. Comparative migratory aptitudes of aryl groups in the arylation of phenols and enols by pentavalent bismuth reagents

  Derek H.R. Barton;Neerja Yadav Bhatnagar;Jean-Pierre Finet;William B. Motherwell

  137
  Citations

• Steric and electronic effects in the synthesis of biaryls and their heterocyclic congeners using intramolecular free radical [1,5] ipso substitution reactions

  Maria Lucília E.N da Mata;William B Motherwell;Feroze Ujjainwalla

  118
  Citations

• New and selective reactions and reagents in carbohydrate chemistry

  D. H. R. Barton;W. B. Motherwell

  113
  Citations

• A NEW PROCEDURE FOR THE OXIDATION OF SATURATED-HYDROCARBONS

  Dhr Barton;Mj Gastiger;Wb Motherwell

  109
  Citations

• Pentavalent organobismuth reagents. Part 3. Phenylation of enols and of enolate and other anions

  Derek H. R. Barton;Jean-Claude Blazejewski;Brigitte Charpiot;Jean-Pierre Finet

  101
  Citations

• Functionalization of saturated hydrocarbons. Part 4. The Gif system for selective oxidation using molecular oxygen

  Derek H. R. Barton;Jean Boivin;Michel Gastiger;Jacek Morzycki

  99
  Citations

• Observations on the nature of the tethering chain in the synthesis of biaryls and heterobiaryls via intramolecular free radical ipso substitution reactions

  Maria Lucília E.N. da Mata;William B. Motherwell;Feroze Ujjainwalla

  99
  Citations

• Radical-induced ring opening of epoxides. A convenient alternative to the wharton rearrangement

  Derek H. R. Barton;Robyn S. Hay Motherwell;William B. Motherwell

  98
  Citations

• Radical-Induced Deoxygenation of Primary Alcohols

  Derek H. R. Barton;William B. Motherwell;Andreas Stange

  96
  Citations