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Chemistry D-index 82 Citations 26,580 237 World Ranking 1341 National Ranking 549

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Awards & Achievements

1973 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

1971 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

1966 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Enzyme

William P. Jencks mainly focuses on Organic chemistry, Catalysis, Medicinal chemistry, Nucleophile and Mechanism. His Catalysis study incorporates themes from Imidazole, Incubation and Enzyme. William P. Jencks combines subjects such as Concerted reaction, Methyl formate, Ring, Reaction rate constant and Solvolysis with his study of Medicinal chemistry.

His research on Reaction rate constant also deals with topics like

  • Aqueous solution most often made with reference to SN2 reaction,

  • Enzyme catalysis which intersects with area such as Inorganic chemistry. His study in Nucleophile is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Reagent, Polymer chemistry, Morpholine and Acid hydrolysis. His study on Reagent also encompasses disciplines like

  • Carbocation, which have a strong connection to Stereochemistry,

  • Reaction intermediate that intertwine with fields like Equilibrium constant.

His most cited work include:

  • Catalysis in chemistry and enzymology (1866 citations)
  • Entropic Contributions to Rate Accelerations in Enzymic and Intramolecular Reactions and the Chelate Effect (773 citations)
  • On the attribution and additivity of binding energies. (660 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

William P. Jencks focuses on Organic chemistry, Catalysis, Medicinal chemistry, Stereochemistry and Inorganic chemistry. William P. Jencks integrates Organic chemistry with Mechanism in his study. In Catalysis, William P. Jencks works on issues like Ion, which are connected to Elimination reaction.

William P. Jencks interconnects Reaction rate constant and Concerted reaction in the investigation of issues within Medicinal chemistry. William P. Jencks focuses mostly in the field of Stereochemistry, narrowing it down to topics relating to Enzyme and, in certain cases, Calcium. His research in Inorganic chemistry focuses on subjects like Aqueous solution, which are connected to Solvolysis.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Organic chemistry (27.18%)
  • Catalysis (26.21%)
  • Medicinal chemistry (25.24%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1987-2007)?

  • Catalysis (26.21%)
  • Medicinal chemistry (25.24%)
  • Calcium ATPase (7.12%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

William P. Jencks mainly investigates Catalysis, Medicinal chemistry, Calcium ATPase, Reaction rate constant and Organic chemistry. His Reaction mechanism study in the realm of Catalysis interacts with subjects such as Base. His Medicinal chemistry research incorporates elements of Solvolysis, Ionic strength and Nucleophile.

His Calcium ATPase study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as ATP hydrolysis, Biophysics, Endoplasmic reticulum and Calcium. His Reaction rate constant study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as MOPS, Inorganic chemistry, Enzyme kinetics, Hydrolysis and Aqueous solution. William P. Jencks performs multidisciplinary study in Organic chemistry and Mechanism in his work.

Between 1987 and 2007, his most popular works were:

  • Binding Energy, Specificity, and Enzymic Catalysis: The Circe Effect (569 citations)
  • How does a calcium pump pump calcium (126 citations)
  • The utilization of binding energy in coupled vectorial processes. (121 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Enzyme
  • Catalysis

His main research concerns Inorganic chemistry, Medicinal chemistry, Reaction rate constant, Catalysis and Biochemistry. His research in Inorganic chemistry tackles topics such as Aqueous solution which are related to areas like Solvolysis, Iminium, Oxocarbenium, Ion and SN2 reaction. His Medicinal chemistry research incorporates themes from Methyl formate, Ionic strength, Structure reactivity and Nucleophile.

William P. Jencks usually deals with Reaction rate constant and limits it to topics linked to Hydrolysis and Acid phosphatase, Phosphate, Tris, Enzyme kinetics and MOPS. His Catalysis study improves the overall literature in Organic chemistry. His research investigates the connection between Biochemistry and topics such as Calcium that intersect with issues in Biophysics.

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Best Publications

Catalysis in chemistry and enzymology

William P. Jencks.
(1969)

4624 Citations

Entropic Contributions to Rate Accelerations in Enzymic and Intramolecular Reactions and the Chelate Effect

Michael I. Page;William P. Jencks.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1971)

1352 Citations

On the attribution and additivity of binding energies.

William P. Jencks.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1981)

1037 Citations

Binding Energy, Specificity, and Enzymic Catalysis: The Circe Effect

William P. Jencks.
Advances in Enzymology and Related Areas of Molecular Biology (2006)

885 Citations

The Effect of Compounds of the Urea-Guanidinium Class on the Activity Coefficient of Acetyltetraglycine Ethyl Ester and Related Compounds1

Dwight R. Robinson;William P. Jencks.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1965)

561 Citations

Reactivity of Nucleophilic Reagents toward Esters

William P. Jencks;Joan Carriuolo.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1960)

470 Citations

Studies on the Mechanism of Oxime and Semicarbazone Formation1

William P. Jencks.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1959)

451 Citations

THE EFFECT OF CONCENTRATED SALT SOLUTIONS ON THE ACTIVITY COEFFICIENT OF ACETYLTETRAGLYCINE ETHYL ESTER.

Dwight R. Robinson;William P. Jencks.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1965)

425 Citations

Nonlinear structure-reactivity correlations. The reactivity of nucleophilic reagents toward esters

William P. Jencks;Mary Gilchrist.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1968)

422 Citations

Mechanism of the aminolysis of acetate esters

Arnold C. Satterthwait;William P. Jencks.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1974)

341 Citations

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