A. Ray Bulls

.sigma.-Bond metathesis for carbon-hydrogen bonds of hydrocarbons and Sc-R (R = H, alkyl, aryl) bonds of permethylscandocene derivatives. Evidence for noninvolvement of the .pi. system in electrophilic activation of aromatic and vinylic C-H bonds

Mark E. Thompson, Steven M. Baxter, A. Ray Bulls et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1987 · 795 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Alkene Metathesis +13

Intramolecular carbon-hydrogen bond activation of benzyl ligands by metalated cyclopentadienyl derivatives of permethylhafnocene. Molecular structure of (.eta.5-C5Me5)(.eta.5,.eta.1-C5Me4CH2)HfCH2C6H5 and the mechanism of rearrangement to its hafnabenzocyclobutene tautomer [cyclic] (.eta.5-C5Me5)2Hf(o-CH2C6H4)

A. Ray Bulls, William P. Schaefer, Michael. Serfas et al. · Organometallics · 1987 · 99 citations

Benzyl Ligands, Engineering, Heterocyclic +11

Synthesis and characterization of a series of vanadium-tunichrome B 1 analogs. Crystal structure of a tris(catecholamide) complex of vanadium

A. Ray Bulls, C. Greg Pippin, F. Ekkehardt Hahn et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1990 · 73 citations

Materials Science, Inorganic Chemistry, Crystal Structure +13

Relative bond dissociation energies for early transition metal alkyl, aryl, alkynyl and hydride compounds. Equilibration of metallated cyclopentadienyl derivatives of peralkylated hafnocene and scandocene with hydrocarbons and dihydrogen

A. Ray Bulls, John E. Bercaw, Juan M. Manríquez et al. · Polyhedron · 1988 · 55 citations

Chemical Engineering, Hydride Compounds, Engineering +7

Synthesis and molecular structure of (.eta.5-C5Me5)2Hf(H)(NHMe). Structural evidence for nitrogen-to-hafnium .pi.-donation

Gregory L. Hillhouse, A. Ray Bulls, Bernard D. Santarsiero et al. · Organometallics · 1988 · 49 citations

Inorganic Chemistry, Engineering, Nitrogen-to-hafnium .Pi.-donation +13