John Whittall

Photochromic heterocyclic fulgides. Part 2. Electrocyclic reactions of (E)-α-2,5-dimethyl-3-furylethylidene(alkyl-substituted methylene)succinic anhydrides

Paul J. Darcy, H.G. Heller, Peter J. Strydom et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 1981 · 114 citations

Chemical Engineering, Succinic Anhydrides, Derivatives +14

Stereoselective Synthesis of Ferrocene‐Based <i>C</i>₂‐Symmetric Diphosphine Ligands: Application to the Highly Enantioselective Hydrogenation of α‐Substituted Cinnamic Acids

Weiping Chen, P. J. McCormack, Karim Mohammed et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2007 · 113 citations · Full text

Active Phosphine Ligands, Chemical Engineering, Planar Chirality +13

A Very Simple, Highly Stereoselective and Modular Synthesis of Ferrocene-Based P-Chiral Phosphine Ligands

Weiping Chen, William Mbafor, Stanley M. Roberts et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2006 · 84 citations

Chemical Engineering, Planar Chirality, Carbon Chirality +11

Optimisation and scale-up of microwave assisted cyanation

Michael R. Pitts, P. J. McCormack, John Whittall · Tetrahedron · 2006 · 62 citations

Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Microfabrication +6

Photochromic heterocyclic fulgides. Part 4. The thermal and photochemical reactions of (E)-isopropylidene-[α-(2- and -(3-thienyl)ethylidene]succinic anhydrides and related compounds

Alan P. Glaze, Stuart A. Harris, H.G. Heller et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 1985 · 57 citations

E–z Photoisomerisation, Engineering, Photochemistry +13