W.R. Roper

Metallacyclohexatrienes or ‘metallabenzenes.’ Synthesis of osmabenzene derivatives and X-ray crystal structure of [Os(CSCHCHCHCH)(CO)(PPh₃)₂]

Gregory P. Elliott, W.R. Roper, Joyce M. Waters · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1982 · 278 citations

Materials Science, Inorganic Chemistry, Osmabenzene Derivatives +15

Platinum group metals in the formation of metal–carbon multiple bonds

W.R. Roper · Journal of Organometallic Chemistry · 1986 · 157 citations

Materials Science, Inorganic Chemistry, Engineering +6

A mononuclear, low-valent, electron-rich osmium methylene complex

Anthony F. Hill, W.R. Roper, Joyce M. Waters et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1983 · 144 citations

Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Engineering +10

Activation of 2-propyn-1-ol derivatives by (arene)ruthenium(II) complexes: new route to (alkenylcarbene)- and (polyenylcarbene)-metal complexes

Didier Pilette, Khalid Ouzzine, Hubert Le Bozec et al. · Organometallics · 1992 · 142 citations

2-Propyn-1-ol Derivatives, Inorganic Chemistry, Engineering +13

Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions of a Metallabenzene: Nitration and Halogenation of the Osmabenzene [Os{C(SMe)CHCHCHCH}I(CO)(PPh3)2]

Clifton E. F. Rickard, W.R. Roper, Scott D. Woodgate et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2000 · 126 citations

Aromatic Systems, Chemical Engineering, Cross-coupling Reaction +11