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James L. Leighton

JL

87

Publications

5.7K

Citations

43

H-Index

1992

Active since

Affiliations

Columbia University(Current)

James L. Leighton is an author at Columbia University specializing in organic chemistry, chemistry, and engineering.

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ChemistryOrganic ChemistryEngineeringBiomolecular EngineeringCatalysisNatural SciencesChemical EngineeringBiochemistryPharmacologyBioorganic Chemistry

Publications per year

1992–2020

87

Publications

87

Highly Enantioselective Ring Opening of Epoxides Catalyzed by (salen)Cr(III) Complexes

Luis E. Martínez, James L. Leighton, Douglas H. Carsten et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1995 · 585 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Donut Icon +10

On the Mechanism of Asymmetric Nucleophilic Ring-Opening of Epoxides Catalyzed by (Salen)Cr<sup>III</sup> Complexes

Karl B. Hansen, James L. Leighton, Eric N. Jacobsen · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1996 · 385 citations

Inorganic Chemistry, Engineering, Biochemistry +15

Total synthesis of (+)-calyculin A

David A. Evans, James R. Gage, James L. Leighton · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1992 · 276 citations

Altmetrics, Bioorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry +14

Total Synthesis of Leucascandrolide A

Keith R. Hornberger, Christopher L. Hamblett, James L. Leighton · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2000 · 185 citations

Molecular Sciences, Bioorganic Chemistry, Engineering +14

Strained Silacycles in Organic Synthesis: A New Reagent for the Enantioselective Allylation of Aldehydes

James W. A. Kinnaird, Pui Yee Ng, Katsumi Kubota et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2002 · 177 citations

Enantioselective Synthesis, Engineering, Strain-release Lewis Acidity +10

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