Charles E. Whitten

New class of mixed cuprate(I) reagents, lithium hetero(alkyl) cuprate(I), which allow selective alkyl group transfer

Gary H. Posner, Charles E. Whitten, Jeffrey Sterling · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1973 · 213 citations

Altmetrics, Chemical Engineering, Molecular Sciences +12

Alkylation of enolate ions generated regiospecifically via organocopper reactions. Synthesis of decalin sesquiterpene valerane and of prostaglandin model systems

Gary H. Posner, Jeffrey Sterling, Charles E. Whitten et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1975 · 120 citations

Organocopper Reactions, Engineering, Biochemistry +12

Organocopper chemistry. Halo-, cyano-, and carbonyl-substituted ketones from the corresponding acyl chlorides and organocopper reagents

Gary H. Posner, Charles E. Whitten, Paul E. Mcfarland · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1972 · 118 citations

Halogenation, Engineering, Altmetric Attention Score +10

Highly stereoselective addition of organolithium reagents to chiral oxazolines. Asymmetric synthesis of 3-substituted alkanoic acids and 3-substituted lactones

A. I. MEYERS, Richard Smith, Charles E. Whitten · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1979 · 111 citations

Asymmetric Catalysis, Chiral Oxazolines, Engineering +11

Oxazolines. XIX. Asymmetric synthesis of 3-substituted alkanoic acids via conjugated addition of organolithium reagents to chiral oxazolines

A. I. MEYERS, Charles E. Whitten · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1975 · 72 citations

Chiral Oxazolinesa, Chiral Oxazolines, Engineering +12