William R. Bartlett

Simple stereoselective version of the Claisen rearrangement leading to trans-trisubstituted olefinic bonds. Synthesis of squalene

William S. Johnson, Lucius Werthemann, William R. Bartlett et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1970 · 629 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Natural Product Biosynthesis +8

Cation-stabilizing auxiliaries in polyene cyclizations. 7. The fluorine atom as a cation-stabilizing auxiliary in biomimetic polyene cyclizations. 4. Total synthesis of dl-.beta.-amyrin.

William S. Johnson, Mark S. Plummer, Santhi Reddy et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1993 · 92 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry +8

Cation-stabilizing auxiliaries in polyene cyclizations. 5. The fluorine atom as a cation-stabilizing auxiliary in biomimetic polyene cyclizations. 2. Asymmetric synthesis of a steroid

William S. Johnson, V. R. FLETCHER, Balan Chenera et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1993 · 57 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry +11

Developments in the nonenzymic biogenetic-like steroid synthesis

William S. Johnson, Tsung-Tee Li, Charles A. Harbert et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1970 · 44 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Bioisosterism +5

Cation-stabilizing auxiliaries in polyene cyclizations. 6. The fluorine atom as a cation-stabilizing auxiliary in biomimetic polyene cyclizations. 3. Use to effect regiospecific control

William S. Johnson, R. A. Buchanan, William R. Bartlett et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1993 · 44 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +9