Edward J. O'Connor

Generation of (.eta.5-cyclopentadienyl)dicarbonyliron carbene complexes via protonation of the corresponding alkenyl complexes

Kenneth A. M. Kremer, Gee Hong Kuo, Edward J. O'Connor et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1982 · 62 citations

Inorganic Chemistry, Engineering, Heterocyclic +12

(.eta.5-C5H5)(CO)2FeCH2S+(CH3)2 BF4-: a methylene transfer reagent for the direct cyclopropanation of alkenes

Edward J. O'Connor, Steven Brandt, Paul Helquist · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1987 · 60 citations

Direct Cyclopropanation, Cross-coupling Reaction, Engineering +13

A versatile new synthesis of organic compounds with chiral methyl groups: stereochemistry of protolytic rhenium-carbon bond cleavage in chiral alkyl complexes (.eta.5-C5H5)Re(NO)(PPh3)(R)

Edward J. O'Connor, Motomasa Kobayashi, Heinz G. Floss et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1987 · 47 citations

Enantioselective Synthesis, Engineering, Alkene Metathesis +11

A Method for Dihedral Angle Measurement in Solids: Rotational Resonance NMR of a Transition-State Inhibitor of Triose Phosphate Isomerase

York Tomita, Edward J. O'Connor, Ann E. McDermott · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1994 · 44 citations

Engineering, Dihedral Angle Measurement, Magnetic Resonance +16

Stable precursors of transition-metal carbene complexes. Simplified preparation and crystal structure of (.eta.5-cyclopentadienyl)[(dimethylsulfonium)methyl]dicarbonyliron(II) fluorosulfonate

Edward J. O'Connor, Paul Helquist · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1982 · 34 citations

Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Crystal Structure +12