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Carbocation Intermediates

Carbocation Intermediates is a reaction intermediate characterized by a trivalent, electron-deficient carbon atom bearing a positive formal charge, formed during the course of organic reactions where bond heterolysis generates an electron-poor center susceptible to nucleophilic attack.

543

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23.7K

Citations

1.8K

Authors

495

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2017–2026

140

Variants

Carbocations

Parents

Publications

543

Crystal Structure of Pentalenene Synthase: Mechanistic Insights on Terpenoid Cyclization Reactions in Biology

Charles A. Lesburg, Guangzhi Zhai, David E. Cane et al. · Science · 1997 · 453 citations

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Hindered dialkyl ether synthesis with electrogenerated carbocations

Jinbao Xiang, Ming Shang, Yu Kawamata et al. · Nature · 2019 · 394 citations

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When is an intermediate not an intermediate? Enforced mechanisms of general acid-base, catalyzed, carbocation, carbanion, and ligand exchange reaction

William P. Jencks · Accounts of Chemical Research · 1980 · 388 citations

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Bornyl diphosphate synthase: Structure and strategy for carbocation manipulation by a terpenoid cyclase

Douglas A. Whittington, Mitchell L. Wise, Marek Urbanský et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 321 citations · Full text

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Hydroalkoxylation of Unactivated Olefins with Carbon Radicals and Carbocation Species as Key Intermediates

Hiroki Shigehisa, Tatsuya Aoki, Sumiko Yamaguchi et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2013 · 275 citations

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Authors

1.8K

  1. DJ
    Dean J. Tantillo

    University of California, Davis, United States

    25 publications · 1.3K citations

    20

    h-index

  2. GA
    George A. Olah

    University of Southern California, United States

    21 publications · 1K citations

    15

    h-index

  3. YJ
    Young J. Hong

    University of California, Davis, United States

    12 publications · 584 citations

    12

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  4. DW
    David W. Christianson

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    11 publications · 1.2K citations

    11

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  5. GK
    G. K. Surya Prakash

    University of Southern California, United States

    10 publications · 276 citations

    10

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Institutions

495

  1. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    21 h-index

    58 publications

    2.9K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    14 h-index

    51 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    11 h-index

    40 publications

    3.7K citations

  4. Kyoto University

    Kyoto, Japan

    10 h-index

    24 publications

    618 citations

  5. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    9 h-index

    38 publications

    4.5K citations

  6. Case Western Reserve University

    Cleveland, United States

    9 h-index

    21 publications

    353 citations

  7. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    8 h-index

    39 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. University at Buffalo, State University of New York

    Buffalo, United States

    8 h-index

    17 publications

    445 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of the American Chemical Society

    JACS · 95 publications · 5.3K citations

    44

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  2. The Journal of Organic Chemistry

    JOC · 74 publications · 2.1K citations

    25

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  3. Organic Letters

    OL · 36 publications · 1.2K citations

    23

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  4. Angewandte Chemie International Edition

    29 publications · 2.1K citations

    22

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  5. Biochemistry

    14 publications · 679 citations

    14

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