William A. Kiel

Publications by Year

Research Areas

Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, Fluorine in Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds, Chemical Synthesis and Reactions

Most-Cited Works

• → Organic tellurium and selenium chemistry. Reduction of tellurides, selenides, and selenoacetals with triphenyltin hydride(1980)185 cited
• → Synthesis and electrophile-induced disproportionation of the neutral formyl triphenylphosphinenitrosyl-.eta.-cyclopentadienylrhenium formyl ((.eta.-C5H5)Re(NO)(PPh3)(CHO))(1982)139 cited
• → Cyclofunctionalization of olefinic urethanes using benzeneselenenyl chloride in the presence of silica gel: a general route to nitrogen heterocycles(1980)101 cited
• → Synthesis and properties of [(.eta.-C5H5)Re(NO)(PPh3)(:CHC6H5)]+PF6-: a benzylidene complex that is formed by a stereospecific .alpha.-hydride abstraction, exists as two geometric isomers, and undergoes stereospecific nucleophilic attack(1982)79 cited
• → Mechanism of coupling of methylidene to ethylene at a homogeneous (triphenylphosphine)nitrosyl(.eta.-cyclopentadienyl)rhenium(+) [(.eta.-C5H5)Re(NO)(PPh3)]+ center. Remarkable enantiomer self-recognition(1983)75 cited
• → Carbonyl-η-hexamethylbenzene complexes of osmium. Carbon-hydrogen activation by (η-C6Me6)Os(CO)(H)2(1990)69 cited
• → Cyclofunctionalisation of ortho-alkenyl phenols: a new method for introducing the benzeneseleno-group(1977)58 cited
• → Regiospecific and stereospecific reactions of triphenylmethyl hexafluorophosphate with rhenium alkyls (.eta.-C5H5)Re(NO)(PPh3)(R). .alpha.- vs. .beta.-Hydride abstraction(1983)56 cited
• → Cyclofunctionalisation of olefinic urethanes with benzeneseleneyl reagents: a new general synthesis of nitrogen heterocycles(1978)44 cited
• → Unprecedented regiospecificity and stereospecificity in reactions of Ph3C+PF6- with rhenium alkyls of the formula (.eta.-C5H5)Re(NO)(PPh3)(CH2R)(1980)36 cited