Most-cited papers on metals complexes transition unexplored exploration

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1. Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes: Applications in Organic Synthesis

   2013 · Chemical Reviews · Prier, Christopher K., Rankic, Danica A., MacMillan, David W. C.

   9,307 cited

2. Controlled/"living" radical polymerization. atom transfer radical polymerization in the presence of transition-metal complexes

   1995 · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Wang, Jinshan, Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof

   4,526 cited

3. Luminescent and Redox-Active Polynuclear Transition Metal Complexes

   1996 · Chemical Reviews · Balzani, Vincenzo, Juris, Alberto, Venturi, Margherita et al.

   2,248 cited

4. On the Interpretation of Deuterium Kinetic Isotope Effects in CH Bond Functionalizations by Transition‐Metal Complexes

   2012 · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · Simmons, Eric M., Hartwig, John F.

   2,087 cited

5. 637. The stability of transition-metal complexes

   1953 · Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed) · Irving, H. M. N. H., Williams, Robert J. P.

   2,059 cited

6. Light-Emitting Self-Assembled Materials Based on d⁸ and d¹⁰ Transition Metal Complexes

   2015 · Chemical Reviews · Yam, Vivian Wing‐Wah, Au, Vonika Ka‐Man, Leung, Sammual Yu‐Lut

   1,606 cited

7. Applications of functionalized transition metal complexes in photonic and optoelectronic devices

   1998 · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · Kalyanasundaram, K.

   1,511 cited

8. Catalytic activities of Schiff base transition metal complexes

   2007 · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · Gupta, K. C., Sutar, Alekha Kumar

   1,469 cited

9. Transition Metal Complexes and Photodynamic Therapy from a Tumor-Centered Approach: Challenges, Opportunities, and Highlights from the Development of TLD1433

   2018 · Chemical Reviews · Monro, Susan, Colón, Katsuya L., Yin, H. et al.

   1,380 cited

10. An intermediate neglect of differential overlap technique for spectroscopy of transition-metal complexes. Ferrocene

    1980 · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Zerner, Michael C., Loew, Gilda H., Kirchner, Robert F. et al.

    1,223 cited

11. A theoretical study of the ethylene-metal bond in complexes between copper(1+), silver(1+), gold(1+), platinum(0) or platinum(2+) and ethylene, based on the Hartree-Fock-Slater transition-state method

    1979 · Inorganic Chemistry · Ziegler, Tom, Rauk, Arvi

    1,161 cited

12. Mechanisms of intramolecular activation of carbon-hydrogen bonds in transition-metal complexes

    1990 · Chemical Reviews · Ryabov, Alexander D.

    1,106 cited

13. Light-induced excited spin state trapping in a transition-metal complex: The hexa-1-propyltetrazole-iron (II) tetrafluoroborate spin-crossover system

    1984 · Chemical Physics Letters · Decurtins, Silvio, Gütlich, Philipp, Köhler, Christian et al.

    1,070 cited

14. Catalytic Enantioselective Transformations Involving C–H Bond Cleavage by Transition-Metal Complexes

    2017 · Chemical Reviews · Newton, Christopher G., Wang, Shouguo, Oliveira, Caio C. et al.

    1,057 cited

15. Asymmetric catalytic reduction with transition metal complexes. I. Catalytic system of rhodium(I) with (-)-2,3-0-isopropylidene-2,3-dihydroxy-1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane, a new chiral diphosphine

    1972 · Journal of the American Chemical Society · Kagan, Henri B., Dang, Tuan-Phat

    1,039 cited

16. Ordered Mesoporous and Microporous Molecular Sieves Functionalized with Transition Metal Complexes as Catalysts for Selective Organic Transformations

    2002 · Chemical Reviews · Vos, Dirk De, Dams, Mieke, Sels, Bert F. et al.

    1,039 cited

17. .DELTA.R-ring contributions to phosphorus-31 NMR parameters of transition-metal-phosphorus chelate complexes

    1981 · Chemical Reviews · Garrou, Philip E.

    973 cited

18. Recent Methodologies That Exploit C–C Single-Bond Cleavage of Strained Ring Systems by Transition Metal Complexes

    2017 · Chemical Reviews · Fumagalli, Gabriele, Stanton, Steven J., Bower, John F.

    957 cited

19. Luminescent Ionic Transition‐Metal Complexes for Light‐Emitting Electrochemical Cells

    2012 · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · Costa, Rubén D., Ortı́, Enrique, Bolink, Henk J. et al.

    953 cited

20. High resolution 1s core hole X-ray spectroscopy in 3d transition metal complexes—electronic and structural information

    2004 · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · Glatzel, Pieter, Bergmann, Uwe

    950 cited

21. Copolymerization of Polar Monomers with Olefins Using Transition-Metal Complexes

    2000 · Chemical Reviews · Boffa, Lisa S., Novak, Bruce M.

    946 cited

22. Electro- and Solar-Driven Fuel Synthesis with First Row Transition Metal Complexes

    2019 · Chemical Reviews · Dalle, Kristian E., Warnan, Julien, Leung, Jane J. et al.

    896 cited

23. Broken symmetry approach to calculation of exchange coupling constants for homobinuclear and heterobinuclear transition metal complexes

    1999 · Journal of Computational Chemistry · Ruíz, Eliseo, Cano, Joan, Álvarez, Santiago et al.

    891 cited

24. Kinetics and Mechanism of Reactions of Transition Metal Complexes

    1991 · Wilkins, Ralph G.

    887 cited

25. Transition metal complexes of thiosemicarbazide and thiosemicarbazones

    1975 · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · Campbell, Michel J.M.

    880 cited

26. Designing Dendrimers Based on Transition-Metal Complexes. Light-Harvesting Properties and Predetermined Redox Patterns

    1998 · Accounts of Chemical Research · Balzani, Vincenzo, Campagna, Sebastiano, Denti, Gianfranco et al.

    867 cited

27. Theoretical Studies on Reactions of Transition-Metal Complexes

    2000 · Chemical Reviews · Niu, Shuqiang, Hall, Michael B.

    835 cited

28. Living ring-opening metathesis polymerization catalyzed by well-characterized transition-metal alkylidene complexes

    1990 · Accounts of Chemical Research · Schrock, Richard R.

    818 cited

29. An intermediate neglect of differential overlap theory for transition metal complexes: Fe, Co and Cu chlorides

    1979 · Theoretical Chemistry Accounts · Bacon, Allan D., Zerner, Michael C.

    794 cited

30. Molecular hydrogen complexes: coordination of a .sigma. bond to transition metals

    1988 · Accounts of Chemical Research · Kubas, Gregory J.

    779 cited