Author

Basil J. Wakefield

Observed names: B Wakefield, B. J. WAKEFIELD, B. J. Wakefield, B. WAKEFIELD, B.J. WAKEFIELD, B.J. Wakefield, Basil J Wakefield, Basil J. Wakefield, Basil Wakefield, Wakefield, Basil J. 1934-

Observed institutions: University of Ioannina, University of Exeter, Kuwait University, Innospec (United Kingdom), Elsevier BV (Netherlands), Imperial College London, University of Salford, University of Reading, Punjabi University

OpenAlex ID: A5065476239

Infrared Spectra of the Nitrile N-Oxides: Some New Furoxans

1960 · RICHARD H. WILEY, B. J. WAKEFIELD · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 111

Isoxazole Chemistry Since 1963

1980 · B.J. Wakefield, D.J. Wright · Advances in heterocyclic chemistry · 72

Reactions of β-(lithiomethyl)azines with nitriles as a route to pyrrolo-pyridines, -quinolines, -pyrazines, -quinoxalines and -pyrimidines

1992 · Michael L. Davis, Basil J. Wakefield, et al. · Tetrahedron · 62

X-ray crystallographic studies and comparative reactivity studies of a sodium diisopropylamide (NDA) complex and related hindered amides

1996 · Philip C. Andrews, Nicholas D.R. Barnett, et al. · Journal of Organometallic Chemistry · 56

Synthesis of 2,3,5,6-Tetrasubstituted Pyridines from Enamines Derived from N,N-Dimethylformamide Dimethyl Acetal

1995 · Fathi A. Abu-Shanab, Alan D. Redhouse, et al. · Synthesis · 40

Do the compounds PhCH2Y give geminal dianions on addition of two equivalents of strong base?

1986 · Patrick J. Crowley, Mark R. Leach, et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 40

Protonation of Organolithium Compounds

1974 · B.J. WAKEFIELD · Elsevier eBooks · 40

Intramolecular nucleophilic addition to photochemically generated ketenes as a versatile route to lactones and lactams; synthesis of a mosquito pheromone, goniothalamin, argentilactone, and the Streptomyces L-factor

1989 · Shahzad S. Rahman, Basil J. Wakefield, et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 37

Reduction of bicyclo[3.2.0] hept-2-en-6-one and 7,7-dimethylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one using dehydrogenase enzymes and the fungus mortierella ramanniana

1985 · Suzanne Butt, H.Geoff Davies, et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 36

Resolution of 7,7-dimethylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-en-6-one using Mortierella ramanniana and 3α,20β-hydroxy-steroid dehydrogenase, photochemistry of 3-hydroxy-7,7-dimethylbicyclo[3.2.0]heptan-6-ones, and the synthesis of (+)-eldanolide

1987 · Suzanne Butt, H. Geoff Davies, et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 35

Transformations of trichloromethyl groups during reactions of 3-trichloromethylpyridines with methoxide

1989 · Ronald S. Dainter, Tracey Jackson, et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 31

Synthesis of (3S,4R)-eldanolide and (5S,12R)-leukotriene-B4 through photolysis of optically active hydroxy-7,7-dimethylbicyclo[3.2.0]heptanones

1985 · H. Geoff Davies, Stanley M. Roberts, et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 30

Polychloroaromatic compounds II. Tetrachloropyridyl derivatives of lithium, magnesium and mercury

1968 · J.D. Cook, B.J. Wakefield · Journal of Organometallic Chemistry · 30

Polyhalogenoaromatic compounds. Part 41. Photochemical dehalogenation and arylation reactions of polyhalogenoaromatic and polyhalogenoheteroaromatic compounds

1980 · Jack Bratt, Brian Iddon, et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 29

Polyhalogenoaromatic compounds. Part XII. Synthesis and cycloaddition reactions of pentafluoro- and pentachloro-benzonitrile N-oxide

1970 · B. J. Wakefield, D. J. Wright · Journal of the Chemical Society C Organic · 27

Polyhalogenoaromatic compounds. Part 42. 13C N.m.r. spectra of polyhalogeno-pyridines and -pyrimidines

1980 · Brian Iddon, Arthur G. Mack, et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 26

Synthesis of quinoxalinones by the reaction of o-phenylenediamines with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate

1975 · Hans Suschitzky, Basil J. Wakefield, et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 26

Bromine Compounds: Chemistry and Applications

1988 · David J. Price, B. Iddon, et al. · 25

A simple, high-yielding preparation of sodium diisopropylamide and other sodium dialkylamides

1992 · Donald Barr, Andrea J. Dawson, et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 24

Enamidines. Part 1. Synthesis of enamidines and dihydrntriazines by the reaction of organolithium and organomagnesium compounds with aromatic nitrites

1980 · Lawrence S. Cook, Basil J. Wakefield · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 23

Polyhalogenoaromatic compounds. Part 53. Substitution in polyfluoroaromatic compounds by bulky nucleophiles

1988 · Catherine L. Cheong, Basil J. Wakefield · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 22

Synthesis of aromatic nitriles by the metal-cyanide exchange reaction between aryl-lithium compounds and pentachlorobenzonitrile

1972 · N.J. Foulger, B.J. Wakefield · Tetrahedron Letters · 22

Polyhalogenoaromatic compounds

1974 · Norman J. Foulger, Basil J. Wakefield · Journal of Organometallic Chemistry · 21

Alkyl Derivatives of the Group II Metals

1968 · B.J. Wakefield · Advances in inorganic chemistry and radiochemistry · 21

Organic reactions in strong alkalis-I

1960 · R.G. Ackman, Patrick Linstead, et al. · Tetrahedron · 21

Works count: 364

Citation count: 1,657

H-index: 22

I10-index: 56