| Convenient general method for the preparation of primary alkyllithiums by lithium-iodine exchange WF Bailey, ER Punzalan The Journal of Organic Chemistry 55 (19), 5404-5406, 1990 | 358 | 1990 |
| The mechanism of the lithium-halogen Interchange reaction: a review of the literature WF Bailey, JJ Patricia Journal of organometallic chemistry 352 (1-2), 1-46, 1988 | 352 | 1988 |
| Carbon-13 magnetic resonance. Upfield shifts caused by nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine atoms located at the. gamma. position and antiperiplanar to the nucleus observed EL Eliel, WF Bailey, LD Kopp, RL Willer, DM Grant, R Bertrand, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 97 (2), 322-330, 1975 | 318 | 1975 |
| Mechanism of the oxidation of alcohols by oxoammonium cations WF Bailey, JM Bobbitt, KB Wiberg The Journal of organic chemistry 72 (12), 4504-4509, 2007 | 260 | 2007 |
| Stereoselectivity of cyclization of substituted 5-hexen-1-yllithiums: regiospecific and highly stereoselective insertion of an unactivated alkene into a carbon-lithium bond WF Bailey, AD Khanolkar, K Gavaskar, TV Ovaska, K Rossi, Y Thiel, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 113 (15), 5720-5727, 1991 | 157 | 1991 |
| Conformational Studies in the Cyclohexane Series. 1. Experimental and Computational Investigation of Methyl, Ethyl, Isopropyl, and tert-Butylcyclohexanes KB Wiberg, JD Hammer, H Castejon, WF Bailey, EL DeLeon, RM Jarret The Journal of Organic Chemistry 64 (6), 2085-2095, 1999 | 155 | 1999 |
| An experimental and computational investigation of the enantioselective deprotonation of Boc-piperidine WF Bailey, P Beak, ST Kerrick, S Ma, KB Wiberg Journal of the American Chemical Society 124 (9), 1889-1896, 2002 | 134 | 2002 |
| Preparation and regiospecific cyclization of alkenyllithiums WF Bailey, TT Nurmi, JJ Patricia, W Wang Journal of the American Chemical Society 109 (8), 2442-2448, 1987 | 133 | 1987 |
| Asymmetric addition of achiral organomagnesium reagents or organolithiums to achiral aldehydes or ketones: a review MR Luderer, WF Bailey, MR Luderer, JD Fair, RJ Dancer, MB Sommer Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 20 (9), 981-998, 2009 | 130 | 2009 |
| Asymmetric cyclization of achiral olefinic organolithiums controlled by a stereogenic lithium: intramolecular carbolithiation in the presence of (−)-Sparteine WF Bailey, MJ Mealy Journal of the American Chemical Society 122 (28), 6787-6788, 2000 | 122 | 2000 |
| Cyclization of 5-Hexenyllithium to (Cyclopentylmethyl) lithium WF Bailey, JJ Patricia, VC DelGobbo, RM Jarret, PJ Okarma The Journal of Organic Chemistry 50 (11), 1999-2000, 1985 | 121 | 1985 |
| Nature of substituent effects in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. 1. Factor analysis of carbon-13 chemical shifts in aliphatic halides KB Wiberg, WE Pratt, WF Bailey The Journal of Organic Chemistry 45 (24), 4936-4947, 1980 | 121 | 1980 |
| Access to nitriles from aldehydes mediated by an oxoammonium salt CB Kelly, KM Lambert, MA Mercadante, JM Ovian, WF Bailey, ... Angewandte Chemie International Edition 54 (14), 4241-4245, 2015 | 118 | 2015 |
| Cyclization of acetylenic alkyllithiums WF Bailey, TV Ovaska Journal of the American Chemical Society 115 (8), 3080-3090, 1993 | 113 | 1993 |
| Synthesis of heterocycles by cyclization of unsaturated organolithiums: a review MJ Mealy, WF Bailey Journal of organometallic chemistry 646 (1-2), 59-67, 2002 | 110 | 2002 |
| Conformational analysis. XXIX. 2-Substituted and 2, 2-disubstituted 1, 3-dioxanes. Generalized and reverse anomeric effects WF Bailey, EL Eliel Journal of the American Chemical Society 96 (6), 1798-1806, 1974 | 107 | 1974 |
| Conformational studies in the cyclohexane series. 2. Phenylcyclohexane and 1-methyl-1-phenylcyclohexane KB Wiberg, H Castejon, WF Bailey, J Ochterski The Journal of organic chemistry 65 (4), 1181-1187, 2000 | 102 | 2000 |
| Metal—halogen interchange between t-butyllithium and 1-iodo-5-hexenes provides no evidence for single-electron transfer WF Bailey, JJ Patricia, TT Nurmi, W Wang Tetrahedron letters 27 (17), 1861-1864, 1986 | 99 | 1986 |
| Oxidative cleavage of benzylic and related ethers, using an oxoammonium salt PP Pradhan, JM Bobbitt, WF Bailey The Journal of organic chemistry 74 (24), 9524-9527, 2009 | 98 | 2009 |
| Platinum-macrocycle co-catalysts for the electrochemical oxidation of methanol JS Bett, HR Kunz, AJ Aldykiewicz Jr, JM Fenton, WF Bailey, DV McGrath Electrochimica acta 43 (24), 3645-3655, 1998 | 98 | 1998 |
