| Molecular iodine-mediated cyclization of tethered heteroatom-containing alkenyl or alkynyl systems MJ Mphahlele Molecules 14 (12), 4814-4837, 2009 | 148 | 2009 |
| Molecular iodine—an expedient reagent for oxidative aromatization reactions of α, β-unsaturated cyclic compounds MJ Mphahlele Molecules 14 (12), 5308-5322, 2009 | 69 | 2009 |
| Tautomeric 2-arylquinolin-4(1H)-one derivatives- spectroscopic, X-ray and quantum chemical structural studies MJ Mphahlele, AM El-Nahas Journal of molecular structure 688 (1), 129-136, 2004 | 57 | 2004 |
| Halogenated Quinolines as Substrates for the Palladium‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling Reactions to Afford Substituted Quinolines MJ Mphahlele, LG Lesenyeho Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 50 (1), 1-16, 2013 | 37 | 2013 |
| Reaction of Phosphonate-Stabilized Carbanions with Cyclic Enones Bearing a. beta.-Leaving Group MJ Mphahlele, TA Modro The Journal of Organic Chemistry 60 (25), 8236-8240, 1995 | 37 | 1995 |
| Synthesis and photophysical property studies of the 2, 6, 8-triaryl-4-(phenylethynyl) quinazolines MJ Mphahlele, HK Paumo, AM El-Nahas, MM El-Hendawy Molecules 19 (1), 795-818, 2014 | 35 | 2014 |
| Iodo-and bromo-enolcyclization of 2-(2-propenyl) cyclohexanediones and 2-(2-propenyl) cyclohexenone derivatives using iodine in methanol and pyridinium hydrobromide perbromide … MJ Mphahlele, TB Moekwa Organic & biomolecular chemistry 3 (13), 2469-2475, 2005 | 35 | 2005 |
| Advances in metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of halogenated quinazolinones and their quinazoline derivatives MJ Mphahlele, MM Maluleka Molecules 19 (11), 17435-17463, 2014 | 34 | 2014 |
| Benzodiazepine Analogues. Part 8.1 Trimethylsilyl Azide Mediated Schmidt Rearrangement of Thioflavanone and Thiochromanone Precursors PT Kaye, MJ Mphahlele Synthetic communications 25 (10), 1495-1509, 1995 | 33 | 1995 |
| Synthesis and further studies of chemical transformation of the 2‐aryl‐3‐halogenoquinolin‐4 (1H)‐one derivatives MJ Mphahlele, MS Nwamadi, P Mabeta Journal of heterocyclic chemistry 43 (2), 255-260, 2006 | 32 | 2006 |
| Synthesis of 2‐arylquinolin‐4 (1H)‐ones and their transformation to N‐alkylated and O‐alkylated derivatives MJ Mphahlele Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 47 (1), 1-14, 2010 | 29 | 2010 |
| Synthesis of 1H-pyrrolo [3, 2-c] quinoline derivatives via palladium-catalyzed heteroannulation of 2-aryl-3-iodo-4-(phenylamino) quinolines and 4-(N, N-allylphenylamino)-2-aryl … MJ Mphahlele, LG Lesenyeho, HR Makelane Tetrahedron 66 (32), 6040-6046, 2010 | 23 | 2010 |
| Iodine–Methanol-promoted Oxidation of 2-Aryl-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydro-4-quinolones to 2-Aryl-4-methoxyquinolines MJ Mphahlele, FK Mogamisi, SM Hlatshwayo, RM Mampa Journal of Chemical Research, Synopses, 706-707, 1999 | 23 | 1999 |
| Regioselective alkynylation of 2-aryl-4-chloro-3-iodoquinolines and subsequent arylation or amination of the 2-aryl-3-(alkynyl)-4-chloroquinolines MJ Mphahlele Tetrahedron 66 (42), 8261-8266, 2010 | 21 | 2010 |
| In vitro cytotoxicity of novel 2, 5, 7-tricarbo-substituted indoles derived from 2-amino-5-bromo-3-iodoacetophenone MJ Mphahlele, TJ Makhafola, MM Mmonwa Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry 24 (19), 4576-4586, 2016 | 19 | 2016 |
| 6,8-Dibromo-4-chloroquinoline-3-carbaldehyde as a synthon in the development of novel 1,6,8-triaryl-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]quinolines MM Maluleka, MJ Mphahlele Tetrahedron 69 (2), 699-704, 2013 | 19 | 2013 |
| Synthesis, photophysical properties and DFT study of novel polycarbo-substituted quinazolines derived from the 2-aryl-6-bromo-4-chloro-8-iodoquinazolines HK Paumo, MJ Mphahlele, L Rhyman, P Ramasami Tetrahedron 72 (1), 123-133, 2016 | 18 | 2016 |
| Reaction of phosphorus-stabilized carbanions with cyclic enones. Aromatization of the substitution and addition products MJ Mphahlele, A Pienaar, TA Modro Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 2, 1455-1460, 1996 | 18 | 1996 |
| Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular docking studies of 6-aryl-2-styrylquinazolin-4 (3H)-ones EN Agbo, TJ Makhafola, YS Choong, MJ Mphahlele, P Ramasami Molecules 21 (1), 28, 2015 | 17 | 2015 |
| Benzodiazepine analogues. Part 12. An investigation of substituent and ring-atom effects on receptor binding affinities S Daya, PT Kaye, MJ Mphahlele Medical science research 24 (2), 137-141, 1996 | 17 | 1996 |
