| Synthesis, structures, and catalytic reactions of ring-substituted titanium (IV) complexes Y Qian, J Huang, MD Bala, B Lian, H Zhang, H Zhang Chemical reviews 103 (7), 2633-2690, 2003 | 187 | 2003 |
| Application of three-legged piano-stool cyclopentadienyl-N-heterocyclic carbene iron (II) complexes as in situ catalysts for the transfer hydrogenation of ketones MD Bala, MI Ikhile Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 385, 98-105, 2014 | 52 | 2014 |
| Organometallic chemistry in the melt phase MD Bala, NJ Coville Journal of organometallic chemistry 692 (4), 709-730, 2007 | 50 | 2007 |
| Coordination chemistry of Co complexes containing tridentate SNS ligands and their application as catalysts for the oxidation of n-octane L Soobramoney, MD Bala, HB Friedrich Dalton Transactions 43 (42), 15968-15978, 2014 | 40 | 2014 |
| Synthesis and characterization of amine complexes of the cyclopentadienyliron dicarbonyl complex cation,[Cp (CO) 2Fe]+ CM M’thiruaine, HB Friedrich, EO Changamu, MD Bala Inorganica Chimica Acta 366 (1), 105-115, 2011 | 34 | 2011 |
| Transfer hydrogenation of ketones catalyzed by a trinuclear Ni (II) complex of a Schiff base functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene ligand S Abubakar, H Ibrahim, MD Bala Inorganica Chimica Acta 484, 276-282, 2019 | 31 | 2019 |
| Synthesis, characterisation and properties of ferrocenylalkylimidazolium salts VO Nyamori, M Gumede, MD Bala Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 695 (8), 1126-1132, 2010 | 31 | 2010 |
| Characterisation and application of montmorillonite-supported Fe Schiff base complexes as catalysts for the oxidation of n-octane E Kadwa, MD Bala, HB Friedrich Applied clay science 95, 340-347, 2014 | 30 | 2014 |
| Air stable pincer (CNC) N-heterocyclic carbene–cobalt complexes and their application as catalysts for C–N coupling reactions H Ibrahim, MD Bala Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 794, 301-310, 2015 | 28 | 2015 |
| Liquid phase oxidation of n-octane to C8 oxygenates over modified Fe-MOF-5 catalysts MN Cele, HB Friedrich, MD Bala Catalysis Communications 57, 99-102, 2014 | 27 | 2014 |
| Transition metal free transfer hydrogenation of ketones promoted by 1, 3-diarylimidazolium salts and KOH MI Ikhile, VO Nyamori, MD Bala Tetrahedron Letters 53 (37), 4925-4928, 2012 | 27 | 2012 |
| Earth abundant metal complexes of donor functionalised N-heterocyclic carbene ligands: synthesis, characterisation and application as amination catalysts H Ibrahim, MD Bala New Journal of Chemistry 40 (8), 6986-6997, 2016 | 26 | 2016 |
| Nanocomposite Zinc oxide-based photocatalysts: Recent developments in their use for the treatment of dye-polluted wastewater AD Folawewo, MD Bala Water 14 (23), 3899, 2022 | 25 | 2022 |
| Transfer hydrogenation of ketones catalyzed by symmetric imino-N-heterocyclic carbene Co (III) complexes S Abubakar, MD Bala ACS omega 5 (6), 2670-2679, 2020 | 23 | 2020 |
| Application of ferrocenylimidazolium salts as catalysts for the transfer hydrogenation of ketones MI Ikhile, MD Bala, VO Nyamori, JC Ngila Applied Organometallic Chemistry 27 (2), 98-108, 2013 | 22 | 2013 |
| Synthesis, characterization and structural elucidation of water-soluble 1-aminoalkane and α, ω-diaminoalkane complexes of the pentamethylcyclopentadienyliron dicarbonyl cation … CM M’thiruaine, HB Friedrich, EO Changamu, MD Bala Inorganica Chimica Acta 382, 27-34, 2012 | 20 | 2012 |
| Click synthesis and characterization of 1, 2, 3-triazolium salts NS Lawal, MD Bala Journal of Molecular Structure 1200, 127124, 2020 | 19 | 2020 |
| A study of Fe(III)TPPCl encapsulated in zeolite NaY and Fe(III)NaY in the oxidation of n-octane, cyclohexane, 1-octene and 4-octene MN Cele, HB Friedrich, MD Bala Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis 111, 737-750, 2014 | 19 | 2014 |
| Poly-functional imino-N-heterocyclic carbene ligands: Synthesis, complexation, and catalytic applications H Ibrahim, MD Bala, HB Friedrich Coordination Chemistry Reviews 469, 214652, 2022 | 17 | 2022 |
| Base metal Schiff base complexes applied as catalysts for the oxidation of n-octane E Kadwa, HB Friedrich, MD Bala Inorganica Chimica Acta 463, 112-117, 2017 | 17 | 2017 |
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