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N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Jinwon Sun
Samsung (South Korea)
2
Maximilian Koy
University of Groningen
3
Patrick W. Antoni
Heidelberg University
4
Anna V. Bay
AbbVie (United States)
5
Soumen Barik
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
6
Yuki Matsuki
Kanazawa University
7
Ludivine Delfau
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
8
Jie Yan
City University of Hong Kong
9
Yu‐Hua Wen
University of Science and Technology of China
10
Ying Kai Loh
University of California San Diego

Rising Stars Papers

1
Biomimetic dendritic‐networks‐inspired oil-water separation fiber membrane based on TBAC and CNC/PVDF porous nanostructures
Chemical Engineering Journal|2024
38 cit.
2
Iridium(III) Carbene Complexes Featuring Either Metal‐to‐Ligand Charge Transfer (MLCT) or Through‐Space Charge Transfer (TSCT) Blue Luminescence
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2025
19 cit.
3
Selective syntheses of homoleptic Ir(<scp>iii</scp>) complexes bearing di-CF<sub>3</sub>-functionalized benzoimidazol-2-ylidenes for generation of blue phosphorescence
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers|2024
18 cit.
4
Structural Engineering of Iridium(III) Phosphors with Imidazo[4,5‐b]pyrazin‐2‐ylidene Cyclometalates for Efficient Blue Electroluminescence
Small Methods|2024
17 cit.
5
Bis-tridentate Ir(III) Phosphors and Blue Hyperphosphorescence with Suppressed Efficiency Roll-Off at High Brightness
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces|2024
16 cit.
6
Blue hyperphosphorescence based on green Ir(III) sensitizer with dual CF3 substituted imidazo[4,5-c]pyridin-2-ylidene cyclometalates
Synthetic Metals|2024
16 cit.
7
Blue electroluminescence from homoleptic Ir(III) carbene phosphors and peripheral decorated multiple resonance boron emitters
Chemical Engineering Journal|2024
15 cit.
8
N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed atroposelective synthesis of N-Aryl phthalimides and maleimides via activation of carboxylic acids
Nature Communications|2024
15 cit.
9
Remote Enantioselective ϵ‐Alkylation of Copper Ethynylallenylidenes: Precise Control of Central and Axial Chirality
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2024
15 cit.
10
Blue‐Emitting Iridium(III) Carbene Phosphors with Suppressed Efficiency Roll‐Off and Enhanced Durability of Hyper‐OLED Devices
Advanced Optical Materials|2024
15 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Robert J. Gilliard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2
Zhichao Jin
Guizhou University
3
Jin Song
Anhui University
4
Xiang‐Yu Chen
Binzhou People's Hospital
5
Arnab Rit
University of Münster
6
Shi‐Liang Shi
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
7
Jiean Chen
Shenzhen Bay Laboratory
8
Elad Gross
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
9
Yoonkyoo Lee
Samsung (South Korea)
10
Sunghan Kim
Samsung (South Korea)

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Alkynyl Sulfonium Salts Can Be Employed as Chalcogen‐Bonding Catalysts and Generate Alkynyl Radicals under Blue‐Light Irradiation
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
109 cit.
2
Enantio- and Regioselective Ni-Catalyzed <i>para</i>-C–H Alkylation of Pyridines with Styrenes via Intermolecular Hydroarylation
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
102 cit.
3
Synthesis and reactivity of low-oxidation-state alkaline earth metal complexes
Nature Synthesis|2022
78 cit.
4
N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed enantioselective (dynamic) kinetic resolutions and desymmetrizations
Science China Chemistry|2023
77 cit.
5
Dynamic kinetic asymmetric arylation and alkenylation of ketones
Science|2023
74 cit.
6
Air-Stable Thermoluminescent Carbodicarbene-Borafluorenium Ions
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
61 cit.
7
Enantioselective C–C cross-coupling of unactivated alkenes
Nature Catalysis|2023
60 cit.
8
Lewis Superacidic Heavy Pnictaalkene Cations: Comparative Assessment of Carbodicarbene-Stibenium and Carbodicarbene-Bismuthenium Ions
Inorganic Chemistry|2022
53 cit.
9
<i>N</i>‐Heterocyclic Carbene Based Nanolayer for Copper Film Oxidation Mitigation
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
51 cit.
10
Air- and photo-stable luminescent carbodicarbene-azaboraacenium ions
Nature Chemistry|2023
51 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Steven P. Nolan
Ghent University
2
Guy Bertrand
University of California San Diego
3
Frank Glorius
University of Münster
4
Robert H. Grubbs
Stony Brook University
5
Yonggui Robin
Nanyang Technological University
6
Karl A. Scheidt
Northwestern University
7
Gernot Frenking
Nanjing Tech University
8
Eduardo Peris
Universitat Jaume I
9
F. Ekkehardt Hahn
University of Münster
10
Robert H. Crabtree
Yale University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
An overview of N-heterocyclic carbenes
Nature|2014
4.2k cit.
2
The Development of L<sub>2</sub>X<sub>2</sub>RuCHR Olefin Metathesis Catalysts:  An Organometallic Success Story
Accounts of Chemical Research|2000
3.5k cit.
3
Synthesis and Activity of a New Generation of Ruthenium-Based Olefin Metathesis Catalysts Coordinated with 1,3-Dimesityl-4,5-dihydroimidazol-2-ylidene Ligands
Organic Letters|1999
3.4k cit.
4
Heterocyclic Carbenes: Synthesis and Coordination Chemistry
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2008
2.8k cit.
5
C–H bond activation enables the rapid construction and late-stage diversification of functional molecules
Nature Chemistry|2013
2.4k cit.
6
A set of f-polarization functions for pseudo-potential basis sets of the transition metals ScCu, YAg and LaAu
Chemical Physics Letters|1993
2.1k cit.
7
Recent advances in olefin metathesis and its application in organic synthesis
Tetrahedron|1998
2.1k cit.
8
Beyond Directing Groups: Transition‐Metal‐Catalyzed CH Activation of Simple Arenes
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2012
1.6k cit.
9
A General Model for Selectivity in Olefin Cross Metathesis
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2003
1.5k cit.
10
Living ring-opening metathesis polymerization
Progress in Polymer Science|2006
1.5k cit.

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