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Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Bastian Rösch
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
2
Jeffrey M. Lipshultz
Stony Brook University
3
Arron C. Deacy
University of Oxford
4
Maximilian Baur
University of Konstanz
5
Shuoyan Xiong
Westlake University
6
Wilfred T. Diment
Colorado State University
7
John D. Feist
Stanford University
8
Giulio Bresciani
University of Pisa
9
Ying Zheng
Tianjin University
10
Weiqing Lu
Anhui Normal University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Adjacent MnOx clusters enhance the hydroformylation activity of rhodium single-atom catalysts
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental|2024
26 cit.
2
Control of chain transfer and chain walking by tailored metal–π interactions in polymerization catalysis
Journal of Catalysis|2024
20 cit.
3
Enhanced regioselectivity in propylene hydroformylation using Xantphos-modified single-atom Rh/CeO2 catalyst
Journal of Catalysis|2024
14 cit.
4
Switchable Synthesis of Ethylene/Acrylate Copolymers by a Dinickel Catalyst: Evidence for Chain Growth on Both Nickel Centers and Concepts of Cation Exchange Polymerization
ACS Catalysis|2024
14 cit.
5
Unraveling the Mechanism of Catalyzed Melt-Phase Polyester Depolymerization via Studies of Kinetics and Model Reactions
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
11 cit.
6
Aqueous Keto-Polyethylene Dispersions from Catalytic Copolymerization of Ethylene and Carbon Monoxide in Water
ACS Macro Letters|2024
10 cit.
7
Cu(II)-Based Coordination Polymers Containing 1,4-Bis(1<i>H</i>-imidazol-1-yl)benzene and Monovalent Fluorinated Anions
Crystal Growth & Design|2024
8 cit.
8
Degradative Alcohol Functionalization by Titanocene Photocatalysis
ACS Catalysis|2025
7 cit.
9
Mechanistic Studies of Oxidative Degradation in Diamine-Appended Metal–Organic Frameworks Exhibiting Cooperative CO <sub>2</sub> Capture
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2025
6 cit.
10
Pyridoxal‐Inspired Photo‐Decarboxylase Catalysis: Photochemical Decarboxylation of Unprotected Amino Acids
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2025
4 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Zhongbao Jian
University of Science and Technology of China
2
Shengyu Dai
Anhui Normal University
3
Congqing Zhu
Nanjing University
4
Robert J. Gilliard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5
Frank A. Leibfarth
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
6
Henry S. La Pierre
Georgia Institute of Technology
7
Damien Guironnet
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
8
Nicholas F. Chilton
Australian National University
9
James D. Blakemore
University of Kansas
10
Jianhua Cheng
University of Science and Technology of China

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Chemical Recycling of Polyethylene by Tandem Catalytic Conversion to Propylene
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
243 cit.
2
Advances on Controlled Chain Walking and Suppression of Chain Transfer in Catalytic Olefin Polymerization
ACS Catalysis|2022
139 cit.
3
Molecular Magnetism
Annual Review of Materials Research|2022
129 cit.
4
Characterisation of magnetic relaxation on extremely long timescales
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics|2023
93 cit.
5
C–H Functionalization of Polyolefins to Access Reprocessable Polyolefin Thermosets
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2023
91 cit.
6
Synthesis and reactivity of low-oxidation-state alkaline earth metal complexes
Nature Synthesis|2022
78 cit.
7
Analysis of vibronic coupling in a 4f molecular magnet with FIRMS
Nature Communications|2022
77 cit.
8
Selective branch formation in ethylene polymerization to access precise ethylene-propylene copolymers
Nature Communications|2022
72 cit.
9
Air-Stable Thermoluminescent Carbodicarbene-Borafluorenium Ions
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
61 cit.
10
Suppression of Chain Transfer at High Temperature in Catalytic Olefin Polymerization
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
61 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Robert H. Grubbs
Stony Brook University
2
Allan H. White
University of Tasmania
3
Philip P. Power
University of California, Davis
4
Peter Woodward
University of Reading
5
Maurice Brookhart
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
6
Arnold L. Rheingold
University of California San Diego
7
Tobin J. Marks
Northwestern University
8
Paul R. Raithby
University of Bath
9
Wen‐Hua Sun
Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics
10
Richard J. Puddephatt
Western University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
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.
2
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.
3
New Pd(II)- and Ni(II)-Based Catalysts for Polymerization of Ethylene and .alpha.-Olefins
Journal of the American Chemical Society|1995
2.7k cit.
4
Recent advances in olefin metathesis and its application in organic synthesis
Tetrahedron|1998
2.1k cit.
5
Main-group elements as transition metals
Nature|2010
1.7k cit.
6
A General Model for Selectivity in Olefin Cross Metathesis
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2003
1.5k cit.
7
Living ring-opening metathesis polymerization
Progress in Polymer Science|2006
1.5k cit.
8
A Series of Well‐Defined Metathesis Catalysts–Synthesis of [RuCl<sub>2</sub>(CHR′)(PR<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>] and Its Reactions
Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English|1995
1.5k cit.
9
<i>p</i> -Type semiconducting nickel oxide as an efficiency-enhancing anode interfacial layer in polymer bulk-heterojunction solar cells
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2008
1.3k cit.
10
Copolymerization of Ethylene and Propylene with Functionalized Vinyl Monomers by Palladium(II) Catalysts
Journal of the American Chemical Society|1996
1.3k cit.

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