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Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Roman Kleinmans
University of Münster
2
Yujie Liang
Northeast Normal University
3
Renyu Guo
Bristol-Myers Squibb (Germany)
4
Sushanta Kumar Parida
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
5
Guangying Tan
Chengdu University of Technology
6
Sean M. Treacy
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
7
He Huang
Sun Yat-sen University
8
Aleksandr Denisenko
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
9
McKenna K. Goetz
University of Wisconsin–Madison
10
Holt A. Sakai
Broad Institute

Rising Stars Papers

1
Silver‐Enabled Cycloaddition of Bicyclobutanes with Isocyanides for the Synthesis of Polysubstituted 3‐Azabicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2024
94 cit.
2
Supramolecular Catalyzed Cascade Reduction of Azaarenes Interrogated via Data Science
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
15 cit.
3
Lewis acid-catalyzed [2π+2σ] cycloaddition of dihydropyridines with bicyclobutanes
Chemical Communications|2025
11 cit.
4
Silver‐Enabled Cycloaddition of Bicyclobutanes with Isocyanides for the Synthesis of Polysubstituted 3‐Azabicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes
Angewandte Chemie|2024
6 cit.
5
Directed evolution of small RNA-stabilizing motifs that improve prime-editing efficiency
Nature Biotechnology|2026
2 cit.
6
Metal and Additive-Free Nondirected Meta-C–S Bond Formation on Anilines: Toward Biologically Relevant <i>S</i> -Aryl Dithiocarbamates
ACS Central Science|2025
1 cit.
7
Outer-sphere reductive elimination as the enantio-determining step in Ir <sup>III</sup> /Ni <sup>II</sup> metallaphotoredox-catalyzed α-(hetero)aryl amination: a DFT study
Organic Chemistry Frontiers|2026
0 cit.
8
Bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes: Saturated Bioisosteres of meta-Benzene
ChemRxiv|2026
0 cit.
9
F and Mo Co-doped CoO Nanoneedle Arrays for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Activity
Chemical Research in Chinese Universities|2026
0 cit.
10
Multichannel Through‐Space Charge Transfer Triplet Photosensitizers for Rapid Visible‐Light Polymerization and High‐Fidelity 3D Printing
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Song Lin
Cornell University
2
David A. Nagib
The Ohio State University
3
Zhiwei Zuo
Chengdu Military General Hospital
4
Jian‐Ping Qu
Nanjing Tech University
5
Xiao‐Song Xue
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
6
Suman De Sarkar
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
7
Xianjun Lang
Wuhan University
8
Luca Dell’Amico
University of Padua
9
Brendan C. Lainhart
Bristol-Myers Squibb (Germany)
10
Robert Francke
Leibniz Institute for Catalysis

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Electrochemically driven cross-electrophile coupling of alkyl halides
Nature|2022
309 cit.
2
Electrochemical reactor dictates site selectivity in N-heteroarene carboxylations
Nature|2023
294 cit.
3
Radical Polarity
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
177 cit.
4
Linker length-dependent photocatalytic activity of β-ketoenamine covalent organic frameworks
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental|2022
148 cit.
5
Exploring Electrochemical C(sp <sup>3</sup> )–H Oxidation for the Late-Stage Methylation of Complex Molecules
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
145 cit.
6
Multiplicative enhancement of stereoenrichment by a single catalyst for deracemization of alcohols
Science|2023
142 cit.
7
Carbene reactivity from alkyl and aryl aldehydes
Science|2022
139 cit.
8
Intercepting Hydrogen Evolution with Hydrogen-Atom Transfer: Electron-Initiated Hydrofunctionalization of Alkenes
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
138 cit.
9
Identification of Alkoxy Radicals as Hydrogen Atom Transfer Agents in Ce-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
129 cit.
10
Regioselective aliphatic C–H functionalization using frustrated radical pairs
Nature|2023
120 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Shannon S. Stahl
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2
Yasuyuki Kita
Ritsumeikan University
3
Aiwen Lei
Chinese Academy of Sciences
4
Melanie S. Sanford
University of Michigan
5
David W. C. MacMillan
Princeton University
6
Ning Jiao
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
7
Phil S. Baran
Scripps Research Institute
8
Armando J. L. Pombeiro
University of Lisbon
9
Thorsten Bach
Technical University of Munich
10
Karl Anker Jørgensen
Aarhus University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Photoredox Catalysis in Organic Chemistry
The Journal of Organic Chemistry|2016
3.1k cit.
2
Merging Photoredox Catalysis with Organocatalysis: The Direct Asymmetric Alkylation of Aldehydes
Science|2008
2.4k cit.
3
The advent and development of organocatalysis
Nature|2008
2.4k cit.
4
Bond Formations between Two Nucleophiles: Transition Metal Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling Reactions
Chemical Reviews|2011
1.8k cit.
5
New Strategies for Organic Catalysis:  The First Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Diels−Alder Reaction
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2000
1.7k cit.
6
Merging photoredox with nickel catalysis: Coupling of α-carboxyl sp <sup>3</sup> -carbons with aryl halides
Science|2014
1.6k cit.
7
Controlling Site Selectivity in Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Bond Functionalization
Accounts of Chemical Research|2012
1.4k cit.
8
Trifluoromethylation of arenes and heteroarenes by means of photoredox catalysis
Nature|2011
1.3k cit.
9
Copper‐Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative CH Functionalizations: Trends and Mechanistic Insights
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2011
1.3k cit.
10
Synergistic catalysis: A powerful synthetic strategy for new reaction development
Chemical Science|2012
1.2k cit.

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