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Radical Photochemical Reactions

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Roman Kleinmans
University of Münster
2
Tristan von Münchow
Institute for Sustainable Development
3
Peng‐Zi Wang
Central China Normal University
4
Subhabrata Dutta
University of Münster
5
Qinhui Wan
Shanghai Innovative Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine
6
Jisoo Woo
University of Chicago
7
Soumitra Agasti
University of Manchester
8
Renyu Guo
Bristol-Myers Squibb (Germany)
9
Shubham Dutta
University of Hyderabad
10
Stavros K. Kariofillis
Columbia University

Papers

1
Photoredox-Enabled Dearomative [2π + 2σ] Cycloaddition of Phenols
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
139 cit.
2
Double Strain-Release [2π+2σ]-Photocycloaddition
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
106 cit.
3
Photocatalysis Meets Copper Catalysis: A New Opportunity for Asymmetric Multicomponent Radical Cross-Coupling Reactions
Accounts of Chemical Research|2024
95 cit.
4
Formal [2σ + 2σ]-Cycloaddition of Aziridines with Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes: Access to Enantiopure 2-Azabicyclo[3.1.1]heptane Derivatives
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
81 cit.
5
Publication in Chinese Journal of Chemistry (2024) [72 citations, W4395078012]
Chinese Journal of Chemistry|2024
72 cit.
6
Enantioselective Synthesis of Tetrahydro-1<i>H</i>-1,3-methanocarbazoles by Formal (3 + 3)-Cycloaddition Using Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2025
57 cit.
7
Cobaltaelectro‐Catalyzed C–H Activation for Central and Axial Double Enantio‐Induction
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2024
49 cit.
8
Enantioselective C–H annulations enabled by either nickel- or cobalt-electrocatalysed C–H activation for catalyst-controlled chemodivergence
Nature Catalysis|2025
49 cit.
9
Publication in Chemical Communications (2024) [35 citations, W4395679521]
Chemical Communications|2024
35 cit.
10
Carbon-Atom Scavengers Enable Divergent, Selective Carbon Deletion of Azaarenes
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2025
21 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Song Lin
Cornell University
2
Zhiwei Zuo
Chengdu Military General Hospital
3
Osvaldo Gutiérrez
University of California, Los Angeles
4
David A. Nagib
The Ohio State University
5
Jin Xie
China Pharmaceutical University
6
Zachary K. Wickens
University of Wisconsin–Madison
7
Suman De Sarkar
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
8
Hao‐Yue Xiang
Central South University
9
Jun Chen
Quzhou University
10
Xiaotian Qi
Wuhan University

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
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.
5
Multiplicative enhancement of stereoenrichment by a single catalyst for deracemization of alcohols
Science|2023
142 cit.
6
Carbene reactivity from alkyl and aryl aldehydes
Science|2022
139 cit.
7
Intercepting Hydrogen Evolution with Hydrogen-Atom Transfer: Electron-Initiated Hydrofunctionalization of Alkenes
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
138 cit.
8
Highly selective synthesis of all-carbon tetrasubstituted alkenes by deoxygenative alkenylation of carboxylic acids
Nature Communications|2022
134 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
Photoinduced gold-catalyzed divergent dechloroalkylation of gem-dichloroalkanes
Nature Catalysis|2022
120 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
David W. C. MacMillan
Princeton University
2
Aiwen Lei
Chinese Academy of Sciences
3
Wen‐Jing Xiao
Central China Normal University
4
Burkhard König
University of Regensburg
5
Frank Glorius
University of Münster
6
Gary A. Molander
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
7
Corey R. J. Stephenson
University of British Columbia
8
Armido Studer
University of Münster
9
Lutz Ackermann
Institute of Organic Chemistry
10
Tehshik P. Yoon
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Papers

1
An overview of N-heterocyclic carbenes
Nature|2014
4.2k cit.
2
Photoredox Catalysis in Organic Chemistry
The Journal of Organic Chemistry|2016
3.1k cit.
3
Visible light photocatalysis as a greener approach to photochemical synthesis
Nature Chemistry|2010
2.6k cit.
4
Merging Photoredox Catalysis with Organocatalysis: The Direct Asymmetric Alkylation of Aldehydes
Science|2008
2.4k cit.
5
The advent and development of organocatalysis
Nature|2008
2.4k cit.
6
C–H bond activation enables the rapid construction and late-stage diversification of functional molecules
Nature Chemistry|2013
2.4k cit.
7
Visible‐Light Photoredox Catalysis
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2012
2.2k cit.
8
Bond Formations between Two Nucleophiles: Transition Metal Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling Reactions
Chemical Reviews|2011
1.8k cit.
9
New Strategies for Organic Catalysis:  The First Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Diels−Alder Reaction
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2000
1.7k cit.
10
Carboxylate-Assisted Ruthenium-Catalyzed Alkyne Annulations by C–H/Het–H Bond Functionalizations
Accounts of Chemical Research|2013
1.6k cit.

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