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Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Peng‐Zi Wang
Central China Normal University
2
Stavros K. Kariofillis
Columbia University
3
Guangying Tan
Chengdu University of Technology
4
Cédric Hervieu
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
5
Can Liu
University of Kentucky
6
Wesley Harrison
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
7
Han‐Jun Ai
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8
María Jesús Cabrera‐Afonso
Stockholm University
9
Weichen Huang
Shanghai University
10
Eva Maria Alvarez
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

Rising Stars Papers

1
Chiral arylsulfinylamides as reagents for visible light-mediated asymmetric alkene aminoarylations
Nature Chemistry|2024
97 cit.
2
Photocatalysis Meets Copper Catalysis: A New Opportunity for Asymmetric Multicomponent Radical Cross-Coupling Reactions
Accounts of Chemical Research|2024
95 cit.
3
Photoenzymatic Asymmetric Hydroamination for Chiral Alkyl Amine Synthesis
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
48 cit.
4
Site-Selective Electrochemical Arene C–H Amination
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
34 cit.
5
Copper-Catalyzed Amination of Aryl Chlorides under Mild Reaction Conditions
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
32 cit.
6
A General Copper‐Box System for the Asymmetric Arylative Functionalization of Benzylic, Propargylic or Allenylic Radicals
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2024
18 cit.
7
BINOLates as potent reducing photocatalysts for inert-bond activation and reduction of unsaturated systems
Chem|2024
17 cit.
8
Photocatalyst-free light-mediated three-component alkoxy-, hydroxy-, and azidotrifluoromethylation of alkenes
Organic Chemistry Frontiers|2024
12 cit.
9
A General Hydrotrifluoromethylation of Unactivated Olefins Enabled by Voltage‐Gated Electrosynthesis
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2024
12 cit.
10
Reprocessable flame retardant amino-ester thermoset
Chemical Engineering Journal|2024
12 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

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

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
Halogen-bond-assisted radical activation of glycosyl donors enables mild and stereoconvergent 1,2-cis-glycosylation
Nature Chemistry|2022
152 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
Intercepting Hydrogen Evolution with Hydrogen-Atom Transfer: Electron-Initiated Hydrofunctionalization of Alkenes
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
138 cit.
7
Highly selective synthesis of all-carbon tetrasubstituted alkenes by deoxygenative alkenylation of carboxylic acids
Nature Communications|2022
134 cit.
8
Identification of Alkoxy Radicals as Hydrogen Atom Transfer Agents in Ce-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
129 cit.
9
Direct synthesis of unprotected aryl C-glycosides by photoredox Ni-catalysed cross-coupling
Nature Synthesis|2023
123 cit.
10
Photoinduced gold-catalyzed divergent dechloroalkylation of gem-dichloroalkanes
Nature Catalysis|2022
120 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Aiwen Lei
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2
David W. C. MacMillan
Princeton University
3
Wen‐Jing Xiao
Central China Normal University
4
Stephen L. Buchwald
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5
Frank Glorius
University of Münster
6
Jie Wu
Qilu University of Technology
7
Burkhard König
University of Regensburg
8
Gary A. Molander
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
9
Carsten Bolm
RWTH Aachen University
10
Jin‐Quan Yu
Scripps Research Institute

Current Senior Leaders 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
Weak Coordination as a Powerful Means for Developing Broadly Useful C–H Functionalization Reactions
Accounts of Chemical Research|2011
2.7k cit.
4
Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki−Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reactions Employing Dialkylbiaryl Phosphine Ligands
Accounts of Chemical Research|2008
2.6k cit.
5
Merging Photoredox Catalysis with Organocatalysis: The Direct Asymmetric Alkylation of Aldehydes
Science|2008
2.4k cit.
6
The advent and development of organocatalysis
Nature|2008
2.4k cit.
7
C–H bond activation enables the rapid construction and late-stage diversification of functional molecules
Nature Chemistry|2013
2.4k cit.
8
Visible‐Light Photoredox Catalysis
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2012
2.2k cit.
9
Bond Formations between Two Nucleophiles: Transition Metal Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling Reactions
Chemical Reviews|2011
1.8k cit.
10
Catalysts for Suzuki−Miyaura Coupling Processes:  Scope and Studies of the Effect of Ligand Structure
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2005
1.8k cit.

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