Ala Bunescu

1.6k total citations
25 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ala Bunescu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ala Bunescu has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Organic Chemistry, 6 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 2 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Ala Bunescu's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (20 papers), Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (9 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (8 papers). Ala Bunescu is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (20 papers), Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (9 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (8 papers). Ala Bunescu collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United Kingdom. Ala Bunescu's co-authors include Jieping Zhu, Qian Wang, Tiffany Piou, John F. Hartwig, Luc Neuville, Tu M. Ha, Sunwoo Lee, Qian Li, Matthew J. Gaunt and Qian Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Ala Bunescu

24 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ala Bunescu Switzerland 17 1.2k 166 90 46 45 25 1.3k
Lianqian Wu China 13 1.4k 1.1× 232 1.4× 314 3.5× 47 1.0× 41 0.9× 20 1.6k
Yernaidu Reddi United States 15 577 0.5× 149 0.9× 27 0.3× 42 0.9× 88 2.0× 19 679
Domingo García‐Cuadrado Spain 10 1.6k 1.2× 361 2.2× 61 0.7× 66 1.4× 25 0.6× 13 1.6k
Yanzhao Wang United States 19 2.1k 1.7× 434 2.6× 101 1.1× 143 3.1× 29 0.6× 30 2.2k
Serena Perrone Italy 16 413 0.3× 77 0.5× 34 0.4× 78 1.7× 30 0.7× 40 561
Amy H. Roy United States 9 1.5k 1.2× 575 3.5× 97 1.1× 105 2.3× 35 0.8× 10 1.7k
Nagaraju Barsu India 16 1.1k 0.9× 316 1.9× 18 0.2× 27 0.6× 26 0.6× 21 1.2k
Xing‐Wang Han China 13 515 0.4× 160 1.0× 22 0.2× 49 1.1× 44 1.0× 23 587
Yahao Huang China 11 421 0.3× 101 0.6× 45 0.5× 20 0.4× 37 0.8× 20 628
Santiago E. Vaillard Argentina 12 279 0.2× 65 0.4× 40 0.4× 40 0.9× 47 1.0× 38 414

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All Works

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Chaudhuri, Amrita, et al.. (2025). LMCT‐Driven Iron Photocatalysis: Mechanistic Insights and Synthetic Applications. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(58). e02185–e02185. 2 indexed citations
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Mandal, Anup, et al.. (2025). Extensive Studies on the Synthesis and Characterization of π‐Arene Chromium Complexes and Their Performance in SNAr and Suzuki–Miyaura Cross‐Coupling Reactions. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 20(12). e202500139–e202500139. 1 indexed citations
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Mandal, Anup, et al.. (2025). Selective C–H Borylation of Polyaromatic Compounds Enabled by Metal-Arene π-Complexation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(18). 15281–15293. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Bo, et al.. (2024). A Modular Dual‐Catalytic Aryl‐Chlorination of Alkenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(34). e202405939–e202405939. 7 indexed citations
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Abdullin, Dinar, Gregor Schnakenburg, Tobias Hett, et al.. (2024). A General Iron‐Catalyzed Decarboxylative Oxygenation of Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(32). e202403292–e202403292. 29 indexed citations
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Abdullin, Dinar, Gregor Schnakenburg, Tobias Hett, et al.. (2024). A General Iron‐Catalyzed Decarboxylative Oxygenation of Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids. Angewandte Chemie. 136(32). 5 indexed citations
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Bunescu, Ala, et al.. (2024). Iron-Photocatalyzed Decarboxylative Oxygenation of Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids. Synlett. 36(9). 1103–1110. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Bo, Ala Bunescu, & Matthew J. Gaunt. (2022). Multicomponent synthesis of α-chloro alkylboronic esters via visible-light-mediated dual catalysis. Chem. 9(1). 216–226. 28 indexed citations
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Bunescu, Ala, et al.. (2021). Multicomponent alkene azidoarylation by anion-mediated dual catalysis. Nature. 598(7882). 597–603. 63 indexed citations
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Su, Bo, et al.. (2020). Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidation of β-C(sp3)–H Bonds of Primary Alkylamines through a Rare Four-Membered Palladacycle Intermediate. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(17). 7912–7919. 46 indexed citations
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Bunescu, Ala, Sunwoo Lee, Qian Li, & John F. Hartwig. (2017). Catalytic Hydroxylation of Polyethylenes. ACS Central Science. 3(8). 895–903. 152 indexed citations
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Bunescu, Ala, Trevor W. Butcher, & John F. Hartwig. (2017). Traceless Silylation of β-C(sp3)–H Bonds of Alcohols via Perfluorinated Acetals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(4). 1502–1507. 40 indexed citations
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Bunescu, Ala, Tu M. Ha, Qian Wang, & Jieping Zhu. (2017). Copper‐Catalyzed Three‐Component Carboazidation of Alkenes with Acetonitrile and Sodium Azide. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(35). 10555–10558. 138 indexed citations
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Bunescu, Ala, Qian Wang, & Jieping Zhu. (2015). Copper‐Catalyzed Cyanomethylation of Allylic Alcohols with Concomitant 1,2‐Aryl Migration: Efficient Synthesis of Functionalized Ketones Containing an α‐Quaternary Center. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(10). 3132–3135. 184 indexed citations
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Bunescu, Ala, Qian Wang, & Jieping Zhu. (2015). Synthesis of Functionalized Epoxides by Copper-Catalyzed Alkylative Epoxidation of Allylic Alcohols with Alkyl Nitriles. Organic Letters. 17(8). 1890–1893. 65 indexed citations
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Bunescu, Ala, Qian Wang, & Jieping Zhu. (2014). Copper‐Mediated/Catalyzed Oxyalkylation of Alkenes with Alkylnitriles. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(45). 14633–14636. 89 indexed citations
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Bunescu, Ala, Tiffany Piou, Qian Wang, & Jieping Zhu. (2014). Pd-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Aryl–Aryl Bond Formation via Double C(sp2)–H Bond Activation: Efficient Synthesis of [3,4]-Fused Oxindoles. Organic Letters. 17(2). 334–337. 63 indexed citations
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Piou, Tiffany, Ala Bunescu, Qian Wang, Luc Neuville, & Jieping Zhu. (2013). Palladium‐Catalyzed Through‐Space C(sp3)H and C(sp2)H Bond Activation by 1,4‐Palladium Migration: Efficient Synthesis of [3,4]‐Fused Oxindoles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(47). 12385–12389. 175 indexed citations
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Bunescu, Ala, Cyril Piemontesi, Qian Wang, & Jieping Zhu. (2013). Heteroannulation of arynes with N-aryl-α-aminoketones for the synthesis of unsymmetrical N-aryl-2,3-disubstituted indoles: an aryne twist of Bischler–Möhlau indole synthesis. Chemical Communications. 49(87). 10284–10284. 51 indexed citations

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