Alessandro Ruffoni

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Alessandro Ruffoni is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandro Ruffoni has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Organic Chemistry, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Alessandro Ruffoni's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (20 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (15 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (10 papers). Alessandro Ruffoni is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (20 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (15 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (10 papers). Alessandro Ruffoni collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. Alessandro Ruffoni's co-authors include Daniele Leonori, Thomas D. Svejstrup, Fabio Juliá, Charlotte Hampton, James J. Douglas, Yasair S. Al‐Faiyz, Nadeem S. Sheikh, Doron Shabat, Ryan Gianatassio and Alastair J. McMillan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Alessandro Ruffoni

38 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Photoexcited nitroarenes for the oxidative cleavage of alkenes

2022 147 citations Alessandro Ruffoni, Charlotte Hampton et al. Nature profile →
Synthesis of polysubstituted azepanes by dearomative ring expansion of nitroarenes

2024 57 citations Rory C. Mykura, Esteban Matador et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alessandro Ruffoni United Kingdom	21	1.4k	337	219	180	94	40	1.7k
Matthieu Jouffroy France	17	1.6k 1.1×	140 0.4×	161 0.7×	182 1.0×	135 1.4×	36	1.7k
Hong‐Ping Deng China	26	1.9k 1.3×	252 0.7×	184 0.8×	290 1.6×	148 1.6×	45	2.2k
John C. K. Chu United States	12	1.8k 1.2×	185 0.5×	141 0.6×	241 1.3×	75 0.8×	15	1.9k
Paramasivam Sivaguru China	29	2.1k 1.5×	469 1.4×	197 0.9×	245 1.4×	44 0.5×	72	2.3k
Martins S. Oderinde United States	23	2.1k 1.5×	146 0.4×	146 0.7×	250 1.4×	207 2.2×	48	2.3k
Ge Zhang China	20	877 0.6×	108 0.3×	251 1.1×	262 1.5×	61 0.6×	60	1.2k
Chendan Zhu China	16	749 0.5×	179 0.5×	95 0.4×	255 1.4×	62 0.7×	23	1.0k
Hung A. Duong Singapore	22	1.8k 1.3×	138 0.4×	115 0.5×	348 1.9×	112 1.2×	32	2.0k
Chien‐Wei Chiang China	22	1.4k 1.0×	117 0.3×	216 1.0×	328 1.8×	163 1.7×	45	1.7k
Chia‐Yu Huang Canada	20	1.2k 0.8×	97 0.3×	146 0.7×	133 0.7×	102 1.1×	32	1.3k

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Leonori, Daniele, et al.. (2025). A photochemical strategy for aromatic nitrogen ortho -isomerization. Chemical Science. 16(45). 21416–21422. 1 indexed citations

Buettner, Cornelia S., et al.. (2025). Photochemical Conversion of Indazoles into Benzimidazoles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(29). e202423804–e202423804. 9 indexed citations

Ruffoni, Alessandro, et al.. (2025). Excited-state configuration controls the ability of nitroarenes to act as energy transfer catalysts. Nature Catalysis. 8(12). 1361–1369.

Rivera‐Chao, Eva, et al.. (2025). Excited‐State Basicity Diverts the Site‐Selectivity of Aromatic Deuteration: Application to the Late‐Stage Labeling of Pharmaceuticals. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(25). e202500627–e202500627. 2 indexed citations

Ruffoni, Alessandro, et al.. (2025). Photochemical permutation of meta-substituted phenols. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7502–7502. 1 indexed citations

Corpas, Javier, et al.. (2024). A general strategy for the amination of electron-rich and electron-poor heteroaromatics by desaturative catalysis. Nature Catalysis. 7(5). 593–603. 22 indexed citations

Mykura, Rory C., Esteban Matador, Rodrigo J. Carbajo, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of polysubstituted azepanes by dearomative ring expansion of nitroarenes. Nature Chemistry. 16(5). 771–779. 57 indexed citations breakdown →

Corpas, Javier, Eva Rivera‐Chao, Miguel Gomez‐Mendoza, et al.. (2024). Excited-state protonation and reduction enable the umpolung Birch reduction of naphthalenes. Chem. 11(3). 102342–102342. 10 indexed citations

Buettner, Cornelia S., Yanchao Xu, Martin Bossart, et al.. (2024). Photochemical permutation of thiazoles, isothiazoles and other azoles. Nature. 637(8047). 860–867. 30 indexed citations

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Adorni, Maria Pia, Maricla Galetti, Silvia La Monica, et al.. (2023). A New ABCB1 Inhibitor Enhances the Anticancer Effect of Doxorubicin in Both In Vitro and In Vivo Models of NSCLC. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(2). 989–989. 8 indexed citations

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Llaveria, Josep, et al.. (2023). A strategy for ortho-phenylenediamine synthesis via dearomative-rearomative coupling of nitrobenzenes and amines. Chem. 9(12). 3685–3695. 27 indexed citations

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Li, Bo, Alessandro Ruffoni, & Daniele Leonori. (2023). A Photochemical Strategy for ortho‐Aminophenol Synthesis via Dearomative‐Rearomative Coupling Between Aryl Azides and Alcohols. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(52). e202310540–e202310540. 15 indexed citations

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Ruffoni, Alessandro, Charlotte Hampton, Marco Simonetti, & Daniele Leonori. (2022). Photoexcited nitroarenes for the oxidative cleavage of alkenes. Nature. 610(7930). 81–86. 147 indexed citations breakdown →

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Argentiere, Simona, Alessandro Ruffoni, Daniela Maggioni, et al.. (2020). Self-assembled hydrophobic Ala-Aib peptide encapsulating curcumin: a convenient system for water insoluble drugs. RSC Advances. 10(17). 9964–9975. 15 indexed citations

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Govaerts, Sebastian, et al.. (2020). Photoinduced Olefin Diamination with Alkylamines. Angewandte Chemie. 132(35). 15131–15138. 11 indexed citations

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Govaerts, Sebastian, et al.. (2020). Photoinduced Olefin Diamination with Alkylamines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(35). 15021–15028. 90 indexed citations

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Ruffoni, Alessandro, Fabio Juliá, Thomas D. Svejstrup, et al.. (2019). Practical and regioselective amination of arenes using alkyl amines. Nature Chemistry. 11(5). 426–433. 213 indexed citations

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Zhou, Qianghui, Alessandro Ruffoni, Ryan Gianatassio, et al.. (2013). Direct Synthesis of Fluorinated Heteroarylether Bioisosteres. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(14). 3949–3952. 223 indexed citations

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Zhou, Qianghui, Alessandro Ruffoni, Ryan Gianatassio, et al.. (2013). Direct Synthesis of Fluorinated Heteroarylether Bioisosteres. Angewandte Chemie. 125(14). 4041–4044. 64 indexed citations

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Borsini, Elena, et al.. (2011). A New Series of Organocatalysts for Diels-Alder Cycloaddition Reactions and Theoretical Analysis. Current Organic Chemistry. 15(19). 3514–3522. 2 indexed citations

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