Alfredo Vargas

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Alfredo Vargas is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfredo Vargas has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Organic Chemistry, 64 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 17 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alfredo Vargas's work include Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (73 papers), Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (55 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (29 papers). Alfredo Vargas is often cited by papers focused on Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (73 papers), Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (55 papers) and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (29 papers). Alfredo Vargas collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Mexico. Alfredo Vargas's co-authors include Holger Braunschweig, Rian D. Dewhurst, Krzysztof Radacki, Alexander Damme, Jan Mies, Ivo Krummenacher, Latévi Max Lawson Daku, Andreas Hauser, Kai Hammond and William C. Ewing and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Alfredo Vargas

103 papers receiving 4.6k citations

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Ambient-Temperature Isolation of a Compound with a Boron-Boron Triple Bond

2012 474 citations Holger Braunschweig, Rian D. Dewhurst et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alfredo Vargas Germany	36	3.4k	2.6k	991	653	532	106	4.6k
F.M. Dolgushin Russia	29	2.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	789 0.8×	488 0.7×	742 1.4×	320	3.6k
Titel Jurca United States	28	2.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	419 0.6×	351 0.7×	105	3.7k
Sylviane Sabo‐Etienne France	50	5.8k 1.7×	4.7k 1.8×	1.5k 1.5×	314 0.5×	472 0.9×	161	7.8k
Frank Breher Germany	41	4.0k 1.2×	3.2k 1.2×	818 0.8×	574 0.9×	123 0.2×	167	5.1k
Heikki M. Tuononen Finland	38	3.3k 1.0×	2.4k 0.9×	620 0.6×	404 0.6×	125 0.2×	147	4.3k
Klaus Eichele Germany	32	1.8k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	812 0.8×	343 0.5×	218 0.4×	150	3.0k
Jason D. Masuda Canada	27	4.5k 1.3×	3.2k 1.2×	571 0.6×	225 0.3×	281 0.5×	119	5.1k
D. Michael Heinekey United States	46	3.8k 1.1×	3.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.5×	299 0.5×	246 0.5×	125	6.2k
Pingrong Wei United States	38	5.2k 1.5×	3.7k 1.4×	478 0.5×	363 0.6×	181 0.3×	132	5.9k
K. Ruhlandt‐Senge United States	42	3.5k 1.0×	3.1k 1.2×	1.0k 1.0×	483 0.7×	114 0.2×	154	4.7k

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Weber, Marco, Arumugam Jayaraman, Rian D. Dewhurst, et al.. (2025). Olefin π-coordination chemistry at low-oxidation-state boron. Nature Chemistry. 18(1). 135–141.

Arrowsmith, Merle, et al.. (2023). Thienyl‐Substituted Diboranes(4): Electronic Stabilization of Radicals Versus Increased Reactivity towards Bond Activation. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(40). e202301286–e202301286.

Boudalis, A.K., Matthew C. Leech, Kevin Lam, et al.. (2021). Room-Temperature Cu(II) Radical-Triggered Alkyne C–H Activation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(11). 1937–1948. 16 indexed citations

Hermann, Alexander, et al.. (2020). Trapping of a Borirane Intermediate in the Reductive Coupling of an Arylborane to a Diborene. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(12). 5562–5567. 28 indexed citations

Ewing, William C., Theresa Dellermann, James D. Mattock, et al.. (2020). π‐Complexes of Diborynes with Main Group Atoms. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 15(10). 1553–1557. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Sunewang R., James D. Mattock, Merle Arrowsmith, et al.. (2018). Isolierbare, neutrale Analoga des [B₂H₅]⁻‐Ions als vielseitige und stark bindende η²‐Donorliganden. Angewandte Chemie. 130(21). 6456–6460. 17 indexed citations

Hermann, Alexander, Jessica Cid, James D. Mattock, et al.. (2018). Diboryldiborene: π‐konjugierte B₄‐Ketten isoelektronisch zum Butadien‐Dikation. Angewandte Chemie. 130(32). 10248–10252. 14 indexed citations

Wang, Sunewang R., James D. Mattock, Merle Arrowsmith, et al.. (2018). Bottleable Neutral Analogues of [B₂H₅]⁻ as Versatile and Strongly Binding η² Donor Ligands. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(21). 6347–6351. 35 indexed citations

Hermann, Alexander, Jessica Cid, James D. Mattock, et al.. (2018). Diboryldiborenes: π‐Conjugated B₄ Chains Isoelectronic to the Butadiene Dication. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(32). 10091–10095. 30 indexed citations

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Wang, Sunewang R., Merle Arrowsmith, Julian Böhnke, et al.. (2017). Generierung einer kleinen HOMO‐LUMO‐Lücke und intramolekulare C‐H‐Borylierung durch Diboren‐Anthracen‐Orbitalinterkalation. Angewandte Chemie. 129(27). 8122–8126. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Sunewang R., Merle Arrowsmith, Julian Böhnke, et al.. (2017). Engineering a Small HOMO–LUMO Gap and Intramolecular C−H Borylation by Diborene/Anthracene Orbital Intercalation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(27). 8009–8013. 52 indexed citations

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Böhnke, Julian, Holger Braunschweig, Theresa Dellermann, et al.. (2015). From an Electron‐Rich Bis(boraketenimine) to an Electron‐Poor Diborene. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(15). 4469–4473. 109 indexed citations

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Braunschweig, Holger, et al.. (2015). Organometallic Probe for the Electronics of Base‐Stabilized Group 11 Metal Cations. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(35). 12347–12356. 28 indexed citations

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Bertermann, Rüdiger, Holger Braunschweig, Alexander Damme, et al.. (2014). Metal‐Only Lewis Pairs by Reversible Insertion of Ruthenium and Osmium Fragments into Metal–Boron Double Bonds. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(16). 4240–4243. 12 indexed citations

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Bertermann, Rüdiger, Holger Braunschweig, William C. Ewing, et al.. (2014). Synthesis and characterization of a mercury-containing trimetalloboride. Chemical Communications. 50(43). 5729–5729. 11 indexed citations

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Braunschweig, Holger, Peter B. Brenner, Rian D. Dewhurst, et al.. (2012). Unsupported boron–carbon σ-coordination to platinum as an isolable snapshot of σ-bond activation. Nature Communications. 3(1). 872–872. 42 indexed citations

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Bissinger, Philipp, Holger Braunschweig, Alexander Damme, Thomas Kupfer, & Alfredo Vargas. (2012). Base‐Stabilized Diborenes: Selective Generation and η² Side‐on Coordination to Silver(I). Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(39). 9931–9934. 135 indexed citations

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Braunschweig, Holger, Alexander Damme, Rian D. Dewhurst, & Alfredo Vargas. (2012). Bond-strengthening π backdonation in a transition-metal π-diborene complex. Nature Chemistry. 5(2). 115–121. 135 indexed citations

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Daku, Latévi Max Lawson, Alfredo Vargas, Andreas Hauser, Antony Fouqueau, & Mark E. Casida. (2005). Assessment of Density Functionals for the High‐Spin/Low‐Spin Energy Difference in the Low‐Spin Iron(II) Tris(2,2′‐bipyridine) Complex. ChemPhysChem. 6(7). 1393–1410. 153 indexed citations

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Lundström, Kenneth, Alfredo Vargas, & Bernard Allet. (1995). Functional Activity of a Biotinylated Human Neurokinin 1 Receptor Fusion Expressed in the Semliki Forest Virus System. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 208(1). 260–266. 13 indexed citations

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