Christian Bruneau

19.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
354 papers, 16.7k citations indexed

About

Christian Bruneau is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Bruneau has authored 354 papers receiving a total of 16.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 300 papers in Organic Chemistry, 145 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 80 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christian Bruneau's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (151 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (142 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (79 papers). Christian Bruneau is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (151 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (142 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (79 papers). Christian Bruneau collaborates with scholars based in France, Algeria and Türkiye. Christian Bruneau's co-authors include Pierre H. Dixneuf, Percia B. Arockiam, Cédric Fischmeister, Jean‐Luc Renaud, Mathieu Achard, Basker Sundararaju, Bernard Demerseman, İsmaıl Özdemır, Henri Doucet and Michel Picquet and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Christian Bruneau

352 papers receiving 16.5k citations

Hit Papers

Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed C–H Bond Activation... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2012 1998 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed C–H Bond Activation and Functionalization
    2012 2.5k citations Percia B. Arockiam, Christian Bruneau et al. profile →
  2. Metal Vinylidenes in Catalysis
    1998 437 citations Christian Bruneau, Pierre H. Dixneuf profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christian Bruneau France 64 15.0k 5.8k 2.2k 1.7k 842 354 16.7k
Paul C. J. Kamer Netherlands 68 12.9k 0.9× 8.0k 1.4× 2.8k 1.3× 2.3k 1.4× 1.9k 2.2× 247 16.0k
Diego J. Ramón Spain 52 10.3k 0.7× 4.6k 0.8× 2.7k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 734 0.9× 152 12.0k
Jan‐E. Bäckvall Sweden 64 11.1k 0.7× 6.6k 1.2× 4.0k 1.8× 1.2k 0.7× 1.9k 2.2× 295 15.1k
Wanbin Zhang China 60 13.3k 0.9× 8.1k 1.4× 2.3k 1.0× 767 0.5× 2.5k 3.0× 439 15.9k
Lukas J. Gooßen Germany 73 17.0k 1.1× 4.9k 0.9× 1.4k 0.6× 1.6k 1.0× 568 0.7× 269 19.0k
Michel R. Gagné United States 51 8.1k 0.5× 2.9k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 410 0.2× 742 0.9× 205 9.2k
Jonathan M. J. Williams United Kingdom 60 11.8k 0.8× 9.3k 1.6× 5.7k 2.6× 2.5k 1.5× 1.4k 1.6× 194 14.7k
Shengming Ma China 69 27.1k 1.8× 5.4k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 366 0.4× 635 28.5k
Jianliang Xiao United Kingdom 74 11.8k 0.8× 9.2k 1.6× 2.4k 1.1× 2.5k 1.5× 3.5k 4.2× 336 17.0k
Zhang‐Jie Shi China 82 23.1k 1.5× 5.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 1.4k 0.8× 360 0.4× 230 24.8k

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All Works

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Bruneau, Christian. (2023). Enantioselective hydrogenation of acrylic acids. Tetrahedron. 151. 133793–133793. 2 indexed citations
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Mandelli, Dalmo, et al.. (2021). Cross metathesis of (-)-β-pinene, (-)-limonene and terpenoids derived from limonene with internal olefins. Applied Catalysis A General. 623. 118284–118284. 7 indexed citations
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Vorobyeva, Daria V., et al.. (2020). Fluorine-containing ruthenium-based olefin metathesis catalysts. Russian Chemical Reviews. 90(4). 419–450. 7 indexed citations
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Altın, Serdar, Erdinç Öz, Sebahat Altundağ, et al.. (2019). Investigation of hybrid‐capacitor properties of ruthenium complexes. International Journal of Energy Research. 16 indexed citations
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D’Alterio, Massimo Christian, Yu‐Chao Yuan, Christian Bruneau, et al.. (2019). Base-controlled product switch in the ruthenium-catalyzed protodecarbonylation of phthalimides: a mechanistic study. Catalysis Science & Technology. 10(1). 180–186. 11 indexed citations
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Bruneau, Christian, Cédric Fischmeister, Dalmo Mandelli, et al.. (2018). Transformations of terpenes and terpenoids via carbon–carbon double bond metathesis. Catalysis Science & Technology. 8(16). 3989–4004. 24 indexed citations
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Jiang, Fan, Christian Bruneau, Gangavaram V. M. Sharma, et al.. (2017). Phosphine-pyridonate ligands containing octahedral ruthenium complexes: access to esters and formic acid. Catalysis Science & Technology. 7(16). 3492–3498. 28 indexed citations
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Rabiller‐Baudry, Murielle, et al.. (2017). First elaboration of an olefin metathesis catalytic membrane by grafting a Hoveyda–Grubbs precatalyst on zirconia membranes. Comptes Rendus Chimie. 20(9-10). 952–966. 5 indexed citations
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Özdemır, İsmaıl, et al.. (2015). Synthesis of ruthenium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes and their catalytic activity for β-alkylation of tertiary cyclic amines. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 799-800. 311–315. 17 indexed citations
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Li, Wenbo, Percia B. Arockiam, Cédric Fischmeister, Christian Bruneau, & Pierre H. Dixneuf. (2011). C–H bond functionalisation with [RuH(codyl)2]BF4 catalyst precursor. Green Chemistry. 13(9). 2315–2315. 44 indexed citations
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Beydoun, Kassem, Hui‐Jun Zhang, Basker Sundararaju, et al.. (2009). Efficient ruthenium-catalyzed synthesis of [3]dendralenes from 1,3-dienic allylic carbonates. Chemical Communications. 6580–6580. 21 indexed citations
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Gürbüz, Nevın, Serpıl Demır, İsmaıl Özdemır, Bekır Çetınkaya, & Christian Bruneau. (2009). New 1,2,4,5-tetrakis-(N-imidazoliniummethyl)benzene and 1,2,4,5-tetrakis-(N-benzimidazoliummethyl)benzene salts as N-heterocyclic tetracarbene precursors: synthesis and involvement in ruthenium-catalyzed allylation reactions. Tetrahedron. 66(6). 1346–1351. 15 indexed citations
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Bruneau, Christian & Pierre H. Dixneuf. (2008). Metal vinylidenes and allenylidenes in catalysis : from reactivity to applications in synthesis. Wiley-VCH eBooks. 35 indexed citations
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Kabouche, Ahmed, et al.. (2006). Flavonoid glycosides from Reseda villosa (Resedaceae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 34(10). 777–779. 9 indexed citations
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Csihony, Szilárd, Cédric Fischmeister, Christian Bruneau, István T. Horváth, & Pierre H. Dixneuf. (2002). First ring-opening metathesis polymerization in an ionic liquid. Efficient recycling of a catalyst generated from a cationic ruthenium allenylidene complex. New Journal of Chemistry. 26(11). 1667–1670. 106 indexed citations
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Darcel, Christophe, Christian Bruneau, & Pierre H. Dixneuf. (1994). Palladium(0), copper(I) catalysed synthesis of conjugated alkynyl α-allenols from alkynyl cyclic carbonates and terminal alkynes. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 1845–1846. 18 indexed citations
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Gómez, María José, et al.. (1988). Thermal degradation of chlorophenoxy acid herbicides. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 36(3). 649–653. 5 indexed citations

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