Daniele Leonori

10.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
113 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Daniele Leonori is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniele Leonori has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Organic Chemistry, 9 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Daniele Leonori's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (69 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (53 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (37 papers). Daniele Leonori is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (69 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (53 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (37 papers). Daniele Leonori collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and Saudi Arabia. Daniele Leonori's co-authors include Varinder K. Aggarwal, Nadeem S. Sheikh, Fabio Juliá, James J. Douglas, Jacob Davies, Timothée Constantin, Alessandro Ruffoni, Sara P. Morcillo, Stéphanie Essafi and Elizabeth M. Dauncey and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Daniele Leonori

110 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Aminoalkyl radicals as halogen-atom transfer agents for activation of alkyl and aryl halides

2020 453 citations Fabio Juliá, Daniele Leonori et al. profile →
Applications of Halogen-Atom Transfer (XAT) for the Generation of Carbon Radicals in Synthetic Photochemistry and Photocatalysis

2021 436 citations Fabio Juliá, Daniele Leonori et al. profile →
Visible‐Light‐Mediated Generation of Nitrogen‐Centered Radicals: Metal‐Free Hydroimination and Iminohydroxylation Cyclization Reactions

2015 376 citations Daniele Leonori et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Enantiospecific sp2–sp3 coupling of secondary and tertiary boronic esters

2014 375 citations Daniele Leonori, Varinder K. Aggarwal et al. Nature Chemistry profile →
Photoinduced Remote Functionalisations by Iminyl Radical Promoted C−C and C−H Bond Cleavage Cascades

2017 355 citations Elizabeth M. Dauncey, James J. Douglas et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
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 Alessandro Ruffoni, Daniele Leonori et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daniele Leonori United Kingdom	47	7.9k	1.0k	924	621	444	113	8.4k
Wei‐Min He China	62	9.7k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	853 0.9×	582 0.9×	500 1.1×	217	10.4k
Wujiong Xia China	42	5.2k 0.7×	806 0.8×	693 0.8×	320 0.5×	353 0.8×	174	6.0k
Shouyun Yu China	51	7.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	830 0.9×	706 1.1×	233 0.5×	136	7.6k
Pinhua Li China	54	7.9k 1.0×	643 0.6×	803 0.9×	528 0.9×	236 0.5×	220	8.3k
Zhiwei Zuo China	27	6.2k 0.8×	585 0.6×	676 0.7×	328 0.5×	679 1.5×	55	6.9k
Chengjian Zhu China	51	7.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	1.7k 1.8×	612 1.0×	198 0.4×	160	7.9k
Xiaotian Qi China	45	5.5k 0.7×	487 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	550 0.9×	355 0.8×	161	6.3k
Bill Morandi Switzerland	48	5.9k 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.7×	718 1.2×	146 0.3×	150	6.5k
Wanqing Wu China	59	11.7k 1.5×	765 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	835 1.3×	223 0.5×	312	12.2k
Cheng‐Chu Zeng China	39	5.7k 0.7×	486 0.5×	404 0.4×	467 0.8×	769 1.7×	141	6.6k

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Rivera‐Chao, Eva, et al.. (2025). Photocatalytic hydrogenation of alkenes using ammonia-borane. Chem. 12(1). 102711–102711. 3 indexed citations

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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.

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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

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

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Yasukawa, Naoki, Ryota Kawamura, Ryota Nomura, et al.. (2025). Amine‐Ligated Boryl Radicals Enables Direct C─F Borylation and Cross‐Couplings of Polyfluoroarenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(46). e202514741–e202514741. 2 indexed citations

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Leonori, Daniele, et al.. (2025). Photochemical Oxidative Cleavage and Dihydroxylation of Unsaturated Fatty Acids Using Triplet Nitroarenes. European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhenhua, et al.. (2024). A Radical Strategy for the Alkylation of Amides with Alkyl Halides by Merging Boryl Radical-Mediated Halogen-Atom Transfer and Copper Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(32). 22424–22430. 29 indexed citations

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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

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Corpas, Javier, et al.. (2024). Boryl radical-mediated halogen-atom transfer (XAT) enables the Sonogashira-like alkynylation of alkyl halides. Chemical Science. 15(45). 19113–19118. 14 indexed citations

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Abdiaj, Irini, et al.. (2022). Development of an Automated Platform for C(sp³)−C(sp³) Bond Formation via XAT Chemistry. ChemCatChem. 15(4). 6 indexed citations

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Górski, Bartosz, Anne‐Laure Barthelemy, James J. Douglas, Fabio Juliá, & Daniele Leonori. (2021). Copper-catalysed amination of alkyl iodides enabled by halogen-atom transfer. Nature Catalysis. 4(7). 623–630. 134 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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Dighe, Shashikant U., Fabio Juliá, Alberto Luridiana, James J. Douglas, & Daniele Leonori. (2020). A photochemical dehydrogenative strategy for aniline synthesis. Nature. 584(7819). 75–81. 170 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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Dauncey, Elizabeth M., Shashikant U. Dighe, James J. Douglas, & Daniele Leonori. (2019). A dual photoredox-nickel strategy for remote functionalization via iminyl radicals: radical ring-opening-arylation, -vinylation and -alkylation cascades. Chemical Science. 10(33). 7728–7733. 83 indexed citations

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Leonori, Daniele, et al.. (2018). A unified approach to mechanistic aspects of photochemical vapor generation. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 34(4). 636–654. 68 indexed citations

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Pulis, Alexander P., et al.. (2017). Asymmetric Synthesis of Tertiary Alcohols and Thiols via Nonstabilized Tertiary α‐Oxy‐ and α‐Thio‐Substituted Organolithium Species. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(36). 10835–10839. 12 indexed citations

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Pulis, Alexander P., et al.. (2017). Asymmetric Synthesis of Tertiary Alcohols and Thiols via Nonstabilized Tertiary α‐Oxy‐ and α‐Thio‐Substituted Organolithium Species. Angewandte Chemie. 129(36). 10975–10979. 1 indexed citations

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Leonori, Daniele & Varinder K. Aggarwal. (2014). Lithiation–Borylation Methodology and Its Application in Synthesis. Accounts of Chemical Research. 47(10). 3174–3183. 358 indexed citations

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