David A. Nicewicz

20.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
96 papers, 17.7k citations indexed

About

David A. Nicewicz is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, David A. Nicewicz has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 17.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Organic Chemistry, 14 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 7 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in David A. Nicewicz's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (67 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (54 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (26 papers). David A. Nicewicz is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (67 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (54 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (26 papers). David A. Nicewicz collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. David A. Nicewicz's co-authors include Nathan A. Romero, David W. C. MacMillan, Tien Minh Nguyen, Kaila A. Margrey, Natalie Holmberg‐Douglas, Nicholas E. S. Tay, Joshua B. McManus, Dale J. Wilger, Nathan J. Gesmundo and David S. Hamilton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

David A. Nicewicz

93 papers receiving 17.5k citations

Hit Papers

Organic Photoredox Catalysis 2008 2026 2014 2020 2016 2008 2015 2013 2021 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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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.

  1. Organic Photoredox Catalysis
    2016 5.1k citations Nathan A. Romero, David A. Nicewicz profile →
  2. Merging Photoredox Catalysis with Organocatalysis: The Direct Asymmetric Alkylation of Aldehydes
    2008 2.1k citations David A. Nicewicz, David W. C. MacMillan Science profile →
  3. Site-selective arene C-H amination via photoredox catalysis
    2015 786 citations Nathan A. Romero, Kaila A. Margrey et al. Science profile →
  4. Recent Applications of Organic Dyes as Photoredox Catalysts in Organic Synthesis
    2013 755 citations David A. Nicewicz et al. profile →
  5. Photoredox-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization Reactions
    2021 707 citations Natalie Holmberg‐Douglas, David A. Nicewicz profile →
  6. Experimental and Calculated Electrochemical Potentials of Common Organic Molecules for Applications to Single-Electron Redox Chemistry
    2015 632 citations David A. Nicewicz, Nathan A. Romero et al. Synlett profile →
  7. A General Approach to Catalytic Alkene Anti-Markovnikov Hydrofunctionalization Reactions via Acridinium Photoredox Catalysis
    2016 481 citations Kaila A. Margrey, David A. Nicewicz Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
  8. Discovery and characterization of an acridine radical photoreductant
    2020 413 citations Ian A. Mackenzie, Leifeng Wang et al. Nature profile →
  9. Catalytic hydrotrifluoromethylation of styrenes and unactivated aliphatic alkenes via an organic photoredox system
    2013 388 citations Nathan J. Gesmundo, David A. Nicewicz et al. profile →

Peers

David A. Nicewicz
Tehshik P. Yoon United States
Christopher K. Prier United States
Wen‐Jing Xiao China
Danica A. Rankic United States
Paolo Melchiorre Spain
Robert R. Knowles United States
Song Lin United States
Munetaka Akita Japan
Hideki Yorimitsu Japan
Jin Xie China
Tehshik P. Yoon United States
David A. Nicewicz
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wu, Xuedan, et al.. (2025). Arene and Heteroarene Functionalization Enabled by Organic Photoredox Catalysis. Accounts of Chemical Research. 58(7). 1094–1108. 8 indexed citations
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Nicewicz, David A., et al.. (2025). Synthesis of Biaryl Atropisomers via Site-Selective C–H Functionalization. Organic Letters. 27(8). 1889–1894.
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Nicewicz, David A., et al.. (2025). Reductive coupling of acrylamides and carbonyls via solvated electrons from excited-state acridyl radicals. Chem. 11(9). 102647–102647. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Xuedan, et al.. (2024). Carbon isotopic labelling of carboxylic acids enabled by organic photoredox-catalysed cyanation. Nature Synthesis. 4(1). 97–105. 3 indexed citations
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Nicewicz, David A., et al.. (2023). Divergent Functionalization of Alkynes Enabled by Organic Photoredox Catalysis. Synlett. 34(9). 1023–1028. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Xuedan, Wei Chen, Natalie Holmberg‐Douglas, et al.. (2023). 11C-, 12C-, and 13C-cyanation of electron-rich arenes via organic photoredox catalysis. Chem. 9(2). 343–362. 26 indexed citations
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Watters, John W., et al.. (2020). Design and Evaluation of Artificial Hybrid Photoredox Biocatalysts. ChemBioChem. 21(21). 3146–3150. 19 indexed citations
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Holmberg‐Douglas, Natalie, Nicholas P. R. Onuska, Joshua B. McManus, et al.. (2020). Development of a Large-Enrollment Course-Based Research Experience in an Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory: Structure–Function Relationships in Pyrylium Photoredox Catalysts. Journal of Chemical Education. 97(6). 1572–1578. 37 indexed citations
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Tay, Nicholas E. S., Wei Chen, Alison Levens, et al.. (2020). 19F- and 18F-arene deoxyfluorination via organic photoredox-catalysed polarity-reversed nucleophilic aromatic substitution. Nature Catalysis. 3(9). 734–742. 78 indexed citations
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Wang, Leifeng, Ying Ji, Ge Zou, et al.. (2020). Direct Synthesis of Bicyclic Acetals via Visible Light Catalysis. iScience. 23(8). 101395–101395. 20 indexed citations
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Mackenzie, Ian A., Leifeng Wang, Nicholas P. R. Onuska, et al.. (2020). Discovery and characterization of an acridine radical photoreductant. Nature. 580(7801). 76–80. 413 indexed citations breakdown →
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Onuska, Nicholas P. R., et al.. (2019). Anti-Markovnikov Hydroazidation of Activated Olefins via Organic Photoredox Catalysis. Synlett. 31(1). 55–59. 21 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, Zeng Huang, Nicholas E. S. Tay, et al.. (2019). Direct arene C–H fluorination with 18 F − via organic photoredox catalysis. Science. 364(6446). 1170–1174. 150 indexed citations
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Joshi‐Pangu, Amruta, et al.. (2016). Acridinium-Based Photocatalysts: A Sustainable Option in Photoredox Catalysis. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 81(16). 7244–7249. 318 indexed citations
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Romero, Nathan A., Kaila A. Margrey, Nicholas E. S. Tay, & David A. Nicewicz. (2015). Site-selective arene C-H amination via photoredox catalysis. Science. 349(6254). 1326–1330. 786 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gesmundo, Nathan J. & David A. Nicewicz. (2014). Cyclization–endoperoxidation cascade reactions of dienes mediated by a pyrylium photoredox catalyst. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 10. 1272–1281. 40 indexed citations
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Nicewicz, David A., et al.. (2013). Synthesis of Highly Substituted Tetrahydrofurans by Catalytic Polar‐Radical‐Crossover Cycloadditions of Alkenes and Alkenols. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(14). 3967–3971. 138 indexed citations
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Nicewicz, David A. & David W. C. MacMillan. (2008). Merging Photoredox Catalysis with Organocatalysis: The Direct Asymmetric Alkylation of Aldehydes. Science. 322(5898). 77–80. 2076 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nicewicz, David A., Andrew D. Satterfield, Daniel C. Schmitt, & Jeffrey S. Johnson. (2008). Self-Consistent Synthesis of the Squalene Synthase Inhibitor Zaragozic Acid C via Controlled Oligomerization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130(51). 17281–17283. 55 indexed citations
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Nicewicz, David A., Christopher M. Yates, & Jeffrey S. Johnson. (2004). Catalytic Asymmetric Acylation of (Silyloxy)nitrile Anions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(20). 2652–2655. 58 indexed citations

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