David Balcells

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
93 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

David Balcells is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, David Balcells has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Organic Chemistry, 50 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 26 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in David Balcells's work include Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (25 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (23 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (19 papers). David Balcells is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (25 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (23 papers) and Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms (19 papers). David Balcells collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Spain. David Balcells's co-authors include Odile Eisenstein, Eric Clot, Robert H. Crabtree, Ainara Nova, Gary W. Brudvig, Jonathan F. Hull, James D. Blakemore, Christopher D. Incarvito, Nilay Hazari and Feliu Maseras and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

David Balcells

91 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

C—H Bond Activation in Transition Metal Species from a Computational Perspective

2010 908 citations David Balcells, Odile Eisenstein et al. profile →
Highly Active and Robust Cp* Iridium Complexes for Catalytic Water Oxidation

2009 534 citations David Balcells, Odile Eisenstein et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Balcells Norway	33	2.9k	2.1k	1.3k	1.2k	423	93	5.0k
Chun‐Hsing Chen United States	38	3.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	476 0.4×	485 1.1×	123	4.8k
Jorge J. Carbó Spain	41	2.5k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	2.5k 2.0×	790 0.7×	312 0.7×	118	4.9k
T. Brent Gunnoe United States	46	4.8k 1.7×	2.6k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	974 0.8×	239 0.6×	202	6.4k
Elisabeth Bouwman Netherlands	39	2.3k 0.8×	2.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	340 0.8×	213	5.8k
Maurice van Gastel Germany	35	1.3k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	2.1k 1.8×	420 1.0×	118	4.1k
W. Scott Kassel United States	33	1.7k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	585 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	192 0.5×	116	3.5k
Tomoyoshi Suenobu Japan	49	2.8k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	3.4k 2.7×	2.2k 1.9×	591 1.4×	136	6.8k
Jonathan F. Hull United States	15	1.3k 0.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	2.7k 2.3×	401 0.9×	18	4.9k
Jarl Ivar van der Vlugt Netherlands	44	4.4k 1.5×	3.9k 1.9×	1.3k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	349 0.8×	132	6.8k
Oscar Verho Sweden	27	1.4k 0.5×	890 0.4×	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	707 1.7×	56	3.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hemmingsen, Lars, et al.. (2025). SMILES all around: structure to SMILES conversion for transition metal complexes. Journal of Cheminformatics. 17(1). 63–63. 4 indexed citations

Balcells, David. (2025). Co-intelligent Design of Catalysis Research with Large Language Models: Hype or Reality?. ACS Catalysis. 15(18). 16412–16420. 1 indexed citations

Nova, Ainara, et al.. (2025). AI Approaches to Homogeneous Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes. ACS Catalysis. 15(11). 9089–9105. 6 indexed citations

Borys, Andryj M., et al.. (2025). Biphenylene Coordination and Ring‐Opening by Alkali‐Metal Nickelates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(19). e202501995–e202501995. 2 indexed citations

Balcells, David, et al.. (2024). Augmenting genetic algorithms with machine learning for inverse molecular design. Chemical Science. 15(38). 15522–15539. 6 indexed citations

Reine, Simen, et al.. (2023). Deep learning metal complex properties with natural quantum graphs. Digital Discovery. 2(3). 618–633. 28 indexed citations

Somerville, Rosie J., Andryj M. Borys, Ainara Nova, et al.. (2022). Unmasking the constitution and bonding of the proposed lithium nickelate “Li₃NiPh₃(solv)₃”: revealing the hidden C₆H₄ligand. Chemical Science. 13(18). 5268–5276. 15 indexed citations

Ziegler, Micah S., et al.. (2021). Unsymmetrical Naphthyridine-Based Dicopper(I) Complexes: Synthesis, Stability, and Carbon–Hydrogen Bond Activations. Organometallics. 40(12). 1866–1873. 6 indexed citations

Balcells, David, et al.. (2021). Synthesis of Triarylmethanes via Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Reactions of Diarylmethyl Esters. Organometallics. 40(14). 2332–2344. 9 indexed citations

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Jayarathne, Upul, David Balcells, Wesley H. Bernskoetter, et al.. (2020). Rational selection of co-catalysts for the deaminative hydrogenation of amides. Chemical Science. 11(8). 2225–2230. 19 indexed citations

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Beromi, Megan Mohadjer, David Balcells, Gary W. Brudvig, et al.. (2019). Bis(dialkylphosphino)ferrocene-Ligated Nickel(II) Precatalysts for Suzuki–Miyaura Reactions of Aryl Carbonates. Organometallics. 38(17). 3377–3387. 25 indexed citations

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Balcells, David, Wesley H. Bernskoetter, Odile Eisenstein, et al.. (2018). The Key Role of the Hemiaminal Intermediate in the Iron-Catalyzed Deaminative Hydrogenation of Amides. ACS Catalysis. 8(9). 8751–8762. 59 indexed citations

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Shopov, Dimitar Y., Liam S. Sharninghausen, Shashi Bhushan Sinha, et al.. (2018). A Dinuclear Iridium(V,V) Oxo-Bridged Complex Characterized Using a Bulk Electrolysis Technique for Crystallizing Highly Oxidizing Compounds. Inorganic Chemistry. 57(9). 5684–5691. 16 indexed citations

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Melvin, Patrick R., Ainara Nova, David Balcells, Nilay Hazari, & Mats Tilset. (2017). DFT Investigation of Suzuki–Miyaura Reactions with Aryl Sulfamates Using a Dialkylbiarylphosphine-Ligated Palladium Catalyst. Organometallics. 36(18). 3664–3675. 15 indexed citations

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García‐Melchor, Max, David Balcells, Agustı́ Lledós, et al.. (2017). Rhodium Complexes Promoting C−O Bond Formation in Reactions with Oxygen: The Role of Superoxo Species. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(22). 5232–5243. 10 indexed citations

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Vilella, Laia, Ana Conde, David Balcells, et al.. (2017). A competing, dual mechanism for catalytic direct benzene hydroxylation from combined experimental-DFT studies. Chemical Science. 8(12). 8373–8383. 32 indexed citations

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Sharninghausen, Liam S., Brandon Q. Mercado, Christina Hoffmann, et al.. (2017). The neutron diffraction structure of [Ir4(IMe)8H10]2+ polyhydride cluster: Testing the computational hydride positional assignments. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 849-850. 17–21. 7 indexed citations

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Beromi, Megan Mohadjer, Ainara Nova, David Balcells, et al.. (2016). Mechanistic Study of an Improved Ni Precatalyst for Suzuki–Miyaura Reactions of Aryl Sulfamates: Understanding the Role of Ni(I) Species. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(2). 922–936. 138 indexed citations

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Scheuermann, Margaret L., David Balcells, Werner Kaminsky, et al.. (2013). Generation and Structural Characterization of a Gold(III) Alkene Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(6). 1660–1663. 57 indexed citations

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Balcells, David, Christophe Raynaud, Robert H. Crabtree, & Odile Eisenstein. (2007). The rebound mechanism in catalytic C–H oxidation by MnO(tpp)Cl from DFT studies: electronic nature of the active species. Chemical Communications. 744–746. 66 indexed citations

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