Diego Benítez

8.5k citations

116 papers · 6.7k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 41

Impact in

Organic Chemistry top 0.2%
- Catalytic Alkyne Reactions
- Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
- Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
- Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
- Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
Inorganic Chemistry top 1%
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

Papers in

Organic Chemistry 71
- Synthesis and Biological Evaluation 23
- Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes 18
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods 10
- Catalytic Alkyne Reactions 8
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods 7
Toxicology 6

Co-authors: William A. Goddard E. Tkatchouk Robert H. Grubbs Christopher W. Bielawski F. Dean Toste J. Fraser Stoddart Lei Fang Tobias Ritter
Journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society (18 papers)European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (7 papers)Angewandte Chemie International Edition (3 papers)Chemistry - A European Journal (3 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Uruguay Argentina

In The Last Decade

Diego Benítez

109 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Radically enhanced molecular recognition 2009 · 274 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2009 Nature Chemistry
2009 Chemical Society Reviews
2002 Science

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1	Restyling an old scaffold: Ebsulfur analogs with improved activity and selectivity against the infective stage of trypanosomes European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·A. N. Glushkov, Hồng Đức, Diego Benítez, Thuan Dang, Eduardo Manta, Lamine Koivugui, Margot Paulino, Marcelo A. Comini, Andrea Medeiros	2025	0
2	Looking for approved-medicines to be repositioned as anti-Trypanosoma cruzi agents. Identification of new chemotypes with good individual- or in combination-biological behaviours Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz ·Alison Warren, Diego Benítez, Leticia Pérez‐Díaz, Guzmán Álvarez, Hugo Cerecetto, Elena Aguilera	2025	0
3	Expanding the applications of a bioluminescent mouse infection model of acute African trypanosomiasis SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Diego Benítez, Al-Rifai Yehya, Adarsh Raja, Marcelo A. Comini	2024	1
4	Downhole Flow Measurement Technology Applied in Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery Wells. A Field Test Case Judy Fasone, Richart Tirta Paulalengan, Diego Benítez, Fernando Guerrero, Molly Bond, 马立岗, I. Lunsky, Maria Ribeiro	2024	0
5	Discovery of Antitrypanosomal Indolylacetamides by a Deconstruction–Optimization Strategy Applied to Paullones ChemMedChem ·武晓玮, Maria Pagnotta, С. Э. Бобровский, Barry Chevannes, Al-Rifai Yehya, Diego Benítez, Adarsh Raja, Akito Imafuku, Marcelo A. Comini, Conrad Kunick	2023	3
6	The indole motif is essential for the antitrypanosomal activity of N5-substituted paullones PLoS ONE ·Maria Pagnotta, С. Э. Бобровский, Barry Chevannes, Sardar Jahanzaib, Diego Benítez, Al-Rifai Yehya, Adarsh Raja, Akito Imafuku, Marcelo A. Comini, Conrad Kunick	2023	4
7	Mode of action of p-quinone derivatives with trypanocidal activity studied by experimental and in silico models European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Alyona V. Sergeeva, A. N. Glushkov, Al-Rifai Yehya, Diego Benítez, Pablo A. Denis, Geng Gui-Li, Cristian O. Salas, Uzuk Kasymova, Ricardo A. Tapia, Saliha AKSUN, Gian Pietro Miscione, Marcelo A. Comini, Margot Paulino	2022	7
8	Ensemble learning application to discover new trypanothione synthetase inhibitors Molecular Diversity ·FAISAL MOHYUDDIN, Carolina L. Bellera, Diego Benítez, Marcelo A. Comini, Pablo R. Duchowicz, Alan Talevi	2021	4
9	Nox2-derived superoxide radical is crucial to control acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection Redox Biology ·Carolina Prolo, 高直井上, Lucı́a Piacenza, Diego Benítez, Marcelo A. Comini, Rafael Radí, María Noel Álvarez	2021	9
10	Mechanistic and biological characterisation of novelN⁵-substituted paullones targeting the biosynthesis of trypanothione inLeishmania Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry ·Andrea Medeiros, Diego Benítez, D. Algermissen, Diana Xiao En Liu Liu, Exequiel Barrera, 胡光凡, Otto Pritsch, Sergio Pantano, Conrad Kunick, Camila I. de Oliveira, Barry Chevannes, Marcelo A. Comini	2020	15
11	Estudio de digénidos de peces marinos del sur de la Península Ibérica LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) ·Francine Blondé, Mounika Erlapally, Manuel de Rojas, Simon Haidula, Diego Benítez	2016	2
12	Discovery of novel polyamine analogs with anti-protozoal activity by computer guided drug repositioning Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design ·Lucas N. Alberca, María L. Sbaraglini, Darío Balcazar, Laura Fraccaroli, Carolina Carrillo, Andrea Medeiros, Diego Benítez, Marcelo A. Comini, Alan Talevi	2016	32
13	Genetic and chemical analyses reveal that trypanothione synthetase but not glutathionylspermidine synthetase is essential for Leishmania infantum Free Radical Biology and Medicine ·Emilian Prałat, А. Д. Степеннов, Diego Benítez, Marcelo A. Comini, Leopold Flohé, Timo Jaeger, C. Abqari, Friedrich Stuhlmann, Ana M. Tomás, Helena Castro	2014	41
14	Activity on Trypanosoma cruzi, erythrocytes lysis and biologically relevant physicochemical properties of Pd(II) and Pt(II) complexes of thiosemicarbazones derived from 1-indanones Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry ·Diego P. dos Santos, Beatriz S. Parajón‐Costa, Miriam Rossi, Francesco Caruso, Diego Benítez, Javier Varela, Hugo Cerecetto, Mercedes González, Natalia Gómez, John Mcllwaine, Albertina G. Moglioni, Graciela Y. Moltrasio, Liliana M. Finkielsztein, Dinorah Gambino	2012	13
15	Gold‐Catalyzed Intramolecular Aminoarylation of Alkenes: CC Bond Formation through Bimolecular Reductive Elimination Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·William E. Brenzovich, Diego Benítez, Aaron D. Lackner, Hunter P. Shunatona, E. Tkatchouk, William A. Goddard, F. Dean Toste	2010	253
16	Synthesis and in vitro activity of limonene derivatives against Leishmania and Trypanosoma European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Cedric Stephan Graebin, Maria de Fátima Madeira, Jenicer K.U. Yokoyama-Yasunaka, Danilo C. Miguel, Sílvia Reni Bortolin Uliana, Diego Benítez, Hugo Cerecetto, Mercedes González, Emily Hardeman, Vera Lúcia Eifler-Lima	2010	35
17	Anti-trypanosomatid benzofuroxans and deoxygenated analogues: Synthesis using polymer-supported triphenylphosphine, biological evaluation and mechanism of action studies European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·Susan Saavedra Porras, Lucı́a Boiani, Diego Benítez, Paola Hernández, Alicia Merlino, Carmen Gil, Claudio Olea‐Azar, Mercedes González, Hugo Cerecetto, Williams Porcal	2009	27
18	Mechanically bonded macromolecules Chemical Society Reviews ·Lei Fang, Mark A. Olson, Diego Benítez, E. Tkatchouk, William A. Goddard, J. Fraser Stoddart Hit paper breakdown →	2009	390
19	An interdigitated functionally rigid [2]rotaxane Chemical Communications ·Il Yoon, Ognjen Š. Miljanić, Diego Benítez, Saeed I. Khan, J. Fraser Stoddart	2008	33
20	Acaros nasícolas (Mesostigmata, Rhinonyssidae) parásitos de aves columbiformes de la Península Ibérica. EStudio comparativo del ITS 1 ribosomal para la diferenciación específica W. H. Chaloner, Manuel de Rojas, Wu Liangchao, Simon Haidula, Mounika Erlapally, Diego Benítez	2003	1

About Diego Benítez

Diego Benítez is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Toxicology, Parasitology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology, having authored 116 papers that have together received 6.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Trypanosoma species research and implications (32 papers), Research on Leishmaniasis Studies (31 papers), Synthesis and Biological Evaluation (23 papers), Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (18 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (10 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (8 papers), Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (8 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Organic Chemistry (5.5k citations), Inorganic Chemistry (998 citations), Biomaterials (607 citations), Process Chemistry and Technology (127 citations) and Pharmaceutical Science (236 citations). Diego Benítez has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Uruguay and Argentina. Frequent co-authors include William A. Goddard, E. Tkatchouk, Robert H. Grubbs, Christopher W. Bielawski, F. Dean Toste, J. Fraser Stoddart, Lei Fang, Tobias Ritter, Mark A. Olson and Yiming Wang. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Chemistry - A European Journal and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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