Francesca Fontana

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
114 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Francesca Fontana is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Fontana has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Organic Chemistry, 25 papers in Materials Chemistry and 12 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Francesca Fontana's work include Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (43 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (41 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (19 papers). Francesca Fontana is often cited by papers focused on Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (43 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (41 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (19 papers). Francesca Fontana collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Mexico. Francesca Fontana's co-authors include Francesco Minisci, Elena Vismara, Francesco Recupero, Anna Bravo, Gian Franco Pedulli, Tullio Caronna, Lihua Zhao, Hans‐René Bjørsvik, Isabella Natali Sora and Carlo Punta and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Fontana

113 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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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.

Recent Developments of Free-Radical Substitutions of Heteroaromatic Bases

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francesca Fontana Italy	35	3.5k	963	731	328	246	114	4.2k
Manolis Stratakis Greece	30	2.8k 0.8×	990 1.0×	675 0.9×	344 1.0×	83 0.3×	118	3.5k
Hikaru Takaya Japan	30	3.5k 1.0×	977 1.0×	1.3k 1.8×	497 1.5×	135 0.5×	103	4.3k
Thomas Straßner Germany	45	4.8k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.6×	212 0.6×	151 0.6×	202	6.2k
Can‐Cheng Guo China	37	2.7k 0.8×	1.7k 1.8×	898 1.2×	520 1.6×	143 0.6×	168	4.3k
Gregori Ujaque Spain	45	5.2k 1.5×	672 0.7×	2.5k 3.4×	353 1.1×	216 0.9×	138	6.2k
Karl Heinz Dötz Germany	41	6.2k 1.8×	578 0.6×	1.5k 2.1×	492 1.5×	220 0.9×	224	7.0k
Declan G. Gilheany Ireland	30	2.9k 0.8×	751 0.8×	1.7k 2.3×	452 1.4×	112 0.5×	88	3.6k
David Morales‐Morales Mexico	39	4.6k 1.3×	662 0.7×	2.3k 3.2×	332 1.0×	197 0.8×	219	5.6k
Adinath Majee India	36	3.6k 1.0×	533 0.6×	606 0.8×	679 2.1×	136 0.6×	179	4.3k
Kumar Vanka India	32	2.5k 0.7×	919 1.0×	1.6k 2.2×	236 0.7×	114 0.5×	215	3.6k

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Sora, Isabella Natali, et al.. (2024). A Review of Visible Light Responsive Photocatalysts for Arsenic Remediation in Water. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 198–218. 2 indexed citations

Zanchi, Chiara, Matteo Tommasini, Andrea Lucotti, et al.. (2024). SERS and DFT as Powerful Tools in the Structure Elucidation of a Novel Aza-Aromatic Derivative. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(45). 19222–19232. 2 indexed citations

Pelosato, Renato, et al.. (2022). Applications of Heterogeneous Photocatalysis to the Degradation of Oxytetracycline in Water: A Review. Molecules. 27(9). 2743–2743. 47 indexed citations

Fontana, Francesca, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of Functionalized Six-Membered-Ring Azahelicenes. Molecules. 27(8). 2522–2522. 4 indexed citations

Fontana, Francesca, Sara Grecchi, Patrizia R. Mussini, et al.. (2021). 2,12-Diaza[6]helicene: An Efficient Non-Conventional Stereogenic Scaffold for Enantioselective Electrochemical Interphases. Chemosensors. 9(8). 216–216. 4 indexed citations

Fontana, Francesca, Federica Melone, Daniela Iannazzo, Salvatore Gianluca Leonardi, & G. Neri. (2017). Synthesis, characterization and electrochemical properties of 5-aza[5]helicene-CH₂O-CO-MWCNTs nanocomposite. Nanotechnology. 28(13). 135501–135501. 7 indexed citations

Sora, Isabella Natali, V. Di Felice, & Francesca Fontana. (2015). Structural studies of doped lanthanum orthoferrites of interest for SOFCs. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 43. 1753–1758. 2 indexed citations

Cabrini, Marina, Francesca Fontana, Sergio Lorenzi, Tommaso Pastore, & Simone Pellegrini. (2015). Effect of Organic Inhibitors on Chloride Corrosion of Steel Rebars in Alkaline Pore Solution. Journal of Chemistry. 2015(1). 33 indexed citations

Caronna, Tullio, Francesca Fontana, Isabella Natali Sora, Renato Pelosato, & Luca Viganò. (2010). Chemical compatibility of Sr-doped La2CuO4 cathode material with LSGM solid oxide electrolyte. Solid State Ionics. 181(29-30). 1355–1358. 13 indexed citations

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Bazzini, C., Tullio Caronna, Francesca Fontana, et al.. (2008). Synthesis, crystal structure and crystal packing of diaza[5]helicenes. New Journal of Chemistry. 32(10). 1710–1710. 18 indexed citations

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Caronna, Tullio, Francesca Fontana, Andrea Mele, et al.. (2008). A Simple Approach for the Synthesis of 7,8-Diaza[5]helicene. Synthesis. 2008(3). 413–416. 13 indexed citations

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Minisci, Francesco, Ombretta Porta, Francesco Recupero, et al.. (2004). New free-radical halogenations of alkanes, catalysed by N-hydroxyphthalimide. Polar and enthalpic effects on the chemo- and regioselectivity. Tetrahedron Letters. 45(8). 1607–1609. 20 indexed citations

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Minisci, Francesco, Carlo Punta, Francesco Recupero, Francesca Fontana, & Gian Franco Pedulli. (2002). A new, highly selective synthesis of aromatic aldehydes by aerobic free-radical oxidation of benzylic alcohols, catalysed by n-hydroxyphthalimide under mild conditions. Polar and enthalpic effects. Chemical Communications. 688–689. 89 indexed citations

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Caronna, Tullio, Francesca Fontana, Bruno Marcandalli, & Elena Selli. (2001). Photostability of substituted 4-diethylaminoazobenzenes. Dyes and Pigments. 49(2). 127–133. 5 indexed citations

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Minisci, Francesco, Lihua Zhao, Francesca Fontana, & Anna Bravo. (1995). Free-radicals in the oxidation and halogenation of alkanes by dimethyldioxirane: an oxygen rebound mechanism. Tetrahedron Letters. 36(10). 1697–1700. 35 indexed citations

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Minisci, Francesco, et al.. (1994). New free-radical syntheses under Gif-Barton oxidation conditions. Tetrahedron Letters. 35(22). 3759–3762. 17 indexed citations

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Minisci, Francesco, Francesca Fontana, & Elena Vismara. (1993). POLAR AND ENTHALPIC EFFECTS IN FREE-RADICAL REACTIONS. FREE-RADICAL DIAZO COUPLING AND REACTIVITY OF CARBOHYDRATE RADICALS. Gazzetta chimica italiana. 123(1). 9–18. 3 indexed citations

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Minisci, Francesco, et al.. (1993). Polar effects in free-radical reactions. Homolytic heteroaromatic substitutions by alkyl bromides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 58(16). 4207–4211. 31 indexed citations

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Fontana, Francesca, et al.. (1992). A New Selective Method for the Homolytic Alkylation and Carboxylation of Quinones by Monoesters of Oxalic Acid. Chemistry Letters. 21(7). 1299–1302. 20 indexed citations

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Minisci, Francesco, Elena Vismara, Francesca Fontana, et al.. (1987). Polar effects in free-radical reactions. Solvent and isotope effects and effects of base catalysis on the regio- and chemoselectivity of the substitution of protonated heteroaromatic bases by nucleophilic carbon-centered radicals. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 52(5). 730–736. 86 indexed citations

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