Francesco Recupero

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Francesco Recupero is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesco Recupero has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Organic Chemistry, 9 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Francesco Recupero's work include Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (35 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (25 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (10 papers). Francesco Recupero is often cited by papers focused on Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (35 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (25 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (10 papers). Francesco Recupero collaborates with scholars based in Italy and United States. Francesco Recupero's co-authors include Carlo Punta, Francesco Minisci, Francesca Fontana, Cristian Gambarotti, Gian Franco Pedulli, Andrea Cecchetto, Pierangelo Metrangolo, Giuseppe Resnati, Tullio Caronna and Walter Panzeri 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

Francesco Recupero

49 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Free Radical Functionalization of Organic Compounds Catal... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Free Radical Functionalization of Organic Compounds Catalyzed by N-Hydroxyphthalimide
    2007 593 citations Francesco Recupero, Carlo Punta Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesco Recupero Italy 26 2.2k 673 645 272 259 50 2.6k
Manolis Stratakis Greece 30 2.8k 1.3× 990 1.5× 675 1.0× 201 0.7× 136 0.5× 118 3.5k
Francesca Fontana Italy 35 3.5k 1.6× 963 1.4× 731 1.1× 177 0.7× 205 0.8× 114 4.2k
Albert J. Fry United States 24 1.3k 0.6× 376 0.6× 211 0.3× 247 0.9× 218 0.8× 132 2.5k
Kumar Vanka India 32 2.5k 1.2× 919 1.4× 1.6k 2.4× 145 0.5× 127 0.5× 215 3.6k
Rossella Mello Spain 25 1.7k 0.8× 358 0.5× 271 0.4× 118 0.4× 93 0.4× 64 1.9k
Barbara Floris Italy 28 1.3k 0.6× 856 1.3× 821 1.3× 181 0.7× 81 0.3× 98 2.3k
Michela Salamone Italy 27 1.8k 0.8× 255 0.4× 431 0.7× 78 0.3× 274 1.1× 74 2.1k
Laxmidhar Rout India 22 2.1k 1.0× 491 0.7× 542 0.8× 64 0.2× 282 1.1× 43 2.7k
Christian Jandl Germany 30 2.1k 1.0× 319 0.5× 784 1.2× 111 0.4× 56 0.2× 119 2.6k
Shu‐Ping Luo China 32 2.1k 0.9× 524 0.8× 684 1.1× 382 1.4× 59 0.2× 76 3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesco Recupero

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All Works

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Gambarotti, Cristian, Carlo Punta, Francesco Recupero, Tullio Caronna, & Leonardo Palmisano. (2010). TiO2 in Organic Photosynthesis: Sunlight Induced Functionalization of Heterocyclic Bases. Current Organic Chemistry. 14(11). 1153–1169. 27 indexed citations
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Recupero, Francesco & Carlo Punta. (2007). Free Radical Functionalization of Organic Compounds Catalyzed by N-Hydroxyphthalimide. Chemical Reviews. 107(9). 3800–3842. 593 indexed citations breakdown →
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Caronna, Tullio, et al.. (2006). A green approach to the amidation of heterocyclic bases: the use of sunlight and air. Research on Chemical Intermediates. 33(3-5). 311–317. 8 indexed citations
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Minisci, Francesco, Carlo Punta, & Francesco Recupero. (2006). Mechanisms of the aerobic oxidations catalyzed by N-hydroxyderivatives. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical. 251(1-2). 129–149. 65 indexed citations
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Gambarotti, Cristian, Andrea Mele, Francesco Minisci, et al.. (2005). New, Simple and Selective Synthesis of Perfluoroalkylquinones by Perfluoroalkyl Radicals – Enthalpic and Polar Effects. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2005(20). 4434–4440. 10 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, Ombretta Porta, Francesco Recupero, et al.. (2004). New Selective Metal-Free Oxidations of Primary Alcohols by HNO3or HNO3and O2, Catalyzed by Br2. Synlett. 2203–2205. 26 indexed citations
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Minisci, Francesco, Ombretta Porta, Francesco Recupero, et al.. (2004). A New, Convenient, Highly Selective Free-Radical Hydroxymethylation of Heteroaromatic Bases by Persulfate Oxidation of Ethylene Glycol and Glycerol, Catalysed by AgNO3. Synlett. 874–876. 18 indexed citations
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Amorati, Riccardo, Massimo Lucarini, Verónica Mugnaini, et al.. (2003). Hydroxylamines as Oxidation Catalysts:  Thermochemical and Kinetic Studies. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 68(5). 1747–1754. 232 indexed citations
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Mele, Andrea, et al.. (2003). Enthalpic and polar effects in the reactions of perfluoroalkyl radicals. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. 125(2). 205–211. 20 indexed citations
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Caronna, Tullio, Cristian Gambarotti, Leonardo Palmisano, Carlo Punta, & Francesco Recupero. (2003). Sunlight induced functionalisation of some heterocyclic bases in the presence of polycrystalline TiO2. Chemical Communications. 2350–2350. 59 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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Metrangolo, Pierangelo, Walter Panzeri, Francesco Recupero, & Giuseppe Resnati. (2002). Perfluorocarbon–hydrocarbon self-assembly. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. 114(1). 27–33. 141 indexed citations
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Caronna, Tullio, et al.. (2002). Approaches to the Azahelicene System: Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of Some Diazapentahelicenes. Helvetica Chimica Acta. 85(1). 1–8. 38 indexed citations
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Minisci, Francesco, Francesco Recupero, Francesca Fontana, Hans‐René Bjørsvik, & Lucia Liguori. (2002). Highly Selective and Efficient Conversion of Alkyl Aryl and Alkyl Cyclopropyl Ketones to Aromatic and Cyclopropane Carboxylic Acids by Aerobic Catalytic Oxidation: A Free-radical Redox Chain Mechanism.. Synlett. 2002(4). 610–612. 20 indexed citations
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Crich, David, Jae-Taeg Hwang, Stéphane Gastaldi, Francesco Recupero, & Donald J. Wink. (1999). Diverging Effects of Steric Congestion on the Reaction of Tributylstannyl Radicals with Areneselenols and Aryl Bromides and Their Mechanistic Implications. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 64(8). 2877–2882. 16 indexed citations
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Fontana, Francesca, et al.. (1995). Hydroperoxides as pseudohalides: oxidation, oxidative alkylation, acylation and arylation of acrylonitrile. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 1399–1399. 10 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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