Frank Glorius

83.9k total citations · 48 hit papers
640 papers, 73.2k citations indexed

About

Frank Glorius is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Glorius has authored 640 papers receiving a total of 73.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 563 papers in Organic Chemistry, 172 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 47 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Frank Glorius's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (335 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (237 papers) and N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (163 papers). Frank Glorius is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (335 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (237 papers) and N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry (163 papers). Frank Glorius collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Frank Glorius's co-authors include Joanna Wencel‐Delord, Matthew N. Hopkinson, Thomas Dröge, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Nadine Kuhl, Michael Schedler, Christian Richter, Frédéric W. Patureau, Tobias Gensch and Felix Strieth‐Kalthoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Frank Glorius

630 papers receiving 72.6k citations

Hit Papers

An overview of N-heterocyclic carbenes 2004 2026 2011 2018 2014 2011 2013 2016 2012 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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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. An overview of N-heterocyclic carbenes
    2014 3.6k citations Matthew N. Hopkinson, Frank Glorius et al. profile →
  2. Towards mild metal-catalyzed C–H bond activation
    2011 2.3k citations Frank Glorius et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  3. C–H bond activation enables the rapid construction and late-stage diversification of functional molecules
    2013 2.1k citations Frank Glorius et al. profile →
  4. Mild metal-catalyzed C–H activation: examples and concepts
    2016 1.6k citations Tobias Gensch, Matthew N. Hopkinson et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  5. Beyond Directing Groups: Transition‐Metal‐Catalyzed CH Activation of Simple Arenes
    2012 1.5k citations Matthew N. Hopkinson, Frank Glorius et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  6. Organocatalytic umpolung: N-heterocyclic carbenes and beyond
    2012 1.2k citations Frank Glorius et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  7. The Measure of All Rings—N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes
    2010 1.1k citations Frank Glorius et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  8. Energy transfer catalysis mediated by visible light: principles, applications, directions
    2018 1.1k citations Felix Strieth‐Kalthoff, Michael Teders et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  9. Formal SN‐Type Reactions in Rhodium(III)‐Catalyzed CH Bond Activation
    2014 724 citations Frank Glorius et al. profile →
  10. Extending NHC-Catalysis: Coupling Aldehydes with Unconventional Reaction Partners
    2011 713 citations Frank Glorius et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
  11. Rh(III)-Catalyzed Directed C−H Olefination Using an Oxidizing Directing Group: Mild, Efficient, and Versatile
    2011 695 citations Frank Glorius et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  12. Surveying Sterically Demanding N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands with Restricted Flexibility for Palladium-catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions
    2008 685 citations Frank Glorius et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
  13. Organocatalyzed Conjugate Umpolung of α,β‐Unsaturated Aldehydes for the Synthesis of γ‐Butyrolactones
    2004 653 citations Frank Glorius et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  14. Dual Catalysis Sees the Light: Combining Photoredox with Organo‐, Acid, and Transition‐Metal Catalysis
    2014 635 citations Matthew N. Hopkinson, Basudev Sahoo et al. Chemistry - A European Journal profile →
  15. Merging Visible Light Photoredox and Gold Catalysis
    2016 592 citations Matthew N. Hopkinson, Frank Glorius et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
  16. N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Transition Metal Catalysis
    2007 590 citations Frank Glorius profile →
  17. Asymmetric Heterogeneous Catalysis
    2006 574 citations Frank Glorius et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  18. C–H Activation: Toward Sustainability and Applications
    2021 566 citations Teresa Faber, Frank Glorius et al. profile →
  19. Pyrrole Synthesis via Allylic sp3 C−H Activation of Enamines Followed by Intermolecular Coupling with Unactivated Alkynes
    2010 545 citations Frank Glorius et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  20. A robustness screen for the rapid assessment of chemical reactions
    2013 529 citations Frank Glorius et al. profile →
  21. Recent advances in the chemistry and applications of N-heterocyclic carbenes
    2021 510 citations Peter Bellotti, Matthew N. Hopkinson et al. profile →
  22. Co(III)-Catalyzed C–H Activation/Formal SN-Type Reactions: Selective and Efficient Cyanation, Halogenation, and Allylation
    2014 496 citations Tobias Gensch, Frank Glorius et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  23. Sterically Demanding, Bioxazoline-Derived N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands with Restricted Flexibility for Catalysis
    2004 495 citations Frank Glorius et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  24. Triplet Energy Transfer Photocatalysis: Unlocking the Next Level
    2020 476 citations Felix Strieth‐Kalthoff, Frank Glorius profile →
  25. Combining Gold and Photoredox Catalysis: Visible Light-Mediated Oxy- and Aminoarylation of Alkenes
    2013 468 citations Basudev Sahoo, Matthew N. Hopkinson et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  26. Ohne dirigierende Gruppen: übergangsmetallkatalysierte C‐H‐Aktivierung einfacher Arene
    2012 467 citations Matthew N. Hopkinson, Frank Glorius et al. Angewandte Chemie profile →
  27. Rh(III)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Multisubstituted Isoquinoline and Pyridine N-Oxides from Oximes and Diazo Compounds
    2013 416 citations Frank Glorius et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  28. Photocatalytic Late-Stage C–H Functionalization
    2023 393 citations Peter Bellotti, Huan‐Ming Huang et al. profile →
  29. Privileged chiral N-heterocyclic carbene ligands for asymmetric transition-metal catalysis
    2017 374 citations Frank Glorius et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  30. Intermolecular [2π+2σ]-photocycloaddition enabled by triplet energy transfer
    2022 343 citations Tiffany O. Paulisch, Constantin G. Daniliuc et al. profile →
  31. Deaminative Strategy for the Visible‐Light‐Mediated Generation of Alkyl Radicals
    2017 330 citations Felix J. R. Klauck, Frank Glorius et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  32. Transition-Metal-Free, Visible-Light-Enabled Decarboxylative Borylation of Aryl N-Hydroxyphthalimide Esters
    2017 316 citations Michael Teders, Frank Glorius et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  33. Rapid Assessment of the Reaction‐Condition‐Based Sensitivity of Chemical Transformations
    2019 311 citations Lena Pitzer, Felix Schäfers et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  34. Energy transfer photocatalysis: exciting modes of reactivity
    2024 241 citations Felix Strieth‐Kalthoff, Frank Glorius et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  35. N-Heterocyclic carbenes as tunable ligands for catalytic metal surfaces
    2021 224 citations Peter Bellotti, Mowpriya Das et al. profile →
  36. Strain-Release Photocatalysis
    2023 180 citations Peter Bellotti, Frank Glorius Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  37. ortho-Selective Dearomative [2π + 2σ] Photocycloadditions of Bicyclic Aza-Arenes
    2023 166 citations Constantin G. Daniliuc, Frank Glorius et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  38. Photochemical single-step synthesis of β-amino acid derivatives from alkenes and (hetero)arenes
    2022 165 citations Mowpriya Das, Peter Bellotti et al. profile →
  39. Synthesis of Polysubstituted 2-Oxabicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes via Visible-Light-Induced Energy Transfer
    2022 161 citations Constantin G. Daniliuc, Frank Glorius et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  40. Dearomative ring expansion of thiophenes by bicyclobutane insertion
    2023 157 citations Ankita Das, Constantin G. Daniliuc et al. profile →
  41. Catalytic Formal [2π+2σ] Cycloaddition of Aldehydes with Bicyclobutanes: Expedient Access to Polysubstituted 2‐Oxabicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes
    2023 145 citations Yujie Liang, Fritz Paulus et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  42. EnT-Mediated N–S Bond Homolysis of a Bifunctional Reagent Leading to Aliphatic Sulfonyl Fluorides
    2023 121 citations Ranjini Laskar, Constantin G. Daniliuc et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  43. Photoredox-Enabled Dearomative [2π + 2σ] Cycloaddition of Phenols
    2024 107 citations Constantin G. Daniliuc, Frank Glorius et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  44. Double Strain-Release [2π+2σ]-Photocycloaddition
    2024 75 citations Constantin G. Daniliuc, Frank Glorius et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  45. Silver‐Enabled Cycloaddition of Bicyclobutanes with Isocyanides for the Synthesis of Polysubstituted 3‐Azabicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes
    2024 68 citations Yujie Liang, Constantin G. Daniliuc et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  46. Bicyclo[1.1.0]butyl Radical Cations: Synthesis and Application to [2π + 2σ] Cycloaddition Reactions
    2024 62 citations Constantin G. Daniliuc, Frank Glorius et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  47. Ring expansion of indene by photoredox-enabled functionalized carbon-atom insertion
    2024 62 citations Constantin G. Daniliuc, Frank Glorius et al. profile →
  48. Diversity-Generating Skeletal Editing Transformations
    2025 27 citations Frank Glorius et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →

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Frank Glorius
Comparison fields: 5 of 144
  • Organic Chemistry 67.4k
  • Inorganic Chemistry 15.5k
  • Pharmaceutical Science 4.0k
  • Materials Chemistry 3.9k
  • Molecular Biology 3.5k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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How to Get Them on: N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes (NHCs) on Surfaces
2026 ·Helvetica Chimica Acta ·Ankita Das, (unknown), Frank Glorius
0
2
Influence of the defect density on the ordering of an NHC monolayer on a silicon surface
2023 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry C ·(unknown), Mowpriya Das, (unknown), (unknown), M. Dähne, N. Esser, M. Franz, Frank Glorius
5
3
Katalytische formale [2π+2σ]‐Cycloaddition von Aldehyden mit Bicyclobutanen: Zweckmäßiger Zugang zu polysubstituierten 2‐Oxabicyclo[2.1.1]hexanen
2023 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Yujie Liang, Fritz Paulus, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Frank Glorius
4
4
Catalytic defluorinative ketyl–olefin coupling by halogen-atom transfer
2022 ·Chemical Science ·Peter Bellotti, Huan‐Ming Huang, Teresa Faber, Ranjini Laskar, Frank Glorius
26
5
Merging Carbonyl Addition with Photocatalysis
2022 ·Accounts of Chemical Research ·Huan‐Ming Huang, Peter Bellotti, Frank Glorius
75
6
A negative-solvatochromic fluorescent probe for visualizing intracellular distributions of fatty acid metabolites
2022 ·Nature Communications ·Keiji Kajiwara, (unknown), Steffen Greßies, Keiko Kuwata, Ju Hyun Kim, Tobias Gensch, Yoshikatsu Sato, Frank Glorius, Shigehiro Yamaguchi, Masayasu Taki
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Durch sichtbares Licht vermittelte Cycloadditionen von α‐Ketoacylsilanen mit Iminen: Einfache Synthese von β‐Lactamen
2021 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Jian‐Heng Ye, Peter Bellotti, Tiffany O. Paulisch, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Frank Glorius
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8
Bipolar Imidazolium-Based Lipid Analogues for Artificial Archaeosomes
2021 ·Langmuir ·(unknown), Tiffany O. Paulisch, Tristan Wegner, Frank Glorius, Roland Winter
2
9
Radical Carbonyl Propargylation by Dual Catalysis
2020 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Huan‐Ming Huang, Peter Bellotti, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Frank Glorius
25
10
Machine learning the ropes: principles, applications and directions in synthetic chemistry
2020 ·Chemical Society Reviews ·Felix Strieth‐Kalthoff, Frederik Sandfort, Marwin Segler, Frank Glorius
207
11
Nickel-Catalyzed Enantioselective Carbamoyl Iodination: A Surrogate for Carbamoyl Iodides
2020 ·ACS Catalysis ·Austin D. Marchese, Marco Wollenburg, Bijan Mirabi, (unknown), Andrew Whyte, Frank Glorius, Mark Lautens
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12
Visible-Light-Induced, Metal-Free Carbene Insertion into B–H Bonds between Acylsilanes and Pinacolborane
2019 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Jian‐Heng Ye, Linda Quach, Tiffany O. Paulisch, Frank Glorius
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Vielseitige Mikrostrukturen aus N‐heterocyclischen Carbenen auf Goldoberflächen: Erhöhte thermische und Strukturstabilität mit erhöhter Leitfähigkeit
2018 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Dzung T. Nguyen, Matthias Freitag, Martin Körsgen, Sebastian Lamping, Andreas Rühling, Andreas Schäfer, Martin Herman Siekman, Heinrich F. Arlinghaus, Wilfred G. van der Wiel, Frank Glorius, Bart Jan Ravoo
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14
In Water and under Mild Conditions: α‐Alkylation of Ketones with Alcohols by Phase‐Transfer‐Assisted Borrowing Hydrogen Catalysis
2018 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Lena Rakers, Felix Schäfers, Frank Glorius
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Soluble Platinum Nanoparticles Ligated by Long‐Chain N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes as Catalysts
2017 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Luis M. Martínez‐Prieto, Lena Rakers, (unknown), Israel Cano, Yannick Coppel, Karine Philippot, Frank Glorius, Bruno Chaudret, Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen
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Efficient Synthesis of Arylated Furans by a Sequential Rh‐Catalyzed Arylation and Cycloisomerization of Cyclopropenes
2017 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Xiaoming Wang, Andreas Lerchen, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Frank Glorius
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17
Manganese-catalyzed allylation via sequential C–H and C–C/C–Het bond activation
2017 ·Chemical Science ·Qingquan Lu, Felix J. R. Klauck, Frank Glorius
156
18
Titelbild: Schnelles Entdecken photokatalytischer Reaktionen durch mechanismusbasiertes Screening (Angew. Chem. 13/2016)
2016 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Matthew N. Hopkinson, Adrián Gómez‐Suárez, Michael Teders, Basudev Sahoo, Frank Glorius
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Combination of Cp*RhIII‐Catalyzed C−H Activation and a Wagner–Meerwein‐Type Rearrangement
2016 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Xiaoming Wang, Andreas Lerchen, Tobias Gensch, Tobias Knecht, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Frank Glorius
83
20
Diverse Visible‐Light‐Promoted Functionalizations of Benzotriazoles Inspired by Mechanism‐Based Luminescence Screening
2016 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Michael Teders, Adrián Gómez‐Suárez, Lena Pitzer, Matthew N. Hopkinson, Frank Glorius
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