Gary A. Molander

45.8k total citations · 13 hit papers
441 papers, 34.6k citations indexed

About

Gary A. Molander is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary A. Molander has authored 441 papers receiving a total of 34.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 431 papers in Organic Chemistry, 60 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 58 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Gary A. Molander's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (166 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (152 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (150 papers). Gary A. Molander is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (166 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (152 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (150 papers). Gary A. Molander collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Gary A. Molander's co-authors include David N. Primer, Paul Knochel, John C. Tellis, Christina R. Harris, Shorouk O. Badir, Jennifer K. Matsui, Noel M. Ellis, Christopher B. Kelly, Belgin Canturk and Matthieu Jouffroy and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gary A. Molander

435 papers receiving 33.8k citations

Hit Papers

Comprehensive organic synthesis 1992 2026 2003 2014 2014 1992 2014 1996 2007 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Comprehensive organic synthesis
    2014 1.9k citations Paul Knochel, Gary A. Molander Elsevier eBooks profile →
  2. Application of lanthanide reagents in organic synthesis
    1992 1.1k citations Gary A. Molander profile →
  3. Single-electron transmetalation in organoboron cross-coupling by photoredox/nickel dual catalysis
    2014 1.1k citations Gary A. Molander et al. profile →
  4. Sequencing Reactions with Samarium(II) Iodide
    1996 940 citations Gary A. Molander et al. profile →
  5. Organotrifluoroborates:  Protected Boronic Acids That Expand the Versatility of the Suzuki Coupling Reaction
    2007 813 citations Gary A. Molander et al. profile →
  6. Single-Electron Transmetalation via Photoredox/Nickel Dual Catalysis: Unlocking a New Paradigm for sp3–sp2 Cross-Coupling
    2016 618 citations Christopher B. Kelly, Gary A. Molander et al. profile →
  7. Alkyl Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation by Nickel/Photoredox Cross‐Coupling
    2018 536 citations John A. Milligan, James P. Phelan et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  8. Photoredox-Mediated Routes to Radicals: The Value of Catalytic Radical Generation in Synthetic Methods Development
    2017 525 citations Jennifer K. Matsui, Gary A. Molander et al. ACS Catalysis profile →
  9. Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Photoredox-Generated Radicals: Uncovering a General Manifold for Stereoconvergence in Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings
    2015 521 citations Osvaldo Gutiérrez, Gary A. Molander et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  10. Photochemical Nickel-Catalyzed C–H Arylation: Synthetic Scope and Mechanistic Investigations
    2016 423 citations Gary A. Molander et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  11. Photochemical Intermolecular [3σ + 2σ]-Cycloaddition for the Construction of Aminobicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes
    2022 178 citations Roshan K. Dhungana, Albert Granados et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  12. Sustainable Thioetherification via Electron Donor–Acceptor Photoactivation Using Thianthrenium Salts
    2022 146 citations Albert Granados, Gary A. Molander et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  13. Nickel-catalysed enantioselective alkene dicarbofunctionalization enabled by photochemical aliphatic C–H bond activation
    2024 60 citations Iván Cheng‐Sánchez, Wangqing Kong et al. Nature Catalysis profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gary A. Molander United States 94 32.5k 4.5k 4.0k 3.5k 1.6k 441 34.6k
Gregory C. Fu United States 120 41.3k 1.3× 10.4k 2.3× 5.6k 1.4× 2.4k 0.7× 1.8k 1.2× 319 43.5k
Armido Studer Germany 98 31.0k 1.0× 4.5k 1.0× 2.8k 0.7× 5.2k 1.5× 2.6k 1.7× 567 35.4k
Paul Knochel Germany 97 38.7k 1.2× 8.3k 1.8× 4.9k 1.2× 2.0k 0.6× 2.4k 1.5× 975 42.4k
Wen‐Jing Xiao China 96 31.2k 1.0× 3.2k 0.7× 2.0k 0.5× 3.1k 0.9× 2.0k 1.3× 448 33.8k
Aiwen Lei China 107 38.8k 1.2× 5.5k 1.2× 2.6k 0.7× 2.8k 0.8× 2.2k 1.4× 573 43.0k
Dennis P. Curran United States 90 28.0k 0.9× 3.4k 0.8× 6.8k 1.7× 3.2k 0.9× 1.7k 1.1× 521 31.9k
Min Shi China 78 28.2k 0.9× 5.8k 1.3× 3.5k 0.9× 1.6k 0.4× 670 0.4× 956 30.3k
Yoshinori Yamamoto Japan 97 36.0k 1.1× 6.0k 1.3× 5.1k 1.3× 1.0k 0.3× 3.8k 2.4× 856 39.9k
Paolo Melchiorre Spain 80 19.4k 0.6× 3.3k 0.7× 2.4k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 927 0.6× 209 20.6k
I. P. Beletskaya Russia 62 23.6k 0.7× 5.6k 1.2× 2.8k 0.7× 1.2k 0.4× 3.4k 2.2× 973 27.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kelly, Christopher B., et al.. (2024). Modern Cyclopropanation via Non‐Traditional Building Blocks. ChemCatChem. 16(14). 14 indexed citations
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Cheng‐Sánchez, Iván, et al.. (2024). Nickel-catalysed enantioselective alkene dicarbofunctionalization enabled by photochemical aliphatic C–H bond activation. Nature Catalysis. 7(6). 655–665. 60 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kim, Saegun, Hyunjung Oh, Jadab Majhi, et al.. (2023). Metal-Free Photoinduced Acylboration of [1.1.1]Propellane via Energy Transfer Catalysis. ACS Catalysis. 13(14). 9542–9549. 48 indexed citations
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Majhi, Jadab, Albert Granados, Bianca T. Matsuo, et al.. (2023). Practical, scalable, and transition metal-free visible light-induced heteroarylation route to substituted oxindoles. Chemical Science. 14(4). 897–902. 37 indexed citations
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Matsuo, Bianca T., Jadab Majhi, Albert Granados, et al.. (2023). Transition metal-free photochemical C–F activation for the preparation of difluorinated-oxindole derivatives. Chemical Science. 14(9). 2379–2385. 36 indexed citations
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Majhi, Jadab, Bianca T. Matsuo, Hyunjung Oh, et al.. (2023). Photochemical Deoxygenative Hydroalkylation of Unactivated Alkenes Promoted by a Nucleophilic Organocatalyst. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(6). e202317190–e202317190. 19 indexed citations
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Majhi, Jadab, Bianca T. Matsuo, Hyunjung Oh, et al.. (2023). Photochemical Deoxygenative Hydroalkylation of Unactivated Alkenes Promoted by a Nucleophilic Organocatalyst. Angewandte Chemie. 136(6). 1 indexed citations
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Keeß, Sebastian, et al.. (2023). Nickel-mediated alkyl-, acyl-, and sulfonylcyanation of [1.1.1]propellane. Chem Catalysis. 3(5). 100608–100608. 20 indexed citations
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Majhi, Jadab & Gary A. Molander. (2023). Recent Discovery, Development, and Synthetic Applications of Formic Acid Salts in Photochemistry. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(4). e202311853–e202311853. 47 indexed citations
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Majhi, Jadab & Gary A. Molander. (2023). Recent Discovery, Development, and Synthetic Applications of Formic Acid Salts in Photochemistry. Angewandte Chemie. 136(4). 6 indexed citations
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Granados, Albert, Bianca T. Matsuo, Jadab Majhi, et al.. (2022). Visible-Light-Induced C–F Bond Activation for the Difluoroalkylation of Indoles. Organic Letters. 24(46). 8542–8546. 41 indexed citations
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Yen‐Pon, Expédite, et al.. (2022). Exploiting the sp2 character of bicyclo[1.1.1]pentyl radicals in the transition-metal-free multi-component difunctionalization of [1.1.1]propellane. Nature Chemistry. 14(9). 1068–1077. 118 indexed citations
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Matsuo, Bianca T., Albert Granados, Jadab Majhi, et al.. (2022). 1,2-Radical Shifts in Photoinduced Synthetic Organic Transformations: A Guide to the Reactivity of Useful Radical Synthons. PubMed. 2(6). 435–454. 32 indexed citations
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Sharique, Mohammed, Jadab Majhi, Roshan K. Dhungana, et al.. (2022). A practical and sustainable two-component Minisci alkylation via photo-induced EDA-complex activation. Chemical Science. 13(19). 5701–5706. 42 indexed citations
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Dhungana, Roshan K., Albert Granados, Robert T. Martin, et al.. (2022). Trifunctionalization of Cinnamyl Alcohols Provides Access to Brominated α,α-Difluoro-γ-lactones via a Photoinduced Radical–Polar–Radical Mechanism. ACS Catalysis. 12(24). 15750–15757. 21 indexed citations
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Majhi, Jadab, Roshan K. Dhungana, Ángel Rentería‐Gómez, et al.. (2022). Metal-Free Photochemical Imino-Alkylation of Alkenes with Bifunctional Oxime Esters. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(34). 15871–15878. 114 indexed citations
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Milligan, John A., et al.. (2018). Radical/Polar Annulation Reactions (RPARs) Enable the Modular Construction of Cyclopropanes. Organic Letters. 20(21). 6840–6844. 63 indexed citations
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Badir, Shorouk O., Audrey Dumoulin, Jennifer K. Matsui, & Gary A. Molander. (2018). Synthesis of Reversed C‐Acyl Glycosides through Ni/Photoredox Dual Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 130(22). 6720–6723. 44 indexed citations
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Knochel, Paul & Gary A. Molander. (2014). Comprehensive organic synthesis. Elsevier eBooks. 1922 indexed citations breakdown →
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Molander, Gary A.. (2008). Catalyst components for coupling reactions. John Wiley eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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