Gregory Leitus

11.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
167 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Gregory Leitus is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Gregory Leitus has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Organic Chemistry, 73 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 56 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Gregory Leitus's work include Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (50 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (33 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (23 papers). Gregory Leitus is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (50 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (33 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (23 papers). Gregory Leitus collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Cyprus. Gregory Leitus's co-authors include David Milstein, Yehoshoa Ben‐David, Linda J. W. Shimon, Yael Diskin‐Posner, Jing Zhang, Róbert Langer, Ekambaram Balaraman, Michael Bendikov, Noel Ángel Espinosa-Jalapa and Alexander Nerush and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Gregory Leitus

164 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

Facile Conversion of Alcohols into Esters and Dihydrogen Catalyzed by New Ruthenium Complexes

2005 702 citations Gregory Leitus, Yehoshoa Ben‐David et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Efficient Homogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation of Esters to Alcohols

2006 491 citations Jing Zhang, Gregory Leitus et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Manganese-Catalyzed Environmentally Benign Dehydrogenative Coupling of Alcohols and Amines to Form Aldimines and H₂: A Catalytic and Mechanistic Study

2016 425 citations Gregory Leitus, Linda J. W. Shimon et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Spin-induced electron transmission through metal–organic chiral crystals 2023 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Tapan Kumar Das, Amit Kumar Mondal, Om Shanker Tiwari, Pandeeswar Makam, Gregory Leitus, Ehud Gazit, Claudio Fontanesi, Ron Naaman	11
2	Directing the Morphology, Packing, and Properties of Chiral Metal–Organic Frameworks by Cation Exchange** 2022 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·(unknown), Maria Chiara di Gregorio, (unknown), Linda J. W. Shimon, Ifat Kaplan‐Ashiri, Tatyana Bendikov, Gregory Leitus, Miri Kazes, Dan Oron, Michal Lahav, Milko E. van der Boom	14
3	Directing the Morphology, Packing, and Properties of Chiral Metal–Organic Frameworks by Cation Exchange** 2022 ·Angewandte Chemie ·(unknown), Maria Chiara di Gregorio, (unknown), Linda J. W. Shimon, Ifat Kaplan‐Ashiri, Tatyana Bendikov, Gregory Leitus, Miri Kazes, Dan Oron, Michal Lahav, Milko E. van der Boom	5
4	Straightforward Access to Terminally Disubstituted Electron‐Deficient Alkylidene Cyclopent‐2‐en‐4‐ones through Olefination with α‐Carbonyl and α‐Cyano Secondary Alkyl Sulfones 2021 ·European Journal of Organic Chemistry ·(unknown), (unknown), Edward E. Korshin, (unknown), Michal Afri, Gregory Leitus, Krzysztof Palczewski, Arie Gruzman	1
5	Cyclic Kinetics during Thermal Equilibration of an Axially Chiral Bis-Spiropyran 2014 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Pintu K. Kundu, (unknown), (unknown), Gregory Leitus, Rafał Klajn	24
6	Iron Dicarbonyl Complexes Featuring Bipyridine‐Based PNN Pincer Ligands with Short Interpyridine CC Bond Lengths: Innocent or Non‐Innocent Ligand? 2014 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Thomas Zell, Petr Milko, Kathlyn L. Fillman, Yael Diskin‐Posner, Tatyana Bendikov, Mark A. Iron, Gregory Leitus, Yehoshoa Ben‐David, Michael L. Neidig, David Milstein	54
7	Spin-triplet excitons in 1,3-diphenyl-7-(fur-2-yl)-1,4-dihydro-1,2,4-benzotriazin-4-yl 2013 ·Chemical Communications ·Christos P. Constantinides, Emma Carter, Damien M. Murphy, Maria Manoli, Gregory Leitus, Michael Bendikov, Jeremy M. Rawson, Panayiotis A. Koutentis	48
8	Increased Superconducting Transition Temperature of a Niobium Thin Film Proximity Coupled to Gold Nanoparticles Using Linking Organic Molecules 2012 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), Shira Yochelis, F. Zeides, Nadav Katz, (unknown), Oded Millo, Gregory Leitus, (unknown), B. Ya. Shapiro, Ron Naaman, Yossi Paltiel	19
9	Efficient Hydrogenation of Ketones Catalyzed by an Iron Pincer Complex 2011 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Róbert Langer, Gregory Leitus, Yehoshoa Ben‐David, David Milstein	319
10	Low‐Pressure Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide Catalyzed by an Iron Pincer Complex Exhibiting Noble Metal Activity 2011 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Róbert Langer, Yael Diskin‐Posner, Gregory Leitus, Linda J. W. Shimon, Yehoshoa Ben‐David, David Milstein	464
11	Structural diversity in manganese, iron and cobalt complexes of the ditopic 1,2-bis(2,2′-bipyridyl-6-yl)ethyne ligand and observation of epoxidation and catalase activity of manganese compounds 2010 ·Dalton Transactions ·Vedichi Madhu, Ekambaram Balaraman, Linda J. W. Shimon, (unknown), Gregory Leitus, Ronny Neumann	10
12	Effect of CO on the Oxidative Addition of Arene CH Bonds by Cationic Rhodium Complexes 2009 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Michael Montag, Irena Efremenko, Revital Cohen, Linda J. W. Shimon, Gregory Leitus, Yael Diskin‐Posner, Yehoshoa Ben‐David, (unknown), Jan M. L. Martin, David Milstein	46
13	Optical and Magnetic Properties of Conjugate Structures of PbSe Quantum Dots and γ‐Fe₂O₃ Nanoparticles 2009 ·ChemPhysChem ·Lioz Etgar, Gregory Leitus, (unknown), Yehuda G. Assaraf, Rina Tannenbaum, Efrat Lifshitz	12
14	Rubrenes: Planar and Twisted 2008 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·(unknown), A. Ravikumar Reddy, Asit Patra, Y.H. Wijsboom, Ori Gidron, Linda J. W. Shimon, Gregory Leitus, Michael Bendikov	103
15	Effect of Gold Adsorption on the Conductive Properties of Cyclo-octasulfur Microcrystals 2007 ·Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ·(unknown), Gregory Leitus, Ellen Wachtel, Inna Popov, (unknown), David Olea, Julio Gómez‐Herrero, Shlomo Yitzchaik	1
16	The Unexpected Role of CO in CH Oxidative Addition by a Cationic Rhodium(I) Complex 2007 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Michael Montag, Leonid Schwartsburd, Revital Cohen, Gregory Leitus, Yehoshoa Ben‐David, Jan M. L. Martin, David Milstein	58
17	Solvent‐Dependent Interconversions between Rh^I, Rh^II, and Rh^III Complexes of an Aryl–Monophosphine Ligand 2007 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Michael Montag, Gregory Leitus, Linda J. W. Shimon, Yehoshoa Ben‐David, David Milstein	20
18	Reactivity and stability of platinum(ii) formyl complexes based on PCP-type ligands. The significance of sterics 2007 ·Dalton Transactions ·Dana Vuzman, Elena Poverenov, Yael Diskin‐Posner, Gregory Leitus, Linda J. W. Shimon, David Milstein	32
19	Chirality-Induced Spin-Selective Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayers of DNA on Gold 2006 ·Physical Review Letters ·(unknown), Shirley S. Daube, Gregory Leitus, Z. Vager, Ron Naaman	102
20	Efficient Homogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation of Esters to Alcohols breakdown → 2006 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Jing Zhang, Gregory Leitus, Yehoshoa Ben‐David, David Milstein	491

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