Igor Larrosa

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
104 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Igor Larrosa is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Igor Larrosa has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Organic Chemistry, 24 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 13 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Igor Larrosa's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (62 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (47 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (23 papers). Igor Larrosa is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (62 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (47 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (23 papers). Igor Larrosa collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and Poland. Igor Larrosa's co-authors include Josep Cornellà, Tanya C. Boorman, Junfei Luo, Nathalie Lebrasseur, Pengfei Lu, Gregory J. P. Perry, Sara Preciado, Xacobe C. Cambeiro, Marika Righi and Marco Simonetti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Igor Larrosa

102 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C–H Bond Activation for the Formation of C–C Bonds in Complex Molecules
    2023 296 citations Jamie H. Docherty, Michael T. Findlay et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Igor Larrosa United Kingdom 44 6.0k 1.4k 510 439 432 104 6.8k
Bernd Plietker Germany 46 4.7k 0.8× 1.9k 1.4× 408 0.8× 526 1.2× 172 0.4× 144 5.7k
Chang‐Liang Sun China 31 6.8k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 913 1.8× 713 1.6× 308 0.7× 61 8.0k
Daniel J. Weix United States 48 8.3k 1.4× 1.9k 1.4× 263 0.5× 407 0.9× 810 1.9× 95 9.1k
Josep Cornellà Germany 49 7.0k 1.2× 2.3k 1.7× 707 1.4× 344 0.8× 1.0k 2.4× 114 8.0k
Marco Bandini Italy 56 10.6k 1.8× 3.0k 2.2× 353 0.7× 486 1.1× 446 1.0× 182 11.2k
Chao Chen China 42 4.8k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 349 0.7× 302 0.7× 736 1.7× 184 5.6k
Charles S. Yeung United States 27 6.2k 1.0× 1.6k 1.2× 761 1.5× 372 0.8× 296 0.7× 53 6.9k
Feng Zhou China 41 6.0k 1.0× 1.6k 1.2× 453 0.9× 175 0.4× 694 1.6× 105 6.6k
Wanqing Wu China 59 11.7k 2.0× 1.3k 0.9× 389 0.8× 377 0.9× 765 1.8× 312 12.2k
Zhiwei Zuo China 27 6.2k 1.0× 676 0.5× 116 0.2× 467 1.1× 585 1.4× 55 6.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Igor Larrosa

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Docherty, Jamie H., et al.. (2025). Precision installation of silyl synthetic handles within arenes by regiocontrolled ruthenium C(sp2)–H functionalization. Nature Catalysis. 8(4). 301–314. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Zijuan, Deepak Behera, Benjamin M. Foster, et al.. (2025). Site-selective photo-crosslinking for the characterisation of transient ubiquitin-like protein-protein interactions. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0316321–e0316321.
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Bentley, K. W., Gang‐Wei Wang, Lauren Walker, et al.. (2025). Bis-Cycloruthenated Complexes in Visible Light-Induced C–H Alkylation with Epoxides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(6). 5035–5042. 3 indexed citations
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Findlay, Michael T., et al.. (2023). Improving the sustainability of the ruthenium-catalysed N-directed C–H arylation of arenes with aryl halides. Green Chemistry. 25(6). 2394–2400. 10 indexed citations
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Burés, Jordi & Igor Larrosa. (2023). Organic reaction mechanism classification using machine learning. Nature. 613(7945). 689–695. 84 indexed citations
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Kenyon, J. & Igor Larrosa. (2023). Electrochemical Ruthenium‐Catalysed Directed C−H Functionalization of Arenes with Boron Reagents. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 366(4). 830–837. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Shuo, Igor Larrosa, Hideki Yorimitsu, & Gregory J. P. Perry. (2023). Carboxylic Acid Salts as Dual‐Function Reagents for Carboxylation and Carbon Isotope Labeling. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(14). e202218371–e202218371. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Gang‐Wei, et al.. (2020). Cyclometalated Ruthenium Catalyst Enables Ortho-Selective C–H Alkylation with Secondary Alkyl Bromides. Chem. 6(6). 1459–1468. 32 indexed citations
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Font, Marc, Andrew Spencer, & Igor Larrosa. (2018). meta-C–H arylation of fluoroarenes via traceless directing group relay strategy. Chemical Science. 9(35). 7133–7137. 37 indexed citations
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Just‐Baringo, Xavier & Igor Larrosa. (2018). Ketone C–C Bond Activation Meets the Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-coupling. Chem. 4(6). 1203–1204. 4 indexed citations
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Simonetti, Marco, Rositha Kuniyil, Stuart A. Macgregor, & Igor Larrosa. (2018). Benzoate Cyclometalation Enables Oxidative Addition of Haloarenes at a Ru(II) Center. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(37). 11836–11847. 26 indexed citations
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Font, Marc, et al.. (2017). The use of carboxylic acids as traceless directing groups for regioselective C–H bond functionalisation. Chemical Communications. 53(41). 5584–5597. 197 indexed citations
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Luo, Junfei & Igor Larrosa. (2017). C−H Carboxylation of Aromatic Compounds through CO2 Fixation. ChemSusChem. 10(17). 3317–3332. 200 indexed citations
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Whitaker, Daniel, et al.. (2017). Determination of 2H KIEs from Competition Experiments: Increased Accuracy via Isotopic Enrichment. Topics in Catalysis. 60(8). 589–593. 2 indexed citations
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Simonetti, Marco & Igor Larrosa. (2016). Good things come in threes. Nature Chemistry. 8(12). 1086–1088. 26 indexed citations
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Whitaker, Daniel, Jordi Burés, & Igor Larrosa. (2016). Ag(I)-Catalyzed C–H Activation: The Role of the Ag(I) Salt in Pd/Ag-Mediated C–H Arylation of Electron-Deficient Arenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(27). 8384–8387. 144 indexed citations
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Grainger, Rachel, et al.. (2014). The ortho‐Substituent Effect on the Ag‐Catalysed Decarboxylation of Benzoic Acids. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(50). 16680–16687. 56 indexed citations
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Cambeiro, Xacobe C., Tanya C. Boorman, Pengfei Lu, & Igor Larrosa. (2012). Redox‐Controlled Selectivity of CH Activation in the Oxidative Cross‐Coupling of Arenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(6). 1781–1784. 77 indexed citations
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Jacques, Sylvain A., Andreas Blum, Nathalie Lebrasseur, et al.. (2011). Studies on the Total Synthesis of Lactonamycin: Synthesis of the Fused Pentacyclic B–F Ring Unit. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2012(1). 107–113. 8 indexed citations
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Cornellà, Josep, et al.. (2010). Decarboxylative homocoupling of (hetero)aromatic carboxylic acids. Chemical Communications. 46(43). 8276–8276. 104 indexed citations

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