Jack Twilton

6.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
11 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Jack Twilton is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jack Twilton has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Organic Chemistry, 1 paper in Pharmaceutical Science and 1 paper in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Jack Twilton's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (7 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (6 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (6 papers). Jack Twilton is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (7 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (6 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (6 papers). Jack Twilton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Jack Twilton's co-authors include David W. C. MacMillan, Megan H. Shaw, Ryan W. Evans, Patricia Zhang, Chi “Chip” Le, Daniel A. DiRocco, Melodie Christensen, Ian W. Davies, Rebecca T. Ruck and Shannon S. Stahl and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Jack Twilton

11 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Photoredox Catalysis in Organic Chemistry

2016 2.5k citations Megan H. Shaw, Jack Twilton et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →
The merger of transition metal and photocatalysis

2017 1.9k citations Jack Twilton, Chi “Chip” Le et al. Nature Reviews Chemistry profile →
Exploiting the Marcus inverted region for first-row transition metal–based photoredox catalysis

2023 106 citations Amy Chan, Jack Twilton et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jack Twilton United States	10	4.4k	920	609	546	411	11	5.0k
Megan H. Shaw United Kingdom	11	4.9k 1.1×	882 1.0×	569 0.9×	498 0.9×	432 1.1×	12	5.5k
Chi “Chip” Le United States	11	4.0k 0.9×	709 0.8×	457 0.8×	561 1.0×	466 1.1×	13	4.6k
Jagan M. R. Narayanam United States	11	6.4k 1.5×	1.0k 1.1×	728 1.2×	812 1.5×	438 1.1×	12	7.0k
Nathan A. Romero United States	9	6.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	892 1.5×	717 1.3×	424 1.0×	19	7.0k
Leyre Marzo Spain	21	3.6k 0.8×	670 0.7×	518 0.9×	407 0.7×	311 0.8×	48	4.0k
Michael A. Ischay United States	14	4.2k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	745 1.2×	454 0.8×	273 0.7×	17	4.9k
Juana Du United States	7	3.8k 0.9×	918 1.0×	714 1.2×	432 0.8×	321 0.8×	8	4.4k
Kirsten Zeitler Germany	37	5.3k 1.2×	629 0.7×	683 1.1×	420 0.8×	585 1.4×	80	6.1k
Wujiong Xia China	42	5.2k 1.2×	353 0.4×	443 0.7×	806 1.5×	693 1.7×	174	6.0k
Giacomo E. M. Crisenza United Kingdom	17	2.9k 0.7×	474 0.5×	359 0.6×	433 0.8×	470 1.1×	27	3.4k

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Twilton, Jack, et al.. (2024). Copper–Nitroxyl-Catalyzed α-Oxygenation of Cyclic Secondary Amines Including Application to Late-Stage Functionalization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(21). 14439–14444. 5 indexed citations

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Twilton, Jack, Cecilia Bottecchia, Dan Lehnherr, et al.. (2023). Quinone-mediated hydrogen anode for non-aqueous reductive electrosynthesis. Nature. 623(7985). 71–76. 48 indexed citations

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Su, Zhi-Ming, Jack Twilton, Caroline B. Hoyt, et al.. (2023). Ni- and Ni/Pd-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Lignin-Derived Aromatics to Access Biobased Plasticizers. ACS Central Science. 9(2). 159–165. 23 indexed citations

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Chan, Amy, Jack Twilton, Jian Jin, et al.. (2023). Exploiting the Marcus inverted region for first-row transition metal–based photoredox catalysis. Science. 382(6667). 191–197. 106 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hoque, Md Asmaul, Jack Twilton, Matthew D. Graaf, et al.. (2022). Electrochemical PINOylation of Methylarenes: Improving the Scope and Utility of Benzylic Oxidation through Mediated Electrolysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(33). 15295–15302. 65 indexed citations

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Liu, Wenbin, Jack Twilton, Bo Wei, et al.. (2021). Copper-Catalyzed Oxidation of Hydrazones to Diazo Compounds Using Oxygen as the Terminal Oxidant. ACS Catalysis. 11(5). 2676–2683. 29 indexed citations

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Twilton, Jack, Melodie Christensen, Daniel A. DiRocco, et al.. (2018). Selective Hydrogen Atom Abstraction through Induced Bond Polarization: Direct α‐Arylation of Alcohols through Photoredox, HAT, and Nickel Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 130(19). 5467–5471. 44 indexed citations

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Twilton, Jack, Melodie Christensen, Daniel A. DiRocco, et al.. (2018). Selective Hydrogen Atom Abstraction through Induced Bond Polarization: Direct α‐Arylation of Alcohols through Photoredox, HAT, and Nickel Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(19). 5369–5373. 178 indexed citations

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Twilton, Jack, Chi “Chip” Le, Patricia Zhang, et al.. (2017). The merger of transition metal and photocatalysis. Nature Reviews Chemistry. 1(7). 1869 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shaw, Megan H., Jack Twilton, & David W. C. MacMillan. (2016). Photoredox Catalysis in Organic Chemistry. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 81(16). 6898–6926. 2550 indexed citations breakdown →

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Emer, Enrico, Jack Twilton, Matthew Tredwell, et al.. (2014). Diversity-Oriented Approach to CF₃CHF-, CF₃CFBr-, CF₃CF₂-, (CF₃)₂CH-, and CF₃(SCF₃)CH-Substituted Arenes from 1-(Diazo-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)arenes. Organic Letters. 16(22). 6004–6007. 91 indexed citations

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