Jacob Davies

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Jacob Davies is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacob Davies has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Organic Chemistry, 3 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology and 2 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Jacob Davies's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (13 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (11 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (10 papers). Jacob Davies is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (13 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (11 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (10 papers). Jacob Davies collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Spain. Jacob Davies's co-authors include Daniele Leonori, Nadeem S. Sheikh, Stéphanie Essafi, Robert A. W. Dryfe, Samuel G. Booth, James J. Douglas, Sara P. Morcillo, Thomas D. Svejstrup, Rubén Martı́n and Hongfei Yin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jacob Davies

17 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Visible‐Light‐Mediated Generation of Nitrogen‐Centered Ra... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
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  1. Visible‐Light‐Mediated Generation of Nitrogen‐Centered Radicals: Metal‐Free Hydroimination and Iminohydroxylation Cyclization Reactions
    2015 376 citations Jacob Davies, Samuel G. Booth et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jacob Davies United Kingdom 14 1.7k 204 145 127 100 17 1.8k
Megan A. Cismesia United States 9 1.3k 0.8× 361 1.8× 131 0.9× 148 1.2× 20 0.2× 11 1.5k
Yunkui Liu China 25 1.8k 1.1× 230 1.1× 294 2.0× 34 0.3× 66 0.7× 109 1.9k
Linbin Niu China 18 1.5k 0.9× 149 0.7× 179 1.2× 198 1.6× 31 0.3× 26 1.7k
Yingguang Zhu China 20 1.7k 1.0× 143 0.7× 311 2.1× 44 0.3× 39 0.4× 57 1.8k
Li‐Jie Cheng China 16 962 0.6× 95 0.5× 273 1.9× 24 0.2× 112 1.1× 28 1.0k
Qilei Zhu United States 16 1.9k 1.1× 178 0.9× 298 2.1× 172 1.4× 31 0.3× 24 2.0k
Peng‐Zi Wang China 20 2.0k 1.2× 222 1.1× 154 1.1× 108 0.9× 44 0.4× 28 2.1k
Barbara Riehl Germany 6 794 0.5× 80 0.4× 77 0.5× 178 1.4× 22 0.2× 7 936
Shang‐Zheng Sun China 22 2.4k 1.5× 269 1.3× 670 4.6× 139 1.1× 112 1.1× 27 2.6k
Kaila A. Margrey United States 9 1.8k 1.1× 161 0.8× 149 1.0× 138 1.1× 20 0.2× 9 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jacob Davies

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jacob Davies

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Davies, Jacob, Basudev Sahoo, Craig S. Day, et al.. (2024). Kinetically-Controlled Ni-Catalyzed Direct Carboxylation of Unactivated Secondary Alkyl Bromides without Chain Walking. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(3). 1753–1759. 24 indexed citations
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Davies, Jacob, et al.. (2021). The road to industrialization of fine chemical carboxylation reactions. Chem. 7(11). 2927–2942. 62 indexed citations
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Davies, Jacob, et al.. (2021). Ni-Catalyzed Carboxylation of Aziridines en Route to β-Amino Acids. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(13). 4949–4954. 69 indexed citations
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Davies, Jacob, et al.. (2019). Reaction of Nitrogen‐Radicals with Organometallics Under Ni‐Catalysis: N‐Arylations and Amino‐Functionalization Cascades. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(15). 5003–5007. 43 indexed citations
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Martín‐Montero, Raúl, Veera Reddy Yatham, Hongfei Yin, Jacob Davies, & Rubén Martı́n. (2019). Ni-catalyzed Reductive Deaminative Arylation at sp3 Carbon Centers. Organic Letters. 21(8). 2947–2951. 114 indexed citations
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Davies, Jacob, et al.. (2019). Reaction of Nitrogen‐Radicals with Organometallics Under Ni‐Catalysis: N‐Arylations and Amino‐Functionalization Cascades. Angewandte Chemie. 131(15). 5057–5061. 14 indexed citations
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Davies, Jacob, Sara P. Morcillo, James J. Douglas, & Daniele Leonori. (2018). Hydroxylamine Derivatives as Nitrogen‐Radical Precursors in Visible‐Light Photochemistry. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(47). 12154–12163. 278 indexed citations
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Sheikh, Nadeem S., et al.. (2018). Photoredox Synthesis of Arylhydroxylamines from Carboxylic Acids and Nitrosoarenes. Synthesis. 50(4). 821–830. 12 indexed citations
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Davies, Jacob, Nadeem S. Sheikh, & Daniele Leonori. (2017). Photoredox Imino Functionalizations of Olefins. Angewandte Chemie. 129(43). 13546–13550. 66 indexed citations
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Davies, Jacob, Nadeem S. Sheikh, & Daniele Leonori. (2017). Photoredox Imino Functionalizations of Olefins. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(43). 13361–13365. 232 indexed citations
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Davies, Jacob, et al.. (2016). Visible-Light-Mediated Synthesis of Amidyl Radicals: Transition-Metal-Free Hydroamination and N-Arylation Reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(26). 8092–8095. 299 indexed citations
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Davies, Jacob, Samuel G. Booth, Stéphanie Essafi, Robert A. W. Dryfe, & Daniele Leonori. (2015). Visible‐Light‐Mediated Generation of Nitrogen‐Centered Radicals: Metal‐Free Hydroimination and Iminohydroxylation Cyclization Reactions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(47). 14017–14021. 376 indexed citations breakdown →
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Davies, Jacob, Samuel G. Booth, Stéphanie Essafi, Robert A. W. Dryfe, & Daniele Leonori. (2015). Visible‐Light‐Mediated Generation of Nitrogen‐Centered Radicals: Metal‐Free Hydroimination and Iminohydroxylation Cyclization Reactions. Angewandte Chemie. 127(47). 14223–14227. 113 indexed citations
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Davies, Jacob & Daniele Leonori. (2014). The first calcium-catalysed Nazarov cyclisation. Chemical Communications. 50(96). 15171–15174. 61 indexed citations
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Davies, Jacob, et al.. (1958). 367. Studies in the xanthone series. Part II. Preparation and reactions of 1-formyl-2-hydroxyxanthone. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 1790–1790. 23 indexed citations
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Davies, Jacob, Feodor Scheinmann, & H. Suschitzky. (1956). 419. Studies in the xanthone series. Part I. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 2140–2140. 4 indexed citations

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