James Roane

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

James Roane is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, James Roane has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Organic Chemistry, 5 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 1 paper in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in James Roane's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (4 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (4 papers). James Roane is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (4 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (4 papers). James Roane collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. James Roane's co-authors include Olafs Daugulis, Ly D. Tran, Michael J. Krische, Michael Holmes, Stephen D. Ramgren, Zhiyu Lei, Yeon‐Hee Lim, Bin Hu, Lianyun Zhao and Tao Ji and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

James Roane

8 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Bidentate, Monoanionic Auxiliary-Directed Functionalization of Carbon–Hydrogen Bonds

2015 1.1k citations Olafs Daugulis, James Roane et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Roane United States	6	1.9k	397	76	67	50	9	1.9k
Joshua R. Hummel United States	9	1.6k 0.9×	391 1.0×	62 0.8×	86 1.3×	38 0.8×	11	1.6k
Marcus E. Farmer United States	16	2.1k 1.1×	497 1.3×	87 1.1×	90 1.3×	47 0.9×	16	2.1k
David Schönbauer Austria	5	1.4k 0.7×	296 0.7×	74 1.0×	63 0.9×	38 0.8×	8	1.4k
Kaizhi Li China	17	1.4k 0.8×	244 0.6×	54 0.7×	59 0.9×	26 0.5×	27	1.5k
Tiffany Piou Switzerland	16	1.9k 1.0×	408 1.0×	86 1.1×	66 1.0×	26 0.5×	19	1.9k
Joachim Loup Germany	12	1.2k 0.6×	450 1.1×	49 0.6×	50 0.7×	42 0.8×	19	1.2k
Steffen Greßies Germany	18	1.4k 0.7×	311 0.8×	55 0.7×	70 1.0×	51 1.0×	20	1.4k
Andy S. Tsai United States	9	2.2k 1.2×	544 1.4×	86 1.1×	49 0.7×	58 1.2×	11	2.2k
Yingsheng Zhao China	16	1.5k 0.8×	385 1.0×	180 2.4×	79 1.2×	71 1.4×	24	1.5k
Muhammad Farooq Zia Austria	3	1.3k 0.7×	296 0.7×	71 0.9×	59 0.9×	37 0.7×	3	1.4k

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Lei, Zhiyu, Lianyun Zhao, Tao Ji, et al.. (2025). CuOTf(Tol)_1/2-Catalyzed O-Trifluoroethylation of Alcohols with 2,2,2-Trifluorodiazoethane. Organic Letters. 27(17). 4485–4490.

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Roane, James, et al.. (2021). Total Synthesis of Leiodermatolide A via Transfer Hydrogenative Allylation, Crotylation, and Propargylation: Polyketide Construction beyond Discrete Allyl- or Allenylmetal Reagents. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(28). 10590–10595. 17 indexed citations

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Roane, James, Michael Holmes, & Michael J. Krische. (2017). Reductive C–C coupling via hydrogenation and transfer hydrogenation: Departure from stoichiometric metals in carbonyl addition. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 7. 1–5. 4 indexed citations

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Roane, James, et al.. (2017). Synthesis of the C(1)–C(13) Fragment of Leiodermatolide via Hydrogen-Mediated C–C Bond Formation. Organic Letters. 19(24). 6634–6637. 4 indexed citations

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Roane, James & Olafs Daugulis. (2016). A General Method for Aminoquinoline-Directed, Copper-Catalyzed sp² C–H Bond Amination. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138(13). 4601–4607. 153 indexed citations

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Daugulis, Olafs, James Roane, & Ly D. Tran. (2015). Bidentate, Monoanionic Auxiliary-Directed Functionalization of Carbon–Hydrogen Bonds. Accounts of Chemical Research. 48(4). 1053–1064. 1131 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tran, Ly D., James Roane, & Olafs Daugulis. (2013). Directed Amination of Non‐Acidic Arene CH Bonds by a Copper–Silver Catalytic System. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(23). 6043–6046. 307 indexed citations

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Roane, James & Olafs Daugulis. (2013). Copper-Catalyzed Etherification of Arene C–H Bonds. Organic Letters. 15(22). 5842–5845. 177 indexed citations

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Tran, Ly D., James Roane, & Olafs Daugulis. (2013). Directed Amination of Non‐Acidic Arene CH Bonds by a Copper–Silver Catalytic System. Angewandte Chemie. 125(23). 6159–6162. 98 indexed citations

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