Luca Capaldo

4.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
48 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Luca Capaldo is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Luca Capaldo has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Organic Chemistry, 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 7 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Luca Capaldo's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (41 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (27 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (21 papers). Luca Capaldo is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (41 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (27 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (21 papers). Luca Capaldo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Netherlands and United States. Luca Capaldo's co-authors include Davide Ravelli, Maurizio Fagnoni, Timothy Noël, Zhenghui Wen, Daniele Merli, R. Riccardi, Ting Wan, Manuel Nuño, Pablo García‐Losada and Carlos Mateos and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Luca Capaldo

46 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Direct Photocatalyzed Hydrogen Atom Transfer (HAT) for Aliphatic C–H Bonds Elaboration

2021 908 citations Luca Capaldo, Davide Ravelli et al. profile →
Hydrogen Atom Transfer (HAT): A Versatile Strategy for Substrate Activation in Photocatalyzed Organic Synthesis

2017 642 citations Luca Capaldo, Davide Ravelli European Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →
A field guide to flow chemistry for synthetic organic chemists

2023 215 citations Luca Capaldo, Zhenghui Wen et al. Chemical Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luca Capaldo Italy	24	2.9k	419	359	354	339	48	3.4k
Giacomo E. M. Crisenza United Kingdom	17	2.9k 1.0×	474 1.1×	127 0.4×	433 1.2×	470 1.4×	27	3.4k
Quan‐Quan Zhou China	21	2.6k 0.9×	259 0.6×	132 0.4×	311 0.9×	278 0.8×	35	2.9k
Jack A. Terrett United States	13	3.3k 1.1×	438 1.0×	123 0.3×	342 1.0×	312 0.9×	23	3.6k
David C. Fabry Germany	21	2.2k 0.8×	408 1.0×	301 0.8×	129 0.4×	226 0.7×	28	2.5k
Neil A. Strotman United States	25	1.8k 0.6×	333 0.8×	255 0.7×	259 0.7×	568 1.7×	61	2.5k
Carlo Sambiagio Netherlands	13	2.7k 0.9×	150 0.4×	298 0.8×	157 0.4×	512 1.5×	19	3.0k
Joshua P. Barham Germany	27	2.0k 0.7×	489 1.2×	160 0.4×	228 0.6×	229 0.7×	54	2.3k
Heng Zhang China	37	3.9k 1.4×	319 0.8×	152 0.4×	216 0.6×	613 1.8×	114	4.5k
Christopher B. Kelly United States	30	3.5k 1.2×	209 0.5×	205 0.6×	842 2.4×	435 1.3×	69	3.9k
Karl D. Collins Germany	21	2.2k 0.8×	153 0.4×	210 0.6×	180 0.5×	448 1.3×	24	2.6k

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Righi, L., Andrea Porcheddu, Raimondo Maggi, et al.. (2025). Mechanochemical Activation of NaHCO ₃ : A Solid CO ₂ Surrogate in Carboxylation Reactions. ChemSusChem. 18(14). e202500461–e202500461. 5 indexed citations

Lanzi, Matteo, et al.. (2025). Mechanochemical Aerobic Activation of Metallic Copper for the Synthesis of 1,4‐Allenynes. ChemSusChem. 18(13). e202500211–e202500211. 3 indexed citations

Porcheddu, Andrea, et al.. (2025). Photomechanochemistry: harnessing mechanical forces to enhance photochemical reactions. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 21. 458–472. 6 indexed citations

Maestri, Giovanni, et al.. (2025). Aliphatic aldehydes as CO surrogates via photocatalyzed hydrogen atom transfer. Green Chemistry. 27(46). 14799–14806.

Ca’, Nicola Della, et al.. (2025). A Telescoped Strategy for the Preparation of Five‐Membered Hetero‐ and Carbocycles via Hydrogen Atom Transfer Photocatalysis in Flow. ChemSusChem. 18(16). e202501012–e202501012. 1 indexed citations

Ca’, Nicola Della, et al.. (2025). A Decarbonylative Strategy to Enhance Efficiency and Regioselectivity in Photocatalyzed Hydrogen Atom Transfer. JACS Au. 5(7). 3491–3499. 3 indexed citations

Mazzeo, Paolo P., Daniele Merli, Giovanni Maestri, et al.. (2024). Photocatalyzed Aerobic Dearomatization of Naphthylamines under Visible‐Light Irradiation. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 366(20). 4187–4193. 2 indexed citations

Capaldo, Luca, et al.. (2024). Modular synthesis of congested β^2,2-amino acids via the merger of photocatalysis and oxidative functionalisations. Chemical Communications. 60(11). 1456–1459. 4 indexed citations

Capaldo, Luca, et al.. (2024). Visible light-induced halogen-atom transfer by N-heterocyclic carbene-ligated boryl radicals for diastereoselective C(sp³)–C(sp²) bond formation. Chemical Science. 15(36). 14844–14850. 9 indexed citations

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Capaldo, Luca, et al.. (2023). Accelerated Electrophotocatalytic C(sp ³ )−H Heteroarylation Enabled by an Efficient Continuous‐Flow Reactor**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(52). e202315881–e202315881. 30 indexed citations

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Noël, Timothy, et al.. (2022). Synthetic Applications of Photocatalyzed Halogen‐Radical Mediated Hydrogen Atom Transfer for C−H Bond Functionalization. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2022(34). 84 indexed citations

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Luridiana, Alberto, Daniele Mazzarella, Luca Capaldo, et al.. (2022). The Merger of Benzophenone HAT Photocatalysis and Silyl Radical-Induced XAT Enables Both Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling and 1,2-Dicarbofunctionalization of Olefins. ACS Catalysis. 12(18). 11216–11225. 52 indexed citations

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Özgen, Fatma Feyza, et al.. (2022). The Synthesis of Chiral γ‐Lactones by Merging Decatungstate Photocatalysis with Biocatalysis. ChemCatChem. 14(19). 18 indexed citations

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Capaldo, Luca, et al.. (2022). Modular allylation of C(sp ³ )–H bonds by combining decatungstate photocatalysis and HWE olefination in flow. Chemical Science. 13(24). 7325–7331. 31 indexed citations

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Kidd, Jesse B., et al.. (2021). Construction of Complex Cyclobutane Building Blocks by Photosensitized [2 + 2] Cycloaddition of Vinyl Boronate Esters. Organic Letters. 23(9). 3496–3501. 49 indexed citations

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Wan, Ting, Zhenghui Wen, Gabriele Laudadio, et al.. (2021). Accelerated and Scalable C(sp³)–H Amination via Decatungstate Photocatalysis Using a Flow Photoreactor Equipped with High-Intensity LEDs. ACS Central Science. 8(1). 51–56. 62 indexed citations

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Capaldo, Luca, et al.. (2020). Antimony–Oxo Porphyrins as Photocatalysts for Redox-Neutral C–H to C–C Bond Conversion. ACS Catalysis. 10(16). 9057–9064. 35 indexed citations

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Capaldo, Luca, et al.. (2020). Photocatalytic hydrogen atom transfer: the philosopher's stone for late-stage functionalization?. Green Chemistry. 22(11). 3376–3396. 188 indexed citations

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Capaldo, Luca, et al.. (2019). Merging Photocatalysis with Electrochemistry: The Dawn of a new Alliance in Organic Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(49). 17508–17510. 120 indexed citations

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Capaldo, Luca & Davide Ravelli. (2019). Alkoxy radicals generation: facile photocatalytic reduction of N-alkoxyazinium or azolium salts. Chemical Communications. 55(21). 3029–3032. 47 indexed citations

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