Marco Lessi

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Marco Lessi is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Marco Lessi has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Organic Chemistry, 15 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Marco Lessi's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (21 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (16 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (11 papers). Marco Lessi is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (21 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (16 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (11 papers). Marco Lessi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Switzerland and United States. Marco Lessi's co-authors include Fabio Bellina, Renzo Rossi, M. Chiara Manzini, Giulia Marianetti, Andrea Pucci, Pierpaolo Minei, Luca Alessandro Perego, Giacomo Ruggeri, Vincenzo Barone and Gaetano Angelici and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C and Polymer.

In The Last Decade

Marco Lessi

54 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Cross‐Coupling of Heteroarenes by CH Functionalization: Recent Progress towards Direct Arylation and Heteroarylation Reactions Involving Heteroarenes Containing One Heteroatom

2014 386 citations Fabio Bellina, Marco Lessi et al. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marco Lessi Italy	23	1.3k	237	164	140	121	57	1.7k
Abdelkader Chouaıh Algeria	20	871 0.7×	190 0.8×	65 0.4×	122 0.9×	100 0.8×	94	1.3k
Suhana Arshad Malaysia	14	659 0.5×	189 0.8×	81 0.5×	306 2.2×	83 0.7×	174	1.1k
Juho Helaja Finland	23	916 0.7×	519 2.2×	104 0.6×	191 1.4×	261 2.2×	62	1.4k
Tanmay Chatterjee India	28	1.9k 1.5×	459 1.9×	303 1.8×	262 1.9×	186 1.5×	64	2.4k
Adelino M. Galvão Portugal	20	748 0.6×	286 1.2×	85 0.5×	436 3.1×	100 0.8×	89	1.2k
Mirza Arfan Yawer Germany	16	653 0.5×	244 1.0×	107 0.7×	85 0.6×	82 0.7×	53	998
Mathieu Frenette Canada	20	1.3k 1.0×	397 1.7×	74 0.5×	160 1.1×	87 0.7×	42	1.8k
Giorgio Volpi Italy	18	624 0.5×	342 1.4×	245 1.5×	69 0.5×	62 0.5×	46	1.1k
Silvia Cauteruccio Italy	23	1.7k 1.3×	305 1.3×	96 0.6×	123 0.9×	223 1.8×	62	2.0k
Michael Frank Germany	19	465 0.4×	426 1.8×	203 1.2×	245 1.8×	161 1.3×	46	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marco Lessi

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Guazzelli, Elisa, et al.. (2025). An in-depth NMR investigation of thermoresponsive unimer micelles loaded with the highly hydrophobic antitumor drug CA-4. Polymer Testing. 146. 108784–108784. 1 indexed citations

Crocellà, Valentina, et al.. (2025). Systematic Assessment of the Structural Impact of Linker Fluorination in Ce ^IV -Based UiO-66. Inorganic Chemistry. 64(39). 19688–19696.

Pescitelli, Gennaro, et al.. (2024). Strong chiroptical properties from thin films of chiral imidazole derivatives allowing for easy detection of circularly polarized luminescence. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(25). 9210–9216. 4 indexed citations

Vecchio, Antonio Del, Angela Cuzzola, Filippo Lipparini, et al.. (2024). Transition Metal‐Driven Selectivity in Direct C−H Arylation of Imidazo[2,1‐b]Thiazole. ChemistryOpen. 13(11). e202400180–e202400180. 1 indexed citations

Guazzelli, Elisa, Simona Braccini, Marco Lessi, et al.. (2022). Self-Assembled Amphiphilic Fluorinated Random Copolymers for the Encapsulation and Release of the Hydrophobic Combretastatin A-4 Drug. Polymers. 14(4). 774–774. 11 indexed citations

Lessi, Marco, et al.. (2022). Ligandless Palladium-Catalyzed Direct C-5 Arylation of Azoles Promoted by Benzoic Acid in Anisole. Molecules. 27(23). 8454–8454. 1 indexed citations

Bellina, Fabio, et al.. (2021). Ligand-free Pd/Ag-mediated dehydrogenative alkynylation of imidazole derivatives. RSC Advances. 11(41). 25504–25509. 5 indexed citations

Mori, R., Marco Lessi, Ana B. Muñoz‐García, et al.. (2018). Luminescent solar concentrators based on PMMA films obtained from a red-emitting ATRP initiator. Polymer Chemistry. 9(10). 1168–1177. 43 indexed citations

Vergara, Daniele, Stefania De Domenico, Andrea Tinelli, et al.. (2017). Anticancer effects of novel resveratrol analogues on human ovarian cancer cells. Molecular BioSystems. 13(6). 1131–1141. 27 indexed citations

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Carli, Stefano, Giulia Marianetti, Nicola Marchetti, et al.. (2016). A New 1,3,4‐Oxadiazole‐Based Hole‐Transport Material for Efficient CH₃NH₃PbBr₃ Perovskite Solar Cells. ChemSusChem. 9(7). 657–661. 32 indexed citations

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Foglieni, Chiara, Katiuscia Pagano, Marco Lessi, et al.. (2016). Integrating computational and chemical biology tools in the discovery of antiangiogenic small molecule ligands of FGF2 derived from endogenous inhibitors. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 23432–23432. 20 indexed citations

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Cicogna, Francesca, Serena Coiai, Fabio Bellina, et al.. (2016). Structural, thermal and photo-physical data of azo-aromatic TEMPO derivatives before and after their grafting to polyolefins. Data in Brief. 6. 562–570. 4 indexed citations

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Galia, Alessandro, Benedetto Schiavo, Claudia Antonetti, et al.. (2015). Autohydrolysis pretreatment of Arundo donax: a comparison between microwave-assisted batch and fast heating rate flow-through reaction systems. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 8(1). 218–218. 41 indexed citations

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Lessi, Marco, M. Chiara Manzini, Pierpaolo Minei, et al.. (2014). Synthesis and Optical Properties of Imidazole‐Based Fluorophores having High Quantum Yields. ChemPlusChem. 79(3). 366–370. 13 indexed citations

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Lessi, Marco, et al.. (2014). Zn(II)-bisthienylethynylbipyridine complex: Preparation, characterization and vapochromic behaviour in polymer films. Dyes and Pigments. 110. 249–255. 15 indexed citations

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Prampolini, Giacomo, Fabio Bellina, Małgorzata Biczysko, et al.. (2012). Computational Design, Synthesis, and Mechanochromic Properties of New Thiophene‐Based π‐Conjugated Chromophores. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(6). 1996–2004. 39 indexed citations

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Fukuhara, Gaku, Takahiro Okazaki, Marco Lessi, et al.. (2011). Chiral ionic liquid-mediated photochirogenesis. Enantiodifferentiating photocyclodimerization of 2-anthracenecarboxylic acid. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 9(20). 7105–7105. 13 indexed citations

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Bellina, Fabio, Cinzia Chiappe, & Marco Lessi. (2011). Synthesis and properties of trialkyl(2,3-dihydroxypropyl)phosphonium salts, a new class of hydrophilic and hydrophobic glyceryl-functionalized ILs. Green Chemistry. 14(1). 148–155. 21 indexed citations

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Mandoli, Alessandro, et al.. (2008). Some factors affecting the catalytic efficiency in the enantioselective cyclopropanation of olefins by the use of insoluble polystyrene-bound bisoxazoline-copper(I) complex. Catalysis Today. 140(1-2). 51–57. 13 indexed citations

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Mandoli, Alessandro, Marco Lessi, Dario Pini, Claudio Evangelisti, & Piero Salvadori. (2008). Remarkable Efficiency Improvement in the Preparation of Insoluble Polymer‐Bound (IPB) Enantioselective Catalytic Systems by the Use of Silicone Chemistry. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 350(3). 375–379. 15 indexed citations

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