Matthew J. Gaunt

18.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
133 papers, 15.9k citations indexed

About

Matthew J. Gaunt is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew J. Gaunt has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 15.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Organic Chemistry, 21 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Matthew J. Gaunt's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (86 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (35 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (35 papers). Matthew J. Gaunt is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (86 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (35 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (35 papers). Matthew J. Gaunt collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Matthew J. Gaunt's co-authors include Robert J. Phipps, Lindsay McMurray, Fionn O’Hara, Neil P. Grimster, Carin C. C. Johansson, Elizabeth M. Beck, Aaron Trowbridge, Steven V. Ley, Beatrice S. L. Collins and Marcos G. Suero and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Matthew J. Gaunt

132 papers receiving 15.7k citations

Hit Papers

Recent developments in natural product synthesis using me... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2011 2009 2008 2020 2005 400 800 1.2k
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  1. Recent developments in natural product synthesis using metal-catalysed C–H bond functionalisation
    2011 1.5k citations Matthew J. Gaunt et al. profile →
  2. A Meta-Selective Copper-Catalyzed C–H Bond Arylation
    2009 883 citations Matthew J. Gaunt et al. profile →
  3. Cu(II)-Catalyzed Direct and Site-Selective Arylation of Indoles Under Mild Conditions
    2008 719 citations Matthew J. Gaunt et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  4. New Strategies for the Transition-Metal Catalyzed Synthesis of Aliphatic Amines
    2020 672 citations Aaron Trowbridge, Matthew J. Gaunt et al. profile →
  5. Palladium‐Catalyzed Intermolecular Alkenylation of Indoles by Solvent‐Controlled Regioselective CH Functionalization
    2005 583 citations Matthew J. Gaunt et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  6. Enantioselective organocatalysis
    2006 577 citations Matthew J. Gaunt et al. profile →
  7. Oxidative Pd(II)-Catalyzed C−H Bond Amination to Carbazole at Ambient Temperature
    2008 522 citations Matthew J. Gaunt et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  8. Palladium-catalysed C–H activation of aliphatic amines to give strained nitrogen heterocycles
    2014 466 citations Benjamin Haffemayer, Matthew J. Gaunt et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthew J. Gaunt United Kingdom 63 15.2k 3.0k 1.3k 783 419 133 15.9k
David J. Procter United Kingdom 63 10.8k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 1.4k 1.0× 971 1.2× 363 0.9× 230 12.1k
Yian Shi United States 60 10.5k 0.7× 2.9k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 419 0.5× 311 0.7× 202 11.3k
Liu‐Zhu Gong China 75 16.5k 1.1× 4.8k 1.6× 2.3k 1.8× 556 0.7× 568 1.4× 259 17.1k
Yoshiji Takemoto Japan 57 13.9k 0.9× 3.3k 1.1× 3.5k 2.6× 611 0.8× 315 0.8× 339 14.9k
Nicolai Cramer Switzerland 75 17.2k 1.1× 6.0k 2.0× 949 0.7× 491 0.6× 526 1.3× 201 17.7k
Mukund P. Sibi United States 52 11.2k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 2.4k 1.8× 667 0.9× 298 0.7× 243 12.5k
Masahiro Terada Japan 60 15.1k 1.0× 5.0k 1.7× 2.7k 2.1× 803 1.0× 304 0.7× 329 16.2k
Andrey P. Antonchick Germany 59 10.5k 0.7× 2.8k 0.9× 2.1k 1.6× 511 0.7× 399 1.0× 140 11.6k
Takahiko Akiyama Japan 56 13.7k 0.9× 4.3k 1.4× 2.8k 2.1× 1.3k 1.6× 469 1.1× 256 14.9k
Giuseppe Bartoli Italy 56 10.8k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 2.3k 1.7× 379 0.5× 237 0.6× 228 11.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Russo, Danilo, et al.. (2025). Machine Learning-Driven Optimization of Continuous-Flow Photoredox Amine Synthesis. Organic Process Research & Development. 29(6). 1411–1422. 1 indexed citations
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Gaunt, Matthew J., et al.. (2025). One-carbon homologation of alkenes. Nature. 643(8070). 130–138. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Jianzhong & Matthew J. Gaunt. (2024). Versatile, Modular, and General Strategy for the Synthesis of α-Amino Carbonyls. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(35). 24699–24707. 11 indexed citations
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Kumar, Roopender, et al.. (2024). Multicomponent Synthesis of α-Branched Amines via a Zinc-Mediated Carbonyl Alkylative Amination Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(13). 9045–9062. 24 indexed citations
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Kumar, Roopender, et al.. (2024). Modular Synthesis of Heterobenzylic Amines via Carbonyl Azinylative Amination. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(42). e202408287–e202408287. 1 indexed citations
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Zakrzewski, J., Polina Yaseneva, Connor J. Taylor, Matthew J. Gaunt, & Alexei A. Lapkin. (2023). Scalable Palladium-Catalyzed C(sp3)–H Carbonylation of Alkylamines in Batch and Continuous Flow. Organic Process Research & Development. 27(4). 649–658. 7 indexed citations
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Trowbridge, Aaron, et al.. (2023). A Chiral Amine Transfer Approach to the Photocatalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Trialkyl-α-tertiary Amines. Organic Letters. 25(5). 861–866. 6 indexed citations
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Bunescu, Ala, et al.. (2021). Multicomponent alkene azidoarylation by anion-mediated dual catalysis. Nature. 598(7882). 597–603. 63 indexed citations
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Kumar, Roopender, et al.. (2021). Visible light-mediated radical fluoromethylation via halogen atom transfer activation of fluoroiodomethane. Chemical Science. 12(38). 12812–12818. 43 indexed citations
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Nappi, Manuel, Alexandre Hofer, Shankar Balasubramanian, & Matthew J. Gaunt. (2020). Selective Chemical Functionalization at N6-Methyladenosine Residues in DNA Enabled by Visible-Light-Mediated Photoredox Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(51). 21484–21492. 28 indexed citations
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Kumar, Roopender, Nils J. Flodén, William G. Whitehurst, & Matthew J. Gaunt. (2020). A general carbonyl alkylative amination for tertiary amine synthesis. Nature. 581(7809). 415–420. 148 indexed citations
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Kumar, Roopender, et al.. (2020). Visible-light mediated carbonyl trifluoromethylative amination as a practical method for the synthesis of β-trifluoromethyl tertiary alkylamines. Chemical Science. 11(44). 12089–12094. 20 indexed citations
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He, Chuan, William G. Whitehurst, & Matthew J. Gaunt. (2019). Palladium-Catalyzed C(sp3)–H Bond Functionalization of Aliphatic Amines. Chem. 5(5). 1031–1058. 225 indexed citations
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Nappi, Manuel, et al.. (2019). Catalytic C(sp3)–H bond activation in tertiary alkylamines. Nature Chemistry. 12(1). 76–81. 83 indexed citations
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Cabrera‐Pardo, Jaime R., Aaron Trowbridge, Manuel Nappi, Kyohei Ozaki, & Matthew J. Gaunt. (2017). Selective Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed Carbonylation of Methylene β‐C−H Bonds in Aliphatic Amines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(39). 11958–11962. 89 indexed citations
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Cabrera‐Pardo, Jaime R., Aaron Trowbridge, Manuel Nappi, Kyohei Ozaki, & Matthew J. Gaunt. (2017). Selective Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed Carbonylation of Methylene β‐C−H Bonds in Aliphatic Amines. Angewandte Chemie. 129(39). 12120–12124. 18 indexed citations
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Trowbridge, Aaron, et al.. (2017). The α-tertiary amine motif drives remarkable selectivity for Pd-catalyzed carbonylation of β-methylene C–H bonds. Chemical Science. 8(12). 8198–8203. 58 indexed citations
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Zakrzewski, J., Adam P. Smalley, Mikhail Kabeshov, Matthew J. Gaunt, & Alexei A. Lapkin. (2016). Continuous‐Flow Synthesis and Derivatization of Aziridines through Palladium‐Catalyzed C(sp3)−H Activation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(31). 8878–8883. 39 indexed citations
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Zakrzewski, J., Adam P. Smalley, Mikhail Kabeshov, Matthew J. Gaunt, & Alexei A. Lapkin. (2016). Continuous‐Flow Synthesis and Derivatization of Aziridines through Palladium‐Catalyzed C(sp3)−H Activation. Angewandte Chemie. 128(31). 9024–9029. 11 indexed citations
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Calleja, Jonás, et al.. (2015). A steric tethering approach enables palladium-catalysed C–H activation of primary amino alcohols. Nature Chemistry. 7(12). 1009–1016. 159 indexed citations

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