Pablo Espinet

13.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
335 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Pablo Espinet is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Pablo Espinet has authored 335 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 270 papers in Organic Chemistry, 110 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 78 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Pablo Espinet's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (145 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (110 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (69 papers). Pablo Espinet is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (145 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (110 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (69 papers). Pablo Espinet collaborates with scholars based in Spain, France and United Kingdom. Pablo Espinet's co-authors include Antonio M. Echavarren, Ana C. Albéniz, Juan Á. Casares, Arturo L. Casado, Silverio Coco, Camino Bartolomé, Jesús M. Martínez‐Ilarduya, Katerina Soulantica, J.M. Martin-Alvarez and Carlos Cordovilla and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Pablo Espinet

334 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

The Mechanisms of the Stille Reaction 1992 2026 2003 2014 2004 1992 250 500 750
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.

  1. The Mechanisms of the Stille Reaction
    2004 805 citations Pablo Espinet et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Transition metal liquid crystals: advanced materials within the reach of the coordination chemist
    1992 432 citations Pablo Espinet et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pablo Espinet Spain 51 8.9k 2.7k 2.1k 1.9k 1.1k 335 11.0k
Serge I. Gorelsky Canada 46 6.1k 0.7× 2.6k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 2.0k 1.0× 687 0.6× 115 9.0k
Xavi Ribas Spain 57 6.4k 0.7× 4.2k 1.6× 1.1k 0.5× 2.7k 1.4× 1.1k 1.0× 172 9.6k
Ulli Englert Germany 49 7.1k 0.8× 6.0k 2.2× 1.4k 0.7× 2.4k 1.2× 1.4k 1.2× 540 11.1k
Bas de Bruin Netherlands 64 12.5k 1.4× 7.3k 2.7× 1.7k 0.8× 2.5k 1.3× 1.5k 1.3× 377 16.5k
Christopher D. Incarvito United States 58 7.5k 0.8× 5.0k 1.9× 1.2k 0.5× 2.0k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 174 11.4k
Peter M. Maitlis United Kingdom 50 7.7k 0.9× 4.4k 1.6× 1.7k 0.8× 2.1k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 350 10.4k
Vadim Yu. Kukushkin Russia 58 9.1k 1.0× 4.3k 1.6× 1.8k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 2.9k 2.5× 393 12.6k
Richard A. Jones United States 47 3.7k 0.4× 3.0k 1.1× 2.8k 1.3× 3.6k 1.8× 1.1k 1.0× 345 7.8k
Gabriele Kociok‐Köhn United Kingdom 52 7.1k 0.8× 3.9k 1.5× 870 0.4× 2.5k 1.3× 770 0.7× 435 10.6k
Nicholas J. Taylor Canada 48 5.4k 0.6× 2.9k 1.1× 742 0.3× 1.6k 0.8× 543 0.5× 189 7.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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García‐Melchor, Max, et al.. (2022). Problematic ArF–Alkynyl Coupling with Fluorinated Aryls. From Partial Success with Alkynyl Stannanes to Efficient Solutions via Mechanistic Understanding of the Hidden Complexity. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(1). 527–536. 3 indexed citations
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Folcia, C. L., et al.. (2021). Access to luminescent mesophases of chiral gold(i) complexes by thermal or mechanic stimuli: the role of the tertiary carbon. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 10(3). 941–946. 3 indexed citations
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Martínez‐Ilarduya, Jesús M., et al.. (2020). Ranking Ligands by Their Ability to Ease (C6F5)2NiIIL → Ni0L + (C6F5)2 Coupling versus Hydrolysis: Outstanding Activity of PEWO Ligands. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(24). 18287–18294. 10 indexed citations
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Vélez, Andrea, et al.. (2020). Reactivity of Fluorinated-Chalcone Phosphines, RPEWO-F4, Induced by C–F Activation upon Coordination to PdCl2. Organometallics. 39(6). 841–847. 1 indexed citations
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Espinet, Pablo, et al.. (2019). 4-Pyridylisocyanide gold(i) and gold(i)-plus-silver(i) luminescent and mechanochromic materials: the silver role. Dalton Transactions. 48(28). 10412–10416. 17 indexed citations
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Casares, Juan Á., et al.. (2019). Intriguing Behavior of an Apparently Simple Coupling Promoter Ligand, PPh2(p-C6H4–C6F5), in Their Pd Complexes. Organometallics. 38(19). 3688–3695. 3 indexed citations
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Espinet, Pablo, et al.. (2019). d8⋯d10 RhI⋯AuI interactions in Rh 2,6-xylylisocyanide complexes with [Au(CN)2]−: bond analysis and crystal effects. Chemical Communications. 55(34). 5005–5008. 5 indexed citations
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Bartolomé, Camino, et al.. (2019). RhIAr/AuIAr′ Transmetalation: A Case of Group Exchange Pivoting on the Formation of M−M′ Bonds through Oxidative Insertion. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(11). 3501–3505. 13 indexed citations
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Espinet, Pablo. (2019). Structural Models of Inorganic Crystals: From the elements to the Compounds. 115(1). 45–45. 5 indexed citations
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Bartolomé, Camino, et al.. (2019). RhIAr/AuIAr′ Transmetalation: A Case of Group Exchange Pivoting on the Formation of M−M′ Bonds through Oxidative Insertion. Angewandte Chemie. 131(11). 3539–3543. 5 indexed citations
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Cuerva, Cristián, et al.. (2018). Li+ and K+ ionic conductivity in ionic nematic liquid crystals based on 18-diaza-crown ether substituted with six decylalkoxy-p-cyanobiphenyl chains. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 7(3). 663–672. 8 indexed citations
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Espinet, Pablo, et al.. (2018). Comparing Protonolysis and Transmetalation Reactions: Microcalorimetric Studies of C–AuI Bonds in [AuRL] Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 57(17). 11193–11200. 4 indexed citations
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Donnio, Bertrand, Benoı̂t Heinrich, Roberto Termine, et al.. (2017). High One-Dimensional Charge Mobility in Semiconducting Columnar Mesophases of Isocyano-Triphenylene Metal Complexes. Chemistry of Materials. 29(17). 7587–7595. 43 indexed citations
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Pozo, Juan del, et al.. (2017). Speciation of ZnMe2, ZnMeCl, and ZnCl2 in Tetrahydrofuran (THF), and Its Influence on Mechanism Calculations of Catalytic Processes. ACS Catalysis. 7(5). 3575–3583. 29 indexed citations
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Pozo, Juan del, et al.. (2016). Promoting Difficult Carbon–Carbon Couplings: Which Ligand Does Best?. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(42). 13276–13280. 34 indexed citations
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Pozo, Juan del, Juan Á. Casares, & Pablo Espinet. (2016). In Situ Generation of ArCu from CuF2 Makes Coupling of Bulky Aryl Silanes Feasible and Highly Efficient. Chemistry - A European Journal. 22(12). 4274–4284. 11 indexed citations
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Albéniz, Ana C., et al.. (2002). Oxidative coupling of platinum arylamides: temperature dependent C–H or C–F cleavage. Chemical Communications. 610–611. 6 indexed citations

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