Pierre Braunstein

26.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
646 papers, 22.9k citations indexed

About

Pierre Braunstein is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Braunstein has authored 646 papers receiving a total of 22.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 515 papers in Organic Chemistry, 344 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 120 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Pierre Braunstein's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (382 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (198 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (115 papers). Pierre Braunstein is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (382 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (198 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (115 papers). Pierre Braunstein collaborates with scholars based in France, China and Germany. Pierre Braunstein's co-authors include F. Naud, António Tiripicchio, Andreas A. Danopoulos, Jacky Rosé, Lucien Saussine, Dominique Matt, F. Speiser, Dominique Nobel, Jian‐Ping Lang and R. Welter and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Braunstein

644 papers receiving 22.1k citations

Hit Papers

Hemilability of Hybrid Li... 1983 2026 1997 2011 2001 2014 2019 2021 1988 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Hemilability of Hybrid Ligands and the Coordination Chemistry of Oxazoline-Based Systems
    2001 872 citations Pierre Braunstein et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Multimetallic Catalysis Based on Heterometallic Complexes and Clusters
    2014 676 citations Pierre Braunstein et al. profile →
  3. Large‐Scale, Bottom‐Up Synthesis of Binary Metal–Organic Framework Nanosheets for Efficient Water Oxidation
    2019 464 citations Pierre Braunstein, Jian‐Ping Lang et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  4. Rational Design and General Synthesis of Multimetallic Metal–Organic Framework Nano‐Octahedra for Enhanced Li–S Battery
    2021 444 citations Pierre Braunstein, Huan Pang et al. profile →
  5. Reactions of carbon dioxide with carbon-carbon bond formation catalyzed by transition-metal complexes
    1988 390 citations Pierre Braunstein et al. profile →
  6. N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Copper, Nickel, and Cobalt
    2019 372 citations Andreas A. Danopoulos, Pierre Braunstein et al. profile →
  7. Alkyne-substituted homo- and heterometallic carbonyl clusters of the iron, cobalt and nickel triads
    1983 335 citations Pierre Braunstein et al. profile →
  8. Dual-ligand and hard-soft-acid-base strategies to optimize metal-organic framework nanocrystals for stable electrochemical cycling performance
    2021 331 citations Pierre Braunstein, Huan Pang et al. profile →
  9. MIL‐96‐Al for Li–S Batteries: Shape or Size?
    2021 309 citations Pierre Braunstein, Huan Pang et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Pierre Braunstein 15.7k 11.1k 4.8k 3.5k 3.5k 646 22.9k
Thierry Roisnel 12.6k 0.8× 5.9k 0.5× 6.3k 1.3× 4.6k 1.3× 1.6k 0.5× 935 21.8k
Charlotte L. Stern 11.7k 0.7× 9.3k 0.8× 9.0k 1.9× 4.8k 1.4× 1.2k 0.3× 389 23.4k
Richard J. Puddephatt 14.3k 0.9× 8.3k 0.7× 4.2k 0.9× 3.8k 1.1× 4.8k 1.4× 685 19.1k
Victor G. Young 6.7k 0.4× 7.9k 0.7× 4.9k 1.0× 3.0k 0.9× 2.7k 0.8× 394 15.3k
Thomas B. Rauchfuss 7.2k 0.5× 7.9k 0.7× 4.7k 1.0× 2.8k 0.8× 2.7k 0.8× 408 21.0k
T. Don Tilley 17.2k 1.1× 12.7k 1.1× 6.3k 1.3× 1.5k 0.4× 785 0.2× 503 24.6k
Jagadese J. Vittal 9.2k 0.6× 13.3k 1.2× 10.6k 2.2× 6.8k 1.9× 4.1k 1.2× 539 24.7k
Malcolm H. Chisholm 11.3k 0.7× 6.4k 0.6× 2.9k 0.6× 1.7k 0.5× 1.7k 0.5× 607 15.5k
B. Donnadieu 16.5k 1.1× 8.9k 0.8× 3.2k 0.7× 3.0k 0.9× 1.6k 0.4× 398 21.2k
T. S. Andy Hor 7.9k 0.5× 4.2k 0.4× 3.7k 0.8× 2.9k 0.8× 2.3k 0.7× 409 15.8k

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All Works

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Cao, Chen, et al.. (2024). Photodimerization-Triggered Photopolymerization of Triene Coordination Polymers Enables Macroscopic Photomechanical Movements. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(36). 25028–25034. 22 indexed citations
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Yu, Huimin, Ming‐Hao Du, Jie Shu, et al.. (2023). Self-Assembly of Cluster-Mediated 3D Catenanes with Size-Specific Recognition Behavior. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(46). 25103–25108. 37 indexed citations
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Liu, Dong, Feifan Lang, Brendan F. Abrahams, et al.. (2023). Photopolymerization‐Driven Macroscopic Mechanical Motions of a Composite Film Containing a Vinyl Coordination Polymer. Angewandte Chemie. 135(20). 8 indexed citations
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He, Fengkai, Christophe Gourlaouen, Huan Pang, & Pierre Braunstein. (2022). Influence of the Flexibility of Nickel PCP‐Pincer Complexes on C−H and P−C Bond Activation and Ethylene Reactivity: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation. univOAK (4 institutions : Université de Strasbourg, Université de Haute Alsace, INSA Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg). 8 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zhong‐Yin, Xiaoxu Sun, Hongwei Gu, et al.. (2022). Engineering the Electronic Structures of Metal–Organic Framework Nanosheets via Synergistic Doping of Metal Ions and Counteranions for Efficient Water Oxidation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(13). 15133–15140. 31 indexed citations
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Wang, Dongqi, Yongxin Liu, Xiaohui Kang, et al.. (2022). Controlling Polyethylene Molecular Weights and Distributions Using Chromium Complexes Supported by SNN-Tridentate Ligands. Macromolecules. 55(7). 2433–2443. 22 indexed citations
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He, Fengkai, Christophe Gourlaouen, Huan Pang, & Pierre Braunstein. (2022). Experimental and Theoretical Study of NiII‐ and PdII‐Promoted Double Geminal C(sp3)−H Bond Activation Providing Facile Access to NHC Pincer Complexes: Isolated Intermediates and Mechanism. Chemistry - A European Journal. 28(41). e202200507–e202200507. 6 indexed citations
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Braunstein, Pierre. (2020). Tradition and Modernity in the Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des sciences. Comptes Rendus Chimie. 23(1). 1–2. 1 indexed citations
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Danopoulos, Andreas A., Pierre Braunstein, Jörg Saßmannshausen, David Pugh, & Joseph A. Wright. (2020). “Pincer” Pyridine–Dicarbene–Iridium and ‐Ruthenium Complexes and Derivatives Thereof. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2020(35). 3359–3369. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Song, Yuhao Yang, Pingwei Liu, et al.. (2020). Core-Shell and Yolk-Shell Covalent Organic Framework Nanostructures with Size-Selective Permeability. Cell Reports Physical Science. 1(6). 100062–100062. 30 indexed citations
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Liu, Chunyu, Yuan Chen, Hui-Fang Wang, et al.. (2019). Tetradecanuclear and Octadecanuclear Gold(I) Sulfido Clusters: Synthesis, Structures, and Luminescent Selective Tracking of Lysosomes in Living Cells. Inorganic Chemistry. 58(6). 3690–3697. 26 indexed citations
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Costa, Paulo S., Guanhua Hao, Alpha T. N’Diaye, et al.. (2019). Manipulation of the molecular spin crossover transition of Fe(H 2 B(pz) 2 ) 2 (bipy) by addition of polar molecules. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 32(3). 34001–34001. 6 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiaoyu, Marcel Wesolek, & Pierre Braunstein. (2018). Nickel(II) Complexes with Tritopic NimineCNHCNamine Pincer Ligands. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(55). 14794–14801. 9 indexed citations
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Charra, Valentine, Pierre de Frémont, & Pierre Braunstein. (2017). Multidentate N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of the 3d metals: Synthesis, structure, reactivity and catalysis. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 341. 53–176. 135 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiaoyu, Christophe Gourlaouen, Marcel Wesolek, & Pierre Braunstein. (2017). Tritopic NHC Precursors: Unusual Nickel Reactivity and Ethylene Insertion into a C(sp3)–H Bond. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(41). 12557–12560. 11 indexed citations
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Ai, Pengfei, Matteo Mauro, Luisa De Cola, Andreas A. Danopoulos, & Pierre Braunstein. (2016). A Bis(Diphosphanyl N‐Heterocyclic Carbene) Gold Complex: A Synthon for Luminescent Rigid AuAg2 Arrays and Au5 and Cu6 Double Arrays. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(10). 3338–3341. 58 indexed citations
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Ai, Pengfei, Matteo Mauro, Luisa De Cola, Andreas A. Danopoulos, & Pierre Braunstein. (2016). A Bis(Diphosphanyl N‐Heterocyclic Carbene) Gold Complex: A Synthon for Luminescent Rigid AuAg2 Arrays and Au5 and Cu6 Double Arrays. Angewandte Chemie. 128(10). 3399–3402. 10 indexed citations
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Monakhov, Kirill Yu., et al.. (2015). A dinuclear Bi(III) complex of a 1,3-disubstituted imidazole-2-thione and its use as a transmetallation agent toward Pd(II). Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 796. 11–16. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Shaofeng, Riccardo Peloso, R. Pattacini, & Pierre Braunstein. (2010). Electrophilic activation and the formation of an unusual Tl+/Cr3+ tetranuclear ion-complex adduct. Dalton Transactions. 39(34). 7881–7883. 17 indexed citations
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Fusi, A., Renato Ugo, Rinaldo Psaro, Pierre Braunstein, & J. Dehand. (1982). The homogeneous hydrogenation of carbon-carbon multiple bonds with heteronuclear platinum clusters. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 308(1501). 125–130. 11 indexed citations

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