Renzo Luisi

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
179 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Renzo Luisi is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Renzo Luisi has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 163 papers in Organic Chemistry, 41 papers in Molecular Biology and 33 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Renzo Luisi's work include Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (78 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (57 papers) and Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (39 papers). Renzo Luisi is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (78 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (57 papers) and Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (39 papers). Renzo Luisi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Spain. Renzo Luisi's co-authors include Leonardo Degennaro, Saverio Florio, Vito Capriati, James A. Bull, Marco Colella, Piera Trinchera, Claudia Carlucci, Giuseppe Romanazzi, Arianna Tota and Marina Zenzola and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Renzo Luisi

168 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Recent Advances in the Stereoselective Synthesis of Aziri... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
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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. Recent Advances in the Stereoselective Synthesis of Aziridines
    2014 398 citations Leonardo Degennaro, Piera Trinchera 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
Renzo Luisi Italy 35 4.0k 834 751 670 387 179 4.6k
Leonardo Degennaro Italy 30 2.7k 0.7× 649 0.8× 543 0.7× 508 0.8× 321 0.8× 100 3.2k
Jinhua J. Song United States 29 2.9k 0.7× 313 0.4× 665 0.9× 1.0k 1.5× 271 0.7× 89 3.4k
Xiu‐Qin Dong China 35 3.0k 0.7× 692 0.8× 687 0.9× 1.9k 2.9× 340 0.9× 131 3.6k
Tetsu Tsubogo Japan 20 1.6k 0.4× 514 0.6× 388 0.5× 850 1.3× 604 1.6× 34 2.2k
Ferdinando Pizzo Italy 40 3.5k 0.9× 454 0.5× 812 1.1× 478 0.7× 105 0.3× 115 3.9k
Jinxing Ye China 37 3.7k 0.9× 166 0.2× 642 0.9× 1.1k 1.6× 411 1.1× 114 4.2k
Joseph R. Martinelli United States 18 3.9k 1.0× 358 0.4× 669 0.9× 786 1.2× 135 0.3× 31 4.3k
Javier Magano United States 14 2.8k 0.7× 277 0.3× 971 1.3× 836 1.2× 127 0.3× 34 3.3k
Denis Sinou France 34 3.7k 0.9× 387 0.5× 1.2k 1.6× 1.5k 2.3× 279 0.7× 215 4.3k
Christine Fischer Germany 30 2.5k 0.6× 288 0.3× 506 0.7× 1.0k 1.5× 160 0.4× 154 3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Renzo Luisi

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All Works

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Ford, Mark J., Katherine M. P. Wheelhouse, Philipp Natho, et al.. (2025). Towards greener-by-design fine chemicals. Part 1: synthetic frontiers. Chemical Society Reviews. 55(2). 619–674.
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Colella, Marco, et al.. (2025). Generation and Use of Bicyclo[1.1.0]butyllithium under Continuous Flow Conditions. Organic Letters. 27(13). 3344–3348. 3 indexed citations
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Natho, Philipp, Francesca Franco, Marco Colella, et al.. (2025). Novel Sulfonium Reagents for the Modular Synthesis of Spiro[2.3]Hexanes and Heteroatom‐Containing Analogues: Synthesis, Application, and Evaluation as Bioisosteres. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 65(5). e21633–e21633.
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Ford, Mark J., Marco Uboldi, Alice Melocchi, et al.. (2025). Towards greener-by-design fine chemicals. Part 2: technological frontiers. Chemical Society Reviews. 55(2). 675–713.
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Andresini, Michael, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of Aza‐S(VI) Fluorides and Primary Sulfonimidamides from Sulfinylamines. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 367(2). 6 indexed citations
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Natho, Philipp, Michael Andresini, Ernesto Mesto, et al.. (2024). 1‐Oxa‐2,6‐Diazaspiro[3.3]heptane as a New Potential Piperazine Bioisostere – Flow‐Assisted Preparation and Derivatisation by Strain‐Release of Azabicyclo[1.1.0]butanes. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 366(18). 3894–3902. 6 indexed citations
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Luisi, Renzo, et al.. (2024). A Practical Guide to SuFEx Chemistry: An Overview of S(VI)-SuFEx Linkers and Their Reactivity. Synthesis. 57(9). 1569–1582. 8 indexed citations
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Luisi, Renzo & James A. Bull. (2023). Synthesis of Sulfoximines and Sulfonimidamides Using Hypervalent Iodine Mediated NH Transfer. Molecules. 28(3). 1120–1120. 27 indexed citations
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Luisi, Renzo, et al.. (2022). Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Heterocyclic Chalcones from 1-Phenyl-1H-pyrazol-3-ol. Molecules. 27(12). 3752–3752. 12 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Yusuke, Yosuke Ashikari, Masahiro Takumi, et al.. (2019). Synthesis of Biaryls Having a Piperidylmethyl Group Based on Space Integration of Lithiation, Borylation, and Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2020(5). 618–622. 18 indexed citations
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Colella, Marco, Claudia Carlucci, & Renzo Luisi. (2018). Supported Catalysts for Continuous Flow Synthesis. Topics in Current Chemistry. 376(6). 46–46. 40 indexed citations
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Romanazzi, Giuseppe, Leonardo Degennaro, Piero Mastrorilli, & Renzo Luisi. (2017). Chiral Switchable Catalysts for Dynamic Control of Enantioselectivity. ACS Catalysis. 7(6). 4100–4114. 60 indexed citations
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Parisi, Giovanna, Leonardo Degennaro, Claudia Carlucci, et al.. (2017). A greener and efficient access to substituted four- and six-membered sulfur-bearing heterocycles. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 15(23). 5000–5015. 17 indexed citations
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Pisano, Luisa, Leonardo Degennaro, Massimo Carraro, et al.. (2016). Computational NMR as Useful Tool for Predicting Structure and Stereochemistry of Four‐Membered Sulfur Heterocycles. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2016(19). 3252–3258. 7 indexed citations
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Luisi, Renzo & Vito Capriati. (2014). Lithium compounds in organic synthesis : from fundamentals to applications. Wiley-VCH eBooks. 50 indexed citations
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Degennaro, Leonardo, et al.. (2014). External Trapping of Halomethyllithium Enabled by Flow Microreactors. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 357(1). 21–27. 55 indexed citations
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Trinchera, Piera, Biagia Musio, Leonardo Degennaro, et al.. (2012). One-pot preparation of piperazines by regioselective ring-opening of non-activated arylaziridines. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(10). 1962–1962. 14 indexed citations

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