Theresa Sperger

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Theresa Sperger is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Theresa Sperger has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Organic Chemistry, 13 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 9 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Theresa Sperger's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (28 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (23 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (10 papers). Theresa Sperger is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (28 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (23 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (10 papers). Theresa Sperger collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and Finland. Theresa Sperger's co-authors include Franziska Schoenebeck, Italo A. Sanhueza, Indrek Kalvet, Mark Lautens, Christine M. Le, Sinem Guven, Marialuisa Aufiero, Althea S.‐K. Tsang, Ajoy Kapat and Guillaume Magnin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Theresa Sperger

36 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Computational Studies of Synthetically Relevant Homogeneous Organometallic Catalysis Involving Ni, Pd, Ir, and Rh: An Overview of Commonly Employed DFT Methods and Mechanistic Insights

2015 463 citations Theresa Sperger, Italo A. Sanhueza et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Theresa Sperger Germany	22	1.9k	721	295	246	142	37	2.3k
Sami Lakhdar France	31	2.8k 1.5×	332 0.5×	264 0.9×	211 0.9×	254 1.8×	81	3.0k
Yu‐hong Lam United States	26	1.6k 0.9×	413 0.6×	328 1.1×	262 1.1×	377 2.7×	68	2.2k
Hong Yan China	27	2.1k 1.1×	301 0.4×	143 0.5×	264 1.1×	160 1.1×	88	2.4k
Italo A. Sanhueza Switzerland	15	846 0.5×	420 0.6×	132 0.4×	163 0.7×	77 0.5×	18	1.2k
Markus Leutzsch Germany	35	2.7k 1.5×	1.3k 1.8×	243 0.8×	291 1.2×	382 2.7×	131	3.4k
Kyle W. Quasdorf United States	12	3.5k 1.9×	749 1.0×	249 0.8×	102 0.4×	238 1.7×	16	3.7k
Florian Monnier France	29	4.3k 2.3×	879 1.2×	181 0.6×	280 1.1×	410 2.9×	57	4.6k
Gojko Lalić United States	31	2.8k 1.5×	1.1k 1.5×	317 1.1×	143 0.6×	302 2.1×	66	3.1k
Chen Zhu Saudi Arabia	35	3.1k 1.6×	567 0.8×	275 0.9×	329 1.3×	267 1.9×	96	3.6k

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Funes‐Ardoiz, Ignacio, et al.. (2025). Sterically Induced Acceleration of Aryl Halide Activation by Pd(0): A Radical Alternative to 2-Electron Oxidative Addition. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(23). 19941–19948. 4 indexed citations

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Rigoulet, Mathilde, et al.. (2025). Discovery of Ni^(I) Complexes for CO₂ Insertion Enabled by a Machine Learning-Computational-Selection Sequence. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(30). 26149–26157. 1 indexed citations

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Kaldas, Sherif J., et al.. (2024). Dynamic stereomutation of vinylcyclopropanes with metalloradicals. Nature. 631(8019). 80–86. 22 indexed citations

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Pu, Maoping, et al.. (2023). Post-Transition-State Dynamic Effects in the Transmetalation of Pd(II)-F to Pd(II)-CF₃. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 263–275. 5 indexed citations

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Bouayad‐Gervais, Samir, Theresa Sperger, Sherif J. Kaldas, et al.. (2023). Machine Learning-Guided Development of Trialkylphosphine Ni^(I) Dimers and Applications in Site-Selective Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(28). 15414–15424. 22 indexed citations

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Kundu, Gourab, et al.. (2021). Air‐Stable Pd^I Dimer Enabled Remote Functionalization: Access to Fluorinated 1,1‐Diaryl Alkanes with Unprecedented Speed. Angewandte Chemie. 134(1). 2 indexed citations

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Sanhueza, Italo A., et al.. (2021). Base‐Free Cross‐Couplings of Aryl Diazonium Salts in Methanol: Pd^II–Alkoxy as Reactivity‐Controlling Intermediate. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(13). 7007–7012. 16 indexed citations

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Kalvet, Indrek, Kristina Deckers, Ignacio Funes‐Ardoiz, et al.. (2020). Selectiveortho‐Functionalization of Adamantylarenes Enabled by Dispersion and an Air‐Stable Palladium(I) Dimer. Angewandte Chemie. 132(20). 7795–7799. 13 indexed citations

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Kundu, Gourab, Theresa Sperger, Kari Rissanen, & Franziska Schoenebeck. (2020). A Next‐Generation Air‐Stable Palladium(I) Dimer Enables Olefin Migration and Selective C−C Coupling in Air. Angewandte Chemie. 132(49). 22114–22118. 9 indexed citations

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Sperger, Theresa, Sinem Guven, & Franziska Schoenebeck. (2018). Chemoselective Pd‐Catalyzed C‐TeCF₃ Coupling of Aryl Iodides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(51). 16903–16906. 20 indexed citations

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Schoenebeck, Franziska & Theresa Sperger. (2018). α-Arylation of Esters and Ketones Enabled by a Bench-Stable Pd(I) Dimer Catalyst. Synthesis. 50(22). 4471–4475. 14 indexed citations

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Sperger, Theresa, Christine M. Le, Mark Lautens, & Franziska Schoenebeck. (2017). Mechanistic insights on the Pd-catalyzed addition of C–X bonds across alkynes – a combined experimental and computational study. Chemical Science. 8(4). 2914–2922. 80 indexed citations

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Seechurn, Carin C. C. Johansson, et al.. (2017). Understanding the Unusual Reduction Mechanism of Pd(II) to Pd(I): Uncovering Hidden Species and Implications in Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(14). 5194–5200. 97 indexed citations

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Kalvet, Indrek, Theresa Sperger, Thomas Scattolin, Guillaume Magnin, & Franziska Schoenebeck. (2017). Palladium(I) Dimer Enabled Extremely Rapid and Chemoselective Alkylation of Aryl Bromides over Triflates and Chlorides in Air. Angewandte Chemie. 129(25). 7184–7188. 55 indexed citations

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Kalvet, Indrek, Theresa Sperger, Thomas Scattolin, Guillaume Magnin, & Franziska Schoenebeck. (2017). Palladium(I) Dimer Enabled Extremely Rapid and Chemoselective Alkylation of Aryl Bromides over Triflates and Chlorides in Air. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(25). 7078–7082. 98 indexed citations

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Schoenebeck, Franziska, et al.. (2016). Bench-Stable and Recoverable Palladium(I) Dimer as an Efficient Catalyst for Heck Cross-Coupling. Synthesis. 49(1). 115–120. 20 indexed citations

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Ye, Juntao, Zhi‐Hao Shi, Theresa Sperger, et al.. (2016). Remote C−H alkylation and C−C bond cleavage enabled by an in situ generated palladacycle. Nature Chemistry. 9(4). 361–368. 166 indexed citations

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Sperger, Theresa, Italo A. Sanhueza, & Franziska Schoenebeck. (2016). Computation and Experiment: A Powerful Combination to Understand and Predict Reactivities. Accounts of Chemical Research. 49(6). 1311–1319. 168 indexed citations

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Le, Christine M., et al.. (2015). An Exclusively trans‐Selective Chlorocarbamoylation of Alkynes Enabled by a Palladium/Phosphaadamantane Catalyst. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(52). 15897–15900. 88 indexed citations

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Aufiero, Marialuisa, Theresa Sperger, Althea S.‐K. Tsang, & Franziska Schoenebeck. (2015). Highly Efficient CSeCF₃ Coupling of Aryl Iodides Enabled by an Air‐Stable Dinuclear Pd^I Catalyst. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(35). 10322–10326. 132 indexed citations

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