Thomas Knauber

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas Knauber is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Knauber has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Organic Chemistry, 6 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 4 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Thomas Knauber's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (17 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (14 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (11 papers). Thomas Knauber is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (17 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (14 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (11 papers). Thomas Knauber collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Thomas Knauber's co-authors include Chao‐Jun Li, Simon A. Girard, Lukas J. Gooßen, Bettina Zimmermann, Fatih Arikan, Gerd‐Volker Röschenthaler, Bingrui Song, David W. C. MacMillan, David C. Blakemore and Mark E. Flanagan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Knauber

25 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

The Cross‐Dehydrogenative Coupling of CH Bonds: A Versatile Strategy for CC Bond Formations

2013 1.7k citations Simon A. Girard, Thomas Knauber et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Dehydrierende Kreuzkupplungen von C‐H‐Bindungen: vielseitige Verfahren zur Bildung von C‐C‐Bindungen

2013 409 citations Simon A. Girard, Thomas Knauber et al. Angewandte Chemie profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Knauber United States	21	3.7k	792	491	251	153	26	4.1k
Lin Guo China	37	3.6k 1.0×	652 0.8×	453 0.9×	386 1.5×	158 1.0×	108	3.8k
Ke‐Yin Ye China	32	3.1k 0.8×	839 1.1×	379 0.8×	365 1.5×	317 2.1×	103	3.4k
Magnus J. Johansson Sweden	25	2.6k 0.7×	860 1.1×	229 0.5×	398 1.6×	138 0.9×	73	3.1k
Nikolaos Kaplaneris Germany	29	2.8k 0.7×	522 0.7×	313 0.6×	587 2.3×	94 0.6×	38	3.0k
Yuki Yabe Japan	17	1.7k 0.5×	664 0.8×	293 0.6×	241 1.0×	99 0.6×	21	2.1k
Kazunori Nagao Japan	30	3.1k 0.8×	610 0.8×	567 1.2×	390 1.6×	115 0.8×	65	3.5k
Manuel van Gemmeren Germany	29	2.3k 0.6×	761 1.0×	291 0.6×	198 0.8×	127 0.8×	70	2.6k
Kami L. Hull United States	23	4.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	488 1.0×	279 1.1×	61 0.4×	51	4.8k
Elena Buñuel Spain	26	3.3k 0.9×	693 0.9×	172 0.4×	297 1.2×	165 1.1×	78	3.7k
Xing‐Zhong Shu China	43	4.5k 1.2×	856 1.1×	244 0.5×	205 0.8×	105 0.7×	99	4.8k

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Jones, Corey L., Xiaochun Wang, Jason K. Smith, et al.. (2025). Photoenzymatically-induced asymmetric hydroarylation of alkenes with (hetero)aryl halides. Chemical Communications. 61(45). 8248–8251.

Knauber, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Sustainable Solvents in Metallaphotoredox Catalysis. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 12(24). 8998–9002. 1 indexed citations

Berritt, Simon, et al.. (2023). Decarboxylative Cross-Electrophile Coupling of (Hetero)Aromatic Bromides and NHP Esters. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 88(17). 12329–12340. 13 indexed citations

Fernández, David F., María González‐Esguevillas, Sebastian Keeß, et al.. (2023). Redefining the Synthetic Logic of Medicinal Chemistry. Photoredox-Catalyzed Reactions as a General Tool for Aliphatic Core Functionalization. Organic Letters. 26(14). 2702–2707. 25 indexed citations

Blakemore, David C., et al.. (2023). One-Pot Synthesis of Sulfonamides from Unactivated Acids and Amines via Aromatic Decarboxylative Halosulfonylation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(39). 21189–21196. 60 indexed citations

Dow, Nathan W., Tiffany Q. Chen, David C. Blakemore, et al.. (2022). Decarboxylative Borylation and Cross-Coupling of (Hetero)aryl Acids Enabled by Copper Charge Transfer Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(14). 6163–6172. 103 indexed citations

Sap, Jeroen B. I., Natan J. W. Straathof, Thomas Knauber, et al.. (2020). Organophotoredox Hydrodefluorination of Trifluoromethylarenes with Translational Applicability to Drug Discovery. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(20). 9181–9187. 156 indexed citations

Knauber, Thomas, et al.. (2020). Photons as a 21st century reagent. Nature Communications. 11(1). 147 indexed citations

Parasram, Marvin, Benjamin J. Shields, Omar Ahmad, Thomas Knauber, & Abigail G. Doyle. (2020). Regioselective Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Epoxides and (Hetero)aryl Iodides via Ni/Ti/Photoredox Catalysis. ACS Catalysis. 10(10). 5821–5827. 86 indexed citations

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Knauber, Thomas, Ramalakshmi Y. Chandrasekaran, Joseph W. Tucker, et al.. (2017). Ru/Ni Dual Catalytic Desulfinative Photoredox C_sp²–C_sp³ Cross-Coupling of Alkyl Sulfinate Salts and Aryl Halides. Organic Letters. 19(24). 6566–6569. 62 indexed citations

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Knauber, Thomas & Joseph W. Tucker. (2016). Palladium Catalyzed Monoselective α-Arylation of Sulfones and Sulfonamides with 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine·ZnCl·LiCl Base and Aryl Bromides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 81(13). 5636–5648. 20 indexed citations

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Girard, Simon A., Thomas Knauber, & Chao‐Jun Li. (2013). Dehydrierende Kreuzkupplungen von C‐H‐Bindungen: vielseitige Verfahren zur Bildung von C‐C‐Bindungen. Angewandte Chemie. 126(1). 76–103. 409 indexed citations breakdown →

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Girard, Simon A., Thomas Knauber, & Chao‐Jun Li. (2013). The Cross‐Dehydrogenative Coupling of CH Bonds: A Versatile Strategy for CC Bond Formations. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(1). 74–100. 1723 indexed citations breakdown →

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Song, Bingrui, Thomas Knauber, & Lukas J. Gooßen. (2013). Decarboxylative Cross‐Coupling of Mesylates Catalyzed by Copper/Palladium Systems with Customized Imidazolyl Phosphine Ligands. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(10). 2954–2958. 99 indexed citations

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Song, Bingrui, Thomas Knauber, & Lukas J. Gooßen. (2013). Decarboxylierende Kreuzkupplung von Mesylaten katalysiert durch ein Kupfer/Palladium‐System mit maßgeschneiderten Imidazolylphosphanliganden. Angewandte Chemie. 125(10). 3026–3030. 31 indexed citations

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Knauber, Thomas, Fatih Arikan, Gerd‐Volker Röschenthaler, & Lukas J. Gooßen. (2011). Copper‐Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation of Aryl Iodides with Potassium (Trifluoromethyl)trimethoxyborate. Chemistry - A European Journal. 17(9). 2689–2697. 247 indexed citations

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Gooßen, Lukas J., Bettina Zimmermann, & Thomas Knauber. (2010). Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative Heck vinylation of 2-nitrobenzoates in the presence of CuF₂. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 6. 43–43. 24 indexed citations

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Gooßen, Lukas J. & Thomas Knauber. (2008). Concise Synthesis of Telmisartan via Decarboxylative Cross-Coupling. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 73(21). 8631–8634. 58 indexed citations

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Gooßen, Lukas J., Bettina Zimmermann, & Thomas Knauber. (2008). Palladium/Copper‐Catalyzed Decarboxylative Cross‐Coupling of Aryl Chlorides with Potassium Carboxylates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(37). 7103–7106. 228 indexed citations

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Gooßen, Lukas J., Bettina Zimmermann, & Thomas Knauber. (2008). Pd/Cu‐katalysierte decarboxylierende Kreuzkupplung von Arylchloriden und Kaliumcarboxylaten. Angewandte Chemie. 120(37). 7211–7214. 86 indexed citations

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