Frank Glorius - Selected Publications#

400 independent publications, H-index 112 (Web of Science), 122 (GoogleScholar), >44.000 cited.
Ranked in the top 100 most influential chemists of the past 10 years (2010-2020): https://academicinfluence.com/people?year-min=2010&discipline=chemistry#search-results

1) R. Kleinmans, T. Pinkert, S. Dutta, T. O. Paulisch, H. Keum, C. G. Daniliuc, F. Glorius, Intermolecular [2π+2σ]]-photocycloaddition enabled by triplet energy transfer, Nature 2022, doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04636-x.

(Photocatalyzed [2pi+2sigma]] cycloaddition)

2) J. Ma, S. Chen, P. Bellotti, R. Guo, F. Schäfer, A. Heusler,… M. K. Brown,* K. N. Houk,* F. Glorius,*, Photochemical Intermolecular Dearomative Cycloaddition of Bicyclic Azaarenes with Alkenes, Science 2021, 371, 1338. (cited 16 times)

(Photochemically triggered cycloaddition of aromatic bicyclic N-heterocycles)

3) T. Patra, M. Das, C. G. Daniliuc, F. Glorius,

Metal-free, photosensitized oxyimination of unactivated alkenes with bifunctional oxime carbonates,
Nature Catal. 2021, 4, 54-61. (cited 21 times)
(Photocatalyzed N-O bond cleavage allows the simultaneous formation of N- and O-centered radicals and their utilization).

4) F. Sandfort, F. Strieth-Kalthoff, M. Kühnemund, C. Beecks, F. Glorius, A Structure-Based Platform for Predicting Chemical Reactivity, Chem 2020, 6, 1379. (51x)

(General machine learning approach for the quantitative modelling of reaction outcomes)

5) S. Singha, E. Serrano, S. Mondal, C. G. Daniliuc, F. Glorius, Diastereodivergent synthesis of enantioenriched α,β-disubstituted-γ-butyrolactones via cooperative N-heterocyclic carbene/Ir catalysis, Nature Catal. 2020, 3, 48. (63x)

(First cooperation between NHC organocatalyst and iridium catalyst, stereodivergent and enantioselective)

6) Z. Nairoukh, M. Wollenburg, C. Schlepphorst, K. Bergander, F. Glorius, The formation of all-cis-(multi)fluorinated piperidines by a dearomatization–hydrogenation process, Nature Chem. 2019, 11, 264. (55x)

(First successful chemoselective hydrogenation of fluoropyridines)

7) L. Pitzer, F. Schäfers, F. Glorius, Rapid Assessment of the Reaction Condition-Based Sensitivity of Chemical Transformations,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 8572-8576. (cited 102 times)
(Practical method to improve reproducibility of chemical transformations)

8) M. Teders, C. Henkel, L. Anhäuser, F. Strieth-Kalthoff, A. Gómez-Suárez, R. Kleinmans, A. Kahnt, A. Rentmeister, D. Guldi,* F. Glorius,* The Energy Transfer Enabled Biocompatible Disulfide–Ene Reaction, Nature Chem. 2018, 10, 981. (78x)
(A new click reaction: biocompatible and based on an energy transfer)

9) M. P. Wiesenfeldt, Z. Nairoukh, W. Li, F. Glorius, Hydrogenation of Fluoroarenes: Direct access to all-cis-(multi)fluorinated cycloalkanes, Science 2017, 357, 908. (100x)
(First C–F bond tolerant hydrogenation of fluoroarenes - a significant breakthrough)

10) G. Wang, A. Rühling, S. Amirjalayer, M. Knor, J. B. Ernst, C. Richter, H.-J. Gao, A. Timmer, H.-Y. Gao, N. L. Doltsinis, F. Glorius,* H. Fuchs,* Ballbot-type motion of N-heterocyclic carbenes on gold surfaces, Nature Chem. 2017, 9, 152. (104x)

(Providing fascinating and useful insight into the binding and movement of NHCs on metal surfaces)