OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Organic Chemistry is 41. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Copper(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Friedel–Crafts Alkylation Reactions of 1-Naphthols and Electron-Rich Phenols with Trifluoropyruvates	107
Switchable Four- and Five-Component Reactions with Perfect Regioselectivity Promoted by Photoredox/Sulfide Dual-Catalytic Quenching for Access to Diverse Complex Imides	104
DBU-Promoted Deaminative Thiolation of 1H-Benzo[d]imidazol-2-amines and Benzo[d]oxazol-2-amines	87
Photoredox-Catalyzed C–H Methylation of N-Heteroarenes Enabled by N,N-Dimethylethanolamine	77
Iron-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation of Allylic Alcohols with Isopropanol	70
Oxidative [2 + 1 + 1 + 1] Annulation of Aldehydes and Methylene Nitriles: Synthesis of Diastereoselective Polysubstituted Cyclopentenes	62
An Isoxazole Strategy for Molybdenum-Mediated Synthesis of 5-Mono- and 4,5-Disubstituted 1H-Pyrrole-2,3-diones	61
Regio- and Stereoselective Hexafluoroisopropoxylation and Trifluoroethoxylation of Allenamides	60
Photoredox-Catalyzed Radical-Addition/Hemiaminalization Cascade of Cinnamaldehyde: Modular Access to Difluoro-5-hydroxypyrrolidinone	60
Homoconjugation and Tautomeric Isomerism in Triptycene-Fused Pyridylbenzimidazoles	60
Rhodium-Catalyzed Formal C═O Bond Insertion and Sequential Acyl 1,4-N-to-O Migratory Rearrangement	59
Au(PPh₃)Cl/AgOTf/TsOH-Catalyzed Cascade Reaction between 1-(2-Hydroxyphenyl)-propargyl Alcohols and β-Oxoketones (Amides, Acid): Diastereoselective Construction of cis-3a,8a-Dihydrof	59
Ir-Catalyzed Synthesis of Functionalized Pyrrolidines and Piperidines Using the Borrowing Hydrogen Methodology	58
I₂/DMSO-Promoted Synthesis of Diaryl Sulfide- and Selenide-Embedded Arylhydrazones	58
Unified Radical Sulfonylative-Annulation of 1,6-Enynols with Sodium Sulfinates: A Modular Synthesis of 2,3-Disubstituted Benzoheteroles	57
Hydroboration and Diboration of Internal Alkynes under Iridium Catalysis	57
Asymmetric Cascade Aza-Henry/Lactamization Reaction in the Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Synthesis of 3-(Nitromethyl)isoindolin-1-ones from α-Amido Sulfones	53
One-Pot Synthesis of Pentasubstituted Pyridines following the Gold(I)-Catalyzed Aza–Enyne Metathesis/6π-Electrocyclization–Aromatization Sequence	51
3-Trifluoroacetyl-quinolin-2(1H)-ones as Carbonyl and Acid Surrogates in the Passerini-/Ugi-Type Reaction	49
Diphenoquinones Redux	48
Synthesis of 3,3-Disubstituted Oxindoles through Cascade Alkylarylation of N-Arylacrylamides with Carboxylic Acids Enabled by Iron Photocatalysis	48
Visible Light Photoredox-Catalyzed Direct C–H Arylation of Quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones with Diaryliodonium Salts	47
Guanidinium Hypoiodite-Catalyzed Intramolecular Oxidative Coupling Reaction of Oxindoles with β-Dicarbonyls	47
Photoinduced Decarboxylative Difluoroalkylation and Perfluoroalkylation of α-Fluoroacrylic Acids	47
Acyl Transfer-Driven Rauhut–Currier Dimerization of Morita–Baylis–Hillman Ketones	46

Catalytic and Chemodivergent Synthesis of 1-Substituted 9H-Pyrrolo[1,2-a]indoles via Annulation of β-CF₃ Enones with 3-Substituted Indoles	46
Copper-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Hydroarylation of Ynamide	46
Copper-Catalyzed Radical Hydrazono-Phosphorylation of Alkenes	45
Mechanism and Origins of Enantioselectivity in the Nickel-catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of Silicon-Stereogenic Benzosiloles	44
Arylation and Aryne Insertion into C-Acylimines: A Simple, Flexible, and Divergent Synthesis of C2-Aryl Indoles	44
Regioselective Glycosylation of Mannoside and Galactoside Acceptors Containing 2,4-OH Achieved by Altering Protecting Groups at the 1,3,6-Positions	44
Formal Glycosylation of Quinones with exo-Glycals Enabled by Iron-Mediated Oxidative Radical–Polar Crossover	44
Three-Component Tandem Amidosulfenylation of Alkenes for the Synthesis of β-Succinimide Sulfides	43
Cy5 Dye Cassettes Exhibit Through-Bond Energy Transfer and Enable Ratiometric Fluorescence Sensing	43
Visible Light-Induced Diastereoselective Construction of Trifluoromethylated Cyclobutane Scaffolds through [2+2]-Photocycloaddition and Water-Assisted Hydrodebromination	43
Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Oxygen-Substituted Allylboronates with Aryl/Vinyl (Pseudo)Halides	43
Metal-Free Electrochemical Allylic C–H Aerobic Oxidation	42
Palladium-Catalyzed Reductive Heck Hydroarylation of Unactivated Alkenes Using Hydrosilane at Room Temperature	42
Copper-Catalyzed [3 + 2] Annulation of O-Acyl Oximes with p-Hydroquinones for the Synthesis of 5-Hydroxyindoles	41
A Strategy for Accessing Trifluoromethyl Carbinol-Containing Chromones from o-Hydroxyaryl Enaminones and Trifluoroacetaldehyde/Ketone Derivatives	41
Photochemistry of 2-Iodobenzothiazole and Iodine-Triggered 2-Isocyanophenylthiyl Radical Cyclization in Argon Matrices	41
Substrate-Controlled Three-Component Synthesis of Diverse Fused Heterocycles	41