Nature Chemistry

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(The median citation count of Nature Chemistry is 11. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Not all catenanes with oriented rings are topologically chiral438
General strategy for the synthesis of N-monofluoromethyl amides303
Supramolecular crystals for hydrogen storage292
DNA catch bonds demonstrate the art of getting stuck256
Using symmetry to drive new protein assemblies231
Pop-up rings to rule reactivity226
Corrole and squeezed coordination206
Machine learning designs new GCGR/GLP-1R dual agonists with enhanced biological potency204
Enantioselective fullerene functionalization through stereochemical information transfer from a self-assembled cage200
Controlling chromophore assembly and coupling via carbon nanohoops enables singlet fission at interchromophore distances up to 16 Å175
Radical water opens parallel pathways in CO2 electrocatalysis174
An air- and moisture-stable ruthenium precatalyst for diverse reactivity173
The numerous paths of ferrocene172
Baird’s rules at the tipping point171
Leveraging relaxation-optimized 1H–13CF correlations in 4-19F-phenylalanine as atomic beacons for probing structure and dynamics of large proteins164
A near-linear lanthanide complex that displays magnet-like behaviour163
Excited-state intermediates in a designer protein encoding a phototrigger caught by an X-ray free-electron laser163
Author Correction: Discovery of the selenium-containing antioxidant ovoselenol derived from convergent evolution159
Protons undermine lithium-ion batteries with positively disastrous results158
Understanding single-molecule reactions using nanopore-based techniques156
Mass spectrometry captures biased signalling and allosteric modulation of a G-protein-coupled receptor153
Reversible self-assembly of small molecules for recyclable solid-state battery electrolytes152
Tunable valence tautomerism in lanthanide–organic alloys150
Expanding the substrate scope of pyrrolysyl-transfer RNA synthetase enzymes to include non-α-amino acids in vitro and in vivo147
Discovery and synthesis of atropisomerically chiral acyl-substituted stable vinyl sulfoxonium ylides147
Metal-hydroxyls mediate intramolecular proton transfer in heterogeneous O–O bond formation147
In situ nonlinear optical spectroscopy for probing buried oxide–water interfaces146
Fullerene on non-iron cluster-matrix co-catalysts promotes collaborative H2 and N2 activation for ammonia synthesis143
Zigzag graphene nanoribbons with periodic porphyrin edge extensions143
Reaction-induced unsaturated Mo oxycarbides afford highly active CO2 conversion catalysts141
Charging imide anions for batteries140
Single crystals of purely organic free-standing two-dimensional woven polymer networks140
Amphoteric chalcogen-bonding and halogen-bonding rotaxanes for anion or cation recognition139
Digital micelles of encoded polymeric amphiphiles for direct sequence reading and ex vivo label-free quantification133
Enantiospecific cross-coupling of cyclic alkyl sulfones132
Sulfone cross-coupling outcompetes proton transfer132
Function without form in synthetic polymers mimicking protein hydration132
A pseudo-cubic metal–organic cage with conformationally switchable faces for dynamically adaptive guest encapsulation132
A metalloenzyme platform for catalytic asymmetric radical dearomatization131
Eric the AI research assistant for chemists131
O-GlcNAcylation modulates liquid–liquid phase separation of SynGAP/PSD-95130
Global profiling of arginine reactivity and ligandability in the human proteome128
Bridged bicycloalkanes through thermal [2+2] cycloaddition128
Digital skills in chemical education127
A soil-inspired dynamically responsive chemical system for microbial modulation126
Magnetic activation of spherical nucleic acids enables the remote control of synthetic cells125
Chiral catalysis-driven rotary molecular motors125
The role of aromaticity in the cyclization and polymerization of alkyne-substituted porphyrins on Au(111)123
Beyond Hubble123
D3+ formation through photoionization of the molecular D2–D2 dimer120
Optical sequencing of single synthetic polymers118
Excitation energy transfer and vibronic coherence in intact phycobilisomes117
Low-valent tungsten redox catalysis enables controlled isomerization and carbonylative functionalization of alkenes116
An electroaffinity labelling platform for chemoproteomic-based target identification115
New-to-nature biocompatible chemistry for plastic waste upcycling114
A template for artificial life114
Constructing artificial gap junctions to mediate intercellular signal and mass transport112
Aryl ortho methoxylation112
ATP hydrolysis captured in atomic detail112
A programmable biomimetic cytoskeleton111
Heterogeneous polymer designs that bring electricity, light and substrates together110
Synthesis and single-molecule imaging reveal stereospecific enhancement of binding kinetics by the antitumour eEF1A antagonist SR-A3109
Photomediated aliphatic C–H functionalization109
Bridging aqueous electrochemistry and non-aqueous chemistry for chemical production109
A bridged backbone strategy enables collective synthesis of strychnan alkaloids108
Bottleable triplet nitrenes106
Biocompatible ligand balancing in transition metal coordination enables benign in-cell protein arylation106
Synthesis of planar chiral ferrocenes via enantioselective remote C–H activation103
Homogeneous multi-payload antibody–drug conjugates102
A living library concept to capture the dynamics and reactivity of mixed-metal clusters for catalysis102
A comprehensive model for the electric double layer of stepped platinum electrodes102
Superspreading and ultra-infiltrative coacervate mediates strong underwater adhesion on hydrated and lipidic substrates101
Single-crystal to single-crystal editing of metal–organic frameworks via ligand removal101
The ribosome stabilizes partially folded intermediates of a nascent multi-domain protein100
Interfacial assembly of biomimetic MOF-based porous membranes on coacervates to build complex protocells and prototissues99
Stepwise on-demand functionalization of multihydrosilanes enabled by a hydrogen-atom-transfer photocatalyst based on eosin Y99
Tetrafunctional cyclobutanes tune toughness via network strand continuity95
Protecting skins of Au–Cl can stabilize Au nanostructures95
Mass photometric detection and quantification of nanoscale α-synuclein phase separation94
A C–H activation-based enantioselective synthesis of lower carbo[n]helicenes94
A dynamic metal–organic framework photocatalyst94
Growth of single-crystal imine-linked covalent organic frameworks using amphiphilic amino-acid derivatives in water92
Global profiling of functional histidines in live cells using small-molecule photosensitizer and chemical probe relay labelling92
Challenges to developing materials for the transport and storage of hydrogen92
Formal Diels–Alder reaction of saturated carboxylic acids via C–H activation92
Aromaticity rules92
Air- and photo-stable luminescent carbodicarbene-azaboraacenium ions91
Collisional alignment and molecular rotation control the chemi-ionization of individual conformers of hydroquinone with metastable neon90
Milking riboflavin for all it’s worth90
Pluralistic teaching90
Proton-triggered topological transformation in superbase-mediated selective polymerization enables access to ultrahigh-molar-mass cyclic polymers89
An open-shell molecule that exhibits conformational dynamics89
Two roads to lithium nucleation88
Standardized excitable elements for scalable engineering of far-from-equilibrium chemical networks87
In vivo metallophilic self-assembly of a light-activated anticancer drug87
Transient water wires mediate selective proton transport in designed channel proteins86
Three-dimensional van der Waals open frameworks86
Molecular-scale dissipative chemistry drives the formation of nanoscale assemblies and their macroscale transport86
Generating extended foldamer dye stacks and unravelling their evolving exciton dynamics86
Protein semisynthesis reveals plasticity in HECT E3 ubiquitin ligase mechanisms85
Deciphering functional roles of protein succinylation and glutarylation using genetic code expansion85
Leveraging electron donor–acceptor complexes for kinetic resolution in catalytic asymmetric photochemical synthesis85
Enabling nucleophilic reactivity in molecular calcium fluoride complexes85
4f-orbital covalency enables a single-crystal-to-single-crystal ring-opening isomerization in a CeIV–cyclopropenyl complex84
Covalent organic frameworks as infinite building units for metal–organic frameworks with compartmentalized pores84
A single diiron enzyme catalyses the oxidative rearrangement of tryptophan to indole nitrile83
Small-molecule-catalysed deamination enables transcriptome-wide profiling of N6-methyladenosine in RNA83
Artificial cell synthesis using biocatalytic polymerization-induced self-assembly83
Designing artificial fluorescent proteins and biosensors by genetically encoding molecular rotor-based amino acids82
Light-activated tetrazines enable precision live-cell bioorthogonal chemistry82
Fast and facile synthesis of amidine-incorporated degradable lipids for versatile mRNA delivery in vivo81
Molecular contacts with an orthogonal π-skeleton induce amorphization to enhance perovskite solar cell performance81
Photoswitchable coordination cages81
Working towards a new job80
Isolated and H2-reduced Anderson clusters catalyse low-temperature hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol79
Aldehyde-catalysed carboxylate exchange in α-amino acids with isotopically labelled CO279
Engineered RNA sensors for tuberculosis detection79
Iridium(III)-catalysed ionic hydrogenation of pyridines to multisubstituted piperidines79
Author Correction: Circumventing the stability problems of graphene nanoribbon zigzag edges78
Modular chemoenzymatic synthesis of ten fusicoccane diterpenoids78
Strong dipole-promoted N–O bond hydrogenolysis enables ampere-level electrosynthesis of methylamine77
A physically encoded Bayesian assistant for the optimization of multicomponent reactions77
The impact of UV light on synthetic photochemistry and photocatalysis77
An isolable germylyne radical with a one-coordinate germanium atom77
Anticancer platinum-based photo-oxidants in a new light77
Construction of synthetic protein-binding non-genetic DNA systems in living cells76
CO2 sorption in fluorinated non-porous coordination polymers76
Supramolecular assembly of molecular wires alternating crown ethers and metal–halide complexes76
Ni-catalysed assembly of axially chiral alkenes from alkynyl tetracoordinate borons via 1,3-metallate shift75
Bistability between π-diradical open-shell and closed-shell states in indeno[1,2-a]fluorene75
Lattice O–O ligands in Fe-incorporated hydroxides enhance water oxidation electrocatalysis75
Protein nanopore reveals the renin–angiotensin system crosstalk with single-amino-acid resolution73
Direct mapping of ligandable tyrosines and lysines in cells with chiral sulfonyl fluoride probes73
Something new under the sun73
An evolved artificial radical cyclase enables the construction of bicyclic terpenoid scaffolds via an H-atom transfer pathway71
Multi-tiered chemical proteomic maps of tryptoline acrylamide–protein interactions in cancer cells70
Unravelling gas evolution mechanisms in battery electrode materials70
Atomically dispersed low-valent Au boosts photocatalytic hydroxyl radical production69
A third strand for protein–DNA interactions69
Non-statistical assembly of multicomponent [Pd2ABCD] cages69
Triplet metallocarbenes featuring carbon-centred spin localization69
Thickness control of organic semiconductor-incorporated perovskites69
Unmasking the reverse catalytic activity of ‘ene’-reductases for asymmetric carbonyl desaturation69
Upcycling chlorinated trash into synthetic organic treasure68
Photoswitchable latent monomers enable on‑demand metathesis68
Looking into luciferin67
Single-crystalline two-dimensional vinylene frameworks through topological conversion67
Chiral control of spin-crossover dynamics in Fe(II) complexes67
Future-proofing calcium fluoride67
Discovery of the selenium-containing antioxidant ovoselenol derived from convergent evolution67
Mapping the mechanisms of oxidative addition in cross-coupling reactions catalysed by phosphine-ligated Ni(0)67
Amino amide assembly66
Sensing RNA66
Heart of glass66
Checking out metal cluster chemistry from living libraries66
Operando film-electrochemical EPR spectroscopy tracks radical intermediates in surface-immobilized catalysts65
Cooperative ligands enable cobalt-catalysed hydrogenation64
Organocatalytic enantioselective synthesis of S(IV)-stereogenic sulfinamides enabled by an air-stable chiral phosphine63
How polymers dance to the pulses of ultrasound63
Isolation of halogen-substituted silylium ions63
Quantum simulation of conical intersections using trapped ions63
Tandem intermolecular [4 + 2] cycloadditions are catalysed by glycosylated enzymes for natural product biosynthesis62
A crystalline stannyne62
Masked alkynes for synthesis of threaded carbon chains62
Enabling late-stage drug diversification by high-throughput experimentation with geometric deep learning62
Multi-compartment liposomes forge new paths in drug delivery62
Spatiotemporal protein interactome profiling through condensation-enhanced photocrosslinking61
Prebiotic synthesis of α-amino acids and orotate from α-ketoacids potentiates transition to extant metabolic pathways61
Asymmetric dearomative single-atom skeletal editing of indoles and pyrroles60
Janus-type emission from a cyclometalated iron(iii) complex60
Asymmetric construction of sulfur(VI)–fluorine cores60
The importance of community as a pre-tenure faculty member60
Establishing the fundamental rules for genetic code expansion60
Ribose at the heart of life59
Electric field maps in enzymes59
Cyclopropenium functionalization59
Chemical recycling of hydrofluorocarbons by transfer fluorination59
Structure-specific amyloid precipitation in biofluids59
Mimicking the structure and function of tau folds associated with disease59
A bismuth-based analogue of the π-allyl cation59
Programmable fluorescent aptamer-based RNA switches for rapid identification of point mutations59
Enantioconvergent radical addition of racemic alkyl halides to access vicinal stereocentres58
Using supramolecular machinery to engineer directional charge propagation in photoelectrochemical devices58
Olefin π-coordination chemistry at low-oxidation-state boron58
ChatGPT saves the day57
A stable, crystalline nitrogen chain radical57
Polymer connectivity governs electrophotocatalytic activity in the solid state56
Multi-site programmable functionalization of alkenes via controllable alkene isomerization56
Non-enzymatic methylcyclization of alkenes56
Encoding signal propagation on topology-programmed DNA origami56
The dynamics of agonist-β2-adrenergic receptor activation induced by binding of GDP-bound Gs protein56
Exciton annihilation in molecular aggregates suppressed through quantum interference56
Hydration entropy of cations regulates chloride ion diffusion during electrochemical chlorine evolution56
End-of-life upcycling of polyurethanes using a room temperature, mechanism-based degradation55
The gas-phase formation mechanism of iodic acid as an atmospheric aerosol source55
Photocatalytic nitrogen fixation under an ambient atmosphere using a porous coordination polymer with bridging dinitrogen anions55
On gene silencing by the X10-23 DNAzyme55
Zinc and manganese redox potentials in organic solvents and their influence on nickel-catalysed cross-electrophile coupling55
Designer peptide–DNA cytoskeletons regulate the function of synthetic cells55
A lithium–aluminium heterobimetallic dimetallocene54
Hyperpyramidalized alkenes with bond orders near 1.5 as synthetic building blocks54
Adaptive insertion of a hydrophobic anchor into a poly(ethylene glycol) host for programmable surface functionalization54
Copper-catalysed asymmetric cross-coupling reactions tolerant of highly reactive radicals53
Ten-electron count rule for the binding of adsorbates on single-atom alloy catalysts53
Spontaneous trisulfide metathesis in polar aprotic solvents53
Experimental quantitation of molecular conditions responsible for flow-induced polymer mechanochemistry52
How many roads must a woman walk down?52
Uniform segmented platelet micelles with compositionally distinct and selectively degradable cores52
Rings of power52
A molecular sandwich with a lithium–aluminium filling51
Reducing the carbon footprint of chemistry labs51
Stepwise-controllable catalytic asymmetric Atherton–Todd reaction to access diverse P(V)-stereogenic compounds51
Flexible interaction patches lead to building blocks with fluctuating valency51
Hydrogenative double-bond deuteration51
Colouring by force51
Stereoselective alkylation of saturated heterocycles51
Interweaving different metal–organic frameworks51
Isolation and characterization of a two-coordinate phosphinidene oxide50
Author Correction: Moiré two-dimensional covalent organic framework superlattices50
Heteromultivalency enables enhanced detection of nucleic acid mutations50
Efficient room-temperature phosphorescence of covalent organic frameworks through covalent halogen doping50
Author Correction: Introducing metal–sulfur active sites in metal–organic frameworks via post-synthetic modification for hydrogenation catalysis50
Degradation of G-quadruplex-binding proteins in chromatin using G4-ligand-based proteolysis-targeting chimeras49
Doing away with radium’s proxies49
Near-infrared-activated anticancer platinum(IV) complexes directly photooxidize biomolecules in an oxygen-independent manner49
Hydrogen splitting at a single phosphorus centre and its use for hydrogenation49
Nanoparticle stereochemistry-dependent endocytic processing improves in vivo mRNA delivery49
tRNA-deacylase-directed discovery of biosynthetic pathways48
A para- to meta-isomerization of phenols48
Hydrophobic assembly of molecular catalysts at the gas–liquid–solid interface drives highly selective CO2 electromethanation47
Stannole dianions for axially coordinated lanthanide single-molecule magnets47
Molecular basis for the diversification of lincosamide biosynthesis by pyridoxal phosphate-dependent enzymes47
Different timescales during ultrafast stilbene isomerization in the gas and liquid phases revealed using time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy46
Building ultramicroporous zirconium metal‒organic frameworks with ligands of high coordination density through a reticular approach46
Recyclable and malleable thermosets enabled by activating dormant dynamic linkages46
A general alkene aminoarylation enabled by N-centred radical reactivity of sulfinamides46
Reconfiguring hydrogel assemblies using a photocontrolled metallopolymer adhesive for multiple customized functions45
Diversified ring expansion of saturated cyclic amines enabled by azlactone insertion45
Chemical upcycling of commodity thermoset polyurethane foams towards high-performance 3D photo-printing resins45
Photoinduced stepwise charge hopping in π-stacked perylene bisimide donor–bridge–acceptor arrays45
Enhanced active-site electric field accelerates enzyme catalysis45
Selection of a promiscuous minimalist cAMP phosphodiesterase from a library of de novo designed proteins45
Active template strategy for the preparation of π-conjugated interlocked nanocarbons45
Carbonyl cross-metathesis via deoxygenative gem-di-metal catalysis45
Time-resolved terahertz–Raman spectroscopy reveals that cations and anions distinctly modify intermolecular interactions of water44
Emulsion-oriented assembly for Janus double-spherical mesoporous nanoparticles as biological logic gates44
Selective arylation of atypical C–F bonds in polyfluoroarenes with aryl chlorides44
Navigating protein landscapes with a machine-learned transferable coarse-grained model44
Critical race theory and its relevance for chemistry44
Progress and pitfalls in designing heterogeneous catalysts with molecular precision43
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