Nature Chemistry

Papers
(The TQCC of Nature Chemistry is 36. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Not all catenanes with oriented rings are topologically chiral450
Author Correction: Discovery of the selenium-containing antioxidant ovoselenol derived from convergent evolution355
General strategy for the synthesis of N-monofluoromethyl amides319
Supramolecular crystals for hydrogen storage265
DNA catch bonds demonstrate the art of getting stuck260
Using symmetry to drive new protein assemblies209
Pop-up rings to rule reactivity204
In situ nonlinear optical spectroscopy for probing buried oxide–water interfaces197
Corrole and squeezed coordination192
Understanding single-molecule reactions using nanopore-based techniques181
Tunable valence tautomerism in lanthanide–organic alloys176
The numerous paths of ferrocene173
Magnetic activation of spherical nucleic acids enables the remote control of synthetic cells158
Baird’s rules at the tipping point154
Metal-hydroxyls mediate intramolecular proton transfer in heterogeneous O–O bond formation154
A near-linear lanthanide complex that displays magnet-like behaviour147
Zigzag graphene nanoribbons with periodic porphyrin edge extensions145
Building enzymes from scratch144
Protons undermine lithium-ion batteries with positively disastrous results143
Eric the AI research assistant for chemists138
Sulfone cross-coupling outcompetes proton transfer138
Function without form in synthetic polymers mimicking protein hydration137
Leveraging relaxation-optimized 1H–13CF correlations in 4-19F-phenylalanine as atomic beacons for probing structure and dynamics of large proteins136
A soil-inspired dynamically responsive chemical system for microbial modulation135
Amphoteric chalcogen-bonding and halogen-bonding rotaxanes for anion or cation recognition135
Enantiospecific cross-coupling of cyclic alkyl sulfones131
Mass spectrometry captures biased signalling and allosteric modulation of a G-protein-coupled receptor130
Excited-state intermediates in a designer protein encoding a phototrigger caught by an X-ray free-electron laser129
Discovery and synthesis of atropisomerically chiral acyl-substituted stable vinyl sulfoxonium ylides128
Machine learning designs new GCGR/GLP-1R dual agonists with enhanced biological potency127
Enantioselective fullerene functionalization through stereochemical information transfer from a self-assembled cage127
An air- and moisture-stable ruthenium precatalyst for diverse reactivity127
Reaction-induced unsaturated Mo oxycarbides afford highly active CO2 conversion catalysts126
A pseudo-cubic metal–organic cage with conformationally switchable faces for dynamically adaptive guest encapsulation126
O-GlcNAcylation modulates liquid–liquid phase separation of SynGAP/PSD-95125
Digital micelles of encoded polymeric amphiphiles for direct sequence reading and ex vivo label-free quantification125
Reversible self-assembly of small molecules for recyclable solid-state battery electrolytes123
Expanding the substrate scope of pyrrolysyl-transfer RNA synthetase enzymes to include non-α-amino acids in vitro and in vivo122
A metalloenzyme platform for catalytic asymmetric radical dearomatization121
Fullerene on non-iron cluster-matrix co-catalysts promotes collaborative H2 and N2 activation for ammonia synthesis121
Digital skills in chemical education120
Single crystals of purely organic free-standing two-dimensional woven polymer networks120
Iron–sulfur clusters as inhibitors and catalysts of viral replication120
Photomediated aliphatic C–H functionalization119
Charging imide anions for batteries119
Beyond Hubble118
Bottleable triplet nitrenes118
A programmable biomimetic cytoskeleton114
New-to-nature biocompatible chemistry for plastic waste upcycling114
A template for artificial life113
Aryl ortho methoxylation110
ATP hydrolysis captured in atomic detail109
Air- and photo-stable luminescent carbodicarbene-azaboraacenium ions109
A bridged backbone strategy enables collective synthesis of strychnan alkaloids108
D3+ formation through photoionization of the molecular D2–D2 dimer108
Tetrafunctional cyclobutanes tune toughness via network strand continuity108
Multilayer stacks of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons105
Low-valent tungsten redox catalysis enables controlled isomerization and carbonylative functionalization of alkenes104
The ribosome stabilizes partially folded intermediates of a nascent multi-domain protein104
The role of aromaticity in the cyclization and polymerization of alkyne-substituted porphyrins on Au(111)103
An electroaffinity labelling platform for chemoproteomic-based target identification103
A living library concept to capture the dynamics and reactivity of mixed-metal clusters for catalysis103
A C–H activation-based enantioselective synthesis of lower carbo[n]helicenes102
Excitation energy transfer and vibronic coherence in intact phycobilisomes102
Aromaticity rules100
Synthesis of planar chiral ferrocenes via enantioselective remote C–H activation99
Synthesis and single-molecule imaging reveal stereospecific enhancement of binding kinetics by the antitumour eEF1A antagonist SR-A399
Stepwise on-demand functionalization of multihydrosilanes enabled by a hydrogen-atom-transfer photocatalyst based on eosin Y99
Constructing artificial gap junctions to mediate intercellular signal and mass transport97
Homogeneous multi-payload antibody–drug conjugates96
Insights from an information thermodynamics analysis of a synthetic molecular motor96
Growth of single-crystal imine-linked covalent organic frameworks using amphiphilic amino-acid derivatives in water95
Optical sequencing of single synthetic polymers95
Interfacial assembly of biomimetic MOF-based porous membranes on coacervates to build complex protocells and prototissues95
Global profiling of functional histidines in live cells using small-molecule photosensitizer and chemical probe relay labelling94
Heterogeneous polymer designs that bring electricity, light and substrates together93
Challenges to developing materials for the transport and storage of hydrogen93
Bridging aqueous electrochemistry and non-aqueous chemistry for chemical production92
Pluralistic teaching91
Mass photometric detection and quantification of nanoscale α-synuclein phase separation91
A dynamic metal–organic framework photocatalyst91
Covalent organic frameworks as infinite building units for metal–organic frameworks with compartmentalized pores90
Leveraging electron donor–acceptor complexes for kinetic resolution in catalytic asymmetric photochemical synthesis89
Collisional alignment and molecular rotation control the chemi-ionization of individual conformers of hydroquinone with metastable neon89
4f-orbital covalency enables a single-crystal-to-single-crystal ring-opening isomerization in a CeIV–cyclopropenyl complex89
A single diiron enzyme catalyses the oxidative rearrangement of tryptophan to indole nitrile88
Protein semisynthesis reveals plasticity in HECT E3 ubiquitin ligase mechanisms88
Milking riboflavin for all it’s worth87
Three-dimensional van der Waals open frameworks86
Proton-triggered topological transformation in superbase-mediated selective polymerization enables access to ultrahigh-molar-mass cyclic polymers86
Sustainable and degradable plastics86
Artificial cell synthesis using biocatalytic polymerization-induced self-assembly86
Designing artificial fluorescent proteins and biosensors by genetically encoding molecular rotor-based amino acids85
Molecular contacts with an orthogonal π-skeleton induce amorphization to enhance perovskite solar cell performance85
Standardized excitable elements for scalable engineering of far-from-equilibrium chemical networks85
Enabling nucleophilic reactivity in molecular calcium fluoride complexes84
Photoswitchable coordination cages84
Deciphering functional roles of protein succinylation and glutarylation using genetic code expansion84
Small-molecule-catalysed deamination enables transcriptome-wide profiling of N6-methyladenosine in RNA83
In vivo metallophilic self-assembly of a light-activated anticancer drug83
Light-activated tetrazines enable precision live-cell bioorthogonal chemistry83
An open-shell molecule that exhibits conformational dynamics83
Molecular-scale dissipative chemistry drives the formation of nanoscale assemblies and their macroscale transport82
Transient water wires mediate selective proton transport in designed channel proteins82
Fast and facile synthesis of amidine-incorporated degradable lipids for versatile mRNA delivery in vivo81
Working towards a new job80
Author Correction: Circumventing the stability problems of graphene nanoribbon zigzag edges79
CO2 sorption in fluorinated non-porous coordination polymers78
Unmasking the reverse catalytic activity of ‘ene’-reductases for asymmetric carbonyl desaturation77
An evolved artificial radical cyclase enables the construction of bicyclic terpenoid scaffolds via an H-atom transfer pathway77
Anticancer platinum-based photo-oxidants in a new light76
Strong dipole-promoted N–O bond hydrogenolysis enables ampere-level electrosynthesis of methylamine76
A physically encoded Bayesian assistant for the optimization of multicomponent reactions76
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
Multi-tiered chemical proteomic maps of tryptoline acrylamide–protein interactions in cancer cells74
Protein nanopore reveals the renin–angiotensin system crosstalk with single-amino-acid resolution74
An isolable germylyne radical with a one-coordinate germanium atom74
Tricyclic cell-penetrating peptides for efficient delivery of functional antibodies into cancer cells74
Something new under the sun73
Aldehyde-catalysed carboxylate exchange in α-amino acids with isotopically labelled CO273
Ni-catalysed assembly of axially chiral alkenes from alkynyl tetracoordinate borons via 1,3-metallate shift73
Modular chemoenzymatic synthesis of ten fusicoccane diterpenoids73
Non-statistical assembly of multicomponent [Pd2ABCD] cages72
Thickness control of organic semiconductor-incorporated perovskites72
Direct mapping of ligandable tyrosines and lysines in cells with chiral sulfonyl fluoride probes72
The impact of UV light on synthetic photochemistry and photocatalysis72
Triplet metallocarbenes featuring carbon-centred spin localization71
Atomically dispersed low-valent Au boosts photocatalytic hydroxyl radical production71
Engineered RNA sensors for tuberculosis detection71
Cooperative ligands enable cobalt-catalysed hydrogenation70
Publisher Correction: Porous covalent organic nanotubes and their assembly in loops and toroids70
Heart of glass70
A third strand for protein–DNA interactions70
Isolation of halogen-substituted silylium ions70
How polymers dance to the pulses of ultrasound69
Looking into luciferin69
Chiral control of spin-crossover dynamics in Fe(II) complexes68
Checking out metal cluster chemistry from living libraries68
Tandem intermolecular [4 + 2] cycloadditions are catalysed by glycosylated enzymes for natural product biosynthesis68
Future-proofing calcium fluoride68
Discovery of the selenium-containing antioxidant ovoselenol derived from convergent evolution68
Upcycling chlorinated trash into synthetic organic treasure68
Amino amide assembly67
A crystalline stannyne67
Prebiotic synthesis of α-amino acids and orotate from α-ketoacids potentiates transition to extant metabolic pathways67
Total synthesis of nine longiborneol sesquiterpenoids using a functionalized camphor strategy67
Masked alkynes for synthesis of threaded carbon chains67
Multi-compartment liposomes forge new paths in drug delivery67
Asymmetric dearomative single-atom skeletal editing of indoles and pyrroles66
Janus-type emission from a cyclometalated iron(iii) complex66
Spatiotemporal protein interactome profiling through condensation-enhanced photocrosslinking64
Mapping the mechanisms of oxidative addition in cross-coupling reactions catalysed by phosphine-ligated Ni(0)64
Operando film-electrochemical EPR spectroscopy tracks radical intermediates in surface-immobilized catalysts63
Quantum simulation of conical intersections using trapped ions63
Enabling late-stage drug diversification by high-throughput experimentation with geometric deep learning63
Scalable and selective deuteration of (hetero)arenes63
The importance of community as a pre-tenure faculty member62
Sensing RNA62
Positive climate changes62
Asymmetric construction of sulfur(VI)–fluorine cores61
Establishing the fundamental rules for genetic code expansion61
Cyclopropenium functionalization60
Mimicking the structure and function of tau folds associated with disease60
A lithium–aluminium heterobimetallic dimetallocene60
Electric field maps in enzymes59
A bismuth-based analogue of the π-allyl cation59
On gene silencing by the X10-23 DNAzyme59
Copper-catalysed asymmetric cross-coupling reactions tolerant of highly reactive radicals58
Ribose at the heart of life58
Experimental quantitation of molecular conditions responsible for flow-induced polymer mechanochemistry57
Enantioconvergent radical addition of racemic alkyl halides to access vicinal stereocentres57
The dynamics of agonist-β2-adrenergic receptor activation induced by binding of GDP-bound Gs protein57
Non-enzymatic methylcyclization of alkenes56
Olefin π-coordination chemistry at low-oxidation-state boron56
Adaptive insertion of a hydrophobic anchor into a poly(ethylene glycol) host for programmable surface functionalization55
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
Exciton annihilation in molecular aggregates suppressed through quantum interference54
Using supramolecular machinery to engineer directional charge propagation in photoelectrochemical devices54
A terminal neptunium(V)–mono(oxo) complex53
Ten-electron count rule for the binding of adsorbates on single-atom alloy catalysts53
Photocatalytic nitrogen fixation under an ambient atmosphere using a porous coordination polymer with bridging dinitrogen anions53
The gas-phase formation mechanism of iodic acid as an atmospheric aerosol source53
End-of-life upcycling of polyurethanes using a room temperature, mechanism-based degradation53
Structure-specific amyloid precipitation in biofluids52
Programmable fluorescent aptamer-based RNA switches for rapid identification of point mutations52
Encoding signal propagation on topology-programmed DNA origami52
Multi-site programmable functionalization of alkenes via controllable alkene isomerization52
Polymer connectivity governs electrophotocatalytic activity in the solid state52
ChatGPT saves the day52
Uniform segmented platelet micelles with compositionally distinct and selectively degradable cores52
Chemical testing52
Rings of power51
Doing away with radium’s proxies51
How many roads must a woman walk down?51
A molecular sandwich with a lithium–aluminium filling51
Interweaving different metal–organic frameworks51
Flexible interaction patches lead to building blocks with fluctuating valency50
Reducing the carbon footprint of chemistry labs50
Selection of a promiscuous minimalist cAMP phosphodiesterase from a library of de novo designed proteins50
Author Correction: Moiré two-dimensional covalent organic framework superlattices50
Stereoselective alkylation of saturated heterocycles50
Author Correction: Introducing metal–sulfur active sites in metal–organic frameworks via post-synthetic modification for hydrogenation catalysis50
Colouring by force49
Ion-pair reorganization regulates reactivity in photoredox catalysts49
Molecular basis for the diversification of lincosamide biosynthesis by pyridoxal phosphate-dependent enzymes49
Hydrogenative double-bond deuteration49
Heteromultivalency enables enhanced detection of nucleic acid mutations49
Different timescales during ultrafast stilbene isomerization in the gas and liquid phases revealed using time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy49
A para- to meta-isomerization of phenols49
Diversified ring expansion of saturated cyclic amines enabled by azlactone insertion49
Photoinduced stepwise charge hopping in π-stacked perylene bisimide donor–bridge–acceptor arrays49
Isolation and characterization of a two-coordinate phosphinidene oxide49
Direct conversion of white phosphorus to versatile phosphorus transfer reagents via oxidative onioation48
Active template strategy for the preparation of π-conjugated interlocked nanocarbons48
Recyclable and malleable thermosets enabled by activating dormant dynamic linkages48
Chemical upcycling of commodity thermoset polyurethane foams towards high-performance 3D photo-printing resins48
Hydrogen splitting at a single phosphorus centre and its use for hydrogenation48
Hydrophobic assembly of molecular catalysts at the gas–liquid–solid interface drives highly selective CO2 electromethanation47
Efficient room-temperature phosphorescence of covalent organic frameworks through covalent halogen doping47
A general alkene aminoarylation enabled by N-centred radical reactivity of sulfinamides47
Near-infrared-activated anticancer platinum(IV) complexes directly photooxidize biomolecules in an oxygen-independent manner47
Building ultramicroporous zirconium metal‒organic frameworks with ligands of high coordination density through a reticular approach47
Nanoparticle stereochemistry-dependent endocytic processing improves in vivo mRNA delivery47
Reconfiguring hydrogel assemblies using a photocontrolled metallopolymer adhesive for multiple customized functions46
Structural basis of the Meinwald rearrangement catalysed by styrene oxide isomerase46
Decarboxylative cross-nucleophile coupling via ligand-to-metal charge transfer photoexcitation of Cu(ii) carboxylates46
Synthesis of highly strained para-cyclophanes via ring-expansion [5,5]-sigmatropic rearrangement reaction46
Publisher Correction: OregonFluor enables quantitative intracellular paired agent imaging to assess drug target availability in live cells and tissues46
From geranium lakes to catalysis with light46
Intramolecular alkene and functional group translocation45
Recyclable plastics from a manganese catalyst45
An unnatural base pair for the detection of epigenetic cytosine modifications in DNA45
WT19F45
Selective arylation of atypical C–F bonds in polyfluoroarenes with aryl chlorides45
Copper catalysed asymmetric amination45
Critical race theory and its relevance for chemistry45
Icing a three-layer cake for predictive modelling of adsorption45
Quinine fever44
Controlling anisotropic properties by manipulating the orientation of chiral small molecules44
Observation of robust energy transfer in the photosynthetic protein allophycocyanin using single-molecule pump–probe spectroscopy43
Structure-informed design of an ultrabright RNA-activated fluorophore43
Time-resolved terahertz–Raman spectroscopy reveals that cations and anions distinctly modify intermolecular interactions of water43
Navigating protein landscapes with a machine-learned transferable coarse-grained model43
Mirror-image trypsin digestion and sequencing of D-proteins43
Progress and pitfalls in designing heterogeneous catalysts with molecular precision42
Fused radical SAM and αKG-HExxH domain proteins contain a distinct structural fold and catalyse cyclophane formation and β-hydroxylation42
Iterative synthesis of 1,3-polyboronic esters with high stereocontrol and application to the synthesis of bahamaolide A42
Carbonyl cross-metathesis via deoxygenative gem-di-metal catalysis42
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