OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of ACS Catalysis is 119. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Correction to “Facile Enzymatic Synthesis of Diverse Naturally Occurring β-d-Mannopyranosides Catalyzed by Glycoside Phosphorylases”	404
Correction to “Photochemical Reductive Carboxylation of N-Benzoyl Imines with Oxalate Accelerated by Formation of EDA Complexes”	367
Nonlinear Acid Promotion of Oxidation Reactions by Mononuclear Nonheme Iron(III)-Aqua Complexes	351
Geometrically Constrained Cofacial Bi-Titanium Olefin Polymerization Catalysts: Tuning and Enhancing Comonomer Incorporation Density	339
Correction to “Influence of Carbon Support on the Pyrolysis of Cobalt Phthalocyanine for the Efficient Electroreduction of CO₂”	336
Correction to “Reductive Enzyme Cascades for Valorization of Polyethylene Terephthalate Deconstruction Products”	267
Assessing and Quantifying Thermodynamically Concomitant Degradation during Oxygen Evolution from Water on SrTiO₃	265
Subnano-FeO_x Clusters Anchored in an Ultrathin Amorphous Al₂O₃ Nanosheet for Styrene Epoxidation	264
Effects of Ni(OH)₂ Structures on the Electrochemical Conversion of KA Oil	260
Synergistic Effects of Strain and Oxygen Vacancies in Nanofiber Electrodes for Enhanced High-Temperature Electrochemical Ethane Dehydrogenation	256
Nickel-Catalyzed Mono- and Dihydrosilylation of Aliphatic Alkynes in Aqueous and Aerobic Conditions	250
Keep the Ligands: Potential Benefits for Fuel Cell Performance	249
Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution over Crystalline Cu₂Sn_0.38Ge_0.62S₃ Particles Grown from LiCl-RbCl Flux	247
Enantioselective Synthesis of Fused Bicyclic Cyclohexadienes by Rh/Si-SDP-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition of 1,6-Diynes with Acrylamides or Enamides	241
Stereocontrolled Construction of Multi-Chiral [2.2]Paracyclophanes via Cobaltaphotoredox Dual Catalysis	240
Vinylarylcyclopropanes (VACPs): All-Carbon Dipole Precursors for Controlling Linear Regioselectivity in Cycloaddition Reactions	234
Recent Advances in Theoretical Studies on Cu-Mediated Bond Formation Mechanisms Involving Radicals	232
Indole Photocatalysts and Secondary Amine Ligands Enable Nickel-Photoredox C(sp²)–Heteroatom Couplings	228
Boosting Energy Flow by Manipulating Core–Satellite Dielectric Function Ratio of Heterostructures for Efficient Plasmon-Enhanced Ammonia Borane Dehydrogenation	221
From Micro-environments to Macroscopic Effects: How the Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Drives Cu Cathodic Corrosion	215
Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Intramolecular Heck Reaction to Access Chiral C3-Tertiary Indolines	215
Regioselective Plasmon-Driven Decarboxylation of Mercaptobenzoic Acids Triggered by Distinct Reactive Oxygen Species	213
Chiral Phosphate-Catalyzed Enantiodivergent Oxa-Diels–Alder Reaction of Trifluoropyruvate and Simple Dienes	210
Investigations via Kinetics and Multivariate Linear Regression Models of the Mechanism and Origins of Regioselectivity in a Palladium-Catalyzed Aryne Annulation	210
Screening Surface Structure–Electrochemical Activity Relationships of Copper Electrodes under CO₂ Electroreduction Conditions	206

“Anion-Switchable” Pincer-Mn(I) Catalyst for the Reductive N-Methylation of Amines with Formic Acid and CO₂	205
Deactivation by Potassium Accumulation on a Pt/TiO₂ Bifunctional Catalyst for Biomass Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis	204
Mechanism of Alternating Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Formation by Polymerization of (S)- and (R)-3-Methyl Glycolide Using an Enantiopure Aluminum Complex	201
Acid-Stable and Active M–N–C Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction: The Role of Local Structure	199
Mechanistic Insights into Enantiocontrolling of Styrene Monooxygenase-Catalyzed Epoxidation of Olefins	198
Selective and Efficient Detoxification of Sulfur Mustard Gas Analogues with H₂O₂ Using Bioinspired Mo and W Dithiolene Catalysts	196
Axially Chiral 2-Hydroxybiaryls by Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective C–H Activation	196
Direct Alkylation of Glycine Derivatives via Photoinduced Palladium Catalysis, Utilizing Intermolecular Hydrogen Atom Transfer Mediated by Alkyl Radicals	195
Structural Evolution and Stability of Rh/TiO₂ Catalysts under CO₂ Hydrogenation Conditions: Influence of the Initial Rh Structure	187
Mechanistic and Structural Insights into a Divergent PLP-Dependent l-Enduracididine Cyclase from a Toxic Cyanobacterium	185
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Selective Transfer Semihydrogenation of Alkynes Catalyzed by an Iron PCP Pincer Alkyl Complex	184
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General, Quantified Structure-Performance Correlations for Synergistic Heteronuclear Electro-, Polymerization, and Asymmetric Catalysts	168
A Branchpoint Cytochrome P450 CYP512A13 Interconverts Different Types of Ganoderma Triterpenoids	167
Polarization Manipulation of NiO Nanosheets Engineered with Fe/Pt Single Atoms for High-Performance Electrocatalytic Overall Alkaline Seawater Splitting	166
Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Dearomative [3 + 2] Annulation of Quinolines, Isoquinolines, and Pyridines	164
Impact of Nonzeolite-Catalyzed Formation of Formaldehyde on the Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons Conversion	163
Discovery of a Covalent Triazine Framework Photocatalyst for Visible-Light-Driven Chemical Synthesis using High-Throughput Screening	162
Correction to “Catalytic C(β)–O Bond Cleavage of Lignin in a One-Step Reaction Enabled by a Spin-Center Shift”	161
Mechanistic Investigation into Copper(I) Hydride Catalyzed Formic Acid Dehydrogenation	160
Copper(I)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Allenylamines and β-Lactams through Regioselective Mannich-Type Reactions	158
Catalyst–Substrate Pairings for Carbocyclic and Heterocyclic Systems in Atroposelective Quinazolinone Synthesis	156
Halogen-Bond-Based Organocatalysis Unveiled: Computational Design and Mechanistic Insights	156
Metal-Mediated Catalytic Polarization Transfer from para Hydrogen to 3,5-Dihalogenated Pyridines	155
Fe(III)–H₂O₂ as an Alternative Oxidant for Catalytic Sulfoxidation in Cytochrome P450 Enzymes: Combined Theoretical and Experimental Evidence	153
Pd(0)-Catalyzed Diastereoselective and Enantioselective Intermolecular Heck–Miyaura Borylation of Internal Enamides for the β-Aminoboronate Ester Synthesis	152
Elucidating the Pivotal Role of Acid-Catalyzed Hydration in Electrochemical Carbon Corrosion	152
Dual-Oriented Selectivity Switching for Highly Efficient Biomass Upgrading via Selective C–O Bond Activation	151
Efficient Reductive Amination of Furfural to a Primary Amine on a Pt/TiO₂ Catalyst: A Manifestation of the Nanocluster Proximity Effect	151
Unfolding the Role of B Site-Selective Doping of Aliovalent Cations on Enhancing Sacrificial Visible Light-Induced Photocatalytic H₂ and O₂ Evolution over BaTaO₂	151
Asymmetric Remote meta-C–H Activation Controlled by a Chiral Ligand	151
Selective C–H Activation Facilitated by the Cooperative Effect of Extrinsic O₂ and Na on Ag(111)	150
Triethoxysilane-Catalyzed Single and Sequential Regioselective Hydroboration of Terminal Alkynes: Sustainable Access to E-Alkenylboronate and Alkyl Gem-Diboronate Esters by Non-Covalent	149
Alcohol Solvent Assisted Synthesis of Metallic and Metal Oxide Catalysts: As-Prepared Cu/ZnO/Al₂O₃ Catalysts for Low-Temperature Methanol Synthesis with an Ultrahigh Yield	149
Dual Photoredox and Copper Catalysis: Enantioselective 1,2-Amidocyanation of 1,3-Dienes	148
Mitigating Hydrogen Poisoning for Robust Ammonia-to-Hydrogen Conversion over Photothermal Catalysts	147
Ceria Incorporation in Sinter-Resistant Platinum-Based Catalysts	146
Theoretical Design of the Electrocatalytic Urea Synthesis from Carbon Dioxide and Nitric Oxides	146
Enantioselective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Diaryl Ethers through Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Desymmetric Acylation with Azlactones	145
Electrochemical NADH Regeneration Mediated by Pyridine Amidate Iridium Complexes Interconverting 1,4- and 1,6-NADH	144
Palladium-Catalyzed Modular Synthesis of Enantioenriched Pyridohelicenes through Double Imidoylative Cyclization	144
In Situ SERS Probing the Effect of Additional Metals on Pt-Based Ternary Alloys toward Improving ORR Performance	144
Combining Theoretical and Experimental Methods to Probe Confinement within Microporous Solid Acid Catalysts for Alcohol Dehydration	142
Catalyst Design for Selective Hydrogenation of Benzene to Cyclohexene through Density Functional Theory and Microkinetic Modeling	141

Synergistic Urea Oxidation and Hydrogen Evolution over MoC/Co/NCNT-Based Electrocatalysts for Cost-Effective Alkaline Electrolysis	141
Metal Cations from Sacrificial Anodes Act as a Lewis Acid Co-Catalyst in Electrochemical Cross-Coupling of Aryl Bromides and Aziridines	140
Grain Boundary-Rich Bi₂WO₆ Catalysts Enable Synergistic Activation of Molecular and Lattice Oxygen for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of 1-Butene	139
Manipulating the Optically Active Defect–Defect Interaction of Colloidal Quantum Dots for Carbon Dioxide Photoreduction	138
Atroposelective De Novo Access to Biaryls via Nickel-Catalyzed C–C Activation of Benzocyclobutenols: Aryl Sources Powered by Dual Ring Scissions	138
Ni-Catalyzed Cyanation of (Hetero)aryl Halides with Acetonitrile as Cyano Source	137
Ultrathin and Conformal TiO_x Overlayers on WO₃ Photoelectrodes for Simultaneous Surface Trap Passivation and Heterojunction Formation	137
Enhanced Activity of MOF-Based Pd/Electron-Transfer Mediator Catalysts in Oxidation Reactions Involving Isonitrile by Defect Engineering	136
Bifunctional NHC-Promoted C2-Alkylation of Pyridine via Ni–Al Bimetallic-Catalyzed Hydroarylation of Unactivated Alkenes	136
Asymmetric Hydroxymethylative Etherification of 1,3-Dienes with Isatins and Alcohols via Pd(0)-π-Lewis Base Catalysis	135
Shape Reconstruction from Commercial Pt/C to High-Index Pt/C for Advanced Electrocatalysts	135
Kinetic Assessment of the Dry Reforming of Methane over a Ni–La₂O₃Catalyst	134
Sulfonium Ylide Enabled, Copper-Catalyzed Difluoromethylation, Monofluoromethylation, and Monofluoroalkylation of Lithium Aryl ⁿButyl Borates	133
Insights into Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction on Metallic and Oxidized Tin Using Grand-Canonical DFT and In Situ ATR-SEIRA Spectroscopy	132
Photochemical [1,3]-Silyl Migration Meets Organocatalysis: A Metal-Free Route to Enantioenriched α-Hydroxy Amides	129
Hydrogen Adsorption, Reactivity, and Catalysis on Colloidal Iron Carbide Nanoparticles	129
Concurrent Linear Deracemization of Secondary Benzylic Alcohols via Simultaneous Photocatalysis and Whole-cell Biocatalysis	128
Ruthenium-Based Nanoparticles-Loaded Layered Silica Nanosheets-Assembled Stacked-Structure Nanoreactors for Efficient Production of Biomass-Based Pyrrolidinones	128
Heterometallic Pd^II–Cl–Cu^I Catalyst for Efficient Hydrolysis of β-1,4-Glycosidic Bonds in 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride	128
Variable Metal Chelation Modes and Activation Sequence in Pd-Catalyzed B–H Poly-arylation of Carboranes	127
Surface Diffusion Barriers and Catalytic Activity Driven by Terminal Groups at Zeolite Catalysts	127
Inducing Microstrain in Electrodeposited Pt through Polymer Addition for Highly Active Oxygen Reduction Catalysis	127
What Controls Direct Hole-Mediated Oxidation Kinetics in a Carbon Nitride-Based Photocatalytic System: A Model Study for Aqueous Aromatic Compounds	126
Topology of DNA G-Quadruplexes Can Be Harnessed in Holliday Junction-Based DNA Suprastructures to Control and Optimize Their Biocatalytic Properties	126
Programmable Enzymatic Toolbox for the Assembly of Fucosylated Chondroitin Derivatives	125
Hydrides for Dinitrogen Conversion	125
“Cesium Effect”-Mediated/Controlled Divergent Synthesis via Synergistic Pd/Cu-Catalyzed Cascade Reactions	124
Ca Cations Impact the Local Environment inside HZSM-5 Pores during the Methanol-to-Hydrocarbons Reaction	123
Robust Bio-derived Polyoxometalate Hybrid for Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Benzylic C(sp³)–H Bonds	123
Increased Hydrogenation Rates in Pd/La-Al₂O₃ Catalysts by Hydrogen Transfer O(-La) Sites Adjacent to Pd Nanoparticles	123
Fast and Selective β-C–H Borylation of N-Heterocycles with a Supramolecular Iridium Catalyst: Circumventing Deactivation Pathways and Mechanistic Insights	122
Hydrogen-Bonding Ability of Noyori–Ikariya Catalysts Enables Stereoselective Access to CF₃-Substituted syn-1,2-Diols via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution	122
Mechanism of Hydrogen Sulfide-Dependent Inhibition of FeFe Hydrogenase	122
Straightforward Access to High-Performance Organometallic Catalysts by Fluoride Activation: Proof of Principle on Asymmetric Cyanation, Asymmetric Michael Addition, CO₂ Addition to Epoxide,	122
Design and Implementation of a CO₂ Reduction Catalyst with an Internal Electron Transfer Mediator: Improving Turnover Frequency by More than 10-Fold	122
Relation between Water Oxidation Activity and Coordination Environment of C,N-Coordinated Mononuclear Co Catalyst	122
Photoinduced Regioselective Sulfonylsulfination of Alkenes	121
Extending the π-Conjugated System in Conjugated Microporous Polymers to Modulate Excitonic Effects for Metal-Free Selective CO₂ Photoreduction to CH₄	121
Functional and Structural Analyses of a Highly Multifunctional Enzyme TM1270 from the Hyperthermophile Thermotoga maritima	121
Simple Model and Spectral Analysis for a Fluxional Catalyst: Intermediate Abundances, Pathway Fluxes, Rates, and Transients	121
Hydrophobic Surface Modification of Cu-Based Catalysts for Enhanced Semihydrogenation of Acetylene in Excess Ethylene	121
Comprehensive Study of Oxygen Vacancies on the Catalytic Performance of ZnO for CO/H₂ Activation Using Machine Learning-Accelerated First-Principles Simulations	120
Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Planar-Chiral Cyclophanes through a Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation	119
Enhancing Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity by Using Switchable Polarization in Ferroelectric InSnO₂N	119