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Alan J. Lough
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Chemistry
Canada
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
99
Citations
36552
World Ranking
1329
National Ranking
29

Alan J. Lough publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan J. Lough sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 1,359 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Alan J. Lough D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alan J. Lough sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Alan J. Lough is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their research spans both organic and inorganic chemistry, with particular emphasis on organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis, metal complexes synthesis and properties, and the synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic and organometallic compounds.

Their work encompasses multiple subfields, including Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Alan J. Lough has published frequently in several scientific venues. Notable publication venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • IUCrData
  • Canadian Journal of Chemistry
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie

Their recent research papers cover a range of topics connected to molecular structure and chemical properties. Some recent publications are:

  • "Homomeric chains of intermolecular bonds scaffold octahedral germanium perovskites" (2023, Nature)
  • "Rigid Conjugated Diamine Templates for Stable Dion-Jacobson-Type Two-Dimensional Perovskites" (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Engineering hydrogen bonding to align molecular dipoles in organic solids for efficient second harmonic generation" (2022, Chemical Science)
  • "Boramidine: A Versatile Structural Motif for the Design of Fluorescent Heterocycles" (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "Why Diorganyl Zinc Lewis Acidity Dramatically Increases with Narrowing C-Zn-C Bond Angle" (2020, Inorganic Chemistry)

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Alan J. Lough has worked alongside Robert A. Gossage, Dwight S. Seferos, Robert H. Morris, Andrei K. Yudin, and R. Stephen Wylie, among others.

The scientist's research topics cover several main themes, including:

  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Crystal structures of chemical compounds
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics

Best Publications

  • Synthesis, x-ray crystal structures, and cation-binding properties of alkyl calixaryl esters and ketones, a new family of macrocyclic molecular receptors

    Francoise Arnaud-Neu;Elizabeth M. Collins;Mary Deasy;George Ferguson

  • Easily prepared air- and moisture-stable Pd-NHC (NHC=N-heterocyclic carbene) complexes: a reliable, user-friendly, highly active palladium precatalyst for the Suzuki-Miyaura reaction

    Christopher J. O'Brien;Eric Assen B. Kantchev;Cory Valente;Niloufar Hadei

  • Transition Metal-Catalyzed Formation of Boron−Nitrogen Bonds: Catalytic Dehydrocoupling of Amine-Borane Adducts to Form Aminoboranes and Borazines

    Cory A. Jaska;Karen Temple;and Alan J. Lough;Ian Manners

  • Mechanism of the hydrogenation of ketones catalyzed by trans-dihydrido(diamine)ruthenium II complexes.

    ‡ Kamaluddin Abdur-Rashid;Sean E. Clapham;Alen Hadzovic;Jeremy N. Harvey

  • Amine(imine)diphosphine iron catalysts for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones and imines.

    Weiwei Zuo;Alan J. Lough;Young Feng Li;Robert H. Morris

  • Lamellar aluminophosphates with surface patterns that mimic diatom and radiolarian microskeletons

    Scott Oliver;Alex Kuperman;Neil Coombs;Alan Lough

  • Pd‐PEPPSI‐IPent: An Active, Sterically Demanding Cross‐Coupling Catalyst and Its Application in the Synthesis of Tetra‐Ortho‐Substituted Biaryls

    Michael G. Organ;Selçuk Çalimsiz;Mahmoud Sayah;Ka Hou Hoi

  • Linear Oligo(ferrocenyldimethylsilanes) with between Two and Nine Ferrocene Units: Electrochemical and Structural Models for Poly(ferrocenylsilane) High Polymers

    Ron Rulkens;Alan J. Lough;Ian Manners;Sherri R. Lovelace

  • Highly Efficient Catalyst Systems Using Iron Complexes with a Tetradentate PNNP Ligand for the Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Polar Bonds

    Christine Sui-Seng;Friederike Freutel;Alan J. Lough;Robert H. Morris

  • Catalytic cycle for the asymmetric hydrogenation of prochiral ketones to chiral alcohols: direct hydride and proton transfer from chiral catalysts trans-Ru(H)(2)(diphosphine)(diamine) to ketones and direct addition of dihydrogen to the resulting hydridoamido complexes.

    Kamaluddin Abdur-Rashid;Michael Faatz;and Alan J. Lough;Robert H. Morris

  • Identification of 1,3-dialkylimidazolium salt supramolecular aggregates in solution.

    Crestina S. Consorti;Paulo A. Z. Suarez;Roberto F. De Souza;Robert A. Burrow

  • Switching On and Off a New Intramolecular Hydrogen-Hydrogen Interaction and the Heterolytic Splitting of Dihydrogen. Crystal and Molecular Structure of [Ir{H(.eta.1-SC5H4NH)}2(PCy3)2]BF4.cntdot.2.7CH2Cl2

    Alan J. Lough;Sunghan Park;Ravindranath Ramachandran;Robert H. Morris

  • Rhodium-catalyzed formation of boron–nitrogen bonds: a mild route to cyclic aminoboranes and borazines

    Cory A. Jaska;Karen Temple;Alan J. Lough;Ian Manners

  • Iron(II) Complexes Containing Unsymmetrical P–N–P′ Pincer Ligands for the Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones and Imines

    Paraskevi O. Lagaditis;Peter E. Sues;Jessica F. Sonnenberg;Kai Yang Wan

  • Dihydrogen with Frequency of Motion Near the 1H Larmor Frequency. Solid-State Structures and Solution NMR Spectroscopy of Osmium Complexes trans-[Os(H··H)X(PPh2CH2CH2PPh2)2]+ (X = Cl, Br)

    Patricia A. Maltby;Marcel Schlaf;Martin Steinbeck;Alan J. Lough

  • Osmium and Ruthenium Catalysts for Dehydrogenation of Alcohols

    Marcello Bertoli;Aldjia Choualeb;Alan J. Lough;Brandon Moore

  • Efficient asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones catalyzed by an iron complex containing a P-N-N-P tetradentate ligand formed by template synthesis.

    Alexandre Mikhailine;Alan J. Lough;Robert H. Morris

  • Structure-Activity Relationship Analysis of Pd-PEPPSI Complexes in Cross-Couplings: A Close Inspection of the Catalytic Cycle and the Precatalyst Activation Model

    Joanna Nasielski;Nilofaur Hadei;George Achonduh;Eric Assen B. Kantchev

  • Transition Metal-Catalyzed Formation of Phosphorus−Boron Bonds: A New Route to Phosphinoborane Rings, Chains, and Macromolecules

    Hendrik Dorn;Ryan A. Singh;Jason A. Massey;James M. Nelson

  • An Acidity Scale for Phosphorus-Containing Compounds Including Metal Hydrides and Dihydrogen Complexes in THF: Toward the Unification of Acidity Scales

    Kamaluddin Abdur-Rashid;Tina P. Fong;Bronwyn Greaves;Dmitry G. Gusev

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Morris
Robert H. Morris University of Toronto
George Ferguson
George Ferguson University of Guelph
Ian Manners
Ian Manners University of Victoria
Robert A. Batey
Robert A. Batey University of Toronto
Michael C. Jennings
Michael C. Jennings University of Western Ontario
Douglas W. Stephan
Douglas W. Stephan University of Toronto
Mark J. MacLachlan
Mark J. MacLachlan University of British Columbia
Jik Chin
Jik Chin University of Toronto
Ben Zhong Tang
Ben Zhong Tang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Richard J. Puddephatt
Richard J. Puddephatt University of Western Ontario

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