2026 Anthony J. Arduengo: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	54	12436	11196	3314	2712	159	20406

Research.com Recognitions

2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Anthony J. Arduengo is affiliated with the University of Alabama in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields including Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Inorganic Chemistry, Infectious Diseases, and Virology.

Their research topics cover a variety of scientific areas such as:

N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
Biochemical and Molecular Research
HIV Research and Treatment
Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms
Catalysis for Biomass Conversion

Anthony J. Arduengo has published papers in several notable scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

Organic Process Research & Development
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Chemical Communications

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Arduengo demonstrate diverse research interests and include:

"An Efficient Synthesis of Tenofovir (PMPA): A Key Intermediate Leading to Tenofovir-Based HIV Medicines," 2020, Organic Process Research & Development
"Lewis Acidity and Basicity: Another Measure of Carbene Reactivity," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
"Xylochemicals and where to find them," 2021, Chemical Communications
"Bond Dissociation Energies of Carbene-Carbene and Carbene-Main Group Adducts," 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
"Practical and Scalable Two-Step Process for 6-(2-Fluoro-4-nitrophenyl)-2-oxa-6-azaspiro[3.3]heptane: A Key Intermediate of the Potent Antibiotic Drug Candidate TBI-223," 2023, Organic Process Research & Development

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Arduengo include:

John W. Tomlin
Flávio S. P. Cardoso
Till Opatz
David R. Snead
Trent H. Stein

In recognition of their contributions, Anthony J. Arduengo was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007.

Best Publications

A stable crystalline carbene

Anthony J. Arduengo;Richard L. Harlow;Michael Kline

5545
Citations
Electronic stabilization of nucleophilic carbenes

Anthony J. Arduengo;H. V. Rasika Dias;Richard L. Harlow;Michael Kline

1647
Citations
Looking for Stable Carbenes: The Difficulty in Starting Anew

Anthony J. Arduengo

1517
Citations
IMIDAZOLYLIDENES, IMIDAZOLINYLIDENES AND IMIDAZOLIDINES

Anthony J. Arduengo;Roland Krafczyk;Reinhard Schmutzler;Hugh A. Craig

1324
Citations
A stable diaminocarbene

Anthony J. Arduengo;Jens R. Goerlich;William J. Marshall

678
Citations
Homoleptic carbene-silver(I) and carbene-copper(I) complexes

Anthony J. Arduengo;H. V. Rasika Dias;Joseph C. Calabrese;Fredric Davidson

517
Citations
An Air Stable Carbene and Mixed Carbene “Dimers”

Anthony J. Arduengo;Frederic Davidson;H. V. R. Dias;Jens R. Goerlich

432
Citations
Photoelectron-Spectroscopy of a Carbene/Silylene/Germylene Series

Anthony J. Arduengo;Hans Bock;Han Chen;Michael Denk

417
Citations
An electrically neutral .sigma.-sulfuranyl radical from the homolysis of a perester with neighboring sulfenyl sulfur: 9-S-3 species

C. W. Perkins;J. C. Martin;A. J. Arduengo;W. Lau

404
Citations
LOW-COORDINATE CARBENE COMPLEXES OF NICKEL(0) AND PLATINUM(0)

Anthony J. Arduengo;Siegfried F. Gamper;Joseph C. Calabrese;Fredric Davidson

354
Citations
Electronic structure of a stable nucleophilic carbene

David A. Dixon;Anthony J. Arduengo

306
Citations
Electron distribution in a stable carbene

Anthony J. Arduengo;H. V. Rasika Dias;David A. Dixon;Richard L. Harlow

289
Citations
Auf der Suche nach Stabilen Carbenen

Anthony J. Arduengo;Roland Krafczyk

269
Citations
Carbene-Pnictinidene Adducts

Anthony J. Arduengo;Joseph C. Calabrese;Alan H. Cowley;H. V. Rasika Dias

256
Citations
A stable carbene-alane adduct

Anthony J. Arduengo;H. V. Rasika Dias;Joseph C. Calabrese;Fredric Davidson

248
Citations
A Bis(carbene)-Proton Complex: Structure of a C-H-C Hydrogen Bond

Anthony J. Iii Arduengo;Siegfried F. Gamper;Matthias Tamm;Joseph C. Calabrese

233
Citations
A STABLE THIAZOL-2-YLIDENE AND ITS DIMER

Anthony J. Arduengo;Jens R. Goerlich;William J. Marshall

233
Citations
Synthesis of a reverse ylide from a nucleophilic carbene

Anthony J. Arduengo;Michael Kline;Joseph C. Calabrese;Fredric Davidson

203
Citations
Adducts of Carbenes with Group II and XII Metallocenes

Anthony J. Arduengo;Fredric Davidson;Roland Krafczyk;William J. Marshall

200
Citations
The synthesis, structure, and chemistry of 10-Pn-3 systems: tricoordinate hypervalent pnicogen compounds

Anthony J. Arduengo;Constantine A. Stewart;Fredric Davidson;David A. Dixon

183
Citations
Carbene adducts of magnesium and zinc

Anthony J. Arduengo;H.V.Rasika Dias;Fredric Davidson;R.L. Harlow

182
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Dixon University of Alabama

H. V. Rasika Dias The University of Texas at Arlington

Joseph C. Calabrese DuPont (United States)

Till Opatz Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz

Matthias Tamm Technische Universität Braunschweig

Richard L. Harlow DuPont (United States)

Gregor Schnakenburg University of Bonn

Clifford E. Dykstra University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Lowell D. Kispert University of Alabama

Alan H. Cowley The University of Texas at Austin

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