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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Armido Studer is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany and has a substantial body of research contributions primarily in the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their work heavily focuses on Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry, with additional involvement in Pharmaceutical Science, Inorganic Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research topics cover a range of areas, notably:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions

Some recent papers authored by Studer include:

  • Intermolecular radical carboamination of alkenes, 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Radical NHC Catalysis, 2022, ACS Catalysis
  • Cooperative NHC and Photoredox Catalysis for the Synthesis of β-Trifluoromethylated Alkyl Aryl Ketones, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Photocatalytic phosphine-mediated water activation for radical hydrogenation, 2023, Nature
  • Benzylic C−H acylation by cooperative NHC and photoredox catalysis, 2021, Nature Communications

Studer's frequent co-authors include:

  • Constantin G. Daniliuc
  • Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld
  • Shigehiro Yamaguchi
  • Dirk Leifert
  • Klaus Bergander

The scientist has published extensively in various notable venues, with the most frequent being:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Organic Letters
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • A "Renaissance" in radical trifluoromethylation

    Armido Studer

  • Catalysis of Radical Reactions: A Radical Chemistry Perspective.

    Armido Studer;Dennis P. Curran

  • Recent advances in the synthesis of nitrogen heterocycles via radical cascade reactions using isonitriles as radical acceptors

    Bo Zhang;Armido Studer

  • Nitroxides: applications in synthesis and in polymer chemistry.

    Ludger Tebben;Armido Studer

  • The Persistent Radical Effect in Organic Synthesis

    Dirk Leifert;Armido Studer;Armido Studer

  • Fluorous Synthesis: A Fluorous-Phase Strategy for Improving Separation Efficiency in Organic Synthesis

    Armido Studer;Sabine Hadida;Rafael Ferritto;Sun-Young Kim

  • The electron is a catalyst

    Armido Studer;Dennis P. Curran

  • Organocatalysis and C-H activation meet radical- and electron-transfer reactions.

    Armido Studer;Dennis P. Curran

  • Radical cascade cyclization of 1,n-enynes and diynes for the synthesis of carbocycles and heterocycles

    Jun Xuan;Armido Studer

  • NHC Catalyzed Oxidations of Aldehydes to Esters: Chemoselective Acylation of Alcohols in Presence of Amines

    Suman De Sarkar;Stefan Grimme;Armido Studer

  • Catalysis with N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes under Oxidative Conditions

    Suman De Sarkar;Anup Biswas;Ramesh C. Samanta;Armido Studer

  • The persistent radical effect in organic synthesis.

    Armido Studer

  • Iodine(III) Reagents in Radical Chemistry

    Xi Wang;Armido Studer

  • Intermolecular radical carboamination of alkenes.

    Heng Jiang;Armido Studer;Armido Studer

  • Transition-metal-free trifluoromethylaminoxylation of alkenes.

    Yi Li;Armido Studer

  • Biomimetic Carbene‐Catalyzed Oxidations of Aldehydes Using TEMPO

    Joyram Guin;Suman De Sarkar;Stefan Grimme;Armido Studer

  • Nitroxide-catalyzed transition-metal-free aerobic oxidation processes

    Sebastian Wertz;Armido Studer

  • Tin-free radical chemistry using the persistent radical effect: alkoxyamine isomerization, addition reactions and polymerizations

    Armido Studer

  • 6-Trifluoromethyl-Phenanthridines through Radical Trifluoromethylation of Isonitriles

    Bo Zhang;Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld;Constantin Gabriel Daniliuc;Armido Studer

  • Radical aryl migration reactions

    Armido Studer;Martin Bossart

  • NHC‐Catalyzed Michael Addition to α,β‐Unsaturated Aldehydes by Redox Activation

    Suman De Sarkar;Armido Studer

Frequent Co-Authors

Constantin G. Daniliuc
Constantin G. Daniliuc University of Münster
Harald Fuchs
Harald Fuchs University of Münster
Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld
Christian Mück-Lichtenfeld University of Münster
Hellmut Eckert
Hellmut Eckert Universidade de São Paulo
Dennis P. Curran
Dennis P. Curran University of Pittsburgh
Johannes Neugebauer
Johannes Neugebauer University of Münster
Stefan Grimme
Stefan Grimme University of Bonn
Roland Fröhlich
Roland Fröhlich University of Münster
Bart Jan Ravoo
Bart Jan Ravoo University of Münster
Kenichiro Itami
Kenichiro Itami Nagoya University

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