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D-Index
116
Citations
48839
World Ranking
595
National Ranking
252

Dennis P. Curran 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 Dennis P. Curran sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 618 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dennis P. Curran 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 Dennis P. Curran sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 116 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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

  • 2014 - Ernest Guenther Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1985 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Dennis P. Curran is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with significant contributions to Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry subfields. Additional work includes aspects of Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Pharmaceutical Science.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

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

Published work appears frequently in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic Letters
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • Angewandte Chemie

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Dennis P. Curran include:

  • 1,4-Hydroboration Reactions of Electron-Poor Aromatic Rings by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Regioselective Radical Borylation of α,β-Unsaturated Esters and Related Compounds by Visible Light Irradiation with an Organic Photocatalyst, 2021, Organic Letters
  • Inverse Hydroboration of Imines with NHC-Boranes Is Promoted by Diphenyl Disulfide and Visible Light, 2021, Organic Letters
  • Radical trans-Hydroboration of Substituted 1,3-Diynes with an N-Heterocyclic Carbene Borane, 2021, Organic Letters
  • Revisiting Polyfluoroarenes as Radical Acceptors: Radical C-F Bond Borylation of Polyfluoroarenes with N-Heterocyclic Carbene Boranes and Synthesis of Borane-Containing Liquid Crystals, 2020, Organic Letters

Dennis P. Curran has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Steven J. Geib
  • Katsuhiro Maeda
  • Tsuyoshi Taniguchi
  • Kosuke Takahashi
  • Masaki Shimoi

The subject has received multiple recognitions, including the Ernest Guenther Award from the American Chemical Society in 2014. They have also been named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2009), a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2001), and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1985).

Best Publications

  • Radical reactions in natural product synthesis

    Craig P. Jasperse;Dennis P. Curran;Thomas L. Fevig

  • Catalysis of Radical Reactions: A Radical Chemistry Perspective.

    Armido Studer;Dennis P. Curran

  • Stereochemistry of Radical Reactions: Concepts, Guidelines, and Synthetic Applications

    Dennis P. Curran;Ned A. Porter;Bernd Giese

  • Stereochemistry of Radical Reactions

    Dennis P. Curran;Ned A. Porter;Bernd Giese

  • Handbook of fluorous chemistry

    John A. Gladysz;Dennis P. Curran;István T. Horváth

  • Strategy-Level Separations in Organic Synthesis: From Planning to Practice

    Dennis P. Curran

  • 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

  • Chemoselective oxidation of sulfides to sulfones with potassium hydrogen persulfate

    Barry M. Trost;Dennis P. Curran

  • Atom transfer cyclization reactions of .alpha.-iodo esters, ketones, and malonates: examples of selective 5-exo, 6-endo, 6-exo, and 7-endo ring closures

    Dennis P. Curran;Chi Tai Chang

  • Tandem Radical Reactions of Carbon Monoxide, Isonitriles, and Other Reagent Equivalents of the Geminal Radical Acceptor/Radical Precursor Synthon.

    Ilhyong Ryu;Noboru Sonoda;Dennis P. Curran

  • Synthesis and reactions of N-heterocyclic carbene boranes.

    Dennis P. Curran;Andrey Solovyev;Malika Makhlouf Brahmi;Louis Fensterbank

  • Fluorous Mixture Synthesis: A Fluorous-Tagging Strategy for the Synthesis and Separation of Mixtures of Organic Compounds

    Zhiyong Luo;Qisheng Zhang;Yoji Oderaotoshi;Dennis P. Curran

  • Oxygen switch in visible-light photoredox catalysis: radical additions and cyclizations and unexpected C-C-bond cleavage reactions.

    Shaoqun Zhu;Arindam Das;Lan Bui;Hanjun Zhou

  • Acyclic stereochemical control in free-radical reactions

    Ned A. Porter;Bernd Giese;Dennis P. Curran

  • Synthetic applications of fluorous solid-phase extraction (F-SPE).

    Wei Zhang;Dennis P. Curran

  • Reduction of .DELTA.2-isoxazolines. 3. Raney nickel catalyzed formation of .beta.-hydroxy ketones

    Dennis P. Curran

  • Katalyse von Radikalreaktionen: Konzepte aus Sicht der Radikalchemie

    Armido Studer;Dennis P. Curran

  • Fluorous Synthesis: Fluorous Protocols for the Ugi and Biginelli Multicomponent Condensations

    Armido Studer;Patrick Jeger;Peter Wipf;Dennis P. Curran

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven J. Geib
Steven J. Geib University of Pittsburgh
Emmanuel Lacôte
Emmanuel Lacôte Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Max Malacria
Max Malacria Sorbonne University
Louis Fensterbank
Louis Fensterbank Sorbonne University
Armido Studer
Armido Studer University of Münster
Billy W. Day
Billy W. Day University of Pittsburgh
Wei Zhang
Wei Zhang University of Massachusetts Boston
Andrew S. Kende
Andrew S. Kende University of Rochester
Ned A. Porter
Ned A. Porter Vanderbilt University
Peter Wipf
Peter Wipf University of Pittsburgh

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