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Erik V. Van der Eycken

Erik V. Van der Eycken

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Chemistry
Belgium
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
17302
World Ranking
6488
National Ranking
84

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Erik V. Van der Eycken is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a primary research focus in chemistry, with a strong emphasis on organic chemistry. Over the course of their career, they have contributed extensively to the fields of organic chemistry, molecular biology, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and pharmacology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles

Their recent publications highlight a range of specialized areas and demonstrate active engagement with evolving synthetic methodologies and catalytic strategies. Notable papers include:

  • "Multicomponent reactions and photo/electrochemistry join forces: atom economy meets energy efficiency," 2022, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Inhibiting bacterial cooperation is an evolutionarily robust anti-biofilm strategy," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Sequential and direct multicomponent reaction (MCR)-based dearomatization strategies," 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Photochemical and Electrochemical Strategies towards Benzylic C−H Functionalization: A Recent Update," 2021, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • "Peptide macrocyclization by transition metal catalysis," 2020, Chemical Society Reviews

Throughout their career, Van der Eycken has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including:

  • Liangliang Song
  • Upendra K. Sharma
  • Luc Van Meervelt
  • Huangdi Feng
  • Guglielmo A. Coppola

The primary journals and publication venues where Van der Eycken's work appears frequently include:

  • Organic Letters
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • Organic Chemistry Frontiers
  • Chemical Society Reviews

Best Publications

  • C–N bond forming cross-coupling reactions: an overview

    Jitender Bariwal;Erik Van der Eycken

  • A walk around the A3-coupling

    Vsevolod A. Peshkov;Olga P. Pereshivko;Erik V. Van der Eycken

  • A Microwave-Assisted Click Chemistry Synthesis of 1,4-Disubstituted 1,2,3-Triazoles via a Copper(I)-Catalyzed Three-Component Reaction

    Prasad Appukkuttan;Wim Dehaen;Valery V Fokin;Erik Van der Eycken

  • Click chemistry under non-classical reaction conditions

    C. Oliver Kappe;Erik Van der Eycken

  • Transition metal-catalyzed C-C bond formation via C-S bond cleavage: an overview.

    Sachin G. Modha;Vaibhav P. Mehta;Erik V. Van der Eycken

  • Recent advances in spirocyclization of indole derivatives.

    Jitender Bariwal;Leonid G. Voskressensky;Erik V. Van der Eycken;Erik V. Van der Eycken

  • Metal-mediated post-Ugi transformations for the construction of diverse heterocyclic scaffolds

    Upendra Kumar Sharma;Nandini Sharma;Dipak D Vachhani;Erik Van der Eycken

  • Visible light-mediated chemistry of indoles and related heterocycles

    Alexey A Festa;Leonid G Voskressensky;Erik V Van der Eycken;Erik V Van der Eycken

  • Scalability of Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis. From Single-Mode to Multimode Parallel Batch Reactors

    Alexander Stadler;Behrooz H. Yousefi;Doris Dallinger;Peter Walla

  • Microwave-assisted C-C bond forming cross-coupling reactions: an overview

    Vaibhav P. Mehta;Erik V. Van der Eycken

  • Microwave-assisted cycloaddition reactions

    Prasad Appukkuttan;Vaibhav P. Mehta;Erik V. Van der Eycken

  • Concise and Diversity-Oriented Route toward Polysubstituted 2-Aminoimidazole Alkaloids and Their Analogues

    Denis S. Ermolat'ev;Jitender B. Bariwal;Hans P. L. Steenackers;Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker

  • A Diversity-Oriented Approach to Spiroindolines: Post-Ugi Gold-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Domino Cyclization

    Sachin G. Modha;Amit Kumar;Amit Kumar;Dipak D. Vachhani;Jeroen Jacobs

  • A Lewis Base Catalysis Approach for the Photoredox Activation of Boronic Acids and Esters.

    Fabio Lima;Upendra K Sharma;Lars Grunenberg;Debasmita Saha

  • Microwave-assisted synthesis of medium-sized heterocycles

    Abhishek Sharma;Prasad Appukkuttan;Erik Van der Eycken

  • Inhibiting bacterial cooperation is an evolutionarily robust anti-biofilm strategy.

    Lise Dieltjens;Kenny Appermans;Maries Lissens;Bram Lories

  • Transition Metal-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation Suzuki, Heck, and Sonogashira Reactions Using Microwave and Microtechnology

    Brajendra K. Singh;Nadya Kaval;Shilpi Tomar;Erik Van der Eycken

  • Sequential and direct multicomponent reaction (MCR)-based dearomatization strategies

    Upendra K. Sharma;Prabhat Ranjan;Erik V. Van der Eycken;Erik V. Van der Eycken;Shu-Li You

  • Reactions of secondary propargylamines with heteroallenes for the synthesis of diverse heterocycles.

    Vsevolod A. Peshkov;Olga P. Pereshivko;Anton A. Nechaev;Anatoly A. Peshkov

  • High-speed microwave-promoted hetero-Diels-Alder reactions of 2(1H)-pyrazinones in ionic liquid doped solvents.

    Erik Van Der Eycken;Prasad Appukkuttan;Wim De Borggraeve;Wim Dehaen

  • Recent Developments in Microwave-Assisted, Transition-Metal-Catalysed C-C and C-N Bond-Forming Reactions

    Prasad Appukkuttan;Erik Van der Eycken

Frequent Co-Authors

Virinder S. Parmar
Virinder S. Parmar City University of New York
Kristof Van Hecke
Kristof Van Hecke Ghent University
Wim Dehaen
Wim Dehaen KU Leuven
Dirk De Vos
Dirk De Vos KU Leuven
C. Oliver Kappe
C. Oliver Kappe University of Graz
Balaram Ghosh
Balaram Ghosh Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Zeger Debyser
Zeger Debyser KU Leuven

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