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Jeremy N. Harvey

Jeremy N. Harvey

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Chemistry
Belgium
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
88
Citations
23484
World Ranking
2339
National Ranking
27

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Jeremy N. Harvey is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to research in chemistry and biochemistry-related fields. Their publication record spans key areas such as organic chemistry, molecular biology, and materials chemistry, with significant focus also on atomic and molecular physics and inorganic chemistry.

Harvey's research interests are concentrated in several main topics, which include:

  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods

Their work appears regularly in notable scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Faraday Discussions
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Among recent papers authored by or involving Jeremy N. Harvey are:

  • En Route to a Heterogeneous Catalytic Direct Peptide Bond Formation by Zr-Based Metal-Organic Framework Catalysts (2021, ACS Catalysis)
  • Reductive Cleavage of Azoarene as a Key Step in Nickel-Catalyzed Amidation of Esters with Nitroarenes (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • Ruthenium-catalyzed cascade C-H activation/annulation of N-alkoxybenzamides: reaction development and mechanistic insight (2020, Chemical Science)
  • Mechanism of the highly effective peptide bond hydrolysis by MOF-808 catalyst under biologically relevant conditions (2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)
  • Benchmarking quantum mechanical methods for calculating reaction energies of reactions catalyzed by enzymes (2020, PeerJ Physical Chemistry)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Harvey include:

  • Andrea Darù
  • Neil R. McFarlane
  • Steven De Feyter
  • Tamara Rinkovec
  • Janko Čivić

Their scholarly contributions encompass a broad range of fundamental and applied chemistry topics, addressing challenges in catalysis, reaction mechanisms, and molecular-level understanding of chemical processes relevant to both materials and biological systems.

Best Publications

  • The singlet and triplet states of phenyl cation. A hybrid approach for locating minimum energy crossing points between non-interacting potential energy surfaces

    Jeremy N. Harvey;Massimiliano Aschi;Helmut Schwarz;Wolfram Koch

  • 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

  • Spin forbidden chemical reactions of transition metal compounds. New ideas and new computational challenges

    Rinaldo Poli;Jeremy N. Harvey

  • Understanding the kinetics of spin-forbidden chemical reactions

    Jeremy N. Harvey

  • On the accuracy of density functional theory in transition metal chemistry

    Jeremy N. Harvey

  • When and how do diaminocarbenes dimerize

    Roger W. Alder;Michael E. Blake;Leila Chaker;Jeremy N. Harvey

  • Understanding the reactivity of transition metal complexes involving multiple spin states

    Jeremy N Harvey;Rinaldo Poli;Kevin M Smith

  • High‐Accuracy Computation of Reaction Barriers in Enzymes

    Frederik Claeyssens;Jeremy N. Harvey;Frederick R. Manby;Ricardo A. Mata

  • Spin-forbidden dehydrogenation of methoxy cation: a statistical view

    Jeremy N. Harvey;Massimiliano Aschi

  • Assembly-line synthesis of organic molecules with tailored shapes

    Matthew Burns;Stéphanie Essafi;Jessica R. Bame;Stephanie P. Bull

  • Mechanism of the Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction: A computational investigation

    Raphaël Robiette;Varinder K. Aggarwal;Jeremy N. Harvey

  • Spin‐forbidden reactions: computational insight into mechanisms and kinetics

    Jeremy N. Harvey

  • DFT computation of relative spin-state energetics of transition metal compounds

    Jeremy N. Harvey

  • Taking Ockham's razor to enzyme dynamics and catalysis.

    David R. Glowacki;Jeremy N. Harvey;Adrian J. Mulholland

  • Does Compound I Vary Significantly between Isoforms of Cytochrome P450

    Richard Lonsdale;Julianna Oláh;Adrian J. Mulholland;Jeremy N. Harvey

  • Aryl Trifluoroborates in Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling: The Roles of Endogenous Aryl Boronic Acid and Fluoride

    Mike Butters;Jeremy N. Harvey;Jesus Jover;Alastair J. J. Lennox

  • Building ligand knowledge bases for organometallic chemistry: Computational description of phosphorus(III)-donor ligands and the metal–phosphorus bond

    Natalie Fey;A. Guy Orpen;Jeremy N. Harvey

  • Accurate modelling of Pd(0) + PhX oxidative addition kinetics

    Claire L. McMullin;Jesús Jover;Jeremy N. Harvey;Natalie Fey

  • Reactivity and Selectivity in the Wittig Reaction: A Computational Study

    Raphaël Robiette;Jeffery Richardson;Varinder K Aggarwal;Jeremy N Harvey

  • Development and application of a possible mechanism for the generation of cis-pinic acid from the ozonolysis of α- and β-pinene

    Michael E. Jenkin;Dudley E Shallcross;Jeremy N Harvey

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian J. Mulholland
Adrian J. Mulholland University of Bristol
Helmut Schwarz
Helmut Schwarz Technical University of Berlin
Detlef Schröder
Detlef Schröder Czech Academy of Sciences
Varinder K. Aggarwal
Varinder K. Aggarwal University of Bristol
Guy C. Lloyd-Jones
Guy C. Lloyd-Jones University of Edinburgh
Andrew J. Orr-Ewing
Andrew J. Orr-Ewing University of Bristol
Michael N. R. Ashfold
Michael N. R. Ashfold University of Bristol
A. Guy Orpen
A. Guy Orpen University of Bristol
Robin B. Bedford
Robin B. Bedford University of Bristol
Ian Manners
Ian Manners University of Victoria

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