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D-Index
70
Citations
16615
World Ranking
5881
National Ranking
163

Kilian Muñiz 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 Kilian Muñiz sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 239 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kilian Muñiz 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 Kilian Muñiz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kilian Muñiz was affiliated with the Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats in Spain. Their research primarily centered on materials science, with significant contributions to materials chemistry. Other notable subfields included organic chemistry, pharmaceutical science, inorganic chemistry, and electrochemistry.

The scientist's research topics covered a variety of specialized areas, notably:

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

The publication record included contributions to several journals and databases, with frequent publications in the following venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemical Science
  • Organic Letters

Several recent papers exemplify the scope of their work:

  • "Iodine Catalysis for C(sp3)-H Fluorination with a Nucleophilic Fluorine Source" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Switchable photocatalysis for the chemodivergent benzylation of 4-cyanopyridines" (2022), published in Chemical Science
  • "Deciphering the Keys for High Enantioselectivity in Hypervalent Iodine-Catalyzed 1,2-Difunctionalization: Improved Synthesis of Ishihara-Muñiz Precatalysts" (2021), published in Organic Letters
  • "Mechanistic Studies on the Synthesis of Pyrrolidines and Piperidines via Copper-Catalyzed Intramolecular C-H Amination" (2022), published in Organometallics
  • "Iodine Catalysis for C(sp3)-H Fluorination with a Nucleophilic Fluorine Source" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie

Among their frequent collaborators were several researchers who contributed to the development and dissemination of their research findings. These included:

  • Martin Nieger, with 18 joint publications
  • Daniel Bafaluy, with 7 joint publications
  • Zoritsa Georgieva, with 5 joint publications
  • Thomas Duhamel, with 5 joint publications
  • Mario D. Martínez, with 4 joint publications

Best Publications

  • Cover Picture: Structurally Defined Molecular Hypervalent Iodine Catalysts for Intermolecular Enantioselective Reactions (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1/2016)

    Stefan Haubenreisser;Thorsten H. Wöste;Claudio Martínez;Kazuaki Ishihara

  • Mechanism of Asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones catalyzed by BINAP/1,2-diamine-ruthenium(II) complexes

    Christian A Sandoval;Takeshi Ohkuma;Kilian Muñiz;Ryoji Noyori

  • High‐Oxidation‐State Palladium Catalysis: New Reactivity for Organic Synthesis

    Kilian Muñiz

  • Intramolecular aminopalladation of alkenes as a key step to pyrrolidines and related heterocycles

    Ana Minatti;Kilian Muñiz

  • Palladium(II)-catalyzed intramolecular diamination of unfunctionalized alkenes.

    Jan Streuff;Claas H. Hövelmann;Martin Nieger;Kilian Muniz

  • trans-RuH(η1-BH4)(binap)(1,2-diamine): A Catalyst for Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Simple Ketones under Base-Free Conditions

    Takeshi Ohkuma;Masatoshi Koizumi;Kilian Muñiz;Gerhard Hilt

  • Catalyzed Asymmetric Arylation Reactions.

    Carsten Bolm;Jens P. Hildebrand;Kilian Muñiz;Nina Hermanns

  • Oxidative Diamination of Alkenes with Ureas as Nitrogen Sources: Mechanistic Pathways in the Presence of a High Oxidation State Palladium Catalyst

    Kilian Muniz;Claas H. Hövelmann;Jan Streuff

  • Enantioselective Metal‐Free Diamination of Styrenes

    Caren Röben;José A. Souto;Yolanda González;Anton Lishchynskyi

  • Advancing Palladium-Catalyzed C−N Bond Formation: Bisindoline Construction from Successive Amide Transfer to Internal Alkenes

    Kilian Muñiz

  • Palladium-catalyzed intermolecular C(sp3)-H amidation.

    Álvaro Iglesias;Rosana Álvarez;Ángel R. de Lera;Kilian Muñiz

  • An Iodine-Catalyzed Hofmann–Löffler Reaction†

    Claudio Martínez;Kilian Muñiz

  • Vicinal difunctionalization of alkenes with iodine(III) reagents and catalysts.

    R. Martín Romero;Thorsten H. Wöste;Kilian Muñiz

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation of tert-Alkyl Ketones

    Takeshi Ohkuma;Christian A Sandoval;Rajagopal Srinivasan;Quinghong Lin

  • Imido-osmium(VIII) compounds in organic synthesis: aminohydroxylation and diamination reactions.

    Kilian Muñiz

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Diamination of Styrenes

    Kilian Muñiz;Laura Barreiro;R. Martín Romero;Claudio Martínez

  • Titelbild: Strukturell definierte molekulare hypervalente Iod-Katalysatoren für intermolekulare enantioselektive Reaktionen (Angew. Chem. 1/2016)

    Stefan Haubenreisser;Thorsten H. Wöste;Claudio Martínez;Kazuaki Ishihara

  • Asymmetric, Catalytic Phenyl Transfer to Aldehydes: Enantioselective Synthesis of Diarylmethanols We are grateful to the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie and to the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) 380 "Asymmetric Synthesis by Chemical and Biological Methods" for financial support. We thank Dr. John Blacker from AVECIA for an inspiring discussion.

    Bolm C;Hermanns N;Hildebrand Jp;Muñiz K

  • Structurally Defined Molecular Hypervalent Iodine Catalysts for Intermolecular Enantioselective Reactions

    Stefan Haubenreisser;Thorsten H. Wöste;Claudio Martínez;Kazuaki Ishihara

  • Oxidative Interception of the Hydroamination Pathway: A Gold-Catalyzed Diamination of Alkenes

    Alvaro Iglesias;Kilian Muñiz

  • Enantioselective Metal-Free Diamination of Styrenes.

    Caren Roeben;Jose A. Souto;Yolanda Gonzalez;Anton Lishchynskyi

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Nieger
Martin Nieger University of Helsinki
Carsten Bolm
Carsten Bolm RWTH Aachen University
Eduardo C. Escudero-Adán
Eduardo C. Escudero-Adán Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Takeshi Ohkuma
Takeshi Ohkuma Hokkaido University
Mathias O. Senge
Mathias O. Senge Trinity College Dublin
Norbert Sewald
Norbert Sewald Bielefeld University
Ryoji Noyori
Ryoji Noyori Nagoya University
Kazuaki Ishihara
Kazuaki Ishihara Nagoya University
Martin Oestreich
Martin Oestreich Technical University of Berlin
Ruth M. Gschwind
Ruth M. Gschwind University of Regensburg

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