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Saudi Arabia
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
124
Citations
46054
World Ranking
426
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Magnus Rueping is affiliated with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their research spans primarily the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with significant contributions in subfields including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a variety of research topics, notably:

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

Magnus Rueping has published extensively, with frequent appearances in several key academic venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (63 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (22 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (21 publications)
  • Organic Letters (15 publications)
  • ACS Catalysis (14 publications)

Recent papers by Rueping include:

  • "Recent advances in photoredox and nickel dual-catalyzed cascade reactions: pushing the boundaries of complexity" (2020, Chemical Science)
  • "Solution processable metal-organic frameworks for mixed matrix membranes using porous liquids" (2020, Nature Materials)
  • "Nickel-Catalyzed C-Heteroatom Cross-Coupling Reactions under Mild Conditions via Facilitated Reductive Elimination" (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • "Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Cross-Couplings: New Opportunities for Carbon-Carbon Bond Formations through Photochemistry and Electrochemistry" (2021, CCS Chemistry)
  • "Remote Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Arylation via Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer-Enabled C-C Bond Cleavage" (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Michael Bolte (50 co-authored works)
  • Chen Zhu (47 co-authored works)
  • Huifeng Yue (35 co-authored works)
  • Luigi Cavallo (35 co-authored works)
  • Rajesh Kancherla (34 co-authored works)

Best Publications

  • Complete Field Guide to Asymmetric BINOL-Phosphate Derived Brønsted Acid and Metal Catalysis: History and Classification by Mode of Activation; Brønsted Acidity, Hydrogen Bonding, Ion Pairing, and Metal Phosphates

    Dixit Parmar;Erli Sugiono;Sadiya Raja;Magnus Rueping

  • Catalytic C-C bond-forming multi-component cascade or domino reactions: pushing the boundaries of complexity in asymmetric organocatalysis.

    Chandra M. R. Volla;Iuliana Atodiresei;Magnus Rueping

  • A review of new developments in the Friedel–Crafts alkylation – From green chemistry to asymmetric catalysis

    Magnus Rueping;Boris J Nachtsheim

  • A highly enantioselective Brønsted acid catalyzed cascade reaction: organocatalytic transfer hydrogenation of quinolines and their application in the synthesis of alkaloids.

    Magnus Rueping;Andrey P. Antonchick;Thomas Theissmann

  • Enantioselective Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation: Organocatalytic Reduction of Imines

    Magnus Rueping;Erli Sugiono;Cengiz Azap;Thomas Theissmann

  • A new copper acetate-bis(oxazoline)-catalyzed, enantioselective Henry reaction

    David A. Evans;Daniel Seidel;Magnus Rueping;Hon Wai Lam

  • Chiral Brønsted acids in enantioselective carbonyl activations – activation modes and applications

    Magnus Rueping;Alexander Kuenkel;Iuliana Atodiresei

  • Unifying Metal and Brønsted Acid Catalysis—Concepts, Mechanisms, and Classifications

    Magnus Rueping;Rene M. Koenigs;Iuliana Atodiresei

  • 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

  • Dual catalysis: combining photoredox and Lewis base catalysis for direct Mannich reactions

    Magnus Rueping;Carlos Vila;René M. Koenigs;Konstantin Poscharny

  • Merging Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis with Metal Catalyzed C–H Activations: On the Role of Oxygen and Superoxide Ions as Oxidants

    David C. Fabry;Magnus Rueping

  • Photoredox-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Aldehydes, Ketones, and Imines with Visible Light.

    Masaki Nakajima;Eleonora Fava;Sebastian Loescher;Zhen Jiang

  • Asymmetric Brønsted Acid Catalysis: Enantioselective Nucleophilic Substitutions and 1,4-Additions

    Magnus Rueping;Boris J. Nachtsheim;Stefan A. Moreth;Michael Bolte

  • Photoredox catalyzed C-P bond forming reactions-visible light mediated oxidative phosphonylations of amines.

    Magnus Rueping;Shaoqun Zhu;René M. Koenigs

  • Remarkably Low Catalyst Loading in Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenations: Enantioselective Reduction of Benzoxazines, Benzothiazines, and Benzoxazinones

    Magnus Rueping;Andrey P. Antonchick;Thomas Theissmann

  • Chiral Brønsted Acids in the Catalytic Asymmetric Nazarov Cyclization—The First Enantioselective Organocatalytic Electrocyclic Reaction

    Magnus Rueping;Winai Ieawsuwan;Andrey P. Antonchick;Boris J. Nachtsheim

  • Recent advances in photoredox and nickel dual-catalyzed cascade reactions: pushing the boundaries of complexity

    Chen Zhu;Huifeng Yue;Lingling Chu;Magnus Rueping

  • Dual catalysis: combination of photocatalytic aerobic oxidation and metal catalyzed alkynylation reactions--C-C bond formation using visible light.

    Magnus Rueping;René M. Koenigs;Konstantin Poscharny;David C. Fabry

  • Advances in catalytic metal-free reductions: from bio-inspired concepts to applications in the organocatalytic synthesis of pharmaceuticals and natural products

    Magnus Rueping;Jeremy Dufour;Fenja R. Schoepke

  • Eine hoch enantioselektive Brønsted‐Säure‐katalysierte Kaskadenreaktion: organokatalytische Transferhydrierung von Chinolinen und deren Anwendung in der Synthese von Alkaloiden

    Magnus Rueping;Andrey P. Antonchick;Thomas Theissmann

  • Dual catalysis: a combined enantioselective Brønsted acid and metal-catalyzed reaction--metal catalysis with chiral counterions.

    Magnus Rueping;Andrey P. Antonchick;Claus Brinkmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrey P. Antonchick
Andrey P. Antonchick Max Planck Society
Dieter Seebach
Dieter Seebach ETH Zurich
Rene M. Koenigs
Rene M. Koenigs RWTH Aachen University
Luigi Cavallo
Luigi Cavallo King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Bernhard Jaun
Bernhard Jaun ETH Zurich
Michael Bolte
Michael Bolte Goethe University Frankfurt
Fabian Kiessling
Fabian Kiessling RWTH Aachen University
Karl Gademann
Karl Gademann University of Zurich
Jan W. Bats
Jan W. Bats Goethe University Frankfurt
Michael Groll
Michael Groll Technical University of Munich

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