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Michael F. Greaney 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 Michael F. Greaney sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 143 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael F. Greaney 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 Michael F. Greaney sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% 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

  • 2017 - Bader Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

Michael F. Greaney is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on chemistry, with a substantial body of work in organic chemistry, alongside contributions to materials chemistry, molecular biology, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and pharmaceutical science.

The scientist's notable topics of study include catalytic C-H functionalization methods, sulfur-based synthesis techniques, synthesis and catalytic reactions, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, radical photochemical reactions, and catalytic cross-coupling reactions.

Among recent publications, the following works are listed with details of year and venue:

  • Ortho C-H arylation of arenes at room temperature using visible light ruthenium C-H activation, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Programmable late-stage C−H bond functionalization enabled by integration of enzymes with chemocatalysis, 2021, Nature Catalysis
  • Recent Advances in the Smiles Rearrangement: New Opportunities for Arylation, 2021, Synthesis
  • Truce-Smiles Rearrangements by Strain Release: Harnessing Primary Alkyl Radicals for Metal-Free Arylation, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Synthesis of benzenes from pyridines via N to C switch, 2024, Chem

Frequent co-authors working with Greaney include Thomas Sephton, Jonathan M. Large, Sam Butterworth, Anastasios Charitou, and Cristina Trujillo.

Publication venues where Greaney commonly publishes research consist of The Cambridge Structural Database, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, Chemical Communications, and Organic Letters.

In addition to articles, Greaney has authored a book titled An A-Z Of Jane Austen, published by Bloomsbury Academic eBooks in 2022.

Michael F. Greaney's contributions to the field have been recognized by the Bader Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), received in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Direct Arylation of Thiazoles on Water

    Gemma L. Turner;James A. Morris;Michael F. Greaney

  • Decarboxylative C-H cross-coupling of azoles.

    Fengzhi Zhang;Michael F. Greaney

  • Ruthenium-Catalyzed meta-Selective C-H Bromination

    Christopher J. Teskey;Andrew Y. W. Lui;Michael F. Greaney

  • Three-Component Azidation of Styrene-Type Double Bonds: Light-Switchable Behavior of a Copper Photoredox Catalyst

    Gabriele Fumagalli;Pauline T. G. Rabet;Scott Boyd;Michael F. Greaney

  • Synthesis of biaryls using aryne intermediates

    José-Antonio García-López;Michael F. Greaney

  • Atom-Economical Transformation of Diaryliodonium Salts: Tandem C–H and N–H Arylation of Indoles

    Sachin G. Modha;Michael F. Greaney

  • Photocycloaddition in natural product synthesis

    Jone Iriondo‐Alberdi;Michael F. Greaney

  • Oxyarylation and aminoarylation of styrenes using photoredox catalysis.

    Gabriele Fumagalli;Scott Boyd;Michael F. Greaney

  • Modern Aspects of the Smiles Rearrangement.

    Catherine M. Holden;Michael F. Greaney

  • Intramolecular oxidative C-H coupling for medium-ring synthesis

    Didier G. Pintori;Michael F. Greaney

  • Direct arylations of 2H-indazoles on water.

    Stephan A. Ohnmacht;Andrew J. Culshaw;Michael F. Greaney

  • Nucleophilic catalysis of acylhydrazone equilibration for protein-directed dynamic covalent chemistry

    Venugopal T. Bhat;Anne M. Caniard;Torsten Luksch;Ruth Brenk

  • Insertion of benzene rings into the amide bond: one-step synthesis of acridines and acridones from aryl amides

    Didier G. Pintori;Michael F. Greaney

  • The first total synthesis of ingenol

    Jeffrey D. Winkler;Meagan B. Rouse;Michael F. Greaney;Sean J. Harrison

  • Direct arylations on water: synthesis of 2,5-disubstituted oxazoles balsoxin and texaline

    Stephan A. Ohnmacht;Patrizia Mamone;Andrew J. Culshaw;Michael F. Greaney

  • Decarboxylative C–H Arylation of Benzoic Acids under Radical Conditions

    Sangwon Seo;Mark Slater;Michael F. Greaney

  • Integrated catalysis opens new arylation pathways via regiodivergent enzymatic C-H activation

    Jonathan Latham;Jean-Marc Henry;Humera H. Sharif;Binuraj R. K. Menon

  • S-, N-, and Se-Difluoromethylation Using Sodium Chlorodifluoroacetate

    Vaibhav P. Mehta;Michael F. Greaney

  • Benzylic C-H Azidation Using the Zhdankin Reagent and a Copper Photoredox Catalyst.

    Pauline T. G. Rabet;Gabriele Fumagalli;Scott Boyd;Michael F. Greaney

  • Direct Arylation of Oxazoles at C2. A Concise Approach to Consecutively Linked Oxazoles

    Emmanuel Ferrer Flegeau;Matthew E. Popkin;Michael F. Greaney

Frequent Co-Authors

William B. Motherwell
William B. Motherwell University College London
Jason Micklefield
Jason Micklefield University of Manchester
Jeffrey D. Winkler
Jeffrey D. Winkler University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan W. Steed
Jonathan W. Steed Durham University
Nicholas J. Turner
Nicholas J. Turner University of Manchester
Robert A. W. Dryfe
Robert A. W. Dryfe University of Manchester
Brian R. Walker
Brian R. Walker Newcastle University
David Leys
David Leys University of Manchester
Derek A. Tocher
Derek A. Tocher University College London
Jonathan R. Seckl
Jonathan R. Seckl University of Edinburgh

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