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Michel R. Gagné

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
11845
World Ranking
9764
National Ranking
2743

Michel R. Gagné 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 Michel R. Gagné sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 198 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michel R. Gagné 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 Michel R. Gagné sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% 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

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michel R. Gagné is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily centers on chemistry, with a significant concentration in organic chemistry. Additional areas of focus include materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, molecular biology, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a wide range of topics relevant to catalytic processes and chemical synthesis. Notable papers include:

  • Modulating Electrostatic Interactions in Ion Pair Intermediates To Alter Site Selectivity in the C−O Deoxygenation of Sugars (2020) published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Uniquely Enabling Mechanism for Bis-oxazoline Copper(II)-Catalyzed Azidation of Pyranosides and Furanosides (2022) published in ACS Catalysis
  • Silylpalladium Cations Enable the Cleavage of Nitrile C-CN Bonds (2020) published in Organometallics
  • Switching between X-Pyrano-, X-Furano-, and Anhydro-X-pyranoside Synthesis (X = C, N) under Lewis acid Catalyzed Conditions (2021) published in Organic Letters
  • Borane- and Silylium-Catalyzed Difunctionalization of Carbohydrates: 3,6-Anhydrosugar Enabled 1,6-Site Selectivity (2022) published in Organic Letters

Michel R. Gagné's work has been published in various venues that include:

  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • UNC Libraries
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organometallics
  • Science

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Neyen Romano
  • Stephen J. Lee
  • Jared M. Lowe
  • Kevin Basemann
  • Youngran Seo

Key topics addressed in Michel R. Gagné's research are:

  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis

In 2012, Michel R. Gagné was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Organolanthanide-Catalyzed Hydroamination. A Kinetic, Mechanistic, and Diastereoselectivity Study of the Cyclization of N-Unprotected Amino Olefins

    Michel R. Gagne;Charlotte L. Stern;Tobin J. Marks

  • Chiral Organolanthanides Designed for Asymmetric Catalysis. A Kinetic and Mechanistic Study of Enantioselective Olefin Hydroamination/Cyclization and Hydrogenation by C1-Symmetric Me2Si(Me4C5)(C5H3R*)Ln Complexes where R* = Chiral Auxiliary

    Michael A. Giardello;Vincent P. Conticello;Laurent Brard;Michel R. Gagne

  • Room‐Temperature Palladium‐Catalyzed C ? H Activation: ortho‐Carbonylation of Aniline Derivatives

    Chris E. Houlden;Marc Hutchby;Chris D. Bailey;J. Gair Ford

  • Application of Chiral Mixed Phosphorus/Sulfur Ligands to Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Substitutions

    David A. Evans;Kevin R. Campos;Jason S. Tedrow;Forrest E. Michael

  • Distinct reactivity of Pd(OTs)2: the intermolecular Pd(II)-catalyzed 1,2-carboamination of dienes.

    Chris E. Houlden;Chris D. Bailey;J. Gair Ford;Michel R. Gagné

  • Organolanthanide-catalyzed hydroamination. Facile, regiospecific cyclization of unprotected amino olefins

    Michel R. Gagné;Tobin J. Marks

  • Intermolecular Addition of Glycosyl Halides to Alkenes Mediated by Visible Light

    R. Stephen Andrews;Jennifer J. Becker;Michel R. Gagné

  • Diastereoselective Ni-catalyzed Negishi cross-coupling approach to saturated, fully oxygenated C-alkyl and C-aryl glycosides

    Hegui Gong;Michel R. Gagné

  • Electrophilic Activation of Alkenes by Platinum(II): So Much More Than a Slow Version of Palladium(II)

    Anthony R. Chianese;Stephen J. Lee;Michel R. Gagné

  • A chiral samarium-based catalyst for the asymmetric Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction

    David A. Evans;Scott G. Nelson;Michel R. Gagne;Alexander R. Muci

  • Mechanistic Surprises in the Gold(I)‐Catalyzed Intramolecular Hydroarylation of Allenes

    Dieter Weber;Michael A. Tarselli;Michel R. Gagné

  • Stereoselection effects in the catalytic hydroamination/cyclization of amino olefins at chiral organolanthanide centers

    Michel R. Gagné;Laurent Brard;Vincent P. Conticello;Michael A. Giardello

  • Homogeneous catalysis for the production of low-volume, high-value chemicals from biomass

    Trandon A. Bender;Jennifer A. Dabrowski;Michel R. Gagné

  • Dinuclear gold-silver resting states may explain silver effects in gold(I)-catalysis.

    Dieter Weber;Michel R. Gagné

  • Organolanthanide-centered hydroamination/cyclization of aminoolefins. Expedient oxidative access to catalytic cycles

    Michel R. Gagne;Steven P. Nolan;Tobin J. Marks

  • Mechanistic analysis of gold(I)-catalyzed intramolecular allene hydroalkoxylation reveals an off-cycle bis(gold) vinyl species and reversible C-O bond formation.

    Timothy J. Brown;Dieter Weber;Michel R. Gagné;Ross A. Widenhoefer

  • Porogen and Cross-Linking Effects on the Surface Area, Pore Volume Distribution, and Morphology of Macroporous Polymers Obtained by Bulk Polymerization§

    Brian P. Santora;Brian P. Santora;Michel R. Gagne;Kenneth G. Moloy;Kenneth G. Moloy;Nora S. Radu;Nora S. Radu

  • A room temperature negishi cross-coupling approach to C-alkyl glycosides.

    Hegui Gong;Riccardo Sinisi;Michel R. Gagné

  • A photoflow reactor for the continuous photoredox-mediated synthesis of C-glycoamino acids and C-glycolipids.

    R. Stephen Andrews;Jennifer J. Becker;Michel R. Gagné

  • Gold(I)-catalyzed asymmetric cycloisomerization of eneallenes into vinylcyclohexenes.

    Michael A. Tarselli;Anthony R. Chianese;Stephen J. Lee;Michel R. Gagné

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter S. White
Peter S. White University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tobin J. Marks
Tobin J. Marks Northwestern University
Dean J. Tantillo
Dean J. Tantillo University of California, Davis
Guy C. Lloyd-Jones
Guy C. Lloyd-Jones University of Edinburgh
Steven P. Nolan
Steven P. Nolan Ghent University
David A. Evans
David A. Evans Harvard University
Kay Severin
Kay Severin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Charlotte L. Stern
Charlotte L. Stern Northwestern University
Vincent P. Conticello
Vincent P. Conticello Emory University
Robert H. Grubbs
Robert H. Grubbs California Institute of Technology

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