Stay up to date with a selection of recently published articles from ACS journals that were among the most read in June 2026.
The impact of a scientific article can be assessed in many ways, and one key indicator of reach and influence is its readership. Here, we present a curated list of 10 highly read chemistry articles during June 2026, showcasing influential and trending research across ACS journals.*
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Browse Highly Read ACS Journal Articles in June 2026
A 50,688-Reaction Data Set Reveals General Ligands and Mechanistic Diversity in C–N Couplings
Jayabrata Das, Xueying Zhang, Ying Tan, Mohamed Abdelalim, Taige Lu, Carl Mauro, Clinton J. Regan, and Tim Cernak*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c05959
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c05959
Targeted Transcriptional Repression by Induced Proximity
Christian E. Stieger, Xinru Chen, Christina C. Kuismi, Dustin Dovala, Daniel Fuller, Andreas O. Frank, Mikias Woldegiorgis, Megan Bruce-Smythe, Fabian Wu, Nicolas Pizzato, Jeffrey McKenna, Cory Johannessen, Barna D. Fodor, Markus Schirle, and Daniel K. Nomura*
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.5c02277
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.5c02277
Oxyalkylation of Alkenes via Triple Radical Sorting
Lauren J. Harstad and David W. C. MacMillan*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c03814
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c03814
Shape-Conserving Atom Replacements
Mikus Puriņš, Cecile Elgindy, and Mark D. Levin*
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5c01009
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5c01009
Catalytic Asymmetric Hydration of Alkenes
Hibiki Hatano, Vitor Alcantara Fernandes, Subrata Mukherjee, Chendan Zhu, Akito Takahira, Pingyu Jiang, Mingoo Jin, Yu Harabuchi, Ruben Staub, Min Gao, Alexandre Varnek, Satoshi Maeda, Nobuya Tsuji*, and Benjamin List*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c06916
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c06916
Storage Buffer Composition Impacts Internal Structure, Freeze–Thaw Stability, and Transfection Efficiency of mRNA-Lipid Nanoparticles
Meysam Mohammadi-Zerankeshi, Dylan J. Charland, Keira A. Donnelly, Geoffrey T. Nash, Jiale Shi, Dipak N. Patil, Julia Ennis, Kenneth G. Rodriguez, Sonia Corba, Noah A. Wambolt, Haocheng Chueh, Khaled AboulFotouh, Mohammed R. Kawelah, Younghoon Oh, Dennis Yang, Ken K. Qian, Qiang Cui, Keith P. Johnston, Daniel A. Estabrook*, and Alexander E. Marras*
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c22170
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c22170
Piecewise Stereoselective Assembly of Multisubstituted Alkenes
Eli Jones, Robert T. Martin, and David W. C. MacMillan*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c09135
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c09135
Asymmetric Total Synthesis of C2-OH Lycopodium Alkaloids (−)-Palhinine B, (−)-Palhinine C, and (+)-Palhinine B Enabled by Stereocontrolled Diels–Alder Strategy
Amit Pantawane, Chih-Ming Chen, Tung-Chun Kuo, Julakanti Satyanarayana Reddy, Mu-Jeng Cheng, Shun-Yuan Luo*, and Hsing-Pang Hsieh*
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6c01704
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6c01704
Fe(porphyrin)-Catalyzed Alkene Epoxidation with NaOCl: A Practical Small- and Large-Scale Alternative to mCPBA
Sudip Maiti, Doohyun Baek, and Shannon S. Stahl*
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c06785
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c06785
Visible-Light-Mediated Pyridine-N-oxide-Assisted Alkoxycarbonyl Chlorination of Alkenes via Iron-Catalyzed Radical Ligand Transfer
Mangish Ghosh, Tirtha Mandal, Zen Shimizu, and Oliver Reiser*
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6c03087
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6c03087
*These lists are not chosen by the journals’ editors and should not be taken as a “best of” collection, but as another perspective on what articles attracted the most attention in a particular month.
