Ai‐Lan Lee

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
76 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Ai‐Lan Lee is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ai‐Lan Lee has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Organic Chemistry, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 12 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ai‐Lan Lee's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (30 papers), Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (25 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (14 papers). Ai‐Lan Lee is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (30 papers), Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (25 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (14 papers). Ai‐Lan Lee collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and Malaysia. Ai‐Lan Lee's co-authors include James D. Crowley, David A. Leigh, Stephen M. Goldup, Maximillian S. Hadfield, Roy T. McBurney, K.J. Kilpin, Daniel R. Sutherland, Steven V. Ley, Paul C. Young and Simon M. Nicolle and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Ai‐Lan Lee

74 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Active metal template synthesis of rotaxanes, catenanes and molecular shuttles

2009 565 citations James D. Crowley, Stephen M. Goldup et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Direct decarboxylative Giese reactions

2022 166 citations Simon M. Nicolle, Ai‐Lan Lee et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ai‐Lan Lee United Kingdom	32	3.2k	507	500	496	336	76	3.5k
Alberto Martínez‐Cuezva Spain	32	2.5k 0.8×	393 0.8×	492 1.0×	468 0.9×	329 1.0×	86	2.8k
Ge Gao China	33	2.6k 0.8×	785 1.5×	344 0.7×	420 0.8×	485 1.4×	119	3.5k
Jinchang Ding China	37	3.0k 0.9×	589 1.2×	402 0.8×	299 0.6×	315 0.9×	125	3.5k
Jiuxi Chen China	38	3.8k 1.2×	667 1.3×	541 1.1×	373 0.8×	342 1.0×	137	4.3k
Mark D. Levin United States	22	2.5k 0.8×	331 0.7×	569 1.1×	602 1.2×	191 0.6×	40	3.1k
Paweł Dydio France	24	1.8k 0.6×	577 1.1×	710 1.4×	1.0k 2.1×	452 1.3×	52	2.7k
Hyunwoo Kim South Korea	28	2.9k 0.9×	197 0.4×	460 0.9×	802 1.6×	297 0.9×	89	3.5k
M. Ribagorda Spain	25	1.8k 0.6×	800 1.6×	301 0.6×	192 0.4×	227 0.7×	71	2.4k
Giulia Licini Italy	33	2.4k 0.8×	888 1.8×	458 0.9×	1.5k 3.0×	596 1.8×	141	3.5k
Xianyong Yu China	29	1.6k 0.5×	777 1.5×	600 1.2×	630 1.3×	189 0.6×	143	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ai‐Lan Lee

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Moore, Peter R., et al.. (2024). Direct C–H amidation of 1,3-azoles: light-mediated, photosensitiser-free vs. thermal. Chemical Communications. 60(77). 10752–10755. 5 indexed citations

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Nicolle, Simon M., et al.. (2024). Light-Mediated Direct Decarboxylative Giese Aroylations without a Photocatalyst. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 89(21). 16055–16059. 4 indexed citations

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Nicolle, Simon M., et al.. (2023). Direct decarboxylative Giese amidations: photocatalytic vs. metal- and light-free. Chemical Science. 14(36). 9806–9813. 21 indexed citations

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Lee, Ai‐Lan, et al.. (2020). Heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow chemical reactors. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 16. 1495–1549. 79 indexed citations

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Lee, Ai‐Lan, et al.. (2019). Golden potential. Nature Chemistry. 11(9). 760–761. 6 indexed citations

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Sutherland, Daniel R., et al.. (2016). Chirality Transfer in Gold(I)‐Catalysed Hydroalkoxylation of 1,3‐Disubstituted Allenes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 22(51). 18593–18600. 22 indexed citations

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Barker, Graeme, D. Gale Johnson, Paul C. Young, Stuart A. Macgregor, & Ai‐Lan Lee. (2015). Chirality Transfer in Gold(I)‐Catalysed Direct Allylic Etherifications of Unactivated Alcohols: Experimental and Computational Study. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(39). 13748–13757. 19 indexed citations

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Walker, Sarah E., James A. Jordan‐Hore, D. Gale Johnson, Stuart A. Macgregor, & Ai‐Lan Lee. (2014). Palladium‐Catalyzed Direct CH Functionalization of Benzoquinone. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(50). 13876–13879. 65 indexed citations

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Walker, Sarah E., James A. Jordan‐Hore, D. Gale Johnson, Stuart A. Macgregor, & Ai‐Lan Lee. (2014). Palladium‐Catalyzed Direct CH Functionalization of Benzoquinone. Angewandte Chemie. 126(50). 14096–14099. 12 indexed citations

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Young, Paul C., et al.. (2013). Deactivation of gold(i) catalysts in the presence of thiols and amines – characterisation and catalysis. Dalton Transactions. 42(26). 9645–9645. 34 indexed citations

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Young, Paul C., et al.. (2013). Gold(I)-catalysed one-pot synthesis of chromans using allylic alcohols and phenols. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 9. 1797–1806. 18 indexed citations

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Lee, Ai‐Lan. (2013). Organocatalyzed Carbonyl–Olefin Metathesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(17). 4524–4525. 17 indexed citations

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Hadfield, Maximillian S., et al.. (2012). Computational studies on the mechanism of the gold(i)-catalysed rearrangement of cyclopropenes. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(22). 4433–4433. 25 indexed citations

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Young, Paul C., et al.. (2012). Gold(i)-catalysed direct allylic etherification of unactivated alcohols. Chemical Communications. 49(39). 4262–4264. 25 indexed citations

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Kilpin, K.J., Ursula S. D. Paul, Ai‐Lan Lee, & James D. Crowley. (2010). Gold(i) “click” 1,2,3-triazolylidenes: synthesis, self-assembly and catalysis. Chemical Communications. 47(1). 328–330. 158 indexed citations

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Lee, Ai‐Lan. (2010). Enantioselective catalysis. Annual Reports Section B (Organic Chemistry). 106. 428–428. 4 indexed citations

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Hadfield, Maximillian S. & Ai‐Lan Lee. (2010). Gold(i)-catalysed synthesis of conjugated trienes. Chemical Communications. 47(4). 1333–1335. 57 indexed citations

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Hadfield, Maximillian S., et al.. (2010). Gold(i)-catalysed alcohol additions to cyclopropenes. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 8(18). 4090–4090. 76 indexed citations

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Crowley, James D., Stephen M. Goldup, Ai‐Lan Lee, David A. Leigh, & Roy T. McBurney. (2009). Active metal template synthesis of rotaxanes, catenanes and molecular shuttles. Chemical Society Reviews. 38(6). 1530–1530. 565 indexed citations breakdown →

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Berná, José, James D. Crowley, Stephen M. Goldup, et al.. (2007). A Catalytic Palladium Active‐Metal Template Pathway to [2]Rotaxanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(30). 5709–5713. 96 indexed citations

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