Bin Tan

15.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
200 papers, 13.5k citations indexed

About

Bin Tan is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bin Tan has authored 200 papers receiving a total of 13.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 160 papers in Organic Chemistry, 58 papers in Spectroscopy and 25 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Bin Tan's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (74 papers), Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (72 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (57 papers). Bin Tan is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (74 papers), Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (72 papers) and Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (57 papers). Bin Tan collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Bin Tan's co-authors include Shao‐Hua Xiang, Carlos F. Barbas, Yong‐Bin Wang, Xin‐Yuan Liu, Shaoyu Li, Dao‐Juan Cheng, Jun Kee Cheng, Guofu Zhong, Nuno R. Candeias and Jian Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Bin Tan

191 papers receiving 13.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Recent Advances in Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of Atropisomers

2021 797 citations Jun Kee Cheng, Shao‐Hua Xiang et al. profile →
Organocatalytic Asymmetric Assembly Reactions: Synthesis of Spirooxindoles via Organocascade Strategies

2014 780 citations Bin Tan et al. profile →
Construction of Axially Chiral Compounds via Asymmetric Organocatalysis

2018 713 citations Yong‐Bin Wang, Bin Tan profile →
Organocatalytic asymmetric arylation of indoles enabled by azo groups

2017 325 citations Jianhui Mao, Jian Zhang et al. Nature Chemistry profile →
Organocatalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Molecules: Development of Strategies and Skeletons

2022 212 citations Jun Kee Cheng, Shao‐Hua Xiang et al. profile →
Catalytic atroposelective synthesis

2024 94 citations Shao‐Hua Xiang, Wei‐Yi Ding et al. Nature Catalysis profile →
Enantioselective synthesis of 2-substituted bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes via sequential asymmetric imine addition of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes and skeletal editing

2025 43 citations Wei‐Yi Ding, Hongbo Zhang et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bin Tan China	62	12.5k	3.7k	1.8k	1.6k	1.2k	200	13.5k
Feng Shi China	73	15.8k 1.3×	1.9k 0.5×	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	553 0.5×	362	16.5k
Takahiko Akiyama Japan	56	13.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.4×	2.8k 1.5×	4.3k 2.8×	1.3k 1.1×	256	14.9k
Mukund P. Sibi United States	52	11.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.3×	2.4k 1.3×	1.9k 1.2×	667 0.6×	243	12.5k
Marisa C. Kozlowski United States	53	9.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.3×	1.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.4×	388 0.3×	225	11.1k
Takashi Ooi Japan	64	12.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.3×	3.8k 2.1×	4.0k 2.6×	889 0.8×	342	14.3k
Takashi Sakai Japan	37	2.1k 0.2×	804 0.2×	1.4k 0.8×	751 0.5×	242 0.2×	138	4.0k
Junliang Zhang China	74	17.5k 1.4×	320 0.1×	1.1k 0.6×	3.4k 2.2×	1.4k 1.2×	372	18.2k
Qi‐Lin Zhou China	75	15.0k 1.2×	510 0.1×	2.6k 1.4×	8.3k 5.3×	670 0.6×	363	18.3k
Lei Wang China	65	13.0k 1.0×	266 0.1×	967 0.5×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	433	14.0k
Derek R. Boyd United Kingdom	36	3.0k 0.2×	795 0.2×	2.1k 1.2×	840 0.5×	183 0.2×	289	5.5k

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Wang, Yong‐Bin, et al.. (2025). Organocatalytic Activation of Alkynes Enabled Remote Control of Atroposelectivity via Vinylidene para-Quinone Methides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(4). 3450–3458. 7 indexed citations

Tan, Bin, et al.. (2025). Modular Synthesis of Trisubstituted 3-Oxazol-5(2H)-ones from α-Keto Acids, Ketones, and Ammonium Salt by Multicomponent Strategy. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 90(29). 10164–10169.

Ding, Wei‐Yi, et al.. (2025). Enantioselective synthesis of 2-substituted bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes via sequential asymmetric imine addition of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes and skeletal editing. Nature Chemistry. 17(3). 393–402. 43 indexed citations breakdown →

Tan, Bin, et al.. (2025). One‐pot Synthesis of 2H‐imidazoles from 1,2‐Diketones, Ketones, and Ammonium Acetate. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 367(11). 1 indexed citations

Bao, Wen, et al.. (2025). Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Tetraarylethenes. Angewandte Chemie. 137(47).

Tan, Bin, Meng Li, Junhao Su, et al.. (2024). Deciphering the influence of salinity stress on the biological aniline degradation system: Pollutants degradation performance and microbial response. Environmental Research. 255. 119162–119162. 2 indexed citations

Duan, Meng, Yu Chen, Peiyuan Yu, et al.. (2024). Organocatalytic olefin C–H functionalization for enantioselective synthesis of atropisomeric 1,3-dienes. Nature Catalysis. 7(2). 185–194. 22 indexed citations

Zhao, Feng, Bin Tan, Wenlong Zhou, et al.. (2024). Palladium-catalyzed chemoselective synthesis of arylamines from cyclohexanones with ammonium salts. Green Synthesis and Catalysis. 7(1). 83–87. 1 indexed citations

Tan, Bin, Qian Zhang, Haojin Peng, et al.. (2023). Unraveling the nexus of Cr (VI), aniline, and microbial ecology on aniline-degrading biosystem: Removal efficiency, sludge type, microbial ecology. Bioresource Technology. 382. 129185–129185. 6 indexed citations

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Tan, Bin, Zhengming He, Yuchun Fang, & Li Zhu. (2023). Removal of organic pollutants in shale gas fracturing flowback and produced water: A review. The Science of The Total Environment. 883. 163478–163478. 28 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qian, Bin Tan, Junhao Su, et al.. (2023). Understanding the impacts of intermittent electro field on the bioelectrochemical aniline degradation system: Performance, microbial community and functional enzyme. Environmental Research. 231(Pt 1). 116039–116039. 13 indexed citations

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Tan, Bin, Xiangyu Liu, Meng Li, et al.. (2023). Elucidating the roles of Cr(VI)-Cu(II) Co-pollution in the stress of aniline degradation stress: Insights into metabolic pathways and functional genes. Bioresource Technology. 387. 129613–129613. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Yi‐Wei, Qian Lu, Yong‐Bin Wang, et al.. (2023). Organocatalytic Si–C_Aryl Bond Functionalization-Enabled Atroposelective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Biaryl Siloxanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(37). 20646–20654. 22 indexed citations

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Cheng, Jun Kee, Shao‐Hua Xiang, & Bin Tan. (2022). Imidodiphosphorimidates (IDPis): Catalyst Motifs with Unprecedented Reactivity and Selectivity. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 41(6). 685–694. 24 indexed citations

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Ding, Wei‐Yi, et al.. (2022). β-C-Glycosylation with 2-Oxindole Acceptors via Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Reactions. Organic Letters. 24(38). 7031–7036. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Chengwei, Meng Li, Bin Tan, et al.. (2022). Effect of Aluminum on Full-Scale Biological Treatment System: Sludge Performance and the Microbial Community Structure. Environmental Engineering Science. 39(5). 474–483. 1 indexed citations

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Mao, Jianhui, Yong‐Bin Wang, Limin Yang, et al.. (2021). Organocatalyst-controlled site-selective arene C–H functionalization. Nature Chemistry. 13(10). 982–991. 63 indexed citations

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Yang, Junxian, Jiwei Zhang, Wen Bao, et al.. (2021). Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Remote Control of Axial Chirality at Boron–Carbon Bond. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(33). 12924–12929. 76 indexed citations

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Zhu, Shuai, Ye‐Hui Chen, Yong‐Bin Wang, et al.. (2019). Organocatalytic atroposelective construction of axially chiral arylquinones. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4268–4268. 111 indexed citations

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Wang, Yong‐Bin, Peiyuan Yu, Zhipeng Zhou, et al.. (2019). Rational design, enantioselective synthesis and catalytic applications of axially chiral EBINOLs. Nature Catalysis. 2(6). 504–513. 187 indexed citations

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