Cheng‐Chu Zeng

7.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
141 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Cheng‐Chu Zeng is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Electrochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng‐Chu Zeng has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Organic Chemistry, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Electrochemistry. Recurrent topics in Cheng‐Chu Zeng's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (74 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (49 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (40 papers). Cheng‐Chu Zeng is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (74 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (49 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (40 papers). Cheng‐Chu Zeng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Switzerland. Cheng‐Chu Zeng's co-authors include Kun Xu, Yangye Jiang, R. Daniel Little, Liming Hu, Baoguo Sun, Hongyu Tian, Sen Liang, Tian‐Sheng Mei, Aiwen Lei and Xu Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Cheng‐Chu Zeng

137 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

Use of Electrochemistry in the Synthesis of Heterocyclic ... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2021 2021 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Use of Electrochemistry in the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Structures
    2017 1.2k citations Yangye Jiang, Kun Xu et al. profile →
  2. Recent Applications of Homogeneous Catalysis in Electrochemical Organic Synthesis
    2021 456 citations Kun Xu, Cheng‐Chu Zeng et al. profile →
  3. Recent advances in organic electrosynthesis employing transition metal complexes as electrocatalysts
    2021 314 citations Kun Xu, Cheng‐Chu Zeng et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cheng‐Chu Zeng China 39 5.7k 769 486 467 404 141 6.6k
Yu Kawamata United States 28 6.1k 1.1× 1.6k 2.0× 543 1.1× 409 0.9× 820 2.0× 53 7.5k
Lei Jiao China 37 4.2k 0.7× 509 0.7× 207 0.4× 318 0.7× 851 2.1× 84 4.9k
Heng Zhang China 37 3.9k 0.7× 319 0.4× 216 0.4× 288 0.6× 613 1.5× 114 4.5k
Élisabet Duñach France 36 4.5k 0.8× 695 0.9× 136 0.3× 779 1.7× 1.1k 2.8× 229 5.7k
Agnes Kütt Estonia 24 2.1k 0.4× 629 0.8× 191 0.4× 429 0.9× 839 2.1× 42 3.6k
Zhenggen Zha China 41 4.1k 0.7× 175 0.2× 190 0.4× 541 1.2× 716 1.8× 119 4.5k
Tian‐Sheng Mei China 53 13.2k 2.3× 1.1k 1.4× 941 1.9× 475 1.0× 2.8k 6.9× 97 14.0k
Daniele Leonori United Kingdom 47 7.9k 1.4× 444 0.6× 1.0k 2.2× 621 1.3× 924 2.3× 113 8.4k
Zhiwei Zuo China 27 6.2k 1.1× 679 0.9× 585 1.2× 328 0.7× 676 1.7× 55 6.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cheng‐Chu Zeng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng‐Chu Zeng

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gao, Ying, et al.. (2025). In Situ Sulfur Modification Enables Electrochemical Selective Deuterated Thiol–Yne Reactions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(37). e202511623–e202511623. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Haonan, et al.. (2025). Electrophotochemical ligand-to-metal charge transfer catalysis: an emerging platform for sustainable synthesis. Green Chemistry. 27(13). 3413–3430. 4 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaohan, Fantao Meng, Kun Xu, & Cheng‐Chu Zeng. (2025). Continuous-Flow Electrochemistry Enables 1,2-Arylheteroarylation of Alkenes. Organic Letters. 27(46). 12784–12789.
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Li, Qibin, et al.. (2025). Electrochemical Radical‐Polar Crossover Enabled Multi‐ester Functionalized O‐Containing Heterocycles Synthesis. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 367(10). 2 indexed citations
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Li, Yongmei, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical quinuclidine-mediated Minisci-type acylation of N-heterocycles with aldehydes. Chemical Communications. 60(48). 6174–6177. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Kun, et al.. (2024). The merger of electro-reduction and hydrogen bonding activation for a radical Smiles rearrangement. Chemical Science. 15(33). 13459–13465. 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Meng, et al.. (2024). Electrophotoredox cerium-catalyzed decarboxylative radical cyclization cascade for the synthesis of alkylated benzimidazo-fused isoquinolinones. Catalysis Science & Technology. 14(4). 1037–1042. 12 indexed citations
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Guo, Bingbing, Weihao Zhang, Jingyi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Fucoxanthin restructures the gut microbiota and metabolic functions of non-obese individuals in an in vitro fermentation model. Food & Function. 15(9). 4805–4817. 4 indexed citations
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Luo, Fei‐Xian, et al.. (2023). Electrochemical Atom Transfer Radical Addition of Polychloroalkanes to Olefins Promoted by 4,4‐Di‐tert‐butyl Bipyridine. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 41(13). 1583–1588. 26 indexed citations
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Tan, Zhoumei, et al.. (2022). Electrochemical Organoselenium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroazolylation of Alkenes with Low Catalyst Loadings. Organic Letters. 24(29). 5345–5350. 39 indexed citations
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Zhang, Haonan, Ting Wang, Kun Xu, & Cheng‐Chu Zeng. (2021). N-Hydroxyphthalimide-Mediated Electrochemical Denitrogenation of Aroylhydrazides to Generate Acyl Radicals and Their Applications in the Syntheses of Fluorenones. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 86(22). 16171–16176. 17 indexed citations
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Tan, Zhoumei, et al.. (2021). Electrophotocatalytic C−H Functionalization of N‐Heteroarenes with Unactivated Alkanes under External Oxidant‐Free Conditions. ChemSusChem. 15(6). e202102360–e202102360. 70 indexed citations
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Adeli, Yeerlan, Kaimeng Huang, Yujie Liang, et al.. (2019). Electrochemically Oxidative C–C Bond Cleavage of Alkylarenes for Anilines Synthesis. ACS Catalysis. 9(3). 2063–2067. 76 indexed citations
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Li, Kejing, Yangye Jiang, Kun Xu, Cheng‐Chu Zeng, & Baoguo Sun. (2019). Electrochemically dehydrogenative C–H/P–H cross-coupling: effective synthesis of phosphonated quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones and xanthenes. Green Chemistry. 21(16). 4412–4421. 163 indexed citations
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Li, Zhipeng, Yifeng Wang, Cheng‐Chu Zeng, Liming Hu, & Xing‐Jie Liang. (2018). Ultrasensitive Tyrosinase-Activated Turn-On Near-Infrared Fluorescent Probe with a Rationally Designed Urea Bond for Selective Imaging and Photodamage to Melanoma Cells. Analytical Chemistry. 90(6). 3666–3669. 72 indexed citations
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Zhang, Sheng, Lijun Li, Huiqiao Wang, et al.. (2017). Scalable Electrochemical Dehydrogenative Lactonization of C(sp2/sp3)–H Bonds. Organic Letters. 20(1). 252–255. 143 indexed citations
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Wang, Qingqing, Kun Xu, Yangye Jiang, et al.. (2017). Electrocatalytic Minisci Acylation Reaction of N-Heteroarenes Mediated by NH4I. Organic Letters. 19(20). 5517–5520. 142 indexed citations

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