Chuan He

13.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
164 papers, 11.4k citations indexed

About

Chuan He is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Chuan He has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 11.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Organic Chemistry, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 22 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Chuan He's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (69 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (42 papers) and Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (33 papers). Chuan He is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (69 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (42 papers) and Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (33 papers). Chuan He collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Chuan He's co-authors include Zexiang Li, Chad Brouwer, Aiwen Lei, Zhang‐Jie Shi, Cai‐Guang Yang, Jie Ke, Yong Cui, Matthew J. Gaunt, Junliang Zhang and David A. Capretto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Chuan He

156 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Gold-Catalyzed Organic Transformations

2008 1.8k citations Chuan He et al. profile →
Organocatalysis in Cross-Coupling: DMEDA-Catalyzed Direct C−H Arylation of Unactivated Benzene

2010 523 citations Hua Zhang, Chuan He et al. profile →
Catalytic Asymmetric Dehydrogenative Si–H/X–H Coupling toward Si-Stereogenic Silanes

2025 21 citations Jie Ke, Chuan He et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chuan He China	55	9.7k	2.1k	1.2k	641	353	164	11.4k
Zhiyong Wang China	54	7.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	2.3k 1.9×	939 1.5×	221 0.6×	262	9.7k
Hironao Sajiki Japan	53	5.5k 0.6×	3.1k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.7×	234 0.7×	318	8.4k
Andreas Kirschning Germany	52	6.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	4.0k 3.3×	1.1k 1.7×	236 0.7×	365	10.9k
Yujiro Hayashi Japan	63	14.6k 1.5×	3.1k 1.4×	4.0k 3.4×	436 0.7×	341 1.0×	324	16.4k
Xin‐Yuan Liu China	63	9.3k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	653 1.0×	123 0.3×	284	12.6k
Xinhao Zhang China	44	5.0k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	543 0.5×	615 1.0×	73 0.2×	196	6.8k
António de la Hoz Spain	42	4.4k 0.5×	755 0.4×	867 0.7×	1.4k 2.2×	280 0.8×	212	6.4k
Bin Xu China	43	3.5k 0.4×	550 0.3×	979 0.8×	365 0.6×	152 0.4×	213	5.2k
Keiichi Noguchi Japan	51	5.9k 0.6×	895 0.4×	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	124 0.4×	313	9.1k
Masaharu Ueno Japan	34	2.7k 0.3×	795 0.4×	1.5k 1.3×	511 0.8×	123 0.3×	154	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Chuan He

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All Works

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Zhang, Hua, et al.. (2025). Catalytic asymmetric C–N cross-coupling towards boron-stereogenic 3-amino-BODIPYs. Nature Communications. 16(1). 438–438. 12 indexed citations

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Gao, Jihui & Chuan He. (2025). X-Type Silyl Ligands Mediated C—H Functionalization Reactions. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 45(2). 641–641. 1 indexed citations

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Pan, Deng, Chuan He, & Genping Huang. (2025). Mechanism and origins of enantioselectivity of iridium-catalyzed atroposelective intermolecular C(sp2)-H silylation: A ligand-enabled axial chirality transfer strategy. Chinese Chemical Letters. 37(4). 111217–111217. 1 indexed citations

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Ke, Jie, et al.. (2025). Recent advances in catalytic asymmetric synthesis of chiral organogermanes.

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He, Chuan, et al.. (2024). Reduction of Tertiary Carbon Radicals via Asymmetric Hydrogen Atom Transfer (AHAT)^†. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 42(24). 3414–3428. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Junyong, Na Li, Jie Ke, & Chuan He. (2024). Recent Advances in Electrochemical Silylation. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 44(3). 927–927. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Di, Mingzi Zhang, Lu Yang, et al.. (2024). Aerodynamic Simulation of Small Airway Resistance: A New Imaging Biomarker for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. International Journal of COPD. Volume 19. 1167–1175. 1 indexed citations

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West-Szymanski, Diana C., Zhou Zhang, Xiaolong Cui, et al.. (2024). 5-Hydroxymethylated Biomarkers in Cell-Free DNA Predict Occult Colorectal Cancer up to 36 Months Before Diagnosis in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. JCO Precision Oncology. 8(8). e2400277–e2400277. 1 indexed citations

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Guo, Yonghong, et al.. (2024). Modular enantioselective assembly of multi-substituted boron-stereogenic BODIPYs. Nature Chemistry. 17(1). 83–91. 32 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lu, Jiandong Guo, Jihui Gao, et al.. (2024). Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of C‐ and Si‐Stereogenic Silacyclopentanes via Hydrosilylation of Arylmethylenecyclopropanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(48). e202413753–e202413753. 28 indexed citations

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Yang, Bo, et al.. (2023). Chiral PSiSi‐Ligand Enabled Iridium‐Catalyzed Atroposelective Intermolecular C−H Silylation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(36). e202307812–e202307812. 42 indexed citations

12.

Zhang, Zhou, Alana V. Beadell, Xiaolong Cui, et al.. (2023). A 5‐hydroxymethylation‐based clock derived from cell‐free DNA in blood reveals accelerated epigenetic aging in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S15). 1 indexed citations

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Guo, Yonghong, et al.. (2021). Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Silicon‐Stereogenic Dihydrodibenzosilines: Silicon Central‐to‐Axial Chirality Relay. Angewandte Chemie. 133(25). 14006–14010. 26 indexed citations

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Guo, Yonghong, et al.. (2021). Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Silicon‐Stereogenic Dihydrodibenzosilines: Silicon Central‐to‐Axial Chirality Relay. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(25). 13887–13891. 121 indexed citations

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Li, Yong, et al.. (2020). Numerical study on transient response characteristics of natural circulation in coupled loops under ocean condition. Progress in Nuclear Energy. 124. 103248–103248. 11 indexed citations

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He, Chuan, William G. Whitehurst, & Matthew J. Gaunt. (2019). Palladium-Catalyzed C(sp3)–H Bond Functionalization of Aliphatic Amines. Chem. 5(5). 1031–1058. 225 indexed citations

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Nappi, Manuel, Chuan He, William G. Whitehurst, Ben Chappell, & Matthew J. Gaunt. (2018). Selective Reductive Elimination at Alkyl Palladium(IV) by Dissociative Ligand Ionization: Catalytic C(sp³)−H Amination to Azetidines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(12). 3178–3182. 58 indexed citations

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Nappi, Manuel, Chuan He, William G. Whitehurst, Ben Chappell, & Matthew J. Gaunt. (2018). Selective Reductive Elimination at Alkyl Palladium(IV) by Dissociative Ligand Ionization: Catalytic C(sp³)−H Amination to Azetidines. Angewandte Chemie. 130(12). 3232–3236. 12 indexed citations

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He, Chuan & Matthew J. Gaunt. (2017). Ligand-assisted palladium-catalyzed C–H alkenylation of aliphatic amines for the synthesis of functionalized pyrrolidines. Chemical Science. 8(5). 3586–3592. 53 indexed citations

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He, Chuan & Matthew J. Gaunt. (2015). Ligand‐Enabled Catalytic CH Arylation of Aliphatic Amines by a Four‐Membered‐Ring Cyclopalladation Pathway. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(52). 15840–15844. 101 indexed citations

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