Cong Xu

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Cong Xu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Cong Xu has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Organic Chemistry, 23 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 20 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Cong Xu's work include Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (23 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (12 papers) and Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (12 papers). Cong Xu is often cited by papers focused on Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (23 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (12 papers) and Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (12 papers). Cong Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, France and Singapore. Cong Xu's co-authors include Mang Wang, Qun Liu, Xiao Liu, Xiaoning Song, Qing‐Hua Fan, Yan‐Mei He, Dongsheng Zhu, Wenbo Ming, Wenpeng Ma and Yingjie Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Cong Xu

37 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Trifluoromethyltrimethylsilane: Nucleophilic Trifluoromet... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 250 500 750
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. Trifluoromethyltrimethylsilane: Nucleophilic Trifluoromethylation and Beyond
    2014 965 citations Cong Xu, Mang Wang 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
Cong Xu China 19 1.3k 1.3k 718 103 88 40 1.8k
Todd D. Senecal United States 9 959 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 697 1.0× 63 0.6× 86 1.0× 11 1.5k
Shintaro Kawamura Japan 20 1.2k 0.9× 1.0k 0.7× 554 0.8× 122 1.2× 46 0.5× 32 1.6k
Teerawut Bootwicha Germany 14 946 0.7× 439 0.3× 306 0.4× 115 1.1× 37 0.4× 15 1.1k
Cayetana Zárate Spain 13 1.6k 1.2× 396 0.3× 463 0.6× 102 1.0× 55 0.6× 14 1.8k
Kohei Matsuzaki Japan 12 1.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 468 0.7× 58 0.6× 68 0.8× 13 1.3k
Zhao‐Jing Liu China 11 2.0k 1.5× 752 0.6× 676 0.9× 70 0.7× 70 0.8× 13 2.3k
Yusuke Yasu Japan 13 1.9k 1.4× 1.3k 0.9× 552 0.8× 53 0.5× 35 0.4× 14 2.2k
Dmitry Katayev Switzerland 26 2.0k 1.5× 306 0.2× 564 0.8× 101 1.0× 28 0.3× 61 2.1k
Qiao‐Qiao Min China 23 2.3k 1.7× 2.1k 1.5× 764 1.1× 129 1.3× 93 1.1× 33 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Cong Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cong Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cong Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cong Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cong Xu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cong Xu. Cong Xu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Shenghan, et al.. (2025). O-Trifluoromethylation of ketones: an alternative straightforward route to alkenyl trifluoromethyl ethers. Chemical Science. 16(19). 8561–8568. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Cong, et al.. (2025). Direct synthesis of N-trifluoromethyl amides via photocatalytic trifluoromethylamidation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4964–4964.
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Yu, Ting, et al.. (2024). O‐Trifluoromethylation of Carboxylic Acids via the Formation and Activation of Acyloxy(phenyl)trifluoromethyl‐λ3‐Iodanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(16). e202400449–e202400449. 7 indexed citations
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Xu, Cong, et al.. (2024). Controllable Regioselective [3+2] Cyclizations of N-CF3 Imidoyl Chlorides and Ph3PNNC: Divergent Synthesis of N-CF3 Triazoles. Organic Letters. 26(24). 5087–5091. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shuxin, Cong Xu, Shan Li, et al.. (2022). Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrogenation of 9‐Phenanthrols. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(34). e202205739–e202205739. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Han, Haiwang Liu, Mu Wang, et al.. (2021). Bromine radical as a visible-light-mediated polarity-reversal catalyst. iScience. 24(6). 102693–102693. 20 indexed citations
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Wang, Shuang, et al.. (2021). An N‐Trifluoromethylation/Cyclization Strategy for Accessing Diverse N‐Trifluoromethyl Azoles from Nitriles and 1,3‐Dipoles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(1). e202110749–e202110749. 37 indexed citations
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Wang, Han, et al.. (2020). Photo-mediated selective deconstructive geminal dihalogenation of trisubstituted alkenes. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4462–4462. 34 indexed citations
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Xu, Cong & Wenhao Hu. (2020). Recent Advances of ChiraI Spiro Ligands and Their Catalysts in Asymmetric Catalysis. Gaodeng xuexiao huaxue xuebao. 41(10). 2153. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Cong, Na Wei, Dongsheng Zhu, & Mang Wang. (2020). Cyclopentene Synthesis by a Catalytic [3+2] Annulation of Donor‐Acceptor Cyclopropanes with Polarized Alkenes. ChemistrySelect. 5(36). 11399–11402. 8 indexed citations
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Xu, Cong, et al.. (2020). ZnI2-Catalyzed Aminotrifluoromethylation Cyclization of Alkenes Using PhICF3Cl. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 86(2). 1987–1999. 17 indexed citations
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Xu, Cong, et al.. (2019). Trifluoromethylations of Alkenes Using PhICF3Cl as Bifunctional Reagent. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 84(21). 14209–14216. 24 indexed citations
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Peng, Jin‐Bao, Fu‐Peng Wu, Cong Xu, et al.. (2018). Nickel-Catalyzed Carbonylative Synthesis of Functionalized Alkyl Iodides. iScience. 8. 175–182. 27 indexed citations
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Ma, Wenpeng, Jianwei Zhang, Cong Xu, et al.. (2016). Highly Enantioselective Direct Synthesis of Endocyclic Vicinal Diamines through Chiral Ru(diamine)‐Catalyzed Hydrogenation of 2,2′‐Bisquinoline Derivatives. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(41). 12891–12894. 64 indexed citations
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Song, Xiaoning, et al.. (2015). Catalytic Domino Reaction of Ketones/Aldehydes with Me3SiCF2Br for the Synthesis of α-Fluoroenones/α-Fluoroenals. Organic Letters. 17(7). 1712–1715. 40 indexed citations
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Zheng, Gang, et al.. (2013). Regio- and stereoselective synthesis of 2-cyclopentenones via a hydrogenolysis-terminated Heck cyclization of β-alkylthio dienones. Chemical Communications. 49(22). 2201–2201. 21 indexed citations
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Xu, Cong, Jing‐Xin Liu, Wenbo Ming, et al.. (2013). In Situ Generation of PhI+CF3 and Transition‐Metal‐Free Oxidative sp2 CH Trifluoromethylation. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(28). 9104–9109. 83 indexed citations

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