Dawen Niu

4.6k total citations
78 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Dawen Niu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Dawen Niu has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Organic Chemistry, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Dawen Niu's work include Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (27 papers), Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (21 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (15 papers). Dawen Niu is often cited by papers focused on Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (27 papers), Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (21 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (15 papers). Dawen Niu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Dawen Niu's co-authors include Xia Zhang, Thomas R. Hoye, Stephen L. Buchwald, Brian P. Woods, Patrick H. Willoughby, Beeraiah Baire, Ren‐Zhe Li, Weidong Shang, Zhengyan Fu and Jie Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Dawen Niu

75 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dawen Niu China 37 3.5k 894 611 337 189 78 3.9k
Allan J. B. Watson United Kingdom 33 3.1k 0.9× 976 1.1× 635 1.0× 192 0.6× 55 0.3× 110 3.8k
Jonathan T. Reeves United States 33 3.1k 0.9× 788 0.9× 872 1.4× 283 0.8× 47 0.2× 84 3.5k
Michael Rubin United States 30 4.4k 1.3× 547 0.6× 808 1.3× 173 0.5× 66 0.3× 137 4.6k
Davide Audisio France 32 2.0k 0.6× 785 0.9× 373 0.6× 373 1.1× 46 0.2× 93 2.7k
Martin Kotora Czechia 38 4.4k 1.2× 522 0.6× 758 1.2× 290 0.9× 56 0.3× 198 4.8k
Jean‐Marc Campagne France 28 3.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.5× 816 1.3× 261 0.8× 44 0.2× 83 3.8k
Stephen D. Roughley United Kingdom 13 2.2k 0.6× 1.1k 1.3× 487 0.8× 125 0.4× 66 0.3× 18 3.0k
Zhijian Liu United States 27 2.2k 0.6× 519 0.6× 289 0.5× 103 0.3× 207 1.1× 51 2.7k
Samir Messaoudi France 41 3.6k 1.0× 1.3k 1.4× 228 0.4× 260 0.8× 62 0.3× 126 4.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dawen Niu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yao, Yuan, et al.. (2025). Cobalt‐Catalyzed Hydroglycosylation of Alkynes for the Synthesis of Vinyl α ‐ C ‐Glycosides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(11). e202423631–e202423631. 6 indexed citations
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Deng, Yihui, Tianyu Sun, Yao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Catalytic glycosylation for minimally protected donors and acceptors. Nature. 632(8024). 313–319. 34 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiaxi, Yang Zhang, Bo Han, et al.. (2024). A Modified Arbuzov‐Michalis Reaction for Selective Alkylation of Nucleophiles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(41). e202409931–e202409931. 2 indexed citations
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Niu, Dawen, et al.. (2023). The Development of DNA-Compatible S-Glycosyl Transformations. Organic Letters. 25(26). 4940–4944. 7 indexed citations
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Xu, Shiyang, Wei Zhang, Caiyi Li, et al.. (2023). Generation and Use of Glycosyl Radicals under Acidic Conditions: Glycosyl Sulfinates as Precursors. Angewandte Chemie. 135(16). 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qian, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of 2,4-diarylated pyrimidines enabled by Ni-catalyzed C–sulfone bond activation. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 10(3). 645–650. 2 indexed citations
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Wan, Liqiang, Xia Zhang, Yike Zou, et al.. (2021). Nonenzymatic Stereoselective S -Glycosylation of Polypeptides and Proteins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(31). 11919–11926. 92 indexed citations
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Wan, Liqiang, et al.. (2021). Cobalt-Catalyzed Umpolung Alkylation of Imines To Generate α-Branched Aliphatic Amines. Organic Letters. 23(10). 3818–3822. 4 indexed citations
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Tang, Hua, et al.. (2020). Site-switchable mono-O-allylation of polyols. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5681–5681. 33 indexed citations
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Shang, Weidong, Bin He, & Dawen Niu. (2019). Ligand-controlled, transition-metal catalyzed site-selective modification of glycosides. Carbohydrate Research. 474. 16–33. 41 indexed citations
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Shen, Xiaofei, Lin Zhao, Peihao Chen, et al.. (2019). A thiazole-derived oridonin analogue exhibits antitumor activity by directly and allosterically inhibiting STAT3. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(46). 17471–17486. 22 indexed citations
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Niu, Dawen, Liqiang Wan, Tian Lan, & Jie Liu. (2017). Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Umpolung Allylation of N-Fluorenyl Imines to Prepare 1,4-Disubstituted Homoallylic Amines. Synlett. 28(16). 2051–2056. 16 indexed citations
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Li, Ren‐Zhe, Hua Tang, Ke Yang, et al.. (2017). Enantioselective Propargylation of Polyols and Desymmetrization of meso 1,2‐Diols by Copper/Borinic Acid Dual Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(25). 7213–7217. 132 indexed citations
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Niu, Dawen, et al.. (2016). Use of a “Catalytic” Cosolvent, N,N‐Dimethyl Octanamide, Allows the Flow Synthesis of Imatinib with no Solvent Switch. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(7). 2531–2535. 51 indexed citations
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Zhan, Miao, Ren‐Zhe Li, Ze‐Dong Mou, et al.. (2016). Silver-Assisted, Iridium-Catalyzed Allylation of Bis[(pinacolato)boryl]methane Allows the Synthesis of Enantioenriched Homoallylic Organoboronic Esters. ACS Catalysis. 6(5). 3381–3386. 114 indexed citations
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Yang, Yang, Shi‐Liang Shi, Dawen Niu, Peng Liu, & Stephen L. Buchwald. (2015). Catalytic asymmetric hydroamination of unactivated internal olefins to aliphatic amines. Science. 349(6243). 62–66. 324 indexed citations
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Willoughby, Patrick H., et al.. (2014). Mechanism of the Reactions of Alcohols with o-Benzynes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(39). 13657–13665. 57 indexed citations
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Baire, Beeraiah, Dawen Niu, Patrick H. Willoughby, Brian P. Woods, & Thomas R. Hoye. (2013). Synthesis of complex benzenoids via the intermediate generation of o-benzynes through the hexadehydro-Diels-Alder reaction. Nature Protocols. 8(3). 501–508. 56 indexed citations
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Niu, Dawen & Thomas R. Hoye. (2012). A Concise Total Synthesis of (±)- and (−)-Okilactomycin D. Organic Letters. 14(3). 828–831. 14 indexed citations

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