Faxiang Bu

1.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Faxiang Bu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Faxiang Bu has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Organic Chemistry, 4 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 2 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Faxiang Bu's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (13 papers), Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (13 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (13 papers). Faxiang Bu is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (13 papers), Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (13 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (13 papers). Faxiang Bu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Faxiang Bu's co-authors include Aiwen Lei, Xia Hu, Guoting Zhang, Lijun Lu, Renyi Shi, Linbin Niu, Lei Nie, Hong Chen, Abhishek Dutta Chowdhury and Yuwei Liang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Faxiang Bu

19 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Manganese-Catalyzed Oxidative Azidation of C(sp3)–H Bonds... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2024 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Manganese-Catalyzed Oxidative Azidation of C(sp3)–H Bonds under Electrophotocatalytic Conditions
    2020 265 citations Linbin Niu, Yuwei Liang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  2. Electrocatalytic reductive deuteration of arenes and heteroarenes
    2024 58 citations Faxiang Bu, Jie Xu et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Faxiang Bu China 16 1.2k 178 173 161 65 20 1.3k
Linbin Niu China 18 1.5k 1.3× 149 0.8× 198 1.1× 179 1.1× 33 0.5× 26 1.7k
Pan Peng China 18 1.0k 0.9× 164 0.9× 125 0.7× 165 1.0× 23 0.4× 21 1.2k
Kelu Yan China 24 1.5k 1.3× 75 0.4× 104 0.6× 139 0.9× 27 0.4× 73 1.6k
Ke‐Jin Jiao China 12 1.3k 1.1× 106 0.6× 327 1.9× 174 1.1× 76 1.2× 13 1.5k
Xiangyu Wu United States 9 674 0.6× 77 0.4× 82 0.5× 148 0.9× 30 0.5× 13 780
Weisi Guo China 23 1.3k 1.2× 150 0.8× 53 0.3× 121 0.8× 24 0.4× 53 1.5k
Timothée Constantin United Kingdom 9 1.3k 1.1× 342 1.9× 116 0.7× 155 1.0× 19 0.3× 9 1.4k
Terry McCallum Canada 20 1.3k 1.1× 143 0.8× 123 0.7× 153 1.0× 16 0.2× 23 1.4k
Yi‐Kang Xing China 6 902 0.8× 66 0.4× 149 0.9× 103 0.6× 25 0.4× 8 981
Huaibo Zhao China 18 1.2k 1.0× 114 0.6× 152 0.9× 93 0.6× 30 0.5× 24 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Faxiang Bu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bu, Faxiang, et al.. (2026). Thiol-Regulated Rhodium Nanocatalyst for Electrochemical Reductive Perdeuteration of Alkenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 148(7). 7322–7332.
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Bu, Faxiang, Lijun Lu, Yan Li, et al.. (2025). Electrocatalytic Alkene Hydrogenation/Deuteration. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(7). 5785–5795. 14 indexed citations
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Bu, Faxiang, Jie Xu, Dali Yang, et al.. (2024). Electrocatalytic reductive deuteration of arenes and heteroarenes. Nature. 634(8034). 592–599. 58 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guan, Zhipeng, Shuxiang Zhu, Yanlong Liu, et al.. (2021). Electrochemically selective double C(sp2)–X (X = S/Se, N) bond formation of isocyanides. Chemical Science. 12(42). 14121–14125. 23 indexed citations
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Yu, Mingming, Huamin Wang, Yuhan Gao, et al.. (2021). Manganese-catalyzed chlorosulfonylation of terminal alkene and alkyne via convergent paired electrolysis. Cell Reports Physical Science. 2(7). 100476–100476. 37 indexed citations
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Zhang, Cui, Faxiang Bu, Dan Wang, et al.. (2021). Electrochemical Oxidation Dearomatization of Anisol Derivatives toward Spiropyrrolidines and Spirolactones. CCS Chemistry. 4(4). 1199–1207. 44 indexed citations
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Guan, Zhipeng, Shuxiang Zhu, Siyuan Wang, et al.. (2020). Electrochemical Oxidative Carbon‐Atom Difunctionalization: Towards Multisubstituted Imino Sulfide Ethers. Angewandte Chemie. 133(3). 1597–1601. 5 indexed citations
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Lu, Lijun, Hao Li, Yifan Zheng, Faxiang Bu, & Aiwen Lei. (2020). Facile and Economical Electrochemical Dehalogenative Deuteration of (Hetero)Aryl Halides. CCS Chemistry. 3(11). 2669–2675. 91 indexed citations
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Cao, Yangmin, Yong Yuan, Xiaomei Jiang, et al.. (2020). Cobalt catalyzed electrochemical [4 + 2] annulation for the synthesis of sultams. Green Chemistry. 22(5). 1548–1552. 49 indexed citations
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Guan, Zhipeng, Shuxiang Zhu, Siyuan Wang, et al.. (2020). Electrochemical Oxidative Carbon‐Atom Difunctionalization: Towards Multisubstituted Imino Sulfide Ethers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(3). 1573–1577. 26 indexed citations
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Yuan, Yong, Jia‐Peng Liao, Faxiang Bu, et al.. (2020). Mn-Catalyzed Electrochemical Radical Cascade Cyclization toward the Synthesis of Benzo[4,5]imidazo[2,1-a]isoquinolin-6(5H)-one Derivatives. ACS Catalysis. 10(12). 6676–6681. 145 indexed citations
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Niu, Linbin, Yuwei Liang, Faxiang Bu, et al.. (2020). Manganese-Catalyzed Oxidative Azidation of C(sp3)–H Bonds under Electrophotocatalytic Conditions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(41). 17693–17702. 265 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bu, Faxiang, Lijun Lu, Xia Hu, et al.. (2020). Electrochemical oxidative decarboxylation and 1,2-aryl migration towards the synthesis of 1,2-diaryl ethers. Chemical Science. 11(36). 10000–10004. 42 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaoyu, Shengchun Wang, Yiming Gao, et al.. (2020). Oxidant-Induced Azolation of Electron-Rich Phenol Derivatives. Organic Letters. 22(14). 5429–5433. 15 indexed citations
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Liu, Yichang, Faxiang Bu, Dan Wang, et al.. (2019). Catalyst-free electrochemical decarboxylative cross-coupling of N-hydroxyphthalimide esters and N-heteroarenes towards C(sp3)–C(sp2) bond formation. Chemical Communications. 55(99). 14922–14925. 63 indexed citations
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Hu, Xia, Guoting Zhang, Faxiang Bu, Lei Nie, & Aiwen Lei. (2018). Electrochemical-Oxidation-Induced Site-Selective Intramolecular C(sp3)–H Amination. ACS Catalysis. 8(10). 9370–9375. 146 indexed citations
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Xia, Houhui, Guoting Zhang, Faxiang Bu, & Aiwen Lei. (2017). Selective Oxidative [4+2] Imine/Alkene Annulation with H2 Liberation Induced by Photo‐Oxidation. Angewandte Chemie. 130(5). 1300–1304. 27 indexed citations
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Hu, Xia, Guoting Zhang, Faxiang Bu, & Aiwen Lei. (2017). Selective Oxidative [4+2] Imine/Alkene Annulation with H2 Liberation Induced by Photo‐Oxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(5). 1286–1290. 108 indexed citations
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Hu, Xia, Guoting Zhang, Faxiang Bu, et al.. (2017). Photoinduced oxidative activation of electron-rich arenes: alkenylation with H2 evolution under external oxidant-free conditions. Chemical Science. 9(6). 1521–1526. 64 indexed citations
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Hu, Xia, Guoting Zhang, Faxiang Bu, & Aiwen Lei. (2017). Visible-Light-Mediated Anti-Markovnikov Hydration of Olefins. ACS Catalysis. 7(2). 1432–1437. 95 indexed citations

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