Guang‐Jian Mei

5.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
127 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Guang‐Jian Mei is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Guang‐Jian Mei has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Organic Chemistry, 13 papers in Spectroscopy and 13 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Guang‐Jian Mei's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (69 papers), Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (42 papers) and Synthesis of Indole Derivatives (38 papers). Guang‐Jian Mei is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (69 papers), Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (42 papers) and Synthesis of Indole Derivatives (38 papers). Guang‐Jian Mei collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and France. Guang‐Jian Mei's co-authors include Feng Shi, Yixin Lü, Chun Ma, Fei Jiang, Wai Lean Koay, Can Li, Chun-Yan Guan, Cong‐Shuai Wang, Hong‐Hao Zhang and Yuxue Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Guang‐Jian Mei

124 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of spirooxindoles: recent developments

2018 399 citations Guang‐Jian Mei, Feng Shi profile →
Design and Enantioselective Construction of Axially Chiral Naphthyl‐Indole Skeletons

2016 308 citations Guang‐Jian Mei, Feng Shi et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Atropisomers beyond the C–C axial chirality: Advances in catalytic asymmetric synthesis

2022 303 citations Guang‐Jian Mei, Wai Lean Koay et al. profile →
Design and Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of Axially Chiral 3,3′‐Bisindole Skeletons

2018 260 citations Guang‐Jian Mei, Feng Shi et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guang‐Jian Mei China	41	5.1k	783	472	397	359	127	5.2k
Jean Rodriguez France	34	3.8k 0.7×	980 1.3×	691 1.5×	425 1.1×	267 0.7×	108	3.9k
Giorgio Bencivenni Italy	32	4.5k 0.9×	581 0.7×	571 1.2×	624 1.6×	193 0.5×	59	4.6k
Marco Bella Italy	34	4.1k 0.8×	504 0.6×	853 1.8×	1.0k 2.6×	194 0.5×	77	4.4k
Long‐Wu Ye China	56	10.8k 2.1×	371 0.5×	655 1.4×	1.1k 2.7×	222 0.6×	228	10.9k
Zhenhua Gu China	50	6.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	702 1.5×	990 2.5×	547 1.5×	146	6.6k
Vladimir B. Birman United States	32	3.1k 0.6×	311 0.4×	944 2.0×	856 2.2×	145 0.4×	55	3.4k
László Kürti United States	32	2.9k 0.6×	497 0.6×	467 1.0×	474 1.2×	210 0.6×	71	3.3k
Matthias Breuning Germany	23	4.7k 0.9×	2.1k 2.7×	638 1.4×	526 1.3×	706 2.0×	61	5.0k
Olivier Baudoin France	47	7.6k 1.5×	408 0.5×	651 1.4×	1.7k 4.4×	324 0.9×	135	8.1k
Shi‐Kai Tian China	45	5.4k 1.1×	270 0.3×	699 1.5×	975 2.5×	97 0.3×	134	5.9k

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Zhang, Han, et al.. (2025). Organocatalytic asymmetric synthesis of Tröger’s bases. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6383–6383. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Xiang, Beibei Li, Yuwei Li, et al.. (2024). Enantiodivergent Cyclization of Racemic Cyclohexadienones via Parallel Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation. Organic Letters. 26(29). 6290–6294. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Han, Beibei Li, Li‐Hua Huang, et al.. (2024). Azocarboxamide-enabled enantioselective regiodivergent unsymmetrical 1,2-diaminations. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10225–10225. 7 indexed citations

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Shi, Jian‐Wen, Tong Wang, Yuan‐Zhao Hua, et al.. (2024). Access to Tetrahydrothiopyrano[2,3‐b]Indole Derivatives via Zinc‐Catalyzed Asymmetric [3+3] Annulation of Indoline‐2‐Thiones with Yne–Enones. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 366(8). 1770–1775. 8 indexed citations

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Guan, Chun-Yan, Zhenyu Li, Ming-Jie Huang, et al.. (2024). Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of planar-chiral dianthranilides via (Dynamic) kinetic resolution. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4580–4580. 12 indexed citations

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Huang, Lihua, et al.. (2024). Catalytic Asymmetric Dearomative Arylation of 2‐Naphthols Enabled by o‐Quinone Diimides. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 366(20). 4238–4243. 5 indexed citations

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Gao, Xiang, Beibei Li, Xiaoxiao Hou, et al.. (2023). Catalytic asymmetric dearomatization of phenols via divergent intermolecular (3 + 2) and alkylation reactions. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5189–5189. 22 indexed citations

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Li, Ran, et al.. (2023). Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of N—N Atropisomers. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 43(6). 1977–1977. 25 indexed citations

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Han, Jiaojiao, Tao Jiang, Cui Zhang, et al.. (2023). Enantioselective access to spiro[2,3-dihydrofuran-2,2′-inden-1-ones]viazinc catalyzed [3 + 2] annulation of α-hydroxy-1-indanones with yne–enones. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 10(16). 4061–4067. 4 indexed citations

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Jia, Shi‐Kun & Guang‐Jian Mei. (2023). Construction of Axially Chiral Arylpyrroles via Atroposelective Diyne Cyclization. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 43(6). 2261–2261. 3 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhihua, Na Li, Yuan‐Zhao Hua, et al.. (2023). Acyl transfer-enabled catalytic asymmetric Michael addition of α-hydroxy-1-indanones to nitroolefins. Chemical Synthesis. 3(2). 17–17. 1 indexed citations

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Miao, Yu‐Hang, Yuan‐Zhao Hua, Shi‐Kun Jia, et al.. (2023). Catalytic asymmetric dearomative azo-Diels–Alder reaction of 2-vinlyindoles. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(4). 108830–108830. 23 indexed citations

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Mei, Guang‐Jian, et al.. (2021). Phosphine-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation of Achiral MBH Carbonates with 3,3′-Bisindolines: Enantioselective Construction of Quaternary Stereogenic Centers. Organic Letters. 23(5). 1787–1792. 21 indexed citations

14.

Mei, Guang‐Jian, et al.. (2021). Catalytic asymmetric preparation of pyrroloindolines: strategies and applications to total synthesis. Chemical Society Reviews. 50(10). 5985–6012. 91 indexed citations

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Koay, Wai Lean, Guang‐Jian Mei, & Yixin Lü. (2021). Facile access to benzofuran-fused tetrahydropyridines via catalytic asymmetric [4 + 2] cycloaddition of aurone-derived 1-azadienes with 3-vinylindoles. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 8(5). 968–974. 32 indexed citations

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Mei, Guang‐Jian, et al.. (2019). Enantioselective Dearomatization of Indoles by an Azoalkene‐Enabled (3+2) Reaction: Access to Pyrroloindolines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(2). 648–652. 72 indexed citations

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Chan, Wai‐Lun, Xiaodong Tang, Fuhao Zhang, et al.. (2019). Phosphine‐Catalyzed (3+2) Annulation of Isoindigos with Allenes: Enantioselective Formation of Two Vicinal Quaternary Stereogenic Centers. Angewandte Chemie. 131(19). 6326–6330. 22 indexed citations

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Chan, Wai‐Lun, Xiaodong Tang, Fuhao Zhang, et al.. (2019). Phosphine‐Catalyzed (3+2) Annulation of Isoindigos with Allenes: Enantioselective Formation of Two Vicinal Quaternary Stereogenic Centers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(19). 6260–6264. 90 indexed citations

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Mei, Guang‐Jian, et al.. (2019). Enantioselective Dearomatization of Indoles by an Azoalkene‐Enabled (3+2) Reaction: Access to Pyrroloindolines. Angewandte Chemie. 132(2). 658–662. 13 indexed citations

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Jiang, Xiaoli, et al.. (2017). Catalytic Asymmetric [4+1] Cyclization of ortho‐Quinone Methides with 3‐Chlorooxindoles. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 359(19). 3341–3346. 102 indexed citations

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