Huiling Shao

1.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
24 papers, 892 citations indexed

About

Huiling Shao is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Huiling Shao has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 892 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Organic Chemistry, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Huiling Shao's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (8 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (5 papers). Huiling Shao is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (8 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (6 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (5 papers). Huiling Shao collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Germany. Huiling Shao's co-authors include K. N. Houk, Peng Liu, Frank Glorius, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Subhabrata Dutta, Hok Tsun Chan, Felix Schäfer, Christopher W. Bielawski, Huamin Wang and Ankita Das and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Huiling Shao

24 papers receiving 883 citations

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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.

ortho-Selective Dearomative [2π + 2σ] Photocycloadditions of Bicyclic Aza-Arenes

2023 166 citations Roman Kleinmans, Subhabrata Dutta et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Dearomative ring expansion of thiophenes by bicyclobutane insertion

2023 157 citations Huamin Wang, Huiling Shao et al. Science profile →
Double Strain-Release [2π+2σ]-Photocycloaddition

2024 75 citations Subhabrata Dutta, Yilin Lu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Bicyclo[1.1.0]butyl Radical Cations: Synthesis and Application to [2π + 2σ] Cycloaddition Reactions

2024 62 citations Jasper L. Tyler, Felix Schäfer et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Huiling Shao United States	15	789	139	103	103	79	24	892
Liam T. Ball United Kingdom	17	1.4k 1.7×	274 2.0×	98 1.0×	98 1.0×	69 0.9×	32	1.5k
M. Stodulski Poland	15	698 0.9×	219 1.6×	144 1.4×	49 0.5×	68 0.9×	26	815
Chia‐Yu Huang Canada	20	1.2k 1.5×	133 1.0×	146 1.4×	97 0.9×	112 1.4×	32	1.3k
Tobias Morack Germany	11	847 1.1×	139 1.0×	68 0.7×	89 0.9×	110 1.4×	14	937
Michael J. Tilby United Kingdom	11	487 0.6×	64 0.5×	65 0.6×	61 0.6×	40 0.5×	13	558
Santiago Cañellas Spain	12	682 0.9×	287 2.1×	108 1.0×	39 0.4×	56 0.7×	23	839
Derek M. Dalton United States	11	639 0.8×	188 1.4×	46 0.4×	38 0.4×	55 0.7×	17	693
Yinghua Yu China	20	1.0k 1.3×	103 0.7×	63 0.6×	74 0.7×	71 0.9×	43	1.1k
Andrew G. Schafer United States	7	536 0.7×	179 1.3×	107 1.0×	26 0.3×	61 0.8×	8	599

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Shao, Huiling, Yiran Zhang, Jiang Cheng, et al.. (2025). Enantioselective Hydrodifluoroalkylation of Alkenes with Conformationally Tuned Peptidyl Hydrogen Atom Transfer Catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(13). 11412–11424. 9 indexed citations

Shao, Huiling, et al.. (2025). σ-Bond insertion reactions of two strained diradicaloids. Nature. 640(8059). 683–690. 11 indexed citations

Li, Guangming, Huiling Shao, Audrey J. Gaskins, et al.. (2024). Hypertension and semen quality among 1381 young men: A cohort study with repeated measurements. 2(4). 100099–100099. 1 indexed citations

Tyler, Jasper L., Felix Schäfer, Huiling Shao, et al.. (2024). Bicyclo[1.1.0]butyl Radical Cations: Synthesis and Application to [2π + 2σ] Cycloaddition Reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(23). 16237–16247. 62 indexed citations breakdown →

Dutta, Subhabrata, Yilin Lu, Johannes E. Erchinger, et al.. (2024). Double Strain-Release [2π+2σ]-Photocycloaddition. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(8). 5232–5241. 75 indexed citations breakdown →

Saska, Jan, Federico Dajas‐Bailador, Laurence J. Taylor, et al.. (2024). Total synthesis, biological evaluation and biosynthetic re-evaluation of Illicium-derived neolignans. Chemical Science. 15(30). 11783–11793. 2 indexed citations

Kleinmans, Roman, Subhabrata Dutta, Kristers Ozols, et al.. (2023). ortho-Selective Dearomative [2π + 2σ] Photocycloadditions of Bicyclic Aza-Arenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(22). 12324–12332. 166 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Huamin, Huiling Shao, Ankita Das, et al.. (2023). Dearomative ring expansion of thiophenes by bicyclobutane insertion. Science. 381(6653). 75–81. 157 indexed citations breakdown →

Shao, Huiling, et al.. (2023). Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding Enables a Zwitterionic Mechanism for Macrocyclic Peptide Formation: Computational Mechanistic Studies of CyClick Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(41). e202307210–e202307210. 6 indexed citations

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Hejna, Benjamin G., Jacob M. Ganley, Huiling Shao, et al.. (2023). Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogen Atom Transfer: Enantioselective Hydroamination of Alkenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(29). 16118–16129. 46 indexed citations

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Chan, Lawrence, Tong Ding, Huiling Shao, et al.. (2022). Augmented Features Synergize Radiomics in Post-Operative Survival Prediction and Adjuvant Therapy Recommendation for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 659096–659096. 2 indexed citations

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Shao, Huiling, Suman Chakrabarty, Xiaotian Qi, James M. Takacs, & Peng Liu. (2021). Ligand Conformational Flexibility Enables Enantioselective Tertiary C–B Bond Formation in the Phosphonate-Directed Catalytic Asymmetric Alkene Hydroboration. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(12). 4801–4808. 37 indexed citations

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Shao, Huiling, Yuening Wang, Christopher W. Bielawski, & Peng Liu. (2020). Computational Investigations of the Effects of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands on the Mechanism, Reactivity, and Regioselectivity of Rh-Catalyzed Hydroborations. ACS Catalysis. 10(6). 3820–3827. 16 indexed citations

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Medina, Jose M., Taeho Kang, Huiling Shao, et al.. (2019). Cu-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Benzylidenecyclopropanes: Reaction Optimization, (Hetero)Aryl Scope, and Origins of Pathway Selectivity. ACS Catalysis. 9(12). 11130–11136. 30 indexed citations

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Gao, De‐Wei, Yang Gao, Huiling Shao, et al.. (2019). Cascade CuH-catalysed conversion of alkynes into enantioenriched 1,1-disubstituted products. Nature Catalysis. 3(1). 23–29. 95 indexed citations

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Shao, Huiling, et al.. (2019). Redox-switchable olefin cross metathesis (CM) reactions and acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET) polymerizations. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 3(10). 2083–2089. 2 indexed citations

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Chu, Crystal K., Tzu‐Pin Lin, Huiling Shao, et al.. (2018). Disentangling Ligand Effects on Metathesis Catalyst Activity: Experimental and Computational Studies of Ruthenium–Aminophosphine Complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(16). 5634–5643. 19 indexed citations

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Grandner, Jessica M., Huiling Shao, Robert H. Grubbs, Peng Liu, & K. N. Houk. (2017). Origins of the Stereoretentive Mechanism of Olefin Metathesis with Ru-Dithiolate Catalysts. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 82(19). 10595–10600. 19 indexed citations

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Lastovickova, Dominika N., Aaron J. Teator, Huiling Shao, Peng Liu, & Christopher W. Bielawski. (2017). A redox-switchable ring-closing metathesis catalyst. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 4(9). 1525–1532. 18 indexed citations

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Teator, Aaron J., Huiling Shao, Gang Lü, Peng Liu, & Christopher W. Bielawski. (2017). A Photoswitchable Olefin Metathesis Catalyst. Organometallics. 36(2). 490–497. 72 indexed citations

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