Jitan Zhang

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Jitan Zhang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jitan Zhang has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Organic Chemistry, 6 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jitan Zhang's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (29 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (12 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (9 papers). Jitan Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (29 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (12 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (9 papers). Jitan Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Jitan Zhang's co-authors include Zhanxiang Liu, Yuhong Zhang, Binjie Wang, Zhengkai Chen, Wenlong Yu, Meihua Xie, Hui Chen, Jian Fan, Cong Lin and Xiaoqiang Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jitan Zhang

37 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Transition metal-catalyzed C–H bond functionalizations by... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 400 800 1.2k
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. Transition metal-catalyzed C–H bond functionalizations by the use of diverse directing groups
    2015 1.4k citations Zhengkai Chen, Binjie Wang et al. Organic Chemistry Frontiers profile →

Peers

Jitan Zhang
Guangfan Zheng China
Jin Song China
De‐Wei Gao China
Xavier Bugaut France
Zisong Qi China
Xukai Zhou China
Tanguy Saget Switzerland
Fang‐Lin Zhang China
Qi‐Xiang Guo China
Guangqing Xu China
Guangfan Zheng China
Jitan Zhang
Citations per year, relative to Jitan Zhang Jitan Zhang (= 1×) peers Guangfan Zheng

Countries citing papers authored by Jitan Zhang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jitan Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jitan Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jitan Zhang 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 Jitan Zhang. Jitan Zhang 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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Li, Li, et al.. (2025). Rh( iii )-catalyzed oxidative C–H cross-coupling between indoles and thiophenes/furanes. Chemical Communications. 61(88). 17213–17216.
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Wu, Jiaping, et al.. (2025). Amide Synthesis via Transaminative Amidation of Aromatic Aldehydes/Ketones: An Entry to 15 N Isotopologs. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 367(9).
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Fang, Chaoying, Li Li, Hai‐Tao Yang, et al.. (2023). Rh(iii)-catalyzed selective C2 C–H acyloxylation of indoles. Chemical Communications. 60(2). 216–219. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Changqing, et al.. (2023). Construction of Fully Substituted Cyclobutanes by Tandem Reaction of 1,4-Diyn-3-ols and Anhydrides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 88(13). 9488–9495. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jitan, et al.. (2022). Pd-Catalyzed Atroposelective C–H Acyloxylation Enabling Access to an Axially Chiral Biaryl Phenol Organocatalyst. Organic Letters. 24(28). 5143–5148. 25 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jitan, et al.. (2022). Cu-Catalyzed Diarylthiolation of Ynones with Aryl Iodides and Elemental Sulfur: An Access to Tetrasubstituted (Z)-1,2-Bis(arylthio)alkenes and Benzo[b][1,4]dithiines. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 87(17). 11796–11804. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Yu, et al.. (2021). Construction of 3-Sulfonyl Naphthalenes via Tandem Reaction of 1,4-Diyn-3-yl Esters with Sodium Sulfinates. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 86(9). 6247–6258. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jitan, Hu Ju, Hai‐Tao Yang, et al.. (2021). K2S2O8-mediated acylarylation of unactivated alkenes via acyl radical addition/C–H annulation cascade of N-allyl-indoles with silver cocatalysis. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 9(1). 32–38. 25 indexed citations
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Fan, Jian, Li Li, Jitan Zhang, & Meihua Xie. (2020). Expeditious synthesis of phenanthridines through a Pd/MnO2-mediated C–H arylation/oxidative annulation cascade from aldehydes, aryl iodides and amino acids. Chemical Communications. 56(18). 2775–2778. 22 indexed citations
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Fan, Jian, et al.. (2019). Acid-Controlled Access to β-Sulfenyl Ketones and α,β-Disulfonyl Ketones by Pummerer Reaction of β-Keto Sulfones and Sulfoxides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 85(2). 691–701. 13 indexed citations
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Chen, Jiahui, et al.. (2019). NH4I-promoted N-acylation of amines via the transamidation of DMF and DMA under metal-free conditions. Tetrahedron Letters. 60(21). 1426–1429. 20 indexed citations
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Liu, Changqing, et al.. (2019). Metal-free cascade rearrangement/radical addition/oxidative C–H annulation of propargyl alcohols with sodium sulfinates: access to 2-sulfenylindenones. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 6(15). 2796–2800. 18 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jitan, et al.. (2019). Selective C–H acylation of indoles with α-oxocarboxylic acids at the C4 position by palladium catalysis. Chemical Communications. 55(56). 8102–8105. 43 indexed citations
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Yan, Xiaoqiang, et al.. (2019). Enantioselective Synthesis of C−N Axially Chiral N‐Aryloxindoles by Asymmetric Rhodium‐Catalyzed Dual C−H Activation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(20). 6732–6736. 185 indexed citations
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Fan, Jian, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of 2-acetyl trisubstituted furans via copper-mediated deacylation cleavage of unstrained C(sp3)–C(sp2) bonds. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 6(4). 437–441. 12 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhengkai, Binjie Wang, Jitan Zhang, et al.. (2015). Transition metal-catalyzed C–H bond functionalizations by the use of diverse directing groups. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 2(9). 1107–1295. 1379 indexed citations breakdown →

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