Jun Xuan

10.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
150 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Jun Xuan is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jun Xuan has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Organic Chemistry, 19 papers in Materials Chemistry and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jun Xuan's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (65 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (55 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (39 papers). Jun Xuan is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (65 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (55 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (39 papers). Jun Xuan collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Jun Xuan's co-authors include Wen‐Jing Xiao, Zhaoguo Zhang, Liang‐Qiu Lu, Bao‐Gui Cai, Armido Studer, Jia‐Rong Chen, Zhu‐Jia Feng, Xiao Cheng, Tingting Zeng and Xiang‐Kui He 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

Jun Xuan

140 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Visible‐Light Photoredox Catalysis

2012 2.0k citations Jun Xuan et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Visible‐Light‐Induced Decarboxylative Functionalization of Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives

2015 739 citations Jun Xuan et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Photoredoxkatalyse mit sichtbarem Licht

2012 532 citations Jun Xuan et al. profile →
Radical cascade cyclization of 1,n-enynes and diynes for the synthesis of carbocycles and heterocycles

2017 410 citations Jun Xuan, Armido Studer Chemical Society Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jun Xuan China	46	7.9k	1.0k	578	575	493	150	9.1k
M. Christina White United States	52	9.6k 1.2×	332 0.3×	325 0.6×	843 1.5×	900 1.8×	79	10.9k
Shunsuke Chiba Singapore	52	7.8k 1.0×	768 0.7×	112 0.2×	319 0.6×	1.1k 2.2×	190	8.5k
James J. Douglas United Kingdom	35	3.9k 0.5×	867 0.8×	415 0.7×	245 0.4×	381 0.8×	74	4.7k
Yiyuan Peng China	34	3.2k 0.4×	268 0.3×	60 0.1×	318 0.6×	595 1.2×	206	4.3k
Fumie Sato Japan	40	5.9k 0.7×	317 0.3×	54 0.1×	250 0.4×	1.2k 2.3×	322	6.8k
He Huang China	34	2.7k 0.3×	315 0.3×	673 1.2×	120 0.2×	371 0.8×	76	3.4k
Yoshihiro Ishihara Japan	23	2.8k 0.4×	675 0.7×	54 0.1×	115 0.2×	529 1.1×	57	3.8k
Silvia Cabrera Spain	30	2.9k 0.4×	119 0.1×	248 0.4×	379 0.7×	639 1.3×	75	3.5k
Christoforos G. Kokotos Greece	44	4.3k 0.5×	270 0.3×	293 0.5×	504 0.9×	783 1.6×	147	5.1k
Michael J. James United Kingdom	26	3.7k 0.5×	335 0.3×	234 0.4×	235 0.4×	416 0.8×	50	4.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xuan, Jun, et al.. (2025). Visible-Light Promoted Photochemical Transformations of Azo Compounds. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 45(5). 1669–1669. 1 indexed citations

Li, Mengran, Yanan Yang, Jun Xuan, Hongping Zhou, & Fei Li. (2025). One-Pot Synthesis of 1,4-(Phosphonyl)[60]fullerenol via a DBU-Promoted, Multicomponent Domino Reaction of H-Phosphonates, C ₆₀ , and HBr/DMSO. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 90(47). 16762–16770.

Zhu, Chen, Luyao Lu, Fei Li, et al.. (2025). Nanoclusters as Deep‐Red Light‐Absorbing Photocatalysts for Laser‐ or LED‐Driven Povarov Cyclization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 65(5). e19781–e19781.

Liu, Mengru, et al.. (2025). Visible Light Induced Ultra‐High Adhesion Enhancement by Carbene O─H and C─H Bonds Insertion. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(38). 1 indexed citations

Xu, Ning, Yi-Xin Chen, Jian Zhang, et al.. (2024). An automatic end-to-end chemical synthesis development platform powered by large language models. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10160–10160. 36 indexed citations

Li, Qiangqiang, et al.. (2024). Emerging progress: photochemical transformation of nitroso compounds. Science China Chemistry. 68(1). 118–133. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Zhu, et al.. (2024). Rational Design of Highly Phosphorescent Nanoclusters for Efficient Photocatalytic Oxidation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(33). 23212–23220. 18 indexed citations

Feng, Bin, et al.. (2023). Palladium‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Indole Allylic Alkylation with Chiral Phosphoramidite‐Selenide‐Based Ligands. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 27(2). 3 indexed citations

Li, Pengcheng, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of Diverse 1,4‐(Azaindole)[60]fullerenes via Transition‐Metal Free Three‐Component Coupling Reaction of Azaindoles, C₆₀, and Bromoalkanes/Triphenylamines^†. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 41(22). 2975–2980. 5 indexed citations

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Cai, Bao‐Gui, Guoyong Xu, & Jun Xuan. (2023). Photochemical multicomponent transformation of acceptor-only diazoalkanes by merging their cycloaddition and carbene reactivities. Chinese Chemical Letters. 34(9). 108335–108335. 18 indexed citations

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Xuan, Jun, et al.. (2022). Chemical Investigations of Differentially Oxidized Polycylic Pyrroles from Bipolaris Fungi: Synthetic Entry Into the Bipolamine Alkaloids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(37). e202209457–e202209457. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Lei, et al.. (2021). All‐Carbon Tetrasubstituted Olefins Synthesis from Diazo Compounds and Iodonium Ylides under Blue LED Irradiation. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 364(3). 506–511. 13 indexed citations

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Xuan, Jun, et al.. (2021). Evolution of a Synthetic Strategy for Complex Polypyrrole Alkaloids: Total Syntheses of Curvulamine and Curindolizine. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(7). 2970–2983. 16 indexed citations

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Xuan, Jun, et al.. (2020). Total Synthesis of (−)-Curvulamine. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(3). 1206–1210. 11 indexed citations

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Xie, Chenglong, Junli Li, Enxing Xue, et al.. (2018). Vitexin alleviates ER-stress-activated apoptosis and the related inflammation in chondrocytes and inhibits the degeneration of cartilage in rats. Food & Function. 9(11). 5740–5749. 38 indexed citations

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Xuan, Jun & Armido Studer. (2017). Radical cascade cyclization of 1,n-enynes and diynes for the synthesis of carbocycles and heterocycles. Chemical Society Reviews. 46(14). 4329–4346. 410 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Di, Qian Tang, Gang Zheng, et al.. (2017). Metformin ameliorates BSCB disruption by inhibiting neutrophil infiltration and MMP‐9 expression but not direct TJ proteins expression regulation. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 21(12). 3322–3336. 40 indexed citations

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Xuan, Jun, Constantin G. Daniliuc, & Armido Studer. (2016). Construction of Polycyclic γ-Lactams and Related Heterocycles via Electron Catalysis. Organic Letters. 18(24). 6372–6375. 52 indexed citations

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Xuan, Jun, et al.. (2016). Radical Cascade Cyclization: Reaction of 1,6‐Enynes with Aryl Radicals by Electron Catalysis. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2016(29). 4961–4964. 31 indexed citations

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Zeng, Tingting, et al.. (2014). Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis in Trifluoromethylation Reactions. 32(5). 415. 2 indexed citations

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