Liang‐An Chen

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Liang‐An Chen is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang‐An Chen has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Organic Chemistry, 11 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Liang‐An Chen's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (21 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (12 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (11 papers). Liang‐An Chen is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (21 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (12 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (11 papers). Liang‐An Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Liang‐An Chen's co-authors include Eric Meggers, Lei Gong, Klaus Harms, Xiaodong Shen, Chuanyong Wang, Haohua Huo, M. Kevin Brown, Pin Gao, Lilu Zhang and Michael Marsch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Liang‐An Chen

38 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Asymmetric photoredox transition-metal catalysis activated by visible light

2014 545 citations Haohua Huo, Xiaodong Shen et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liang‐An Chen China	18	1.5k	589	125	124	111	40	1.7k
Haohua Huo China	21	2.2k 1.5×	638 1.1×	144 1.2×	154 1.2×	186 1.7×	37	2.4k
Scott D. McCann United States	12	1.4k 0.9×	395 0.7×	83 0.7×	184 1.5×	97 0.9×	15	1.5k
Kai Lang United States	19	1.3k 0.9×	504 0.9×	123 1.0×	158 1.3×	51 0.5×	31	1.6k
Eric A. Standley United States	9	2.4k 1.6×	754 1.3×	167 1.3×	156 1.3×	181 1.6×	12	2.7k
Sarah Z. Tasker United States	9	2.3k 1.5×	687 1.2×	172 1.4×	151 1.2×	166 1.5×	13	2.6k
Matthieu Jouffroy France	17	1.6k 1.1×	182 0.3×	161 1.3×	115 0.9×	140 1.3×	36	1.7k
Alicia Casitas Spain	16	1.8k 1.2×	603 1.0×	90 0.7×	121 1.0×	274 2.5×	25	2.1k
Romano Dorta Germany	15	947 0.6×	706 1.2×	111 0.9×	55 0.4×	35 0.3×	43	1.1k
Théo P. Gonçalves Saudi Arabia	21	1.1k 0.7×	384 0.7×	83 0.7×	200 1.6×	49 0.4×	40	1.3k
Shashank Shekhar United States	19	1.8k 1.2×	630 1.1×	284 2.3×	97 0.8×	104 0.9×	34	1.9k

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Wu, Guorong, et al.. (2025). Palladium-Catalyzed Regio-, Chemo-, and Stereoselective Access to Multisubstituted 1,3-Dienes via Redox-Neutral Dienylation Pathway. CCS Chemistry. 8(3). 1647–1659.

Zhou, Chen, et al.. (2025). Dynamic coordination drives regiodivergent dienylation of propargylic esters with phosphine oxides. Chinese Chemical Letters. 112188–112188.

Song, Liangliang, et al.. (2024). Stereoselective synthesis of substituted 1,3-dienes from propargylic esters: electrophilic-metal or redox catalysis?. Science China Chemistry. 67(5). 1384–1396. 12 indexed citations

Qiao, Meng, Zhe Wang, Junjie Zhang, et al.. (2024). Nanopore-regulated in situ polymerization for synthesis of homogeneous heparan sulfate with low dispersity. Carbohydrate Polymers. 341. 122297–122297. 1 indexed citations

Zheng, Jie, Xiao-Jun Lin, Xu Han, et al.. (2024). Enzyme-mediated green synthesis of glycosaminoglycans and catalytic process intensification. Biotechnology Advances. 74. 108394–108394. 7 indexed citations

Song, Liangliang, et al.. (2024). Transition Metal‐Catalyzed Synthesis of 1,2,3,4‐Tetrasubstituted 1,3‐Dienes from Propargylic Esters. ChemCatChem. 16(14). 3 indexed citations

Zhou, Chen, et al.. (2024). Pd‐Catalyzed Dienylation of Propargylic Esters Enabling Highly Stereoselective Synthesis of Danishefsky‐Type Trisubstituted Dienes. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 42(17). 1993–1998. 1 indexed citations

Song, Liangliang, et al.. (2024). Transition metal-catalyzed redox-neutral 1,3-dienylation of propargylic esters and divergent synthesis. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11(21). 6231–6242. 4 indexed citations

Song, Liangliang, et al.. (2023). Direct and modular access to allylic amines via nickel-catalyzed three-component coupling. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 10(22). 5592–5600. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Li, et al.. (2023). Directed Asymmetric Nickel‐Catalyzed Reductive 1,2‐Diarylation of Electronically Unactivated Alkenes. Angewandte Chemie. 135(13). 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Li, et al.. (2023). Redox-active alkyl xanthate esters enable practical C–S cross-coupling by nickel catalysis. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 10(10). 2505–2516. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Li, et al.. (2023). Directed Asymmetric Nickel‐Catalyzed Reductive 1,2‐Diarylation of Electronically Unactivated Alkenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(13). e202218286–e202218286. 33 indexed citations

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Chen, Yongzhi, et al.. (2023). LiBr‐Mediated Cross‐Coupling towards α‐Trifluoromethylamines. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry. 12(8). 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Liang‐An, et al.. (2023). Research Progress on Reductive Acylation with Acyl-Ni as a Key Intermediate to Synthesize Ketones. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 43(11). 3861–3861. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Liang‐An, et al.. (2022). Palladium‐Catalyzed Regiodivergent Synthesis of 1,3‐Dienyl and Allyl Esters from Propargyl Esters. Angewandte Chemie. 134(23). 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Liang‐An, Melissa A. Ashley, & James L. Leighton. (2017). Evolution of an Efficient and Scalable Nine-Step (Longest Linear Sequence) Synthesis of Zincophorin Methyl Ester. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(12). 4568–4573. 21 indexed citations

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Huo, Haohua, Xiaodong Shen, Chuanyong Wang, et al.. (2014). Asymmetric photoredox transition-metal catalysis activated by visible light. Nature. 515(7525). 100–103. 545 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gong, Lei, Liang‐An Chen, & Eric Meggers. (2014). Asymmetric Catalysis Mediated by the Ligand Sphere of Octahedral Chiral‐at‐Metal Complexes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(41). 10868–10874. 137 indexed citations

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Chen, Liang‐An, et al.. (2013). Chiral‐at‐Metal Octahedral Iridium Catalyst for the Asymmetric Construction of an All‐Carbon Quaternary Stereocenter. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(52). 14021–14025. 112 indexed citations

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Chen, Liang‐An, Jiajia Ma, Mehmet Çelik, et al.. (2012). Active versus Passive Substituent Participation in the Auxiliary‐Mediated Asymmetric Synthesis of an Octahedral Metal Complex. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 7(11). 2523–2526. 10 indexed citations

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