Linbin Niu

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Linbin Niu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Linbin Niu has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Organic Chemistry, 4 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 3 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Linbin Niu's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (22 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (22 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (10 papers). Linbin Niu is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (22 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (22 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (10 papers). Linbin Niu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Linbin Niu's co-authors include Aiwen Lei, Hong Yi, Shengchun Wang, Jiamei Liu, Xing‐An Liang, Atul K. Singh, Tianyi Liu, Changliang Bian, Renyi Shi and Yuwei Liang and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Linbin Niu

24 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Manganese-Catalyzed Oxidative Azidation of C(sp³)–H Bonds under Electrophotocatalytic Conditions

2020 265 citations Linbin Niu, Yuwei Liang et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Linbin Niu China	18	1.5k	198	179	149	93	26	1.7k
Faxiang Bu China	16	1.2k 0.8×	173 0.9×	161 0.9×	178 1.2×	38 0.4×	20	1.3k
Sebastian Lips Germany	13	1.4k 0.9×	246 1.2×	105 0.6×	125 0.8×	55 0.6×	14	1.6k
Peng‐Zi Wang China	20	2.0k 1.3×	108 0.5×	154 0.9×	222 1.5×	65 0.7×	28	2.1k
Edward J. McClain United States	12	1.3k 0.8×	168 0.8×	138 0.8×	153 1.0×	81 0.9×	16	1.4k
Pan Peng China	18	1.0k 0.7×	125 0.6×	165 0.9×	164 1.1×	53 0.6×	21	1.2k
Roman Kleinmans Germany	11	1.4k 0.9×	100 0.5×	153 0.9×	180 1.2×	122 1.3×	13	1.6k
Yangye Jiang China	16	2.2k 1.4×	268 1.4×	180 1.0×	286 1.9×	39 0.4×	20	2.3k
Maximilian D. Palkowitz United States	10	866 0.6×	204 1.0×	108 0.6×	70 0.5×	56 0.6×	16	1.1k
Kelu Yan China	24	1.5k 1.0×	104 0.5×	139 0.8×	75 0.5×	40 0.4×	73	1.6k
Adrián Tlahuext-Aca Germany	18	2.4k 1.5×	169 0.9×	319 1.8×	354 2.4×	89 1.0×	24	2.5k

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Yang, Wei, Yu Lan, Y. H. Bai, et al.. (2025). Manganese low-energy photocatalysis for remodeling nitrogenation of alkenes. Chem. 12(1). 102702–102702.

Zhao, Zhenyan, Kui Jiang, Yu Lan, et al.. (2024). Dual ligand-enabled iron and halogen-containing carboxylate-based photocatalysis for chloro/fluoro-polyhaloalkylation of alkenes. Chemical Science. 15(47). 19936–19943. 10 indexed citations

Jiang, Xiaoyu, Yu Lan, Kui Jiang, et al.. (2024). Iron photocatalysis via Brønsted acid-unlocked ligand-to-metal charge transfer. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6115–6115. 37 indexed citations

Gu, Wei, Wei Yang, Ruiying Chang, et al.. (2024). Relay-Hydrogen Atom Transfer Mode for Nickel-Hydride-Mediated anti -Markovnikov Hydroalkylation of Alkenes. CCS Chemistry. 7(8). 2409–2418. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Xinghua, J. P. He, Yanan Wang, et al.. (2024). Strategies and Mechanisms of First-Row Transition Metal-Regulated Radical C–H Functionalization. Chemical Reviews. 124(17). 10192–10280. 43 indexed citations

Zhang, Tao, Kangbao Zhong, Linbin Niu, et al.. (2023). Revised Mechanism of C(sp³)–C(sp³) Reductive Elimination from Ni(II) with the Assistance of a Z-Type Metalloligand. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(4). 2207–2218. 17 indexed citations

Duan, Abing, et al.. (2022). Mechanistic views and computational studies on transition-metal-catalyzed reductive coupling reactions. Chemical Society Reviews. 51(24). 9986–10015. 35 indexed citations

Niu, Linbin & Yu Lan. (2022). The in Vitro Biosynthesis of Chlorophyll b via Enzyme Catalysis. ACS Central Science. 8(10). 1373–1375. 1 indexed citations

Liang, Yuwei, Linbin Niu, Xing‐An Liang, et al.. (2022). Electrooxidation‐Induced C(sp³)–H/C(sp²)–H Radical‐Radical Cross‐Coupling between Xanthanes and Electron‐Rich Arenes. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 40(12). 1422–1428. 18 indexed citations

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Liang, Xing‐An, Linbin Niu, Shengchun Wang, & Aiwen Lei. (2021). Electrochemical (3 + 2) cyclization between amides and olefins. Chem Catalysis. 1(5). 1055–1064. 21 indexed citations

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Liang, Xing‐An, He Sun, Hong Chen, et al.. (2020). Electrochemical Selective Oxidative Functionalization of Caffeine. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 362(5). 1138–1143. 10 indexed citations

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Niu, Linbin, Yuwei Liang, Faxiang Bu, et al.. (2020). Manganese-Catalyzed Oxidative Azidation of C(sp³)–H Bonds under Electrophotocatalytic Conditions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(41). 17693–17702. 265 indexed citations breakdown →

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Niu, Linbin, Jiamei Liu, Xing‐An Liang, Shengchun Wang, & Aiwen Lei. (2019). Visible light-induced direct α C–H functionalization of alcohols. Nature Communications. 10(1). 467–467. 168 indexed citations

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Liang, Xing‐An, Linbin Niu, Shengchun Wang, Jiamei Liu, & Aiwen Lei. (2019). Visible-Light-Induced C(sp³)–H Oxidative Arylation with Heteroarenes. Organic Letters. 21(7). 2441–2444. 102 indexed citations

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Niu, Linbin, Shengchun Wang, Jiamei Liu, et al.. (2018). Visible light-mediated oxidative C(sp³)–H phosphonylation for α-aminophosphonates under oxidant-free conditions. Chemical Communications. 54(13). 1659–1662. 77 indexed citations

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Niu, Linbin, Hong Yi, Shengchun Wang, et al.. (2017). Photo-induced oxidant-free oxidative C–H/N–H cross-coupling between arenes and azoles. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14226–14226. 194 indexed citations

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Wang, Shengchun, Jiamei Liu, Linbin Niu, et al.. (2017). Oxidation induced C(sp3)-O cleavage via visible-light photoredox catalysis. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 355. 120–124. 9 indexed citations

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Niu, Linbin, Jiamei Liu, Hong Yi, et al.. (2017). Visible-Light-Induced External Oxidant-Free Oxidative Phosphonylation of C(sp²)–H Bonds. ACS Catalysis. 7(11). 7412–7416. 89 indexed citations

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Yi, Hong, Linbin Niu, Chunlan Song, et al.. (2016). Photocatalytic Dehydrogenative Cross‐Coupling of Alkenes with Alcohols or Azoles without External Oxidant. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(4). 1120–1124. 162 indexed citations

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Yi, Hong, Changliang Bian, Xia Hu, Linbin Niu, & Aiwen Lei. (2015). Visible light mediated efficient oxidative benzylic sp³ C–H to ketone derivatives obtained under mild conditions using O₂. Chemical Communications. 51(74). 14046–14049. 111 indexed citations

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