Lingling Chu

10.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
100 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Lingling Chu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lingling Chu has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Organic Chemistry, 47 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 30 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lingling Chu's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (58 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (50 papers) and Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (47 papers). Lingling Chu is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (58 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (50 papers) and Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (47 papers). Lingling Chu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Saudi Arabia. Lingling Chu's co-authors include Feng‐Ling Qing, Shengqing Zhu, Zhiwei Zuo, David W. C. MacMillan, Derek T. Ahneman, Jack A. Terrett, Abigail G. Doyle, David W. C. MacMillan, Lei Guo and Hai‐Yong Tu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Lingling Chu

97 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Merging photoredox with nickel catalysis: Coupling of α-carboxyl sp ³ -carbons with aryl halides

2014 1.4k citations Zhiwei Zuo, Derek T. Ahneman et al. Science profile →
Oxidative Trifluoromethylation and Trifluoromethylthiolation Reactions Using (Trifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane as a Nucleophilic CF₃ Source

2014 679 citations Lingling Chu, Feng‐Ling Qing profile →
Carboxylic Acids as A Traceless Activation Group for Conjugate Additions: A Three-Step Synthesis of (±)-Pregabalin

2014 513 citations Lingling Chu, Zhiwei Zuo et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Recent advances in photoredox and nickel dual-catalyzed cascade reactions: pushing the boundaries of complexity

2020 306 citations Lingling Chu et al. profile →
Catalytic three-component dicarbofunctionalization reactions involving radical capture by nickel

2021 257 citations Shengqing Zhu, Xian Zhao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lingling Chu China	43	7.7k	3.8k	2.3k	339	311	100	9.1k
Robert J. Phipps United Kingdom	40	8.6k 1.1×	2.0k 0.5×	2.4k 1.1×	178 0.5×	719 2.3×	73	9.4k
Zhuangzhi Shi China	60	11.5k 1.5×	1.5k 0.4×	2.6k 1.1×	201 0.6×	795 2.6×	194	12.1k
Chaozhong Li China	41	5.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	90 0.3×	438 1.4×	130	6.1k
Bill Morandi Switzerland	48	5.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.3×	1.5k 0.7×	146 0.4×	718 2.3×	150	6.5k
Michael R. Collins United States	23	3.2k 0.4×	1.4k 0.4×	761 0.3×	255 0.8×	353 1.1×	36	4.0k
Shouyun Yu China	51	7.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.4×	830 0.4×	233 0.7×	706 2.3×	136	7.6k
René M. Koenigs Germany	44	6.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.3×	869 0.4×	275 0.8×	381 1.2×	141	7.0k
Feng Zhou China	41	6.0k 0.8×	694 0.2×	1.6k 0.7×	310 0.9×	781 2.5×	105	6.6k
Wanqing Wu China	59	11.7k 1.5×	765 0.2×	1.3k 0.6×	223 0.7×	835 2.7×	312	12.2k
Tatiana Besset France	37	6.3k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	44 0.1×	323 1.0×	110	7.0k

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Li, Yingying, et al.. (2025). Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Allenylic Fluorides Enabled by Multiple Radical Sorting. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(50). e202518286–e202518286.

Qin, Jian, et al.. (2025). Nickel‐Catalyzed Cyanation of Vinyl Triflates with Isonitrile as a Nucleophilic CN Source. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 367(10). 1 indexed citations

Li, Peng, Lingfei Duan, Yunzhi Lin, Lingling Chu, & Zhiwei Zuo. (2025). Modulating Electron Transfer via Cerium Photocatalysis for Alkoxy Radical‐Mediated Selective Hydroetherification. Angewandte Chemie. 137(26). 1 indexed citations

Chen, Fan, et al.. (2024). Regio- and enantioselective hydrofluorination of internal alkenes via nickel-catalyzed hydrogen atom transfer. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(5). 110239–110239. 7 indexed citations

Li, Xiaofang, et al.. (2024). Metallaphotoredox-Catalyzed Three-Component Asymmetric Cross-Electrophile Coupling for Chiral Boronate Synthesis. ACS Catalysis. 14(20). 15790–15798. 10 indexed citations

He, Xu, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of Hexafluoroisopropyl Aryl Ethers via Dual Photoredox/Nickel-Catalyzed C–O Coupling. Organic Letters. 26(31). 6782–6786. 3 indexed citations

Qin, Jian, et al.. (2024). Radical Alkylcyanation of 1,6-Enynes with Isonitriles as Bifunctional Reagents. Organic Letters. 26(50). 10763–10768. 6 indexed citations

Zhu, Shengqing, et al.. (2023). Defluorinative Alkylboration of Alkenes Enabled by Dual Photoredox and Copper Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(5). e202315974–e202315974. 32 indexed citations

Wang, Wenwen, et al.. (2023). Methylthio‐substituted coumarin‐based fluorescent probe for highly specific and fast detection of hypochlorite and bioimaging application. Coloration Technology. 140(3). 483–495. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanyan, et al.. (2023). Recent Advances in Nickel Catalyzed Asymmetric Acylation Reactions. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 43(3). 1023–1023. 10 indexed citations

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Meng, Weidong, et al.. (2023). Visible-light-induced defluorinative allylation of difluoromethyl ketones using alkylamines as bifunctional agents. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 10(18). 4542–4549. 7 indexed citations

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Xu, Xiu‐Hua, et al.. (2022). Visible-Light-Induced Nickel-Catalyzed Radical Cross-Couplings to Access α-Aryl-α-trifluoromethyl Alcohols. Organic Letters. 24(50). 9332–9336. 24 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xian, Shengqing Zhu, Feng‐Ling Qing, & Lingling Chu. (2021). Reductive hydrobenzylation of terminal alkynes via photoredox and nickel dual catalysis. Chemical Communications. 57(74). 9414–9417. 19 indexed citations

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Tu, Hai‐Yong, Fang Wang, Liping Huo, et al.. (2020). Enantioselective Three-Component Fluoroalkylarylation of Unactivated Olefins through Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(21). 9604–9611. 217 indexed citations

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Cheng, Hao, Xin Wang, Liang Chang, et al.. (2019). Bisphosphonium salt: an effective photocatalyst for the intramolecular hydroalkoxylation of olefins. Science Bulletin. 64(24). 1896–1901. 31 indexed citations

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Tu, Hai‐Yong, Shengqing Zhu, Feng‐Ling Qing, & Lingling Chu. (2018). A four-component radical cascade trifluoromethylation reaction of alkenes enabled by an electron-donor–acceptor complex. Chemical Communications. 54(90). 12710–12713. 43 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xian, Hai‐Yong Tu, Lei Guo, et al.. (2018). Intermolecular selective carboacylation of alkenes via nickel-catalyzed reductive radical relay. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3488–3488. 193 indexed citations

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Liu, Jianbo, Chao Chen, Lingling Chu, et al.. (2015). Silver‐Mediated Oxidative Trifluoromethylation of Phenols: Direct Synthesis of Aryl Trifluoromethyl Ethers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(40). 11839–11842. 134 indexed citations

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Zuo, Zhiwei, Derek T. Ahneman, Lingling Chu, et al.. (2014). Merging photoredox with nickel catalysis: Coupling of α-carboxyl sp ³ -carbons with aryl halides. Science. 345(6195). 437–440. 1376 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Xinyue, Lingling Chu, & Feng‐Ling Qing. (2013). Silver‐Catalyzed Hydrotrifluoromethylation of Unactivated Alkenes with CF₃SiMe₃. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(8). 2198–2202. 250 indexed citations

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