Ming Shang

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Ming Shang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming Shang has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Organic Chemistry, 13 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ming Shang's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (21 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (12 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (9 papers). Ming Shang is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (21 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (12 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (9 papers). Ming Shang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Sweden. Ming Shang's co-authors include Hui‐Xiong Dai, Jin‐Quan Yu, Shang‐Zheng Sun, Hongli Wang, Hui Xu, Wei‐Jun Kong, Yue‐Jin Liu, Phil S. Baran, Masayuki Wasa and Brian N. Laforteza and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Ming Shang

32 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Hindered dialkyl ether synthesis with electrogenerated ca... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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. Hindered dialkyl ether synthesis with electrogenerated carbocations
    2019 311 citations Jinbao Xiang, Ming Shang et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ming Shang United States 22 2.6k 623 244 181 82 33 2.7k
Shengyang Ni China 27 1.9k 0.7× 344 0.6× 399 1.6× 165 0.9× 72 0.9× 51 2.1k
Alicia Casitas Spain 16 1.8k 0.7× 603 1.0× 274 1.1× 90 0.5× 80 1.0× 25 2.1k
Maxim O. Ratnikov United States 14 2.3k 0.9× 348 0.6× 123 0.5× 112 0.6× 53 0.6× 20 2.4k
Anna Allen Canada 7 1.7k 0.6× 706 1.1× 268 1.1× 151 0.8× 42 0.5× 8 1.8k
Nicolas Sauermann Germany 15 2.5k 1.0× 417 0.7× 115 0.5× 134 0.7× 216 2.6× 16 2.6k
Chao Shu China 32 3.1k 1.2× 269 0.4× 174 0.7× 141 0.8× 51 0.6× 72 3.2k
Yunkui Liu China 25 1.8k 0.7× 294 0.5× 230 0.9× 142 0.8× 34 0.4× 109 1.9k
Kwangmin Shin South Korea 19 3.2k 1.2× 943 1.5× 100 0.4× 190 1.0× 43 0.5× 30 3.2k
Sharon R. Neufeldt United States 21 2.9k 1.1× 517 0.8× 140 0.6× 121 0.7× 113 1.4× 34 3.1k
Changduo Pan China 33 3.3k 1.3× 513 0.8× 406 1.7× 192 1.1× 32 0.4× 113 3.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ming Shang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ming Shang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ming Shang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ming Shang 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 Ming Shang. Ming Shang 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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Yuan, Keyong, et al.. (2025). Modular access to saturated bioisosteres of anilines via photoelectrochemical decarboxylative C(sp3)–N coupling. Nature Communications. 16(1). 920–920. 4 indexed citations
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Yuan, Keyong, et al.. (2025). Quaternary Carbon Centers via Electrochemical Direct Dehydroxylative Alkylation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 65(1). e20816–e20816.
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Lv, Jie, et al.. (2025). Stereoselective synthesis of P-stereogenic nucleotide prodrugs and oligonucleotides. Chemical Society Reviews. 54(20). 9370–9406. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Qiuchen, Shanshan Tang, Yan Wang, et al.. (2025). Harnessing organic electrolyte for non-corrosive and wide-temperature Na-Cl2 battery. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1946–1946. 5 indexed citations
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Hu, Xin, Shuang Qi, Tian Xie, et al.. (2024). Ligand-Enabled Cu-Catalyzed Stereoselective Synthesis of P-Stereogenic ProTides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(45). 31339–31347. 14 indexed citations
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Sheng, Tao, Hai‐Jun Zhang, Ming Shang, et al.. (2020). Electrochemical Decarboxylative N-Alkylation of Heterocycles. Organic Letters. 22(19). 7594–7598. 58 indexed citations
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Shang, Ming, Karla Santos Feu, Julien C. Vantourout, et al.. (2019). Modular, stereocontrolled C β –H/C α –C activation of alkyl carboxylic acids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(18). 8721–8727. 42 indexed citations
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Xiang, Jinbao, Ming Shang, Yu Kawamata, et al.. (2019). Hindered dialkyl ether synthesis with electrogenerated carbocations. Nature. 573(7774). 398–402. 311 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shang, Ming, Jessica Z. Chan, Min Cao, et al.. (2018). C–H Functionalization of Amines via Alkene-Derived Nucleophiles through Cooperative Action of Chiral and Achiral Lewis Acid Catalysts: Applications in Enantioselective Synthesis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(33). 10593–10601. 109 indexed citations
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Wang, Jie, Ming Shang, Helena Lundberg, et al.. (2018). Cu-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Borylation. ACS Catalysis. 8(10). 9537–9542. 131 indexed citations
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Shang, Ming, Min Cao, Qifan Wang, & Masayuki Wasa. (2017). Enantioselective Direct Mannich‐Type Reactions Catalyzed by Frustrated Lewis Acid/Brønsted Base Complexes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(43). 13338–13341. 63 indexed citations
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Shang, Ming, et al.. (2017). Copper‐Mediated Late‐Stage Functionalization of Heterocycle‐Containing Molecules. Angewandte Chemie. 129(19). 5401–5405. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Hongli, Ming Shang, Shang‐Zheng Sun, et al.. (2015). Cu(II)-Catalyzed Coupling of Aromatic C–H Bonds with Malonates. Organic Letters. 17(5). 1228–1231. 65 indexed citations
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Liu, Yue‐Jin, Hui Xu, Wei‐Jun Kong, et al.. (2014). Overcoming the limitations of directed C–H functionalizations of heterocycles. Nature. 515(7527). 389–393. 296 indexed citations
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Shang, Ming, Shang‐Zheng Sun, Hongli Wang, et al.. (2014). Exceedingly Fast Copper(II)‐Promoted ortho CH Trifluoromethylation of Arenes using TMSCF3. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(39). 10439–10442. 159 indexed citations
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Shang, Ming, Shang‐Zheng Sun, Hui‐Xiong Dai, & Jin‐Quan Yu. (2014). Cu(OAc)2-Catalyzed Coupling of Aromatic C–H Bonds with Arylboron Reagents. Organic Letters. 16(21). 5666–5669. 112 indexed citations
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Shang, Ming, et al.. (2013). Ru(II)-Catalyzed ortho-C–H Amination of Arenes and Heteroarenes at Room Temperature. Organic Letters. 15(20). 5286–5289. 121 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhaohui, Ying Dong, Tao Wang, et al.. (2010). Synthesis and CDK2 kinase inhibitory activity of 7/7′-azaindirubin derivatives. Chinese Chemical Letters. 21(3). 297–300. 8 indexed citations
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Dutta, S. K., Ming Shang, & G. Ferraudi. (2001). Self-assembly of a CuTIM(S2O7) polymer: synthesis and crystallographic studies. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 312(1-2). 226–230. 3 indexed citations
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Cotton, F. Albert, et al.. (1991). Structures of [Nb2Cl6(C4H8S)(PEt3)2], [Nb2Cl6(C4H8S)(C4H8O)2] and [Ta2Cl6(C4H8S)(PMe3)2]. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 47(8). 1617–1621. 7 indexed citations

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