Mingbo Zhou

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

About

Mingbo Zhou is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mingbo Zhou has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Materials Chemistry, 55 papers in Organic Chemistry and 21 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mingbo Zhou's work include Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (79 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (37 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (33 papers). Mingbo Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (79 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (37 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (33 papers). Mingbo Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and South Korea. Mingbo Zhou's co-authors include Jin‐Heng Li, Ren‐Jie Song, Wen‐Ting Wei, Yu Liu, Jian‐Hong Fan, Xuan‐Hui Ouyang, Jianxin Song, Ming Hu, Guobo Deng and Ling Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Mingbo Zhou

108 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Synthesis of Oxindoles by Iron‐Catalyzed Oxidative 1,2‐Alkylarylation of Activated Alkenes with an Aryl C(sp²)H Bond and a C(sp³)H Bond Adjacent to a Heteroatom

2013 373 citations Wen‐Ting Wei, Mingbo Zhou et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mingbo Zhou China	25	2.2k	640	245	177	135	116	2.7k
Hanliang Zheng China	21	1.1k 0.5×	340 0.5×	231 0.9×	228 1.3×	348 2.6×	59	1.7k
Xu‐Qiong Xiao China	20	1.0k 0.5×	342 0.5×	354 1.4×	50 0.3×	120 0.9×	71	1.4k
Akhila K. Sahoo India	41	4.4k 2.0×	318 0.5×	663 2.7×	207 1.2×	53 0.4×	116	4.6k
Maoping Pu China	22	951 0.4×	182 0.3×	386 1.6×	77 0.4×	125 0.9×	53	1.3k
Anna Pla‐Quintana Spain	27	2.3k 1.0×	343 0.5×	291 1.2×	236 1.3×	144 1.1×	91	2.7k
Xingwei Guo China	22	1.6k 0.7×	326 0.5×	303 1.2×	161 0.9×	71 0.5×	36	2.0k
Li‐Ling Ooi United Kingdom	24	1.4k 0.6×	303 0.5×	560 2.3×	158 0.9×	75 0.6×	50	1.8k
Paula Ruiz‐Castillo United States	4	2.3k 1.1×	227 0.4×	594 2.4×	291 1.6×	121 0.9×	5	2.6k
Tat‐Shing Lai Hong Kong	16	631 0.3×	579 0.9×	449 1.8×	285 1.6×	94 0.7×	20	1.2k

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Rao, Yutao, Mingbo Zhou, Bangshao Yin, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of B^III Suboxochlorins. Organic Letters. 27(10). 2418–2422. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Yu, Yanping Huang, J. Chen, et al.. (2025). Efficient synthesis, isomerization and stepwise coordination of Heptaphyrin(1.1.1.1.1.1.0) to achieve extended NIR absorption. Dyes and Pigments. 243. 113079–113079.

Rao, Yutao, et al.. (2025). Heterole‐Fused [20]‐ and [22]Smaragdyrins and Fused‐Heterole‐Bridged [20]‐ and [22]Smaragdyrin Dimers. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(17). e202404046–e202404046.

Liu, Le, Mingbo Zhou, Bangshao Yin, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of Ni ^II porphyrin—Ni ^II 5,15-diazaporphyrin hybrid tapes. Chemical Science. 15(26). 10207–10213. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Ling, Yutao Rao, Bangshao Yin, et al.. (2024). m‐Pyripentaphyrins(1.0.0.0.0): B^III Complexes and β‐β Directly Linked Dimers. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 19(19). e202400649–e202400649. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Feng, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of porphyrin(2.1.2.1) Pd(ii) complexes embedded with various π units and their singlet oxygen generation capacity. Dalton Transactions. 53(34). 14433–14437. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Yang, Takayuki Tanaka, Daiki Shimizu, et al.. (2024). Fused Aromatic and Antiaromatic Smaragdyrin Dimers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(49). e202408478–e202408478. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Mingbo, et al.. (2024). Rhodium-catalyzed regioselective alkynylations of 8-pyrrole-appended BODIPYs. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11(20). 5798–5805. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yang, Ling Xu, Bangshao Yin, et al.. (2024). The unprecedented strong paratropic ring current of a bis-Pd ^II complex of 5,10,23-trimesityl [28]heptaphyrin(1.1.0.0.1.0.0). Chemical Science. 15(29). 11402–11407. 2 indexed citations

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Rao, Yutao, Jiyeon Lee, Ling Xu, et al.. (2024). 5,18‐Dimesitylorangarin: a Stable Antiaromatic [20]Pentaphyrin(1.0.1.0.0) Displaying Remarkable Oxidative Self‐Coupling Reactions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(38). e202409655–e202409655. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fenni, Yutao Rao, Mingbo Zhou, et al.. (2023). Gated Photochromism of Dithienylethene‐Embedded Expanded Calixphyrins. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(62). e202302340–e202302340. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Le, Bangshao Yin, Ling Xu, et al.. (2023). β-Unsubstituted 5-monoazaporphyrin and its derivatives. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines. 27(07n10). 1425–1433.

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Liu, Le, Han Wu, Ling Xu, et al.. (2023). Doubly N-confused and ring-contracted [24]hexaphyrin Pd-complexes as stable antiaromatic N-confused expanded porphyrins. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5028–5028. 14 indexed citations

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Rao, Yutao, et al.. (2023). Cover Feature: Heptagon/Octagon‐Fused Diporphyrins or Spiro‐Pentagon‐Bridged Dichlorin from p‐Terphenylene‐Bridged Diporphyrin (Chem. Asian J. 6/2023). Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 18(6).

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Liu, Li, Mingbo Zhou, Le Liu, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of Pyrrole‐Sharing Fused Porphyrinoid Hybrids by Post‐fabrication of Ni(II) Porphyrins. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(8). e202319005–e202319005. 7 indexed citations

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Zhao, Tingting, Yutao Rao, Mingbo Zhou, et al.. (2022). Low‐Valent Zirconocene‐Mediated Synthesis of Porphyrin(2.1.2.1)s and Its Extension to Synthesis of a Porphyrin(2.1.2.1) Nanobarrel. Angewandte Chemie. 134(20). 2 indexed citations

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Fan, Yan, Mingbo Zhou, Ling Xu, et al.. (2021). Two- and three-dimensional β,β′-N-heterocycle fused porphyrins: concise construction, singlet oxygen production and electro-catalytic hydrogen evolution reaction. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 8(21). 6080–6088. 8 indexed citations

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Guan, Haiyan, Mingbo Zhou, Bangshao Yin, Ling Xu, & Jianxin Song. (2018). Synthesis and characterization of π–extended “earring” subporphyrins. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 14. 1956–1960. 10 indexed citations

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Wei, Wen‐Ting, Mingbo Zhou, Jian‐Hong Fan, et al.. (2013). Synthesis of Oxindoles by Iron‐Catalyzed Oxidative 1,2‐Alkylarylation of Activated Alkenes with an Aryl C(sp²)H Bond and a C(sp³)H Bond Adjacent to a Heteroatom. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(13). 3638–3641. 373 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Mingbo, et al.. (2013). Synthesis of Azepine Derivatives by Silver‐Catalyzed [5+2] Cycloaddition of γ‐Amino Ketones with Alkynes. Angewandte Chemie. 125(41). 11005–11008. 28 indexed citations

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