Nianfa Yang

1.1k total citations
55 papers, 870 citations indexed

About

Nianfa Yang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Nianfa Yang has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 870 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Organic Chemistry, 15 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 11 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Nianfa Yang's work include Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (19 papers), Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (19 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (15 papers). Nianfa Yang is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (19 papers), Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (19 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (15 papers). Nianfa Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, France and United States. Nianfa Yang's co-authors include Yuanli Cai, Lican Lu, Qing‐Hua Fan, Zhusheng Yang, Yan‐Mei He, Haijia Zhang, Fei Chen, Liwen Yang, Jing Cao and Anlin Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Macromolecules and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nianfa Yang

52 papers receiving 859 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nianfa Yang China 16 723 252 178 160 108 55 870
Yun‐Shan Liu United States 8 599 0.8× 146 0.6× 113 0.6× 128 0.8× 146 1.4× 8 797
Philip L. Osburn United States 10 804 1.1× 250 1.0× 156 0.9× 120 0.8× 157 1.5× 11 941
Quirin M. Kainz Germany 11 1.0k 1.4× 203 0.8× 263 1.5× 153 1.0× 133 1.2× 11 1.3k
Kyle A. Williams United States 8 589 0.8× 113 0.4× 210 1.2× 117 0.7× 30 0.3× 12 918
Massimo Benaglia Italy 15 896 1.2× 162 0.6× 262 1.5× 89 0.6× 92 0.9× 41 1.1k
Annhelen Lu United Kingdom 17 827 1.1× 110 0.4× 295 1.7× 156 1.0× 237 2.2× 19 1.1k
Naoki Haraguchi Japan 22 1.2k 1.6× 424 1.7× 311 1.7× 259 1.6× 251 2.3× 72 1.5k
Akimichi Ohtsuki Japan 14 837 1.2× 117 0.5× 234 1.3× 123 0.8× 176 1.6× 18 1.0k
Sebastian Roller Germany 10 446 0.6× 80 0.3× 104 0.6× 85 0.5× 285 2.6× 12 712

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nianfa Yang

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All Works

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Ouyang, Kunbing, et al.. (2018). The thiolation of pentafluorobenzene with disulfides by C–H, C–F bond activation and C–S bond formation. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 16(6). 988–992. 14 indexed citations
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Zhao, Chunhui, Kunbing Ouyang, Jin Zhang, & Nianfa Yang. (2016). Synthesis and properties of optically active helical polymers from (S)-3-functional-3′-vinyl-BINOL derivatives. RSC Advances. 6(47). 41103–41107. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhusheng, Fei Chen, Yan‐Mei He, Nianfa Yang, & Qing‐Hua Fan. (2016). Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Indolines: Asymmetric Hydrogenation at Ambient Temperature and Pressure with Cationic Ruthenium Diamine Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 55(44). 13863–13866. 111 indexed citations
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Chen, Ye‐Hui, et al.. (2015). Helix-sense-selective radical polymerization of (S)-6-acryloyl-2,2′-bisalkoxy-1,1′-binaphthyl. Polymer Bulletin. 72(12). 3183–3190. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Ye‐Hui, et al.. (2015). Optically active helical vinyl polymers via radical polymerization of (S)‐3‐vinyl‐2,2′‐bisalkoxy‐1,1′‐binaphthyl. Polymer International. 64(7). 907–914. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Anlin, et al.. (2015). Chiral polyethers derived from BINOL and ECH as highly enantioselective and efficient catalysts for the borane reduction of prochiral ketones. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical. 398. 407–412. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Anlin, Liwen Yang, Nianfa Yang, & Dacai Liu. (2014). Investigation of catalytic activity and catalytic mechanism of chiral amino diol tridentate ligands in the asymmetric addition of aldehydes in the present of methyllithium reagent. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 768. 50–55. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Nianfa, et al.. (2012). Synthesis of chiral bisacylphosphine oxides and their application as initiators in helix-sense-selective photopolymerization. Macromolecular Research. 21(6). 641–648. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Nianfa, et al.. (2010). A novel type of optically active helical polymers: Synthesis and characterization of poly(α,β‐unsaturated ketone). Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 48(6). 1441–1448. 14 indexed citations
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Yang, Nianfa, et al.. (2010). Optically active helical polymer from radical polymerization of menthyl vinyl ketone. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 49(1). 293–299. 22 indexed citations
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Yang, Nianfa & Hang Gong. (2009). A Convenient Method for the Synthesis of 2-Oxazolidinones from Ethylene Carbonate and Primary Aryl Amines. Heterocycles. 78(8). 2093–2093. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Nianfa, Jing Cao, Jin Zhang, & Liwen Yang. (2009). SYNTHESES AND ACTIVE BEHAVIOR OF NOVEL UV PHOTOINITIATORS. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science. 27(6). 873–873. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Nianfa. (2006). The synthesis of triphenylmethyl substituted olefin via Witting reaction. 1 indexed citations
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Lu, Lican, Haijia Zhang, Nianfa Yang, & Yuanli Cai. (2006). Toward Rapid and Well-Controlled Ambient Temperature RAFT Polymerization under UV−Vis Radiation:  Effect of Radiation Wave Range. Macromolecules. 39(11). 3770–3776. 175 indexed citations
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Lu, Lican, Nianfa Yang, & Yuanli Cai. (2005). Well-controlled reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer radical polymerisation under ultraviolet radiation at ambient temperature. Chemical Communications. 5287–5287. 114 indexed citations
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Yang, Nianfa, et al.. (2004). The Improvement of Synthesizing Chiral Bis(oxazoline) in One-pot. 1 indexed citations
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