Pengwei Xu

880 total citations · 2 hit papers
20 papers, 696 citations indexed

About

Pengwei Xu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Pengwei Xu has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 696 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Organic Chemistry, 5 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 3 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Pengwei Xu's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (7 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (4 papers). Pengwei Xu is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (7 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (6 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (4 papers). Pengwei Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Hong Kong. Pengwei Xu's co-authors include Jian Zhou, Feng Zhou, Zhong‐Yan Cao, Jin‐Sheng Yu, Chen Chen, Zhongxing Huang, Armido Studer, Shu‐Min Guo, Lei Zhu and Jun Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Pengwei Xu

17 papers receiving 690 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.

Skeletal Editing through Cycloaddition and Subsequent Cycloreversion Reactions

2025 27 citations Pengwei Xu, Armido Studer Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
C-to-N atom swapping and skeletal editing in indoles and benzofurans

2025 21 citations Pengwei Xu, Shu‐Min Guo et al. Nature profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Formal pyridine meta-azidation and its application for the synthesis of diazepines, ring-fused δ-carbolines and 1,2,3-triazolylpyridines 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Shu‐Min Guo, Pengwei Xu, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Armido Studer	0
2	Skeletal Editing through Cycloaddition and Subsequent Cycloreversion Reactions breakdown → 2025 ·Accounts of Chemical Research ·Pengwei Xu, Armido Studer	27
3	C-to-N atom swapping and skeletal editing in indoles and benzofurans breakdown → 2025 ·Nature ·(unknown), Pengwei Xu, Shu‐Min Guo, Constantin G. Daniliuc, Armido Studer	21
4	The influence of C–F⋯H–X hydrogen-bonding interactions on the reactivity and selectivity of organic reactions 2025 ·Chemical Society Reviews ·Pengwei Xu, Xin Wang, Tuo Wang, (unknown), Jin‐Sheng Yu, Jian Zhou	0
5	Introduction of the Formyl Group at the meta - or para -Position of Pyridines Through Regioselectivity Switch 2025 ·CCS Chemistry ·Pengwei Xu, Shu‐Min Guo, Armido Studer	0
6	Meta‐Selective Copper‐Catalyzed C−H Arylation of Pyridines and Isoquinolines through Dearomatized Intermediates 2024 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Shu‐Min Guo, Pengwei Xu, Armido Studer	17
7	para-Selective radical alkylation of pyridines with diacyl peroxides and peresters 2024 ·Organic Chemistry Frontiers ·Zhe Wang, Pengwei Xu, Armido Studer	5
8	Meta‐Selective Copper‐Catalyzed C−H Arylation of Pyridines and Isoquinolines through Dearomatized Intermediates 2024 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Shu‐Min Guo, Pengwei Xu, Armido Studer	3
9	Introduction of the difluoromethyl group at the meta- or para-position of pyridines through regioselectivity switch 2024 ·Nature Communications ·Pengwei Xu, Zhe Wang, Shu‐Min Guo, Armido Studer	26
10	meta-C-H Halogenation of pyridines, quinolines, and isoquinolines: meta-chlorination of 2-phenylpyridine 2024 ·Organic Syntheses ·Pengwei Xu	1
11	Catalytic desymmetrization reactions to synthesize all-carbon quaternary stereocentres 2023 ·Nature Synthesis ·Pengwei Xu, Feng Zhou, Lei Zhu, Jian Zhou	65
12	Zinc-catalyzed desymmetric hydrosilylation of monosubstituted malonic esters 2023 ·Organic Chemistry Frontiers ·Yixiao Zhang, Pengwei Xu, (unknown), Jun Wang, Zhongxing Huang	4
13	Desymmetric Partial Reduction of Malonic Esters 2022 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Pengwei Xu, (unknown), Zhongxing Huang	24
14	Catalytic reductive desymmetrization of malonic esters 2021 ·Nature Chemistry ·Pengwei Xu, Zhongxing Huang	51
15	Enantioselective Synthesis of C^α-Tetrasubstituted N-Hydroxyl-α-amino Nitriles via Cyanation of Ketonitrones Using Me₂(CH₂Cl)SiCN 2021 ·Organic Letters ·Pengwei Xu, Xiao‐Yuan Cui, Chen Chen, Feng Zhou, Jin‐Sheng Yu, Yu‐Fei Ao, Jian Zhou	11
16	Catalytic Enantioselective Construction of Spiro Quaternary Carbon Stereocenters 2019 ·ACS Catalysis ·Pengwei Xu, Jin‐Sheng Yu, Chen Chen, Zhong‐Yan Cao, Feng Zhou, Jian Zhou	280
17	One-Pot Sequential [3 + 3] Dipolar Cycloaddition of Aldehyde or Ketone and Hydroxylamine with Spirocyclopropyl Oxindole 2018 ·The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Pengwei Xu, Chen Chen, (unknown), Yuting Song, Feng Zhou, Jun Yan, Jian Zhou	18
18	Diastereo- and enantioselective [3 + 3] cycloaddition of spirocyclopropyl oxindoles using both aldonitrones and ketonitrones 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Pengwei Xu, (unknown), Lan Shen, Zhong‐Yan Cao, Xiao‐Li Zhao, Jun Yan, Jian Zhou	96
19	Ga(OTf)₃Catalyzed Highly Efficient Substitution Reaction of 3-Hydroxyoxindoles Using TMSN₃ 2015 ·Acta Chimica Sinica ·Xiao‐Ping Yin, Pengwei Xu, (unknown), Kui Liao, Feng Zhou, Jian Zhou	12
20	Recycle Waste Salt as Reagent: A One-Pot Substitution/Krapcho Reaction Sequence to α-Fluorinated Esters and Sulfones 2015 ·Organic Letters ·Feng Zhu, Pengwei Xu, Feng Zhou, Cuihong Wang, Jian Zhou	35

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