Peng‐Zi Wang

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Peng‐Zi Wang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Peng‐Zi Wang has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Organic Chemistry, 2 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 1 paper in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Peng‐Zi Wang's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (28 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (27 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (18 papers). Peng‐Zi Wang is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (28 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (27 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (18 papers). Peng‐Zi Wang collaborates with scholars based in China and Montenegro. Peng‐Zi Wang's co-authors include Jia‐Rong Chen, Wen‐Jing Xiao, Xiaoye Yu, Dong Liang, Mengnan Yang, Jun Chen, Quanqing Zhao, Bin‐Qing He, Ying Cheng and Xue Wu 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

Peng‐Zi Wang

27 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

A Visible‐Light‐Driven Iminyl Radical‐Mediated C−C Single... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 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. A Visible‐Light‐Driven Iminyl Radical‐Mediated C−C Single Bond Cleavage/Radical Addition Cascade of Oxime Esters
    2017 315 citations Xiaoye Yu, Jia‐Rong Chen et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Hantzsch esters: an emerging versatile class of reagents in photoredox catalyzed organic synthesis
    2019 295 citations Peng‐Zi Wang, Jia‐Rong Chen et al. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peng‐Zi Wang China 20 2.0k 222 154 108 65 28 2.1k
Linbin Niu China 18 1.5k 0.8× 149 0.7× 179 1.2× 198 1.8× 93 1.4× 26 1.7k
Faxiang Bu China 16 1.2k 0.6× 178 0.8× 161 1.0× 173 1.6× 38 0.6× 20 1.3k
Guichun Fang China 10 1.5k 0.7× 154 0.7× 229 1.5× 40 0.4× 57 0.9× 13 1.6k
Jacob Davies United Kingdom 14 1.7k 0.8× 204 0.9× 145 0.9× 127 1.2× 33 0.5× 17 1.8k
Kelu Yan China 24 1.5k 0.7× 75 0.3× 139 0.9× 104 1.0× 40 0.6× 73 1.6k
Pan Peng China 18 1.0k 0.5× 164 0.7× 165 1.1× 125 1.2× 53 0.8× 21 1.2k
Shengyang Ni China 27 1.9k 0.9× 399 1.8× 344 2.2× 72 0.7× 69 1.1× 51 2.1k
Xuan‐Hui Ouyang China 33 3.3k 1.6× 367 1.7× 227 1.5× 54 0.5× 23 0.4× 78 3.3k
Adrián Tlahuext-Aca Germany 18 2.4k 1.2× 354 1.6× 319 2.1× 169 1.6× 89 1.4× 24 2.5k
Yingguang Zhu China 20 1.7k 0.8× 143 0.6× 311 2.0× 44 0.4× 123 1.9× 57 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Peng‐Zi Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peng‐Zi Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peng‐Zi Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peng‐Zi Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peng‐Zi Wang 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 Peng‐Zi Wang. Peng‐Zi Wang 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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Li, Guofeng, Peng‐Zi Wang, Wen‐Jing Xiao, & Jia‐Rong Chen. (2025). Photocatalytic Strecker-Type Reaction for the Synthesis of Primary α-Aminonitriles. Organic Letters. 27(12). 2918–2923.
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Wang, Peng‐Zi, Zhihan Zhang, Min Jiang, Jia‐Rong Chen, & Wen‐Jing Xiao. (2024). A General Copper‐Box System for the Asymmetric Arylative Functionalization of Benzylic, Propargylic or Allenylic Radicals. Angewandte Chemie. 136(43). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Peng‐Zi, Zhihan Zhang, Min Jiang, Jia‐Rong Chen, & Wen‐Jing Xiao. (2024). A General Copper‐Box System for the Asymmetric Arylative Functionalization of Benzylic, Propargylic or Allenylic Radicals. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(43). e202411469–e202411469. 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Peng‐Zi & Jia‐Rong Chen. (2023). Diradical ring formation. Nature Chemistry. 15(8). 1058–1059. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Peng‐Zi, Wen‐Jing Xiao, & Jia‐Rong Chen. (2023). Electrochemical Reactors Enable Divergent Site Selectivity in the C−H Carboxylation of N‐Heteroarenes. Angewandte Chemie. 135(21). 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Peng‐Zi, Wen‐Jing Xiao, & Jia‐Rong Chen. (2023). Electrochemical Reactors Enable Divergent Site Selectivity in the C−H Carboxylation of N‐Heteroarenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(21). e202302227–e202302227. 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Peng‐Zi, Wen‐Jing Xiao, & Jia‐Rong Chen. (2022). Light-empowered contra-thermodynamic stereochemical editing. Nature Reviews Chemistry. 7(1). 35–50. 92 indexed citations
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Chen, Jun, Yujie Liang, Peng‐Zi Wang, et al.. (2021). Photoinduced Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric C–O Cross-Coupling. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(33). 13382–13392. 163 indexed citations
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Wang, Peng‐Zi, et al.. (2021). Asymmetric three-component olefin dicarbofunctionalization enabled by photoredox and copper dual catalysis. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1815–1815. 116 indexed citations
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Wang, Peng‐Zi, Xue Wu, Ying Cheng, et al.. (2021). Photoinduced Copper‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Three‐Component Coupling of 1,3‐Dienes: An Alternative to Kharasch–Sosnovsky Reaction. Angewandte Chemie. 133(42). 23138–23144. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Peng‐Zi & Wen‐Jing Xiao. (2021). Cu-Catalyzed Enantioconvergent Radical C—N Coupling of Secondary Alkyl Halides to Access α-Chiral Primary Amines. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 41(12). 4825–4825. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Peng‐Zi, Xue Wu, Ying Cheng, et al.. (2021). Photoinduced Copper‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Three‐Component Coupling of 1,3‐Dienes: An Alternative to Kharasch–Sosnovsky Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(42). 22956–22962. 122 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaopeng, Jia‐Rong Chen, Bin‐Qing He, et al.. (2020). Dual Photoredox/Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Acylation of 2-Arylpyridines with Oxime Esters. Synlett. 32(4). 373–377. 19 indexed citations
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Chen, Jun, Bin‐Qing He, Peng‐Zi Wang, et al.. (2019). Photoinduced, Copper-Catalyzed Radical Cross-Coupling of Cycloketone Oxime Esters, Alkenes, and Terminal Alkynes. Organic Letters. 21(11). 4359–4364. 88 indexed citations
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Wang, Peng‐Zi, Bin‐Qing He, Ying Cheng, Jia‐Rong Chen, & Wen‐Jing Xiao. (2019). Radical C–C Bond Cleavage/Addition Cascade of Benzyl Cycloketone Oxime Ethers Enabled by Photogenerated Cyclic Iminyl Radicals. Organic Letters. 21(17). 6924–6929. 47 indexed citations
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Chen, Jun, Peng‐Zi Wang, Bin Lu, et al.. (2019). Enantioselective Radical Ring-Opening Cyanation of Oxime Esters by Dual Photoredox and Copper Catalysis. Organic Letters. 21(23). 9763–9768. 74 indexed citations
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Wang, Peng‐Zi, Jia‐Rong Chen, & Wen‐Jing Xiao. (2019). Hantzsch esters: an emerging versatile class of reagents in photoredox catalyzed organic synthesis. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 17(29). 6936–6951. 295 indexed citations breakdown →
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He, Bin‐Qing, Xiaoye Yu, Peng‐Zi Wang, Jia‐Rong Chen, & Wen‐Jing Xiao. (2018). A photoredox catalyzed iminyl radical-triggered C–C bond cleavage/addition/Kornblum oxidation cascade of oxime esters and styrenes: synthesis of ketonitriles. Chemical Communications. 54(86). 12262–12265. 89 indexed citations
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Yu, Xiaoye, Jia‐Rong Chen, Peng‐Zi Wang, et al.. (2017). A Visible‐Light‐Driven Iminyl Radical‐Mediated C−C Single Bond Cleavage/Radical Addition Cascade of Oxime Esters. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(3). 738–743. 315 indexed citations breakdown →

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