Pingrong Wei

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
132 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Pingrong Wei is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Pingrong Wei has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Organic Chemistry, 101 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 23 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Pingrong Wei's work include Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (78 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (58 papers) and Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (35 papers). Pingrong Wei is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds (78 papers), Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (58 papers) and Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics (35 papers). Pingrong Wei collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Hong Kong. Pingrong Wei's co-authors include Gregory H. Robinson, Yuzhong Wang, Yaoming Xie, Henry F. Schaefer, Paul von Ragué Schleyer, Douglas W. Stephan, R. Bruce King, Brandon Quillian, M.Y. Abraham and David A. Atwood and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Pingrong Wei

131 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Stable Silicon(0) Compound with a Si=Si Double Bond

2008 622 citations Yuzhong Wang, Yaoming Xie et al. profile →
A Stable Neutral Diborene Containing a BB Double Bond

2007 479 citations Yuzhong Wang, Brandon Quillian et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pingrong Wei United States	38	5.2k	3.7k	500	478	363	132	5.9k
Uwe Rosenthal Germany	47	7.9k 1.5×	4.6k 1.2×	616 1.2×	466 1.0×	319 0.9×	326	8.4k
Andreas Stasch Australia	52	7.6k 1.5×	5.8k 1.5×	605 1.2×	856 1.8×	428 1.2×	182	8.6k
Jason D. Masuda Canada	27	4.5k 0.9×	3.2k 0.9×	390 0.8×	571 1.2×	225 0.6×	119	5.1k
Chunming Cui China	43	4.9k 0.9×	3.6k 1.0×	395 0.8×	609 1.3×	177 0.5×	167	5.4k
Martyn P. Coles United Kingdom	46	5.9k 1.1×	4.2k 1.1×	719 1.4×	774 1.6×	429 1.2×	210	6.9k
F. Geoffrey N. Cloke United Kingdom	45	5.6k 1.1×	3.7k 1.0×	594 1.2×	1.2k 2.4×	715 2.0×	187	6.7k
Ian P. Rothwell United States	42	5.7k 1.1×	3.3k 0.9×	707 1.4×	625 1.3×	367 1.0×	226	6.4k
Ghenwa Bouhadir France	38	4.0k 0.8×	2.7k 0.7×	318 0.6×	372 0.8×	111 0.3×	73	4.3k
Tania Pape Germany	42	5.2k 1.0×	2.0k 0.5×	325 0.7×	430 0.9×	430 1.2×	128	5.6k
Joshua S. Figueroa United States	34	2.6k 0.5×	2.0k 0.5×	348 0.7×	587 1.2×	485 1.3×	116	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Pingrong Wei

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pingrong Wei

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Yuzhong, et al.. (2024). Unusual nucleophilic reactivity of a dithiolene-based N-heterocyclic silane. Dalton Transactions. 53(14). 6178–6183.

Singh, Uma S., et al.. (2023). A Stereoselective Synthesis of 4′‐ α ‐Fluoro‐methyl Carbocyclic Nucleoside Analogs. ChemistrySelect. 8(26). 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yuzhong, et al.. (2023). Germanium(II) Dithiolene Complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(65). e202302258–e202302258. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yuzhong, Boris Dzikovski, Yaoming Xie, et al.. (2022). A Cationic Magnesium-Based Dithiolene Radical. Organometallics. 41(5). 527–531. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Yuzhong, Mingwei Chen, Yaoming Xie, et al.. (2015). Stabilization of elusive silicon oxides. Nature Chemistry. 7(6). 509–513. 107 indexed citations

Wang, Yuzhong, Yaoming Xie, Mingwei Chen, et al.. (2015). Transition‐Metal‐Mediated Cleavage of a SiSi Double Bond. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(35). 10267–10270. 19 indexed citations

Chen, Mingwei, Yuzhong Wang, Robert J. Gilliard, et al.. (2014). Synthesis and molecular structure of an abnormal carbene–gallium chloride complex. Dalton Transactions. 43(38). 14211–4. 23 indexed citations

Xie, Yaoming, M.Y. Abraham, Robert J. Gilliard, et al.. (2012). NHC‐Stabilized Triorganozincates: Syntheses, Structures, and Transformation to Abnormal Carbene–Zinc Complexes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(40). 10173–10176. 57 indexed citations

Wang, Yuzhong, Yaoming Xie, M.Y. Abraham, et al.. (2011). Carbene-stabilized diphosphorus: bidentate complexation of BH2+. Chemical Communications. 47(32). 9224–9224. 27 indexed citations

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Quillian, Brandon, Yuzhong Wang, Chaitanya S. Wannere, et al.. (2007). A Trimetallic Fulvalene‐Bridged Dizirconocene–Gallium Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(11). 1836–1838. 10 indexed citations

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Welch, Gregory C., Lourdes Cabrera, P.A. Chase, et al.. (2007). Tuning Lewis acidity using the reactivity of “frustrated Lewis pairs”: facile formation of phosphine-boranes and cationic phosphonium-boranes. Dalton Transactions. 3407–3407. 269 indexed citations

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Yang, Xiao‐Juan, Yuzhong Wang, Pingrong Wei, Brandon Quillian, & Gregory H. Robinson. (2005). Syntheses and structures of new diaryl lead(ii) compounds PbR₂(1, R = 2,4,6-triphenylphenyl; 2, R = 2,6-bis(1′-naphthyl)phenyl). Chemical Communications. 403–405. 13 indexed citations

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Bai, Guangcai, Pingrong Wei, Anjan Kumar Das, & Douglas W. Stephan. (2005). P–H and P–P bond activation by Ni(i) and Fe(i) β-diketiminato-complexes. Dalton Transactions. 1141–1146. 59 indexed citations

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Wang, Yuzhong, Brandon Quillian, Pingrong Wei, Xiao‐Juan Yang, & Gregory H. Robinson. (2004). New Pb–Pb bonds: syntheses and molecular structures of hexabiphenyldiplumbane and tri(trisbiphenylplumbyl)plumbate. Chemical Communications. 2224–2225. 13 indexed citations

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Spencer, L.P., et al.. (2003). Pyridine− and Imidazole−Phosphinimine Bidentate Ligand Complexes: Considerations for Ethylene Oligomerization Catalysts. Organometallics. 22(19). 3841–3854. 107 indexed citations

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Hollink, E., J.C. Stewart, Pingrong Wei, & Douglas W. Stephan. (2003). Ti and Zr bidentate bis-phosphinimide complexes. Dalton Transactions. 3968–3968. 22 indexed citations

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Harvey, Melanie J., et al.. (2001). Monomeric uni-ligated aluminates.. Chemical Communications. 2094–2095. 11 indexed citations

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Wei, Pingrong, Dedong Wu, Bo-Mu Wu, & Thomas C. W. Mak. (1997). Formation of Nickel(II) Coordination Polymers by a Double Betaine: [{Ni(L)(H 2 O) 2 } n ] Cl 2 n .2 n H 2 O and [{Ni(L. Australian Journal of Chemistry. 50(1). 85–95. 9 indexed citations

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Wei, Pingrong & David A. Atwood. (1997). Bimetallic Borate Derivatives of the Salen Ligands. Inorganic Chemistry. 36(18). 4060–4065. 41 indexed citations

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Wei, Pingrong, Dedong Wu, & Thomas C. W. Mak. (1995). Synthesis and molecular structures of (N-carboxymethyl)dimethylammonioacetate and its hydrochloride: Me2N(CH2CO2H)CH2CO2 and Me2N(CH2CO2H)CH2CO2·HCl. Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEM. 372(2-3). 181–186. 5 indexed citations

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