Pinhong Chen

11.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
154 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Pinhong Chen is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Pinhong Chen has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Organic Chemistry, 52 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 28 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Pinhong Chen's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (102 papers), Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (52 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (39 papers). Pinhong Chen is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (102 papers), Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (52 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (39 papers). Pinhong Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Pinhong Chen's co-authors include Guosheng Liu, Fei Wang, Dinghai Wang, Lianqian Wu, Wen Zhang, Xiaoxu Qi, Zhenyang Lin, Liang Fu, Xiaolong Wan and Xin Mu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Pinhong Chen

149 papers receiving 9.7k 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.

Enantioselective cyanation of benzylic C–H bonds via copper-catalyzed radical relay

2016 563 citations Wen Zhang, Fei Wang et al. profile →
Copper-Catalyzed Radical Relay for Asymmetric Radical Transformations

2018 525 citations Fei Wang, Pinhong Chen et al. profile →
Copper-catalyzed radical relay in C(sp³)–H functionalization

2022 264 citations Pinhong Chen, Guosheng Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pinhong Chen China	57	8.4k	2.7k	1.9k	607	491	154	9.9k
Köichi Mikami Japan	49	5.2k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	878 1.4×	92 0.2×	206	6.5k
Hon Wai Lam United Kingdom	47	5.9k 0.7×	203 0.1×	2.1k 1.1×	641 1.1×	837 1.7×	176	7.0k
Shin‐ichi Fukuzawa Japan	37	4.3k 0.5×	159 0.1×	1.1k 0.6×	617 1.0×	81 0.2×	181	4.6k
David J. Ager United States	25	3.0k 0.4×	138 0.1×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.8×	71 0.1×	96	3.8k
Juan C. Carretero Spain	61	11.2k 1.3×	583 0.2×	2.4k 1.3×	1.5k 2.4×	107 0.2×	232	11.6k
Daniel J. Weix United States	48	8.3k 1.0×	810 0.3×	1.9k 1.0×	707 1.2×	146 0.3×	95	9.1k
David J. Procter United Kingdom	63	10.8k 1.3×	971 0.4×	1.6k 0.9×	1.4k 2.3×	248 0.5×	230	12.1k
Rafael Chinchílla Spain	28	6.9k 0.8×	319 0.1×	1.0k 0.5×	1.6k 2.6×	272 0.6×	118	8.1k
Qiuling Song China	51	7.7k 0.9×	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	992 1.6×	101 0.2×	289	8.4k
Xihe Bi China	50	7.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	867 0.5×	651 1.1×	72 0.1×	185	8.2k

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Zhang, Honggang, Ying Zhou, Tilong Yang, et al.. (2025). Site- and enantioselective allylic and propargylic C–H oxidation enabled by copper-based biomimetic catalysis. Nature Catalysis. 8(1). 58–66. 11 indexed citations

Zhao, Ping, et al.. (2025). Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Alkynylation of sp ² Allenic C–H Bonds for the Synthesis of Skipped Diynes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(51). 46847–46853.

Dai, Yun, Odysseas Zografos, Herman Oprins, et al.. (2025). Iterative Layout-Aware Power, Thermal, and IR-Drop Co-Optimization: Ensuring Convergency in 3D-ICs. IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems. 15(4). 648–658.

Liu, Wenjuan & Pinhong Chen. (2024). Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclization of 1,6-Enynes. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 44(7). 2077–2077. 6 indexed citations

Hou, Chuanqi, Wenzheng Fan, Lin Huang, et al.. (2024). Palladium-Catalyzed Remote Hydrosulfonamidation of Alkenes: Access to Primary N-Alkyl Sulfamides by the SuFEx Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(19). 13536–13545. 14 indexed citations

Yang, Xintuo, Pinhong Chen, & Guosheng Liu. (2024). Asymmetric 1,n‐Remote Aminoacetoxylation of Unactivated Internal Alkenes Enabled by Palladium Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(35). e202408305–e202408305. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Hongchen, Xijun Wang, Jilong Mo, et al.. (2024). Cellulose-based fluorescent chemosensor with controllable sensitivity for Fe3+ detection. Carbohydrate Polymers. 346. 122620–122620. 12 indexed citations

Hou, Chuanqi, Pinhong Chen, & Guosheng Liu. (2023). Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed Markovnikov Hydroalkynylation of Unactivated Terminal Alkenes^†. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 42(1). 29–34. 6 indexed citations

Li, Xiaonan, Tilong Yang, Jiayuan Li, et al.. (2023). Regio- and enantioselective remote dioxygenation of internal alkenes. Nature Chemistry. 15(6). 862–871. 20 indexed citations

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Chen, Pinhong, et al.. (2023). Enantioselective cyanation of propargylic C–H bonds via cooperative photoredox and copper catalysis. Chemical Communications. 59(31). 4656–4659. 21 indexed citations

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Shao, Changyu, Chuanqi Hou, Pinhong Chen, Haihui Peng, & Guosheng Liu. (2023). Palladium‐catalyzed Asymmetric Oxycarbonylation of Internal Z‐Alkenes. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry. 12(6). 1 indexed citations

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Li, Jiayuan, Zhihan Zhang, Lianqian Wu, et al.. (2019). Site-specific allylic C–H bond functionalization with a copper-bound N-centred radical. Nature. 574(7779). 516–521. 266 indexed citations

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Wang, Fei, Xiaoxu Qi, Zhaoli Liang, Pinhong Chen, & Guosheng Liu. (2014). Copper‐Catalyzed Intermolecular Trifluoromethylazidation of Alkenes: Convenient Access to CF₃‐Containing Alkyl Azides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(7). 1881–1886. 301 indexed citations

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Wu, Tao, Jiashun Cheng, Pinhong Chen, & Guosheng Liu. (2013). Regioselective palladium-catalyzed intramolecular oxidative aminofluorination of unactivated alkenes. Chemical Communications. 49(77). 8707–8707. 64 indexed citations

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Chen, Pinhong, Lori Banks, Lisheng Deng, et al.. (2012). 2-Substituted 4,5-dihydrothiazole-4-carboxylic acids are novel inhibitors of metallo-β-lactamases. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 22(19). 6229–6232. 34 indexed citations

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Deng, Lisheng, Jiasheng Diao, Pinhong Chen, et al.. (2011). Inhibition of 1-Deoxy-d-Xylulose-5-Phosphate Reductoisomerase by Lipophilic Phosphonates: SAR, QSAR, and Crystallographic Studies. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 54(13). 4721–4734. 54 indexed citations

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Chen, Pinhong, et al.. (2010). Total synthesis and absolute configuration determination of (+)-subincanadine F. Chemical Communications. 46(44). 8436–8436. 37 indexed citations

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Chen, Pinhong, et al.. (2004). A non-iterative model for switching window computation with crosstalk noise. Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference. 846–851. 4 indexed citations

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Orshansky, Michael, Linda Milor, Pinhong Chen, Kurt Keutzer, & Chenming Hu. (2002). Impact of spatial intrachip gate length variability on the performance of high-speed digital circuits. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. 21(5). 544–553. 118 indexed citations

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Chen, Pinhong, Desmond A. Kirkpatrick, & Kurt Keutzer. (2000). Switching window computation for static timing analysis in presence of crosstalk noise. International Conference on Computer Aided Design. 331–337. 44 indexed citations

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