Qingquan Lu

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Qingquan Lu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Qingquan Lu has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Organic Chemistry, 7 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 6 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Qingquan Lu's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (40 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (26 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (26 papers). Qingquan Lu is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (40 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (26 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (26 papers). Qingquan Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Qingquan Lu's co-authors include Aiwen Lei, Frank Glorius, Huamin Wang, Yue Qi, Jian Zhang, Felix J. R. Klauck, Steffen Greßies, Zhiliang Liu, Fuliang Wei and Sara Cembellín 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

Qingquan Lu

56 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Dioxygen-Triggered Oxidative Radical Reaction: Direct Aer... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2013 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Dioxygen-Triggered Oxidative Radical Reaction: Direct Aerobic Difunctionalization of Terminal Alkynes toward β-Keto Sulfones
    2013 472 citations Qingquan Lu, Aiwen Lei et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  2. Aerobic Oxysulfonylation of Alkenes Leading to Secondary and Tertiary β‐Hydroxysulfones
    2013 380 citations Qingquan Lu, Aiwen Lei et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Qingquan Lu China 33 3.6k 511 328 137 100 59 3.7k
Long‐Yong Xie China 23 2.7k 0.7× 200 0.4× 269 0.8× 114 0.8× 45 0.5× 62 2.8k
Shengyang Ni China 27 1.9k 0.5× 344 0.7× 399 1.2× 72 0.5× 60 0.6× 51 2.1k
Lisa Candish Australia 25 3.4k 1.0× 433 0.8× 329 1.0× 147 1.1× 121 1.2× 31 3.6k
Jiangwei Wen China 29 2.4k 0.7× 190 0.4× 155 0.5× 248 1.8× 27 0.3× 84 2.7k
Jin‐Tao Yu China 40 4.3k 1.2× 495 1.0× 494 1.5× 154 1.1× 263 2.6× 154 4.6k
Suhelen Vásquez‐Céspedes Germany 17 2.4k 0.7× 576 1.1× 126 0.4× 62 0.5× 52 0.5× 20 2.5k
Zu‐Li Wang China 26 2.0k 0.6× 267 0.5× 289 0.9× 31 0.2× 37 0.4× 79 2.1k
Leiyang Lv China 32 2.3k 0.6× 440 0.9× 602 1.8× 38 0.3× 76 0.8× 94 2.5k
Keisuke Nogi Japan 31 2.2k 0.6× 377 0.7× 182 0.6× 338 2.5× 537 5.4× 63 2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qingquan Lu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tao, Yongsheng, et al.. (2025). Photoinduced Cobalt-Catalyzed Enantioselective Decarboxylative Cross-Sulfonylimine Coupling. ACS Catalysis. 15(21). 18885–18892.
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Zhang, Yuchun, et al.. (2025). Taming Halogen Radicals via Electrophotocatalysis: Direct Access to Alkenyl Halides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(49). 45566–45575.
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Zheng, Xinyue, et al.. (2024). Asymmetric paired oxidative and reductive catalysis enables enantioselective alkylarylation of olefins with C(sp3)−H bonds. Nature Communications. 15(1). 12 indexed citations
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Tao, Yongsheng, et al.. (2024). Asymmetric Paired Electrolysis: Enantioselective Alkylation of Sulfonylimines via C(sp3)−H Functionalization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(38). e202409222–e202409222. 7 indexed citations
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Sun, Rui, et al.. (2023). Selective C(sp3)–H arylation/alkylation of alkanes enabled by paired electrocatalysis. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7992–7992. 45 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaofan, et al.. (2023). Paired Oxidative and Reductive Catalysis: Breaking the Potential Barrier of Electrochemical C(sp 3 )−H Alkenylation**. Angewandte Chemie. 135(24). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Bingbing, et al.. (2023). Electrooxidative Activation of B−B Bond in B2cat2: Access to gem‐Diborylalkanes via Paired Electrolysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(14). e202218179–e202218179. 34 indexed citations
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Lu, Qingquan, Shobhan Mondal, Sara Cembellín, Steffen Greßies, & Frank Glorius. (2019). Site-selective C–H activation and regiospecific annulation using propargylic carbonates. Chemical Science. 10(26). 6560–6564. 58 indexed citations
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Lu, Qingquan, Shobhan Mondal, Sara Cembellín, & Frank Glorius. (2018). MnI/AgI‐Kaskadenkatalyse: spurlose diazoassistierte C(sp2)‐H/C(sp3)‐H‐Kupplung für β‐(Hetero)aryl‐/β‐Alkenylketone. Angewandte Chemie. 130(33). 10892–10896. 14 indexed citations
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Lu, Qingquan, Shobhan Mondal, Sara Cembellín, & Frank Glorius. (2018). MnI/AgI Relay Catalysis: Traceless Diazo‐Assisted C(sp2)–H/C(sp3)–H Coupling to β‐(Hetero)Aryl/Alkenyl Ketones. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(33). 10732–10736. 42 indexed citations
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Lu, Qingquan, Felix J. R. Klauck, & Frank Glorius. (2017). Manganese-catalyzed allylation via sequential C–H and C–C/C–Het bond activation. Chemical Science. 8(5). 3379–3383. 156 indexed citations
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Lu, Qingquan, Sara Cembellín, Steffen Greßies, et al.. (2017). Mangan(I)‐katalysierte C‐H‐(2‐Indolyl)methylierung: ein einfacher Zugang zu Diheteroarylmethan‐Derivaten. Angewandte Chemie. 130(5). 1413–1417. 22 indexed citations
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Lu, Qingquan, Steffen Greßies, Felix J. R. Klauck, & Frank Glorius. (2017). Manganese(I)‐Catalyzed Regioselective C−H Allenylation: Direct Access to 2‐Allenylindoles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(23). 6660–6664. 157 indexed citations
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Lu, Qingquan, Steffen Greßies, Sara Cembellín, et al.. (2017). Redox‐Neutral Manganese(I)‐Catalyzed C−H Activation: Traceless Directing Group Enabled Regioselective Annulation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(41). 12778–12782. 164 indexed citations
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Lu, Qingquan, Sara Cembellín, Steffen Greßies, et al.. (2017). Manganese(I)‐Catalyzed C−H (2‐Indolyl)methylation: Expedient Access to Diheteroarylmethanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(5). 1399–1403. 87 indexed citations
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Lu, Qingquan, Steffen Greßies, Sara Cembellín, et al.. (2017). Redoxneutrale Mangan(I)‐katalysierte C‐H‐Aktivierung: regioselektive Anellierung mithilfe einer spurlosen dirigierenden Gruppe. Angewandte Chemie. 129(41). 12954–12958. 42 indexed citations
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Lu, Qingquan, Steffen Greßies, Felix J. R. Klauck, & Frank Glorius. (2017). Mangan(I)‐katalysierte regioselektive C‐H‐Allenierung: direkte Synthese von 2‐Allenylindolen. Angewandte Chemie. 129(23). 6760–6764. 55 indexed citations
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Lu, Qingquan & Frank Glorius. (2016). Radical Enantioselective C(sp3)−H Functionalization. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(1). 49–51. 88 indexed citations
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Lu, Qingquan & Frank Glorius. (2016). Radikalische enantioselektive C(sp3)‐H‐Funktionalisierung. Angewandte Chemie. 129(1). 49–51. 22 indexed citations
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Lu, Qingquan, Hong Yi, & Aiwen Lei. (2015). Autoxidative Coupling and Its Applications to C-H Functionalization. Acta Chimica Sinica. 73(12). 1245–1245. 8 indexed citations

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