Quannan Wang

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 975 citations indexed

About

Quannan Wang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Quannan Wang has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 975 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Organic Chemistry, 4 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Quannan Wang's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (27 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (10 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (10 papers). Quannan Wang is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (27 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (10 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (10 papers). Quannan Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Quannan Wang's co-authors include Zhengkun Yu, Jiang Lou, Ping Wu, Yong‐Gui Zhou, Hongmei Wang, Shu‐Li You, Chen‐Xu Liu, Qing Gu, Zhuqing Liu and Fei Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and ACS Catalysis.

In The Last Decade

Quannan Wang

29 papers receiving 959 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.

Transition-metal mediated carbon–sulfur bond activation and transformations: an update

2020 273 citations Jiang Lou, Quannan Wang et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Quannan Wang China	17	934	143	54	38	22	32	975
Adedamola Shoberu China	15	760 0.8×	93 0.7×	65 1.2×	46 1.2×	24 1.1×	30	781
Thomas Wurm Germany	20	921 1.0×	176 1.2×	42 0.8×	35 0.9×	35 1.6×	26	965
Tobias Pinkert Germany	10	686 0.7×	109 0.8×	72 1.3×	42 1.1×	35 1.6×	12	727
Jiapian Huang China	17	723 0.8×	67 0.5×	51 0.9×	48 1.3×	16 0.7×	31	759
Chandra Bhushan Tripathi India	11	585 0.6×	214 1.5×	61 1.1×	41 1.1×	16 0.7×	22	623
Tianyang Yu China	15	658 0.7×	194 1.4×	34 0.6×	75 2.0×	20 0.9×	27	720
Guangwei Rong China	19	1.1k 1.1×	96 0.7×	32 0.6×	74 1.9×	20 0.9×	32	1.1k
Sandip Porey India	11	774 0.8×	172 1.2×	58 1.1×	24 0.6×	25 1.1×	14	822
Ben Niu United States	16	663 0.7×	74 0.5×	75 1.4×	34 0.9×	33 1.5×	19	701

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Zhang, Wenwen, Quannan Wang, Chao Zheng, & Shu‐Li You. (2025). Rhodium-Catalyzed Atroposelective C–H Alkylation of 1-Aryl Isoquinoline Derivatives with Cyclopropanols. ACS Catalysis. 15(5). 4017–4024. 5 indexed citations

Qian, Min, Lingyun Yao, Zhi Li, et al.. (2025). Palladium‐Catalyzed Carbonylation of ortho‐Alkenyl Iodobenzenes for the Construction of 3‐Arylindenones. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 43(10). 1135–1140.

Zhao, Fangnuo, Yanze Li, Z. X. Dong, et al.. (2025). Accessing planar chiral ferrocenes via transient directing group-enabled C–H alkenylation under Pd(II) catalysis. Chem Catalysis. 5(11). 101485–101485.

Yao, Lingyun, Jian Zhang, Yang‐Zi Liu, et al.. (2025). Asymmetric Trapping of Siloxyketenes In Situ Generated from [1,3]-Silyl Migration of α-Ketoacylsilanes: A Visible-Light-Driven Palladium-Catalyzed [4 + 2] Cycloaddition. ACS Catalysis. 15(7). 5796–5805. 3 indexed citations

Xu, Hui, Lingyun Yao, Yuting Chen, et al.. (2025). Photochemical [1,3]-Silyl Migration Meets Organocatalysis: A Metal-Free Route to Enantioenriched α-Hydroxy Amides. ACS Catalysis. 15(17). 15243–15252.

Liu, Yang‐Zi, et al.. (2024). Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric [4 + 3] cycloaddition of acyclic α,β-unsaturated imines with trimethylenemethane donors: access to chiral non-fused azepines. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11(8). 2326–2331. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Chen‐Xu, Pei‐Pei Xie, Fangnuo Zhao, et al.. (2023). Explicit Mechanism of Rh(I)-Catalyzed Asymmetric C–H Arylation and Facile Synthesis of Planar Chiral Ferrocenophanes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(8). 4765–4773. 29 indexed citations

Wang, Quannan, et al.. (2023). Rh‐catalyzed Asymmetric C(sp³)−H Arylation of 8‐Benzylquinolines with Arylboronic Acids. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 366(4). 774–779. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Wenqi, et al.. (2023). Pd-catalyzed exclusively regioselective [5 + 4] cycloaddition for the construction of 1,5-di/ox-azonanes. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 10(7). 1680–1685. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Quannan, Chen‐Xu Liu, Wenwen Zhang, et al.. (2022). Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Enantioselective C–H Activation/Annulation of Ferrocenecarboxamides with Internal Alkynes. ACS Catalysis. 12(5). 3083–3093. 36 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jian, et al.. (2022). Transition Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Cyclizations Involving Allyl or Propargyl Heteroatom-Dipole Precursors. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 42(10). 3051–3051. 25 indexed citations

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Liu, Chen‐Xu, Wenwen Zhang, Fangnuo Zhao, et al.. (2021). Pd-catalyzed asymmetric oxidative C-H/C-H cross-coupling reaction between dialkylaminomethylferrocenes and indolizines. Chem Catalysis. 2(1). 102–113. 26 indexed citations

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Lou, Jiang, Quannan Wang, Ping Wu, et al.. (2020). Transition-metal mediated carbon–sulfur bond activation and transformations: an update. Chemical Society Reviews. 49(13). 4307–4359. 273 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Quannan, Chen‐Xu Liu, Qing Gu, & Shu‐Li You. (2020). Chiral CpxRh complexes for C–H functionalization reactions. Science Bulletin. 66(3). 210–213. 58 indexed citations

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Wang, Quannan, et al.. (2019). Highly Regioselective C–H Alkylation of Alkenes Through an Aryl to Vinyl 1,4-Palladium Migration/C–C Cleavage Cascade. ACS Catalysis. 9(12). 11669–11675. 62 indexed citations

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Wang, Quannan, Jiang Lou, Ping Wu, Kaikai Wu, & Zhengkun Yu. (2017). Iron‐Mediated Oxidative C–H Alkylation of S,S‐Functionalized Internal Olefins via C(sp²)–H/C(sp³)–H Cross‐Coupling. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 359(17). 2981–2998. 38 indexed citations

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Huang, Fei, Zhuqing Liu, Quannan Wang, Jiang Lou, & Zhengkun Yu. (2017). Copper-Catalyzed Formal Carbene Migratory Insertion into Internal Olefinic C═C Bonds with N-Tosylhydrazones To Access Iminofuran and 2(3H)-Furanone Derivatives. Organic Letters. 19(13). 3660–3663. 50 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhuqing, Fei Huang, Jiang Lou, Quannan Wang, & Zhengkun Yu. (2017). Copper-promoted direct C–H alkoxylation of S,S-functionalized internal olefins with alcohols. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 15(26). 5535–5540. 25 indexed citations

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Lou, Jiang, Quannan Wang, Kaikai Wu, Ping Wu, & Zhengkun Yu. (2017). Iron-Catalyzed Oxidative C–H Functionalization of Internal Olefins for the Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Furans. Organic Letters. 19(12). 3287–3290. 64 indexed citations

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Wang, Quannan, et al.. (2017). Photoredox-Catalyzed C–H Arylation of Internal Alkenes to Tetrasubstituted Alkenes: Synthesis of Tamoxifen. Organic Letters. 19(22). 6248–6251. 33 indexed citations

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