Richmond Lee

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Richmond Lee is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richmond Lee has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Organic Chemistry, 13 papers in Materials Chemistry and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Richmond Lee's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (28 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (20 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (14 papers). Richmond Lee is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (28 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (20 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (14 papers). Richmond Lee collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and Australia. Richmond Lee's co-authors include Kuo‐Wei Huang, Zhiyong Jiang, Davin Tan, Choon‐Hong Tan, Michelle L. Coote, Bo Zhu, Baokun Qiao, Xiaogang Liu, Xiaowei Zhao and Zhaochao Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Richmond Lee

77 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Solid-State Photoinduced Luminescence Switch for Advanced Anticounterfeiting and Super-Resolution Imaging Applications

2017 381 citations Qingkai Qi, Chong Li et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richmond Lee Singapore	36	3.6k	1.0k	923	660	511	78	4.7k
Thomas Mathew United States	39	2.8k 0.8×	939 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.6×	439 0.9×	135	4.3k
Herbert Plenio Germany	47	5.8k 1.6×	852 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	370 0.6×	834 1.6×	161	6.8k
Danica A. Rankic United States	9	8.1k 2.3×	1.2k 1.2×	828 0.9×	1.1k 1.6×	413 0.8×	16	9.2k
Kirsten E. Christensen United Kingdom	28	1.9k 0.5×	745 0.7×	981 1.1×	335 0.5×	458 0.9×	135	3.2k
Bruce A. Arndtsen Canada	41	5.7k 1.6×	699 0.7×	1.9k 2.0×	458 0.7×	688 1.3×	117	6.4k
Nobuaki Kambe Japan	48	8.5k 2.4×	584 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	1.0k 1.6×	578 1.1×	328	9.3k
Yaofeng Yuan China	30	2.4k 0.7×	620 0.6×	824 0.9×	1.0k 1.5×	280 0.5×	152	3.5k
Robert R. Knowles United States	44	7.2k 2.0×	653 0.6×	1.3k 1.4×	659 1.0×	576 1.1×	83	8.5k
Chao‐Guo Yan China	42	6.6k 1.9×	1.7k 1.7×	1.3k 1.4×	292 0.4×	818 1.6×	440	8.3k
Kirsten Zeitler Germany	37	5.3k 1.5×	683 0.7×	585 0.6×	420 0.6×	486 1.0×	80	6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Richmond Lee

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All Works

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Wu, Wentao, Xinru Xu, Qi Wang, et al.. (2024). Asymmetric N-oxidation catalyzed by bisguanidinium dinuclear oxodiperoxomolybdosulfate. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7317–7317. 7 indexed citations

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Richardson, Christopher, et al.. (2023). Diastereoselective Petasis‐Borono‐Mannich Crotylation Reactions of Chiral α‐Heteroatom (F, OBz, OH) Aldehydes: Rapid Access to Valuable Mono and Bicyclic Heterocyclic Scaffolds. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(53). e202301701–e202301701. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Junbo, Haibo Yu, Davin Tan, & Richmond Lee. (2023). Guanidine-based biomimetic hydrides for carbon dioxide reduction. Chemical Communications. 59(35). 5201–5204.

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Lee, Richmond, et al.. (2022). Direct S _N 2 or S _N 2X Manifold─Mechanistic Study of Ion-Pair-Catalyzed Carbon(sp ³ )–Carbon(sp ³ ) Bond Formation. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 87(6). 4029–4039. 2 indexed citations

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Chi, Weijie, Qingkai Qi, Richmond Lee, Zhaochao Xu, & Xiaogang Liu. (2020). A Unified Push–Pull Model for Understanding the Ring-Opening Mechanism of Rhodamine Dyes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 14 indexed citations

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Chi, Weijie, Qingkai Qi, Richmond Lee, Zhaochao Xu, & Xiaogang Liu. (2020). A Unified Push–Pull Model for Understanding the Ring-Opening Mechanism of Rhodamine Dyes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(6). 3793–3801. 71 indexed citations

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Song, Xia, et al.. (2019). Complementary C–H Functionalization Mode of Benzoylacetonitriles: Computer-Augmented Study of a Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of Functionalized Benzofulvenes. Organic Letters. 22(1). 46–51. 58 indexed citations

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Hong, Nansook, Dušan Petrović, Richmond Lee, et al.. (2018). The evolution of multiple active site configurations in a designed enzyme. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3900–3900. 73 indexed citations

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Li, Jiangtao, et al.. (2018). Formal enantioconvergent substitution of alkyl halides via catalytic asymmetric photoredox radical coupling. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2445–2445. 146 indexed citations

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Qi, Qingkai, Chong Li, Xiaogang Liu, et al.. (2017). Solid-State Photoinduced Luminescence Switch for Advanced Anticounterfeiting and Super-Resolution Imaging Applications. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(45). 16036–16039. 381 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yan, Qiao, Martin G. Banwell, Michelle L. Coote, Richmond Lee, & Anthony C. Willis. (2017). Establishing the True Structure of the Sorbicillinoid‐Derived Isolate Rezishanone C by Total Synthesis. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 12(13). 1480–1484. 9 indexed citations

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Lee, Richmond & Michelle L. Coote. (2016). Mechanistic insights into ozone-initiated oxidative degradation of saturated hydrocarbons and polymers. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 18(35). 24663–24671. 28 indexed citations

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Bloch, Witold M., Aléxandre Burgun, Campbell J. Coghlan, et al.. (2014). Capturing snapshots of post-synthetic metallation chemistry in metal–organic frameworks. Nature Chemistry. 6(10). 906–912. 189 indexed citations

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Xiao, Han, Richmond Lee, Tao Chen, et al.. (2013). Kinetic Evidence of an Apparent Negative Activation Enthalpy in an Organocatalytic Process. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 2557–2557. 30 indexed citations

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Zhu, Bo, Wen Zhang, Richmond Lee, et al.. (2013). Direct Asymmetric Vinylogous Aldol Reaction of Allyl Ketones with Isatins: Divergent Synthesis of 3‐Hydroxy‐2‐Oxindole Derivatives. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(26). 6666–6670. 164 indexed citations

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Lee, Richmond, Fangrui Zhong, Bin Zheng, et al.. (2013). The origin of enantioselectivity in the l-threonine-derived phosphine–sulfonamide catalyzed aza-Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction: effects of the intramolecular hydrogen bonding. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 11(29). 4818–4818. 37 indexed citations

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Yang, Wenguo, Davin Tan, Richmond Lee, et al.. (2012). Catalytic Diastereoselective Tandem Conjugate Addition–Elimination Reaction of Morita–Baylis–Hillman C Adducts by CC Bond Cleavage. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 7(4). 771–777. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wen, Davin Tan, Richmond Lee, et al.. (2012). Highly Enantio‐ and Diastereoselective Reactions of γ‐Substituted Butenolides Through Direct Vinylogous Conjugate Additions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(40). 10069–10073. 123 indexed citations

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Weng, Zhiqiang, Weiming He, Chaohuang Chen, et al.. (2012). An Air‐Stable Copper Reagent for Nucleophilic Trifluoromethylthiolation of Aryl Halides. Angewandte Chemie. 125(5). 1588–1592. 85 indexed citations

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Lee, Richmond, Yuanyong Yang, Geok Kheng Tan, Choon‐Hong Tan, & Kuo‐Wei Huang. (2009). A Novel heteroleptic paddlewheel diruthenium bicyclic guanidinate complex: Synthesis, structure, and scope. Dalton Transactions. 39(3). 723–725. 21 indexed citations

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