Sanzhong Luo

13.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
234 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Sanzhong Luo is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sanzhong Luo has authored 234 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 214 papers in Organic Chemistry, 80 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 32 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sanzhong Luo's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (116 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (69 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (57 papers). Sanzhong Luo is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (116 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (69 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (57 papers). Sanzhong Luo collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Sanzhong Luo's co-authors include Jin‐Pei Cheng, Long Zhang, Xueling Mi, Jian Lv, Jiuyuan Li, Lihui Zhu, Yan Qin, Hui Xu, Long Zhang and Niankai Fu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Sanzhong Luo

227 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

Organocatalysis in Inert ... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 200 400 600
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.

  1. Organocatalysis in Inert C–H Bond Functionalization
    2017 645 citations Lihui Zhu, Sanzhong Luo et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sanzhong Luo China 62 10.0k 2.8k 1.6k 872 707 234 11.3k
Brindaban C. Ranu India 59 10.7k 1.1× 1.7k 0.6× 1.9k 1.2× 1.1k 1.3× 1.1k 1.5× 305 11.7k
Albrecht Berkessel Germany 53 6.8k 0.7× 2.7k 1.0× 2.4k 1.5× 1.2k 1.4× 355 0.5× 231 9.5k
Anny Jutand France 57 10.9k 1.1× 3.2k 1.1× 947 0.6× 1.1k 1.3× 410 0.6× 180 12.4k
Pier Giorgio Cozzi Italy 55 8.8k 0.9× 3.5k 1.3× 1.5k 0.9× 1.6k 1.8× 238 0.3× 230 11.1k
Xin Hong China 62 9.2k 0.9× 2.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 1.7k 2.0× 875 1.2× 290 12.3k
Jacques Мuzart France 47 8.1k 0.8× 2.5k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 1.6k 1.8× 671 0.9× 285 9.6k
Makoto Tokunaga Japan 39 5.3k 0.5× 2.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 382 0.5× 135 7.2k
Yasuhiro Uozumi Japan 59 9.5k 0.9× 3.2k 1.2× 1.7k 1.1× 1.6k 1.8× 315 0.4× 316 10.5k
Choong Eui Song South Korea 48 5.2k 0.5× 1.9k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 1.6k 2.2× 178 7.8k
Thomas Wirth United Kingdom 68 11.9k 1.2× 2.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 833 1.0× 298 0.4× 333 14.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sanzhong Luo

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Zhao, et al.. (2025). Dynamic Hydrogen Bonding Tuned Enantioselectivity Control in Cobaloxime‐Chiral Amine Cooperative Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(30). e202506268–e202506268.
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Zhang, Runze, et al.. (2025). Bioinspired Lanthanide-ortho-Quinone-Catalyzed Aerobic Disulfide Formation. ACS Catalysis. 15(6). 4550–4559. 1 indexed citations
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Tan, Zheng, Qi Yang, & Sanzhong Luo. (2025). AI molecular catalysis: where are we now?. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 12(8). 2759–2776. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Yidi, Li Yao, Qi Yang, et al.. (2024). Prediction of Bond Dissociation Energy for Organic Molecules Based on a Machine‐Learning Approach. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 42(17). 1967–1974. 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Rui, Long Zhang, & Sanzhong Luo. (2024). Aerobic Asymmetric Allylic C−H Alkylation by Synergistic Chiral Primary Amine‐Palladium‐Hydroquinone Catalysis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(16). e202304316–e202304316. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Qifeng, Yao Li, Kai Yang, et al.. (2024). Enantioselective SN1-type reaction via electrochemically generated chiral α-Imino carbocation intermediate. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6900–6900. 9 indexed citations
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Yang, Chunming, et al.. (2024). Visible Light Promoted de Mayo Type Reaction of Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(68). e202402965–e202402965. 6 indexed citations
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Xiao, Xiao, Kaini Xu, Zhong‐Hua Gao, et al.. (2023). Biomimetic asymmetric catalysis. Science China Chemistry. 66(6). 1553–1633. 46 indexed citations
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Zhang, Runze, et al.. (2022). Bio‐inspired Small Molecular Catalysis. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 41(5). 548–559. 9 indexed citations
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Xu, Kaini, et al.. (2021). Chiral Primary Amine/Ketone Cooperative Catalysis for Asymmetric α-Hydroxylation with Hydrogen Peroxide. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(2). 1078–1087. 38 indexed citations
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Luo, Sanzhong, et al.. (2020). Chirality Tailor: Stereodivergent Pd/Cu Dual Metal Catalysis for the Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 40(7). 2161–2161. 11 indexed citations
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Jia, Zongbin, Qi Yang, Long Zhang, & Sanzhong Luo. (2019). Photoredox Mediated Acceptorless Dehydrogenative Coupling of Saturated N-Heterocycles. ACS Catalysis. 9(4). 3589–3594. 51 indexed citations
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Zhu, Lihui, Long Zhang, & Sanzhong Luo. (2018). Catalytic Desymmetrizing Dehydrogenation of 4‐Substituted Cyclohexanones through Enamine Oxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(8). 2253–2258. 42 indexed citations
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Luo, Sanzhong, et al.. (2018). Enantioselective Indium(I)/Chiral Phosphoric Acid-catalyzed[4+2] Cycloaddition of Simple Olefin and β,γ-Unsaturated α-Keto Esters. Acta Chimica Sinica. 76(11). 869–869. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Dehong, Long Zhang, & Sanzhong Luo. (2017). Photo-induced Catalytic Asymmetric Free Radical Reactions. Acta Chimica Sinica. 75(1). 22–22. 20 indexed citations
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Yang, Qi, Long Zhang, Chen Ye, et al.. (2017). Visible‐Light‐Promoted Asymmetric Cross‐Dehydrogenative Coupling of Tertiary Amines to Ketones by Synergistic Multiple Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(13). 3694–3698. 224 indexed citations
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Lv, Jian, et al.. (2016). Oxidative Radical Addition–Cyclization of Sulfonyl Hydrazones with Simple Olefins by Binary Acid Catalysis. Organic Letters. 18(13). 3150–3153. 31 indexed citations
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Lv, Jian, et al.. (2012). Asymmetric Binary-Acid Catalysis in the Inverse-Electron-Demanding Hetero-Diels-Alder Reaction of 3,4-Dihydro-2H-Pyran. Acta Chimica Sinica. 70(14). 1518–1518. 19 indexed citations
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Lv, Jian, Long Zhang, Yueming Zhou, et al.. (2011). Asymmetric Binary Acid Catalysis: A Regioselectivity Switch between Enantioselective 1,2‐ and 1,4‐Addition through Different Counteranions of InIII. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(29). 6610–6614. 103 indexed citations
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Luo, Sanzhong, Xueling Mi, Song Liu, Hui Xu, & Jin‐Pei Cheng. (2006). Surfactant-type asymmetric organocatalyst: organocatalytic asymmetric Michael addition to nitrostyrenes in water. Chemical Communications. 3687–3687. 154 indexed citations

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