Shaoyu Li

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Shaoyu Li is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Shaoyu Li has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Organic Chemistry, 15 papers in Spectroscopy and 11 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Shaoyu Li's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (22 papers), Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (19 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (16 papers). Shaoyu Li is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (22 papers), Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (19 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (16 papers). Shaoyu Li collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Shaoyu Li's co-authors include Bin Tan, Shao‐Hua Xiang, Jie Wu, Jun Kee Cheng, Ye Liu, Yong Luo, Yong‐Bin Wang, Peiyuan Yu, Jun Wang and Qian‐Jin An and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Shaoyu Li

67 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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Recent Advances in Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of Atropisomers

2021 797 citations Shao‐Hua Xiang, Shaoyu Li et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shaoyu Li China	30	3.1k	1.3k	499	377	278	71	3.4k
Yu‐Chen Zhang China	34	3.8k 1.2×	886 0.7×	386 0.8×	420 1.1×	322 1.2×	94	4.1k
Abel Ros Spain	31	3.2k 1.0×	813 0.6×	283 0.6×	233 0.6×	667 2.4×	53	3.5k
Xufeng Lin China	37	3.8k 1.2×	492 0.4×	709 1.4×	218 0.6×	567 2.0×	122	4.0k
Hong‐Gang Cheng China	34	3.1k 1.0×	218 0.2×	275 0.6×	124 0.3×	627 2.3×	81	3.5k
Dixit Parmar United Kingdom	11	2.7k 0.9×	413 0.3×	331 0.7×	170 0.5×	680 2.4×	15	2.9k
Marion Jean France	23	1.8k 0.6×	783 0.6×	312 0.6×	120 0.3×	208 0.7×	102	2.2k
Thierry Constantieux France	33	4.0k 1.3×	419 0.3×	893 1.8×	137 0.4×	905 3.3×	99	4.2k
Vladimir B. Birman United States	32	3.1k 1.0×	311 0.2×	944 1.9×	145 0.4×	856 3.1×	55	3.4k
Armen Panossian France	20	2.7k 0.9×	632 0.5×	345 0.7×	173 0.5×	883 3.2×	70	3.0k

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Xu, Lu, et al.. (2025). Significant enhancement in the strength and thermal stability of Cu/Nb nano-multilayer via a minor Ag doping. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1022. 180035–180035. 1 indexed citations

Zeng, Longfei, et al.. (2025). A nanolaminated structure design to produce high-strength Cu alloys with enhanced electrical conductivity and thermal stability. Materials Characterization. 223. 114883–114883. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Yilin, et al.. (2025). Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Cyclobutanamides. Organic Letters. 27(10). 2509–2514. 3 indexed citations

Cui, Jian, Yun Mao, Yilin Zhu, et al.. (2025). Photocatalytic Pyridyl-carbamoylation of Alkenes for Accessing β-Pyridyl Amides. Organic Letters. 27(11). 2576–2581. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Xingxian, Guanyinsheng Qiu, Shaoyu Li, Guang Cheng, & Chenchen Cai. (2025). Catalyst-Free Radical Dearomatization of Phenols with Aryldiazonium Tetrafluoroborates and DABCO·(SO2)2. Synlett. 36(9). 1262–1266. 1 indexed citations

Zeng, Longfei, et al.. (2024). Enhancing strength and ductility synergy through heterogeneous laminated structure design in high-entropy alloys. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 222. 68–81. 8 indexed citations

Li, Shaoyu, Yu Zhou, Jingkai Zhao, et al.. (2024). Enhanced 1,2-dichloroethane removal using g-C3N4/Blue TiO2 nanotube array photoanode in microbial photoelectrochemical cells. Chemosphere. 363. 142839–142839. 4 indexed citations

Zeng, Longfei, et al.. (2024). Enhanced strength-ductility synergy in pure Cu through the design of alternating coarse-grained and nanostructured layers. Materials Characterization. 214. 114109–114109. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Changmei, Hao Cheng, Yuanyuan An, et al.. (2024). Catalyst-Free Radical Carbosulfonylation of Enamides with Indoles, Aryldiazonium Tetrafluoroborates, and DABCO·(SO₂)₂. Organic Letters. 26(39). 8307–8311. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Fulin, Weiya Huang, Kang‐Qiang Lu, et al.. (2024). Novel PDI-NH/PDI-COOH Supramolecular Junction for Enhanced Visible-Light Photocatalytic Phenol Degradation. Molecules. 29(17). 4196–4196. 2 indexed citations

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Huang, Jiapian, et al.. (2022). Accessing chiral sulfones bearing quaternary carbon stereocenters via photoinduced radical sulfur dioxide insertion and Truce–Smiles rearrangement. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7081–7081. 94 indexed citations

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Mao, Jianhui, Yong‐Bin Wang, Limin Yang, et al.. (2021). Organocatalyst-controlled site-selective arene C–H functionalization. Nature Chemistry. 13(10). 982–991. 63 indexed citations

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Yang, Junxian, Jiwei Zhang, Wen Bao, et al.. (2021). Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Remote Control of Axial Chirality at Boron–Carbon Bond. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(33). 12924–12929. 76 indexed citations

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Xiang, Shao‐Hua, et al.. (2021). Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of Axially Chiral Compounds^†. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 39(7). 1787–1796. 146 indexed citations

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Zhu, Shuai, Ye‐Hui Chen, Yong‐Bin Wang, et al.. (2019). Organocatalytic atroposelective construction of axially chiral arylquinones. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4268–4268. 111 indexed citations

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Qi, Liangwen, Shaoyu Li, Shao‐Hua Xiang, Jun Wang, & Bin Tan. (2019). Asymmetric construction of atropisomeric biaryls via a redox neutral cross-coupling strategy. Nature Catalysis. 2(4). 314–323. 140 indexed citations

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Sheng, Jie, Shaoyu Li, & Jie Wu. (2013). Synthesis of 3-((trifluoromethyl)thio)indoles via a reaction of 2-alkynylaniline with trifluoromethanesulfanylamide. Chemical Communications. 50(5). 578–580. 92 indexed citations

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Li, Shaoyu, Shaowu Zou, & Jie Wu. (2012). An Efficient Approach for the Construction of Benzazepine and Benzoxepine Derivatives. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 7(12). 2882–2887. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Shaoyu & Jie Wu. (2012). A copper(i)-catalyzed reaction of 2-(2-ethynylphenyl)oxirane, sulfonyl azide, with 2-isocyanoacetate. Chemical Communications. 48(71). 8973–8973. 23 indexed citations

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Li, Shaoyu, Yong Luo, Xiaocong Wang, Minjie Guo, & Jie Wu. (2012). 1‐Bromo‐2‐(cyclopropylidenemethyl)benzene: A Useful Building Block in the Palladium‐Catalyzed Reaction of 2‐Alkynylbenzenamine. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 7(7). 1691–1696. 9 indexed citations

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