Tao Zhou

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Tao Zhou is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tao Zhou has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Organic Chemistry, 18 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Tao Zhou's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (52 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (29 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (14 papers). Tao Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (52 papers), Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (29 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (14 papers). Tao Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Tao Zhou's co-authors include Bing‐Feng Shi, Qi‐Jun Yao, Bin Li, Baiquan Wang, Gang Liao, Pu‐Fan Qian, Yuanzhi Xia, Zhen-Chu Chen, Jun-Yi Li and Yibo Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Tao Zhou

87 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Recent advances in the synthesis of axially chiral biarylsviatransition metal-catalysed asymmetric C–H functionalization

2019 396 citations Gang Liao, Tao Zhou et al. Chemical Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tao Zhou China	28	2.5k	504	335	313	123	89	2.9k
Hao Jiang Denmark	32	3.7k 1.5×	782 1.6×	620 1.9×	165 0.5×	138 1.1×	77	4.1k
Yutaka Ukaji Japan	27	2.3k 0.9×	353 0.7×	541 1.6×	131 0.4×	33 0.3×	158	2.6k
Alison J. Frontier United States	33	3.4k 1.3×	413 0.8×	648 1.9×	130 0.4×	109 0.9×	90	3.8k
Kozo Shishido Japan	35	3.4k 1.4×	310 0.6×	854 2.5×	107 0.3×	219 1.8×	219	4.0k
Wen‐Bo Liu China	29	2.0k 0.8×	596 1.2×	255 0.8×	67 0.2×	94 0.8×	86	2.3k
Corinna S. Schindler United States	32	2.7k 1.1×	456 0.9×	633 1.9×	81 0.3×	92 0.7×	84	3.0k
Steven W. M. Crossley United States	11	1.8k 0.7×	528 1.0×	443 1.3×	113 0.4×	132 1.1×	12	2.4k
Fraser F. Fleming United States	23	3.8k 1.5×	797 1.6×	756 2.3×	107 0.3×	62 0.5×	129	4.3k
Antonio Ramı́rez United States	25	1.7k 0.7×	407 0.8×	265 0.8×	89 0.3×	124 1.0×	70	2.0k
Kian L. Tan United States	27	1.9k 0.8×	676 1.3×	530 1.6×	59 0.2×	49 0.4×	50	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tao Zhou

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhou, Tao, et al.. (2025). Pd(II)-Catalyzed Asymmetric C–H Functionalization/Dearomatization of Naphthols through Axial-to-Central Chirality Transfer. ACS Catalysis. 15(5). 4280–4286. 3 indexed citations

Bao, Liyong, Yi Ding, Tao Zhou, et al.. (2025). Simultaneous Construction of Axial and Central Chirality via Ru(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Intermolecular C–H Alkylation. CCS Chemistry. 8(2). 793–802. 4 indexed citations

Zhou, Tao, Jing Zhou, Yunyun Liu, Jie‐Ping Wan, & Fen‐Er Chen. (2024). Transition metal-free tunable synthesis of 3-(trifluoromethylthio) and 3-trifluoromethylsulfinyl chromones via domino C H functionalization and chromone annulation of enaminones. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(11). 109683–109683. 24 indexed citations

Zhou, Gang, et al.. (2024). Electrooxidative Rhodium(III)/Chiral Carboxylic Acid‐Catalyzed Enantioselective C−H Annulation of Sulfoximines with Alkynes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(15). e202319871–e202319871. 27 indexed citations

Zhou, Tao, et al.. (2024). Highly active chromium-based selective ethylene tri-/tetramerization catalysts supported by alkenylphosphanyl PNP ligands. Dalton Transactions. 53(33). 14011–14017. 1 indexed citations

Qian, Pu‐Fan, Gang Zhou, Bingjie Wang, et al.. (2024). Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Calix[4]arenes with Both Inherent and Axial Chirality via Cobalt‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Intermolecular C−H Annulation. Angewandte Chemie. 136(52).

Zhou, Gang, et al.. (2024). Pd-Catalyzed Atroposelective C–H Olefination: Diverse Synthesis of Axially Chiral Biaryl-2-carboxylic Acids. Organic Letters. 26(27). 5670–5675. 5 indexed citations

Zhou, Tao, et al.. (2024). Pd(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective C(sp³)–H Arylation toward P-Stereogenic Dialkylphosphinamides. ACS Catalysis. 14(9). 7213–7219. 15 indexed citations

Xie, Pei‐Pei, et al.. (2024). Pd(ii)-Catalyzed enantioselective C–H olefination toward the synthesis of P-stereogenic phosphinamides. Chemical Communications. 60(12). 1623–1626. 5 indexed citations

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Wu, Le‐Song, et al.. (2024). Pd(II)-Catalyzed Chemo-, Diastereo-, and Enantioselective C(sp³)–H Arylation to Construct Contiguous Phosphorus and Carbon Stereocenters. Organic Letters. 26(42). 8988–8992. 2 indexed citations

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Qian, Pu‐Fan, Tao Zhou, & Bing‐Feng Shi. (2023). Transition-metal-catalyzed atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral styrenes. Chemical Communications. 59(85). 12669–12684. 53 indexed citations

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Qian, Pu‐Fan, Jun-Yi Li, Tao Zhou, & Bing‐Feng Shi. (2022). Synthesis of P- and S-Stereogenic Compounds via Enantioselective C–H Functionalization. Synthesis. 54(21). 4784–4794. 27 indexed citations

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Li, Jun-Yi, Pei‐Pei Xie, Tao Zhou, et al.. (2022). Ir(III)-Catalyzed Asymmetric C–H Activation/Annulation of Sulfoximines Assisted by the Hydrogen-Bonding Interaction. ACS Catalysis. 12(15). 9083–9091. 50 indexed citations

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Xu, Yang, Tao Zhou, Ye‐Qiang Han, et al.. (2021). Pd(ii)-Catalyzed enantioselective arylation of unbiased methylene C(sp³)–H bonds enabled by a 3,3′-F₂-BINOL ligand. Chemical Communications. 57(45). 5562–5565. 13 indexed citations

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Zhou, Tao, Pu‐Fan Qian, Jun-Yi Li, et al.. (2021). Efficient Synthesis of Sulfur-Stereogenic Sulfoximines via Ru(II)-Catalyzed Enantioselective C–H Functionalization Enabled by Chiral Carboxylic Acid. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(18). 6810–6816. 176 indexed citations

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Zhou, Tao, Xin Ji, Junliang Zhang, & Lu Liu. (2020). Phosphine-catalyzed conjugate cyanation of β-trifluoromethyl enones: access to α-trifluoromethyl γ-carbonyl nitriles. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 7(18). 2644–2648. 13 indexed citations

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Liao, Gang, Tao Zhou, Qi‐Jun Yao, & Bing‐Feng Shi. (2019). Recent advances in the synthesis of axially chiral biarylsviatransition metal-catalysed asymmetric C–H functionalization. Chemical Communications. 55(59). 8514–8523. 396 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Tao, Ben Huang, Li Cao, et al.. (2017). Phosphine-catalyzed Friedel–Crafts reaction of naphthols with para-quinone methides: expedient access to triarylmethanes. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 15(23). 4941–4945. 48 indexed citations

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Zhu, Wenjiao, Haijiao Wang, Shozo Fujioka, et al.. (2012). Homeostasis of Brassinosteroids Regulated by DRL1, a Putative Acyltransferase in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant. 6(2). 546–558. 30 indexed citations

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Gong, Weibin, et al.. (2012). Structural Insight into Recognition of Methylated Histone Tails by Retinoblastoma-binding Protein 1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(11). 8531–8540. 23 indexed citations

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