Wai‐Lun Chan

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Wai‐Lun Chan is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wai‐Lun Chan has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Organic Chemistry, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Wai‐Lun Chan's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (10 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (6 papers) and Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry (5 papers). Wai‐Lun Chan is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (10 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (6 papers) and Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry (5 papers). Wai‐Lun Chan collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Wai‐Lun Chan's co-authors include Yixin Lü, Huanzhen Ni, Ka‐Leung Wong, Yongjiang Wang, Xiaoyu Han, Weijun Yao, Xiaodong Tang, Fuhao Zhang, Wai‐Kwok Wong and Chi‐Fai Chan and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Wai‐Lun Chan

33 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Phosphine-Catalyzed Asymmetric Organic Reactions 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 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. Phosphine-Catalyzed Asymmetric Organic Reactions
    2018 637 citations Huanzhen Ni, Wai‐Lun Chan et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers

Wai‐Lun Chan
Lili Zong China
Riccardo Sinisi Italy
Alexandre F. Trindade Portugal
Karsten Rauch Germany
Sara Preciado Spain
Zhen Lei China
Haifeng Zheng China
Sukhendu Maiti India
Stephan Bachmann Switzerland
Xingguang Li China
Lili Zong China
Wai‐Lun Chan
Citations per year, relative to Wai‐Lun Chan Wai‐Lun Chan (= 1×) peers Lili Zong

Countries citing papers authored by Wai‐Lun Chan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wai‐Lun Chan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wai‐Lun Chan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wai‐Lun Chan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Wai‐Lun Chan. Wai‐Lun Chan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Xiaoye, et al.. (2025). Late-Stage N-Alkenylative Modifications of Indolic Scaffolds with Propiolates: Toward Bisconjugation and Macrocyclization. Organic Letters. 27(20). 5081–5086. 1 indexed citations
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PANG, W., et al.. (2024). Recent advances in peptide macrocyclization strategies. Chemical Society Reviews. 53(24). 11725–11771. 27 indexed citations
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Zhang, Fuhao, Lei Dai, Wenrui Zheng, et al.. (2022). Phosphine‐Catalyzed Enantioselective (3+2) Annulation of Vinylcyclopropanes with Imines for the Synthesis of Chiral Pyrrolidines. Angewandte Chemie. 134(24). 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Fuhao, Lei Dai, Wenrui Zheng, et al.. (2022). Phosphine‐Catalyzed Enantioselective (3+2) Annulation of Vinylcyclopropanes with Imines for the Synthesis of Chiral Pyrrolidines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(24). e202203212–e202203212. 33 indexed citations
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Wu, Yue, Hoa K. Chau, Waygen Thor, et al.. (2021). Solid‐Phase Peptide Macrocyclization and Multifunctionalization via Dipyrrin Construction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(37). 20301–20307. 16 indexed citations
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Wu, Yue, Hoa K. Chau, Waygen Thor, et al.. (2021). Solid‐Phase Peptide Macrocyclization and Multifunctionalization via Dipyrrin Construction. Angewandte Chemie. 133(37). 20463–20469. 9 indexed citations
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Chan, Wai‐Lun, et al.. (2020). Sjogren’s syndrome with multi-organ extraglandular manifestations - a case report. 4(12). 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jing, Wai‐Lun Chan, Ligong Chen, Nisar Ullah, & Yixin Lü. (2019). Creation of bispiro[pyrazolone-3,3′-oxindoles] via a phosphine-catalyzed enantioselective [3 + 2] annulation of the Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates with pyrazoloneyldiene oxindoles. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 6(13). 2210–2214. 46 indexed citations
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Chan, Wai‐Lun, Xiaodong Tang, Fuhao Zhang, et al.. (2019). Phosphine‐Catalyzed (3+2) Annulation of Isoindigos with Allenes: Enantioselective Formation of Two Vicinal Quaternary Stereogenic Centers. Angewandte Chemie. 131(19). 6326–6330. 22 indexed citations
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Chan, Wai‐Lun, Xiaodong Tang, Fuhao Zhang, et al.. (2019). Phosphine‐Catalyzed (3+2) Annulation of Isoindigos with Allenes: Enantioselective Formation of Two Vicinal Quaternary Stereogenic Centers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(19). 6260–6264. 90 indexed citations
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Chan, Wai‐Lun, Chen Xie, Yan Zhou, et al.. (2019). Impressive near-infrared brightness and singlet oxygen generation from strategic lanthanide–porphyrin double-decker complexes in aqueous solution. Light Science & Applications. 8(1). 46–46. 44 indexed citations
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Ni, Huanzhen, Wai‐Lun Chan, & Yixin Lü. (2018). Phosphine-Catalyzed Asymmetric Organic Reactions. Chemical Reviews. 118(18). 9344–9411. 637 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Kaizhi, Zhichao Jin, Wai‐Lun Chan, & Yixin Lü. (2018). Enantioselective Construction of Bicyclic Pyran and Hydrindane Scaffolds via Intramolecular Rauhut–Currier Reactions Catalyzed by Thiourea-Phosphines. ACS Catalysis. 8(9). 8810–8815. 63 indexed citations
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Lam, Ka On, Anthony W.I. Lo, Cheuk‐Wai Choi, et al.. (2017). PD-L1 hotspot in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes of radically treated esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: Pattern of recurrence and long-term clinical outcomes. Annals of Oncology. 28. iii2–iii3. 2 indexed citations
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Chan, Chi‐Fai, et al.. (2016). Urinary Polyamines: A Pilot Study on Their Roles as Prostate Cancer Detection Biomarkers. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0162217–e0162217. 40 indexed citations
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Chan, Chi‐Fai, Rongfeng Lan, Ming‐Kiu Tsang, et al.. (2015). Directional Plk1 inhibition-driven cell cycle interruption using amphiphilic thin-coated peptide-lanthanide upconversion nanomaterials as in vivo tumor suppressors. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 3(13). 2624–2634. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Hongguang, Rongfeng Lan, Chi‐Fai Chan, et al.. (2013). Real time detection of cell cycle regulator cyclin A on living tumor cells with europium emission. Dalton Transactions. 42(37). 13495–13495. 9 indexed citations
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Chan, Chi‐Fai, Ming‐Kiu Tsang, Hongguang Li, et al.. (2013). Bifunctional up-converting lanthanide nanoparticles for selective in vitro imaging and inhibition of cyclin D as anti-cancer agents. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2(1). 84–91. 64 indexed citations
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Leung, Joseph C.K., Sydney Tang, Loretta Y.Y. Chan, Wai‐Lun Chan, & K.N. Lai. (2007). Synthesis of TNF-  by mesangial cells cultured with polymeric anionic IgA role of MAPK and NF- B. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 23(1). 72–81. 51 indexed citations

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