Weidi Cao

3.0k total citations
101 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Weidi Cao is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Weidi Cao has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Organic Chemistry, 15 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 15 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Weidi Cao's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (41 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (34 papers) and Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (20 papers). Weidi Cao is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (41 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (34 papers) and Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (20 papers). Weidi Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Poland and United States. Weidi Cao's co-authors include Xiaoming Feng, Xiaohua Liu, Lili Lin, Heyou Han, Jinrui Zhang, Wentao Wang, Yuqiao Zhou, Zhishan Su, Xiaoping Lu and Tengfei Kang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Weidi Cao

99 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weidi Cao China	28	1.9k	458	300	262	228	101	2.5k
Zhi‐Yong Han China	36	4.1k 2.1×	1.4k 3.0×	107 0.4×	386 1.5×	86 0.4×	84	4.3k
Bo Qu United States	26	1.5k 0.8×	837 1.8×	201 0.7×	327 1.2×	103 0.5×	85	1.9k
Sheng‐Rong Guo China	21	1.1k 0.6×	91 0.2×	80 0.3×	106 0.4×	157 0.7×	75	1.6k
Li Wan China	15	771 0.4×	164 0.4×	165 0.6×	70 0.3×	43 0.2×	47	1.1k
G. Gelbard France	23	552 0.3×	226 0.5×	622 2.1×	405 1.5×	424 1.9×	36	1.5k
Yoshihiro Hayashi Japan	18	504 0.3×	157 0.3×	168 0.6×	150 0.6×	84 0.4×	64	1.1k
Jennifer M. Kremsner Austria	12	817 0.4×	132 0.3×	225 0.8×	194 0.7×	95 0.4×	13	1.1k
Minghao Li China	22	1.1k 0.6×	114 0.2×	177 0.6×	176 0.7×	60 0.3×	83	1.4k
Katherine M. P. Wheelhouse United Kingdom	21	1.3k 0.7×	460 1.0×	129 0.4×	175 0.7×	23 0.1×	46	1.8k
Teresa Martínez del Campo Spain	25	1.7k 0.9×	359 0.8×	85 0.3×	136 0.5×	71 0.3×	62	2.0k

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Liu, Jinxia, Xin-Yi Liu, Weidi Cao, et al.. (2025). A novel α-amylase from Streptococcus thermophilus 17140 with β-glycosidic bond hydrolysis capability for the transformation of rare ginsenosides. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 306(Pt 3). 141621–141621.

Jiang, Mingyi, Zhiqian Yu, Fei Wang, et al.. (2025). Reductant‐Free Enantioselective Aza ‐Reformatsky Reaction Enabled by Synergistic Visible Light Photocatalysis and Lewis Acid Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 137(17). 1 indexed citations

Yu, Zhonghui, et al.. (2025). Reductant‐Free Enantioselective Aza ‐Reformatsky Reaction Enabled by Synergistic Visible Light Photocatalysis and Lewis Acid Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(17). e202500756–e202500756. 6 indexed citations

Lu, Xi, et al.. (2025). Photoinduced Asymmetric [4 + 2] Cycloaddition of Benzocyclobutenones with Ketones into 3,4-Dihydroisocoumarins. Organic Letters. 27(31). 8656–8661. 2 indexed citations

Han, Yu, et al.. (2025). Visible Light‐Promoted Enantioselective Catalytic Alkylation of α ‐Ketoamides with Hydrocarbons. ChemCatChem. 17(7). 3 indexed citations

Li, Shiyang, et al.. (2024). Aza-[4 + 2]-cycloaddition of benzocyclobutenones into isoquinolinone derivatives enabled by photoinduced regio-specific C–C bond cleavage. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10866–10866. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Fei, et al.. (2024). Catalytic Asymmetric Dearomative [2 + 2] Photocycloaddition/Ring-Expansion Sequence of Indoles with Diversified Alkenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(33). 23457–23466. 28 indexed citations

Cao, Weidi, et al.. (2024). Applications of Organosilanes in Visible Light‐induced Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions. ChemCatChem. 16(17). 11 indexed citations

Ning, Lichao, Han Yu, Shiyang Li, et al.. (2024). Catalytic Asymmetric Photocycloaddition of Triplet Aldehydes with Benzocyclobutenones. CCS Chemistry. 7(2). 573–581. 30 indexed citations

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Cao, Weidi & Xiaohua Liu. (2023). Recent Advances on Catalytic Enantioselective Protonation for Construction of α-Tertiary Carbonyl Compounds. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 43(3). 961–961. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaohua, et al.. (2023). Bimetallic tandem catalysis-enabled enantioselective cycloisomerization/carbonyl–ene reaction for construction of 5-oxazoylmethyl α-silyl alcohol. Chemical Science. 14(31). 8315–8320. 8 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yuqiao, et al.. (2023). Catalytic Asymmetric [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Exocyclic Enol Ethers for the Synthesis of Spiroketals. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(7). 423–428. 11 indexed citations

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Feng, Lili, Xiaofan Chen, Ning Guo, et al.. (2023). Visible-light-induced chemo-, diastereo- and enantioselective α-C(sp³)–H functionalization of alkyl silanes. Chemical Science. 14(17). 4516–4522. 10 indexed citations

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Yang, Wei, et al.. (2020). Nickel(ii)-catalyzed asymmetric thio-Claisen rearrangement of α-diazo pyrazoleamides with thioindoles. Chemical Communications. 56(69). 10002–10005. 27 indexed citations

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Kang, Tengfei, et al.. (2020). Lewis acid-catalyzed asymmetric reactions of β,γ-unsaturated 2-acyl imidazoles. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3869–3869. 24 indexed citations

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Cao, Weidi, et al.. (2018). Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Spiro‐cyclopropyl Oxindoles from 3‐Alkenyl‐oxindoles and Sulfoxonium Ylides. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 360(21). 4089–4093. 50 indexed citations

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Chen, Weiliang, Lili Lin, Yunfei Cai, et al.. (2014). Catalytic asymmetric [3+2] cycloaddition of aromatic aldehydes with oxiranes by C–C bond cleavage of epoxides: highly efficient synthesis of chiral 1,3-dioxolanes. Chemical Communications. 50(17). 2161–2161. 39 indexed citations

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Cao, Weidi, Xiaohua Liu, Jing Guo, Lili Lin, & Xiaoming Feng. (2014). Asymmetric Tandem 1,5‐Hydride Shift/Ring Closure for the Synthesis of Chiral Spirooxindole Tetrahydroquinolines. Chemistry - A European Journal. 21(4). 1632–1636. 77 indexed citations

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Wang, Wentao, Xiaohua Liu, Weidi Cao, et al.. (2009). Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of β‐Heteroaryl‐Substituted Dihydrochalcones Through Friedel–Crafts Alkylation of Indoles and Pyrrole. Chemistry - A European Journal. 16(5). 1664–1669. 77 indexed citations

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Kennedy, R.L., Weidi Cao, & W. M. Thomas. (1996). Stress-rupture strength of alloy 718. AM&P Technical Articles. 149(3). 33–35. 2 indexed citations

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