Weipeng Li

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
70 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Weipeng Li is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Weipeng Li has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Organic Chemistry, 18 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 7 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Weipeng Li's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (40 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (33 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (21 papers). Weipeng Li is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (40 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (33 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (21 papers). Weipeng Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Weipeng Li's co-authors include Jin Xie, Chengjian Zhu, Chengjian Zhu, Yixiang Cheng, Xu Pan, Shouyun Yu, Muliang Zhang, Yingqian Duan, Wentao Xu and Haibin Mao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Weipeng Li

64 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Distal radical migration strategy: an emerging synthetic means

2017 324 citations Weipeng Li, Jin Xie et al. profile →
Photoinduced Late‐Stage Radical Decarboxylative and Deoxygenative Coupling of Complex Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives

2025 27 citations Chenglong Ji, Yi‐Nan Lu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weipeng Li China	31	2.4k	640	351	168	71	70	2.6k
Paramasivam Sivaguru China	29	2.1k 0.9×	469 0.7×	245 0.7×	197 1.2×	74 1.0×	72	2.3k
Shengyang Ni China	27	1.9k 0.8×	399 0.6×	344 1.0×	165 1.0×	69 1.0×	51	2.1k
Srimanta Manna Germany	24	2.3k 1.0×	404 0.6×	471 1.3×	175 1.0×	63 0.9×	47	2.5k
Leiyang Lv China	32	2.3k 1.0×	602 0.9×	440 1.3×	124 0.7×	72 1.0×	94	2.5k
Guillaume Dagousset France	28	2.8k 1.2×	914 1.4×	627 1.8×	358 2.1×	43 0.6×	62	3.0k
Changduo Pan China	33	3.3k 1.4×	406 0.6×	513 1.5×	192 1.1×	80 1.1×	113	3.4k
Long‐Yong Xie China	23	2.7k 1.1×	269 0.4×	200 0.6×	165 1.0×	64 0.9×	62	2.8k
Qingwen Gui China	26	1.8k 0.8×	218 0.3×	258 0.7×	122 0.7×	72 1.0×	71	2.0k
Huan‐Ming Huang China	25	2.8k 1.2×	327 0.5×	257 0.7×	154 0.9×	144 2.0×	72	3.1k
Giulia Bergonzini Sweden	18	2.1k 0.9×	254 0.4×	363 1.0×	179 1.1×	67 0.9×	21	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Weipeng Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weipeng Li

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All Works

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Liu, Zhi, Kai Liu, Xiaopeng Wu, et al.. (2025). Modular three-component radical fluoroalkyl-sulfuration of unactivated alkenes. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 69. 249–258. 4 indexed citations

Xia, Siyu, Weihui Zhong, Zhongren Xu, et al.. (2025). Au–Mn Bond Formal Metathesis with Ar–F via Synergistic Bimetallic Activation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(41). 37779–37787.

Tao, Zhong, Jun Huang, Hongliang Chen, et al.. (2025). Bimetallic Relay Catalysis for Radical Hydrofunctionalization of Alkenes with Diverse Nucleophiles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(47). 43915–43926.

Ji, Chenglong, Yi‐Nan Lu, Siyu Xia, et al.. (2025). Photoinduced Late‐Stage Radical Decarboxylative and Deoxygenative Coupling of Complex Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(9). e202423113–e202423113. 27 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Weipeng, Weizhuo Xu, Zhaopeng Sun, et al.. (2025). A tungsten polyoxometalate mediated aqueous redox flow battery with high open-circuit voltage up to 2 V. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4654–4654. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Xiaoliang, Siyu Xia, Kai Liu, et al.. (2025). Selective arylation of atypical C–F bonds in polyfluoroarenes with aryl chlorides. Nature Chemistry. 17(11). 1655–1665.

Li, Yantao, Qi Gao, Kai Liu, et al.. (2024). Stereoselective benzylic C(sp ³ )–H alkenylation enabled by metallaphotoredox catalysis. Chemical Science. 15(31). 12511–12516. 5 indexed citations

Ling, Bo, et al.. (2024). Nickel‐Catalyzed Highly Selective Radical C−C Coupling from Carboxylic Acids with Photoredox Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(32). e202405866–e202405866. 26 indexed citations

Zhang, Lili, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of β‐Trifluoromethylated Ketones by Photocatalyzed Deoxygenative Coupling of Aromatic Acids with α‐CF₃‐Substituted Styrenes. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 27(28). 6 indexed citations

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Li, Weipeng, Ka Lok Chan, Alexandra Friedrich, et al.. (2024). Phosphine‐Catalyzed 1,2‐cis‐Diboration of 1,3‐Butadiynes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(33). e202401235–e202401235. 2 indexed citations

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Ji, Chenglong, Hongliang Chen, Qi Gao, et al.. (2024). Dinuclear gold-catalyzed divergent dechlorinative radical borylation of gem-dichloroalkanes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3721–3721. 26 indexed citations

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Ding, Meiling, et al.. (2023). Decarboxylative Amination with Nitroarenes via Synergistic Catalysis^†. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 42(4). 351–355. 22 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lili, Yuhang Li, Zhenyu Guo, et al.. (2023). Photoredox deoxygenative allylation of carboxylic acids via selective 1,6-addition of acyl radicals to electron-deficient 1,3-dienes. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 50. 215–221. 19 indexed citations

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Han, Jie, et al.. (2023). Gold-catalyzed four-component multifunctionalization of alkynes. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3551–3551. 15 indexed citations

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Nian, Li, Jinhang Li, Jiajun Li, et al.. (2022). Highly selective single and multiple deuteration of unactivated C(sp3)-H bonds. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4224–4224. 42 indexed citations

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Li, Weipeng, Dandan Yuan, Guoqiang Wang, et al.. (2019). Cooperative Au/Ag Dual-Catalyzed Cross-Dehydrogenative Biaryl Coupling: Reaction Development and Mechanistic Insight. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(7). 3187–3197. 103 indexed citations

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Zhou, Nengneng, Pan Xu, Weipeng Li, Yixiang Cheng, & Chengjian Zhu. (2017). Visible Light Promoted Carbodifluoroalkylation of Homopropargylic Alcohols via Concomitant 1,4-Aryl Migration. Acta Chimica Sinica. 75(1). 60–60. 12 indexed citations

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Mao, Zhijie, Weipeng Li, Yan Shi, et al.. (2013). Enantioselective Construction of Dihydropyran‐Fused Indoles through Chiral Calcium Phosphate Catalyzed Oxo‐Hetero‐Diels–Alder Reactions by Using 2‐Oxoindolin‐3‐ylidenes as Heterodienes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(30). 9754–9759. 37 indexed citations

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Mao, Haibin, Aijun Lin, Yan Shi, et al.. (2013). Construction of Enantiomerically Enriched Diazo Compounds Using Diazo Esters as Nucleophiles: Chiral Lewis Base Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(24). 6288–6292. 47 indexed citations

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Shi, Yan, Aijun Lin, Haibin Mao, et al.. (2012). Enantioselective Construction of Spirooxindole Derivatives through [3+2] Annulation Catalyzed by a Bisthiourea as a Multiple‐Hydrogen‐Bond Donor. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(6). 1914–1918. 39 indexed citations

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