X. Peter Zhang

13.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
150 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

X. Peter Zhang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, X. Peter Zhang has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Organic Chemistry, 33 papers in Materials Chemistry and 30 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in X. Peter Zhang's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (85 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (58 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (52 papers). X. Peter Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (85 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (58 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (52 papers). X. Peter Zhang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. X. Peter Zhang's co-authors include Hongjian Lu, Łukasz Wojtas, Xin Cui, Ying Chen, Xue Xu, Joshua V. Ruppel, Bas de Bruin, Huiling Jiang, Shifa Zhu and Kai Lang 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

X. Peter Zhang

144 papers receiving 11.0k citations

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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.

Catalytic C–H functionalization by metalloporphyrins: recent developments and future directions

2010 603 citations Hongjian Lu, X. Peter Zhang profile →
Metalloradical Catalysis: General Approach for Controlling Reactivity and Selectivity of Homolytic Radical Reactions

2024 59 citations Wan‐Chen Cindy Lee, X. Peter Zhang Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
X. Peter Zhang United States	64	9.1k	3.1k	2.0k	768	645	150	11.1k
Hideki Yorimitsu Japan	66	13.7k 1.5×	2.8k 0.9×	2.0k 1.0×	352 0.5×	1.1k 1.6×	475	15.3k
Xavi Ribas Spain	57	6.4k 0.7×	4.2k 1.4×	2.7k 1.4×	650 0.8×	642 1.0×	172	9.6k
Masayoshi Nishiura Japan	62	8.9k 1.0×	3.9k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	610 0.8×	297 0.5×	179	10.5k
Didier Bourissou France	60	14.4k 1.6×	5.3k 1.7×	1.3k 0.7×	278 0.4×	560 0.9×	261	16.5k
Pedro J. Pérez Spain	56	9.5k 1.0×	2.6k 0.8×	788 0.4×	432 0.6×	703 1.1×	230	10.6k
Ivo Krummenacher Germany	50	6.7k 0.7×	3.6k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	768 1.0×	289 0.4×	248	8.5k
Luı́s F. Veiros Portugal	49	6.3k 0.7×	3.8k 1.2×	852 0.4×	612 0.8×	831 1.3×	247	8.2k
Yael Diskin‐Posner Israel	51	4.5k 0.5×	4.7k 1.5×	2.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	822 1.3×	161	8.0k
Jun Terao Japan	54	7.2k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	743 1.0×	706 1.1×	210	9.0k
Louis Fensterbank France	66	12.8k 1.4×	2.3k 0.7×	709 0.4×	465 0.6×	596 0.9×	286	13.5k

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Xu, Pan, Duo‐Sheng Wang, Zhenyu Zhu, & X. Peter Zhang. (2025). Enantioselective radical dearomative conjugate amination enabled by Co(II)-based metalloradical catalysis. Nature Catalysis. 8(10). 1051–1061.

Tao, Ye, Changrui Shi, X. Peter Zhang, et al.. (2024). Universal portable colorimetric isothermal nucleic acid amplification equipment for immediate diagnosis. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 427. 137218–137218.

Lee, Wan‐Chen Cindy & X. Peter Zhang. (2024). Asymmetric radical aziridination of alkenes. Trends in Chemistry. 6(2). 95–96. 8 indexed citations

Qi, Yuanfeng, Le Wang, Y. P. Tan, et al.. (2024). Synthesis and mechanistic investigation of BPA fluorescent probes targeting BPA for potential application in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT). Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 327. 125318–125318. 1 indexed citations

Qi, Yuanfeng, Le Wang, X. Peter Zhang, et al.. (2024). Fluorescent sensing for boronic acid derivatives: Design, synthesis, mechanism, application and perspective in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT). Dyes and Pigments. 235. 112561–112561. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Zhongjie, X. Peter Zhang, Qiuyun Yang, et al.. (2024). Targeting ferroptosis in treating traumatic brain injury: Harnessing the power of traditional Chinese medicine. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 180. 117555–117555. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Hao, Duo‐Sheng Wang, Zhenyu Zhu, Arghya Deb, & X. Peter Zhang. (2023). New mode of asymmetric induction for enantioselective radical N-heterobicyclization via kinetically stable chiral radical center. Chem. 10(1). 283–298. 22 indexed citations

Xu, Pan, Jingjing Xie, Duo‐Sheng Wang, & X. Peter Zhang. (2023). Metalloradical approach for concurrent control in intermolecular radical allylic C−H amination. Nature Chemistry. 15(4). 498–507. 69 indexed citations

Lang, Kai, Yang Hu, Wan‐Chen Cindy Lee, & X. Peter Zhang. (2022). Combined radical and ionic approach for the enantioselective synthesis of β-functionalized amines from alcohols. Nature Synthesis. 1(7). 548–557. 26 indexed citations

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Wang, Duo‐Sheng, et al.. (2021). Controlling Enantioselectivity and Diastereoselectivity in Radical Cascade Cyclization for Construction of Bicyclic Structures. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(29). 11130–11140. 42 indexed citations

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Sang, Peng, Jingran Tao, Hao Xu, et al.. (2021). Metalloradical activation of carbonyl azides for enantioselective radical aziridination. Chem. 7(4). 1120–1134. 44 indexed citations

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Wang, Jingyi, Jingjing Xie, Wan‐Chen Cindy Lee, Duo‐Sheng Wang, & X. Peter Zhang. (2021). Radical differentiation of two ester groups in unsymmetrical diazomalonates for highly asymmetric olefin cyclopropanation. Chem Catalysis. 2(2). 330–344. 33 indexed citations

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Lee, Wan‐Chen Cindy, et al.. (2021). Asymmetric radical cyclopropanation of dehydroaminocarboxylates: Stereoselective synthesis of cyclopropyl α-amino acids. Chem. 7(6). 1588–1601. 67 indexed citations

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Tao, Jingran, Li‐Mei Jin, & X. Peter Zhang. (2014). Synthesis of chiral N-phosphoryl aziridines through enantioselective aziridination of alkenes with phosphoryl azide via Co(II)-based metalloradical catalysis. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 10. 1282–1289. 33 indexed citations

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Jin, Li‐Mei, Xue Xu, Hongjian Lu, et al.. (2013). Effective Synthesis of Chiral N‐Fluoroaryl Aziridines through Enantioselective Aziridination of Alkenes with Fluoroaryl Azides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(20). 5309–5313. 144 indexed citations

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Paul, Nanda D., Andrei Chirila, Hongjian Lu, X. Peter Zhang, & Bas de Bruin. (2013). Carbene Radicals in Cobalt(II)–Porphyrin‐Catalysed Carbene Carbonylation Reactions; A Catalytic Approach to Ketenes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 19(39). 12953–12958. 71 indexed citations

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Meng, Le, Qigan Cheng, Chungsik Kim, et al.. (2012). Crystal Engineering of a Microporous, Catalytically Active fcu Topology MOF Using a Custom‐Designed Metalloporphyrin Linker. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(40). 10082–10085. 147 indexed citations

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Lu, Hongjian, Huiling Jiang, Łukasz Wojtas, & X. Peter Zhang. (2010). Selective Intramolecular CH Amination through the Metalloradical Activation of Azides: Synthesis of 1,3‐Diamines under Neutral and Nonoxidative Conditions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(52). 10192–10196. 189 indexed citations

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Velusamy, Subbarayan, Joshua V. Ruppel, Shifa Zhu, Jason A. Perman, & X. Peter Zhang. (2009). Highly asymmetric cobalt-catalyzed aziridination of alkenes with trichloroethoxysulfonyl azide (TcesN3). Chemical Communications. 4266–4266. 123 indexed citations

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Zhu, Shifa, Jason A. Perman, & X. Peter Zhang. (2008). Acceptor/Acceptor‐Substituted Diazo Reagents for Carbene Transfers: Cobalt‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Z‐Cyclopropanation of Alkenes with α‐Nitrodiazoacetates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(44). 8460–8463. 167 indexed citations

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