Xiaoxun Li

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Xiaoxun Li is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaoxun Li has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Organic Chemistry, 3 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 1 paper in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Xiaoxun Li's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (30 papers), Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (28 papers) and Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (25 papers). Xiaoxun Li is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (30 papers), Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (28 papers) and Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (25 papers). Xiaoxun Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Thailand. Xiaoxun Li's co-authors include Weiping Tang, Dongxu Shu, Wangze Song, Stephanie A. Blaszczyk, Jianhua Wang, Patrick J. Robichaux, Suyu Huang, Min Zhang, Casi M. Schienebeck and Jitian Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Xiaoxun Li

40 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Transition Metal-Catalyzed Selective Carbon–Carbon Bond Cleavage of Vinylcyclopropanes in Cycloaddition Reactions

2020 260 citations Jianhua Wang, Xiaoxun Li et al. profile →
Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of Chiral Polysubstituted 3-Azabicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes by Copper-Catalyzed Stereoselective Formal [4π+2σ] Cycloaddition

2024 72 citations Xiaoxun Li et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaoxun Li United States	23	1.6k	151	71	63	26	41	1.6k
Matthew Campbell United States	16	1.0k 0.6×	127 0.8×	46 0.6×	128 2.0×	14 0.5×	23	1.1k
Yaping Shang China	14	1.0k 0.7×	255 1.7×	35 0.5×	48 0.8×	18 0.7×	24	1.1k
Gregory L. Lackner United States	7	731 0.5×	49 0.3×	63 0.9×	54 0.9×	12 0.5×	8	772
Robert Doran Ireland	9	719 0.5×	113 0.7×	70 1.0×	144 2.3×	27 1.0×	13	810
Jinqiang Kuang China	17	1.1k 0.7×	178 1.2×	38 0.5×	109 1.7×	38 1.5×	29	1.2k
Matthew Pompeo United States	12	1.1k 0.7×	246 1.6×	35 0.5×	84 1.3×	30 1.2×	14	1.2k
Xiaoyan Luo China	20	859 0.5×	117 0.8×	49 0.7×	68 1.1×	6 0.2×	48	891
Anne‐Lise Dhimane France	14	1.1k 0.7×	107 0.7×	37 0.5×	79 1.3×	28 1.1×	27	1.1k
Megan K. Brennan United States	5	1.2k 0.8×	155 1.0×	68 1.0×	133 2.1×	9 0.3×	8	1.3k
Sara E. Dibrell United States	8	589 0.4×	153 1.0×	67 0.9×	75 1.2×	19 0.7×	9	663

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaoxun Li

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Nana, et al.. (2025). Enantioselective Access to Complex [4.1.1] Scaffolds with All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters via Catalytic Asymmetric [4 + 3] Cycloaddition of Bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes. ACS Catalysis. 15(15). 13207–13215. 1 indexed citations

Li, Xiaoxun, et al.. (2024). Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of Chiral Polysubstituted 3-Azabicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes by Copper-Catalyzed Stereoselective Formal [4π+2σ] Cycloaddition. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(30). 21069–21077. 72 indexed citations breakdown →

Yang, Jianfeng, et al.. (2022). Palladium-catalyzed [4 + 4] cycloadditions for highly diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of functionalized benzo[b]oxocines. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 9(13). 3493–3498. 17 indexed citations

Liu, Kai, Jianfeng Yang, & Xiaoxun Li. (2021). Palladium-Catalyzed Diastereo- and Enantioselective [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of Vinylcyclopropanes with Azadienes: Efficient Access to Chiral Spirocycles. Organic Letters. 23(3). 826–831. 46 indexed citations

Winston‐McPherson, Gabrielle, Haibo Xie, Ka Yang, et al.. (2019). Discovery of 2,3′-diindolylmethanes as a novel class of PCSK9 modulators. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 29(16). 2345–2348. 8 indexed citations

Wang, Lisheng, Yi Wu, Hua Yang, et al.. (2017). Copper-Catalyzed P–H Insertions of α-Imino Carbenes for the Preparation of 3-Phosphinoylindoles. Organic Letters. 19(4). 782–785. 42 indexed citations

Trost, Barry M. & Xiaoxun Li. (2017). Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylations via C–H activation of N-allyl imines with glycinates. Chemical Science. 8(10). 6815–6821. 17 indexed citations

Li, Xiaoxun, Wangze Song, Xiufang Xu, et al.. (2016). Rhodium‐Catalyzed Intramolecular [5+2] Cycloaddition of Inverted 3‐Acyloxy‐1,4‐enyne and Alkyne: Experimental and Theoretical Studies. Chemistry - A European Journal. 22(21). 7079–7083. 14 indexed citations

Li, Xiaoxun, Hui Li, Wangze Song, et al.. (2015). Divergent Reactivity of Rhodium(I) Carbenes Derived from Indole Annulations. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(44). 12905–12908. 28 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaoxun, Hui Li, Wangze Song, et al.. (2015). Divergent Reactivity of Rhodium(I) Carbenes Derived from Indole Annulations. Angewandte Chemie. 127(44). 13097–13100. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Hui, Xiaoxun Li, Hao‐Yuan Wang, et al.. (2014). Copper-catalyzed tandem annulation/arylation for the synthesis of diindolylmethanes from propargylic alcohols. Chemical Communications. 50(82). 12293–12296. 29 indexed citations

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Shu, Dongxu, Wangze Song, Xiaoxun Li, & Weiping Tang. (2013). Rhodium‐ and Platinum‐Catalyzed [4+3] Cycloaddition with Concomitant Indole Annulation: Synthesis of Cyclohepta[b]indoles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(11). 3237–3240. 103 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaoxun, Wangze Song, & Weiping Tang. (2013). Rhodium-Catalyzed Tandem Annulation and (5 + 1) Cycloaddition: 3-Hydroxy-1,4-enyne as the 5-Carbon Component. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(45). 16797–16800. 84 indexed citations

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Schienebeck, Casi M., Patrick J. Robichaux, Xiaoxun Li, Lianqing Chen, & Weiping Tang. (2013). Effect of ester on rhodium-catalyzed intermolecular [5+2] cycloaddition of 3-acyloxy-1,4-enynes and alkynes. Chemical Communications. 49(26). 2616–2616. 27 indexed citations

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Huang, Suyu, et al.. (2012). Rhodium-catalyzed 1,3-acyloxy migration and subsequent intramolecular [4+2] cycloaddition of vinylallene and unactivated alkyne. Chemical Communications. 48(16). 2204–2204. 36 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaoxun, Min Zhang, Dongxu Shu, et al.. (2012). ChemInform Abstract: Rhodium‐Catalyzed Ring Expansion of Cyclopropanes to Seven‐Membered Rings by 1,5 C—C Bond Migration.. ChemInform. 43(10). 1 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaoxun, Suyu Huang, Casi M. Schienebeck, Dongxu Shu, & Weiping Tang. (2012). Rhodium-Catalyzed Carbonylation of 3-Acyloxy-1,4-enynes for the Synthesis of Cyclopentenones. Organic Letters. 14(6). 1584–1587. 39 indexed citations

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Shu, Xing‐Zhong, Xiaoxun Li, Dongxu Shu, et al.. (2012). Rhodium-Catalyzed Intra- and Intermolecular [5 + 2] Cycloaddition of 3-Acyloxy-1,4-enyne and Alkyne with Concomitant 1,2-Acyloxy Migration. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(11). 5211–5221. 94 indexed citations

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Li, Xiaoxun, Min Zhang, Dongxu Shu, et al.. (2011). Rhodium‐Catalyzed Ring Expansion of Cyclopropanes to Seven‐membered Rings by 1,5 CC Bond Migration. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(44). 10421–10424. 53 indexed citations

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Shu, Dongxu, Xiaoxun Li, Min Zhang, Patrick J. Robichaux, & Weiping Tang. (2010). Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Cyclohexenone Rings: Rhodium‐Catalyzed 1,3‐Acyloxy Migration and Subsequent [5+1] Cycloaddition. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(6). 1346–1349. 81 indexed citations

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