Xing‐Zhong Shu

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
99 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Xing‐Zhong Shu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Xing‐Zhong Shu has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Organic Chemistry, 23 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 5 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Xing‐Zhong Shu's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (72 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (44 papers) and Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (34 papers). Xing‐Zhong Shu is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (72 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (44 papers) and Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (34 papers). Xing‐Zhong Shu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Xing‐Zhong Shu's co-authors include Xiaobo Pang, Xue‐Yuan Liu, Yong‐Min Liang, Ke‐Gong Ji, Peng Guo, Pei‐Feng Su, Weiping Tang, F. Dean Toste, Jingui Duan and Ying He 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

Xing‐Zhong Shu

94 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Dual Visible Light Photoredox and Gold-Catalyzed Arylative Ring Expansion

2014 379 citations Xing‐Zhong Shu, Ying He et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Reductive Cross-Coupling of Unreactive Electrophiles

2022 194 citations Xiaobo Pang, Pei‐Feng Su et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xing‐Zhong Shu China	43	4.5k	856	244	205	184	99	4.8k
Elena Buñuel Spain	26	3.3k 0.7×	693 0.8×	172 0.7×	297 1.4×	162 0.9×	78	3.7k
Ranjan Jana India	32	4.5k 1.0×	752 0.9×	239 1.0×	375 1.8×	272 1.5×	81	4.9k
Thomas W. Lyons United States	12	6.0k 1.3×	1.3k 1.5×	244 1.0×	195 1.0×	197 1.1×	20	6.2k
Magnus J. Johansson Sweden	25	2.6k 0.6×	860 1.0×	229 0.9×	398 1.9×	278 1.5×	73	3.1k
Jean‐François Soulé France	29	3.3k 0.7×	651 0.8×	258 1.1×	374 1.8×	310 1.7×	124	3.6k
Jamie A. Leitch United Kingdom	26	2.4k 0.5×	629 0.7×	234 1.0×	337 1.6×	162 0.9×	43	2.8k
Fady Nahra Belgium	31	2.3k 0.5×	713 0.8×	166 0.7×	197 1.0×	192 1.0×	84	2.6k
Gianpiero Cera Italy	26	3.8k 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	144 0.6×	189 0.9×	153 0.8×	66	4.0k
Luis C. Misal Castro France	20	2.4k 0.5×	916 1.1×	126 0.5×	411 2.0×	125 0.7×	24	2.8k
Levi M. Stanley United States	29	3.5k 0.8×	1.3k 1.6×	194 0.8×	560 2.7×	324 1.8×	72	4.0k

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All Works

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Xia, Tingting, Xing‐Zhong Shu, Jianrong Steve Zhou, & Yifeng Chen. (2025). Catalytic Asymmetric Reductive Addition of Organic Electrophiles to Carbonyls and Beyond. CCS Chemistry. 8(1). 115–141. 3 indexed citations

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Qi, Liangliang, Peng‐Fei Xu, Yuke Wu, Xiaobo Pang, & Xing‐Zhong Shu. (2025). Nickel-catalyzed [4 + 1] sila-cycloaddition: a divergent synthesis of silacarbocycles from trichlorosilanes. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 12(23). 6486–6492.

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Qi, Liangliang, Shaojie Xu, Xiaobo Pang, et al.. (2025). Nickel‐Catalyzed Sila‐Cycloaddition of Dichlorodisilanes: Selective Si─Cl Activation for Cyclic Disilanes and Enantioenriched Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie. 137(35).

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Wang, Yuquan & Xing‐Zhong Shu. (2025). Direct Deoxygenative Formylation of Ketones with Titanium. Organic Letters. 27(23). 6059–6064.

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Li, Sida, Xing‐Zhong Shu, & Lipeng Wu. (2023). Zirconium and Titanium Mediated Hydroboration of Alkenes and Alkynes. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 43(5). 1751–1751. 1 indexed citations

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Peng, Xuejing, et al.. (2023). Nickel-catalyzed dynamic kinetic cross-electrophile coupling of benzylic alcohols and alkenyl triflates. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11(1). 94–99. 5 indexed citations

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Pang, Xiaobo & Xing‐Zhong Shu. (2023). Reductive Deoxygenative Functionalization of Alcohols by First‐Row Transition Metal Catalysis. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 41(13). 1637–1652. 64 indexed citations

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Guo, Peng, Xiaobo Pang, Ke Wang, et al.. (2022). Nickel-Catalyzed Reductive Csp³–Ge Coupling of Alkyl Bromides with Chlorogermanes. Organic Letters. 24(9). 1802–1806. 43 indexed citations

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Bai, Yunfei, Guanyu Han, Zhenzhen Zhao, et al.. (2021). Reductive Alkylation of Alkenyl Acetates with Alkyl Bromides by Nickel Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 134(4). 5 indexed citations

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Duan, Jingui, Ke Wang, Guangli Xu, et al.. (2020). Cross‐Electrophile C(sp²)−Si Coupling of Vinyl Chlorosilanes. Angewandte Chemie. 132(51). 23283–23288. 13 indexed citations

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Pang, Xiaobo, et al.. (2019). Construction of C–C Bond via C–N and C–O Cleavage. Synlett. 31(7). 635–640. 5 indexed citations

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Shu, Xing‐Zhong, Son C. Nguyen, Ying He, et al.. (2015). Silica-Supported Cationic Gold(I) Complexes as Heterogeneous Catalysts for Regio- and Enantioselective Lactonization Reactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137(22). 7083–7086. 106 indexed citations

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Shu, Xing‐Zhong, Casi M. Schienebeck, Wangze Song, Ilia A. Guzei, & Weiping Tang. (2013). Transfer of Chirality in the Rhodium‐Catalyzed Intramolecular [5+2] Cycloaddition of 3‐Acyloxy‐1,4‐enynes (ACEs) and Alkynes: Synthesis of Enantioenriched Bicyclo[5.3.0]decatrienes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(51). 13601–13605. 51 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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Shu, Xing‐Zhong, Suyu Huang, Dongxu Shu, Ilia A. Guzei, & Weiping Tang. (2011). Interception of a Rautenstrauch Intermediate by Alkynes for [5+2] Cycloaddition: Rhodium‐Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of 3‐Acyloxy‐4‐ene‐1,9‐diynes to Bicyclo[5.3.0]decatrienes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(35). 8153–8156. 94 indexed citations

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Shu, Xing‐Zhong, Suyu Huang, Dongxu Shu, Ilia A. Guzei, & Weiping Tang. (2011). Interception of a Rautenstrauch Intermediate by Alkynes for [5+2] Cycloaddition: Rhodium‐Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of 3‐Acyloxy‐4‐ene‐1,9‐diynes to Bicyclo[5.3.0]decatrienes. Angewandte Chemie. 123(35). 8303–8306. 48 indexed citations

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Ji, Ke‐Gong, Xing‐Zhong Shu, Jin Chen, et al.. (2009). Gold-catalyzed tandem cyclization/Friedel–Crafts type reactions toward furan derivatives. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 7(12). 2501–2501. 30 indexed citations

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Shu, Xing‐Zhong, Xiao‐Feng Xia, Yan‐Fang Yang, et al.. (2009). Selective Functionalization of sp³ C−H Bonds Adjacent to Nitrogen Using (Diacetoxyiodo)benzene (DIB). The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 74(19). 7464–7469. 194 indexed citations

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Shu, Xing‐Zhong, Xue‐Yuan Liu, Hui‐Quan Xiao, et al.. (2008). Tandem Gold(III)‐Catalyzed Amination‐Intramolecular Hydroamination Reactions of 1‐En‐4‐yn‐3‐ols with Sulfonamides: Efficient Approach to Highly Substituted Pyrroles. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 350(2). 243–248. 73 indexed citations

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Bi, Hai‐Peng, Xue‐Yuan Liu, Fa‐Rong Gou, et al.. (2007). Highly Regioselective Synthesis of Spirocyclic Compounds by a Palladium‐Catalyzed Intermolecular Tandem Reaction. Angewandte Chemie. 119(37). 7198–7201. 14 indexed citations

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