Xu Ma

686 total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 570 citations indexed

About

Xu Ma is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xu Ma has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 570 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Organic Chemistry, 4 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Xu Ma's work include Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (8 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (5 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (5 papers). Xu Ma is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Alkyne Reactions (8 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (5 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (5 papers). Xu Ma collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Italy. Xu Ma's co-authors include Liming Zhang, Zhitong Zheng, Xinpeng Cheng, Ke Zhao, Tianyou Li, Chao Liu, Jiwen Yuan, Aiwen Lei, Hong Yi and Xingguang Li 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

Xu Ma

15 papers receiving 565 citations

Hit Papers

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Homogeneous Gold-Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions

2021 239 citations Zhitong Zheng, Xu Ma et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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Loreto Añorbe Spain

Jian-Jian Zhang China

Anders Palmelund Denmark

Fernanda G. Finelli Brazil

Ramu Enugala India

Vimal Varghese India

Baoqiang Wan China

Zheyuan Wang China

Chengkai Yin China

Alexandre Pradal France

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xu Ma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xu Ma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xu Ma based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Xu Ma. Xu Ma is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Ma, Xu, Baohu Wu, Lei Hou, & Peiyi Wu. (2025). Edible Structurally Colored Plastics. ACS Nano. 19(26). 23945–23954. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yongliang, Xu Ma, & Liming Zhang. (2023). Highly Stereoselective Synthesis of 2-Azido-2-Deoxyglycosides via Gold-Catalyzed S _N 2 Glycosylation. CCS Chemistry. 5(12). 2799–2807. 9 indexed citations

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Ma, Xu, et al.. (2023). Directed S_N2 Glycosylation Employing an Amide-Functionalized 1-Naphthoate Platform Featuring a Selectivity-Safeguarding Mechanism. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(22). 11921–11926. 19 indexed citations

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Ma, Xu, et al.. (2022). An S _N 2-Type Strategy toward 1,2- cis -Furanosides. CCS Chemistry. 4(12). 3677–3685. 10 indexed citations

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Ma, Xu, et al.. (2021). A “Traceless” Directing Group Enables Catalytic S_N2 Glycosylation toward 1,2-cis-Glycopyranosides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(31). 11908–11913. 54 indexed citations

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Zheng, Zhitong, Xu Ma, Xinpeng Cheng, et al.. (2021). Homogeneous Gold-Catalyzed Oxidation Reactions. Chemical Reviews. 121(14). 8979–9038. 239 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zheng, Zhitong, Youliang Wang, Xu Ma, Yuxue Li, & Liming Zhang. (2020). Non‐Diazo C−H Insertion Approach to Cyclobutanones through Oxidative Gold Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 132(40). 17551–17555. 7 indexed citations

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Zheng, Zhitong, Youliang Wang, Xu Ma, Yuxue Li, & Liming Zhang. (2020). Non‐Diazo C−H Insertion Approach to Cyclobutanones through Oxidative Gold Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(40). 17398–17402. 30 indexed citations

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Li, Xingguang, Xu Ma, Zhixun Wang, Pei Nian Liu, & Liming Zhang. (2019). Bifunctional Phosphine Ligand Enabled Gold‐Catalyzed Alkynamide Cycloisomerization: Access to Electron‐Rich 2‐Aminofurans and Their Diels–Alder Adducts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(48). 17180–17184. 18 indexed citations

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Li, Xingguang, Xu Ma, Zhixun Wang, Pei Nian Liu, & Liming Zhang. (2019). Bifunctional Phosphine Ligand Enabled Gold‐Catalyzed Alkynamide Cycloisomerization: Access to Electron‐Rich 2‐Aminofurans and Their Diels–Alder Adducts. Angewandte Chemie. 131(48). 17340–17344. 6 indexed citations

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Xu, Dong, et al.. (2018). Silver-catalyzed stereoselective formation of glycosides using glycosyl ynenoates as donors. Chemical Communications. 54(62). 8626–8629. 26 indexed citations

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Liao, Shengrong, Alessio Porta, Xinpeng Cheng, et al.. (2018). Bifunctional Ligand Enables Efficient Gold‐Catalyzed Hydroalkenylation of Propargylic Alcohol. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(27). 8250–8254. 39 indexed citations

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Liao, Shengrong, Alessio Porta, Xinpeng Cheng, et al.. (2018). Bifunctional Ligand Enables Efficient Gold‐Catalyzed Hydroalkenylation of Propargylic Alcohol. Angewandte Chemie. 130(27). 8382–8386. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Xingguang, Zhixun Wang, Xu Ma, Pei Nian Liu, & Liming Zhang. (2017). Designed Bifunctional Phosphine Ligand-Enabled Gold-Catalyzed Isomerizations of Ynamides and Allenamides: Stereoselective and Regioselective Formation of 1-Amido-1,3-dienes. Organic Letters. 19(21). 5744–5747. 36 indexed citations

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Yuan, Jiwen, Xu Ma, Hong Yi, Chao Liu, & Aiwen Lei. (2014). I₂-catalyzed oxidative C(sp³)–H/S–H coupling: utilizing alkanes and mercaptans as the nucleophiles. Chemical Communications. 50(92). 14386–14389. 68 indexed citations

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