Yan Cai

1.4k total citations
30 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Yan Cai is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Cai has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Organic Chemistry, 6 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 5 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yan Cai's work include Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (21 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (17 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (12 papers). Yan Cai is often cited by papers focused on Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (21 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (17 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (12 papers). Yan Cai collaborates with scholars based in China and Hungary. Yan Cai's co-authors include Shou‐Fei Zhu, Qi‐Lin Zhou, Guopeng Wang, Jian‐Hua Xie, Qi‐Lin Zhou, Chao Chen, Xiulan Xie, Huan Xu, Yi‐Pan Li and Yu Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yan Cai

28 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yan Cai China 13 1.1k 228 70 62 33 30 1.2k
Catherine N. Slattery Ireland 10 1.5k 1.3× 138 0.6× 94 1.3× 44 0.7× 66 2.0× 15 1.6k
Bin Feng China 14 710 0.6× 205 0.9× 68 1.0× 96 1.5× 16 0.5× 28 753
Qinglong Zhang China 18 1.2k 1.0× 548 2.4× 95 1.4× 121 2.0× 29 0.9× 27 1.2k
Austin D. Marchese Canada 16 857 0.7× 162 0.7× 87 1.2× 27 0.4× 24 0.7× 23 895
Andrew Whyte Canada 19 1.1k 1.0× 256 1.1× 56 0.8× 98 1.6× 15 0.5× 24 1.1k
Deidre L. Sandrock United States 10 785 0.7× 96 0.4× 49 0.7× 114 1.8× 23 0.7× 11 832
Aoife Ring Ireland 4 1.4k 1.2× 113 0.5× 90 1.3× 36 0.6× 40 1.2× 4 1.4k
Xiaogen Huang Switzerland 14 1.0k 0.9× 147 0.6× 32 0.5× 91 1.5× 30 0.9× 21 1.0k
Jeffrey M. Hammann Germany 17 886 0.8× 114 0.5× 54 0.8× 56 0.9× 22 0.7× 30 927
Katsuhiro Akiyama Japan 9 511 0.4× 141 0.6× 26 0.4× 44 0.7× 27 0.8× 12 548

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Cai

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All Works

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Jiang, Wenjun, et al.. (2024). Four-component regio-divergent carbonylative condensations for the sustainable syntheses of acylhydrazones. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11(14). 3833–3841. 1 indexed citations
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Cai, Yan, et al.. (2024). Palladium-catalyzed allylation and carbonylation: access to allylhydrazones and allyl acylhydrazones. Chemical Communications. 60(12). 1638–1641. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Changcheng, Yan Cai, Yirui Zhang, et al.. (2023). Exploring the effect of C6H5−x/FxBr (x = 0–3) passivating agent on surface properties at different termination ends: first principles. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(43). 29924–29939.
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Xu, Huan, Yi‐Pan Li, Yan Cai, et al.. (2017). Highly Enantioselective Copper- and Iron-Catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclopropanation of Indoles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(23). 7697–7700. 123 indexed citations
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Cai, Yan, et al.. (2016). Regioselective BF3·Et2O-catalyzed C–H functionalization of indoles and pyrrole with reaction of α-diazophosphonates. RSC Advances. 6(73). 69352–69356. 5 indexed citations
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Zhu, Shou‐Fei, et al.. (2014). Enantioselective Iron‐Catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclopropanation Reactions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(48). 13188–13191. 63 indexed citations
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Xie, Xiulan, et al.. (2014). Enantioselective Palladium‐Catalyzed Insertion of α‐Aryl‐α‐diazoacetates into the OH Bonds of Phenols. Angewandte Chemie. 126(11). 3022–3025. 29 indexed citations
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Xie, Xiulan, et al.. (2014). Enantioselective Palladium‐Catalyzed Insertion of α‐Aryl‐α‐diazoacetates into the OH Bonds of Phenols. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(11). 2978–2981. 115 indexed citations
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Cai, Yan, et al.. (2013). Combined C–H functionalization/O–H insertion reaction to form tertiary β-alkoxy substituted β-aminophosphonates catalyzed by [Cu(MeCN)4]PF6. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 11(33). 5491–5491. 11 indexed citations
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Cai, Yan, Shou‐Fei Zhu, Guopeng Wang, & Qi‐Lin Zhou. (2012). ChemInform Abstract: Iron‐Catalyzed C—H Functionalization of Indoles.. ChemInform. 43(18). 3 indexed citations
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Cai, Yan, Shou‐Fei Zhu, Guopeng Wang, & Qi‐Lin Zhou. (2011). Iron‐Catalyzed CH Fuctionalization of Indoles. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 353(16). 2939–2944. 131 indexed citations
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Zhu, Shou‐Fei, et al.. (2010). Enantioselective iron-catalysed O–H bond insertions. Nature Chemistry. 2(7). 546–551. 235 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qi, Shou‐Fei Zhu, Yan Cai, Lixin Wang, & Qi‐Lin Zhou. (2010). Nickel-catalyzed enantioselective hydrovinylation of silyl-protected allylic alcohols: An efficient access to homoallylic alcohols with a chiral quaternary center. Science China Chemistry. 53(9). 1899–1906. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yongzhen, et al.. (2009). Copper-catalyzed enantioselective carbenoid insertion into S–H bonds. Chemical Communications. 5362–5362. 80 indexed citations
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Cai, Yan. (2008). Structures and Bioactivities of Four Zinc Complexes Containing Ferrocenyl. Wuji huaxue xuebao. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Shou‐Fei, Chao Chen, Yan Cai, & Qi‐Lin Zhou. (2007). Catalytic Asymmetric Reaction with Water: Enantioselective Synthesis of α‐Hydroxyesters by a Copper–Carbenoid OH Insertion Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(5). 932–934. 143 indexed citations

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