Yi Xiang

959 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 742 citations indexed

About

Yi Xiang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Xiang has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 742 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Organic Chemistry, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Yi Xiang's work include Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (2 papers), Quinazolinone synthesis and applications (2 papers) and Phenothiazines and Benzothiazines Synthesis and Activities (2 papers). Yi Xiang is often cited by papers focused on Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (2 papers), Quinazolinone synthesis and applications (2 papers) and Phenothiazines and Benzothiazines Synthesis and Activities (2 papers). Yi Xiang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Yi Xiang's co-authors include E. J. Corey, Stanisław Pikul, René Imwinkelried, Robert Zamboni, Robert D. Larsen, Marc Labelle, James D. Carroll, Paul Davis, Edward G. Corley and Jacques Yves Gauthier and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and eLife.

In The Last Decade

Yi Xiang

12 papers receiving 698 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.

Practical enantioselective Diels-Alder and aldol reactions using a new chiral controller system

1989 285 citations E. J. Corey, René Imwinkelried et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yi Xiang China	8	551	247	125	78	35	13	742
John K. Thottathil United States	13	398 0.7×	274 1.1×	74 0.6×	55 0.7×	50 1.4×	29	564
Sylvain Collet France	15	422 0.8×	189 0.8×	107 0.9×	32 0.4×	32 0.9×	36	544
David R. Kronenthal United States	15	624 1.1×	293 1.2×	92 0.7×	36 0.5×	30 0.9×	24	791
Tieming Cheng China	19	1.1k 1.9×	400 1.6×	128 1.0×	54 0.7×	68 1.9×	68	1.2k
Premji Meghani United Kingdom	13	567 1.0×	210 0.9×	144 1.2×	55 0.7×	68 1.9×	16	794
I. LANTOS United States	16	827 1.5×	265 1.1×	116 0.9×	82 1.1×	36 1.0×	46	958
Boyu Zhong United States	13	364 0.7×	207 0.8×	63 0.5×	45 0.6×	24 0.7×	26	590
Salvatore D. Lepore United States	19	691 1.3×	236 1.0×	120 1.0×	39 0.5×	37 1.1×	48	827
Mohamed Selkti France	14	549 1.0×	168 0.7×	82 0.7×	104 1.3×	55 1.6×	41	738
Dan Fishlock Canada	15	497 0.9×	234 0.9×	95 0.8×	44 0.6×	33 0.9×	24	731

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All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Zhu, Hua‐Jie, Yi Xiang, Chenhuan Wang, et al.. (2025). Investigation of Four Sets of NMR Spectra for One Racemic Compound of Pseudoresonance Structures. ACS Omega. 10(29). 32454–32465.

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Xiang, Yi, et al.. (2018). Rational Design, Synthesis, and Biological Activity of N‐(1,4‐Benzoxazinone)Acetamide Derivatives as Potent Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society. 39(2). 146–155. 6 indexed citations

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Tang, Linlin, et al.. (2018). DNA-NH<sub>2</sub> acylation reaction: Molecular weight or conformation dominates?. Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version). 64(10). 1076–1083. 1 indexed citations

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Tang, Linlin, Fang Zhang, Yi Xiang, et al.. (2016). A New Rhodamine B‐based Fluorescent Probe for pH Detection and Bioimaging under Strong Acidic Conditions. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society. 37(9). 1453–1457. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Yubao, Youngmi Lee, Lukas Baitsch, et al.. (2014). MELK is an oncogenic kinase essential for mitotic progression in basal-like breast cancer cells. eLife. 3. e01763–e01763. 95 indexed citations

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Liu, Chang, et al.. (2014). 1,4-Benzoxazine-3(4<i>H</i>)-ones as Potent Inhibitors of Platelet Aggregation: Design, Synthesis and Structure–Activity Relations. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 62(9). 915–920. 9 indexed citations

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Xiang, Yi. (2008). Preparation of [bmim]BF_4 Ionic Liquid and Its Catalyzed Esterification. 1 indexed citations

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Larsen, Robert D., Edward G. Corley, Anthony O. King, et al.. (1996). Practical Route to a New Class of LTD₄ Receptor Antagonists. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 61(10). 3398–3405. 202 indexed citations

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Xiang, Yi, et al.. (1993). .alpha.-(Arylsulfonamido)borneols as auxiliaries in asymmetric synthesis: an efficient and highly stereoselective method for the reduction of .alpha.-keto esters. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 58(5). 993–994. 50 indexed citations

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Corey, E. J., René Imwinkelried, Stanisław Pikul, & Yi Xiang. (1989). Practical enantioselective Diels-Alder and aldol reactions using a new chiral controller system. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 111(14). 5493–5495. 285 indexed citations breakdown →

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Corey, E. J. & Yi Xiang. (1988). Enantioselective total synthesis of (−)-preclavulone-A. Tetrahedron Letters. 29(9). 995–998. 14 indexed citations

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Corey, E. J. & Yi Xiang. (1987). A method for the off-ring functionalization of carbon-substituted furans. Synthesis of kahweol from cafestol. Tetrahedron Letters. 28(45). 5403–5406. 20 indexed citations

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Corey, E. J., et al.. (1987). Stereospecific total synthesis of (.+-.)-cafestol. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 109(15). 4717–4718. 54 indexed citations

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