Yi‐Feng Wang

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Yi‐Feng Wang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi‐Feng Wang has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Organic Chemistry, 18 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 17 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yi‐Feng Wang's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (43 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (29 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (17 papers). Yi‐Feng Wang is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (43 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (29 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (17 papers). Yi‐Feng Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Yi‐Feng Wang's co-authors include Shunsuke Chiba, Feng‐Lian Zhang, Kah Kah Toh, Xu Zhu, Pei Chui Too, Eileen Pei Jian Ng, Geoffroy Hervé Lonca, Jian‐Yuan Lee, Hui Chen and Dan‐Qian Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yi‐Feng Wang

94 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Sequential C–F bond functionalizations of trifluoroacetamides and acetates via spin-center shifts

2021 251 citations You‐Jie Yu, Feng‐Lian Zhang et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yi‐Feng Wang China	41	5.1k	820	786	554	169	96	5.5k
Xin‐Hua Duan China	46	5.5k 1.1×	514 0.6×	642 0.8×	243 0.4×	232 1.4×	158	6.0k
Kami L. Hull United States	23	4.6k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	488 0.6×	279 0.5×	171 1.0×	51	4.8k
Mark E. Scott Canada	11	4.4k 0.9×	748 0.9×	485 0.6×	206 0.4×	212 1.3×	16	4.7k
Zhi‐Liang Shen China	34	3.5k 0.7×	496 0.6×	828 1.1×	461 0.8×	111 0.7×	161	3.9k
Sebastian Torker United States	35	3.2k 0.6×	897 1.1×	292 0.4×	689 1.2×	132 0.8×	52	3.4k
Guanyinsheng Qiu China	37	4.9k 1.0×	314 0.4×	359 0.5×	334 0.6×	120 0.7×	137	5.1k
Ming Joo Koh Singapore	41	3.3k 0.7×	770 0.9×	501 0.6×	627 1.1×	374 2.2×	90	3.8k
Glenn M. Sammis Canada	25	2.2k 0.4×	617 0.8×	952 1.2×	309 0.6×	141 0.8×	48	2.7k
Jian‐Ping Zou China	38	3.5k 0.7×	442 0.5×	312 0.4×	269 0.5×	232 1.4×	128	3.8k
Jean‐François Soulé France	29	3.3k 0.7×	651 0.8×	258 0.3×	374 0.7×	310 1.8×	124	3.6k

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Phang, Yee Lin, et al.. (2025). Remote Spin‐Center Shift Enables Activation of Distal Benzylic C─O and C─N Bonds. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(24). e202506771–e202506771. 2 indexed citations

Hua, P. F., Zhen Huang, Zheyuan Xu, et al.. (2025). An active representation learning method for reaction yield prediction with small-scale data. Communications Chemistry. 8(1). 42–42. 1 indexed citations

Phang, Yee Lin, Ji‐Kang Jin, Feng‐Lian Zhang, & Yi‐Feng Wang. (2024). Radical hydroboration for the synthesis of organoboron compounds. Chemical Communications. 60(32). 4275–4289. 22 indexed citations

Wang, Jie, Yee Lin Phang, You‐Jie Yu, et al.. (2024). Boryl Radical as a Catalyst in Enabling Intra‐ and Intermolecular Cascade Radical Cyclization Reactions: Construction of Polycyclic Molecules. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(25). e202405863–e202405863. 13 indexed citations

Song, Lina, et al.. (2024). Photo‐Assisted Chemical Self‐Rechargeable Zinc Ion Batteries with High Charging and Discharging Efficiency. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(45). e202411845–e202411845. 18 indexed citations

Song, Lina, Shuang Liang, Yi‐Feng Wang, et al.. (2024). Photo‐Assisted Chemical Self‐Rechargeable Zinc Ion Batteries with High Charging and Discharging Efficiency. Angewandte Chemie. 136(45). 6 indexed citations

Wang, Yue, Lina Song, Yi‐Feng Wang, et al.. (2024). An Enhanced Extend Interface via the π–π Interaction to Achieve the Soluble Light‐Assisted Lithium–Oxygen Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(39). 6 indexed citations

Wang, Yue, Lina Song, Xiaoxue Wang, Yi‐Feng Wang, & Ji‐Jing Xu. (2024). Hydrogen‐Bonded Organic Frameworks‐based Electrolytes with Controllable Hydrogen Bonding Networks for Solid‐State Lithium Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(41). e202401910–e202401910. 21 indexed citations

Peng, Tianyu, et al.. (2023). Selective Mono- and Di-deuterodefluorination of Trifluoroacetamides Promoted by Boryl Radicals. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 43(5). 1832–1832. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Feng‐Lian, et al.. (2022). Stereoselective hydrogen atom transfer to acyclic radicals: a switch enabling diastereodivergent borylative radical cascades. Nature Communications. 13(1). 426–426. 26 indexed citations

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Yu, You‐Jie, et al.. (2021). 4‐Dimethylaminopyridine‐Boryl Radical Promoted Monodefluorinative Alkylation of 3,3‐Difluorooxindoles. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 40(5). 577–581. 16 indexed citations

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Jin, Ji‐Kang, Huimin Xia, Fenglian Zhang, & Yi‐Feng Wang. (2020). Lewis-Base Boryl Radicals Enabled Borylation, Radical Catalysis and Reduction Reactions. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 40(8). 2185–2185. 29 indexed citations

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Wang, Yi‐Feng & Hua Li. (2020). Bio-chemo-electro-mechanical modelling of the rapid movement of Mimosa pudica. Bioelectrochemistry. 134. 107533–107533. 7 indexed citations

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Ren, Shi‐Chao, Feng‐Lian Zhang, Aiqing Xu, et al.. (2019). Regioselective radical α-borylation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds for direct synthesis of α-borylcarbonyl molecules. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1934–1934. 97 indexed citations

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Zhang, Feng‐Lian, Yi‐Feng Wang, & Shunsuke Chiba. (2013). Orthogonal aerobic conversion of N-benzyl amidoximes to 1,2,4-oxadiazoles or quinazolinones. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 11(36). 6003–6003. 38 indexed citations

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Wang, Yi‐Feng, Kah Kah Toh, Eileen Pei Jian Ng, & Shunsuke Chiba. (2011). Mn(III)-Mediated Formal [3+3]-Annulation of Vinyl Azides and Cyclopropanols: A Divergent Synthesis of Azaheterocycles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(16). 6411–6421. 216 indexed citations

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Wang, Yi‐Feng, Kah Kah Toh, Jian‐Yuan Lee, & Shunsuke Chiba. (2011). Synthesis of Isoquinolines from α‐Aryl Vinyl Azides and Internal Alkynes by Rh–Cu Bimetallic Cooperation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(26). 5927–5931. 281 indexed citations

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Xu, Dan‐Qian, Yi‐Feng Wang, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2010). Chiral Squaramides as Highly Enantioselective Catalysts for Michael Addition Reactions of 4‐Hydroxycoumarins and 4‐Hydroxypyrone to β,γ‐Unsaturated α‐Keto Esters. Chemistry - A European Journal. 16(14). 4177–4180. 126 indexed citations

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Wang, Yi‐Feng & Shunsuke Chiba. (2009). Mn(III)-Mediated Reactions of Cyclopropanols with Vinyl Azides: Synthesis of Pyridine and 2-Azabicyclo[3.3.1]non-2-en-1-ol Derivatives. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131(35). 12570–12572. 270 indexed citations

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Xu, Dan‐Qian, et al.. (2009). Dual Organocatalytic Ion‐Pair Assemblies: A Highly Efficient Approach for the Enantioselective Oxa‐Michael–Mannich Reaction of Salicylic Aldehydes with Cyclohexenones. Chemistry - A European Journal. 16(3). 801–804. 56 indexed citations

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