Zhenhua Zhang

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Zhenhua Zhang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenhua Zhang has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Organic Chemistry, 8 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 4 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Zhenhua Zhang's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (19 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (14 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (11 papers). Zhenhua Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (19 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (14 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (11 papers). Zhenhua Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United Kingdom. Zhenhua Zhang's co-authors include Jianbo Wang, Yan Zhang, Daniele Leonori, Andreas Gansäuer, Yiyang Liu, Mingxing Gong, Xiao-Kun Zhao, Bin Fu, Bartosz Górski and Xuan‐Yi Du and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Zhenhua Zhang

45 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Recent studies on the reactions of α-diazocarbonyl compounds

2008 695 citations Zhenhua Zhang, Jianbo Wang Tetrahedron profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhenhua Zhang China	21	2.0k	335	170	157	86	45	2.2k
Maxim O. Ratnikov United States	14	2.3k 1.1×	348 1.0×	123 0.7×	112 0.7×	70 0.8×	20	2.4k
Alban Moyeux France	15	1.7k 0.9×	390 1.2×	88 0.5×	77 0.5×	84 1.0×	26	1.8k
Kevin D. Hesp United States	25	2.3k 1.1×	861 2.6×	199 1.2×	182 1.2×	87 1.0×	46	2.4k
Bo Qian China	24	2.4k 1.2×	548 1.6×	131 0.8×	189 1.2×	70 0.8×	56	2.4k
Alison M. Suess United States	6	2.0k 1.0×	490 1.5×	81 0.5×	75 0.5×	113 1.3×	7	2.1k
Srimanta Guin India	32	3.1k 1.6×	442 1.3×	96 0.6×	168 1.1×	93 1.1×	57	3.2k
Aaron D. Lackner United States	10	1.9k 0.9×	643 1.9×	264 1.6×	141 0.9×	66 0.8×	11	2.0k
Mónica H. Pérez‐Temprano Spain	21	1.3k 0.6×	489 1.5×	165 1.0×	70 0.4×	72 0.8×	35	1.4k
Alicia Casitas Spain	16	1.8k 0.9×	603 1.8×	274 1.6×	90 0.6×	121 1.4×	25	2.1k
Guichun Fang China	10	1.5k 0.7×	229 0.7×	154 0.9×	60 0.4×	57 0.7×	13	1.6k

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Gao, Xinxin, Zhenhua Zhang, & Chao Zhang. (2025). Performance-based seismic design and assessment of double-column bridge bent retrofitted with a novel shape memory alloy-friction brace. Structures. 73. 108331–108331. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhenhua, et al.. (2025). Deaminative cross-coupling of amines by boryl radical β-scission. Nature. 647(8091). 913–920. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhenhua, et al.. (2024). A Radical Strategy for the Alkylation of Amides with Alkyl Halides by Merging Boryl Radical-Mediated Halogen-Atom Transfer and Copper Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(32). 22424–22430. 29 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhenhua, Michael J. Tilby, & Daniele Leonori. (2024). Boryl radical-mediated halogen-atom transfer enables arylation of alkyl halides with electrophilic and nucleophilic coupling partners. Nature Synthesis. 3(10). 1221–1230. 34 indexed citations

Gao, Shuo, et al.. (2023). Catalytic Behavior of Cobalt Complexes Bearing Pyridine–Oxime Ligands in Isoprene Polymerization. Polymers. 15(24). 4660–4660. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhenhua, et al.. (2023). Dual Photochemical H‐Atom Transfer and Cobalt Catalysis for the Desaturative Synthesis of Phenols from Cyclohexanones. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(25). e202301656–e202301656. 25 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhen, et al.. (2021). Transition‐Metal‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling and Sequential Reactions of Azides with Isocyanides. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 363(24). 5344–5359. 23 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhenhua, et al.. (2020). Titanocenes as Photoredox Catalysts Using Green‐Light Irradiation. Angewandte Chemie. 132(24). 9441–9445. 33 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhenhua, Xiaoyang Dong, Xuan‐Yi Du, et al.. (2019). Copper-catalyzed enantioselective Sonogashira-type oxidative cross-coupling of unactivated C(sp3)−H bonds with alkynes. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5689–5689. 111 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhenhua, et al.. (2019). Merging Catalysis in Single Electron Steps with Photoredox Catalysis—Efficient and Sustainable Radical Chemistry. ACS Catalysis. 9(4). 3208–3212. 74 indexed citations

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Liu, Yiyang, Zhen Zhang, Songnan Zhang, et al.. (2018). Pd⁰‐Catalyzed Four‐Component Reaction of Aryl Halide, CO, N‐Tosylhydrazone, and Amine. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 13(23). 3658–3663. 14 indexed citations

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Ren, Yan, et al.. (2018). Novel quinazoline derivatives bearing various 6-benzamide moieties as highly selective and potent EGFR inhibitors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 26(8). 1740–1750. 22 indexed citations

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Yuan, Chunhao, Yang Wu, Dongqi Wang, et al.. (2017). Formal [5+3] Cycloaddition of Zwitterionic Allylpalladium Intermediates with Azomethine Imines for Construction of N,O‐Containing Eight‐Membered Heterocycles. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 360(4). 652–658. 108 indexed citations

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Xie, Lei, Hui Bai, Jiaqi Li, et al.. (2017). Cu(II)-catalyzed enantioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrones with α, β-unsaturated acyl phosphonates. Tetrahedron. 73(20). 2923–2930. 11 indexed citations

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Xie, Lei, Xuan Yu, Jiaqi Li, et al.. (2016). Nickel(II)‐Catalyzed Enantioselective 1,3‐Dipolar Cycloaddition of Nitrones with α,β‐Unsaturated Acylcarboxylates. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2017(3). 657–661. 17 indexed citations

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Ma, Hongli, et al.. (2015). An efficient approach for the construction of trifluoromethylated all-carbon quaternary stereocenters: enantioselective Ni(ii)-catalyzed Michael addition of 2-acetyl azaarene to β,β-disubstituted nitroalkenes. Chemical Communications. 52(7). 1470–1473. 42 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ning, et al.. (2012). Three Novel Metal Supramolecular Polymers Directed by 1,2-bis(pyridinium)ethane Cation: Syntheses and Crystal Structures. Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic Metal-Organic and Nano-Metal Chemistry. 42(7). 965–971. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhenhua, Weifeng Shi, Jian Zhang, et al.. (2010). Rh^II‐Catalyzed Reaction of α‐Diazocarbonyl Compounds Bearing β‐Trichloroacetylamino Substituent: CH Insertion versus 1,2‐H Shift. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 5(5). 1112–1119. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Lingfang, Mei Liu, Yun‐Yin Niu, et al.. (2009). Synthesis, Structure and Fluorescence Properties of a Coordination Polymer [Cu₂(SCN)₄(BPX)]_n with 1D Ladder-Shaped Structure. Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic Metal-Organic and Nano-Metal Chemistry. 39(9). 609–613. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhenhua, et al.. (2009). Self-assembly, Crystal Structure and Fluorescent Property of a Coordination Polymer [(Cu₄I₆)(BPE)]_n. Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic Metal-Organic and Nano-Metal Chemistry. 39(10). 633–636. 11 indexed citations

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