Zuowei Xie

16.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
406 papers, 13.8k citations indexed

About

Zuowei Xie is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zuowei Xie has authored 406 papers receiving a total of 13.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 294 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 238 papers in Organic Chemistry and 154 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zuowei Xie's work include Boron Compounds in Chemistry (293 papers), Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (175 papers) and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (158 papers). Zuowei Xie is often cited by papers focused on Boron Compounds in Chemistry (293 papers), Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (175 papers) and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (158 papers). Zuowei Xie collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Zuowei Xie's co-authors include Yangjian Quan, Zaozao Qiu, Hoi‐Shan Chan, Thomas C. W. Mak, Hairong Lyu, Liang Deng, Yong Tang, Hung‐Wing Li, Hao Shen and Jiji Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Zuowei Xie

397 papers receiving 13.6k 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.

  1. Controlled functionalization ofo-carboraneviatransition metal catalyzed B–H activation
    2019 230 citations Yangjian Quan, Zuowei Xie Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  2. A Strategy for Selective Catalytic B–H Functionalization of o-Carboranes
    2021 127 citations Zaozao Qiu, Zuowei Xie profile →

Peers

Zuowei Xie
Francesç Teixidor Spain
Clara Viñas Spain
Narayan S. Hosmane United States
F. Gordon A. Stone United States
Hong Yan China
Georgina M. Rosair United Kingdom
Sang Ook Kang South Korea
З.А. Старикова Russia
Wolfgang Milius Germany
Xuenian Chen China
Francesç Teixidor Spain
Zuowei Xie
Citations per year, relative to Zuowei Xie Zuowei Xie (= 1×) peers Francesç Teixidor

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zuowei Xie

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhu, Shuai, Yizhen Liu, & Zuowei Xie. (2025). Palladium-Catalyzed Selective B(3)-Esterification of o-Carboranes with CO and Alcohols. Organic Letters. 27(10). 2429–2432.
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Zhang, Jie, et al.. (2025). Carboranyl diphosphenes: synthesis, structure and reactivity. Dalton Transactions. 54(28). 10946–10955.
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Zhang, Jie, et al.. (2024). NN bond cleavage in diazirines by a cyclic diborane(4) compound. Chemical Science. 15(43). 18048–18051. 1 indexed citations
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Rajeshkumar, Thayalan, Shan Zhu, Zeming Huang, et al.. (2024). Rare-Earth Metal Complexes Bearing Electrophilic Carbon and Strongly Polarized Metallacyclopropane Moiety: Synthesis and Diverse Reactivity toward Small Molecules. Inorganic Chemistry. 63(39). 18365–18378. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jie, et al.. (2024). Asymmetric Palladium Migration for Synthesis of Chiral‐at‐Cage o‐Carboranes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(5). e202416987–e202416987. 7 indexed citations
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Guo, Liping, Shaowu Wang, & Zuowei Xie. (2023). Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Rare-Earth Metal Carboryne Complexes. Organometallics. 42(7). 581–587. 3 indexed citations
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Cheng, Ruofei, Jie Zhang, Huifang Zhang, Zaozao Qiu, & Zuowei Xie. (2021). Ir-catalyzed enantioselective B−H alkenylation for asymmetric synthesis of chiral-at-cage o‑carboranes. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7146–7146. 48 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jie, et al.. (2021). Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Acid‐Free Neutral Oxoborane. Angewandte Chemie. 133(35). 19156–19160. 11 indexed citations
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Ni, Hangcheng, Zhenpin Lu, & Zuowei Xie. (2021). Light-enabled alkenylation of iodocarboranes with unactivated alkenes. Dalton Transactions. 51(1). 104–110. 10 indexed citations
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Cheng, Biao, Yu Chen, & Zuowei Xie. (2021). Iridium-Catalyzed Annulation of o-Carboranyl Carboxylic Acids with Alkynes: Synthesis of Carborano-Isocoumarins. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 86(17). 12412–12418. 12 indexed citations
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Guo, Chenyang, Zaozao Qiu, & Zuowei Xie. (2021). Catalytic Cage BH Functionalization of Carboranes via “Cage Walking” Strategy. ACS Catalysis. 11(4). 2134–2140. 27 indexed citations
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Qiu, Zaozao, et al.. (2021). Pd-catalyzed selective tetrafunctionalization of diiodo-o-carboranes. Chemical Communications. 57(65). 8071–8074. 7 indexed citations
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Cui, Chunxiao, Jie Zhang, Zaozao Qiu, & Zuowei Xie. (2020). Palladium-catalyzed intramolecular dehydrogenative coupling of BH and OH: synthesis of carborane-fused benzoxaboroles. Dalton Transactions. 49(5). 1380–1383. 30 indexed citations
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Chen, Yu, Yangjian Quan, & Zuowei Xie. (2020). Ir-catalyzed selective dehydrogenative cross-coupling of aryls with o-carboranes via a mixed directing-group strategy. Chemical Communications. 56(51). 7001–7004. 21 indexed citations
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Quan, Yangjian & Zuowei Xie. (2019). Controlled functionalization ofo-carboraneviatransition metal catalyzed B–H activation. Chemical Society Reviews. 48(13). 3660–3673. 230 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Xueyan, Jixi Guo, Yangjian Quan, et al.. (2018). Cage carbon-substitute does matter for aggregation-induced emission features of o-carborane-functionalized anthracene triads. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 6(15). 4140–4149. 54 indexed citations
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Cui, Chunxiao, Shikuo Ren, Zaozao Qiu, & Zuowei Xie. (2018). Synthesis of carborane-fused carbo- and heterocycles via zirconacyclopentane intermediates. Dalton Transactions. 47(7). 2453–2459. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Hao, Linlin Wu, Zhenyang Lin, & Zuowei Xie. (2017). Synthesis, Structure and Reactivity of a Borylene Cation [(NHSi)2B(CO)]+ Stabilized by Three Neutral Ligands. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(39). 13680–13683. 92 indexed citations
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Tang, Cen, Jiji Zhang, & Zuowei Xie. (2017). Direct Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction of Cage B−H Bonds by Grignard Reagents: A Route to Regioselective B4‐Alkylation of o‐Carboranes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(30). 8642–8646. 31 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jie, Zaozao Qiu, & Zuowei Xie. (2017). Broad Scope [4 + 2] Cycloaddition of o-Carboryne with Pentafulvenes Using 1-Li-2-OTf-o-C2B10H10 as Precursor. Organometallics. 36(19). 3806–3811. 12 indexed citations

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