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Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Alexander J. Boddy
Roche (Switzerland)
2
You‐Jie Yu
University of Science and Technology of China
3
Lu Xiao
Wuhan University of Technology
4
Jiacheng Zhang
Wenzhou Medical University
5
Youbin Peng
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
6
Pengwei Xu
University of Münster
7
Dongshun Ni
Westlake University
8
Zeng‐Hua Wu
Shaanxi Normal University
9
Bing‐Chao Da
Southern University of Science and Technology
10
Shaoze Yu
ShanghaiTech University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Skeletal Editing through Cycloaddition and Subsequent Cycloreversion Reactions
Accounts of Chemical Research|2025
61 cit.
2
Synergistic Pd/Cu-Catalyzed 1,5-Double Chiral Inductions
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
52 cit.
3
Introduction of the difluoromethyl group at the meta- or para-position of pyridines through regioselectivity switch
Nature Communications|2024
46 cit.
4
Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Inherently Chiral Calix[4]arenes via Sequential Povarov Reaction and Aromatizations
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2024
41 cit.
5
Phase transition thermosensitive photocatalytic hydrogel for enhanced uranium extraction
Science Bulletin|2024
22 cit.
6
Stereodivergent Benzylic Substitution of Racemic Secondary Benzyl Esters Enabled by Pd/Cu Dual Catalysis
CCS Chemistry|2024
18 cit.
7
Enantioselective Phase-Transfer-Catalyzed Synthesis of Spirocyclic Azetidine Oxindoles
Organic Letters|2024
17 cit.
8
Biochar decorated 2D/2D heterojunction with enhanced photocatalytic activity for uranium extraction
Separation and Purification Technology|2024
16 cit.
9
The influence of C–F⋯H–X hydrogen-bonding interactions on the reactivity and selectivity of organic reactions
Chemical Society Reviews|2025
7 cit.
10
Cooperative Catalysis-Enabled Cascade Allylation/aza-Prins Cyclization to Chiral Spiroindolylpiperidine-γ-Butyrolactones
CCS Chemistry|2024
6 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Xiaoyu Yang
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2
Weiwei Zi
Nankai University
3
Steven J. Malcolmson
Duke University
4
Yu‐Chen Zhang
Shenzhen University
5
Tianli Wang
Guizhou University
6
Guang‐Jian Mei
Guizhou University
7
Changkun Li
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
8
Shaozhong Ge
National University of Singapore
9
Dawen Niu
Sichuan University
10
Peiyuan Yu
Southern University of Science and Technology

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Atropisomers beyond the C–C axial chirality: Advances in catalytic asymmetric synthesis
Chem|2022
383 cit.
2
Halogen-bond-assisted radical activation of glycosyl donors enables mild and stereoconvergent 1,2-cis-glycosylation
Nature Chemistry|2022
152 cit.
3
Direct synthesis of unprotected aryl C-glycosides by photoredox Ni-catalysed cross-coupling
Nature Synthesis|2023
123 cit.
4
Radical Pathway Glycosylation Empowered by Bench-Stable Glycosyl Donors
Accounts of Chemical Research|2023
115 cit.
5
Synergizing palladium with Lewis base catalysis for stereodivergent coupling of 1,3-dienes with pentafluorophenyl acetates
Chem|2022
95 cit.
6
Diastereodivergent Aldol‐Type Coupling of Alkoxyallenes with Pentafluorophenyl Esters Enabled by Synergistic Palladium/Chiral Lewis Base Catalysis
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
85 cit.
7
Enantioselective Synthesis of Azahelicenes through Organocatalyzed Multicomponent Reactions
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2023
80 cit.
8
Rh-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective Allylic Phosphinylation
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
78 cit.
9
Enantioselective Synthesis of Planar‐Chiral Macrocycles through Asymmetric Electrophilic Aromatic Amination
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
76 cit.
10
Alkyl/Glycosyl Sulfoxides as Radical Precursors and Their Use in the Synthesis of Pyridine Derivatives**
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
73 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Karl Anker Jørgensen
Aarhus University
2
Masakatsu Shibasaki
Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation
3
Eric N. Jacobsen
Harvard University Press
4
Benjamin List
Hokkaido University
5
Paul Knochel
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
6
Xiaoming Feng
Chengdu University
7
Keiji Maruoka
Guangdong University of Technology
8
David W. C. MacMillan
Princeton University
9
Hisashi Yamamoto
Tokyo Metropolitan University
10
Shu‐Li You
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Photoredox Catalysis in Organic Chemistry
The Journal of Organic Chemistry|2016
3.1k cit.
2
Proline-Catalyzed Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reactions
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2000
2.8k cit.
3
Merging Photoredox Catalysis with Organocatalysis: The Direct Asymmetric Alkylation of Aldehydes
Science|2008
2.4k cit.
4
The advent and development of organocatalysis
Nature|2008
2.4k cit.
5
New Strategies for Organic Catalysis:  The First Highly Enantioselective Organocatalytic Diels−Alder Reaction
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2000
1.7k cit.
6
Enantioselective epoxidation of unfunctionalized olefins catalyzed by salen manganese complexes
Journal of the American Chemical Society|1990
1.6k cit.
7
Merging photoredox with nickel catalysis: Coupling of α-carboxyl sp <sup>3</sup> -carbons with aryl halides
Science|2014
1.6k cit.
8
Privileged Chiral Catalysts
Science|2003
1.4k cit.
9
Asymmetric Catalysis with Water: Efficient Kinetic Resolution of Terminal Epoxides by Means of Catalytic Hydrolysis
Science|1997
1.4k cit.
10
Trifluoromethylation of arenes and heteroarenes by means of photoredox catalysis
Nature|2011
1.3k cit.

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