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2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
119
Citations
50317
World Ranking
517
National Ranking
84

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award

Overview

Aiwen Lei is affiliated with Wuhan University in China and has a research portfolio predominantly centered in the field of Chemistry, with a specialized focus on Organic Chemistry. Their work spans several subfields including Pharmaceutical Science, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of radical photochemical reactions, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, and sulfur-based synthesis techniques. Additional main topics of their research include oxidative organic chemistry reactions, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, catalytic cross-coupling reactions, and fluorine in organic chemistry.

Aiwen Lei's scholarly output includes papers published in notable scientific journals. Select recent publications are:

  • Recent Applications of Homogeneous Catalysis in Electrochemical Organic Synthesis, 2021, CCS Chemistry
  • Recent advances in electrochemical oxidative cross-coupling with hydrogen evolution involving radicals, 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Is electrosynthesis always green and advantageous compared to traditional methods?, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Recent advances in organic electrosynthesis employing transition metal complexes as electrocatalysts, 2021, Science Bulletin
  • Manganese-Catalyzed Oxidative Azidation of C(sp3)-H Bonds under Electrophotocatalytic Conditions, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Hong Yi
  • Shengchun Wang
  • Heng Zhang
  • Lijun Lu
  • Pengjie Wang

Aiwen Lei often publishes in prominent venues such as:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Green Chemistry
  • Nature Communications
  • Chinese Journal of Chemistry
  • Chemical Science

Best Publications

  • Bond Formations between Two Nucleophiles: Transition Metal Catalyzed Oxidative Cross-Coupling Reactions

    Chao Liu;Hua Zhang;Wei Shi;Aiwen Lei;Aiwen Lei

  • Recent Advances in Radical C-H Activation/Radical Cross-Coupling.

    Hong Yi;Guoting Zhang;Huamin Wang;Zhiyuan Huang

  • Oxidative Coupling between Two Hydrocarbons: An Update of Recent C–H Functionalizations

    Chao Liu;Jiwen Yuan;Meng Gao;Shan Tang

  • Recent Advances in Oxidative R1-H/R2-H Cross-Coupling with Hydrogen Evolution via Photo-/Electrochemistry

    Huamin Wang;Xinlong Gao;Zongchao Lv;Takfaoui Abdelilah

  • Electrochemical Oxidative Cross-coupling with Hydrogen Evolution: A Green and Sustainable Way for Bond Formation

    Shan Tang;Yichang Liu;Aiwen Lei;Aiwen Lei

  • Synthetic applications of photoredox catalysis with visible light

    Yumeng Xi;Hong Yi;Aiwen Lei;Aiwen Lei

  • Electrochemical Oxidative Cross-Coupling with Hydrogen Evolution Reactions

    Yong Yuan;Aiwen Lei;Aiwen Lei

  • Oxidative carbonylation reactions: organometallic compounds (R-M) or hydrocarbons (R-H) as nucleophiles.

    Qiang Liu;Hua Zhang;Aiwen Lei

  • Organocatalysis in Cross-Coupling: DMEDA-Catalyzed Direct C−H Arylation of Unactivated Benzene

    Wei Liu;Hao Cao;Hua Zhang;Heng Zhang

  • Recent Applications of Homogeneous Catalysis in Electrochemical Organic Synthesis

    Xu Cheng;Aiwen Lei;Tiansheng Mei;Haichao Xu

  • Transition-metal catalyzed oxidative cross-coupling reactions to form C-C bonds involving organometallic reagents as nucleophiles

    Wei Shi;Chao Liu;Aiwen Lei

  • Dioxygen-triggered oxidative radical reaction: direct aerobic difunctionalization of terminal alkynes toward β-keto sulfones.

    Qingquan Lu;Jian Zhang;Ganglu Zhao;Yue Qi

  • Recent advances in electrochemical oxidative cross-coupling with hydrogen evolution involving radicals

    Yong Yuan;Jie Yang;Aiwen Lei

  • Visible‐Light‐Mediated Decarboxylation/Oxidative Amidation of α‐Keto Acids with Amines under Mild Reaction Conditions Using O2

    Jie Liu;Qiang Liu;Hong Yi;Chu Qin

  • Aerobic Oxysulfonylation of Alkenes Leading to Secondary and Tertiary β‐Hydroxysulfones

    Qingquan Lu;Jian Zhang;Fuliang Wei;Yue Qi

  • Is electrosynthesis always green and advantageous compared to traditional methods

    Yong Yuan;Aiwen Lei;Aiwen Lei

  • External Oxidant-Free Oxidative Cross-Coupling: A Photoredox Cobalt-Catalyzed Aromatic C-H Thiolation for Constructing C-S Bonds.

    Guoting Zhang;Chao Liu;Hong Yi;Qingyuan Meng

  • Direct functionalization of tetrahydrofuran and 1,4-dioxane: nickel-catalyzed oxidative C(sp3)-H arylation.

    Dong Liu;Chao Liu;Heng Li;Aiwen Lei;Aiwen Lei

  • Recent Advances of Transition-Metal Catalyzed Radical Oxidative Cross-Couplings

    Chao Liu;Dong Liu;Aiwen Lei;Aiwen Lei

  • Recent advances in organic electrosynthesis employing transition metal complexes as electrocatalysts

    Cong Ma;Ping Fang;Zhao-Ran Liu;Shi-Shuo Xu

  • Nickel-catalyzed oxidative coupling reactions of two different terminal alkynes using O(2) as the oxidant at room temperature: facile syntheses of unsymmetric 1,3-diynes.

    Weiyan Yin;Chuan He;Mao Chen;Heng Zhang

  • Silver-Mediated Oxidative C–H/C–H Functionalization: A Strategy To Construct Polysubstituted Furans

    Chuan He;Sheng Guo;Jie Ke;Jing Hao

  • Introduction: CH Activation

    Robert H. Crabtree;Aiwen Lei

Frequent Co-Authors

Chao Liu
Chao Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hong Yi
Hong Yi Wuhan University
Yu Lan
Yu Lan Zhengzhou University
Chuan He
Chuan He University of Chicago
Xumu Zhang
Xumu Zhang Southern University of Science and Technology
Guanghui Zhang
Guanghui Zhang Dalian University of Technology
Wei Liu
Wei Liu Wuhan University
Xiyan Lu
Xiyan Lu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xinmiao Liang
Xinmiao Liang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhen Yang
Zhen Yang Peking University

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