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Jin-Pei Cheng

Jin-Pei Cheng

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Chemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
19595
World Ranking
4063
National Ranking
762

Overview

Jin-Pei Cheng is affiliated with Nankai University in China and has made contributions primarily in the field of chemistry with a focus on organic chemistry. Their research encompasses a variety of topics, including asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, and the chemistry of fluorine-containing compounds.

Their recent publications include studies in reputed journals emphasizing novel catalytic processes and reaction mechanisms. Selected papers are:

  • Holistic Prediction of the pKa in Diverse Solvents Based on a Machine-Learning Approach, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Direct C-H difluoromethylation of heterocycles via organic photoredox catalysis, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Chemoselective catalytic hydrodefluorination of trifluoromethylalkenes towards mono-/gem-di-fluoroalkenes under metal-free conditions, 2021, Nature Communications
  • B(C6F5)3/Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Ketimine-Ene Reaction of 2-Aryl-3H-indol-3-ones and α-Methylstyrenes, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Asymmetric Synthesis of Axially Chiral Phosphamides via Atroposelective N-Allylic Alkylation, 2020, ACS Catalysis

Their work often involves collaboration with several frequent co-authors, such as Jin-Dong Yang, Xin Li, Yushan Zhang, Jingjing Zhang, and Likun Dong.

Jin-Pei Cheng has published extensively in several prominent scientific venues. These include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Chemical Communications
  • Chemical Science

Within their main field of chemistry, their publications are particularly concentrated in these subfields:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

The specific research themes frequently addressed include:

  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
  • Free Radicals and Antioxidants
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds

Best Publications

  • Substituent effects on the stabilities of phenoxyl radicals and the acidities of phenoxyl radical cations

    Frederick G. Bordwell;Jinpei Cheng

  • Functionalized chiral ionic liquids as highly efficient asymmetric organocatalysts for Michael addition to nitroolefins.

    Sanzhong Luo;Xueling Mi;Long Zhang;Song Liu

  • The Essential Role of Bond Energetics in C-H Activation/Functionalization.

    Xiao-Song Xue;Pengju Ji;Biying Zhou;Jin-Pei Cheng;Jin-Pei Cheng

  • Hydride, Hydrogen Atom, Proton, and Electron Transfer Driving Forces of Various Five-Membered Heterocyclic Organic Hydrides and Their Reaction Intermediates in Acetonitrile

    Xiao-Qing Zhu;Ming-Tian Zhang;Ao Yu;Chun-Hua Wang

  • Assessment of the Importance of Changes in Ground-State Energies on the Bond Dissociation Enthalpies of the O-H Bonds in Phenols and the S-H Bonds in Thiophenols

    F. G. Bordwell;Xian-Man Zhang;A. V. Satish;J.-P. Cheng

  • Magnetic nanoparticle supported ionic liquid catalysts for CO2cycloaddition reactions

    Xiaoxi Zheng;Sanzhong Luo;Long Zhang;Jin-Pei Cheng

  • Homolytic bond dissociation energies in solution from equilibrium acidity and electrochemical data

    F. G. Bordwell;Jin Pei. Cheng;John A. Harrelson

  • A Simple Primary−Tertiary Diamine−Brønsted Acid Catalyst for Asymmetric Direct Aldol Reactions of Linear Aliphatic Ketones

    Sanzhong Luo;Hui Xu;Jiuyuan Li;Long Zhang

  • Carbohydrate-protein interactions by "clicked" carbohydrate self-assembled monolayers.

    Yun Zhang;Sanzhong Luo;Yijun Tang;Lei Yu

  • Electrocatalytic water oxidation by a dinuclear copper complex in a neutral aqueous solution.

    Xiao-Jun Su;Meng Gao;Lei Jiao;Rong-Zhen Liao

  • An acidity scale of 1,3-dialkylimidazolium salts in dimethyl sulfoxide solution.

    Yuan Chu;Hui Deng;Jin-Pei Cheng

  • Dy(OTf)3 in ionic liquid: an efficient catalytic system for reactions of indole with aldehydes/ketones or imines

    Xueling Mi;Sanzhong Luo;Jiaqi He;Jin-Pei Cheng

  • Holistic Prediction of the pKa in Diverse Solvents Based on a Machine-Learning Approach.

    Qi Yang;Yao Li;Jin-Dong Yang;Yidi Liu

  • Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,6-Conjugate Addition of Thioacetic Acid to para-Quinone Methides.

    Nan Dong;Zhi-Pei Zhang;Xiao-Song Xue;Xin Li

  • Bond dissociation energies of the nitrogen-hydrogen bonds in anilines and in the corresponding radical anions. Equilibrium acidities of aniline radical cations

    F. G. Bordwell;Xian Man Zhang;Jin Pei Cheng

  • Determination of the C4-H bond dissociation energies of NADH models and their radical cations in acetonitrile.

    Xiao Qing Zhu;Hai Rong Li;Qian Li;Teng Ai

  • Visible-light promoted catalyst-free imidation of arenes and heteroarenes.

    Lu Song;Long Zhang;Sanzhong Luo;Jin-Pei Cheng

  • Functionalized ionic liquids catalyzed direct aldol reactions

    Sanzhong Luo;Xueling Mi;Long Zhang;Song Liu

  • Highly enantioselective direct syn- and anti-aldol reactions of dihydroxyacetones catalyzed by chiral primary amine catalysts.

    Sanzhong Luo;Hui Xu;Long Zhang;and Jiuyuan Li

  • Direct C-H difluoromethylation of heterocycles via organic photoredox catalysis.

    Wei Zhang;Xin-Xin Xiang;Junyi Chen;Chen Yang

  • Asymmetric bifunctional primary aminocatalysis on magnetic nanoparticles.

    Sanzhong Luo;Xiaoxi Zheng;Jin-Pei Cheng;Jin-Pei Cheng

  • Proline catalyzed aldol reactions in aqueous micelles: an environmentally friendly reaction system

    Yi-Yuan Peng;Yi-Yuan Peng;Qiu-Ping Ding;Zucheng Li;Peng George Wang

  • Surfactant-type asymmetric organocatalyst : organocatalytic asymmetric Michael addition to nitrostyrenes in water

    Sanzhong Luo;Xueling Mi;Song Liu;Hui Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanzhong Luo
Sanzhong Luo Tsinghua University
Peng George Wang
Peng George Wang Georgia State University
Ming Xian
Ming Xian Brown University
Edward M. Arnett
Edward M. Arnett Duke University
Long Zhang
Long Zhang Nankai University
Herbert Mayr
Herbert Mayr Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Kendall N. Houk
Kendall N. Houk University of California, Los Angeles
Armin R. Ofial
Armin R. Ofial Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Frederick G. Bordwell
Frederick G. Bordwell Northwestern University
Ole Buchardt
Ole Buchardt University of Copenhagen

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