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Shenglai Yao

Technical University of Berlin
Germany

D-Index & Metrics D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.

Discipline name Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking

Chemistry D-index 57 Citations 7,715 127 World Ranking 7945 National Ranking 608

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

Organic chemistry
Hydrogen
Catalysis

His scientific interests lie mostly in Silylene, Silanone, Silicon, Photochemistry and Stereochemistry. His work deals with themes such as Disiloxane and Polymer chemistry, which intersect with Silylene. His Silanone research includes elements of Adduct, Double bond and Carbene.

His studies in Silicon integrate themes in fields like Tetrahedron and Phosphorus. The various areas that Shenglai Yao examines in his Stereochemistry study include Chalcogen, Medicinal chemistry, Reactivity, Molecule and Main group element. His work in Molecule tackles topics such as Germanium which are related to areas like Inorganic chemistry and Crystallography.

His most cited work include:

A new type of N-heterocyclic silylene with ambivalent reactivity. (256 citations)
An isolable NHC-supported silanone. (187 citations)
A cyclic silylone ("siladicarbene") with an electron-rich silicon(0) atom. (141 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Shenglai Yao mainly focuses on Silylene, Ligand, Medicinal chemistry, Photochemistry and Crystallography. His research in Silylene intersects with topics in Silanone, Borane, Adduct, Reactivity and Silylation. His Ligand research includes themes of Chelation, Nickel, Lewis acids and bases and Carbene.

His work carried out in the field of Medicinal chemistry brings together such families of science as Steric effects, Organic chemistry, Ring and Hydrogen bond. His study on Photochemistry also encompasses disciplines like

Silicon, which have a strong connection to Dicarbonate,
Atom most often made with reference to Yield. His Crystallography study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Inorganic chemistry, Electronic structure, Molecule, Potassium and Density functional theory.

He most often published in these fields:

Silylene (30.51%)
Ligand (29.66%)
Medicinal chemistry (28.81%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

Silylene (30.51%)
Medicinal chemistry (28.81%)
Reactivity (25.42%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Shenglai Yao focuses on Silylene, Medicinal chemistry, Reactivity, Catalysis and Ligand. His studies deal with areas such as Crystallography, Photochemistry, Adduct and Borane as well as Silylene. The Medicinal chemistry study combines topics in areas such as Steric effects, Decarbonylation, Carbon monoxide and Carbene.

His research integrates issues of Lone pair and Carborane in his study of Reactivity. Shenglai Yao combines subjects such as Chelation, Redox and Intramolecular force with his study of Ligand. His Silicon study combines topics in areas such as Polymer chemistry and Divalent.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

From an Fe2P3 complex to FeP nanoparticles as efficient electrocatalysts for water-splitting (45 citations)
Boosting Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Activity with a NiPt3@NiS Heteronanostructure Evolved from a Molecular Nickel-Platinum Precursor. (43 citations)
Silicon-Mediated Selective Homo- and Heterocoupling of Carbon Monoxide. (28 citations)

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Best Publications

A new type of N-heterocyclic silylene with ambivalent reactivity.

Matthias Driess;Shenglai Yao;Markus Brym;Christoph van Wüllen.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2006)

358 Citations

An isolable NHC-supported silanone.

Yun Xiong;Shenglai Yao;Matthias Driess.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009)

230 Citations

A cyclic silylone ("siladicarbene") with an electron-rich silicon(0) atom.

Yun Xiong;Shenglai Yao;Shigeyoshi Inoue;Jan Dirk Epping.
Angewandte Chemie (2013)

217 Citations

A cyclic germadicarbene ("germylone") from germyliumylidene.

Yun Xiong;Shenglai Yao;Gengwen Tan;Shigeyoshi Inoue.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2013)

204 Citations

A Heterofulvene‐Like Germylene with a Betain Reactivity

Matthias Driess;Shenglai Yao;Markus Brym;Christoph van Wüllen.
Angewandte Chemie (2006)

200 Citations

From a Stable Silylene to a Mixed‐Valent Disiloxane and an Isolable Silaformamide–Borane Complex with Considerable Silicon–Oxygen Double‐Bond Character

Shenglai Yao;Markus Brym;Christoph van Wüllen;Matthias Driess.
Angewandte Chemie (2007)

191 Citations

Consecutive insertion of a silylene into the P4 tetrahedron: facile access to strained SiP4 and Si2P4 cage compounds.

Yun Xiong;Shenglai Yao;Markus Brym;Matthias Driess.
Angewandte Chemie (2007)

190 Citations

Low-valent silicon cations with two-coordinate silicon and aromatic character.

Matthias Driess;Shenglai Yao;Markus Brym;Christoph van Wüllen.
Angewandte Chemie (2006)

185 Citations

An Isolable Silanoic Ester by Oxygenation of a Stable Silylene

Shenglai Yao;Yun Xiong;Markus Brym;Matthias Driess.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2007)

177 Citations

N‐Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC)‐Stabilized Silanechalcogenones: NHC→Si(R2)E (E=O, S, Se, Te)

Shenglai Yao;Yun Xiong;Matthias Driess.
Chemistry: A European Journal (2010)

170 Citations

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