| The essential role of bond energetics in C–H activation/functionalization XS Xue, P Ji, B Zhou, JP Cheng Chemical reviews 117 (13), 8622-8648, 2017 | 485 | 2017 |
| Near-Infrared Afterglow Luminescent Aggregation-Induced Emission Dots with Ultrahigh Tumor-to-Liver Signal Ratio for Promoted Image-Guided Cancer Surgery X Ni, X Zhang, X Duan, HL Zheng, XS Xue, D Ding Nano letters 19 (1), 318-330, 2018 | 434 | 2018 |
| Low-temperature mineralization of perfluorocarboxylic acids B Trang, Y Li, XS Xue, M Ateia, KN Houk, WR Dichtel Science 377 (6608), 839-845, 2022 | 228 | 2022 |
| Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,6‐Conjugate Addition of Thioacetic Acid to para‐Quinone Methides N Dong, ZP Zhang, XS Xue, X Li, JP Cheng Angewandte Chemie International Edition 55 (4), 1460-1464, 2016 | 220 | 2016 |
| Metal-free directed sp2-C–H borylation J Lv, X Chen, XS Xue, B Zhao, Y Liang, M Wang, L Jin, Y Yuan, Y Han, ... Nature 575 (7782), 336-340, 2019 | 213 | 2019 |
| N-Trifluoromethylthio-dibenzenesulfonimide: A Shelf-Stable, Broadly Applicable Electrophilic Trifluoromethylthiolating Reagent P Zhang, M Li, XS Xue, C Xu, Q Zhao, Y Liu, H Wang, Y Guo, L Lu, ... The Journal of Organic Chemistry 81 (17), 7486-7509, 2016 | 191 | 2016 |
| Controllable catalytic difluorocarbene transfer enables access to diversified fluoroalkylated arenes XP Fu, XS Xue, XY Zhang, YL Xiao, S Zhang, YL Guo, X Leng, KN Houk, ... Nature Chemistry 11 (10), 948-956, 2019 | 163 | 2019 |
| Theoretical study on the acidities of chiral phosphoric acids in dimethyl sulfoxide: hints for organocatalysis C Yang, XS Xue, JL Jin, X Li, JP Cheng The Journal of Organic Chemistry 78 (14), 7076-7085, 2013 | 132 | 2013 |
| Mechanism and origins of chemo-and stereoselectivities of aryl iodide-catalyzed asymmetric difluorinations of β-substituted styrenes B Zhou, MK Haj, EN Jacobsen, KN Houk, XS Xue Journal of the American Chemical Society 140 (45), 15206-15218, 2018 | 115 | 2018 |
| Expanding the frontiers of higher-order cycloadditions D McLeod, MK Thøgersen, NI Jessen, KA Jørgensen, CS Jamieson, ... Accounts of Chemical Research 52 (12), 3488-3501, 2019 | 103 | 2019 |
| Difluoromethylation of unactivated alkenes using freon-22 through tertiary amine-borane-triggered halogen atom transfer ZQ Zhang, YQ Sang, CQ Wang, P Dai, XS Xue, JL Piper, ZH Peng, JA Ma, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (31), 14288-14296, 2022 | 101 | 2022 |
| Quantitative scale for the trifluoromethylthio cation-donating ability of electrophilic trifluoromethylthiolating reagents M Li, J Guo, XS Xue, JP Cheng Organic letters 18 (2), 264-267, 2016 | 91 | 2016 |
| Polarity umpolung strategy for the radical alkylation of alkenes J Liu, S Wu, J Yu, C Lu, Z Wu, X Wu, XS Xue, C Zhu Angewandte Chemie 132 (21), 8272-8279, 2020 | 89 | 2020 |
| Open-shell fluorination of alkyl bromides: unexpected selectivity in a silyl radical-mediated chain process GH Lovett, S Chen, XS Xue, KN Houk, DWC MacMillan Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (51), 20031-20036, 2019 | 86 | 2019 |
| Computational study on the acidic constants of chiral Brønsted acids in dimethyl sulfoxide C Yang, XS Xue, X Li, JP Cheng The Journal of Organic Chemistry 79 (10), 4340-4351, 2014 | 86 | 2014 |
| High site selectivity in electrophilic aromatic substitutions: mechanism of C–H thianthrenation F Juliá, Q Shao, M Duan, MB Plutschack, F Berger, J Mateos, C Lu, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 143 (39), 16041-16054, 2021 | 85 | 2021 |
| Enantioselective organocatalyzed sulfenylation of 3-substituted oxindoles X Li, C Liu, XS Xue, JP Cheng Organic letters 14 (17), 4374-4377, 2012 | 84 | 2012 |
| Nickel-catalyzed intermolecular oxidative Heck arylation driven by transfer hydrogenation H Lv, H Kang, B Zhou, X Xue, KM Engle, D Zhao Nature Communications 10 (1), 5025, 2019 | 81 | 2019 |
| Metal‐Free Electrochemical Carboxylation of Organic Halides in the Presence of Catalytic Amounts of an Organomediator Y Wang, Z Zhao, D Pan, S Wang, K Jia, D Ma, G Yang, XS Xue, Y Qiu Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61 (41), e202210201, 2022 | 80 | 2022 |
| Establishing Cation and Radical Donor Ability Scales of Electrophilic F, CF3, and SCF3 Transfer Reagents M Li, XS Xue, JP Cheng Accounts of Chemical Research 53 (1), 182-197, 2020 | 80 | 2020 |