Weiming Wu

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1 Convenient oxidation of benzylic and allylic halides to aldehydes and ketones. Tetrahedron Lett 2008 2.13
2 Surprisingly low aqueous acidity at the alpha-positions of pyridiniums and pyrimidinium: the role of solvation. Org Lett 2008 1.76
3 Excellent correlation between substituent constants and pyridinium N-methyl chemical shifts. Tetrahedron Lett 2009 1.68
4 Stability of the 6-carbanion of uracil analogues: mechanistic implications for model reactions of orotidine-5'-monophosphate decarboxylase. Org Lett 2006 1.39
5 Accelerated decarboxylation of 1,3-dimethylorotic acid in ionic liquid. Bioorg Chem 2006 1.22
6 Kinetic analysis of the 4-methylideneimidazole-5-one-containing tyrosine aminomutase in enediyne antitumor antibiotic C-1027 biosynthesis. Biochemistry 2003 1.16
7 Carbanions from decarboxylation of orotate analogs: stability and mechanistic implications. Bioorg Chem 2007 1.15
8 Modest catalysis of the decarboxylation of orotate by hydrogen bonding: a theoretical model for orotidine- 5' -monophosphate decarboxylase. Bioorg Chem 2004 1.13
9 Transcriptome analysis of rice root heterosis by RNA-Seq. BMC Genomics 2013 1.12
10 Accelerated hydrolysis of α-halo and α-cyano pyridinium relative to uracil derivatives: a model for ODCase-catalyzed hydrolysis of 6-cyanoUMP. Tetrahedron Lett 2011 1.06
11 Proton transfer from C-6 of uridine 5'-monophosphate catalyzed by orotidine 5'-monophosphate decarboxylase: formation and stability of a vinyl carbanion intermediate and the effect of a 5-fluoro substituent. J Am Chem Soc 2012 0.99
12 Hydrolysis of α-chloro-substituted 2- and 4-pyridones: rate enhancement by zwitterionic structure. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2011 0.93
13 Polarization in the structures of uracil and thiouracils: Implication for binding with orotidine 5'-monophosphate decarboxylase. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2011 0.89
14 Substantial formation of hydrates and hemiacetals from pyridinium ketones. Tetrahedron Lett 2009 0.88
15 Stabilities of Uracil and Pyridone-Based Carbanions: A Systematic Study in the Gas Phase and Solution and Implications for the Mechanism of Orotidine-5'-Monophosphate Decarboxylase. Tetrahedron 2013 0.87
16 Identification of transcriptome SNPs for assessing allele-specific gene expression in a super-hybrid rice Xieyou9308. PLoS One 2013 0.84
17 The stability of aryl carbanions derived from pyridine N-oxide: the role of resonance in stabilizing aryl anions. J Am Chem Soc 2010 0.84
18 Kinetic and biochemical analysis of the mechanism of action of lysine 5,6-aminomutase. Arch Biochem Biophys 2003 0.83
19 Identification of qRL7, a major quantitative trait locus associated with rice root length in hydroponic conditions. Breed Sci 2013 0.82
20 One-dimensional CdS/TiO2 nanofiber composites as efficient visible-light-driven photocatalysts for selective organic transformation: synthesis, characterization, and performance. Langmuir 2015 0.81
21 Improved synthesis of N1-substituted orotic acid derivatives. Tetrahedron Lett 2013 0.81
22 The element effect revisited: factors determining leaving group ability in activated nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions. J Org Chem 2012 0.81
23 Multifunctional NH2-mediated zirconium metal-organic framework as an efficient visible-light-driven photocatalyst for selective oxidation of alcohols and reduction of aqueous Cr(VI). Dalton Trans 2013 0.81
24 Catalysis of decarboxylation by an adjacent negative charge: a theoretical approach. Bioorg Chem 2003 0.81
25 Unusual reaction of beta-hydroxy alpha-diazo carbonyl compounds with Cl3CCN/NaH and Rh(II)-catalyzed reaction of beta-trichloroacetylamino alpha-diazo carbonyl compounds. Org Lett 2003 0.80
26 Mechanism of rhodium-catalyzed carbene formation from diazo compounds. Org Lett 2007 0.79
27 Highly dispersed palladium nanoparticles anchored on UiO-66(NH₂) metal-organic framework as a reusable and dual functional visible-light-driven photocatalyst. Nanoscale 2013 0.79
28 Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production activity via dual modification of MOF and reduced graphene oxide on CdS. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014 0.76
29 Convenient one-pot synthesis of trans-1,2-diaryloxiranes from the direct coupling of benzyl halides. Tetrahedron Lett 2010 0.75
30 Reactivity in the nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions of pyridinium ions. Org Biomol Chem 2014 0.75
31 Template-free synthesis of a CdSnO3·3H2O hollow-nanocuboid photocatalyst via a facile microwave hydrothermal method. Nanotechnology 2013 0.75
32 Facile and rapid synthesis of pyrochlore W2O6 x H2O nanoplate via a fluorinion-assisted hydrothermal process. J Nanosci Nanotechnol 2014 0.75
33 A TaON nano-photocatalyst with low surface reduction defects for effective mineralization of chlorophenols under visible light irradiation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013 0.75