1. Miao, Wenjun; Zhao, Yanchuan; Ni, Chuanfa; Gao, Bing; Zhang, Wei; Hu, Jinbo*, “Iron-Catalyzed Difluoromethylation of Arylzincs with Difluoromethyl 2-Pyridyl Sulfone”, Journal of American Chemical Society, 2018, 140, 880-883.
2. Li, Lingchun; Ni, Chuanfa; Xie, Qiqiang; Hu, Mingyou; Wang Fei; Hu, Jinbo*, “TMSCF3 as a Convenient Source of CF2=CF2 for Pentafluoroethylation, (Aryloxy)tetrafluoroethylation and Tetrafluoroethylation”, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2017, 56, 9971-9975. (Selected as "Hot Paper"; highlighted by C&EN)
3. Xie, Qiqiang; Ni, Chuanfa*; Zhang, Rongyi; Li, Lingchun; Rong, Jian; Hu, Jinbo*, “Efficient Difluoromethylation of Alcohols Using TMSCF2Br as a Unique and Practical Difluorocarbene Reagent under Mild Conditions”, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2017, 56, 3206-3210.
4. Liu, Qinghe; Ni, Chuanfa; Hu, Jinbo*, “China’s Flourishing Synthetic Organofluorine Chemistry: Innovations in the New Millennium”, National Science Review, 2017, 4, 303-325.
5. Liu, Qinghe; Shen, Xiao; Ni, Chuanfa; Hu, Jinbo*, “Stereoselective Carbonyl Olefination with Sulfoximine: Facile Access to Z- and E-Terminal Monofluoroalkenes”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 619 - 623. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201610127.
6. Li, Lingchun; Ni, Chuanfa; Wang, Fei; Hu, Jinbo*, “Deoxyfluorination of Alcohols with 3,3-Difluoro-1,2-diarylcyclopropenes (CpFluors)”, Nature Communications 2016, 7, 13320; DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13320.
7. Chen, Dingben; Ni, Chuanfa; Zhao, Yanchuan; Cai, Xian; Li, Xinjin; Xiao, Pan; Hu, Jinbo*, “Bis(difluoromethyl)trimethylsilicate Anion: A Key Intermediate in Nucleophilic Difluoromethylation of Enolizable Ketones with Me3SiCF2H”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, 55, 12632-12636.
8. Ni, Chuanfa; Hu, Jinbo*, “The Unique Fluorine Effects in Organic Chemistry: Recent Facts and Insights into Fluoroalkylations”, Chemical Society Reviews, 2016, 45, 5441-5454.
9. Zeng, Yuwen; Hu, Jinbo*, “Bridging Fluorine and Aryne Chemistry: Vicinal Difunctionalization of Arynes Involving Nucleophilic Fluorination, Trifluoromethylation or Trifluoromethylthiolation”, Synthesis, 2016, 48, 2137-2150. (Invited review; highlighted on the cover)
10.Rong, Jian; Deng, Ling; Tan, Ping; Ni, Chuanfa*; Gu, Yucheng; Hu, Jinbo*, “Radical Fluoroalkylation of Isocyanides with Fluorinated Sulfones by Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis”, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2016, 55, 2743-2747. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201510533.
11.Zeng, Yuwen; Ni, Chuanfa; Hu, Jinbo*, “Recent Advances in the One-step Synthesis of Distally Fluorinated Ketones”, Chemistry－A European Journal, 2016, 22, 3210-3223. (Invited review)
12.Hu, Mingyou; Ni, Chuanfa; Li, Lingchun; Han, Yongxin; Hu, Jinbo*, “gem-Difluoroolefination of Diazo Compounds with TMSCF3 or TMSCF2Br: Transition-Metal-Free Cross-Coupling of Two Carbene Precursors”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 14496-14501. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b09888.
13.Zeng, Yuwen; Li, Guangyu; Hu, Jinbo*, “Diphenyliodonium-Catalyzed Fluorination of Arynes: Synthesis of ortho-Fluoroiodoarenes”, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2015, 54, 10773-10777. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201503308.
14.Zhao, Yanchuan; Jiang, Fanzhou; Hu, Jinbo*, “Spontaneous Resolution of Julia-Kocienski Intermediates Facilitates Phase Separation to Produce Z- and E-monofluoroalkenes”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137, 5199-5203.
15.Zeng, Yuwen; Hu, Jinbo*, “Recent Advances in Green Fluorine Chemistry”, Reports in Organic Chemistry, 2015, 5, 19-39. (Invited review)
16.Ni, Chuanfa; Hu, Mingyou; Hu, Jinbo*, “Good Partnership Between Sulfur and Fluorine: Sulfur-Based Fluorination and Fluoroalkylation Reagents for Organic Synthesis”, Chemical Reviews, 2015, 115, 765-825. (invited submission)
17.Gao, Bing; Zhao, Yanchuan; Hu, Jinbo*, “AgF-Mediated Fluorinative Cross-Coupling of Two Olefins: Facile Access to α-CF3 Alkenes and β-CF3 Ketones”, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2015, 54, 638-642.
18.Shen, Xiao; Liu, Qinghe; Ni, Chuanfa; Hu, Jinbo*, “Nucleophilic Difluoro(phenylsulfoni-midoyl)methylation of Unactivated Alkyl Bromides with PhSO(NTBS)CF2H: Facile Entry into gem-Difluoroalkenes”, Chinese Journal of Chemistry (invited article), 2014, 32, 703-708.
19.Gao, Bing; Ni, Chuanfa; Hu, Jinbo*, “Selective Incorporation of Difluoromethylene Moieties into Arenes Assisted by Transition Metals”, Chimia, 2014, 68, 414-418. (Invited submission)
20.Shen, Xiao; Miao, Wenjun; Ni, Chuanfa; Hu, Jinbo,* “Stereoselective Nucleophilic Fluoromethylation of Aryl Ketones: Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Chiral α-Fluoro Carbanions”, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2014, 53, 775-779.
21.Hu, Mingyou; He, Zhengbiao; Gao, Bing; Li, Lingchun; Ni, Chuanfa; Hu, Jinbo*, “Copper-Catalyzed gem-Difluoroolefination of Diazo Compounds with TMSCF3 via C–F Bond Cleavage”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013, 135, 17302-17305.
22.Li, Lingchun; Wang, Fei; Ni, Chuanfa; Hu, Jinbo*, “Synthesis of gem-Difluorocyclopropa(e)nes and O-, S-, N-, and P-Difluoromethylated Compounds with TMSCF2Br”, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2013, 52, 12390-12394. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201306703.
23.Zeng, Yuwen; Zhang, Laijun; Zhao, Yanchuan; Ni, Chuanfa; Zhao, Jingwei; Hu, Jinbo*, “Silver-Mediated Trifluoromethylation?Iodination of Arynes”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013, 135, 2955-2958.
24.Shen, Xiao; Zhang, Wei; Ni, Chuanfa; Gu, Yucheng; Hu, Jinbo*, “Tuning the Reactivity of Difluoromethyl Sulfoximines from Electrophilic to Nucleophilic: Stereoselective Nucleophilic Difluoromethylation of Aryl Ketones”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134, 16999-17002.
25.Hu, Mingyou; Ni, Chuanfa; Hu, Jinbo*, “Copper-Mediated Trifluoromethylation of α-Diazo Esters with TMSCF3: The Important Role of Water as a Promoter”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134, 15257-15260.
26.He, Zhengbiao; Hu, Mingyou; Luo, Tao; Li, Lingchun; Hu, Jinbo*, “Copper-Catalyzed Difluoromethylation of ???-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids: An Efficient Allylic Difluoromethylation ”, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2012, 51, 11545-11547.
27.Shen, Xiao; Zhang, Wei; Zhang, Lei; Luo, Tao; Wan, Xiaolong; Gu, Yucheng; Hu, Jinbo*, “Enantioselective Construction of Fluorinated Tertiary Stereogenic Carbon Centers in Cyclopropanes: A Chiral α-Fluoro Carbanion Strategy”, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2012, 51, 6966-6970.
28.Zhao, Yanchuan; Gao, Bing; Hu, Jinbo*, “From Olefination to Alkylation: In-Situ Halogenation of Julia-Kocienski Intermediates Leading to Formal Nucleophilic Iodo- and Bromodifluoromethylation of Carbonyl Compounds”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134, 5790-5793.
29.He, Zhengbiao; Luo, Tao; Hu, Mingyou; Cao, Yanjing; Hu, Jinbo*, “Copper-Catalyzed Di- and Trifluoromethylation of α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids: A Protocol for Vinylic Fluoroalkylations”, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2012, 51, 3944-3947.
30.Zhao, Yanchuan; Hu, Jinbo*, “Palladium-Catalyzed 2,2,2-Trifluoroethylation of Organoboronic Acids and Esters”, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2012, 51, 1033-1036.
31.Wang, Fei; Luo, Tao; Hu, Jinbo*, Wang, Ying; Krishnan, Hema S.; Jog, Parag V.; Ganesh, Somesh, K.; Prakash, G. K. Surya*, Olah, George A., “Synthesis of gem-Difluorinated Cyclopropanes and Cyclopropenes：Trifluoromethyltrimethylsilane as a Difluorocarbene Source”, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2011, 50, 7153-7157.
32.Shen, Xiao; Zhang, Laijun; Zhao, Yanchuan; Zhu, Lingui; Li, Guangyu; Hu, Jinbo*, “Nucleophilic Fluoromethylation of Aldehydes with Fluorobis(phenylsulfonyl)methane: The Importance of Strong Li-O Coordination and Fluorine Substitution for C?C Bond Formation”, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2011, 50, 2588-2592.
33.Prakash, G. K. Surya*; Ni, Chuanfa; Wang, Fang; Hu, Jinbo; Olah, George A.*, “From Difluoromethyl 2-Pyridyl Sulfone to Difluorinated Sulfonates: A Unique Protocol for Nucleophilic Difluoro(sulfonato)methylation”, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2011, 50, 2599-2563.
34.Zhang, Wei; Huang, Weizhou; Hu, Jinbo*, “Highly Stereoselective Synthesis of Monofluoroalkenes from α-Fluorosulfoximines and Nitrones”, Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, 2009, 48, 9858-9861.
35.Li, Ya; Hu, Jinbo*, “Stereoselective Difluoromethylenation Using TMSCF2SPh: Synthesis of Chiral 3,3-Difluoro-2,4-Disubstituted Pyrrolidines”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2007, 46, 2489–2492.
36.Ni, Chuanfa; Liu, Jun; Zhang, Laijun; Hu, Jinbo*, “A Remarkably Efficient Fluoroalkylation of Cyclic Sulfates and Sulfamidates: Facile Entry into β-Difluoromethylated or β-Difluoromethylenated Alcohols and Amines”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2007, 46, 786–789.
37.Li, Ya; Hu, Jinbo*, “Facile Synthesis of Chiral α-Difluoromethyl Amines From (tert-Butylsulfinyl)aldimines”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2005, 44, 5882–5886.