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Fluorine in Organic Chemistry

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
You‐Jie Yu
University of Science and Technology of China
2
Wen‐Jun Yue
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
3
Can Liu
University of Kentucky
4
Aijie Cai
University of Cincinnati
5
Jiajia Ma
International Flavors & Fragrances (United States)
6
Jakub Durka
Institute of Organic Chemistry
7
Shao‐Qian Yang
Chinese Academy of Sciences
8
Fu‐Peng Wu
University of Münster
9
Wanqing Zuo
Taizhou University
10
Jia‐Yi Shou
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Rising Stars Papers

1
Ring expansion of indene by photoredox-enabled functionalized carbon-atom insertion
Nature Catalysis|2024
101 cit.
2
Diversity-Generating Skeletal Editing Transformations
Accounts of Chemical Research|2025
81 cit.
3
Atomic Carbon Equivalent: Design and Application to Diversity-Generating Skeletal Editing from Indoles to 3-Functionalized Quinolines
ACS Catalysis|2024
51 cit.
4
Nitrogen-to-functionalized carbon atom transmutation of pyridine
Chemical Science|2024
41 cit.
5
Recent Advances in Dearomative Partial Reduction of Benzenoid Arenes
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2024
39 cit.
6
Oxygen Migration–Defluorination Strategy Enables the Aminocarbonylation of Enaminones with <i>o</i>-Aminobenzamides and CF<sub>2</sub>Br<sub>2</sub>
Organic Letters|2025
29 cit.
7
BINOLates as potent reducing photocatalysts for inert-bond activation and reduction of unsaturated systems
Chem|2024
17 cit.
8
Visible‐Light‐Induced Domino Cyclization to Access Pyrido[2,3‐<i>d</i>]pyrimidine‐2,4‐diones <i>via</i> a Radical‐Polar Crossover Reaction
Chinese Journal of Chemistry|2024
16 cit.
9
Co-pyrolysis of soybean straw and spirulina platensis for N-containing chemicals and N-doped carbon materials production: Unraveling the nitrogen migration mechanism and involved chemical reactions
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis|2024
14 cit.
10
<b>Switchable Multicomponent Cyclization Reactions to Access Fluoroalkylated Dihydropyrimidines and Pyrimidines under <scp>Solvent‐Free</scp> Conditions</b>
Chinese Journal of Chemistry|2024
12 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Xiao‐Song Xue
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
2
Song Lin
Cornell University
3
Fa‐Guang Zhang
Tianjin University
4
Sigal Saphier
Israel Institute for Biological Research
5
Anis Tlili
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
6
Eytan Gershonov
Israel Institute for Biological Research
7
Osvaldo Gutiérrez
University of California, Los Angeles
8
Hao‐Yue Xiang
Central South University
9
Jin Xie
China Pharmaceutical University
10
Jack A. Terrett
Unknown

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Electrochemically driven cross-electrophile coupling of alkyl halides
Nature|2022
309 cit.
2
Electrochemical reactor dictates site selectivity in N-heteroarene carboxylations
Nature|2023
294 cit.
3
Exploring Electrochemical C(sp <sup>3</sup> )–H Oxidation for the Late-Stage Methylation of Complex Molecules
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
145 cit.
4
Intercepting Hydrogen Evolution with Hydrogen-Atom Transfer: Electron-Initiated Hydrofunctionalization of Alkenes
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
138 cit.
5
Highly selective synthesis of all-carbon tetrasubstituted alkenes by deoxygenative alkenylation of carboxylic acids
Nature Communications|2022
134 cit.
6
Photoinduced gold-catalyzed divergent dechloroalkylation of gem-dichloroalkanes
Nature Catalysis|2022
120 cit.
7
Regioselective aliphatic C–H functionalization using frustrated radical pairs
Nature|2023
120 cit.
8
Metal‐Free SF<sub>6</sub>Activation: A New SF<sub>5</sub>‐Based Reagent Enables Deoxyfluorination and Pentafluorosulfanylation Reactions
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2022
92 cit.
9
Generality-oriented optimization of enantioselective aminoxyl radical catalysis
Science|2023
88 cit.
10
Decarboxylative tandem C-N coupling with nitroarenes via SH2 mechanism
Nature Communications|2022
84 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Jinbo Hu
University of Science and Technology of China
2
Tobias Ritter
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
3
Feng‐Ling Qing
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
4
Norio Shibata
Nagoya Institute of Technology
5
Xingang Zhang
Chinese Academy of Sciences
6
Véronique Gouverneur
University of Oxford
7
John F. Hartwig
University of California System
8
Melanie S. Sanford
University of Michigan
9
Jean’ne M. Shreeve
University of Idaho
10
Qilong Shen
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Introduction of Fluorine and Fluorine‐Containing Functional Groups
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2013
2.5k cit.
2
On the Interpretation of Deuterium Kinetic Isotope Effects in CH Bond Functionalizations by Transition‐Metal Complexes
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2012
2.1k cit.
3
Evolution of a Fourth Generation Catalyst for the Amination and Thioetherification of Aryl Halides
Accounts of Chemical Research|2008
1.9k cit.
4
Controlling Site Selectivity in Palladium-Catalyzed C–H Bond Functionalization
Accounts of Chemical Research|2012
1.4k cit.
5
Mild Iridium-Catalyzed Borylation of Arenes. High Turnover Numbers, Room Temperature Reactions, and Isolation of a Potential Intermediate
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2001
1.1k cit.
6
Mechanism and Activity of Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis Catalysts
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2001
1.1k cit.
7
Carbon−Heteroatom Bond-Forming Reductive Eliminations of Amines, Ethers, and Sulfides
Accounts of Chemical Research|1998
1.1k cit.
8
Borylation and Silylation of C–H Bonds: A Platform for Diverse C–H Bond Functionalizations
Accounts of Chemical Research|2011
1.1k cit.
9
A Highly Selective Catalytic Method for the Oxidative Functionalization of C−H Bonds
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2004
1.1k cit.
10
Palladium-Catalyzed α-Arylation of Carbonyl Compounds and Nitriles
Accounts of Chemical Research|2003
934 cit.

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