Gregory C. Fu

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
• 2014 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1997 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Best Publications

• Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions of Aryl Chlorides

  Adam F. Littke;Gregory C. Fu

  4024
  Citations

• Versatile Catalysts for the Suzuki Cross-Coupling of Arylboronic Acids with Aryl and Vinyl Halides and Triflates under Mild Conditions

  Adam F. Littke;and Chaoyang Dai;Gregory C. Fu

  2309
  Citations

• Substrate-directable chemical reactions

  Amir H. Hoveyda;David A. Evans;Gregory C. Fu

  2027
  Citations

• Ring-Closing Metathesis and Related Processes in Organic Synthesis

  Robert H. Grubbs;Scott J. Miller;Gregory C. Fu

  1494
  Citations

• The Development of Versatile Methods for Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions of Aryl Electrophiles through the Use of P(t-Bu)3 and PCy3 as Ligands

  Gregory C. Fu

  1024
  Citations

• A Convenient and General Method for Pd-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Couplings of Aryl Chlorides and Arylboronic Acids

  Adam F. Littke;Gregory C. Fu

  1000
  Citations

• A versatile catalyst for Heck reactions of aryl chlorides and aryl bromides under mild conditions.

  Adam F. Littke;Gregory C. Fu

  954
  Citations

• Transition metal-catalyzed alkyl-alkyl bond formation: Another dimension in cross-coupling chemistry.

  Junwon Choi;Gregory C. Fu

  920
  Citations

• Asymmetric copper-catalyzed C-N cross-couplings induced by visible light.

  Quirin M. Kainz;Carson D. Matier;Agnieszka Bartoszewicz;Susan L. Zultanski

  868
  Citations

• Catalytic ring-closing metathesis of functionalized dienes by a ruthenium carbene complex

  Gregory C. Fu;Son Binh T. Nguyen;Robert H. Grubbs

  845
  Citations

• Air-stable trialkylphosphonium salts: simple, practical, and versatile replacements for air-sensitive trialkylphosphines. Applications in stoichiometric and catalytic processes.

  Matthew R. Netherton;Gregory C. Fu

  772
  Citations

• Palladiumkatalysierte Kupplungen von Arylchloriden

  Adam F. Littke;Gregory C. Fu

  715
  Citations

• Transition-Metal Catalysis of Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions: A Radical Alternative to SN1 and SN2 Processes

  Gregory C. Fu

  640
  Citations

• Asymmetric catalysis with "planar-chiral" derivatives of 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine.

  Gregory C. Fu

  600
  Citations

• Pd/P(t-Bu)3: A mild and general catalyst for Stille reactions of aryl chlorides and aryl bromides

  Adam F Littke;Lothar Schwarz;Gregory C Fu

  598
  Citations

• Pd(PhCN)(2)Cl(2)/P(t-Bu)(3): a versatile catalyst for Sonogashira reactions of aryl bromides at room temperature.

  Thomas Hundertmark;Adam F. Littke;Stephen L. Buchwald;Gregory C. Fu

  566
  Citations

• The First Applications of Carbene Ligands in Cross-Couplings of Alkyl Electrophiles: Sonogashira Reactions of Unactivated Alkyl Bromides and Iodides

  Matthias Eckhardt;Gregory C. Fu

  559
  Citations

• Nickel‐Catalyzed Cross‐Couplings of Unactivated Alkyl Halides and Pseudohalides with Organometallic Compounds

  Matthew R. Netherton;Gregory C. Fu

  558
  Citations

• Enantioselective nucleophilic catalysis with "Planar-Chiral" heterocycles.

  Gregory C. Fu

  540
  Citations

• The first general method for palladium-catalyzed Negishi cross-coupling of aryl and vinyl chlorides: use of commercially available Pd(P(t-Bu)(3))(2) as a catalyst.

  Chaoyang Dai;Gregory C. Fu

  536
  Citations