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Jinbo Hu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on chemistry and its interdisciplinary applications. Their work predominantly spans the fields of chemistry and pharmacology, toxicology, and pharmaceutics, with a strong emphasis on organic chemistry and pharmaceutical science.

Their research covers a wide array of topics, including:

  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions

Jinbo Hu has coauthored frequently with several researchers in the field, including:

  • Chuanfa Ni (59 joint publications)
  • Xiu Wang (25 joint publications)
  • Qiqiang Xie (15 joint publications)
  • Qian Wang (13 joint publications)
  • Mingyou Hu (8 joint publications)

Their recent published papers demonstrate ongoing research efforts in organofluorine chemistry and radical fluorination methods:

  • "Contemporary synthetic strategies in organofluorine chemistry," 2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • "Electrochemical reduction of fluoroalkyl sulfones for radical fluoroalkylation of alkenes," 2021, Chemical Communications
  • "Deoxyfluorination of Carboxylic Acids with CpFluor: Access to Acyl Fluorides and Amides," 2021, Organic Letters
  • "A Journey of the Development of Privileged Difluorocarbene Reagents TMSCF2X (X = Br, F, Cl) for Organic Synthesis," 2024, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "Controllable Single and Double Difluoromethylene Insertions into C-Cu Bonds: Copper-Mediated Tetrafluoroethylation and Hexafluoropropylation of Aryl Iodides with TMSCF2H and TMSCF2Br," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Jinbo Hu has contributed to several key publication venues in their discipline, frequently publishing in:

  • Organic Letters (13 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (10 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (10 publications)
  • Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis (8 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (7 publications)

Best Publications

  • Good Partnership between Sulfur and Fluorine: Sulfur-Based Fluorination and Fluoroalkylation Reagents for Organic Synthesis

    Chuanfa Ni;Mingyou Hu;Jinbo Hu

  • The unique fluorine effects in organic reactions: recent facts and insights into fluoroalkylations

    Chuanfa Ni;Jinbo Hu

  • Selective difluoromethylation and monofluoromethylation reactions

    Jinbo Hu;Wei Zhang;Fei Wang

  • Radical Fluoroalkylation of Isocyanides with Fluorinated Sulfones by Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis.

    Jian Rong;Ling Deng;Ping Tan;Chuanfa Ni

  • Selective fluoroalkylations with fluorinated sulfones, sulfoxides, and sulfides.

    G. K. Surya Prakash;Jinbo Hu

  • Recent Advances in the Synthetic Application of Difluorocarbene

    Chuanfa Ni;Jinbo Hu

  • Synthesis of gem-Difluorinated Cyclopropanes and Cyclopropenes: Trifluoromethyltrimethylsilane as a Difluorocarbene Source

    Fei Wang;Tao Luo;Jinbo Hu;Ying Wang

  • Synthesis of gem-Difluorocyclopropa(e)nes and O-, S-, N-, and P-Difluoromethylated Compounds with TMSCF2Br†

    Lingchun Li;Fei Wang;Chuanfa Ni;Jinbo Hu

  • Copper-catalyzed di- and trifluoromethylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids: a protocol for vinylic fluoroalkylations.

    Zhengbiao He;Tao Luo;Mingyou Hu;Yanjing Cao

  • gem-Difluoroolefination of Diazo Compounds with TMSCF3 or TMSCF2Br: Transition-Metal-Free Cross-Coupling of Two Carbene Precursors.

    Mingyou Hu;Chuanfa Ni;Lingchun Li;Yongxin Han

  • Metal-Catalyzed Direct Difluoromethylation Reactions

    Jian Rong;Chuanfa Ni;Jinbo Hu

  • Contemporary synthetic strategies in organofluorine chemistry

    Robert Britton;Veronique Gouverneur;Jin-Hong Lin;Michael Meanwell

  • Fluoroalkylative Aryl Migration of Conjugated N-Arylsulfonylated Amides Using Easily Accessible Sodium Di- and Monofluoroalkanesulfinates

    Zhengbiao He;Ping Tan;Chuanfa Ni;Jinbo Hu

  • Difluoromethyl 2-Pyridyl Sulfone: A New gem-Difluoroolefination Reagent for Aldehydes and Ketones

    Yanchuan Zhao;Weizhou Huang;Lingui Zhu;Jinbo Hu

  • N-Tosyl-S-difluoromethyl-S-phenylsulfoximine: A New Difluoromethylation Reagent for S-, N-, and C-Nucleophiles

    Wei Zhang;Fei Wang;Jinbo Hu

  • Iron-Catalyzed Difluoromethylation of Arylzincs with Difluoromethyl 2-Pyridyl Sulfone

    Wenjun Miao;Yanchuan Zhao;Chuanfa Ni;Bing Gao

  • Copper-Mediated Trifluoromethylation of α-Diazo Esters with TMSCF3: The Important Role of Water as a Promoter

    Mingyou Hu;Chuanfa Ni;Jinbo Hu

  • Copper-Catalyzed gem-Difluoroolefination of Diazo Compounds with TMSCF3 via C–F Bond Cleavage

    Mingyou Hu;Zhengbiao He;Bing Gao;Lingchun Li

  • Improved performance of lithium-ion cells with the use of fluorinated carbonate-based electrolytes

    M.C Smart;B.V Ratnakumar;V.S Ryan-Mowrey;S Surampudi

  • Nucleophilic Fluoroalkylation of α,β-Enones, Arynes, and Activated Alkynes with Fluorinated Sulfones: Probing the Hard/Soft Nature of Fluorinated Carbanions

    Chuanfa Ni;Laijun Zhang;Jinbo Hu

Frequent Co-Authors

Chuanfa Ni
Chuanfa Ni Chinese Academy of Sciences
G. K. Surya Prakash
G. K. Surya Prakash University of Southern California
George A. Olah
George A. Olah University of Southern California
Wei Zhang
Wei Zhang Central South University
Yu-Cheng Gu
Yu-Cheng Gu Syngenta (Switzerland)
Rui Zhang
Rui Zhang National University of Singapore
Kuo-Wei Huang
Kuo-Wei Huang King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Béla Török
Béla Török University of Massachusetts Boston
Fei Wang
Fei Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lei Zhang
Lei Zhang Nanjing University

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