Chuanfa Ni

10.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
164 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Chuanfa Ni is a scholar working on Pharmaceutical Science, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Chuanfa Ni has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Pharmaceutical Science, 99 papers in Organic Chemistry and 74 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Chuanfa Ni's work include Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (155 papers), Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (69 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (32 papers). Chuanfa Ni is often cited by papers focused on Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (155 papers), Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (69 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (32 papers). Chuanfa Ni collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Chuanfa Ni's co-authors include Jinbo Hu, Mingyou Hu, Lingchun Li, Jian Rong, Bing Gao, Fei Wang, Yanchuan Zhao, Zhengbiao He, Qiqiang Xie and Ping Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Chuanfa Ni

159 papers receiving 9.1k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

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

2014 1.1k citations Chuanfa Ni, Mingyou Hu et al. profile →
The unique fluorine effects in organic reactions: recent facts and insights into fluoroalkylations

2016 622 citations Chuanfa Ni, Jinbo Hu profile →
Radical Fluoroalkylation of Isocyanides with Fluorinated Sulfones by Visible‐Light Photoredox Catalysis

2016 341 citations Jian Rong, Chuanfa Ni et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Contemporary synthetic strategies in organofluorine chemistry

2021 241 citations Chuanfa Ni, Jinbo Hu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chuanfa Ni China	49	7.7k	7.0k	3.2k	608	425	164	9.2k
Hideki Amii Japan	36	3.4k 0.4×	4.8k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	618 1.0×	255 0.6×	93	5.9k
Bernard R. Langlois France	36	3.5k 0.5×	3.0k 0.4×	1.7k 0.5×	345 0.6×	200 0.5×	108	4.4k
Junji Ichikawa Japan	38	3.8k 0.5×	4.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	500 0.8×	194 0.5×	208	5.6k
Teruo Umemoto Japan	34	3.4k 0.4×	3.1k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	343 0.6×	200 0.5×	89	4.3k
Hiromichi Egami Japan	36	2.6k 0.3×	4.1k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	373 0.6×	169 0.4×	82	5.1k
Takeru Furuya United States	11	3.2k 0.4×	3.1k 0.4×	1.4k 0.4×	325 0.5×	187 0.4×	14	4.1k
Alexander D. Dilman Russia	34	2.5k 0.3×	3.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	332 0.5×	136 0.3×	201	4.1k
Sensuke Ogoshi Japan	54	1.7k 0.2×	6.5k 0.9×	2.2k 0.7×	420 0.7×	460 1.1×	191	7.3k
Chengjian Zhu China	51	1.3k 0.2×	7.1k 1.0×	1.7k 0.5×	612 1.0×	182 0.4×	160	7.9k
David A. Nagib United States	26	1.9k 0.2×	4.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	218 0.4×	121 0.3×	42	5.4k

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Sun, Shuo, Xin Zhou, Zhongyi Wang, et al.. (2025). Modular synthesis of CF2-containing compounds with PhSO2CF2H reagent through difluoromethylene radical anion synthon strategy. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7731–7731.

Lin, Xiao, Zhiqiang Wei, Chuanfa Ni, Alexander D. Dilman, & Jinbo Hu. (2025). From S-Fluoroalkylation to Fluoroalkylation–Thiolation: Difunctionalization of Alkenes with Fluoroalkyl Phenyl Sulfones and Thiophenols Enabled by Photoredox Copper Catalysis. Organic Letters. 27(8). 1884–1888. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Dingben, Ling Huang, Xiaojing Chen, et al.. (2024). 1,6-Nucleophilic Di- and Trifluoromethylation of para-Quinone Methides with Me3SiCF2H/Me3SiCF3 Facilitated by CsF/18-Crown-6. Molecules. 29(12). 2905–2905. 1 indexed citations

Xie, Qiqiang, et al.. (2024). Controllable Double Difluoromethylene Insertions into S−Cu Bonds: (Arylthio)tetrafluoroethylation of Aryl Iodides with TMSCF₂Br. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(14). e202400839–e202400839. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Shuo, et al.. (2023). From intramolecular cyclization to intermolecular hydrolysis: TMSCF₂Br-enabled carbonylation of aldehydes/ketones and amines to α-hydroxyamides. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 10(21). 5343–5351. 5 indexed citations

Du, Wei, et al.. (2023). Switching from 2-pyridination to difluoromethylation: ligand-enabled nickel-catalyzed reductive difluoromethylation of aryl iodides with difluoromethyl 2-pyridyl sulfone. Science China Chemistry. 66(10). 2785–2790. 15 indexed citations

Wang, Xiu, et al.. (2022). SulfoxFluor-enabled deoxyazidation of alcohols with NaN3. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2752–2752. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Xiu, et al.. (2021). Deoxyfluorination of alcohols with aryl fluorosulfonates. Chemical Communications. 57(66). 8170–8173. 11 indexed citations

Chen, Dingben, Zili Fan, Ling Huang, et al.. (2020). TMSCFX₂ (X = Cl, Br) as halofluorocarbene sources for the synthesis of halofluorocyclopropanes. Chemical Communications. 57(3). 319–322. 13 indexed citations

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Wei, Jun, et al.. (2019). Transition-Metal-Free Desulfinative Cross-Coupling of Heteroaryl Sulfinates with Grignard Reagents. Organic Letters. 21(4). 937–940. 31 indexed citations

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Pan, Xiao, Chuanfa Ni, Wenjun Miao, et al.. (2019). Fluoroalkylation of Various Nucleophiles with Fluoroalkyl Sulfones through a Single Electron Transfer Process. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 84(13). 8345–8359. 25 indexed citations

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Rong, Jian, et al.. (2017). Radical Fluoroalkylation of Aryl Alkenes with Fluorinated Sulfones by Visible-Light Photoredox Catalysis. Acta Chimica Sinica. 75(1). 105–105. 34 indexed citations

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Ni, Chuanfa, Lingui Zhu, & Jinbo Hu. (2015). Advances in Transition-Metal-Mediated Di-and Monofluoroalkylations. Acta Chimica Sinica. 73(2). 90–90. 143 indexed citations

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Wang, Fei, Lingchun Li, Chuanfa Ni, & Jinbo Hu. (2014). Deoxygenative gem-difluoroolefination of carbonyl compounds with (chlorodifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane and triphenylphosphine. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 10. 344–351. 57 indexed citations

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Gao, Bing, Chuanfa Ni, & Jinbo Hu. (2014). Selective Incorporation of Difluoromethylene Moieties into Arenes Assisted by Transition Metals. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 68(6). 414–414. 24 indexed citations

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Gao, Bing, Yanchuan Zhao, Mingyou Hu, Chuanfa Ni, & Jinbo Hu. (2014). gem‐Difluoroolefination of Diaryl Ketones and Enolizable Aldehydes with Difluoromethyl 2‐Pyridyl Sulfone: New Insights into the Julia–Kocienski Reaction. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(25). 7803–7810. 105 indexed citations

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Prakash, G. K. Surya, Zhe Zhang, Fang Wang, et al.. (2013). Stereoselective Synthesis of Fluoroalkenoates and Fluorinated Isoxazolidinones: N‐Substituents Governing the Dual Reactivity of Nitrones. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(3). 831–838. 13 indexed citations

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Prakash, G. K. Surya, Chuanfa Ni, Fang Wang, et al.. (2013). Difluoro(sulfinato)methylation of N‐Sulfinyl Imines Facilitated by 2‐Pyridyl Sulfone: Stereoselective Synthesis of Difluorinated β‐Amino Sulfonic Acids and Peptidosulfonamides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(41). 10835–10839. 29 indexed citations

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Prakash, G. K. Surya, Chuanfa Ni, Fang Wang, Jinbo Hu, & George A. Olah. (2011). From Difluoromethyl 2‐Pyridyl Sulfone to Difluorinated Sulfonates: A Protocol for Nucleophilic Difluoro(sulfonato)methylation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(11). 2559–2563. 64 indexed citations

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Prakash, G. K. Surya, Fang Wang, Martin Rahm, et al.. (2011). On the Nature of CH⋅⋅⋅FC Interactions in Hindered CF₃C(sp³) Bond Rotations. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(49). 11761–11764. 36 indexed citations

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