Chunfa Xu

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Chunfa Xu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chunfa Xu has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Organic Chemistry, 15 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Chunfa Xu's work include Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (15 papers), Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (15 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (12 papers). Chunfa Xu is often cited by papers focused on Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (15 papers), Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (15 papers) and Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis (12 papers). Chunfa Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United Kingdom. Chunfa Xu's co-authors include Qilong Shen, Long Lü, Xinxin Shao, Charles C. J. Loh, Kai Kang, Shiping Wang, Chunngai Hui, Fen‐Er Chen, Weitao Yan and Zhuo Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chunfa Xu

35 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Shelf-Stable Electrophilic Reagents for Trifluoromethylth... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Shelf-Stable Electrophilic Reagents for Trifluoromethylthiolation
    2015 374 citations Xinxin Shao, Chunfa Xu et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chunfa Xu China 18 1.6k 1.3k 588 219 76 37 1.9k
Gavin Chit Tsui Hong Kong 28 1.9k 1.2× 968 0.8× 751 1.3× 192 0.9× 65 0.9× 77 2.3k
Julie Charpentier Switzerland 11 1.8k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 632 1.1× 130 0.6× 65 0.9× 13 2.2k
Fa‐Guang Zhang China 29 2.1k 1.3× 945 0.7× 375 0.6× 307 1.4× 43 0.6× 93 2.3k
G. S. LAL United States 16 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 400 0.7× 382 1.7× 47 0.6× 28 1.7k
Vincent Bizet France 24 1.9k 1.2× 745 0.6× 534 0.9× 251 1.1× 103 1.4× 49 2.2k
Ryan Gianatassio United States 12 2.3k 1.4× 415 0.3× 275 0.5× 245 1.1× 29 0.4× 13 2.5k
Hui‐Xiong Dai China 33 4.3k 2.7× 550 0.4× 1.0k 1.8× 250 1.1× 75 1.0× 81 4.5k
Elizabeth A. Ilardi United States 9 1.8k 1.1× 372 0.3× 172 0.3× 204 0.9× 41 0.5× 10 1.9k
Lóránd Kiss Hungary 25 1.6k 1.0× 669 0.5× 201 0.3× 834 3.8× 31 0.4× 116 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Chunfa Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chunfa Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chunfa Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chunfa Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chunfa Xu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chunfa Xu. Chunfa Xu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ni, Zhaohui, et al.. (2025). Modular synthesis of glycosyl sulfonamide via reductive coupling of glycosyl sulfinate and nitroarene. New Journal of Chemistry. 49(9). 3416–3421. 1 indexed citations
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Tegge, Werner, Chunfa Xu, Kirsten Harmrolfs, et al.. (2024). A Targeted Click‐to‐Release Activation of the Last‐Resort Antibiotic Colistin Reduces its Renal Cell Toxicity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(47). e202408360–e202408360. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Xinyu, et al.. (2024). A Radical Activation Strategy for Versatile and Stereoselective N‐Glycosylation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(36). e202409004–e202409004. 9 indexed citations
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Lin, Wentao, et al.. (2024). Anion‐Bridged Dual Hydrogen Bond Enabled Concerted Addition of Phenol to Glycal. Advanced Science. 11(11). e2308513–e2308513. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Wenchao, et al.. (2024). A stereoselective organocatalyzed C-glycosylation of indole: implications of acceptor–catalyst–donor interactions. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 12(2). 509–515. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Xinyu, et al.. (2024). A Radical Activation Strategy for Versatile and Stereoselective N‐Glycosylation. Angewandte Chemie. 136(36). 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Chunfa, et al.. (2023). Tetrazine-induced activation of a trimethyl lock as a click-to-release system for protected doxorubicin. Chemical Communications. 59(48). 7451–7454. 7 indexed citations
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Huang, Jingrong, et al.. (2023). Cu-catalyzed arylation of S-tosyl peptides with arylboronic acids. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11(1). 53–59. 6 indexed citations
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Xu, Chunfa, Shiping Wang, & Qilong Shen. (2022). Recent Progress on Trifluoromethylthiolation of (Hetero)Aryl C–H Bonds with Electrophilic Trifluoromethylthiolating Reagents. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(21). 6889–6899. 29 indexed citations
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Tegge, Werner, Ulrike Beutling, Kirsten Harmrolfs, et al.. (2021). Selective Bacterial Targeting and Infection‐Triggered Release of Antibiotic Colistin Conjugates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(33). 17989–17997. 17 indexed citations
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Xu, Chunfa, et al.. (2020). A robust and tunable halogen bond organocatalyzed 2-deoxyglycosylation involving quantum tunneling. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4911–4911. 61 indexed citations
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Xu, Chunfa & Charles C. J. Loh. (2018). An ultra-low thiourea catalyzed strain-release glycosylation and a multicatalytic diversification strategy. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4057–4057. 51 indexed citations
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Xu, Chunfa, Qing‐Yun Chen, & Qilong Shen. (2016). Nucleophilic Trifluoromethylthiolation of Alkyl Chlorides, Bromides and Tosylates. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 34(5). 495–504. 16 indexed citations
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Zhang, Panpan, Man Li, Xiao‐Song Xue, et al.. (2016). N-Trifluoromethylthio-dibenzenesulfonimide: A Shelf-Stable, Broadly Applicable Electrophilic Trifluoromethylthiolating Reagent. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 81(17). 7486–7509. 157 indexed citations
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Shao, Xinxin, Chunfa Xu, Long Lü, & Qilong Shen. (2015). Shelf-Stable Electrophilic Reagents for Trifluoromethylthiolation. Accounts of Chemical Research. 48(5). 1227–1236. 374 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xu, Chunfa & Qilong Shen. (2015). Lewis Acid Mediated Trifluoromethylthio Lactonization/Lactamization. Organic Letters. 17(18). 4561–4563. 65 indexed citations
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Xu, Chunfa, et al.. (2014). N‐Trifluoromethylthiosaccharin: An Easily Accessible, Shelf‐Stable, Broadly Applicable Trifluoromethylthiolating Reagent. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(35). 9316–9320. 276 indexed citations
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Xu, Chunfa & Qilong Shen. (2014). Palladium-Catalyzed Trifluoromethylthiolation of Aryl C–H Bonds. Organic Letters. 16(7). 2046–2049. 179 indexed citations
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Zhao, Qianyi, Lei Gong, Chunfa Xu, et al.. (2011). Stable Iso‐osmabenzenes from a Formal [3+3] Cycloaddition Reaction of Metal Vinylidene with Alkynols. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(6). 1354–1358. 52 indexed citations
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Zhao, Qianyi, Lei Gong, Chunfa Xu, et al.. (2011). Stable Iso‐osmabenzenes from a Formal [3+3] Cycloaddition Reaction of Metal Vinylidene with Alkynols. Angewandte Chemie. 123(6). 1390–1394. 26 indexed citations

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