| Tuning the reactivity of difluoromethyl sulfoximines from electrophilic to nucleophilic: Stereoselective nucleophilic difluoromethylation of aryl ketones X Shen, W Zhang, C Ni, Y Gu, J Hu Journal of the American Chemical Society 134 (41), 16999-17002, 2012 | 133 | 2012 |
| Kinetically controlled E-selective catalytic olefin metathesis TT Nguyen, MJ Koh, X Shen, F Romiti, RR Schrock, AH Hoveyda Science 352 (6285), 569-575, 2016 | 129 | 2016 |
| Catalytic enantioselective 1, 6-conjugate additions of propargyl and allyl groups F Meng, X Li, S Torker, Y Shi, X Shen, AH Hoveyda Nature 537 (7620), 387-393, 2016 | 121 | 2016 |
| AlkylFluor: deoxyfluorination of alcohols NW Goldberg, X Shen, J Li, T Ritter Organic letters 18 (23), 6102-6104, 2016 | 95 | 2016 |
| Enantioselective Synthesis of Cyclopropanes That Contain Fluorinated Tertiary Stereogenic Carbon Centers: A Chiral α‐Fluoro Carbanion Strategy X Shen, W Zhang, L Zhang, T Luo, X Wan, Y Gu, J Hu Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 51 (28), 6966, 2012 | 94 | 2012 |
| Fluorinated sulfoximines: preparation, reactions and applications X Shen, J Hu European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2014 (21), 4437-4451, 2014 | 93 | 2014 |
| Direct monofluoromethylation of O-, S-, N-, and P-nucleophiles with PhSO (NTs) CH 2 F: the accelerating effect of α-fluorine substitution X Shen, M Zhou, C Ni, W Zhang, J Hu Chemical Science 5 (1), 117-122, 2014 | 93 | 2014 |
| Kinetically E-selective macrocyclic ring-closing metathesis X Shen, TT Nguyen, MJ Koh, D Xu, AWH Speed, RR Schrock, ... Nature 541 (7637), 380-385, 2017 | 91 | 2017 |
| In situ methylene capping: a general strategy for efficient stereoretentive catalytic olefin metathesis. The concept, methodological implications, and applications to synthesis … C Xu, X Shen, AH Hoveyda Journal of the American Chemical Society 139 (31), 10919-10928, 2017 | 84 | 2017 |
| Stereoselective Nucleophilic Fluoromethylation of Aryl Ketones: Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Chiral α‐Fluoro Carbanions X Shen, W Miao, C Ni, J Hu Angewandte Chemie International Edition 53 (3), 775-779, 2014 | 64 | 2014 |
| Copper-catalyzed debenzoylative monofluoromethylation of aryl iodides assisted by the removable (2-pyridyl) sulfonyl group Y Zhao, C Ni, F Jiang, B Gao, X Shen, J Hu ACS Catalysis 3 (4), 631-634, 2013 | 58 | 2013 |
| Nucleophilic Fluoromethylation of Aldehydes with Fluorobis (phenylsulfonyl) methane: The Importance of Strong Li–O Coordination and Fluorine Substitution for C C Bond Formation X Shen, L Zhang, Y Zhao, L Zhu, G Li, J Hu Angewandte Chemie International Edition 50 (11), 2588-2592, 2011 | 56 | 2011 |
| Cu-catalyzed borylative and silylative transformations of allenes: use of β-functionalized allyl copper intermediates in organic synthesis T Fujihara, Y Tsuji Synthesis 50 (09), 1737-1749, 2018 | 55 | 2018 |
| Alkyl aryl ether bond formation with PhenoFluor X Shen, CN Neumann, C Kleinlein, NW Goldberg, T Ritter Angewandte Chemie International Edition 54 (19), 5662-5665, 2015 | 54 | 2015 |
| Stereoselective Carbonyl Olefination with Fluorosulfoximines: Facile Access to Z or E Terminal Monofluoroalkenes Q Liu, X Shen, C Ni, J Hu Angewandte Chemie International Edition 56 (2), 619-623, 2017 | 52 | 2017 |
| Synthesis of Cyclopropenols Enabled by Visible‐Light‐Induced Organocatalyzed [2+ 1] Cyclization G Zhou, X Shen Angewandte Chemie 134 (10), e202115334, 2022 | 51 | 2022 |
| Direct transfer of tri-and di-fluoroethanol units enabled by radical activation of organosilicon reagents X Chen, X Gong, Z Li, G Zhou, Z Zhu, W Zhang, S Liu, X Shen Nature Communications 11 (1), 2756, 2020 | 49 | 2020 |
| Diastereoselective Transfer of Tri (di) fluoroacetylsilanes‐Derived Carbenes to Alkenes Y Zhang, G Zhou, X Gong, Z Guo, X Qi, X Shen Angewandte Chemie 134 (25), e202202175, 2022 | 44 | 2022 |
| Photocatalyzed Cascade Reactions of Cyclopropanols and α‐Trifluoromethyl‐Substituted Olefins for the Synthesis of Fused gem‐Difluorooxetanes Y Zhang, Y Niu, Y Guo, J Wang, Y Zhang, S Liu, X Shen Angewandte Chemie 134 (44), e202212201, 2022 | 37 | 2022 |
| Divergent rearrangements of cyclopropyl-substituted fluoroepoxides involving C–F bond cleavage and formation T Luo, R Zhang, W Zhang, X Shen, T Umemoto, J Hu Organic letters 16 (3), 888-891, 2014 | 37 | 2014 |
