1. Difluoromethyl 2-Pyridyl Sulfone: A New gem-Difluoroolefination Reagent for Aldehydes and Ketones Yanchuan Zhao, Weizhou Huang, Lingui Zhu, and Jinbo Hu* Org. Lett. 2010, 12 (7), pp 1444-1447. <Link>

2. Magnesium Metal-Mediated Reductive Trifluoromethylation of Aldehydes with Phenyl Trifluoromethyl Sulfone Yanchuan Zhao, Jieming Zhu, Chuanfa Ni, and Jinbo Hu* Synthesis 2010, 11, pp 1899-1904. <Link>

3. 1-tert-Butyl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl fluoromethyl sulfone (TBTSO₂CH₂F): a versatile fluoromethylidene synthon and its use in the synthesis of monofluorinated alkenes via Julia–Kocienski olefination Lingui Zhu, Chuanfa Ni, Yanchuan Zhao, and Jinbo Hu* Tetrahedron 2010, 66 (27-28), pp 5089-5100. <Link>

4. Nucleophilic (phenylsulfonyl)difluoromethylation of alkyl halides using PhSO₂CF₂SiMe3: preparation of gem-difluoroalkenes and trifluoromethyl compounds Lingui Zhu, Ya Li, Yanchuan Zhao, and Jinbo Hu* Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51 (57), pp 6150-6152. <Link>