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Ryan A. Altman

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1991
Fluorine in Organic ChemistryCatalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsInorganic Fluorides and Related CompoundsCatalytic Cross-Coupling ReactionsChemical Synthesis and Analysis

Publications

132

Citations

3,464

Est. group size

~9

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

36

Publishing since 1991

Research summary
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Ryan A. Altman's research focuses on organic and medicinal chemistry, particularly the design of new chemical reactions to install fluorine atoms into drug-like molecules. His group develops methods such as difluorination, dearomatization, and catalytic cross-coupling reactions to build complex molecules and improve properties relevant to drug development, like metabolic stability and brain penetration.

Fluorine chemistry and fluorinated drug designCatalytic C–H and cross-coupling reactionsPalladium- and copper-catalyzed synthesis methodsEnantioselective total synthesis of complex moleculesMedicinal chemistry optimization of drug candidates

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade but shows an overall upward trend, with a notable peak in 2025 following a dip in 2023.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 7.4/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 9 publications192020: 12 publications202021: 9 publications212022: 8 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 7 publications242025: 15 publications15252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • ChemRxiv×16
  • ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters×10
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry×9
  • Chemical Communications×3
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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