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Silas P. Cook

Chemistry · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Catalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisCatalytic Cross-Coupling ReactionsChemical Synthesis and AnalysisSynthesis and Catalytic Reactions

Publications

74

Citations

3,123

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

40

Publishing since 1986

Research summary
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Silas P. Cook works in synthetic organic chemistry, developing new chemical reactions and catalysts to build and modify complex molecules. A major focus is on activating normally unreactive carbon-hydrogen bonds and adding useful groups like fluorine-containing substituents (for example, trifluoromethyl groups), often using inexpensive metal catalysts such as iron, copper, and nickel. This kind of work supports efficient synthesis of pharmaceuticals and other valuable compounds.

Carbon-hydrogen (C–H) bond functionalizationMetal-catalyzed reactions (iron, copper, nickel)Fluorine-group installation (trifluoromethylation, borylation)Cross-coupling reactionsCatalysis for chemical synthesis

Publication activity has varied year to year, peaking around 2018-2019 and continuing at a lower, roughly steady pace of about two papers per year in recent years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 4 publications182019: 8 publications8192020: 1 publication202021: 2 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 5 publications23242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Organic Letters×7
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society×4
  • Chemical Science×3
  • ACS Catalysis×2
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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