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Chisato Mukai

Chisato Mukai

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Chemistry

D-Index
43
Citations
6767
World Ranking
17233
National Ranking
1361

Overview

Chisato Mukai is affiliated with Kanazawa University in Japan and works primarily in the field of Chemistry, with a specific focus on Organic Chemistry. Their research contributions include studies related to cycloaddition reactions, cyclopropane reaction mechanisms, and applications of click chemistry.

Their recent publications demonstrate engagement with organic chemical reactions and synthesis. Notable papers include:

  • A Comparison between the Cycloadditions of Allenyl- and Vinyl-Cyclopentanes Using Density Functional Theory and GRRM Program (2020) published in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
  • (2021) published in Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan

Mukai has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Kazuki Watanabe, Yusuke Kawashima, Tatsuya Takagi, Y Suwa, and Yu-Shi Tian. These collaborations reflect a range of joint research efforts within their subfield of Organic Chemistry.

The venues in which Mukai has published include Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin and Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan, indicating a focus on recognized journals in chemical synthesis and pharmaceutical research.

Their main topics of work center on:

  • Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Click Chemistry and Applications

These areas highlight investigation into specific reaction types and methodologies important for organic synthesis and potential practical applications in chemical biology and material sciences.

Best Publications

  • [2+2+1] Cyclization of allenes

    S. Kitagaki;F. Inagaki;C. Mukai

  • Air-stable cationic gold(I) catalyst featuring a Z-type ligand: promoting enyne cyclizations.

    Fuyuhiko Inagaki;Chiaki Matsumoto;Yasuhiko Okada;Naoya Maruyama

  • General methodology for the synthesis of neocarzinostatin chromophore analogues : intramolecular chromium-mediated closures for strained-ring synthesis

    Paul A. Wender;Jeffrey A. McKinney;Chisato Mukai

  • Co2(CO)8-catalyzed intramolecular hetero-Pauson-Khand reaction of alkynecarbodiimide: synthesis of (+/-)-physostigmine.

    Chisato Mukai;Tatsunori Yoshida;Mao Sorimachi;Akira Odani

  • Rh(I)-catalyzed intramolecular allenic Pauson-Khand reaction: construction of a bicyclo[5.3.0]dec-1,7-dien-9-one skeleton.

    Chisato Mukai;Izumi Nomura;Kei Yamanishi;Miyoji Hanaoka

  • Rhodium(I)‐Catalyzed Intramolecular [5+2] Cycloaddition Reactions of Alkynes and Allenylcyclopropanes: Construction of Bicyclo[5.4.0]undecatrienes and Bicyclo[5.5.0]dodecatrienes

    Fuyuhiko Inagaki;Katsuya Sugikubo;Yusuke Miyashita;Chisato Mukai

  • Efficient construction of the bicyclo[5.3.0]decenone skeleton based on the Rh(I)-catalyzed allenic Pauson-Khand reaction.

    Chisato Mukai;Izumi Nomura;Shinji Kitagaki

  • Studies on DNA - active agents: The synthesis of the parent carbocyclic subunit of neocarzinostatin chromophore A

    Paul A. Wender;Michael Harmata;David Jeffrey;Chisato Mukai

  • Stereoselective total syntheses of three Lycopodium alkaloids, (-)-magellanine, (+)-magellaninone, and (+)-paniculatine, based on two Pauson-Khand reactions.

    Takashi Kozaka;Naoki Miyakoshi;Chisato Mukai

  • Planar chiral [2.2]paracyclophane-based bis(thiourea) catalyst: application to asymmetric Henry reaction

    Shinji Kitagaki;Takahiro Ueda;Chisato Mukai

  • Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Intramolecular Carbonylative [2+2+1] Cycloaddition of Bis(allene)s: Bicyclo[6.3.0]undecadienones and Bicyclo[5.3.0]decadienones

    Fuyuhiko Inagaki;Syu Narita;Takuma Hasegawa;Shinji Kitagaki

  • Rhodium(I)-catalyzed intramolecular pauson-khand-type [2 + 2 + 1] cycloaddition of allenenes.

    Fuyuhiko Inagaki;Chisato Mukai

  • Total syntheses of (-)- and (+)-goniomitine.

    Masaya Mizutani;Fuyuhiko Inagaki;Takeo Nakanishi;Chihiro Yanagihara

  • Total Synthesis of (±)-Meloscine

    Yujiro Hayashi;Fuyuhiko Inagaki;Chisato Mukai

  • Csp3–Csp3 and Csp3–H Bond Activation of 1,1-Disubstituted Cyclopentane

    Chisato Mukai;Yuu Ohta;Yuki Oura;Yasuaki Kawaguchi

  • Rh(I)-catalyzed ring-closing reaction of allenynes: selective construction of cycloheptene, bicyclo[5.3.0]decadienone, and bicyclo[5.2.0]nonene frameworks

    Chisato Mukai;Fuyuhiko Inagaki;Tatsunori Yoshida;Shinji Kitagaki

  • Rh(I)-catalyzed allenic Pauson–Khand reaction: first construction of the bicyclo[6.3.0]undecadienone ring system

    Chisato Mukai;Toshiyuki Hirose;Satoshi Teramoto;Shinji Kitagaki

  • Rh(I)-catalyzed Pauson-Khand reaction and cycloisomerization of allenynes: selective preparation of monocyclic, bicyclo[m.3.0], and bicyclo[5.2.0] ring systems.

    Chisato Mukai;Fuyuhiko Inagaki;Tatsunori Yoshida;Katsuya Yoshitani

  • Regioselective and stereospecific formation of 2-ethynyl-3-hydroxytetrahydropyran derivatives via 6-endo ring closure

    Chisato Mukai;Yoshitaka Ikeda;Yu-ichi Sugimoto;Miyoji Hanaoka

  • Synthesis of Hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indole Alkaloids Based on the Aza-Pauson−Khand-Type Reaction of Alkynecarbodiimides

    Daisuke Aburano;Tatsunori Yoshida;Naoki Miyakoshi;Chisato Mukai

Frequent Co-Authors

Tetsuya Terasaki
Tetsuya Terasaki Tohoku University
Fuyuhiko Inagaki
Fuyuhiko Inagaki Hokkaido University
Paul A. Wender
Paul A. Wender Stanford University
Hoyoku Nishino
Hoyoku Nishino Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Ikumi Tamai
Ikumi Tamai Kanazawa University
Sumio Ohtsuki
Sumio Ohtsuki Kumamoto University
Masato Kasuga
Masato Kasuga National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Masahiko Watanabe
Masahiko Watanabe Hokkaido University
Masanori Tachikawa
Masanori Tachikawa University of Tokushima
Yusuke Nakamura
Yusuke Nakamura National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition

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