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Hajime Hirao is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China. Their research primarily focuses on the field of chemistry, with notable contributions spanning inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, materials chemistry, pharmacology, and oncology.

Their main research topics include:

  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods

Hajime Hirao has published extensively across several high-impact venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Inorganic Chemistry

Their recent papers demonstrate a range of interests from photochemical activation to advanced imaging techniques. Selected recent publications are:

  • "Ultrafast Luminescent Light-Up Guest Detection Based on the Lock of the Host Molecular Vibration," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Controllable multiple-step configuration transformations in a thermal/photoinduced reaction," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "An intramolecular photoswitch can significantly promote photoactivation of Pt(iv) prodrugs," 2021, Chemical Science
  • "Direct Atomic-Level Imaging of Zeolites: Oxygen, Sodium in Na-LTA and Iron in Fe-MFI," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Copper-Catalyzed Meta-Selective Arylation of Phenol Derivatives: An Easy Access to m-Aryl Phenols," 2021, ACS Catalysis

Hirao frequently collaborates with researchers including Elvis Wang Hei Ng, Songyan Xia, Dongxiao Yue, Enhua Zhang, and Jaeheung Cho. These co-authors have multiple collaborations, reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Reactivity of High-Valent Iron–Oxo Species in Enzymes and Synthetic Reagents: A Tale of Many States

    Sason Shaik;Hajime Hirao;Devesh Kumar;Devesh Kumar

  • Enhanced selectivity in mixed matrix membranes for CO2 capture through efficient dispersion of amine-functionalized MOF nanoparticles

    Behnam Ghalei;Kento Sakurai;Yosuke Kinoshita;Kazuki Wakimoto

  • Axial ligand tuning of a nonheme iron(IV)–oxo unit for hydrogen atom abstraction

    Chivukula V. Sastri;Jimin Lee;Kyungeun Oh;Yoon Jin Lee

  • Two-State Reactivity in Alkane Hydroxylation by Non-Heme Iron−Oxo Complexes

    Hajime Hirao;Devesh Kumar;Lawrence Que;Sason Shaik

  • A two-state reactivity rationale for counterintuitive axial ligand effects on the C-H activation reactivity of nonheme FeIV=O oxidants.

    Hajime Hirao;Lawrence Que;Wonwoo Nam;Sason Shaik

  • Ultrafast Luminescent Light-Up Guest Detection Based on the Lock of the Host Molecular Vibration.

    Chun-Yu Liu;Chun-Yu Liu;Xu-Ran Chen;Hui-Xian Chen;Zheng Niu

  • The ONIOM method: its foundation and applications to metalloenzymes and photobiology

    Lung Wa Chung;Hajime Hirao;Xin Li;Keiji Morokuma;Keiji Morokuma

  • To rebound or dissociate? This is the mechanistic question in C–H hydroxylation by heme and nonheme metal–oxo complexes

    Kyung Bin Cho;Hajime Hirao;Sason Shaik;Wonwoo Nam

  • Theoretical investigation of C--H hydroxylation by (N4Py)Fe(IV)=O(2+): an oxidant more powerful than P450?

    Devesh Kumar;Hajime Hirao;Lawrence Que;Sason Shaik

  • Two states and two more in the mechanisms of hydroxylation and epoxidation by cytochrome P450.

    Hajime Hirao;Devesh Kumar;Walter Thiel;Sason Shaik

  • Metal‐Free σ‐Bond Metathesis in 1,3,2‐Diazaphospholene‐Catalyzed Hydroboration of Carbonyl Compounds

    Che Chang Chong;Hajime Hirao;Rei Kinjo

  • Selective photocatalytic C-C bond cleavage under ambient conditions with earth abundant vanadium complexes.

    Sarifuddin Gazi;Wilson Kwok Hung Ng;Rakesh Ganguly;Adhitya Mangala Putra Moeljadi

  • A Concerted Transfer Hydrogenolysis: 1,3,2‐Diazaphospholene‐Catalyzed Hydrogenation of NN Bond with Ammonia–Borane

    Che Chang Chong;Hajime Hirao;Rei Kinjo

  • A two-state reactivity model explains unusual kinetic isotope effect patterns in C-H bond cleavage by nonheme oxoiron(IV) complexes.

    Eric J. Klinker;Sason Shaik;Hajime Hirao;Lawrence Que

  • Phorbiplatin, a Highly Potent Pt(IV) Antitumor Prodrug That Can Be Controllably Activated by Red Light

    Zhigang Wang;Zhigang Wang;Na Wang;Shun-Cheung Cheng;Kai Xu

  • Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric reductive heck reaction of aryl halides.

    Guizhou Yue;Kaining Lei;Hajime Hirao;Jianrong Steve Zhou

  • Which DFT Functional Performs Well in the Calculation of Methylcobalamin? Comparison of the B3LYP and BP86 Functionals and Evaluation of the Impact of Empirical Dispersion Correction

    Hajime Hirao

  • Na, K-ATPase α3 is a death target of Alzheimer patient amyloid-β assembly

    Takayuki Ohnishi;Takayuki Ohnishi;Masako Yanazawa;Tomoya Sasahara;Tomoya Sasahara;Yasuki Kitamura

  • Nickel-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of hydrazones and other ketimines.

    Haiyan Xu;Peng Yang;Pratanphorn Chuanprasit;Hajime Hirao

  • A general palladium-catalyzed method for alkylation of heteroarenes using secondary and tertiary alkyl halides

    Xiaojin Wu;Jessica Wei Ting See;Kai Xu;Hajime Hirao

  • Gold-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of 1,6-Diyne Carbonates and Esters to 2,4a-Dihydro-1H-fluorenes

    Weidong Rao;Ming Joo Koh;Dan Li;Hajime Hirao

Frequent Co-Authors

Sason Shaik
Sason Shaik Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Devesh Kumar
Devesh Kumar Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University
Tomoki Ogoshi
Tomoki Ogoshi Kyoto University
Yongxin Li
Yongxin Li Nanyang Technological University
Keiji Morokuma
Keiji Morokuma Kyoto University
Shunsuke Chiba
Shunsuke Chiba Nanyang Technological University
Rakesh Ganguly
Rakesh Ganguly Nanyang Technological University
Soon Hyeok Hong
Soon Hyeok Hong Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Richard D. Webster
Richard D. Webster Nanyang Technological University
Wonwoo Nam
Wonwoo Nam Ewha Womans University

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