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Hiroaki Sasai

Hiroaki Sasai

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Chemistry

D-Index
69
Citations
16250
World Ranking
6217
National Ranking
397

Overview

Hiroaki Sasai is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their research spans multiple areas, with a particular focus on Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry, alongside investigations in Spectroscopy, Pharmacology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques

Recent publications by Hiroaki Sasai demonstrate a focus on synthetic methodologies and catalysis. Notable papers include:

  • Atroposelective Synthesis of C-C Axially Chiral Compounds via Mono- and Dinuclear Vanadium Catalysis, 2022, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Photoswitchable Chiral Phase Transfer Catalyst, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • Energy-, time-, and labor-saving synthesis of α-ketiminophosphonates: machine-learning-assisted simultaneous multiparameter screening for electrochemical oxidation, 2021, Green Chemistry
  • Application of an Electrochemical Microflow Reactor for Cyanosilylation: Machine Learning-Assisted Exploration of Suitable Reaction Conditions for Semi-Large-Scale Synthesis, 2021, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Electrochemical synthesis of heterodehydro[7]helicenes, 2022, Communications Chemistry

Hiroaki Sasai has published frequently in several scientific venues, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemical Communications
  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • Molecules
  • ACS Catalysis

Their collaborative work involves several coauthors with whom they frequently publish. These include:

  • Shinobu Takizawa
  • Makoto Sako
  • Masaru Kondo
  • Mohamed S. H. Salem
  • Md. Imrul Khalid

Best Publications

  • Asymmetric Catalysis with Heterobimetallic Compounds

    Masakatsu Shibasaki;Hiroaki Sasai;Takayoshi Arai

  • Basic character of rare earth metal alkoxides. Utilization in catalytic C-C bond-forming reactions and catalytic asymmetric nitroaldol reactions

    Hiroaki Sasai;Takeyuki Suzuki;Shigeru Arai;Takayoshi Arai

  • Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol Reaction

    Naoki Yoshikawa;Yoichi M. A. Yamada;Jagattaran Das;Hiroaki Sasai

  • Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol Reactions of Aldehydes with Unmodified Ketones

    Yoichi M. A. Yamada;Naoki Yoshikawa;Hiroaki Sasai;Masakatsu Shibasaki

  • The First Heterobimetallic Multifunctional Asymmetric Catalyst

    Hiroaki Sasai;Takayoshi Arai;Yoshinori Satow;K. N. Houk

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones Promoted by Lanthanoid Complexes

    Masahiro Bougauchi;Shizue Watanabe;Takayoshi Arai;Hiroaki Sasai

  • A Catalytic Michael Addition of Thiols to α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds: Asymmetric Michael Additions and Asymmetric Protonations

    Eita Emori;Takayoshi Arai;Hiroaki Sasai;Masakatsu Shibasaki

  • Bifunctional organocatalysts for enantioselective aza-Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction.

    Katsuya Matsui;Shinobu Takizawa;Hiroaki Sasai

  • A New Multifunctional Heterobimetallic Asymmetric Catalyst for Michael Additions and Tandem Michael–Aldol Reactions

    Takayoshi Arai;Hiroaki Sasai;Kei-ichi Aoe;Kimio Okamura

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of .alpha.-Amino Phosphonates Using Lanthanoid-Potassium-BINOL Complexes

    Hiroaki Sasai;Shigeru Arai;Yoshihiro Tahara;Masakatsu Shibasaki

  • Catalytic asymmetric nitroaldol reaction using optically active rare earth BINOL complexes : investigation of the catalyst structure

    Hiroaki Sasai;Takeyuki Suzuki;Noriie Itoh;Koichi Tanaka

  • Self‐Assembly of Heterobimetallic Complexes and Reactive Nucleophiles: A General Strategy for the Activation of Asymmetric Reactions Promoted by Heterobimetallic Catalysts

    Takayoshi Arai;Yoichi M. A. Yamada;Noriyoshi Yamamoto;Hiroaki Sasai

  • New Asymmetric Reactions Using a Gallium Complex: A Highly Enantioselective Ring Opening of Epoxides with Thiols Catalyzed by a Gallium·Lithium·Bis(binaphthoxide) Complex

    Takehiko Iida;Noriyoshi Yamamoto;Hiroaki Sasai;Masakatsu Shibasaki

  • A new asymmetric wacker-type cyclization and tandem cyclization promoted by Pd(II)-spiro bis(isoxazoline) catalyst

    Midori A. Arai;Minori Kuraishi;Takayoshi Arai;Hiroaki Sasai

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Michael Reactions Promoted by a Lithium-Free Lanthanum-BINOL Complex

    Hiroaki Sasai;Takayoshi Arai;Masakatsu Shibasaki

  • Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of alpha-Hydroxy Phosphonates Using the Al-Li-BINOL Complex.

    Takayoshi Arai;Masahiro Bougauchi;Hiroaki Sasai;Masakatsu Shibasaki

  • A New and Highly Efficient Asymmetric Route to Cyclic α-Amino Phosphonates: The First Catalytic Enantioselective Hydrophosphonylation of Cyclic Imines Catalyzed by Chiral Heterobimetallic Lanthanoid Complexes

    Harald Gröger;Yoshinobu Saida;Hiroaki Sasai;Kentaro Yamaguchi

  • Asymmetrische Katalyse mit Hetero‐Dimetall‐Verbindungen

    Masakatsu Shibasaki;Hiroaki Sasai;Takayoshi Arai

  • Efficient Diastereoselective and Enantioselective Nitroaldol Reactions from Prochiral Starting Materials: Utilization of La-Li-6,6'-Disubstituted BINOL Complexes as Asymmetric Catalysts

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  • Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Alkylidene-γ-Butyrolactones: Intramolecular Rauhut–Currier Reaction Promoted by Acid/Base Organocatalysts

    Shinobu Takizawa;Tue Minh-Nhat Nguyen;André Grossmann;Dieter Enders

  • Catalytic asymmetric nitroaldol reactions. A new practical method for the preparation of the optically active lanthanum complex

    Hiroaki Sasai;Takeyuki Suzuki;Noriie Itoh;Masakatsu Shibasaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Shinobu Takizawa
Shinobu Takizawa Osaka University
Masakatsu Shibasaki
Masakatsu Shibasaki University of Tokyo
Takayoshi Arai
Takayoshi Arai Chiba University
Magnus Rueping
Magnus Rueping King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Harald Gröger
Harald Gröger Bielefeld University
Mikiko Sodeoka
Mikiko Sodeoka Sagami Central Chemical Research Institute
Diwan S. Rawat
Diwan S. Rawat University of Delhi
Kentaro Yamaguchi
Kentaro Yamaguchi Tokushima Bunri University
Makoto Fujita
Makoto Fujita University of Tokyo
Takeshi Yanagida
Takeshi Yanagida University of Tokyo

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