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Hirohisa Ohmiya

Hirohisa Ohmiya

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Chemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
10945
World Ranking
8642
National Ranking
586

Overview

Hirohisa Ohmiya is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and specializes in the field of chemistry, with a particular focus on organic chemistry. Their research spans several interconnected subfields, including materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, pharmaceutical science, and molecular biology.

Their main research topics encompass catalytic C-H functionalization methods, radical photochemical reactions, sulfur-based synthesis techniques, catalytic cross-coupling reactions, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, and the role of N-heterocyclic carbenes in organic and inorganic chemistry.

Ohmiya's recent publications highlight contributions to catalysis and radical chemistry. Notable papers include:

  • "Recent advances in N-heterocyclic carbene-based radical catalysis" (2020) published in Chemical Science
  • "N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Based Catalysis Enabling Cross-Coupling Reactions" (2020) published in ACS Catalysis
  • "Direct excitation strategy for radical generation in organic synthesis" (2021) published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Organophotoredox-Catalyzed Decarboxylative C(sp³)-O Bond Formation" (2020) published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Aryl radical-mediated N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis" (2021) published in Nature Communications

Frequent collaborators with Ohmiya include Kazunori Nagao, Yuto Sumida, Yusuke Miyamoto, Rikako Nakamura, and Kenji Ota, with varying numbers of joint publications reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Their work has appeared prominently in several publication venues, evidencing a broad scope of dissemination in the chemical sciences. Key venues for Ohmiya's publications are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic Letters
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Overall, Hirohisa Ohmiya's research profile is characterized by extensive engagement with catalytic methodologies and radical chemistry in organic synthesis, supported by a multidisciplinary approach bridging organic, materials, and inorganic chemistry topics.

Best Publications

  • Recent advances in N-heterocyclic carbene-based radical catalysis

    Takuya Ishii;Kazunori Nagao;Hirohisa Ohmiya;Hirohisa Ohmiya

  • N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Alkylation of Aldehydes

    Takuya Ishii;Yuki Kakeno;Kazunori Nagao;Hirohisa Ohmiya

  • N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Based Catalysis Enabling Cross-Coupling Reactions

    Hirohisa Ohmiya;Hirohisa Ohmiya

  • Directed Ortho Borylation of Functionalized Arenes Catalyzed by a Silica-Supported Compact Phosphine−Iridium System

    Soichiro Kawamorita;Hirohisa Ohmiya;Kenji Hara;Atsushi Fukuoka

  • N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Radical Relay Enabling Vicinal Alkylacylation of Alkenes.

    Takuya Ishii;Kenji Ota;Kazunori Nagao;Hirohisa Ohmiya

  • Cobalt-Catalyzed Trimethylsilylmethylmagnesium-Promoted Radical Alkenylation of Alkyl Halides: A Complement to the Heck Reaction

    Walter Affo;Hirohisa Ohmiya;Takuma Fujioka;Yousuke Ikeda

  • Cobalt(diamine)-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of alkyl halides with arylmagnesium reagents: stereoselective constructions of arylated asymmetric carbons and application to total synthesis of AH13205.

    Hirohisa Ohmiya;Hideki Yorimitsu;Koichiro Oshima

  • Rh-Catalyzed Borylation of N-Adjacent C(sp3)–H Bonds with a Silica-Supported Triarylphosphine Ligand

    Soichiro Kawamorita;Tatsuya Miyazaki;Tomohiro Iwai;Hirohisa Ohmiya

  • Rh-catalyzed ortho-selective C-H borylation of N-functionalized arenes with silica-supported bridgehead monophosphine ligands.

    Soichiro Kawamorita;Tatsuya Miyazaki;Hirohisa Ohmiya;Tomohiro Iwai

  • Cobalt-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of alkyl halides with allylic and benzylic Grignard reagents and their application to tandem radical cyclization/cross-coupling reactions.

    Hirohisa Ohmiya;Takashi Tsuji;Hideki Yorimitsu;Koichiro Oshima

  • Palladium-catalyzed γ-selective and stereospecific allyl-aryl coupling between acyclic allylic esters and arylboronic acids

    Hirohisa Ohmiya;Yusuke Makida;Tatsunori Tanaka;Masaya Sawamura

  • Organophotoredox-Catalyzed Decarboxylative C(sp3)-O Bond Formation.

    Shotaro Shibutani;Taiga Kodo;Mitsutaka Takeda;Kazunori Nagao

  • Direct excitation strategy for radical generation in organic synthesis.

    Yuto Sumida;Hirohisa Ohmiya;Hirohisa Ohmiya

  • Cobalt-mediated cross-coupling reactions of primary and secondary alkyl halides with 1-(trimethylsilyl)ethenyl- and 2-trimethylsilylethynylmagnesium reagents.

    Hirohisa Ohmiya;Hideki Yorimitsu;Koichiro Oshima

  • Directed ortho borylation of phenol derivatives catalyzed by a silica-supported iridium complex.

    Kenji Yamazaki;Soichiro Kawamorita;Hirohisa Ohmiya;Masaya Sawamura

  • Anti-Selective Vicinal Silaboration and Diboration of Alkynoates through Phosphine Organocatalysis

    Kazunori Nagao;Hirohisa Ohmiya;Masaya Sawamura

  • Copper-catalyzed carboxylation of alkylboranes with carbon dioxide: formal reductive carboxylation of terminal alkenes.

    Hirohisa Ohmiya;Masahito Tanabe;Masaya Sawamura

  • Aryl radical-mediated N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis.

    Yuki Matsuki;Nagisa Ohnishi;Yuki Kakeno;Shunsuke Takemoto

  • A Triple Photoredox/Cobalt/Brønsted Acid Catalysis Enabling Markovnikov Hydroalkoxylation of Unactivated Alkenes.

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  • Regio‐ and Stereocontrolled Introduction of Secondary Alkyl Groups to Electron‐Deficient Arenes through Copper‐Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation

    Yusuke Makida;Hirohisa Ohmiya;Masaya Sawamura

  • Cu(I)-catalyzed intramolecular hydroamination of unactivated alkenes bearing a primary or secondary amino group in alcoholic solvents.

    Hirohisa Ohmiya;Toshimitsu Moriya;Masaya Sawamura

  • Cobalt-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of alkyl halides with aryl Grignard reagents and their application to sequential radical cyclization/cross-coupling reactions

    Hirohisa Ohmiya;Katsuyu Wakabayashi;Hideki Yorimitsu;Koichiro Oshima

Frequent Co-Authors

Masaya Sawamura
Masaya Sawamura Hokkaido University
Hideki Yorimitsu
Hideki Yorimitsu Kyoto University
Koichiro Oshima
Koichiro Oshima Kyoto University
Atsushi Fukuoka
Atsushi Fukuoka Hokkaido University
Kiyotaka Asakura
Kiyotaka Asakura Hokkaido University
Varinder K. Aggarwal
Varinder K. Aggarwal University of Bristol
Jianbo Wang
Jianbo Wang Peking University

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