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Hiroshi Shinokubo

Hiroshi Shinokubo

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Chemistry

D-Index
74
Citations
17956
World Ranking
4760
National Ranking
269

Overview

Hiroshi Shinokubo is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan, where their research primarily focuses on materials science and chemistry. Their work spans multiple subfields including materials chemistry, organic chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, molecular biology, and biomedical engineering.

The core topics of their research include crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry, synthesis and properties of aromatic compounds, luminescence and fluorescent materials, organic electronics and photovoltaics, and surface chemistry and catalysis.

Shinokubo has contributed to various publications with frequent appearances in renowned venues. These include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Organic Letters

Their recent papers cover a range of topics within chemistry and materials science, including:

  • "Determinant Factors of Three-Dimensional Aromaticity in Antiaromatic Cyclophanes," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Dinaphthothiepine Bisimide and Its Sulfoxide: Soluble Precursors for Perylene Bisimide," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "as-Indaceno[3,2,1,8,7,6-ghijklm]terrylene as a near-infrared absorbing C70-fragment," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Hetero[8]circulenes: synthetic progress and intrinsic properties," 2020, Chemical Communications
  • "Acridino[2,1,9,8-klmna]acridine Bisimides: An Electron-Deficient π-System for Robust Radical Anions and n-Type Organic Semiconductors," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent collaboration is evident in Shinokubo's work, with notable co-authors including Norihito Fukui, Yoshihiro Miyake, Tsubasa Nishimura, Takahiro Sakurai, and Keita Tajima.

The spectrum of Shinokubo's research integrates diverse elements of chemistry and electronic materials, with an emphasis on the synthesis and study of aromatic compounds and their properties related to electronic applications. Their work also frequently involves crystallographic techniques, supporting structural analysis crucial to understanding material characteristics.

Best Publications

  • Synthesis and Functionalization of Porphyrins through Organometallic Methodologies

    Satoru Hiroto;Yoshihiro Miyake;Hiroshi Shinokubo

  • Metalation of expanded porphyrins: a chemical trigger used to produce molecular twisting and Möbius aromaticity.

    Yasuo Tanaka;Shohei Saito;Shigeki Mori;Naoki Aratani

  • Selective halogen-magnesium exchange reaction via organomagnesium ate complex

    Atsushi Inoue;Kazuya Kitagawa;Hiroshi Shinokubo;Koichiro Oshima

  • Water Enables Direct Use of Allyl Alcohol for Tsuji−Trost Reaction without Activators

    Hidenori Kinoshita;Hiroshi Shinokubo;Koichiro Oshima

  • Powerful solvent effect of water in radical reaction: Triethylborane-induced atom-transfer radical cyclization in water

    Hideki Yorimitsu;Tomoaki Nakamura;Hiroshi Shinokubo;Koichiro Oshima

  • A directly fused tetrameric porphyrin sheet and its anomalous electronic properties that arise from the planar cyclooctatetraene core.

    Yasuyuki Nakamura;Naoki Aratani;Hiroshi Shinokubo;Akihiko Takagi

  • Figuration of bowl-shaped π-conjugated molecules: properties and functions

    Masaichi Saito;Hiroshi Shinokubo;Hidehiro Sakurai

  • Unambiguous identification of Möbius aromaticity for meso-aryl-substituted [28]hexaphyrins(1.1.1.1.1.1).

    Jeyaraman Sankar;Shigeki Mori;Shohei Saito;Harapriya Rath

  • Nitrogen-embedded buckybowl and its assembly with C 60

    Hiroki Yokoi;Yuya Hiraoka;Satoru Hiroto;Daisuke Sakamaki

  • Gram-scale synthesis of nickel(II) norcorrole: the smallest antiaromatic porphyrinoid.

    Tomohiro Ito;Yosuke Hayashi;Soji Shimizu;Ji Young Shin

  • Synthesis of directly connected BODIPY oligomers through Suzuki-Miyaura coupling.

    Yosuke Hayashi;Shigeru Yamaguchi;Won Young Cha;Dongho Kim

  • Halogen–Magnesium Exchange via Trialkylmagnesates for the Preparation of Aryl‐ and Alkenylmagnesium Reagents

    Kazuya Kitagawa;Atsushi Inoue;Hiroshi Shinokubo;Koichiro Oshima

  • Intermolecular oxidative annulation of 2-aminoanthracenes to diazaacenes and aza[7]helicenes.

    Kiyohiko Goto;Ryuichi Yamaguchi;Satoru Hiroto;Hiroshi Ueno

  • A Porphyrin Nanobarrel That Encapsulates C60

    Jianxin Song;Naoki Aratani;Hiroshi Shinokubo;Atsuhiro Osuka

  • Highly Regioselective Ir-Catalyzed β-Borylation of Porphyrins via C−H Bond Activation and Construction of β−β-Linked Diporphyrin

    Hiroshi Hata;Hiroshi Shinokubo;Atsuhiro Osuka

  • Marriage of porphyrin chemistry with metal-catalysed reactions.

    Hiroshi Shinokubo;Atsuhiro Osuka

  • Transition Metal-Catalyzed Carbon−Carbon Bond Formation with Grignard Reagents − Novel Reactions with a Classic Reagent

    Hiroshi Shinokubo;Koichiro Oshima

  • Synthesis of arylated perylene bisimides through C-H bond cleavage under ruthenium catalysis.

    Satomi Nakazono;Shanmugam Easwaramoorthi;Dongho Kim;Hiroshi Shinokubo

  • An Antiaromatic Electrode‐Active Material Enabling High Capacity and Stable Performance of Rechargeable Batteries

    Ji-Young Shin;Tetsuya Yamada;Hirofumi Yoshikawa;Kunio Awaga

  • Facile synthesis of biphenyl-fused BODIPY and its property

    Yosuke Hayashi;Naoki Obata;Masatomo Tamaru;Shigeru Yamaguchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Koichiro Oshima
Koichiro Oshima Kyoto University
Atsuhiro Osuka
Atsuhiro Osuka Kyoto University
Hideki Yorimitsu
Hideki Yorimitsu Kyoto University
Dongho Kim
Dongho Kim Yonsei University
Yoshihiro Miyake
Yoshihiro Miyake Nagoya University
Naoki Aratani
Naoki Aratani Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Kiitiro Utimoto
Kiitiro Utimoto Kyoto University
Shu Seki
Shu Seki Kyoto University
Ichiro Hisaki
Ichiro Hisaki Osaka University
Tsuyoshi Kawai
Tsuyoshi Kawai Nara Institute of Science and Technology

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