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Ilya D. Gridnev

Ilya D. Gridnev

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
40
Citations
5515
World Ranking
17911
National Ranking
1417

Ilya D. Gridnev publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ilya D. Gridnev sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 155 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Ilya D. Gridnev D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ilya D. Gridnev sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ilya D. Gridnev is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and is active in research primarily relating to chemistry and engineering. Their work spans a variety of focused subfields including inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, biomedical engineering, molecular biology, and materials chemistry.

The core topics in Gridnev's research include:

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion

They have contributed to multiple publications in established journals, with a focus on asymmetrical hydrogenation. Their prominent recent papers include:

  • Nickel-catalysed asymmetric hydrogenation of oximes, 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • Ni-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of N-aryl imino esters for the efficient synthesis of chiral α-aryl glycines, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of 2-Amidoacrylates, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of α-Substituted Vinylphosphonates and Diarylvinylphosphine Oxides, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation of α-Boryl Enamides Enabled by Nonbonding Interactions, 2020, ACS Catalysis

Gridnev frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Nature Chemistry
  • Nature Communications

Their frequent collaborators include researchers such as Wanbin Zhang, Jianzhong Chen, Zhenfeng Zhang, Hanlin Wei, and Bowen Li, indicating regular cooperation within a network of scientists engaged in related themes.

Best Publications

  • Rigid P-chiral phosphine ligands with tert-butylmethylphosphino groups for rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of functionalized alkenes.

    Tsuneo Imamoto;Ken Tamura;Zhenfeng Zhang;Yumi Horiuchi

  • On the Mechanism of Stereoselection in Rh-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation: A General Approach for Predicting the Sense of Enantioselectivity

    Ilya D. Gridnev;Tsuneo Imamoto

  • Alkyne activation with Brønsted acids, iodine, or gold complexes, and its fate leading to synthetic application

    Yoshinori Yamamoto;Ilya D. Gridnev;Nitin T. Patil;Tienan Jin

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Enamides with Rh-BisP* and Rh-MiniPHOS Catalysts. Scope, Limitations, and Mechanism

    Ilya D. Gridnev;Masaya Yasutake;Natsuka Higashi;Tsuneo Imamoto

  • Mechanism of asymmetric hydrogenation catalyzed by a rhodium complex of (S,S)-1,2-bis(tert-butylmethylphosphino)ethane. Dihydride mechanism of asymmetric hydrogenation

    Ilya D. Gridnev;Natsuka Higashi;and Katsuo Asakura;Tsuneo Imamoto

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation Catalyzed by (S,S)-R-BisP*-Rh and (R,R)-R-MiniPHOS Complexes: Scope, Limitations, and Mechanism

    Ilya D. Gridnev;Yoshinori Yamanoi;Natsuka Higashi;Hideyuki Tsuruta

  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation of Simple Ketones with Allylic Alcohols and Its Mechanistic Study

    Xiaohong Huo;Guoqiang Yang;Delong Liu;Yangang Liu

  • A method for the synthesis of substituted quinolines via electrophilic cyclization of 1-azido-2-(2-propynyl)benzene.

    Zhibao Huo;Ilya D. Gridnev;Yoshinori Yamamoto

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of N-Sulfonyl Imines.

    Bowen Li;Jianzhong Chen;Zhenfeng Zhang;Ilya D. Gridnev

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation Catalyzed by a Rhodium Complex of (R)-(tert-Butylmethylphosphino)(di-tert-butylphosphino)methane: Scope of Enantioselectivity and Mechanistic Study

    Ilya D. Gridnev;Tsuneo Imamoto;Garrett Hoge;Mitsuhiro Kouchi

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Asymmetric Hydroamination, Hydroalkoxylation, and Hydrocarbonation of Alkynes

    Nitin T. Patil;Léopold Mpaka Lutete;Huanyou Wu;Nirmal K. Pahadi

  • Reflections on spontaneous asymmetric synthesis by amplifying autocatalysis.

    Ilya D. Gridnev;Joerg M. Serafimov;Harry Quiney;John M. Brown

  • Highly Enantioselective Hydrogenation of (E)-β-(Acylamino)acrylates Catalyzed by Rh(I)-Complexes of Electron-Rich P-Chirogenic Diphosphines

    Masaya Yasutake;Ilya D. Gridnev;Natsuka Higashi;Tsuneo Imamoto

  • Mechanism of the Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Exocyclic α,β‐Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds with an Iridium/BiphPhox Catalyst: NMR and DFT Studies

    Yuanyuan Liu;Ilya D. Gridnev;Wanbin Zhang

  • PtBr2-catalyzed transformation of allyl(o-ethynylaryl)carbinol derivatives into functionalized indenes. Formal sp3 C-H bond activation.

    Gan B. Bajracharya;Nirmal K. Pahadi;Ilya D. Gridnev;Yoshinori Yamamoto

  • Bifunctional Transition Metal-Based Molecular Catalysts for Asymmetric C–C and C–N Bond Formation

    Takao Ikariya;Ilya D. Gridnev

  • Nickel-catalysed asymmetric hydrogenation of oximes

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  • Enantioselective 1,4-Addition of Ar3Bi, [ArBF3]K, and ArSiF3 to Enones Catalyzed by a Dicationic Palladium(II)−Chiraphos or −Dipamp Complex

    Takashi Nishikata;Yasunori Yamamoto;Ilya D. Gridnev;Norio Miyaura

  • Catalytic cyclization of o-alkynylbenzaldehyde acetals and thioacetals. Unprecedented activation of the platinum catalyst by olefins. Scope and mechanism of the reaction.

    Itaru Nakamura;Gan B. Bajracharya;Huanyou Wu;Kengo Oishi

  • Mechanism of enantioselection in Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation. The origin of utmost catalytic performance

    Ilya D. Gridnev;Tsuneo Imamoto

  • Ni-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of N-aryl imino esters for the efficient synthesis of chiral α-aryl glycines.

    Dan Liu;Bowen Li;Jianzhong Chen;Ilya D. Gridnev

  • Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of C=N Bonds Enabled by Assisted Coordination and Nonbonding Interactions.

    Yanhua Hu;Zhenfeng Zhang;Jian Zhang;Yangang Liu

  • Asymmetric hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated phosphonates with Rh-BisP* and Rh-MiniPHOS catalysts: Scope and mechanism of the reaction

    Ilya D. Gridnev;Masaya Yasutake;Tsuneo Imamoto;Irina P. Beletskaya

  • Nickel‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of 2‐Amidoacrylates

    Yawen Hu;Jianzhong Chen;Bowen Li;Zhenfeng Zhang

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Asymmetric Hydroamination, Hydroalkoxylation, and Hydrocarbonation of Alkynes.

    Nitin T. Patil;Leopold Mpaka Lutete;Huanyou Wu;Nirmal K. Phahadi

Frequent Co-Authors

Wanbin Zhang
Wanbin Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Tsuneo Imamoto
Tsuneo Imamoto Chiba University
Yoshinori Yamamoto
Yoshinori Yamamoto Tohoku University
Takao Ikariya
Takao Ikariya Tokyo Institute of Technology
Masahiro Terada
Masahiro Terada Tohoku University
Valentine G. Nenajdenko
Valentine G. Nenajdenko Lomonosov Moscow State University
John M. Brown
John M. Brown University of Oxford
Nitin T. Patil
Nitin T. Patil Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal
Tienan Jin
Tienan Jin Tohoku University
Kentaro Yamaguchi
Kentaro Yamaguchi Tokushima Bunri University

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