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Jun Okuda is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their scholarly output encompasses numerous studies focusing on the synthesis, characterization, and catalytic applications of inorganic and organometallic compounds.

Their work spans several subfields, notably Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Process Chemistry and Technology. Within these domains, Okuda has contributed extensively to topics including crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, and organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis. Other significant research areas include organoboron and organosilicon chemistry, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds, and coordination chemistry and organometallics.

Okuda has published research in various venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Inorganic Chemistry

Their recent papers illustrate the range of their work and include:

  • Engineering and emerging applications of artificial metalloenzymes with whole cells (2021, Nature Catalysis)
  • Molecular Zinc Hydride Cations [ZnH]+: Synthesis, Structure, and CO2 Hydrosilylation Catalysis (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Reactivity of a Molecular Calcium Hydride Cation ([CaH]+) Supported by an NNNN Macrocycle (2020, Inorganic Chemistry)
  • Cationic Zinc Hydride Catalyzed Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Formate: Deciphering Elementary Reactions, Isolation of Intermediates, and Computational Investigations (2021, Chemistry - A European Journal)
  • Calcium Hydride Catalysts for Olefin Hydrofunctionalization: Ring-Size Effect of Macrocyclic Ligands on Activity (2020, Chemistry - A European Journal)

Okuda frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, with notable co-authorship counts including Thomas P. Spaniol, Laurent Maron, Priyabrata Ghana, Florian Ritter, and Louis J. Morris. These collaborations contribute to the multidisciplinary nature of Okuda's research portfolio.

Best Publications

  • Mono(cyclopentadienyl) complexes of the rare-earth metals.

    Stefan Arndt;Jun Okuda

  • Cationic organometallic complexes of scandium, yttrium, and the lanthanoids.

    Peter M. Zeimentz;Stefan Arndt;Benjamin R. Elvidge;Jun Okuda

  • Functionalized cyclopentadienyl ligands, IV. Synthesis and complexation of linked cyclopentadienyl‐amido ligands

    Jun Okuda

  • Single-Component Polymerization Catalysts for Ethylene and Styrene: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Alkyl and Hydrido Yttrium Complexes Containing a Linked Amido-Cyclopentadienyl Ligand

    Kai C. Hultzsch;Peter Voth;Klaus Beckerle;Thomas P. Spaniol

  • Kinetics and Mechanism of l-Lactide Polymerization by Rare Earth Metal Silylamido Complexes: Effect of Alcohol Addition

    Haiyan Ma;Jun Okuda

  • Highly Heteroselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide Initiated by Bis(phenolato)scandium Complexes†

    Haiyan Ma;Thomas P. Spaniol;Jun Okuda

  • Magnesium hydridotriphenylborate [Mg(thf)6][HBPh3]2: a versatile hydroboration catalyst

    Debabrata Mukherjee;Satoru Shirase;Thomas P. Spaniol;Kazushi Mashima

  • Structurally well-defined group 4 metal complexes as initiators for the ring-opening polymerization of lactide monomers

    Andreas Sauer;Andreas Kapelski;Christophe Fliedel;Christophe Fliedel;Samuel Dagorne

  • Ancillary ligand effect on single-site styrene polymerization: isospecificity of group 4 metal bis(phenolate) catalysts.

    Carmine Capacchione;Antonio Proto;Henner Ebeling;Rolf Mülhaupt

  • Alkali Metal Hydridotriphenylborates [(L)M][HBPh3] (M = Li, Na, K): Chemoselective Catalysts for Carbonyl and CO2 Hydroboration

    Debabrata Mukherjee;Hassan Osseili;Thomas P. Spaniol;Jun Okuda

  • Cationic alkyl complexes of the rare-earth metals: Synthesis, structure, and reactivity

    Stefan Arndt;Jun Okuda

  • Cationic yttrium methyl complexes as functional models for polymerization catalysts of 1,3-dienes.

    Stefan Arndt;Klaus Beckerle;Peter M. Zeimentz;Thomas P. Spaniol

  • Synthesis and Characterization of Zirconium Complexes Containing a Linked Amido-Fluorenyl Ligand

    Jun Okuda;Florian J. Schattenmann;Sigrid Wocadlo;Werner Massa

  • Half‐Sandwich Alkyl and Hydrido Complexes of Yttrium: Convenient Synthesis and Polymerization Catalysis of Polar Monomers

    Kai C. Hultzsch;Thomas P. Spaniol;Jun Okuda

  • Rare earth metal complexes that contain linked amido-cyclopentadienyl ligands: ansa-metallocene mimics and “constrained geometry” catalysts

    Jun Okuda

  • Homogeneous Ethylene‐Polymerization Catalysts Based on Alkyl Cations of the Rare‐Earth Metals: Are Dicationic Mono(alkyl) Complexes the Active Species?

    Stefan Arndt;Thomas P. Spaniol;Jun Okuda;Jun Okuda

  • Copolymerization of Ethene with Styrene Using Methylaluminoxane-Activated Bis(phenolate) Complexes

    Friedrich G. Sernetz;Rolf Mülhaupt;Stefan Fokken;Jun Okuda

  • Initiators for the stereoselective ring-opening polymerization of meso-lactide

    Jean-Charles Buffet;Jun Okuda

  • Rare-earth metal complexes supported by 1,omega-dithiaalkanediyl-bridged bis(phenolato) ligands: synthesis, structure, and heteroselective ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide.

    Haiyan Ma;Thomas P. Spaniol;Jun Okuda

  • Organometallic oxides: the example of trioxo-(η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)rhenium(VII)

    Wolfgang A. Herrmann;Eberhardt Herdtweck;Martina Flöel;Jürgen Kulpe

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas P. Spaniol
Thomas P. Spaniol RWTH Aachen University
Laurent Maron
Laurent Maron Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Ulrich Schwaneberg
Ulrich Schwaneberg RWTH Aachen University
Kai C. Hultzsch
Kai C. Hultzsch University of Vienna
Rolf Mülhaupt
Rolf Mülhaupt University of Freiburg
Kazushi Mashima
Kazushi Mashima Osaka University
Wolfgang A. Herrmann
Wolfgang A. Herrmann Technical University of Munich
Ulli Englert
Ulli Englert RWTH Aachen University
Antonio Proto
Antonio Proto University of Salerno
Werner Massa
Werner Massa Philipp University of Marburg

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