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Junichiro Yamaguchi

Junichiro Yamaguchi

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Chemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
17118
World Ranking
8712
National Ranking
596

Overview

Junichiro Yamaguchi is affiliated with Waseda University in Japan and has produced an extensive body of research primarily in the field of chemistry. Their work spans 167 publications focused on chemistry, with significant contributions to several subfields including organic chemistry, materials chemistry, plant science, molecular biology, and inorganic chemistry.

Their research concentrates notably on topics such as catalytic C-H functionalization methods, catalytic cross-coupling reactions, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, radical photochemical reactions, sulfur-based synthesis techniques, and oxidative organic chemistry reactions.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Kei Muto, Eisuke Ota, Miki B. Kurosawa, Kenta Kato, and Masaaki Komatsuda.

Junichiro Yamaguchi's work has appeared in multiple scientific venues, with frequent publications in The Cambridge Structural Database, Organic Letters, Chemical Science, Chemistry Letters, and ACS Catalysis.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Junichiro Yamaguchi include:

  • Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Denitrative Coupling of Nitroarenes (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • Ni-Catalyzed Aryl Sulfide Synthesis through an Aryl Exchange Reaction (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Palladium-Catalyzed Mizoroki-Heck Reaction of Nitroarenes and Styrene Derivatives (2020, Organic Letters)
  • Catalytic Deoxygenative Coupling of Aromatic Esters with Organophosphorus Compounds (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Catalytic reductive ring opening of epoxides enabled by zirconocene and photoredox catalysis (2022, Chem)

Best Publications

  • C-H bond functionalization: emerging synthetic tools for natural products and pharmaceuticals

    Junichiro Yamaguchi;Atsushi D. Yamaguchi;Kenichiro Itami

  • Funktionalisierung von C‐H‐Bindungen: neue Synthesemethoden für Naturstoffe und Pharmazeutika

    Junichiro Yamaguchi;Atsushi D. Yamaguchi;Kenichiro Itami

  • Recent Progress in Nickel-Catalyzed Biaryl Coupling

    Junichiro Yamaguchi;Kei Muto;Kenichiro Itami

  • Cross-coupling of aromatic esters and amides

    Ryosuke Takise;Kei Muto;Junichiro Yamaguchi

  • Direct proline catalyzed asymmetric α-aminooxylation of aldehydes

    Yujiro Hayashi;Junichiro Yamaguchi;Kazuhiro Hibino;Mitsuru Shoji

  • Nickel-catalyzed C-H/C-O coupling of azoles with phenol derivatives.

    Kei Muto;Junichiro Yamaguchi;Kenichiro Itami

  • Decarbonylative C-H coupling of azoles and aryl esters: unprecedented nickel catalysis and application to the synthesis of muscoride A.

    Kazuma Amaike;Kei Muto;Junichiro Yamaguchi;Kenichiro Itami

  • Direct Proline‐Catalyzed Asymmetric α‐Aminoxylation of Ketones

    Yujiro Hayashi;Junichiro Yamaguchi;Tatsunobu Sumiya;Mitsuru Shoji

  • Nickel-catalyzed biaryl coupling of heteroarenes and aryl halides/triflates.

    Jérôme Canivet;Junichiro Yamaguchi;Ikuya Ban;Kenichiro Itami

  • Oxidative biaryl coupling of thiophenes and thiazoles with arylboronic acids through palladium catalysis: otherwise difficult C4-selective C-H arylation enabled by boronic acids.

    Sylvia Kirchberg;Satoshi Tani;Kirika Ueda;Junichiro Yamaguchi

  • Total synthesis of marinomycins A-C and of their monomeric counterparts monomarinomycin A and iso-monomarinomycin A.

    K. C. Nicolaou;Andrea L. Nold;Robert R. Milburn;Corinna S. Schindler

  • Decarbonylative organoboron cross-coupling of esters by nickel catalysis

    Kei Muto;Junichiro Yamaguchi;Djamaladdin G. Musaev;Kenichiro Itami

  • Nickel-catalyzed C-H arylation of azoles with haloarenes: scope, mechanism, and applications to the synthesis of bioactive molecules.

    Takuya Yamamoto;Kei Muto;Masato Komiyama;Jérôme Canivet

  • A General Catalyst for the β‐Selective C–H Bond Arylation of Thiophenes with Iodoarenes

    Kirika Ueda;Shuichi Yanagisawa;Junichiro Yamaguchi;Kenichiro Itami

  • Programmed synthesis of arylthiazoles through sequential C–H couplings

    Satoshi Tani;Takahiro N. Uehara;Junichiro Yamaguchi;Kenichiro Itami

  • C-H alkenylation of azoles with enols and esters by nickel catalysis

    Lingkui Meng;Yuko Kamada;Kei Muto;Junichiro Yamaguchi

  • Hindered biaryls by C–H coupling: bisoxazoline-Pd catalysis leading to enantioselective C–H coupling

    Kazuya Yamaguchi;Junichiro Yamaguchi;Armido Studer;Kenichiro Itami

  • Total Synthesis of Palau’amine†

    Ian B. Seiple;Shun Su;Ian S. Young;Chad A. Lewis

  • Nickel-Catalyzed α-Arylation of Ketones with Phenol Derivatives

    Ryosuke Takise;Kei Muto;Junichiro Yamaguchi;Kenichiro Itami

  • Key mechanistic features of Ni-catalyzed C-H/C-O biaryl coupling of azoles and naphthalen-2-yl pivalates.

    Huiying Xu;Huiying Xu;Kei Muto;Junichiro Yamaguchi;Cunyuan Zhao

  • CH Bond Functionalization: Emerging Synthetic Tools for Natural Products and Pharmaceuticals

    Junichiro Yamaguchi;Atsushi D. Yamaguchi;Kenichiro Itami

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenichiro Itami
Kenichiro Itami Nagoya University
Yujiro Hayashi
Yujiro Hayashi Tohoku University
Hideaki Kakeya
Hideaki Kakeya Kyoto University
Phil S. Baran
Phil S. Baran Scripps (United States)
Steve A. Kay
Steve A. Kay University of Southern California
Armido Studer
Armido Studer University of Münster
Toshinori Kinoshita
Toshinori Kinoshita Nagoya University
Takayoshi Suzuki
Takayoshi Suzuki Osaka University
Kazuya Yamaguchi
Kazuya Yamaguchi University of Tokyo

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