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Kohtaro Osakada is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and chemistry, with a strong emphasis on materials chemistry and organic chemistry. Their work also encompasses areas such as inorganic chemistry, spectroscopy, and process chemistry and technology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions
  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds

Kohtaro Osakada has contributed to various scientific journals and publication venues. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Molecules
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Osakada include:

  • Yoshitaka Tsuchido
  • Tomohito Ide
  • Take-aki Koizumi
  • Yuji Suzaki
  • Masaki Horie

Among recent publications associated with or related to their field of work are:

  • A Macrocyclic Gold(I)-Biphenylene Complex: Triangular Molecular Structure with Twisted Au2(diphosphine) Corners and Reductive Elimination of [6]Cycloparaphenylene, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Transmetalation of boronic acids and their derivatives: mechanistic elucidation and relevance to catalysis, 2021, Dalton Transactions
  • A dodecamethoxy[6]cycloparaphenylene consisting entirely of hydroquinone ethers: unveiling in-plane aromaticity through a rotaxane structure, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Dynamic Au-C σ-Bonds Leading to an Efficient Synthesis of [n]Cycloparaphenylenes (n = 9-15) by Self-Assembly, 2022, JACS Au
  • Multinuclear Pd and Pt complexes with bridging Si- and Ge-ligands. Stable and flexible coordination bonds and structures and reactions of the molecules, 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews

The diverse range of research reflects ongoing exploration in crystallographic methods and organometallic chemistry, highlighting Osakada's involvement in synthesis, structural studies, and catalysis. This contribution covers both fundamental chemistry and applications relevant to material development.

Best Publications

  • Facile Synthesis of 2,5-Diarylthiazoles via Palladium-Catalyzed Tandem C−H Substitutions. Design of Tunable Light Emission and Liquid Crystalline Characteristics

    Atsunori Mori;Akitoshi Sekiguchi;Kentaro Masui;Tomohiro Shimada

  • Mechanism of CC coupling reactions of aromatic halides, promoted by Ni(COD)2 in the presence of 2,2′-bipyridine and PPh3, to give biaryls

    Takakazu Yamamoto;Shoichiro Wakabayashi;Kohtaro Osakada

  • Alkylnickel and -palladium alkoxides associated with alcohols through hydrogen bonding

    Yong Joo Kim;Kohtaro Osakada;Akio Takenaka;Akio Yamamoto

  • Hydroxorhodium Complex-Catalyzed Carbon−Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions of Silanediols with α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds. Mizoroki-Heck-Type Reaction vs Conjugate Addition

    Atsunori Mori;Yasuaki Danda;Toshinari Fujii;Kazunori Hirabayashi

  • Dipalladium Catalyst for Olefin Polymerization: Introduction of Acrylate Units into the Main Chain of Branched Polyethylene

    Shigenaga Takano;Daisuke Takeuchi;Kohtaro Osakada;Norihisa Akamatsu

  • Double-decker-type dinuclear nickel catalyst for olefin polymerization: efficient incorporation of functional co-monomers.

    Daisuke Takeuchi;Yuriko Chiba;Shigenaga Takano;Kohtaro Osakada

  • Transmetallation of alkynyl and aryl complexes of Group 10 transition metals

    Kohtaro Osakada;Takakazu Yamamoto

  • Kinetic study on chemical oxidation of leucoemeraldine base polyaniline to emeraldine base

    Doo Kyung Moon;Masahiro Ezuka;Tsukasa Maruyama;Kohtaro Osakada

  • Pd‐Catalyzed Polymerization of Dienes that Involves Chain‐Walking Isomerization of the Growing Polymer End: Synthesis of Polymers Composed of Polymethylene and Five‐Membered‐Ring Units

    Takeshi Okada;Sehoon Park;Daisuke Takeuchi;Kohtaro Osakada

  • Nickel-Complex-Promoted Carboxylation of Haloarenes Involving Insertion of CO2 into NiII-C Bonds

    Kohtaro Osakada;Rei Sato;Takakazu Yamamoto

  • Preparation and properties of new methyl-(alkoxo)- and methyl-(thiolato)nickel and methyl(alkoxo)- and methyl(thiolato)-palladium complexes. Carbon monoxide and carbon disulfide insertion into the alkoxo-palladium bond

    Yong Joo. Kim;Kohtaro. Osakada;Kouji. Sugita;Takakazu. Yamamoto

  • Preparation, structure, and formation mechanism of ruthenium aryloxide complexes cis-RuH(OAr)(PMe3)4 (Ar = C6H5, C6H4-p-Me) and cis-RuH(OC6H4-p-CN)(PMe3)4(HOC6H4-p-CN)

    Kohtaro. Osakada;Kimitaka. Ohshiro;Akio. Yamamoto

  • Polyrotaxane Containing a Blocking Group in Every Structural Unit of the Polymer Chain. Direct Synthesis of Poly(alkylenebenzimidazole) Rotaxane from Ru Complex-Catalyzed Reaction of 1,12-Dodecanediol and 3,3‘-Diaminobenzidine in the Presence of Cyclodextrin

    Isao Yamaguchi;Kohtaro Osakada;Takakazu Yamamoto

  • Introduction of a Long Alkyl Side Chain to Poly(benzimidazole)s. N-Alkylation of the Imidazole Ring and Synthesis of Novel Side Chain Polyrotaxanes

    Isao Yamaguchi;Kohtaro Osakada;Takakazu Yamamoto

  • Ruthenium complex catalyzed regioselective dehydrogenation of unsymmetrical α,ω-diols

    Youichi Ishii;Kohtaro Osakada;Takao Ikariya;Masahiko Saburi

  • Preparation and Properties of trans-Pd(Ar)(C⋮CPh)(PEt3)2. Intermolecular Alkynyl Ligand Transfer between Copper(I) and Palladium(II) Complexes Relevant to Palladium Complex Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Terminal Alkyne with Haloarene in the Presence of CuI Cocatalyst

    Kohtaro Osakada;Reiko Sakata;Takakazu Yamamoto

  • Room Temperature-Stable Electride as a Synthetic Organic Reagent: Application to Pinacol Coupling Reaction in Aqueous Media

    Haritha Buchammagari;Yoshitake Toda;Masahiro Hirano;Hideo Hosono

  • Decarbonylation of thiol esters to give sulfides promoted by transition metal complexes

    Kohtaro Osakada;Takakazu Yamamoto;Akio Yamamoto

  • Pd Complex-Promoted Cyclopolymerization of Functionalized α,ω-Dienes and Copolymerization with Ethylene to Afford Polymers with Cyclic Repeating Units

    Sehoon Park;Daisuke Takeuchi;Kohtaro Osakada

  • Preparation of polyaniline by oxidation of aniline using H2O2 in the presence of an iron(II) catalyst

    Doo Kyung Moon;Kohtaro Osakada;Tsukasa Maruyama;Takakazu Yamamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Takakazu Yamamoto
Takakazu Yamamoto Tokyo Institute of Technology
Akio Yamamoto
Akio Yamamoto Waseda University
Yasushi Nishihara
Yasushi Nishihara Okayama University
Atsunori Mori
Atsunori Mori Kobe University
Fumiyuki Ozawa
Fumiyuki Ozawa Kyoto University
Takaki Kanbara
Takaki Kanbara University of Tsukuba
Tomiki Ikeda
Tomiki Ikeda Chuo University
Ewa Gorecka
Ewa Gorecka University of Warsaw
Takao Ikariya
Takao Ikariya Tokyo Institute of Technology
Akihisa Inoue
Akihisa Inoue Josai International University

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