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Kouichi Ohe

Kouichi Ohe

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Chemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
9832
World Ranking
10380
National Ranking
752

Overview

Kouichi Ohe is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in materials science and chemistry. Their work spans multiple subfields including materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, organic chemistry, molecular biology, and spectroscopy.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas such as crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, luminescence and fluorescent materials, porphyrin and phthalocyanine chemistry, photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging, and photodynamic therapy research studies.

Major recent papers by Kouichi Ohe include:

  • Bis-Metal Complexes of Doubly N-Confused Dioxohexaphyrins as Potential Near-Infrared-II Photoacoustic Dyes (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • pH-Activatable Cyanine Dyes for Selective Tumor Imaging Using Near-Infrared Fluorescence and Photoacoustic Modalities (2020, ACS Sensors)
  • Deep-Red/Near-Infrared Turn-On Fluorescence Probes for Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1A1 in Cancer Stem Cells (2021, ACS Sensors)
  • Substituted meso-vinyl-BODIPY as thiol-selective fluorogenic probes for sensing unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (2021, Chemical Communications)
  • An enzyme-triggered turn-on fluorescent probe based on carboxylate-induced detachment of a fluorescence quencher (2020, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry)

Kouichi Ohe frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Koji Miki (29 joint publications)
  • Huiying Mu (20 joint publications)
  • Kazuhiro Okamoto (20 joint publications)
  • Kohei Sasakura (19 joint publications)
  • Masahiro Oe (13 joint publications)

Their research is often published in venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Chemical Communications, Chemistry - A European Journal, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, and ACS Sensors.

Kouichi Ohe's academic contributions emphasize the intersection of advanced materials and biomedical engineering, particularly through the development of fluorescent probes and imaging modalities for cancer and biological sensing applications.

Best Publications

  • Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidation of Alcohols to Aldehydes and Ketones by Molecular Oxygen.

    Takahiro Nishimura;Tomoaki Onoue;Kouichi Ohe;Sakae Uemura

  • Ruthenium-catalyzed cyclopropanation of alkenes using propargylic carboxylates as precursors of vinylcarbenoids.

    Koji Miki;Kouichi Ohe;Sakae Uemura

  • Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones by molecular oxygen

    Takahiro Nishimura;Tomoaki Onoue;Kouichi Ohe;Sakae Uemura

  • PALLADIUM(II)-CATALYZED OXIDATIVE RING CLEAVAGE OF TERT-CYCLOBUTANOLS UNDER OXYGEN ATMOSPHERE

    Takahiro Nishimura;Kouichi Ohe;Sakae Uemura

  • Novel approach for catalytic cyclopropanation of alkenes via (2-furyl)carbene complexes from 1-benzoyl-cis-1-buten-3-yne.

    Koji Miki;Fumiaki Nishino;Kouichi Ohe;Sakae Uemura

  • Chiral Oxazolinylferrocene-Phosphine Hybrid Ligand for the Asymmetric Hydrosilylation of Ketones

    Yoshiaki Nishibayashi;Kyohei Segawa;Kouichi Ohe;Sakae Uemura

  • A new ruthenium-catalyzed cyclopropanation of alkenes using propargylic acetates as a precursor of vinylcarbenoids

    Koji Miki;Kouichi Ohe;Sakae Uemura

  • Novel Chiral Ligands, Diferrocenyl Dichalcogenides and Their Derivatives, for Rhodium- and Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrosilylation

    Yoshiaki Nishibayashi;Kyohei Segawa;Jai Deo Singh;Shin-ichi Fukuzawa

  • CATALYTIC ASYMMETRIC SULFIMIDATION

    Hiroya Takada;Yoshiaki Nishibayashi;Kouichi Ohe;Sakae Uemura

  • Recent Progress on Cyclic Nitrenoid Precursors in Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Nitrene-Transfer Reactions

    Takuya Shimbayashi;Kohei Sasakura;Akira Eguchi;Kazuhiro Okamoto

  • A New Catalytic Activity of Antimony(III) Chloride in Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of Aromatics to .alpha.,.beta.-Unsaturated Ketones and Aldehydes with Sodium Tetraphenylborate and Arylboronic Acids

    Chan Sik Cho;Shin-ichi Motofusa;Kouichi Ohe;Sakae Uemura

  • Enantioselective ortho-Lithiation of Substituted Ferrocenes

    Yoshiaki Nishibayashi;Yasuyoshi Arikawa;Kouichi Ohe;Sakae Uemura

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Intramolecular Aziridination from 4H-Isoxazol-5-ones Leading to 1-Azabicyclo[3.1.0]hex-2-enes†

    Kazuhiro Okamoto;Tomohiro Oda;Sho Kohigashi;Kouichi Ohe

  • Palladium(II)-catalyzed oxidation of terminal alkenes to methyl ketones using molecular oxygen

    Takahiro Nishimura;Nobuyuki Kakiuchi;Tomoaki Onoue;Kouichi Ohe

  • Doyle−Kirmse Reaction of Allylic Sulfides with Diazoalkane-Free (2-Furyl)carbenoid Transfer

    Yumiko Kato;Koji Miki;Fumiaki Nishino;Kouichi Ohe

  • Oxidative transformation of tert-cyclobutanols by palladium catalysis under oxygen atmosphere.

    Takahiro Nishimura;Kouichi Ohe;Sakae Uemura

  • Chemistry of Zerumbone. 1. Simplified Isolation, Conjugate Addition Reactions, and a Unique Ring Contracting Transannular Reaction of Its Dibromide

    Takashi Kitayama;Tadashi Okamoto;Richard K. Hill;Yasushi Kawai

  • Transition Metal-catalyzed Reactions Using Alkynes as Precursors of Carbene and Vinylidene Complexes

    Koji Miki;Sakae Uemura;Kouichi Ohe

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Substitution Reactions using New Chiral Phosphinite-Oxazoline Ligands Derived from D-Glucosamine.

    Koji Yonehara;Tomohiro Hashizume;Kenji Mori;Kouichi Ohe

  • The first example of enantioselective carbenoid addition to organochalcogen atoms: application to [2,3]sigmatropic rearrangement of allylic chalcogen ylides

    Yoshiaki Nishibayashi;Kouichi Ohe;Sakae Uemura

Frequent Co-Authors

Sakae Uemura
Sakae Uemura Kyoto University
Shinji Murai
Shinji Murai Osaka University
Yoshiaki Nishibayashi
Yoshiaki Nishibayashi University of Tokyo
Naoto Chatani
Naoto Chatani Osaka University
Sensuke Ogoshi
Sensuke Ogoshi Osaka University
Takahiro Nishimura
Takahiro Nishimura Osaka Metropolitan University
Yoshihiro Miyake
Yoshihiro Miyake Nagoya University
Masahiro Hiraoka
Masahiro Hiraoka Kyoto University
Shin-ichi Fukuzawa
Shin-ichi Fukuzawa Chuo University
Noboru Sonoda
Noboru Sonoda Kansai University

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