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Kyoko Nozaki

Kyoko Nozaki

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Chemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
92
Citations
26916
World Ranking
1912
National Ranking
99

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Kyoko Nozaki is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has a significant body of work primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their research contributions span several key subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • Toward the Copolymerization of Propylene with Polar Comonomers, 2020, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • High Density Polyethylenes Bearing Isolated In-Chain Carbonyls, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Electron in a cube: Synthesis and characterization of perfluorocubane as an electron acceptor, 2022, Science
  • Aluminum porphyrins with quaternary ammonium halides as catalysts for copolymerization of cyclohexene oxide and CO2: metal-ligand cooperative catalysis, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Advances in the Synthesis of Copolymers from Carbon Dioxide, Dienes, and Olefins, 2022, Accounts of Chemical Research

Frequent collaborators of Kyoko Nozaki include Shuhei Kusumoto, Falk William Seidel, Takanori Iwasaki, Takashi Okazoe, and Izumi Tomizawa. These co-authors have contributed significantly to the volume of publications alongside Nozaki.

The venues in which Nozaki commonly publishes highlight a focus on structural and chemical research, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Journal of Polymer Science
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

The research topics covered in Nozaki's work range across crystallization and solubility studies and X-ray diffraction techniques in crystallography to more specialized themes such as carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, organometallic complex synthesis, and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties. The scope also extends to organoboron and organosilicon chemistry.

This profile reflects no record of awards but demonstrates ongoing engagement with a diverse and interdisciplinary spectrum of scientific inquiry in chemistry and materials science, contributing to both fundamental and applied research areas.

Best Publications

  • Catalytic Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide Using Ir(III)-Pincer Complexes

    Ryo Tanaka;Makoto Yamashita;Kyoko Nozaki

  • Coordination−Insertion Copolymerization of Fundamental Polar Monomers

    Akifumi Nakamura;Shingo Ito;Kyoko Nozaki

  • Boryllithium: Isolation, Characterization, and Reactivity as a Boryl Anion

    Yasutomo Segawa;Makoto Yamashita;Kyoko Nozaki

  • Highly enantioselective hydroformylation of olefins catalyzed by new phosphine phosphite-rhodium(I) complexes

    Nozomu Sakai;Satoshi Mano;Kyoko Nozaki;Hidemasa Takaya

  • Ortho-phosphinobenzenesulfonate: a superb ligand for palladium-catalyzed coordination-insertion copolymerization of polar vinyl monomers.

    Akifumi Nakamura;Timo M. J. Anselment;Jerome Claverie;Brian Goodall

  • Highly Enantioselective Hydroformylation of Olefins Catalyzed by Rhodium(I) Complexes of New Chiral Phosphine−Phosphite Ligands

    Kyoko Nozaki;Nozomu Sakai;Tetsuo Nanno;Takanori Higashijima

  • Selective Formation of Polycarbonate over Cyclic Carbonate: Copolymerization of Epoxides with Carbon Dioxide Catalyzed by a Cobalt(III) Complex with a Piperidinium End‐Capping Arm

    Koji Nakano;Toshihiro Kamada;Kyoko Nozaki

  • Cationic BINAP-Ru(II) Halide Complexes: Highly Efficient Catalysts for Stereoselective Asymmetric Hydrogenation of .alpha.- and .beta.-Functionalized Ketones

    Kazushi Mashima;Koh-hei Kusano;Naomasa Sato;Yoh-ichi Matsumura

  • Et3B-induced radical addition of R3SnH to acetylenes and its application to cyclization reaction

    Kyoko Nozaki;Koichiro Oshima;Kiichiro Uchimoto

  • Chemistry of boryllithium: synthesis, structure, and reactivity.

    Yasutomo Segawa;Yuta Suzuki;Makoto Yamashita;Kyoko Nozaki

  • Mechanistic Studies on the Reversible Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide Catalyzed by an Ir-PNP Complex

    Ryo Tanaka;Makoto Yamashita;Lung Wa Chung;Keiji Morokuma

  • Formation of linear copolymers of ethylene and acrylonitrile catalyzed by phosphine sulfonate palladium complexes.

    Takuya Kochi;Shusuke Noda;Kenji Yoshimura;Kyoko Nozaki

  • Optically Active Polycarbonates: Asymmetric Alternating Copolymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide and Carbon Dioxide

    Kyoko Nozaki;Koji Nakano;Tamejiro Hiyama

  • Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Functional Polyolefin Synthesis: Effecting Control through Chelating Ancillary Ligand Design and Mechanistic Insights

    Brad P. Carrow;Kyoko Nozaki

  • Syntheses of PBP Pincer Iridium Complexes: A Supporting Boryl Ligand

    Yasutomo Segawa;Makoto Yamashita;Kyoko Nozaki

  • Stereocomplex of Poly(propylene carbonate): Synthesis of Stereogradient Poly(propylene carbonate) by Regio‐ and Enantioselective Copolymerization of Propylene Oxide with Carbon Dioxide

    Koji Nakano;Shinichi Hashimoto;Mitsuru Nakamura;Toshihiro Kamada

  • Highly Enantioselective Alternating Copolymerization of Propene with Carbon Monoxide Catalyzed by a Chiral Phosphine-Phosphite-Palladium(II) Complex

    Kyoko Nozaki;Naomasa Sato;Hidemasa Takaya

  • Mechanistic Aspects of the Alternating Copolymerization of Propene with Carbon Monoxide Catalyzed by Pd(II) Complexes of Unsymmetrical Phosphine−Phosphite Ligands

    Kyoko Nozaki;Naomasa Sato;Yoichi Tonomura;Masako Yasutomi

  • Triethylborane-Induced Hydrodehalogenation of Organic Halides by Tin Hydrides

    Katsukiyo Miura;Yoshifumi Ichinose;Kyoko Nozaki;Keigo Fugami

  • Alternating Copolymerization of Cyclohexene Oxide with Carbon Dioxide Catalyzed by (salalen)CrCl Complexes

    Koji Nakano;Mitsuru Nakamura;Kyoko Nozaki

  • The Double N‐Arylation of Primary Amines: Toward Multisubstituted Carbazoles with Unique Optical Properties

    Kyoko Nozaki;Kyoko Nozaki;Keita Takahashi;Koji Nakano;Tamejiro Hiyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamejiro Hiyama
Tamejiro Hiyama Chuo University
Makoto Yamashita
Makoto Yamashita Nagoya University
Hidemasa Takaya
Hidemasa Takaya Kyoto University
Ryo Shintani
Ryo Shintani Osaka University
Kiitiro Utimoto
Kiitiro Utimoto Kyoto University
Eiji Shirakawa
Eiji Shirakawa Kyoto University
Yasutomo Segawa
Yasutomo Segawa Nagoya University
Kazuya Yamaguchi
Kazuya Yamaguchi University of Tokyo
Noritaka Mizuno
Noritaka Mizuno University of Tokyo
Shigehiro Yamaguchi
Shigehiro Yamaguchi Nagoya University

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