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Laurean Ilies

Laurean Ilies

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Chemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
7699
World Ranking
16410
National Ranking
1295

Overview

Laurean Ilies is affiliated with RIKEN in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of Chemistry, with a particular focus on Organic Chemistry. Their research spans 62 published works in Chemistry, with 55 publications specifically in Organic Chemistry. Additional subfields of study include Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, and Polymers and Plastics.

The scientist's research primarily addresses several specialized topics: catalytic C-H functionalization methods, catalytic cross-coupling reactions, synthesis and catalytic reactions, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, organoboron and organosilicon chemistry, coordination chemistry and organometallics, and sulfur-based synthesis techniques.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Laurean Ilies include Sobi Asako with 22 joint publications, Pinaki Bhusan De and Kazuhiko Takai each with 5, as well as Ramadoss Boobalan and Yushu Jin, each with 4 shared papers.

The notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Laurean Ilies include:

  • Remote steric control for undirected meta-selective C-H activation of arenes, 2022, Science
  • Iron-catalysed regioselective thienyl C-H/C-H coupling, 2021, Nature Catalysis
  • Recent Advances in the Use of Sodium Dispersion for Organic Synthesis, 2021, Synthesis
  • Halogen-sodium exchange enables efficient access to organosodium compounds, 2021, Communications Chemistry
  • Chromium(III)-Catalyzed C(sp2)-H Alkynylation, Allylation, and Naphthalenation of Secondary Amides with Trimethylaluminum as Base, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Publication venues where Laurean Ilies has frequently contributed include Chemistry Letters and Synlett, each with 3 publications. Other repeated venues include The Cambridge Structural Database (3 publications), Synthesis (2 publications), and ACS Catalysis (2 publications).

Best Publications

  • Iron-Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation.

    Rui Shang;Laurean Ilies;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Cobalt-Catalyzed ortho-Alkylation of Secondary Benzamide with Alkyl Chloride through Directed C−H Bond Activation

    Quan Chen;Laurean Ilies;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Synthesis and properties of 2,3,6,7-tetraarylbenzo[1,2-b:4,5-b']difurans as hole-transporting material.

    Hayato Tsuji;Chikahiko Mitsui;Laurean Ilies;Yoshiharu Sato

  • Iron-catalyzed ortho-allylation of aromatic carboxamides with allyl ethers.

    Sobi Asako;Laurean Ilies;Eiichi Nakamura

  • β-Arylation of carboxamides via iron-catalyzed C(sp3)-H bond activation.

    Rui Shang;Laurean Ilies;Arimasa Matsumoto;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Synthesis of Anthranilic Acid Derivatives through Iron-Catalyzed Ortho Amination of Aromatic Carboxamides with N-Chloroamines

    Tatsuaki Matsubara;Sobi Asako;Laurean Ilies;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Iron-Catalyzed Directed C(sp2)–H and C(sp3)–H Functionalization with Trimethylaluminum

    Rui Shang;Laurean Ilies;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Phenanthrene synthesis by iron-catalyzed [4+2] benzannulation between alkyne and biaryl or 2-alkenylphenyl Grignard reagent.

    Arimasa Matsumoto;Laurean Ilies;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Cobalt-Catalyzed Chemoselective Insertion of Alkene into the Ortho C−H Bond of Benzamide

    Laurean Ilies;Quan Chen;Xiaoming Zeng;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Iron-catalyzed stereospecific activation of olefinic C-H bonds with Grignard reagent for synthesis of substituted olefins.

    Laurean Ilies;Sobi Asako;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Iron-Catalyzed C−C Bond Formation at α-Position of Aliphatic Amines via C−H Bond Activation through 1,5-Hydrogen Transfer

    Naohiko Yoshikai;Adam Mieczkowski;Arimasa Matsumoto;Laurean Ilies

  • Iron-Catalyzed Directed Alkylation of Aromatic and Olefinic Carboxamides with Primary and Secondary Alkyl Tosylates, Mesylates, and Halides

    Laurean Ilies;Tatsuaki Matsubara;Saki Ichikawa;Sobi Asako

  • 2,3-Disubstituted Benzofuran and Indole by Copper-Mediated C−C Bond Extension Reaction of 3-Zinciobenzoheterole

    Masaharu Nakamura;Laurean Ilies;Saika Otsubo;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Iron-Catalyzed C(sp2)–H Bond Functionalization with Organoboron Compounds

    Rui Shang;Laurean Ilies;Sobi Asako;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Iron-Catalyzed Ortho C–H Methylation of Aromatics Bearing a Simple Carbonyl Group with Methylaluminum and Tridentate Phosphine Ligand

    Rui Shang;Laurean Ilies;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Monosubstitution of Polyfluoroarenes with Organozinc Reagents Using Alkoxydiphosphine Ligand

    Yuki Nakamura;Naohiko Yoshikai;Laurean Ilies;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Cobalt-catalyzed coupling of alkyl Grignard reagent with benzamide and 2-phenylpyridine derivatives through directed C-H bond activation under air.

    Quan Chen;Laurean Ilies;Naohiko Yoshikai;Eiichi Nakamura

  • 3‐Zinciobenzofuran and 3‐Zincioindole: Versatile Tools for the Construction of Conjugated Structures Containing Multiple Benzoheterole Units

    Masaharu Nakamura;Laurean Ilies;Saika Otsubo;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Iron-catalyzed regio- and stereoselective chlorosulfonylation of terminal alkynes with aromatic sulfonyl chlorides.

    Xiaoming Zeng;Laurean Ilies;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions

    Eiichi Nakamura;Takuji Hatakeyama;Shingo Ito;Kentaro Ishizuka

Frequent Co-Authors

Eiichi Nakamura
Eiichi Nakamura University of Tokyo
Naohiko Yoshikai
Naohiko Yoshikai Tohoku University
Rui Shang
Rui Shang University of Tokyo
Masaharu Nakamura
Masaharu Nakamura Kyoto University
Kazuhiko Takai
Kazuhiko Takai Okayama University
Takuji Hatakeyama
Takuji Hatakeyama Kyoto University
Paul Knochel
Paul Knochel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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