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Makoto Tokunaga

Makoto Tokunaga

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Chemistry

D-Index
45
Citations
10616
World Ranking
16264
National Ranking
1281

Overview

Makoto Tokunaga is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of chemistry and engineering, with a significant focus on organic chemistry, materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, inorganic chemistry, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The core topics of Tokunaga's work include catalytic processes in materials science, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, chemical synthesis and reactions, sulfur-based synthesis techniques, and electrocatalysts for energy conversion.

Tokunaga has contributed multiple papers to various publication venues, with frequent appearances in ACS Catalysis, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Applied Catalysis A General, ChemCatChem, and Synthesis.

  • Pt/CeO2 with residual chloride as reusable soft Lewis acid catalysts: Application to highly efficient isomerization of allylic esters, 2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Continuous-flow synthesis of Pd@Pt core-shell nanoparticles, 2021, Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
  • Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of Azlactones via Phase-Transfer Catalytic Alcoholysis, 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • Intramolecular cyclization of alkynoic acid catalyzed by Na-salt-modified Au nanoparticles supported on metal oxides, 2022, Applied Catalysis A General
  • C-H Bond Functionalization Using Pd- and Au-Supported Catalysts with Mechanistic Insights of the Active Species, 2021, Synthesis

Frequent co-authors include Eiji Yamamoto, Haruno Murayama, Tetsuo Honma, Qi-An Huang, and Tamao Ishida.

Best Publications

  • Asymmetric Catalysis with Water: Efficient Kinetic Resolution of Terminal Epoxides by Means of Catalytic Hydrolysis

    Makoto Tokunaga;Jay F. Larrow;Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Eric N. Jacobsen

  • Highly Selective Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution of Terminal Epoxides Catalyzed by Chiral (salen)CoIII Complexes. Practical Synthesis of Enantioenriched Terminal Epoxides and 1,2-Diols

    Scott E. Schaus;Bridget D. Brandes;Jay F. Larrow;Makoto Tokunaga

  • Stereoselective Organic Synthesis via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution

    Ryoji Noyori;Makoto Tokunaga;Masato Kitamura

  • Enantioselective catalytic ring opening of epoxides with carboxylic acids

    Eric N. Jacobsen;Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Reed G. Konsler;Jay F. Larrow

  • Homogeneous Palladium Catalyst Suppressing Pd Black Formation in Air Oxidation of Alcohols

    Tetsuo Iwasawa;Makoto Tokunaga;Yasushi Obora;Yasushi Tsuji

  • The first anti-Markovnikov hydration of terminal alkynes: Formation of aldehydes catalyzed by a ruthenium (II)/Phosphane mixture

    Makoto Tokunaga;Yasuo Wakatsuki

  • Ruthenium-catalyzed hydration of 1-alkynes to give aldehydes: insight into anti-Markovnikov regiochemistry.

    Makoto Tokunaga;Toshiaki Suzuki;Nobuaki Koga;Tomoaki Fukushima

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation of .beta.-Keto Phosphonates: A Practical Way to Fosfomycin

    M. Kitamura;M. Tokunaga;R. Noyori

  • Convenient preparation of binap-ruthenium(II) complexes catalyzing asymmetric hydrogenation of functionalized ketones

    M. Kitamura;M. Tokunaga;T. Ohkuma;R. Noyori

  • Quantitative expression of dynamic kinetic resolution of chirally labile enantiomers: stereoselective hydrogenation of 2-substituted 3-oxo carboxylic esters catalyzed by BINAP-ruthenium(II) complexes

    M. Kitamura;M. Tokunaga;R. Noyori

  • A Metal–Organic Framework as an Electrocatalyst for Ethanol Oxidation

    Lifen Yang;Shozo Kinoshita;Shozo Kinoshita;Teppei Yamada;Seiichi Kanda

  • Ruthenium complex-catalyzed anti-Markovnikov hydration of terminal alkynes.

    Toshiaki Suzuki;Makoto Tokunaga;Yasuo Wakatsuki

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation of 3‐Oxo Carboxylates Using Binap‐Ruthenium Complexes: (R)‐(−)‐Methyl 3‐Hydroxybutanoate

    Masato Kitamura;Makoto Tokunaga;Takeshi Ohkuma;Ryoji Noyori

  • One-pot synthesis of indoles and aniline derivatives from nitroarenes under hydrogenation condition with supported gold nanoparticles.

    Yoshihiro Yamane;Xiaohao Liu;Akiyuki Hamasaki;Tamao Ishida

  • Ruthenium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroamination of Terminal Alkynes with Anilines: A Practical Synthesis of Aromatic Ketimines.

    Makoto Tokunaga;Markus Eckert;Yasuo Wakatsuki

  • Dynamic kinetic resolution in BINAP—ruthenium(II) catalyzed hydrogenation of 2-substituted 3-oxo carboxylic esters

    M. Kitamura;T. Ohkuma;M. Tokunaga;R. Noyori

  • Total synthesis of muconin by efficient assembly of chiral building blocks

    J. D. Schloss;L. A. Paquette;E. Jacobsen;Makoto Tokunaga

  • Practical Synthesis of BINAP-Ruthenium(II) Dicarboxylate Complexes

    Masato Kitamura;Makoto Tokunaga;Ryoji Noyori

  • Mathematical treatment of kinetic resolution of chirally labile substrates

    M. Kitamura;Makoto Tokunaga;R. Noyori

  • Phosphines Having a 2,3,4,5-Tetraphenylphenyl Moiety: Effective Ligands in Palladium-Catalyzed Transformations of Aryl Chlorides

    Tetsuo Iwasawa;Tomoko Komano;Atsunori Tajima;Makoto Tokunaga

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasushi Tsuji
Yasushi Tsuji Kyoto University
Yasushi Obora
Yasushi Obora Kansai University
Yasuo Wakatsuki
Yasuo Wakatsuki Bridgestone (Japan)
Ryoji Noyori
Ryoji Noyori Nagoya University
Masato Kitamura
Masato Kitamura Nagoya University
Mitsutaka Okumura
Mitsutaka Okumura Osaka University
Eric N. Jacobsen
Eric N. Jacobsen Harvard University
Tetsuaki Fujihara
Tetsuaki Fujihara Kyoto University
Masatake Haruta
Masatake Haruta Tokyo Metropolitan University
Takeshi Ohkuma
Takeshi Ohkuma Hokkaido University

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