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Masaharu Nakamura

Masaharu Nakamura

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Masaharu Nakamura is a researcher affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Materials Science, with significant contributions in Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, as well as subfields including Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Rheumatology.

Nakamura's recent scholarly output includes studies published between 2020 and 2024, addressing topics ranging from nanocluster synthesis to catalytic methodologies. Notable publications include:

  • "Gold Nanocluster Functionalized with Peptide Dendron Thiolates: Acceleration of the Photocatalytic Oxidation of an Amino Alcohol in a Supramolecular Reaction Field" (2021, ACS Catalysis)
  • "Dual Catalysis of Gold Nanoclusters: Photocatalytic Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling by Cooperation of Superatomic Core and Molecularly Modified Staples" (2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • "Regio- and stereoselective synthesis of 1,4-enynes by iron-catalysed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of propargyl electrophiles under ligand-free conditions" (2020, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry)
  • "Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions Tuned by Bulky Ortho-Phenylene Bisphosphine Ligands" (2021, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan)
  • "Synthesis of N2-Type Superatomic Molecules" (2024, Journal of the American Chemical Society)

Their research focuses on themes such as:

  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging

Nakamura frequently collaborates with a range of co-authors, including Hiromasa Tsujiguchi, Akinori Hara, Katsuhiro Isozaki, Takayuki Kannon, and Fumihiko Suzuki, contributing to a considerable number of joint publications.

Their work appears regularly in scientific venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Nutrients, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, Journal of Nutritional Science, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Best Publications

  • Iron-catalyzed cross-coupling of primary and secondary alkyl halides with aryl grignard reagents.

    Masaharu Nakamura;Keiko Matsuo;Shingo Ito;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Highly selective biaryl cross-coupling reactions between aryl halides and aryl Grignard reagents: a new catalyst combination of N-heterocyclic carbenes and iron, cobalt, and nickel fluorides.

    Takuji Hatakeyama;Sigma Hashimoto;Kentaro Ishizuka;Masaharu Nakamura

  • Iron-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling of Alkyl Halides

    Takuji Hatakeyama;Toru Hashimoto;Yoshiyuki Kondo;Yuichi Fujiwara

  • Iron-Catalyzed Selective Biaryl Coupling: Remarkable Suppression of Homocoupling by the Fluoride Anion

    Takuji Hatakeyama;Masaharu Nakamura

  • Synthesis of BN-fused polycyclic aromatics via tandem intramolecular electrophilic arene borylation.

    Takuji Hatakeyama;Sigma Hashimoto;Shu Seki;Masaharu Nakamura

  • Iron-Catalyzed Olefin Carbometalation

    Masaharu Nakamura;and Atsushi Hirai;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Azaboradibenzo[6]helicene: Carrier Inversion Induced by Helical Homochirality

    Takuji Hatakeyama;Takuji Hatakeyama;Sigma Hashimoto;Tsuyoshi Oba;Masaharu Nakamura

  • Effect of TMEDA on iron-catalyzed coupling reactions of ArMgX with alkyl halides.

    Daisuke Noda;Yusuke Sunada;Takuji Hatakeyama;Masaharu Nakamura

  • Polycyclic aromatic compound

    Takuji Hatakeyama;Masaharu Nakamura;Sigma Hashimoto

  • Iron-Catalyzed Enantioselective Cross-Coupling Reactions of α-Chloroesters with Aryl Grignard Reagents

    Masayoshi Jin;Masayoshi Jin;Laksmikanta Adak;Masaharu Nakamura

  • Cyclopropenone acetals-synthesis and reactions

    Masaharu Nakamura;Hiroyuki Isobe;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Iron‐Catalyzed Alkyl–Alkyl Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling

    Takuji Hatakeyama;Toru Hashimoto;Kalum K. A. D. S. Kathriarachchi;Takeshi Zenmyo

  • Synthesis of Chiral α‐Fluoroketones through Catalytic Enantioselective Decarboxylation

    Masaharu Nakamura;Alakananda Hajra;Kohei Endo;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Synthesis of Aryl C-Glycosides via Iron-Catalyzed Cross Coupling of Halosugars: Stereoselective Anomeric Arylation of Glycosyl Radicals

    Laksmikanta Adak;Shintaro Kawamura;Gabriel Toma;Toshio Takenaka

  • 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

  • Triplet-Energy Control of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by BN Replacement: Development of Ambipolar Host Materials for Phosphorescent Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

    Sigma Hashimoto;Toshiaki Ikuta;Kazushi Shiren;Soichiro Nakatsuka

  • Tuning chemoselectivity in iron-catalyzed Sonogashira-type reactions using a bisphosphine ligand with peripheral steric bulk: selective alkynylation of nonactivated alkyl halides.

    Takuji Hatakeyama;Yoshihiro Okada;Yuya Yoshimoto;Masaharu Nakamura

  • Indium-catalyzed addition of active methylene compounds to 1-alkynes.

    Masaharu Nakamura;Kohei Endo;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Reaction pathways of the Simmons-Smith reaction.

    Masaharu Nakamura;and Atsushi Hirai;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 Chemoselective Cross-Coupling of Primary and Secondary Alkyl Halides with Arylzinc Reagents

    Masaharu Nakamura;Shingo Ito;Keiko Matsuo;Eiichi Nakamura

  • Cross-coupling of non-activated chloroalkanes with aryl Grignard reagents in the presence of iron/N-heterocyclic carbene catalysts.

    Sujit K. Ghorai;Masayoshi Jin;Takuji Hatakeyama;Masaharu Nakamura

Frequent Co-Authors

Eiichi Nakamura
Eiichi Nakamura University of Tokyo
Takuji Hatakeyama
Takuji Hatakeyama Kyoto University
Shigeru Yamago
Shigeru Yamago Kyoto University
Nobuaki Koga
Nobuaki Koga Nagoya University
Toshiyuki Itoh
Toshiyuki Itoh Tottori University
Keiji Morokuma
Keiji Morokuma Kyoto University
Naohiko Yoshikai
Naohiko Yoshikai Tohoku University
Hideo Nagashima
Hideo Nagashima Kyushu University

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