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Masakatsu Shibasaki

Masakatsu Shibasaki

Chemistry
Japan
2023

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Chemistry D-index 122 Citations 45,326 793 World Ranking 248 National Ranking 10

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award

2012 - Ryoji Noyori Prize, Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry

2008 - Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Enzyme

Masakatsu Shibasaki mainly investigates Catalysis, Enantioselective synthesis, Organic chemistry, Medicinal chemistry and Stereochemistry. The various areas that he examines in his Catalysis study include Combinatorial chemistry, Yield and Ligand. Masakatsu Shibasaki interconnects Cooperativity and Homogeneous catalysis in the investigation of issues within Combinatorial chemistry.

His studies in Enantioselective synthesis integrate themes in fields like Ketone, Total synthesis, Bifunctional catalyst and Imine. His research is interdisciplinary, bridging the disciplines of Polymer chemistry and Organic chemistry. His Medicinal chemistry research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Base, Schiff base, Crystal structure, Michael reaction and Lanthanide.

His most cited work include:

  • Asymmetric Catalysis with Heterobimetallic Compounds (496 citations)
  • Recent progress in asymmetric bifunctional catalysis using multimetallic systems. (330 citations)
  • Power of cooperativity : Lewis acid-lewis base bifunctional asymmetric catalysis (269 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Catalysis, Organic chemistry, Enantioselective synthesis, Stereochemistry and Combinatorial chemistry. His study in Catalysis is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Yield, Ligand and Medicinal chemistry. Masakatsu Shibasaki regularly ties together related areas like Polymer chemistry in his Organic chemistry studies.

His studies deal with areas such as Bifunctional, Ketone, Nucleophile and Amide as well as Enantioselective synthesis. His Stereochemistry research incorporates elements of Derivative, Stereocenter and Stereoselectivity. While working in this field, Masakatsu Shibasaki studies both Combinatorial chemistry and Conjugate.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Catalysis (64.41%)
  • Organic chemistry (41.47%)
  • Enantioselective synthesis (40.88%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Catalysis (64.41%)
  • Enantioselective synthesis (40.88%)
  • Combinatorial chemistry (19.90%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Catalysis, Enantioselective synthesis, Combinatorial chemistry, Stereochemistry and Amide are his primary areas of study. His Catalysis research is under the purview of Organic chemistry. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Amino acid, Reactivity, Acetonitrile and Nucleophile.

The concepts of his Combinatorial chemistry study are interwoven with issues in Adduct, Intramolecular force, Cycloaddition and Carbene. His work carried out in the field of Stereochemistry brings together such families of science as Side chain and Structure–activity relationship. The study incorporates disciplines such as Heterogeneous catalysis, Moiety and Chiral ligand in addition to Amide.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Mannich-Type Reaction of α- and β-Fluorinated Amides (58 citations)
  • Unique physicochemical and catalytic properties dictated by the B3NO2 ring system (56 citations)
  • Catalytic Generation of α-CF3 Enolate: Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Mannich-Type Reaction of α-CF3 Amide (47 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Organic chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Enzyme

His primary scientific interests are in Catalysis, Enantioselective synthesis, Amide, Organic chemistry and Combinatorial chemistry. His Catalysis study typically links adjacent topics like Medicinal chemistry. In the subject of general Medicinal chemistry, his work in Carbanion is often linked to Conjugate, thereby combining diverse domains of study.

His Enantioselective synthesis research includes themes of Aldol reaction, Amino acid, Atom economy and Stereochemistry. His research integrates issues of Covalent bond, Moiety, Reactivity, Keto–enol tautomerism and Nucleophile in his study of Amide. Masakatsu Shibasaki studied Combinatorial chemistry and Peptide that intersect with Protecting group.

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Best Publications

Asymmetric Catalysis with Heterobimetallic Compounds

Masakatsu Shibasaki;Hiroaki Sasai;Takayoshi Arai.
Angewandte Chemie (1997)

861 Citations

Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol Reaction

Naoki Yoshikawa;Yoichi M. A. Yamada;Jagattaran Das;Hiroaki Sasai.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1999)

493 Citations

Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol Reactions of Aldehydes with Unmodified Ketones

Yoichi M. A. Yamada;Naoki Yoshikawa;Hiroaki Sasai;Masakatsu Shibasaki.
Angewandte Chemie (1997)

465 Citations

Recent progress in asymmetric bifunctional catalysis using multimetallic systems.

Masakatsu Shibasaki;Motomu Kanai;Shigeki Matsunaga;Naoya Kumagai.
Accounts of Chemical Research (2009)

457 Citations

Power of cooperativity : Lewis acid-lewis base bifunctional asymmetric catalysis

Motomu Kanai;Nobuki Kato;Eiko Ichikawa;Masakatsu Shibasaki.
Synlett (2005)

433 Citations

Asymmetric Heck Reaction

Masakatsu Shibasaki;Erasmus M. Vogl;Takashi Ohshima.
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis (2004)

384 Citations

The First Heterobimetallic Multifunctional Asymmetric Catalyst

Hiroaki Sasai;Takayoshi Arai;Yoshinori Satow;K. N. Houk.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1995)

376 Citations

Stimulating Concepts in Chemistry

Fritz Vögtle;J. Fraser Stoddart;Masakatsu Shibasaki.
(2000)

374 Citations

A New Bifunctional Asymmetric Catalysis: An Efficient Catalytic Asymmetric Cyanosilylation of Aldehydes

Yoshitaka Hamashima;Daisuke Sawada;and Motomu Kanai;Masakatsu Shibasaki.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (1999)

369 Citations

De novo synthesis of Tamiflu via a catalytic asymmetric ring-opening of meso-aziridines with TMSN3.

Yuhei Fukuta;Tsuyoshi Mita;Nobuhisa Fukuda;Motomu Kanai.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2006)

357 Citations

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