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Masamichi Ogasawara

Masamichi Ogasawara

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Chemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
7527
World Ranking
16063
National Ranking
1265

Overview

Masamichi Ogasawara is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokushima in Japan. Their work spans several fields within the chemical sciences, particularly focusing on materials science and chemistry. Their research interests are chiefly concentrated in materials chemistry and organic chemistry, with additional work touching on molecular biology, inorganic chemistry, and environmental sustainability.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Ferrocene Chemistry and Applications
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis

Their publication record features contributions to multiple journals, with a notable presence in The Cambridge Structural Database supported by 21 publications. Other frequent publication venues include:

  • Organometallics
  • Organic Letters
  • ACS Omega
  • Catalysts

Masamichi Ogasawara has collaborated with several researchers on multiple occasions. Frequent coauthors in their work comprise:

  • Yasuhiro Ohki
  • Haruka Taue
  • Kakeru Masaoka
  • Hiroki Ichiryu
  • Kiyohiko Nakajima

Highlighted recent papers authored or coauthored by them illustrate specific areas of study and publication outlet:

  • "Stereodivergent Access to Trisubstituted Alkenylboronate Esters through Alkene Isomerization," 2021, Organic Letters
  • "Estimating Effective Steric and Electronic Impacts of a Ferrocenyl Group in Organophosphines," 2021, ACS Omega
  • "Enantioselective Preparation of Planar-Chiral Transition Metal Complexes by Asymmetric Olefin-Metathesis Reactions in Metal Coordination Spheres," 2021, The Chemical Record
  • "Synthesis of Monophosphaferrocenes Revisited," 2022, ChemistrySelect
  • "Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Segphos Derivative Having Diferrocenylphosphino-Donor Moieties," 2020, Organometallics

Best Publications

  • Catalytic Cycle of Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,4-Addition of Organoboronic Acids. Arylrhodium, Oxa-π-allylrhodium, and Hydroxorhodium Intermediates

    Tamio Hayashi;Makoto Takahashi;Yoshiaki Takaya;Masamichi Ogasawara

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroarylation of Alkynes with Arylboronic Acids: 1,4-Shift of Rhodium from 2-Aryl-1-alkenylrhodium to 2-Alkenylarylrhodium Intermediate

    Tamio Hayashi;Kazuya Inoue;Nobukazu Taniguchi;Masamichi Ogasawara

  • Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral allenes

    Masamichi Ogasawara

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Organoboronic Acids to Nitroalkenes

    Tamio Hayashi;and Taichi Senda;Masamichi Ogasawara

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,4-Addition to 1-Alkenylphosphonates

    Tamio Hayashi;Taichi Senda;and Yoshiaki Takaya;Masamichi Ogasawara

  • Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-addition of organoboron reagents to 5,6-dihydro-2(1H)-pyridinones. Asymmetric synthesis of 4-aryl-2-piperidinones.

    Taichi Senda;Masamichi Ogasawara;Tamio Hayashi

  • “Widening the Roof”: Synthesis and Characterization of New Chiral C1-Symmetric Octahydrofluorenyl Organolanthanide Catalysts and Their Implementation in the Stereoselective Cyclizations of Aminoalkenes and Phosphinoalkenes

    Michael R. Douglass;Masamichi Ogasawara;Sukwon Hong;Matthew V. Metz

  • Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-addition of arylboron reagents to α,β-unsaturated esters

    Yoshiaki Takaya;Taichi Senda;Hiroaki Kurushima;Masamichi Ogasawara

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis of Axially Chiral Allenes: A Synergistic Effect of Dibenzalacetone on High Enantioselectivity

    Masamichi Ogasawara;Hisashi Ikeda;Takashi Nagano;Tamio Hayashi

  • Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-addition of 2-alkenyl-1,3,2-benzodioxaboroles to α,β-unsaturated ketones

    Yoshiaki Takaya;Masamichi Ogasawara;Tamio Hayashi

  • A new type of catalytic tandem 1,4-addition-aldol reaction which proceeds through an (oxa-π-allyl)rhodium intermediate

    Kazuhiro Yoshida;Masamichi Ogasawara;Tamio Hayashi

  • Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric 1,4-addition of arylboron compounds generated in situ from aryl bromides

    Yoshiaki Takaya;Masamichi Ogasawara;Tamio Hayashi

  • Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of planar-chiral transition-metal complexes

    Sachie Arae;Masamichi Ogasawara

  • Metathesis Route to Bridged Metallocenes

    Masamichi Ogasawara;Takashi Nagano;Tamio Hayashi

  • Synthesis and application of novel chiral phosphino-oxazoline ligands with 1,1′-binaphthyl skeleton

    Masamichi Ogasawara;Kazuhiro Yoshida;Hiroaki Kamei;Kazuhiko Kato

  • Enantioselective Synthesis of Planar-Chiral Phosphaferrocenes by Molybdenum-Catalyzed Asymmetric Interannular Ring-Closing Metathesis

    Masamichi Ogasawara;Susumu Watanabe;Kiyohiko Nakajima;Tamotsu Takahashi

  • Design and Preparation of 3,3'-Disubstituted 2,2'-Bis(oxazolyl)-1,1'-binaphthyls (boxax): New Chiral Bis(oxazoline) Ligands for Catalytic Asymmetric Wacker-Type Cyclization.

    Yasuhiro Uozumi;Hirokazu Kyota;Kazuhiko Kato;Masamichi Ogasawara

  • π-Allylpalladium-Mediated Catalytic Synthesis of Functionalized Allenes

    Masamichi Ogasawara;Hisashi Ikeda;Tamio Hayashi

  • 2,2‘-Bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1‘-biphenyl: New Entry of Bidentate Triarylphosphine Ligand to Transition Metal Catalysts

    Masamichi Ogasawara;and Kazuhiro Yoshida;Tamio Hayashi

  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Intermolecular Asymmetric Hydroamination with 4,4′‐Disubstituted BINAP and SEGPHOS

    Aiguo Hu;Masamichi Ogasawara;Takeshi Sakamoto;Atsushi Okada

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamotsu Takahashi
Tamotsu Takahashi Hokkaido University
Tamio Hayashi
Tamio Hayashi National Taiwan Normal University
Kiyohiko Nakajima
Kiyohiko Nakajima Aichi University of Education
William E. Streib
William E. Streib Indiana University
Yasuhiro Uozumi
Yasuhiro Uozumi The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Wenbin Lin
Wenbin Lin Westlake University
Atsunori Mori
Atsunori Mori Kobe University
Odile Eisenstein
Odile Eisenstein University of Montpellier
Kenneth G. Caulton
Kenneth G. Caulton Indiana University
Feliu Maseras
Feliu Maseras Institut Català d'Investigació Química

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