Motoo Shiro

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Synthesis and X-ray structure of dumb-bell-shaped C 120

  Guan-Wu Wang;Koichi Komatsu;Yasujiro Murata;Motoo Shiro

  722
  Citations

• A zinc(II) complex of 1,5,9-triazacyclododecane ([12]aneN3) as a model for carbonic anhydrase

  Eiichi Kimura;Takeshi Shiota;Tohru Koike;Motoo Shiro

  504
  Citations

• (S)-3,3‘-Dimethyl-2,2‘-biquinoline N,N‘-Dioxide as an Efficient Catalyst for Enantioselective Addition of Allyltrichlorosilanes to Aldehydes

  Makoto Nakajima;Makoto Saito;Motoo Shiro;Shun-ichi Hashimoto

  407
  Citations

• Asymmetric dearomatizing spirolactonization of naphthols catalyzed by spirobiindane-based chiral hypervalent iodine species.

  Toshifumi Dohi;Naoko Takenaga;Tomofumi Nakae;Yosuke Toyoda

  377
  Citations

• A Tris(ZnII−1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane) Complex as a New Receptor for Phosphate Dianions in Aqueous Solution

  Eiichi Kimura;Shin Aoki;Tohru Koike;Motoo Shiro

  375
  Citations

• Intramolecular Nonbonded S···O Interaction Recognized in (Acylimino)thiadiazoline Derivatives as Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists and Related Compounds

  Yoshimitsu Nagao;Terukage Hirata;Satoru Goto;Shigeki Sano

  365
  Citations

• A NOVEL BIOMIMETIC ZINC(II)-FLUOROPHORE, DANSYLAMIDOETHYL-PENDANT MACROCYCLIC TETRAAMINE 1,4,7,10-TETRAAZACYCLODODECANE (CYCLEN)

  Tohru Koike;Tomohiko Watanabe;Shin Aoki;Eiichi Kimura

  360
  Citations

• Cinchona Alkaloid Catalyzed Enantioselective Fluorination of Allyl Silanes, Silyl Enol Ethers, and Oxindoles

  Takehisa Ishimaru;Norio Shibata;Takao Horikawa;Naomi Yasuda

  357
  Citations

• Tetra-n-butylammonium bromide-water (1/38).

  Wataru Shimada;Motoo Shiro;Hidemasa Kondo;Satoshi Takeya

  350
  Citations

• Trifluoromethanesulfonyl hypervalent iodonium ylide for copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylthiolation of enamines, indoles, and β-keto esters.

  Yu-Dong Yang;Ayaka Azuma;Etsuko Tokunaga;Mikio Yamasaki

  319
  Citations

• First observation of light-induced excited spin state trapping for an iron(III) complex [7]

  Shinya Hayami;Zhong-ze Gu;Motoo Shiro;Yasuaki Einaga

  300
  Citations

• A water-soluble titanium complex for the selective synthesis of nanocrystalline brookite, rutile, and anatase by a hydrothermal method.

  Koji Tomita;Valery Petrykin;Makoto Kobayashi;Motoo Shiro

  296
  Citations

• Novel "Multipoint" Molecular Recognition of Nucleobases by a New Zinc(II) Complex of Acridine-Pendant Cyclen (Cyclen = 1,4,7,10-Tetraazacyclododecane)

  Mitsuhiko Shionoya;Takuya Ikeda;Eiichi Kimura;Motoo Shiro

  295
  Citations

• Enantioselective Fluorination Mediated by Cinchona Alkaloid Derivatives/Selectfluor Combinations: Reaction Scope and Structural Information for N-Fluorocinchona Alkaloids

  Norio Shibata;Emiko Suzuki;Toru Asahi;Motoo Shiro

  289
  Citations

• Metal chelation-controlled twisted intramolecular charge transfer and its application to fluorescent sensing of metal ions and anions.

  Shin Aoki;Daisuke Kagata;Motoo Shiro;Kei Takeda

  285
  Citations

• A new ternary zinc(II) complex with [12]aneN4 (=1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane) and AZT (=3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine). Highly selective recognition of thymidine and its related nucleosides by a zinc(II) macrocyclic tetraamine complex with novel complementary associations

  Mitsuhiko Shionoya;Eiichi Kimura;Motoo Shiro

  284
  Citations

• Efficient incorporation of a copper hydroxypyridone base pair in DNA.

  Kentaro Tanaka;Atsushi Tengeiji;Tatsuhisa Kato;Namiki Toyama

  274
  Citations

• Recognition of phosphate monoester dianion by an alkoxide-bridged dinuclear zinc(II) complex

  Eiji Kinoshita;Makoto Takahashi;Hironori Takeda;Motoo Shiro

  271
  Citations

• A novel chiral porous metal-organic framework: asymmetric ring opening reaction of epoxide with amine in the chiral open space.

  Koichi Tanaka;Shinji Oda;Motoo Shiro

  265
  Citations

• The catalytic carboxyester hydrolysis by a new zinc(II) complex with an alcohol-pendant cyclen (1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane): A novel model for indirect activation of the serine nucleophile by zinc(II) in zinc enzymes

  Tohru Koike;Satoko Kajitani;Ikushi Nakamura;Eiichi Kimura

  262
  Citations