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Naoto Chatani

Naoto Chatani

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Chemistry
Japan
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
116
Citations
44796
World Ranking
600
National Ranking
22

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

Naoto Chatani is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their research has a strong focus on Organic Chemistry, with significant work also conducted in Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

Their scientific contributions encompass several main topics including:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry

Chatani has an extensive publication record with frequent papers appearing in venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database (40 publications)
  • ACS Catalysis (9 publications)
  • Chemistry Letters (9 publications)
  • Organic Letters (6 publications)
  • Chemical Communications (5 publications)

Among their recent papers are:

  • Bidentate Directing Groups: An Efficient Tool in C-H Bond Functionalization Chemistry for the Expedient Construction of C-C Bonds, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • C-H activation, 2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • Strategic evolution in transition metal-catalyzed directed C-H bond activation and future directions, 2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • Nickel-Catalyzed C−H Functionalization Using A Non-directed Strategy, 2020, Chem
  • Regioselective Transition-Metal-Free C(sp2)−H Borylation: A Subject of Practical and Ongoing Interest in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Naoto Chatani has collaborated with several researchers on many projects, notably frequent co-authors include:

  • Yusuke Ano
  • Shrikant M. Khake
  • Supriya Rej
  • Sanjit K. Mahato
  • Ken Yamazaki

Best Publications

  • Catalytic Functionalization of C(sp2) ? H and C(sp3) ? H Bonds by Using Bidentate Directing Groups

    Guy Rouquet;Naoto Chatani

  • Efficient catalytic addition of aromatic carbon-hydrogen bonds to olefins

    Shinji Murai;Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Shinya Sekine;Yasuo Tanaka

  • Catalytic Methods for C ? H Bond Functionalization: Application in Organic Synthesis

    Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Naoto Chatani

  • Bidentate Directing Groups: An Efficient Tool in C-H Bond Functionalization Chemistry for the Expedient Construction of C-C Bonds.

    Supriya Rej;Yusuke Ano;Naoto Chatani

  • Cross-Couplings Using Aryl Ethers via C-O Bond Activation Enabled by Nickel Catalysts.

    Mamoru Tobisu;Naoto Chatani

  • Katalytische Funktionalisierung von C(sp2)-H- und C(sp3)-H-Bindungen unter Verwendung von zweizähnigen dirigierenden Gruppen

    Guy Rouquet;Naoto Chatani

  • C–H activation

    Torben Rogge;Nikolaos Kaplaneris;Naoto Chatani;Jinwoo Kim

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Direct Alkylation of C–H Bonds in Benzamides and Acrylamides with Functionalized Alkyl Halides via Bidentate-Chelation Assistance

    Yoshinori Aihara;Naoto Chatani

  • Catalytic reactions involving the cleavage of carbon–cyano and carbon–carbon triple bonds

    Mamoru Tobisu;Naoto Chatani

  • Nickel-catalyzed direct arylation of C(sp3)-H bonds in aliphatic amides via bidentate-chelation assistance.

    Yoshinori Aihara;Naoto Chatani

  • Nickel-catalyzed chelation-assisted transformations involving ortho C-H bond activation: regioselective oxidative cycloaddition of aromatic amides to alkynes.

    Hirotaka Shiota;Yusuke Ano;Yoshinori Aihara;Yoshiya Fukumoto

  • Nickel Catalysts/N,N′-Bidentate Directing Groups: An Excellent Partnership in Directed C–H Activation Reactions

    Luis C. Misal Castro;Naoto Chatani

  • Palladium-catalyzed direct ethynylation of C(sp3)-H bonds in aliphatic carboxylic acid derivatives.

    Yusuke Ano;Mamoru Tobisu;Naoto Chatani

  • A Ruthenium-Catalyzed Reaction of Aromatic Ketones with Arylboronates: A New Method for the Arylation of Aromatic Compounds via C−H Bond Cleavage

    Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Shintaro Kan;Kimitaka Igi;Naoto Chatani

  • Nickel‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling of Aryl Methyl Ethers with Aryl Boronic Esters

    Mamoru Tobisu;Toshiaki Shimasaki;Naoto Chatani

  • Ru3(CO)12-Catalyzed Coupling Reaction of sp3 C−H Bonds Adjacent to a Nitrogen Atom in Alkylamines with Alkenes

    Naoto Chatani;Taku Asaumi;Shuhei Yorimitsu;Tsutomu Ikeda

  • Catalytic Addition of Aromatic Carbon–Hydrogen Bonds to Olefins with the Aid of Ruthenium Complexes

    Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Shinya Sekine;Yasuo Tanaka;Asayuki Kamatani

  • Modular Synthesis of Phenanthridine Derivatives by Oxidative Cyclization of 2-Isocyanobiphenyls with Organoboron Reagents†

    Mamoru Tobisu;Keika Koh;Takayuki Furukawa;Naoto Chatani

  • A RuH2(CO)(PPh3)3-catalyzed regioselective arylation of aromatic ketones with arylboronates via carbon-hydrogen bond cleavage

    Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Yusuke Matsuura;Shintaro Kan;Naoto Chatani

  • Nickel-catalyzed reaction of arylzinc reagents with N-aromatic heterocycles: a straightforward approach to C-H bond arylation of electron-deficient heteroaromatic compounds.

    Mamoru Tobisu;Isao Hyodo;Naoto Chatani

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed C(sp 2 )- or C(sp 3 )-H Bond Functionalization Assisted by Removable Directing Groups

    Supriya Rej;Naoto Chatani

Frequent Co-Authors

Shinji Murai
Shinji Murai Osaka University
Mamoru Tobisu
Mamoru Tobisu Osaka University
Fumitoshi Kakiuchi
Fumitoshi Kakiuchi Keio University
Kouichi Ohe
Kouichi Ohe Kyoto University
Sensuke Ogoshi
Sensuke Ogoshi Osaka University
Noboru Sonoda
Noboru Sonoda Kansai University
Nobutaka Fujii
Nobutaka Fujii Kyoto University
Hideo Kurosawa
Hideo Kurosawa Osaka University
Qiyuan He
Qiyuan He City University of Hong Kong
Hiroshi Matsuda
Hiroshi Matsuda Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

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