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Shigeki Matsunaga

Shigeki Matsunaga

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Chemistry
Japan
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
109
Citations
37196
World Ranking
855
National Ranking
37

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

Shigeki Matsunaga is a researcher affiliated with Hokkaido University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of chemistry and materials science, with particular emphasis on organic chemistry, materials chemistry, and inorganic chemistry. Additional studies include pharmaceutical science and molecular biology.

The scientist's main topics of work comprise catalytic C-H functionalization methods, synthesis and catalytic reactions, asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, radical photochemical reactions, and cyclopropane reaction mechanisms.

Frequent co-authors of Matsunaga include Tatsuhiko Yoshino, M. Kojima, Yuji Kamei, Yuuki Hirata, and Kosuke Higashida. These collaborations reflect a network of research activity in the related domains of catalysis and synthetic chemistry.

Matsunaga's publications appear regularly in several scientific venues, notably:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Organic Letters

Selected recent papers by Matsunaga illustrate their research scope and include:

  • Diverse Approaches for Enantioselective C−H Functionalization Reactions Using Group 9 CpxMIII Catalysts (2020, Chemistry - A European Journal)
  • The Merger of Photoredox and Cobalt Catalysis (2020, Trends in Chemistry)
  • Chiral Carboxylic Acid Assisted Enantioselective C-H Activation with Achiral CpxMIII (M = Co, Rh, Ir) Catalysts (2021, ACS Catalysis)
  • Silane- and peroxide-free hydrogen atom transfer hydrogenation using ascorbic acid and cobalt-photoredox dual catalysis (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Cobalt(III)/Chiral Carboxylic Acid-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of Benzothiadiazine-1-oxides via C−H Activation (2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)

Best Publications

  • X-ray analysis on the nanogram to microgram scale using porous complexes

    Yasuhide Inokuma;Shota Yoshioka;Junko Ariyoshi;Tatsuhiko Arai

  • Antitumor polyketide biosynthesis by an uncultivated bacterial symbiont of the marine sponge Theonella swinhoei

    Jörn Piel;Dequan Hui;Gaiping Wen;Daniel Butzke

  • An environmental bacterial taxon with a large and distinct metabolic repertoire

    Micheal C. Wilson;Tetsushi Mori;Christian Rückert;Agustinus R. Uria

  • A Cationic High-Valent Cp*CoIIIComplex for the Catalytic Generation of Nucleophilic Organometallic Species: Directed CH Bond Activation

    Tatsuhiko Yoshino;Hideya Ikemoto;Shigeki Matsunaga;Motomu Kanai

  • Recent progress in asymmetric bifunctional catalysis using multimetallic systems.

    Masakatsu Shibasaki;Motomu Kanai;Shigeki Matsunaga;Naoya Kumagai

  • Pyrroloindolone synthesis via a Cp*Co(III)-catalyzed redox-neutral directed C-H alkenylation/annulation sequence.

    Hideya Ikemoto;Tatsuhiko Yoshino;Ken Sakata;Shigeki Matsunaga

  • (Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)cobalt(III)‐Catalyzed C–H Bond Functionalization: From Discovery to Unique Reactivity and Selectivity

    Tatsuhiko Yoshino;Shigeki Matsunaga

  • Air‐Stable Carbonyl(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)cobalt Diiodide Complex as a Precursor for Cationic (Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)cobalt(III) Catalysis: Application for Directed C‐2 Selective CH Amidation of Indoles

    Bo Sun;Tatsuhiko Yoshino;Shigeki Matsunaga;Motomu Kanai

  • Bioactive marine metabolites. Part 16. Calyculin A. A novel antitumor metabolite from the marine sponge Discodermia calyx

    Yuko. Kato;Nobuhiro. Fusetani;Shigeki. Matsunaga;Kanehisa. Hashimoto

  • Cp*Co(III) Catalyzed Site-Selective C-H Activation of Unsymmetrical O-Acyl Oximes: Synthesis of Multisubstituted Isoquinolines from Terminal and Internal Alkynes.

    Bo Sun;Tatsuhiko Yoshino;Motomu Kanai;Shigeki Matsunaga

  • Dehydrative Direct CH Allylation with Allylic Alcohols under [Cp*CoIII] Catalysis

    Yudai Suzuki;Bo Sun;Ken Sakata;Tatsuhiko Yoshino;Tatsuhiko Yoshino

  • Metagenome Mining Reveals Polytheonamides as Posttranslationally Modified Ribosomal Peptides

    Michael F. Freeman;Cristian Gurgui;Maximilian J. Helf;Brandon I. Morinaka

  • Design and application of linked-BINOL chiral ligands in bifunctional asymmetric catalysis

    Masakatsu Shibasaki;Shigeki Matsunaga

  • A Bench-Stable Homodinuclear Ni2−Schiff Base Complex for Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Tetrasubstituted anti-α,β-Diamino Acid Surrogates

    Zhihua Chen;Hiroyuki Morimoto;Shigeki Matsunaga;Masakatsu Shibasaki

  • Recent advances in cooperative bimetallic asymmetric catalysis: dinuclear Schiff base complexes

    Shigeki Matsunaga;Masakatsu Shibasaki

  • Bioactive marine metabolites. 33. Cyclotheonamides, potent thrombin inhibitors, from a marine sponge Theonella sp

    Nobuhiro Fusetani;Shigeki Matsunaga;Hisao Matsumoto;Yukihiro Takebayashi

  • Structure of maitotoxin

    Michio Murata;Hideo Naoki;Takashi Iwashita;Shigeki Matsunaga

  • Bismuth-catalyzed direct substitution of the hydroxy group in alcohols with sulfonamides, carbamates, and carboxamides.

    Hongbo Qin;Noriyuki Yamagiwa;Shigeki Matsunaga;Masakatsu Shibasaki

  • Anatoxin-a(s), a potent anticholinesterase from Anabaena flos-aquae

    Shigeki Matsunaga;Richard E. Moore;Walter P. Niemczura;Wayne W. Carmichael

  • Catalytic Enantioselective meso-Epoxide Ring Opening Reaction with Phenolic Oxygen Nucleophile Promoted by Gallium Heterobimetallic Multifunctional Complexes

    Shigeki Matsunaga;Jagattaran Das;Jochen Roels;Erasmus M. Vogl

  • Heterobimetallic transition metal/rare earth metal bifunctional catalysis: a Cu/Sm/Schiff base complex for syn-selective catalytic asymmetric nitro-Mannich reaction.

    Shinya Handa;Vijay Gnanadesikan;Shigeki Matsunaga;Masakatsu Shibasaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Nobuhiro Fusetani
Nobuhiro Fusetani Waseda University
Masakatsu Shibasaki
Masakatsu Shibasaki University of Tokyo
Motomu Kanai
Motomu Kanai University of Tokyo
Naoya Kumagai
Naoya Kumagai University of Tokyo
Takashi Ohshima
Takashi Ohshima Kyushu University
Minoru Yoshida
Minoru Yoshida University of Tokyo
Kouichi Hashimoto
Kouichi Hashimoto Hiroshima University
Shugo Watabe
Shugo Watabe Kitasato University
Hideaki Kakeya
Hideaki Kakeya Kyoto University
Sachiko Tsukamoto
Sachiko Tsukamoto Kumamoto University

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