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Shinji Murai

Shinji Murai

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Chemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
20322
World Ranking
4253
National Ranking
236

Overview

Shinji Murai is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields including Engineering, Medicine, and Chemistry, with key contributions in Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably:

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection
  • Phytochemistry and Bioactivity Studies
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions

Frequent collaborators in their research include Yoshiya Fukumoto, Naoto Chatani, Cathleen M. Crudden, Yuuki Maekawa, and Joshua J. Clarke.

Shinji Murai has published in a variety of journals. Notable venues with multiple publications include the SSRN Electronic Journal, as well as contributions to Materials Today Proceedings, Organic Letters, Orthopaedics & Traumatology Surgery & Research, and Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Bio-inspired synthesis of silver nanoparticles assisted Murraya koneigii leaf extract and its antimicrobial activity, 2020, Materials Today Proceedings
  • Ru3(CO)12-Catalyzed Reaction of 1,6-Diynes, Carbon Monoxide, and Water via the Reductive Coupling of Carbon Monoxide, 2020, Organic Letters
  • Impacts of chemically different surfaces of implants on a biological activity of fibroblast growth factor-2-apatite composite layers formed on the implants, 2020, Orthopaedics & Traumatology Surgery & Research
  • Co2(CO)8-Catalyzed Reactions of Acetals or Lactones with Hydrosilanes and Carbon Monoxide. A New Access to the Preparation of 1,2-Diol Derivatives through Siloxymethylation, 2020, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • Impacts sur l'activité biologique de surfaces d'implants métalliques chimiquement différents couverts d'un composite de facteur de croissance des fibroblastes-2 (FGF-2) et d'apatite, 2021, Revue de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique

Best Publications

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

    Shinji Murai;Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Shinya Sekine;Yasuo Tanaka

  • Catalytic C−H/Olefin Coupling

    Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Shinji Murai

  • 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

  • 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

  • Ruthenium-catalyzed functionalization of aryl carbon-oxygen bonds in aromatic ethers with organoboron compounds.

    Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Mayumi Usui;Satoshi Ueno;Naoto Chatani

  • Activation of Unreactive Bonds and Organic Synthesis

    Shinji Murai;H. Alper;R. A. Gossage;V. V. Grushin

  • Highly Selective Skeletal Reorganization of 1,6- and 1,7-Enynes to 1-Vinylcycloalkenes Catalyzed by [RuCl2(CO)3]2

    Naoto Chatani;Tsumoru Morimoto;Toyoshige Muto;Shinji Murai

  • PtCl2-Catalyzed Conversion of 1,6- and 1,7-Enynes to 1-Vinylcycloalkenes. Anomalous Bond Connection in Skeletal Reorganization of Enynes

    Naoto Chatani;Naoyuki Furukawa;and Hitoshi Sakurai;Shinji Murai

  • Carbonylation at sp3 C−H Bonds Adjacent to a Nitrogen Atom in Alkylamines Catalyzed by Rhodium Complexes

    Naoto Chatani;Taku Asaumi;Tsutomu Ikeda;Shuhei Yorimitsu

  • Catalytic Addition of Aromatic C–H Bonds to Acetylenes

    Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Yoshimi Yamamoto;Naoto Chatani;Shinji Murai

  • Atropselective alkylation of biaryl compounds by means of transition metal-catalyzed C–H/olefin coupling

    Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Pierre Le Gendre;Airi Yamada;Hisashi Ohtaki

  • Construction of Novel Polycyclic Ring Systems by Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of Ene−Ene−Ynes. Interception of a Carbenoid Intermediate in Skeletal Reorganization of Enynes

    Naoto Chatani;and Ken Kataoka;Shinji Murai;Naoyuki Furukawa and

  • Ru3(CO)12-Catalyzed Reaction of Pyridylbenzenes with Carbon Monoxide and Olefins. Carbonylation at a C−H Bond in the Benzene Ring

    Naoto Chatani;Yutaka Ie;Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Shinji Murai

  • Ru3(CO)12-Catalyzed Decarbonylative Cleavage of a C−C Bond of Alkyl Phenyl Ketones

    Naoto Chatani;Yutaka Ie;Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Shinji Murai

  • Activation of C-H Bonds: Catalytic Reactions

    Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Shinji Murai

  • Ru3(CO)12-Catalyzed Coupling of Heteroaromatic C−H/CO/Olefins. Regioselective Acylation of the Imidazole Ring

    Naoto Chatani;Takahide Fukuyama;Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Shinji Murai

  • Skeletal Reorganization of Enynes to 1-Vinylcycloalkenes Catalyzed by GaCl3

    Naoto Chatani;Hiroki Inoue;Taiichi Kotsuma;Shinji Murai

  • Ru3(CO)12-Catalyzed Cyclocarbonylation of 1,6-Enynes to Bicyclo[3.3.0]octenones

    Tsumoru Morimoto;Naoto Chatani;Yoshiya Fukumoto;Shinji Murai

  • Ruthenium-Catalyzed Addition of Carbon–Hydrogen Bonds in Aromatic Ketones to Olefins. The Effect of Various Substituents at the Aromatic Ring

    Motohiro Sonoda;Fumitoshi Kakiuchi;Naoto Chatani;Shinji Murai

Frequent Co-Authors

Naoto Chatani
Naoto Chatani Osaka University
Noboru Sonoda
Noboru Sonoda Kansai University
Fumitoshi Kakiuchi
Fumitoshi Kakiuchi Keio University
Nobuaki Kambe
Nobuaki Kambe Osaka University
Kouichi Ohe
Kouichi Ohe Kyoto University
Ilhyong Ryu
Ilhyong Ryu Osaka Metropolitan University
Sensuke Ogoshi
Sensuke Ogoshi Osaka University
Mamoru Tobisu
Mamoru Tobisu Osaka University
Hideo Kurosawa
Hideo Kurosawa Osaka University
Nobutaka Fujii
Nobutaka Fujii Kyoto University

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