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Takahiko Akiyama

Takahiko Akiyama

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Chemistry

D-Index
61
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18936
World Ranking
9109
National Ranking
641

Overview

Takahiko Akiyama is affiliated with Gakushuin University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a significant focus on Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry as subfields. Additional work includes Pharmaceutical Science, Inorganic Chemistry, and Spectroscopy.

Their research topics encompass a variety of areas within chemical sciences, including:

  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry

Recent publications by Akiyama include works published from 2021 through 2024, reflecting ongoing active research in organic synthesis and catalysis. Selected recent papers are:

  • Visible-Light-Driven C-S Bond Formation Based on Electron Donor-Acceptor Excitation and Hydrogen Atom Transfer Combined System, 2021, ACS Organic & Inorganic Au
  • Visible-Light-Driven Enantioselective Radical Addition to Imines Enabled by the Excitation of a Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Imine Complex, 2022, ACS Catalysis
  • Dual-Role Halogen-Bonding-Assisted EDA-SET/HAT Photoreaction System with Phenol Catalyst and Aryl Iodide: Visible-Light-Driven Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation, 2022, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Palladium(II) Complex Catalyzed Asymmetric Desymmetrization of Biaryl Compounds by C(sp3)-H Activation, 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Recent advances in catalytic asymmetric synthesis, 2024, Frontiers in Chemistry

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Akiyama include Tatsuhiro Uchikura, Masahiro Yamanaka, Yudai Makino, Hiroto Osakabe, and Riku Suzuki. The partnership with Tatsuhiro Uchikura appears particularly extensive.

Akiyama's work has been published repeatedly in various scientific venues, with several papers appearing in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic Letters
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Chemical Communications
  • ACS Organic & Inorganic Au

Best Publications

  • Stronger Brønsted acids

    Takahiko Akiyama

  • Enantioselective Mannich‐Type Reaction Catalyzed by a Chiral Brønsted Acid

    Takahiko Akiyama;Junji Itoh;Koji Yokota;Kohei Fuchibe

  • Recent Progress in Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalysis

    Takahiko Akiyama;Junji Itoh;Kohei Fuchibe

  • Stronger Brønsted Acids: Recent Progress.

    Takahiko Akiyama;Keiji Mori;Keiji Mori

  • Chiral Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Inverse Electron-Demand Aza Diels−Alder Reaction

    Takahiko Akiyama;Hisashi Morita;Kohei Fuchibe

  • Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydrophosphonylation of Imines: Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Amino Phosphonates

    Takahiko Akiyama;Hisashi Morita;and Junji Itoh;Kohei Fuchibe

  • Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Friedel–Crafts Alkylation of Indoles with Nitroalkenes: Cooperative Effect of 3 Å Molecular Sieves

    Junji Itoh;Kohei Fuchibe;Kohei Fuchibe;Takahiko Akiyama

  • Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Mannich-Type Reaction

    Masahiro Yamanaka;Junji Itoh;Kohei Fuchibe;Takahiko Akiyama

  • Selective Activation of Enantiotopic C(sp3)−Hydrogen by Means of Chiral Phosphoric Acid: Asymmetric Synthesis of Tetrahydroquinoline Derivatives

    Keiji Mori;Kensuke Ehara;Kazuki Kurihara;Takahiko Akiyama

  • Enantioselective synthesis of multisubstituted biaryl skeleton by chiral phosphoric acid catalyzed desymmetrization/kinetic resolution sequence.

    Keiji Mori;Yuki Ichikawa;Manato Kobayashi;Yukihiro Shibata

  • Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Aza-Diels–Alder Reaction of Brassard's Diene with Imines

    Junji Itoh;Kohei Fuchibe;Takahiko Akiyama

  • Low-Valent Niobium-Mediated Double Activation of C−F/C−H Bonds: Fluorene Synthesis from o-Arylated α,α,α-Trifluorotoluene Derivatives

    Kohei Fuchibe;Takahiko Akiyama

  • Enantiodivergent Atroposelective Synthesis of Chiral Biaryls by Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation: Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Dynamic Kinetic Resolution.

    Keiji Mori;Keiji Mori;Tsubasa Itakura;Takahiko Akiyama

  • Benzothiazoline: Highly Efficient Reducing Agent for the Enantioselective Organocatalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketimines

    Chen Zhu;Takahiko Akiyama

  • Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation: Facile Synthetic Access to Highly Optically Active Trifluoromethylated Amines

    Alexander Henseler;Masanori Kato;Keiji Mori;Takahiko Akiyama

  • Benzothiazoline: Versatile Hydrogen Donor for Organocatalytic Transfer Hydrogenation

    Chen Zhu;Kodai Saito;Masahiro Yamanaka;Takahiko Akiyama

  • Expeditious Construction of a Carbobicyclic Skeleton via sp3-C−H Functionalization: Hydride Shift from an Aliphatic Tertiary Position in an Internal Redox Process

    Keiji Mori;Shosaku Sueoka;Takahiko Akiyama

  • Enantioselective aza-Darzens reaction catalyzed by a chiral phosphoric acid.

    Takahiko Akiyama;Tohru Suzuki;Keiji Mori

  • Enantioselective Mannich-type reaction catalyzed by a chiral bronsted acid derived from TADDOL

    Takahiko Akiyama;Youichi Saitoh;Hisashi Morita;Kohei Fuchibe

  • Enantioselective Aza-Diels-Alder Reaction Catalyzed by a Chiral Brønsted Acid: Effect of the Additive on the Enantioselectivity

    Takahiko Akiyama;Yukio Tamura;Junji Itoh;Hisashi Morita

Frequent Co-Authors

Chen Zhu
Chen Zhu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Teruaki Mukaiyama
Teruaki Mukaiyama Kitasato University
Renji Okazaki
Renji Okazaki University of Tokyo
Kin-ya Akiba
Kin-ya Akiba Hiroshima University
Santos Fustero
Santos Fustero University of Valencia
Kentaro Yamaguchi
Kentaro Yamaguchi Tokushima Bunri University
Shigeru Sakamoto
Shigeru Sakamoto Chiba University
Shigeki Kato
Shigeki Kato Kyoto University
Fernando P. Cossío
Fernando P. Cossío University of the Basque Country
Yasuhiko Yoshida
Yasuhiko Yoshida Toyo University

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