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Takahiro Nishimura is a researcher affiliated with Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan, specializing in the field of chemistry. Their work predominantly focuses on organic chemistry, with extensions into inorganic and materials chemistry. Nishimura's research encompasses subfields such as organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, molecular biology, and process chemistry and technology.

Their main research topics include asymmetric hydrogenation and catalysis, catalytic C-H functionalization methods, synthesis and catalytic reactions, catalytic cross-coupling reactions, asymmetric synthesis and catalysis, cyclopropane reaction mechanisms, and synthetic organic chemistry methods.

Nishimura has contributed extensively to scientific literature with a total of 63 publications in chemistry. Some of the frequent publication venues include:

  • Chemical Communications
  • Synthesis
  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • Organic Letters
  • The Cambridge Structural Database

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Nishimura include:

  • "Iridium-Catalyzed Hydroarylation via C−H Bond Activation" (2021) published in The Chemical Record
  • "Iridium-catalyzed enantioselective addition of an N-methyl C-H bond to α-trifluoromethylstyrenes via C-H activation" (2021) published in Chemical Communications
  • "Enantioselective synthesis of 3-substituted dihydrobenzofurans through iridium-catalyzed intramolecular hydroarylation" (2020) published in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • "Iridium-Catalyzed Branch-Selective and Enantioselective C2-Alkylation of N-Benzimidazolyl Indoles" (2023) published in Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis
  • "Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Intermolecular Hydroarylation of 1,1-Disubstituted Alkenes" (2023) published in The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Kentaro Yamakawa
  • Kana Sakamoto
  • Kazuhiko Sakaguchi
  • Ryota Yabe
  • Moeko Umeda

Best Publications

  • Palladium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidation of Alcohols to Aldehydes and Ketones by Molecular Oxygen.

    Takahiro Nishimura;Tomoaki Onoue;Kouichi Ohe;Sakae Uemura

  • Palladium-catalyzed asymmetric arylation, vinylation, and allenylation of tert-cyclobutanols via enantioselective C-C bond cleavage.

    Satoshi Matsumura;Yasunari Maeda;Takahiro Nishimura;Sakae Uemura

  • Pd(II)−Hydrotalcite-Catalyzed Oxidation of Alcohols to Aldehydes and Ketones Using Atmospheric Pressure of Air

    Nobuyuki Kakiuchi;Yasunari Maeda;Takahiro Nishimura;Sakae Uemura

  • Asymmetric Synthesis of (Triaryl)methylamines by Rhodium-Catalyzed Addition of Arylboroxines to Cyclic N-Sulfonyl Ketimines

    Takahiro Nishimura;Akira Noishiki;Gavin Chit Tsui;Tamio Hayashi

  • Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones by molecular oxygen

    Takahiro Nishimura;Tomoaki Onoue;Kouichi Ohe;Sakae Uemura

  • PALLADIUM(II)-CATALYZED OXIDATIVE RING CLEAVAGE OF TERT-CYCLOBUTANOLS UNDER OXYGEN ATMOSPHERE

    Takahiro Nishimura;Kouichi Ohe;Sakae Uemura

  • Oxovanadium complex-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of propargylic alcohols.

    Yasunari Maeda;Nobuyuki Kakiuchi;Satoshi Matsumura;Takahiro Nishimura

  • Sodium tetraarylborates as effective nucleophiles in rhodium/diene-catalyzed 1,4-addition to beta,beta-disubstituted alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones: catalytic asymmetric construction of quaternary carbon stereocenters.

    Ryo Shintani;Yosuke Tsutsumi;Makoto Nagaosa;Takahiro Nishimura

  • Vanadium-Catalyzed Sulfenylation of Indoles and 2-Naphthols with Thiols under Molecular Oxygen

    Yasunari Maeda;Motonori Koyabu;Takahiro Nishimura;Sakae Uemura

  • The concise synthesis of chiral tfb ligands and their application to the rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric arylation of aldehydes.

    Takahiro Nishimura;Hana Kumamoto;Makoto Nagaosa;Tamio Hayashi

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Rearrangement of Alkynyl Alkenyl Carbinols: Synthetic Equivalent to Asymmetric Conjugate Alkynylation of Enones

    Takahiro Nishimura;Taisuke Katoh;Keishi Takatsu;Ryo Shintani

  • Steric tuning of silylacetylenes and chiral phosphine ligands for rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate alkynylation of enones.

    Takahiro Nishimura;Xun-Xiang Guo;Nanase Uchiyama;Taisuke Katoh

  • Iridium-catalyzed ring cleavage reaction of cyclobutanone O-benzoyloximes providing nitriles.

    Takahiro Nishimura;Tomoaki Yoshinaka;Yoshiki Nishiguchi;Yasunari Maeda

  • Iridium-Catalyzed [3 + 2] Annulation of Cyclic N-Sulfonyl Ketimines with 1,3-Dienes via C–H Activation

    Takahiro Nishimura;Yusuke Ebe;Tamio Hayashi

  • Palladium-catalyzed oxidative alkynylation of alkenes via C-C bond bleavage under oxygen atmosphere

    Takahiro Nishimura;Hitoshi Araki;Yasunari Maeda;Sakae Uemura

  • Palladium(II)-supported hydrotalcite as acatalyst for selective oxidation of alcohols using molecular oxygen

    Takahiro Nishimura;Nobuyuki Kakiuchi;Masashi Inoue;Sakae Uemura

  • Iridium/Chiral Diene-Catalyzed Asymmetric 1,6-Addition of Arylboroxines to α,β,γ,δ-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds

    Takahiro Nishimura;Yuichi Yasuhara;Takahiro Sawano;Tamio Hayashi

  • Rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective 1,6-addition of arylboronic acids to enynamides: asymmetric synthesis of axially chiral allenylsilanes.

    Takahiro Nishimura;Hiroki Makino;Makoto Nagaosa;Tamio Hayashi

  • Copper-Catalyzed Oxidation of Amines with Molecular Oxygen

    Yasunari Maeda;Takahiro Nishimura;Sakae Uemura

  • Hydroxorhodium/Chiral Diene Complexes as Effective Catalysts for the Asymmetric Arylation of 3‐Aryl‐3‐hydroxyisoindolin‐1‐ones

    Takahiro Nishimura;Akira Noishiki;Yusuke Ebe;Tamio Hayashi

  • Synthesis of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters

    R. Shintani;Y. Tsutsumi;M. Nagaosa;T. Nishimura

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamio Hayashi
Tamio Hayashi National Taiwan Normal University
Sakae Uemura
Sakae Uemura Kyoto University
Ryo Shintani
Ryo Shintani Osaka University
Hideki Yorimitsu
Hideki Yorimitsu Kyoto University
Kouichi Ohe
Kouichi Ohe Kyoto University
Masashi Inoue
Masashi Inoue Kyoto University
Wing-Yiu Yu
Wing-Yiu Yu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Fuk Yee Kwong
Fuk Yee Kwong Chinese University of Hong Kong
Albert S. C. Chan
Albert S. C. Chan Sun Yat-sen University
Zen-ichi Yoshida
Zen-ichi Yoshida Kyoto University

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