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Takao Ikariya is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with notable emphasis on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry. Key sub-disciplines also include Process Chemistry and Technology alongside Oncology.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, such as Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis, and Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis. Additional research areas involve Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis, Metal Complexes Synthesis and Properties, and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Yohei Kashiwame, Shigeki Kuwata, Yoshihito Kayaki, Yasuhiro Sato, and Yuichi Kawata. These collaborations reflect consistent interdisciplinary approaches in their research projects.

Their most common publication venues include The Cambridge Structural Database, which features their work prominently. Other venues where the scientist has published include Chemical Communications, Molecules, Polyhedron, and Preprints.org.

Recent published papers by Takao Ikariya demonstrate the range of their research interests and are listed as follows:

  • Transfer hydrogenation of carbon dioxide via bicarbonate promoted by bifunctional C-N chelating Cp*Ir complexes, 2020, Chemical Communications
  • New Bifunctional Bis(azairidacycle) with Axial Chirality via Double Cyclometalation of 2,2'-Bis(aminomethyl)-1,1'-binaphthyl, 2021, Molecules
  • Synthesis, structures, and reactivities of six-membered C N chelate protic pyrazole complexes of iridium, 2021, Polyhedron
  • New Bifunctional Bis(azairidacycle) with Axial Chirality via Double Cyclometalation of 2,2'-Bis(aminomethyl)-1,1'-binaphthyl, 2021, Preprints.org
  • Synthesis of N,O-Chelating Hydrazidopalladium Complexes from 1,2-Bis(trifluoroacetyl)hydrazine, 2021, Inorganics

Best Publications

  • Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Aromatic Ketones Catalyzed by Chiral Ruthenium(II) Complexes

    Shohei Hashiguchi;Akio Fujii;Jun Takehara;Takao Ikariya

  • Homogeneous Catalysis in Supercritical Fluids.

    Philip G. Jessop;Takao Ikariya;Ryoji Noyori

  • Asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones with bifunctional transition metal-based molecular catalysts.

    Takao Ikariya;A. John Blacker

  • The Catalyst Precursor, Catalyst, and Intermediate in the RuII-Promoted Asymmetric Hydrogen Transfer between Alcohols and Ketones

    Karl-Josef Haack;Shohei Hashiguchi;Akio Fujii;Takao Ikariya

  • Homogeneous Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide

    Philip G. Jessop;Takao. Ikariya;Ryoji. Noyori

  • Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Imines

    Nobuyuki Uematsu;Akio Fujii;Shohei Hashiguchi;Takao Ikariya

  • PRACTICAL ENANTIOSELECTIVE HYDROGENATION OF AROMATIC KETONES

    Takeshi Ohkuma;Hirohito Ooka;Shohei Hashiguchi;Takao Ikariya

  • Bifunctional transition metal-based molecular catalysts for asymmetric syntheses.

    Takao Ikariya

  • Homogeneous catalytic hydrogenation of supercritical carbon dioxide

    Philip G. Jessop;Takao Ikariya;Ryoji Noyori

  • trans‐[RuCl2(phosphane)2(1,2‐diamine)] and Chiral trans‐[RuCl2(diphosphane)(1,2‐diamine)]: Shelf‐Stable Precatalysts for the Rapid, Productive, and Stereoselective Hydrogenation of Ketones

    Henri Doucet;Takeshi Ohkuma;Kunihiko Murata;Tohru Yokozawa

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Alkenyl, Cyclopropyl, and Aryl Ketones. RuCl2(xylbinap)(1,2-diamine) as a Precatalyst Exhibiting a Wide Scope

    Takeshi Ohkuma;Masatoshi Koizumi;Henri Doucet;Trang Pham

  • Preferential hydrogenation of aldehydes and ketones.

    Takeshi Ohkuma;Hirohito Ooka;Takao Ikariya;Ryoji Noyori

  • Kinetic Resolution of Racemic Secondary Alcohols by RuII‐Catalyzed Hydrogen Transfer

    Shohei Hashiguchi;Akio Fujii;Karl-Josef Haack;Kazuhiko Matsumura

  • New Chiral Rhodium and Iridium Complexes with Chiral Diamine Ligands for Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Aromatic Ketones

    Kunihiko Murata and;Takao Ikariya;Ryoji Noyori

  • N‐Heterocyclic Carbenes as Efficient Organocatalysts for CO2 Fixation Reactions

    Yoshihito Kayaki;Masafumi Yamamoto;Takao Ikariya

  • Amino alcohol effects on the ruthenium(II)-catalysed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones in propan-2-ol

    Jun Takehara;Shohei Hashiguchi;Akio Fujii;Shin-ichi Inoue

  • Catalytic Reductive Transformations of Carboxylic and Carbonic Acid Derivatives Using Molecular Hydrogen

    Pavel A. Dub;Takao Ikariya

  • Oxo-tethered ruthenium(II) complex as a bifunctional catalyst for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation and H2 hydrogenation.

    Taichiro Touge;Tomohiko Hakamata;Hideki Nara;Tohru Kobayashi

  • Living Polymerization of Phenylacetylenes Initiated by Rh(C.tplbond.CC6H5)(2,5-norbornadiene)[P(C6H5)3]2

    Yasuhisa Kishimoto;Peter Eckerle;Tatsuya Miyatake;Takao Ikariya

  • Catalytic Production of Dimethylformamide from Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

    Philip G. Jessop;Yi Hsiao;Takao Ikariya;Ryoji Noyori

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryoji Noyori
Ryoji Noyori Nagoya University
Ilya D. Gridnev
Ilya D. Gridnev Tohoku University
Takashi Koike
Takashi Koike Nippon Institute of Technology
Philip G. Jessop
Philip G. Jessop Queen's University
Kohtaro Osakada
Kohtaro Osakada Tokyo Institute of Technology
Akio Yamamoto
Akio Yamamoto Waseda University
Huilin Wan
Huilin Wan Xiamen University
Mizuki Tada
Mizuki Tada Nagoya University
Yasuhiro Iwasawa
Yasuhiro Iwasawa University of Electro-Communications

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