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Takeo Kawabata

Takeo Kawabata

Kyoto University
Japan

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
42
Citations
6422
World Ranking
17531
National Ranking
1388

Takeo Kawabata publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Takeo Kawabata sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 303 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Takeo Kawabata D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Takeo Kawabata sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Takeo Kawabata is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of chemistry and materials science, with significant contributions in organic chemistry and materials chemistry. Their work also touches on molecular biology, spectroscopy, and inorganic chemistry as subfields.

Their main research topics include:

  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes

Takeo Kawabata's recent publications illustrate their focus on synthetic and catalytic methodologies in chemistry. Selected papers include:

  • Enantioselective preparation of mechanically planar chiral rotaxanes by kinetic resolution strategy, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Seven-Step Stereodivergent Total Syntheses of Punicafolin and Macaranganin, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Solvent-Dependent Mechanism and Stereochemistry of Mitsunobu Glycosylation with Unprotected Pyranoses, 2020, Organic Letters
  • Conformational Control in Dirhodium(II) Paddlewheel Catalysts Supported by Chalcogen-Bonding Interactions for Stereoselective Intramolecular C-H Insertion Reactions, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Chemoselective Oxidation of p-Methoxybenzyl Ethers by an Electronically Tuned Nitroxyl Radical Catalyst, 2020, Organic Letters

The venues where Takeo Kawabata has frequently published include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Synlett
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Organic Letters

Throughout their career, Takeo Kawabata has collaborated extensively with several researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Y. Ueda
  • Takumi Furuta
  • Shohei Hamada
  • Takahiro Sasamori
  • Koki Fujimura

Takeo Kawabata's work is characterized by a concentration on asymmetric synthesis techniques, catalytic reactions, and crystallographic analysis, contributing to advances in chemical synthesis and materials chemistry. Their interdisciplinary approach is reflected in their engagement with various subfields and topics within chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Nonenzymatic Kinetic Resolution of Racemic Alcohols through an “Induced Fit” Process

    Takeo Kawabata;Minoru Nagato;Kiyosei Takasu;Kaoru Fuji

  • A Catalytic One-Step Process for the Chemo- and Regioselective Acylation of Monosaccharides

    Takeo Kawabata;Wataru Muramatsu;Tadashi Nishio;Takeshi Shibata

  • Memory of chirality: enantioselective alkylation reactions at an asymmetric carbon adjacent to a carbonyl group

    Takeo Kawabata;Kiyoshi Yahiro;Kaoru Fuji

  • Centrality Dependence of π0 and η Production at Large Transverse Momentum in √sNN = 200GeV d + Au Collisions

    S. S. Adler;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;N. N. Ajitanand

  • Memory of Chirality—A New Principle in Enolate Chemistry

    Kaoru Fuji;Takeo Kawabata

  • J/ψ production and nuclear effects for d+Au and p+p collisions at sNN=200GeV

    S. S. Adler;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;N. N. Ajitanand

  • Novel syntheses of the carbapenem key intermediates, (3R,4R)-4-acetoxy-3-[(R)-1-(t-butyldimethylsilyloxy)ethyl]-2-azetidinone and (3S,4R)-3-[(R)-1-(t-butyldimethylsilyloxy)ethyl]-4-carboxymethyl-2-azetidinone, from (S)-ethyl lactate

    Yoshio Ito;Yuko Kobayashi;Takeo Kawabata;Mitsuru Takase

  • A Chiral Nonracemic Enolate with Dynamic Axial Chirality: Direct Asymmetric alpha-Methylation of alpha-Amino Acid Derivatives This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas (No. 706: Dynamic Control of Stereochemistry) from the Ministry of Education (Monbusho), Japan.

    Kawabata T;Suzuki H;Nagae Y;Fuji K

  • Total synthesis of spirotryprostatin B via asymmetric nitroolefination.

    Trusar D. Bagul;Gingipalli Lakshmaiah;Takeo Kawabata;Kaoru Fuji

  • Kinetic resolution of amino alcohol derivatives with a chiral nucleophilic catalyst: access to enantiopure cyclic cis-amino alcohols

    Takeo Kawabata;Kensaku Yamamoto;Yashima Momose;Hiroshi Yoshida

  • High transverse momentum η meson production in p+p, d+Au, and Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV

    S. S. Adler;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala;C. Aidala;N. N. Ajitanand

  • Asymmetric Cyclization via Memory of Chirality: A Concise Access to Cyclic Amino Acids with a Quaternary Stereocenter

    Takeo Kawabata;Shimpei Kawakami;Swapan Majumdar

  • Powdered KOH in DMSO: an efficient base for asymmetric cyclization via memory of chirality at ambient temperature.

    Takeo Kawabata;Katsuhiko Moriyama;Shimpei Kawakami;Kazunori Tsubaki

  • Total Synthesis of Ellagitannins through Regioselective Sequential Functionalization of Unprotected Glucose

    Hironori Takeuchi;Kenji Mishiro;Yoshihiro Ueda;Yusuke Fujimori

  • Preparation and properties of chiral 4-pyrrolidinopyridine (PPY) analogues with dual functional side chains

    Takeo Kawabata;Roland Stragies;Takayuki Fukaya;Yoshie Nagaoka

  • Functional group tolerance in organocatalytic regioselective acylation of carbohydrates.

    Yoshihiro Ueda;Wataru Muramatsu;Kenji Mishiro;Takumi Furuta

  • Direct Asymmetric .alpha.-Alkylation of Phenylalanine Derivatives Using No External Chiral Sources

    Takeo Kawabata;Thomas Wirth;Kiyoshi Yahiro;Hideo Suzuki

  • Charged hadron multiplicity fluctuations in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions from √SNN = 22.5 to 200 GeV

    A. Adare;S. S. Adler;S. Afanasiev;C. Aidala

  • Memory of Chirality: Asymmetric Induction Based on the Dynamic Chirality of Enolates

    Takeo Kawabata;Kaoru Fuji

  • Hard acid and soft nucleophile system. IV. Removal of benzyl protecting group with boron trifluoride etherate and dimethyl sulflide.

    Kaoru Fuji;Takeo Kawabata;Eiichi Fujita

  • Stereochemical diversity in asymmetric cyclization via memory of chirality.

    Takeo Kawabata;Seiji Matsuda;Shimpei Kawakami;Daiki Monguchi

  • Total Synthesis of (-)-Horsfiline via Asymmetric Nitroolefination.

    Gingipalli Lakshmaiah;Takeo Kawabata;Muhong Shang;Kaoru Fuji

  • Regioselective Diversification of a Cardiac Glycoside, Lanatoside C, by Organocatalysis

    Yoshihiro Ueda;Kenji Mishiro;Keisuke Yoshida;Takumi Furuta

  • Oligonaphthofurans: Fan-Shaped and Three-Dimensional π-Compounds

    Kentaro Nakanishi;Daisuke Fukatsu;Kazuto Takaishi;Taiki Tsuji

Frequent Co-Authors

J. L. Nagle
J. L. Nagle University of Colorado Boulder
Jen-Chieh Peng
Jen-Chieh Peng University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Julia Velkovska
Julia Velkovska Vanderbilt University
S. Nagamiya
S. Nagamiya Japan Atomic Energy Agency
E. R. Kinney
E. R. Kinney University of Colorado Boulder
D. P. Morrison
D. P. Morrison Brookhaven National Laboratory
A. Kiss
A. Kiss Eötvös Loránd University
Joakim Nystrand
Joakim Nystrand University of Bergen

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