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Tohru Yamada

Tohru Yamada

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Chemistry

D-Index
50
Citations
9013
World Ranking
14374
National Ranking
1118

Overview

Tohru Yamada is affiliated with Keio University in Japan, where they have contributed extensively to research in chemistry and chemical engineering. Their work encompasses a range of subfields within these disciplines, including organic chemistry, process chemistry and technology, materials chemistry, and inorganic chemistry.

Their main areas of study include:

  • Chemistry
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Materials Science

The subfields of study where they have made significant contributions are:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Process Chemistry and Technology
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Their research focuses on several specific topics, highlighted by their publications, including:

  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods

Tohru Yamada has published in various academic journals and venues, with frequent publication records in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry Letters
  • Organic Letters
  • Chemical Communications
  • Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan

Their notable recent papers include the following:

  • Carbon dioxide chemistry towards carbon-neutrality, 2022, Green Chemical Engineering
  • Stereoselective amination via vinyl-silver intermediates derived from silver-catalyzed carboxylative cyclization of propargylamine, 2020, Chemical Communications
  • Decarboxylation-triggered homo-Nazarov cyclization of cyclic enol carbonates catalyzed by rhenium complex, 2021, Chemical Communications
  • Lewis Acid-Mediated Decarboxylative Allylation of Enol Carbonates, 2021, Helvetica Chimica Acta
  • Silver-Catalyzed Carbon Dioxide Fixation on Alkynylindoles, 2022, Organic Letters

They have collaborated frequently with several coauthors, with whom they have published multiple times. The most frequent coauthors include:

  • Kodai Saito
  • Natsuki Kimaru
  • Yoichi Dokai
  • Keiichi Komatsuki
  • Yuta Sadamitsu

Best Publications

  • Recent Advances in Aerobic Oxygenation

    Teruaki Mukaiyama;Tohru Yamada

  • Asymmetric Diels-Alder Reaction Catalyzed by a Chiral Titanium Reagent

    Koichi Narasaka;Nobuharu Iwasawa;Masayuki Inoue;Tohru Yamada

  • Silver-catalyzed carboxylation.

    K. Sekine;T. Yamada

  • Silver‐Catalyzed Incorporation of Carbon Dioxide into Propargylic Alcohols

    Wataru Yamada;Yudai Sugawara;Hau Man Cheng;Taketo Ikeno

  • Direct Epoxidation of Olefins Catalyzed by Nickel(II)Complexes with Molecular Oxygen and Aldehydes.

    Tohru Yamada;Toshihiro Takai;Oliver Rhode;Teruaki Mukaiyama

  • Silver-catalyzed enantioselective carbon dioxide incorporation into bispropargylic alcohols.

    Shunsuke Yoshida;Kosuke Fukui;Satoshi Kikuchi;Tohru Yamada

  • 4-O-Benzyl-23-O-isopropylidene-L-threose: A useful building block for stereoselective synthesis of monosaccharides

    Teruaki Mukaiyama;Keisuke Suzuki;Tohru Yamada;Fujio Tabusa

  • Silver-Catalyzed Incorporation of Carbon Dioxide into o-Alkynylaniline Derivatives

    Tomonobu Ishida;Satoshi Kikuchi;Tatsuyuki Tsubo;Tohru Yamada

  • Silver-catalyzed Preparation of Oxazolidinones from Carbon Dioxide and Propargylic Amines

    Shunsuke Yoshida;Kosuke Fukui;Satoshi Kikuchi;Tohru Yamada

  • Carbon Dioxide-Mediated Catalytic Rearrangement of Propargyl Alcohols into α,β-Unsaturated Ketones

    Yudai Sugawara;Wataru Yamada;Shunsuke Yoshida;Taketo Ikeno

  • Silver-Catalyzed Carbon Dioxide Incorporation and Rearrangement on Propargylic Derivatives

    Satoshi Kikuchi;Shunsuke Yoshida;Yuudai Sugawara;Wataru Yamada

  • Oxidation-Reduction Hydration of Olefins with Molecular Oxygen and 2-Propanol Catalyzed by Bis(acetylacetonato)cobalt(II)

    Teruaki Mukaiyama;Shigeru Isayama;Satoshi Inoki;Koji Kato

  • Asymmetric Hydrocyanation of Aldehydes Using Chiral Titanium Reagents

    Hiroyuki Minamikawa;Satoshi Hayakawa;Tohru Yamada;Nobuharu Iwasawa

  • Aerobic Epoxidation of Olefinic Compounds Catalyzed by Tris(1,3-diketonato)iron(III).

    Toshihiro Takai;Eiichiro Hata;Tohru Yamada;Teruaki Mukaiyama

  • Efficient Preparation of 4-Hydroxyquinolin-2(1H)-one Derivatives with Silver-Catalyzed Carbon Dioxide Incorporation and Intramolecular Rearrangement

    Tomonobu Ishida;Satoshi Kikuchi;Tohru Yamada

  • Highly efficient method for epoxidation of olefins with molecular oxygen and aldehydes catalyzed by nickel(II) complexes.

    Tohru Yamada;Toshihiro Takai;Oliver Rhode;Teruaki Mukaiyama

  • Enantioselective Epoxidation of Unfunctionalized Olefins with Molecular Oxygen and Aldehyde Catalyzed by Optically Active Manganese(III) Complexes

    Tohru Yamada;Kiyomi Imagawa;Takushi Nagata;Teruaki Mukaiyama

  • Enantioselective Henry reaction catalyzed by optically active ketoiminatocobalt complexes

    Youichi Kogami;Takahiro Nakajima;Tomoko Ashizawa;Satoko Kezuka

  • C-C bond formation with carbon dioxide promoted by a silver catalyst.

    Satoshi Kikuchi;Kohei Sekine;Tomonobu Ishida;Tohru Yamada

  • Enantioselective borohydride reduction catalyzed by optically active cobalt complexes.

    Tohru Yamada;Takushi Nagata;Kiyoaki D. Sugi;Kiyotaka Yorozu

Frequent Co-Authors

Teruaki Mukaiyama
Teruaki Mukaiyama Kitasato University
Makoto Mitani
Makoto Mitani Mitsui Chemicals (Germany)
Koichi Narasaka
Koichi Narasaka University of Tokyo
Masayuki Inoue
Masayuki Inoue University of Tokyo
Keisuke Suzuki
Keisuke Suzuki University of Sussex
Nobuharu Iwasawa
Nobuharu Iwasawa Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kyoko Nozaki
Kyoko Nozaki University of Tokyo
Yasuaki Einaga
Yasuaki Einaga Keio University
Shin-ichi Fukuzawa
Shin-ichi Fukuzawa Chuo University

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