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Tsuneo Imamoto

Tsuneo Imamoto

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
15164
World Ranking
6940
National Ranking
447

Tsuneo Imamoto 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 Tsuneo Imamoto sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 365 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tsuneo Imamoto 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 Tsuneo Imamoto sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tsuneo Imamoto is affiliated with Chiba University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of chemistry, with a focus on asymmetric catalysis and synthetic methodologies. Their research predominantly encompasses organic chemistry, with significant intersections in inorganic chemistry, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, and pharmaceutical science.

The primary topics addressed in their work include:

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Organoboron and Organosilicon Chemistry
  • Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods

Among their recent publications are:

  • "P-Stereogenic Phosphorus Ligands in Asymmetric Catalysis," 2024, Chemical Reviews
  • "Backbone-Modified C2-Symmetrical Chiral Bisphosphine TMS-QuinoxP*: Asymmetric Borylation of Racemic Allyl Electrophiles," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Synthesis and applications of high-performance P-chiral phosphine ligands," 2021, Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B
  • "Conformationally Fixed Chiral Bisphosphine Ligands by Steric Modulators on the Ligand Backbone: Selective Synthesis of Strained 1,2-Disubstituted Chiral cis-Cyclopropanes," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Cu(I)-Catalyzed Enantioselective γ-Boryl Substitution of Trifluoromethyl- and Silyl-Substituted Alkenes," 2022, European Journal of Organic Chemistry

They have frequently published in venues such as:

  • Chemical Reviews
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent collaborators in their research include Hajime Ito, Hiroaki Iwamoto, Yu Ozawa, Yuta Hayashi, and Yuta Takenouchi, illustrating a consistent network of partnerships in their scholarly work.

Best Publications

  • Reactions of carbonyl compounds with Grignard reagents in the presence of cerium chloride

    Tsuneo Imamoto;Nobuyuki Takiyama;Kimikazu Nakamura;Toshihiko Hatajima

  • Synthesis and reactions of phosphine-boranes. Synthesis of new bidentate ligands with homochiral phosphine centers via optically pure phosphine-boranes

    Tsuneo Imamoto;Toshiyuki Oshiki;Takashi Onozawa;Tetsuo Kusumoto

  • Carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions using cerium metal or organocerium(III) reagents

    Tsuneo Imamoto;Tetsuo Kusumoto;Yoshinori Tawarayama;Yasushi Sugiura

  • P-CHIRAL BIS(TRIALKYLPHOSPHINE) LIGANDS AND THEIR USE IN HIGHLY ENANTIOSELECTIVE HYDROGENATION REACTIONS

    Tsuneo Imamoto;Junko Watanabe;Yoshiyuki Wada;Hideki Masuda

  • An air-stable P-chiral phosphine ligand for highly enantioselective transition-metal-catalyzed reactions.

    Tsuneo Imamoto;Keitaro Sugita;Kazuhiro Yoshida

  • Organocerium reagents. Nucleophilic addition to easily enolizable ketones

    Tsuneo Imamoto;Yasushi Sugiura;Nobuyuki Takiyama

  • Methylene-Bridged P-Chiral Diphosphines in Highly Enantioselective Reactions.

    Yoshinori Yamanoi;Tsuneo Imamoto

  • Rigid P-chiral phosphine ligands with tert-butylmethylphosphino groups for rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of functionalized alkenes.

    Tsuneo Imamoto;Ken Tamura;Zhenfeng Zhang;Yumi Horiuchi

  • On the Mechanism of Stereoselection in Rh-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation: A General Approach for Predicting the Sense of Enantioselectivity

    Ilya D. Gridnev;Tsuneo Imamoto

  • Phosphine oxides and lithium aluminum hydride-sodium borohydride-cerium(III) chloride: synthesis and reactions of phosphine-boranes

    Tsuneo Imamoto;Tetsuo Kusumoto;Nobuyo Suzuki;Kazuhiko Sato

  • Recent Developments in Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation Employing P‐Chirogenic Diphosphine Ligands

    Karen V. L. Crépy;Tsuneo Imamoto

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Enamides with Rh-BisP* and Rh-MiniPHOS Catalysts. Scope, Limitations, and Mechanism

    Ilya D. Gridnev;Masaya Yasutake;Natsuka Higashi;Tsuneo Imamoto

  • Mechanism of asymmetric hydrogenation catalyzed by a rhodium complex of (S,S)-1,2-bis(tert-butylmethylphosphino)ethane. Dihydride mechanism of asymmetric hydrogenation

    Ilya D. Gridnev;Natsuka Higashi;and Katsuo Asakura;Tsuneo Imamoto

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation Catalyzed by (S,S)-R-BisP*-Rh and (R,R)-R-MiniPHOS Complexes: Scope, Limitations, and Mechanism

    Ilya D. Gridnev;Yoshinori Yamanoi;Natsuka Higashi;Hideyuki Tsuruta

  • Stereospecific reduction of phosphine oxides to phosphines by the use of a methylation reagent and lithium aluminum hydride.

    Tsuneo Imamoto;Shin Ichi Kikuchi;Tomoya Miura;Yoshiyuki Wada

  • Chemoselective Transfer Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones Catalyzed by Pincer-Pd Complexes Using Alcohol as a Hydrogen Source

    Boqiang Ding;Zhenfeng Zhang;Yangang Liu;Masashi Sugiya

  • Cerium chloride-promoted nucleophilic addition of grignard reagents to ketones an efficient method for the synthesis of tertiary alcohols

    Tsuneo Imamoto;Nobuyuki Takiyama;Kimikazu Nakamura

  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation Catalyzed by a Rhodium Complex of (R)-(tert-Butylmethylphosphino)(di-tert-butylphosphino)methane: Scope of Enantioselectivity and Mechanistic Study

    Ilya D. Gridnev;Tsuneo Imamoto;Garrett Hoge;Mitsuhiro Kouchi

  • Ring-Opening Polymerization and Copolymerization of Lactones by Samarium(II) Aryloxide Complexes

    Masayoshi Nishiura;Zhaomin Hou;Take-Aki Koizumi;Tsuneo Imamoto

  • Unprecedented stereochemistry of the electrophilic arylation at chiral phosphorus

    Toshiyuki Oshiki;Tsuneo Imamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Kentaro Yamaguchi
Kentaro Yamaguchi Tokushima Bunri University
Ilya D. Gridnev
Ilya D. Gridnev Tohoku University
Wanbin Zhang
Wanbin Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Tomoya Miura
Tomoya Miura Kyoto University
Yugen Zhang
Yugen Zhang Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Hajime Ito
Hajime Ito Hokkaido University
Hideki Masuda
Hideki Masuda Nagoya Institute of Technology
Carl R. Johnson
Carl R. Johnson Wayne State University
Teruaki Mukaiyama
Teruaki Mukaiyama Kitasato University

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