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Yasuo Wakatsuki

Yasuo Wakatsuki

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D-Index
57
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10205
World Ranking
11235
National Ranking
826

Overview

Yasuo Wakatsuki is a researcher affiliated with Bridgestone in Japan. Their work primarily spans the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering, with a notable focus on organic chemistry, process chemistry and technology, inorganic chemistry, and biomaterials.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties

Yasuo Wakatsuki has contributed multiple papers to scientific literature. Recent publications include:

  • Polymerization via Insertion of Ethylene into Al−C bond under Mild Conditions: Mechanistic Studies on the Promotion Exerted by a Catalytic Amount of Cationic Gadolinium Metallocene, 2021, Chemistry - An Asian Journal
  • Non-π-Allyl Mechanism for the 1,4-cis-Butadiene Polymerization: Theoretical Study of Polymerization via Insertion of Butadiene into Al−C Bond with Cationic Gadolinium Metallocene, 2022, Chemistry - An Asian Journal
  • Front Cover: Non-π-Allyl Mechanism for the 1,4-cis-Butadiene Polymerization: Theoretical Study of Polymerization via Insertion of Butadiene into Al−C Bond with Cationic Gadolinium Metallocene. (Chem. Asian J. 23/2022), 2022, Chemistry - An Asian Journal

The researcher frequently publishes in the journal Chemistry - An Asian Journal, where they have at least three papers.

Frequent co-authors working alongside Yasuo Wakatsuki include:

  • Rika Fukushima
  • Olivier Tardif
  • Shojiro Kaita
  • Nobuaki Koga
  • Yukihiro Kojima

The collaboration patterns suggest a consistent engagement with researchers active in catalysis and organometallic chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Recent developments in organolanthanide polymerization catalysts

    Zhaomin Hou;Yasuo Wakatsuki

  • Regio- and stereocontrolled dimerization of tert-butylacetylene to (Z)-1,4-di-tert-butylbutatriene by ruthenium catalysis. Reaction mechanism involving alkynyl-vinylidene coupling and rearrangement of the metal-bound C4 unit

    Yasuo Wakatsuki;Hiroshi Yamazaki;Nami Kumegawa;Toshiaki Satoh

  • Novel Z-selective head-to-head dimerization of terminal alkynes catalyzed by lanthanide half-metallocene complexes.

    Masayoshi Nishiura;Zhaomin Hou;Yasuo Wakatsuki;Taeko Yamaki

  • The first anti-Markovnikov hydration of terminal alkynes: Formation of aldehydes catalyzed by a ruthenium (II)/Phosphane mixture

    Makoto Tokunaga;Yasuo Wakatsuki

  • Ruthenium-catalyzed hydration of 1-alkynes to give aldehydes: insight into anti-Markovnikov regiochemistry.

    Makoto Tokunaga;Toshiaki Suzuki;Nobuaki Koga;Tomoaki Fukushima

  • Acetylene .pi.-Coordination, Slippage to .sigma.-Coordination, and 1,2-Hydrogen Migration Taking Place on a Transition Metal. The case of a Ru(II) Complex as Studied by Experiment and ab Initio Molecular Orbital Simulations

    Yasuo Wakatsuki;Nobuaki Koga;Hiroshi Yamazaki;Keiji Morokuma

  • Cobalt metallacycles. 11. On the transformation of bis(acetylene)cobalt to cobaltacyclopentadiene

    Yasuo Wakatsuki;Okio Nomura;Kazuo Kitaura;Keiji Morokuma

  • Mechanistic aspects regarding the formation of metal vinylidenes from alkynes and related reactions

    Yasuo Wakatsuki

  • Ruthenium complex-catalyzed anti-Markovnikov hydration of terminal alkynes.

    Toshiaki Suzuki;Makoto Tokunaga;Yasuo Wakatsuki

  • Study of intramolecular sensitization and other excited-state pathways in orthometalated azobenzene complexes of palladium(II)

    Yasuo Wakatsuki;Hiroshi Yamazaki;Paul A. Grutsch;Mahalingam Santhanam

  • An ab Initio MO Study on the Transformation of Acetylene to Vinylidene in the Coordination Sphere of Rhodium(I). The Intra- and Intermolecular Proton Transfer Mechanism

    Yasuo Wakatsuki;Nobuaki Koga;and Helmut Werner;Keiji Morokuma

  • Cobalt metallocycles : I. One-step and stepwise synthesis of cobaltacyclopentadiene complexes from acetylenes

    Hiroshi Yamazaki;Yasuo Wakatsuki

  • Ruthenium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroamination of Terminal Alkynes with Anilines: A Practical Synthesis of Aromatic Ketimines.

    Makoto Tokunaga;Markus Eckert;Yasuo Wakatsuki

  • Stereospecific Polymerization of 1,3-Butadiene with Samarocene-Based Catalysts1

    Shojiro Kaita;Zhaomin Hou;Yasuo Wakatsuki

  • Isolation and structural characterization of 1-zirconacyclopent-3-yne, five-membered cyclic alkynes.

    Noriyuki Suzuki;Masayoshi Nishiura;Yasuo Wakatsuki

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

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

  • Ultimately Specific 1,4-cis Polymerization of 1,3-Butadiene with a Novel Gadolinium Catalyst

    Shojiro Kaita;Zhaomin Hou;Masayoshi Nishiura;Yoshiharu Doi

  • C5Me5/ER-Ligated Samarium(II) Complexes with the Neutral “C5Me5M” Ligand (ER = OAr, SAr, NRR‘, or PHAr; M = K or Na): A Unique Catalytic System for Polymerization and Block-Copolymerization of Styrene and Ethylene

    Zhaomin Hou;Yugen Zhang;Hiroaki Tezuka;Peng Xie

  • Ruthenium-catalysed disproportionation between vinylsilanes and mono-substituted alkenes via silyl group transfer

    Yasuo Wakatsuki;Hiroshi Yamazaki;Masato Nakano;Yasuhiro Yamamoto

  • Butadiene Polymerization Catalyzed by Lanthanide Metallocene−Alkylaluminum Complexes with Cocatalysts: Metal-Dependent Control of 1,4-Cis/Trans Stereoselectivity and Molecular Weight

    Shojiro Kaita;Michiko Yamanaka;and Akira C. Horiuchi;Yasuo Wakatsuki

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroshi Yamazaki
Hiroshi Yamazaki Showa Pharmaceutical University
Yugen Zhang
Yugen Zhang Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Noriyuki Suzuki
Noriyuki Suzuki National Institute for Environmental Studies
Nobuaki Koga
Nobuaki Koga Nagoya University
Makoto Tokunaga
Makoto Tokunaga Kyushu University
Horst Kisch
Horst Kisch University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Ken-ichi Aika
Ken-ichi Aika Tokyo Institute of Technology

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