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Yasutaka Ishii

Yasutaka Ishii

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Chemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
18161
World Ranking
4110
National Ranking
227

Overview

Yasutaka Ishii is a researcher affiliated with Kansai University in Japan, specializing in chemistry with a particular focus on organic chemistry. The main fields of study include organic chemistry and pharmaceutical science, with a concentration on oxidative organic chemistry reactions.

Their research spans several interconnected topics, which include:

  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry

Ishii has contributed to scientific literature on catalytic aerobic oxidation processes, emphasizing the use of fluorinated N-hydroxyphthalimide derivatives. Two notable recent papers are:

  • Aerobic Oxidation of Cyclopentane by Using Fluorinated N-Hydroxyphthalimide Derivatives, 2020, published in Science Journal of Chemistry
  • An Efficient Method for the Catalytic Aerobic Oxidation of Cycloalkanes using 3,4,5,6-Tetrafluoro-N-Hydroxyphthalimide (F4-NHPI), 2021, published in Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

The scientist frequently collaborates with Samar Kumar Guha, with whom Ishii has co-authored multiple papers. The regular publication venues for Ishii's research include the Science Journal of Chemistry and the Egyptian Journal of Chemistry.

The research contributions emphasize the development and investigation of new catalytic methods within oxidative organic chemistry, often exploring the role of fluorinated compounds in enhancing reaction efficiencies.

Best Publications

  • Innovation of Hydrocarbon Oxidation with Molecular Oxygen and Related Reactions

    Yasutaka Ishii;Satoshi Sakaguchi;Takahiro Iwahama

  • Hydrogen peroxide oxidation catalyzed by heteropoly acids combined with cetylpyridinium chloride. Epoxidation of olefins and allylic alcohols, ketonization of alcohols and diols, and oxidative cleavage of 1,2-diols and olefins

    Yasutaka Ishii;Kazumasa Yamawaki;Toshikazu Ura;Hiroshi Yamada

  • Catalytic Oxidation of Alkylbenzenes with Molecular Oxygen under Normal Pressure and Temperature by N-Hydroxyphthalimide Combined with Co(OAc)2

    Yasushi Yoshino;Yoshiaki Hayashi;Takahiro Iwahama;Satoshi Sakaguchi

  • Alkane Oxidation with Molecular Oxygen Using a New Efficient Catalytic System: N-Hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) Combined with Co(acac)(n)() (n = 2 or 3).

    Yasutaka Ishii;Takahiro Iwahama;Satoshi Sakaguchi;Kouichi Nakayama

  • Novel Catalysis by N-Hydroxyphthalimide in the Oxidation of Organic Substrates by Molecular Oxygen

    Yasutaka Ishii;Kouichi Nakayama;Mitsuhiro Takeno;Satoshi Sakaguchi

  • An Efficient Direct α-Alkylation of Ketones with Primary Alcohols Catalyzed by [Ir(cod)Cl]2/PPh3/KOH System without Solvent

    Kazuhiko Taguchi;Hideto Nakagawa;Tomotaka Hirabayashi;Satoshi Sakaguchi

  • Direct coupling of benzene with olefin catalyzed by Pd(OAc)(2) combined with heteropolyoxometalate under dioxygen

    Takahiro Yokota;Masayuki Tani;Satoshi Sakaguchi;Yasutaka Ishii

  • Efficient Oxidation of Alcohols to Carbonyl Compounds with Molecular Oxygen Catalyzed by N-Hydroxyphthalimide Combined with a Co Species

    Takahiro Iwahama;Yasushi Yoshino;Takashi Keitoku;Satoshi Sakaguchi

  • Beckmann Rearrangement of Ketoximes to Lactams by Triphosphazene Catalyst

    Masaharu Hashimoto;Yasushi Obora;Satoshi Sakaguchi;Yasutaka Ishii

  • A Three-Component Coupling Reaction of Aldehydes, Amines, and Alkynes.

    Satoshi Sakaguchi;Takashi Kubo;Yasutaka Ishii

  • Development of a highly efficient catalytic method for synthesis of vinyl ethers.

    Yoshio Okimoto;Satoshi Sakaguchi;Yasutaka Ishii

  • Recent progress in aerobic oxidation of hydrocarbons by N-hydroxyimides

    Yasutaka Ishii;Satoshi Sakaguchi

  • Phosphonation of arenes with dialkyl phosphites catalyzed by Mn(II)/Co(II)/O2 redox couple.

    Takashi Kagayama;Atsushi Nakano;Satoshi Sakaguchi;Yasutaka Ishii

  • Hydroxylation of benzene to phenol under air and carbon monoxide catalyzed by molybdovanadophosphoric acid.

    Masayuki Tani;Takao Sakamoto;Shuichi Mita;Satoshi Sakaguchi

  • Oxidation of olefins and alcohols by peroxo−molybdenum complex derived from tris(cetylpyridinium) 12-molybdophosphate and hydrogen peroxide

    Yasutaka Ishii;Kazumasa Yamawaki;Tsutomu Yoshida;Toshikazu Ura

  • Guerbet Reaction of Primary Alcohols Leading to β-Alkylated Dimer Alcohols Catalyzed by Iridium Complexes

    Toyomi Matsu-ura;Satoshi Sakaguchi;Yasushi Obora;Yasutaka Ishii

  • Synthesis of quinolines from amino alcohol and ketones catalyzed by [IrCl(cod)]2 or IrCl3 under solvent-free conditions

    Kazuhiko Taguchi;Satoshi Sakaguchi;Yasutaka Ishii

  • Oxidation of aromatic amines with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by cetylpyridinium heteropolyoxometalates

    Sigeki Sakaue;Takashi Tsubakino;Yutaka Nishiyama;Yasutaka Ishii

  • Catalytic Reductive Alkylation of Secondary Amine with Aldehyde and Silane by an Iridium Compound

    Tomoya Mizuta;Satoshi Sakaguchi;Yasutaka Ishii

  • Oxidative cross-coupling of acrylates with vinyl carboxylates catalyzed by a Pd(OAc)2/HPMoV/O2 system.

    Yuji Hatamoto;Satoshi Sakaguchi;Yasutaka Ishii

  • Pd(OAc)2-Catalyzed oxidative coupling reaction of benzenes with olefins in the presence of molybdovanadophosphoric acid under atmospheric dioxygen and air

    Masayuki Tani;Satoshi Sakaguchi;Yasutaka Ishii

Frequent Co-Authors

Satoshi Sakaguchi
Satoshi Sakaguchi Kansai University
Yasushi Obora
Yasushi Obora Kansai University
Hiroyuki Tanaka
Hiroyuki Tanaka Kyushu University
Motoo Shiro
Motoo Shiro Nagoya Institute of Technology
Hiroshi Matsubara
Hiroshi Matsubara Osaka Metropolitan University
Ilhyong Ryu
Ilhyong Ryu Osaka Metropolitan University

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