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Yasuyuki Kita is affiliated with Ritsumeikan University in Japan, with a focus on chemistry, particularly organic chemistry. Their research encompasses a range of topics within the chemical sciences, including oxidative organic chemistry reactions and catalytic C-H functionalization methods.

The main fields of study for Yasuyuki Kita include:

  • Chemistry

Within this broad field, subfields of study are:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

The scientist's main topics of research are:

  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions
  • Phenothiazines and Benzothiazines Synthesis and Activities
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis

Yasuyuki Kita has been published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Organic Letters
  • Synthesis
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Chemical Reviews
  • Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Ligand- and Counterion-Assisted Phenol O-Arylation with TMP-Iodonium(III) Acetates" (2022, Organic Letters)
  • "Iodoarene Activation: Take a Leap Forward toward Green and Sustainable Transformations" (2025, Chemical Reviews)
  • "μ-Oxo-Hypervalent-Iodine-Catalyzed Oxidative C-H Amination for Synthesis of Benzolactam Derivatives" (2021, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin)
  • "Transition-Metal-Free N-Arylation of N-Methoxysulfonamides and N,O-Protected Hydroxylamines with Trimethoxyphenyliodonium (III) Acetates" (2022, Synthesis)
  • "Cyclic Hypervalent Iodine-Induced Oxidative Phenol and Aniline Couplings with Phenothiazines" (2022, Organic Letters)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers including:

  • Toshifumi Dohi
  • Kotaro Kikushima
  • Koji Morimoto
  • Elghareeb E. Elboray
  • Naoki Miyamoto

Best Publications

  • Hypervalent iodine reagents as a new entrance to organocatalysts

    Toshifumi Dohi;Yasuyuki Kita

  • A chiral hypervalent iodine(III) reagent for enantioselective dearomatization of phenols

    Toshifumi Dohi;Akinobu Maruyama;Naoko Takenaga;Kento Senami

  • Hypervalent Iodine-Induced Nucleophilic Substitution of para-Substituted Phenol Ethers. Generation of Cation Radicals as Reactive Intermediates

    Yasuyuki Kita;Hirofumi Tohma;Kenji Hatanaka;Takeshi Takada

  • Hypervalent Iodine Reagents for the Oxidation of Alcohols and Their Application to Complex Molecule Synthesis

    Hirofumi Tohma;Yasuyuki Kita

  • Versatile hypervalent-iodine(III)-catalyzed oxidations with m-chloroperbenzoic acid as a cooxidant.

    Toshifumi Dohi;Akinobu Maruyama;Misaki Yoshimura;Koji Morimoto

  • Metal-Free Oxidative Cross-Coupling of Unfunctionalized Aromatic Compounds

    Yasuyuki Kita;Koji Morimoto;Motoki Ito;Chieko Ogawa

  • Hypervalent iodine oxidation of p-alkoxyphenols and related compounds : a general route to p-benzoquinone monoacetals and spiro lactones

    Yasumitsu Tamura;Takayuki Yakura;Junichi Haruta;Yasuyuki Kita

  • Asymmetric dearomatizing spirolactonization of naphthols catalyzed by spirobiindane-based chiral hypervalent iodine species.

    Toshifumi Dohi;Naoko Takenaga;Tomofumi Nakae;Yosuke Toyoda

  • Fluoroalcohols: versatile solvents in hypervalent iodine chemistry and syntheses of diaryliodonium(III) salts

    Toshifumi Dohi;Nobutaka Yamaoka;Yasuyuki Kita

  • Hypervalent iodine(III): selective and efficient single-electron-transfer (SET) oxidizing agent

    Toshifumi Dohi;Toshifumi Dohi;Motoki Ito;Nobutaka Yamaoka;Koji Morimoto

  • Oxidative Cross‐Coupling of Arenes Induced by Single‐Electron Transfer Leading to Biaryls by Use of Organoiodine(III) Oxidants

    Toshifumi Dohi;Motoki Ito;Koji Morimoto;Minako Iwata

  • Unusual ipso Substitution of Diaryliodonium Bromides Initiated by a Single‐Electron‐Transfer Oxidizing Process

    Toshifumi Dohi;Motoki Ito;Nobutaka Yamaoka;Koji Morimoto

  • First hypervalent iodine(III)-catalyzed C-N bond forming reaction: catalytic spirocyclization of amides to N-fused spirolactams.

    Toshifumi Dohi;Akinobu Maruyama;Yutaka Minamitsuji;Naoko Takenaga

  • Oxidative Biaryl Coupling Reaction of Phenol Ether Derivatives Using a Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagent

    Takeshi Takada;Mitsuhiro Arisawa;Michiyo Gyoten;Ryuji Hamada

  • Total synthesis of discorhabdin C : a general aza spiro dienone formation from O-silylated phenol derivatives using a hypervalent iodine reagent

    Yasuyuki Kita;Hirofumi Tohma;Masanao Inagaki;Kenji Hatanaka

  • Efficient oxidative biaryl coupling reaction of phenol ether derivatives using hypervalent iodine(III) reagents

    Hirofumi Tohma;Hironori Morioka;Shinobu Takizawa;Mitsuhiro Arisawa

  • Facile and Clean Oxidation of Alcohols in Water Using Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagents

    Hirofumi Tohma;Shinobu Takizawa;Tomohiro Maegawa;Yasuyuki Kita

  • Iodoarene-catalyzed fluorination and aminofluorination by an Ar-I/HF·pyridine/mCPBA system

    Satoru Suzuki;Tomohiro Kamo;Kazunobu Fukushi;Takaaki Hiramatsu

  • Hypervalent iodine oxidation of N-acyltyramines: synthesis of quinol ethers, spirohexadienones, and hexahydroindol-6-ones

    Yasuyuki Kita;Hirofumi Tohma;Kazumi Kikuchi;Masanao Inagaki

  • Hypervalent iodine reagents in organic synthesis: Nucleophilic substitution of p-substituted phenol ethers

    Yasuydu Kita;Takeshi Takada;Hirofumi Tohma

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshifumi Dohi
Toshifumi Dohi Ritsumeikan University
Shuji Akai
Shuji Akai Osaka University
Norio Shibata
Norio Shibata Nagoya Institute of Technology
Yoshifumi Takeda
Yoshifumi Takeda Okayama University
Shinobu Takizawa
Shinobu Takizawa Osaka University
Yusuke Ohba
Yusuke Ohba Hokkaido University
Hirofumi Yamamoto
Hirofumi Yamamoto Osaka University
Motoo Shiro
Motoo Shiro Nagoya Institute of Technology
Hironao Sajiki
Hironao Sajiki Gifu Pharmaceutical University
Kazuhiro Takuma
Kazuhiro Takuma Osaka University

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