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Yoshiaki Nakao

Yoshiaki Nakao

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Chemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
14741
World Ranking
6618
National Ranking
434

Overview

Yoshiaki Nakao is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and specializes in the field of Chemistry with a focus on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Materials Chemistry. Their work extends into Pharmaceutical Science and Process Chemistry and Technology, reflecting a broad engagement with chemical sciences.

The subfields that Nakao concentrates on include:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Pharmaceutical Science
  • Process Chemistry and Technology

The main topics central to Nakao's research encompass Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods, Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions, Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis, Organoboron and Organosilicon Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics, Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis, and Fluorine in Organic Chemistry.

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Organoboron and Organosilicon Chemistry
  • Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry

Nakao has frequently published in several scientific venues. The most notable among these include:

  • Organic Letters
  • Synlett
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • ACS Catalysis

Frequent co-authors of Nakao include Kazuhiko Semba, Shigeyoshi Sakaki, Naofumi Hara, Myuto Kashihara, and Ikuya Fujii, indicating collaboration within a network of researchers focusing on related chemistry fields.

Representative recent publications associated with Nakao's research are:

  • Metal-mediated C-CN Bond Activation in Organic Synthesis, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Nickel-catalysed anti-Markovnikov hydroarylation of unactivated alkenes with unactivated arenes facilitated by non-covalent interactions, 2020, Nature Chemistry
  • Cross-Coupling Reactions of Nitroarenes, 2021, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Magnesiation of Aryl Fluorides Catalyzed by a Rhodium-Aluminum Complex, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Selective C-O Bond Reduction and Borylation of Aryl Ethers Catalyzed by a Rhodium-Aluminum Heterobimetallic Complex, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

These papers reflect contributions to catalytic methodologies, bond activation strategies, and organometallic catalysis, which align with Nakao's core research interests in catalytic systems and functionalization techniques in organic and inorganic chemistry.

Best Publications

  • Silicon-based cross-coupling reaction: an environmentally benign version

    Yoshiaki Nakao;Tamejiro Hiyama

  • A strategy for C-H activation of pyridines: direct C-2 selective alkenylation of pyridines by nickel/Lewis acid catalysis.

    Yoshiaki Nakao;Kyalo Stephen Kanyiva;Tamejiro Hiyama

  • Selective C-4 Alkylation of Pyridine by Nickel/Lewis Acid Catalysis

    Yoshiaki Nakao;Yuuya Yamada;Natsuko Kashihara;Tamejiro Hiyama

  • A Dramatic Effect of Lewis-Acid Catalysts on Nickel-Catalyzed Carbocyanation of Alkynes

    Yoshiaki Nakao;Akira Yada;Shiro Ebata;Tamejiro Hiyama

  • Nickel-catalyzed alkenylation and alkylation of fluoroarenes via activation of C-H bond over C-F bond.

    Yoshiaki Nakao;Natsuko Kashihara;Kyalo Stephen Kanyiva;Tamejiro Hiyama

  • Nickel‐Catalyzed Addition of Pyridine‐N‐oxides across Alkynes

    Kyalo Stephen Kanyiva;Yoshiaki Nakao;Tamejiro Hiyama

  • Intramolecular arylcyanation of alkenes catalyzed by nickel/AlMe2Cl.

    Yoshiaki Nakao;Shiro Ebata;Akira Yada;Tamejiro Hiyama

  • Hydroheteroarylation of Alkynes under Mild Nickel Catalysis

    Yoshiaki Nakao;Kyalo Stephen Kanyiva;Shinichi Oda;Tamejiro Hiyama

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Arylcyanation of Alkynes

    Yoshiaki Nakao;Shinichi Oda;Tamejiro Hiyama

  • Hydroarylation of alkynes catalyzed by nickel.

    Yoshiaki Nakao

  • A general nickel-catalyzed hydroamination of 1,3-dienes by alkylamines: catalyst selection, scope, and mechanism.

    Jan Pawlas;Yoshiaki Nakao;Motoi Kawatsura;John F Hartwig

  • Direct Alkenylation and Alkylation of Pyridone Derivatives by Ni/AlMe3 Catalysis

    Yoshiaki Nakao;Hiroaki Idei;Kyalo Stephen Kanyiva;Tamejiro Hiyama

  • Arylboration of Alkenes by Cooperative Palladium/Copper Catalysis

    Kazuhiko Semba;Yoshiaki Nakao

  • Nickel/Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Cyanoesterification and Cyanocarbamoylation of Alkynes

    Yasuhiro Hirata;Akira Yada;Eiji Morita;Yoshiaki Nakao

  • Nickel‐Catalyzed Hydroheteroarylation of Vinylarenes

    Yoshiaki Nakao;Natsuko Kashihara;Kyalo Stephen Kanyiva;Tamejiro Hiyama

  • Alkenyl- and aryl[2-(hydroxymethyl)phenyl]dimethylsilanes: an entry to tetraorganosilicon reagents for the silicon-based cross-coupling reaction.

    Yoshiaki Nakao;Hidekazu Imanaka;Akhila K. Sahoo;and Akira Yada

  • para‐Selective C−H Borylation of (Hetero)Arenes by Cooperative Iridium/Aluminum Catalysis

    Lichen Yang;Kazuhiko Semba;Yoshiaki Nakao

  • The Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling of Nitroarenes.

    M. Ramu Yadav;Masahiro Nagaoka;Myuto Kashihara;Rong-Lin Zhong

  • Hydrocarbamoylation of Unsaturated Bonds by Nickel/Lewis-Acid Catalysis

    Yoshiaki Nakao;Hiroaki Idei;Kyalo Stephen Kanyiva;Tamejiro Hiyama

  • meta-Selective C–H Borylation of Benzamides and Pyridines by an Iridium–Lewis Acid Bifunctional Catalyst

    Lichen Yang;Nao Uemura;Yoshiaki Nakao

  • para-Selective Alkylation of Benzamides and Aromatic Ketones by Cooperative Nickel/Aluminum Catalysis

    Shogo Okumura;Shuwei Tang;Teruhiko Saito;Kazuhiko Semba

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamejiro Hiyama
Tamejiro Hiyama Chuo University
Eiji Shirakawa
Eiji Shirakawa Kyoto University
Shigeyoshi Sakaki
Shigeyoshi Sakaki Kyoto University
Akhila K. Sahoo
Akhila K. Sahoo University of Hyderabad
Hiroto Yoshida
Hiroto Yoshida Hiroshima University
Ryo Shintani
Ryo Shintani Osaka University
Tamio Hayashi
Tamio Hayashi National Taiwan Normal University
John F. Hartwig
John F. Hartwig University of California, Berkeley
Sensuke Ogoshi
Sensuke Ogoshi Osaka University
Takuya Kurahashi
Takuya Kurahashi Kwansei Gakuin University

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