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Yoshihiko Yamamoto

Yoshihiko Yamamoto

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Chemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
9466
World Ranking
13935
National Ranking
1076

Overview

Yoshihiko Yamamoto is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has a research focus primarily in Chemistry and Materials Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, Molecular Biology, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The topics covered in their research include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Catalytic Alkyne Reactions
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions
  • Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms

The scientist has published extensively, with a total of 115 publications in Chemistry and 66 in Materials Science. Key recent papers include:

  • "Synthesis of Benzo-Fused Cyclic Ketones via Metal-Free Ring Expansion of Cyclopropanols Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer," 2021, Organic Letters
  • "Highly Enantioselective [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Enediynes Enabled by Cobalt/Organophotoredox Cooperative Catalysis," 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • "Cobalt/Organophotoredox Dual-Catalysis-Enabled Cascade Cyclization of 1,6-Diynyl Esters via Formal 1,8-Acyloxy Migration," 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • "Spatiotemporal changes in environmental DNA concentrations caused by fish spawning activity," 2022, Ecological Indicators
  • "Rhodium-catalyzed cycloisomerization of ester-tethered 1,6-diynes with cyclopropanol moiety leading to tetralone/exocyclic diene hybrid molecules," 2020, Chemical Communications

Frequent publication venues for Yamamoto's work include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • ACS Catalysis
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Organic Letters
  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis

The scientist has collaborated often with several co-authors, including:

  • Takeshi Yasui
  • Tomohiro Kikuchi
  • Keiji Yamada
  • Rine Tatsumi
  • Masatoshi Shibuya

The body of work by Yoshihiko Yamamoto encompasses a significant contribution to catalytic methods, organometallic reactions, and crystallography, as indicated by the recurring themes of catalytic C-H functionalization, alkyne reactions, and X-ray diffraction techniques in their publications.

Best Publications

  • Stereoselective ring-opening polymerization of a racemic lactide by using achiral salen- and homosalen-aluminum complexes.

    Nobuyoshi Nomura;Ryohei Ishii;Yoshihiko Yamamoto;Tadao Kondo

  • Synthesis of heterocycles via transition-metal-catalyzed hydroarylation of alkynes

    Yoshihiko Yamamoto

  • Ruthenium(II)-catalyzed selective intramolecular [2 + 2 + 2] alkyne cyclotrimerizations.

    Yoshihiko Yamamoto;Takayasu Arakawa;Ryuji Ogawa;Kenji Itoh

  • Recent Advances in Intramolecular Alkyne Cyclotrimerization and Its Applications

    Yoshihiko Yamamoto

  • Cp*RuCl-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloadditions of α,ω-Diynes with Electron-Deficient Carbon−Heteroatom Multiple Bonds Leading to Heterocycles

    Yoshihiko Yamamoto;Keisuke Kinpara;Tomoaki Saigoku;Hideyuki Takagishi

  • Silver-Catalyzed Csp−H and Csp−Si Bond Transformations and Related Processes

    Yoshihiko Yamamoto

  • Domino coupling relay approach to polycyclic pyrrole-2-carboxylates.

    Yoshihiko Yamamoto;Hiroki Hayashi;Tomoaki Saigoku;Hisao Nishiyama

  • Transition-metal-catalyzed cycloisomerizations of α,ω-dienes.

    Yoshihiko Yamamoto

  • Homocoupling of Arylboronic Acids Catalyzed by 1,10‐Phenanthroline‐Ligated Copper Complexes in Air

    Naohiro Kirai;Yoshihiko Yamamoto

  • Ru(II)-Catalyzed Chemo- and Regioselective Cyclotrimerization of Three Unsymmetrical Alkynes through Boron Temporary Tether. One-Pot Four-Component Coupling via Cyclotrimerization/Suzuki−Miyaura Coupling

    Yoshihiko Yamamoto;Jun-ichi Ishii;Hisao Nishiyama;Kenji Itoh

  • Cp(*)RuCl-catalyzed formal intermolecular cyclotrimerization of three unsymmetrical alkynes through a boron temporary tether: regioselective four-component coupling synthesis of phthalides.

    Yoshihiko Yamamoto;Jun-Ichi Ishii;Hisao Nishiyama;Kenji Itoh

  • Significant chemo- and regioselectivies in the Ru(II)-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloaddition of 1,6-diynes with dicyanides.

    Yoshihiko Yamamoto;Ryuji Ogawa;Kenji Itoh

  • Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Cycloaddition of 1,6‐Diynes and Nitriles under Mild Conditions: Role of the Coordinating Group of Nitriles

    Yoshihiko Yamamoto;Yoshihiko Yamamoto;Keisuke Kinpara;Ryuji Ogawa;Hisao Nishiyama

  • Asymmetric Conjugate Reduction of α,β‐Unsaturated Ketones and Esters with Chiral Rhodium(2,6‐bisoxazolinylphenyl) Catalysts

    Yoshinori Kanazawa;Yasunori Tsuchiya;Kazuki Kobayashi;Takushi Shiomi

  • Ruthenium(II)-catalyzed cycloaddition of 1,6-diynes with isocyanates leading to bicyclic pyridones.

    Yoshihiko Yamamoto;Hideyuki Takagishi;Kenji Itoh

  • Ru(II)-Catalyzed Cycloadditions of 1,6-Heptadiynes with Alkenes: New Synthetic Potential of Ruthenacyclopentatrienes as Biscarbenoids in Tandem Cyclopropanation of Bicycloalkenes and Heteroatom-Assisted Cyclocotrimerization of 1,6-Heptadiynes with Heterocyclic Alkenes

    Yoshihiko Yamamoto;Hideaki Kitahara;Ryuji Ogawa;Hiroyuki Kawaguchi

  • Cu-catalyzed stereoselective conjugate addition of arylboronic acids to alkynoates.

    Yoshihiko Yamamoto;Naohiro Kirai;Yu Harada

  • Synthesis of 4-arylcoumarins via Cu-catalyzed hydroarylation with arylboronic acids.

    Yoshihiko Yamamoto;Naohiro Kirai

  • Ruthenium(II)-catalyzed isomer-selective cyclization of 1,6-dienes leading to exo-methylenecyclopentanes: unprecedented cycloisomerization mechanism involving ruthenacyclopentane(hydrido) intermediate.

    Yoshihiko Yamamoto;Yu-ichiro Nakagai;Naoki Ohkoshi;Kenji Itoh

  • Ruthenium(II)-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of 1,6-diynes with electron-deficient nitriles

    Yoshihiko Yamamoto;Satoshi Okuda;Kenji Itoh

Frequent Co-Authors

Hisao Nishiyama
Hisao Nishiyama Nagoya University
Yoshiharu Iwabuchi
Yoshiharu Iwabuchi Tohoku University
Yoshio Okamoto
Yoshio Okamoto Nagoya University
Arimitsu Usuki
Arimitsu Usuki Toyota Motor Corporation (Japan)
Ken Tanaka
Ken Tanaka Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tadao Kondo
Tadao Kondo Nagoya University
Shinji Inagaki
Shinji Inagaki Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan)
Masato Nagino
Masato Nagino Nagoya University

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