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Yujiro Hayashi

Yujiro Hayashi

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Chemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
21139
World Ranking
5200
National Ranking
304

Overview

Yujiro Hayashi is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of chemistry, focusing primarily on organic chemistry. Their research spans multiple aspects of chemical synthesis, asymmetric catalysis, and related biochemical methods.

The main fields of study for Yujiro Hayashi include:

  • Chemistry

Within chemistry, their subfields of expertise are diverse and include:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Materials Chemistry

Their work engages deeply with several specialized topics, such as:

  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis
  • Chemical Synthesis and Reactions

Among Yujiro Hayashi's recent papers are:

  • "Time and Pot Economy in Total Synthesis" (2021), published in Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "Time Economy in Total Synthesis" (2020), published in The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Yujiro Hayashi has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Nariyoshi Umekubo
  • Tohru Taniguchi
  • Kenji Monde
  • Seitaro Koshino
  • Eunsang Kwon

Their research has appeared prominently in the following publication venues:

  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Organic Letters
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Gastroenterology
  • Chemical Science

Best Publications

  • Diphenylprolinol Silyl Ethers as Efficient Organocatalysts for the Asymmetric Michael Reaction of Aldehydes and Nitroalkenes

    Yujiro Hayashi;Hiroaki Gotoh;Takaaki Hayashi;Mitsuru Shoji

  • Pot economy and one-pot synthesis

    Yujiro Hayashi

  • Highly diastereo- and enantioselective direct aldol reactions in water.

    Yujiro Hayashi;Tatsunobu Sumiya;Junichi Takahashi;Hiroaki Gotoh

  • In Water or in the Presence of Water

    Yujiro Hayashi

  • High‐Yielding Synthesis of the Anti‐Influenza Neuramidase Inhibitor (−)‐Oseltamivir by Three “One‐Pot” Operations

    Hayato Ishikawa;Takaki Suzuki;Yujiro Hayashi

  • Direct proline catalyzed asymmetric α-aminooxylation of aldehydes

    Yujiro Hayashi;Junichiro Yamaguchi;Kazuhiro Hibino;Mitsuru Shoji

  • Combined proline-surfactant organocatalyst for the highly diastereo- and enantioselective aqueous direct cross-aldol reaction of aldehydes.

    Yujiro Hayashi;Seiji Aratake;Tsubasa Okano;Junichi Takahashi

  • The Direct and Enantioselective, One-Pot, Three-Component, Cross-Mannich Reaction of Aldehydes†

    Yujiro Hayashi;Wataru Tsuboi;Itaru Ashimine;Tatsuya Urushima

  • A Novel Chiral Super-Lewis Acidic Catalyst for Enantioselective Synthesis

    Yujiro Hayashi;Jeffrey J. Rohde;E. J. Corey

  • Direct Proline‐Catalyzed Asymmetric α‐Aminoxylation of Ketones

    Yujiro Hayashi;Junichiro Yamaguchi;Tatsunobu Sumiya;Mitsuru Shoji

  • Asymmetric Michael Reaction of Acetaldehyde Catalyzed by Diphenylprolinol Silyl Ether

    Yujiro Hayashi;Takahiko Itoh;Masahiro Ohkubo;Hayato Ishikawa

  • Diphenylprolinol Silyl Ether as Catalyst of an Asymmetric, Catalytic, and Direct Michael Reaction of Nitroalkanes with α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes

    Hiroaki Gotoh;Hayato Ishikawa;Yujiro Hayashi

  • Asymmetric aldol reaction of acetaldehyde and isatin derivatives for the total syntheses of ent-convolutamydine E and CPC-1 and a half fragment of madindoline A and B.

    Takahiko Itoh;Hayato Ishikawa;Yujiro Hayashi

  • Cysteine-derived organocatalyst in a highly enantioselective intramolecular Michael reaction.

    Yujiro Hayashi;Hiroaki Gotoh;Tomohiro Tamura;Hirofumi Yamaguchi

  • Diphenylprolinol Silyl Ether as a Catalyst in an Enantioselective, Catalytic, Tandem Michael/Henry Reaction for the Control of Four Stereocenters

    Yujiro Hayashi;Tsubasa Okano;Seiji Aratake;Damien Hazelard

  • A diarylprolinol in an asymmetric, catalytic, and direct crossed-aldol reaction of acetaldehyde.

    Yujiro Hayashi;Takahiko Itoh;Seiji Aratake;Hayato Ishikawa

  • Organocatalyzed Michael Addition of Aldehydes to Nitro Alkenes – Generally Accepted Mechanism Revisited and Revised

    Krystyna Patora-Komisarska;Krystyna Patora-Komisarska;Meryem Benohoud;Hayato Ishikawa;Dieter Seebach

  • Highly Diastereo‐ and Enantioselective Direct Aldol Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones Catalyzed by Siloxyproline in the Presence of Water

    Seiji Aratake;Takahiko Itoh;Tsubasa Okano;Norio Nagae

  • Asymmetric [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction catalyzed by a chiral titanium reagent

    Yujiro Hayashi;Koichi Narasaka

  • Asymmetric Diels–Alder Reactions of α,β‐Unsaturated Aldehydes Catalyzed by a Diarylprolinol Silyl Ether Salt in the Presence of Water

    Yujiro Hayashi;Sampak Samanta;Hiroaki Gotoh;Hayato Ishikawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Hayato Ishikawa
Hayato Ishikawa Kumamoto University
Hideaki Kakeya
Hideaki Kakeya Kyoto University
Junichiro Yamaguchi
Junichiro Yamaguchi Waseda University
Koichi Narasaka
Koichi Narasaka University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Koshino
Hiroyuki Koshino Tokyo University of Agriculture
Teruaki Mukaiyama
Teruaki Mukaiyama Kitasato University
Ken Sakai
Ken Sakai Kyushu University
Takanori Shibata
Takanori Shibata Waseda University

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