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Zhaomin Hou

Zhaomin Hou

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Chemistry
Japan
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
95
Citations
26810
World Ranking
1662
National Ranking
81

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Zhaomin Hou is a researcher affiliated with RIKEN in Japan, specializing in the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science. Their scientific output encompasses extensive work in subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Process Chemistry and Technology, and Polymers and Plastics. The range of their publications highlights a focus on both fundamental and applied aspects of chemical sciences.

Their main research topics include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
  • Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis

Zhaomin Hou has contributed papers to multiple leading scientific journals, with frequent publications found in:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Catalysis

Significant recent papers reflect themes in catalysis and organic synthesis, for example:

  • Construction of All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters by Scandium-Catalyzed Intramolecular C-H Alkylation of Imidazoles with 1,1-Disubstituted Alkenes (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Enantioselective C-H Alkenylation of Ferrocenes with Alkynes by Half-Sandwich Scandium Catalyst (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Electron-deficient boron-based catalysts for C-H bond functionalisation (2020, Chemical Society Reviews)
  • Modular Access to Spiro-dihydroquinolines via Scandium-Catalyzed Dearomative Annulation of Quinolines with Alkynes (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Co-syndiospecific Alternating Copolymerization of Functionalized Propylenes and Styrene by Rare-Earth Catalysts (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)

Their collaborative network involves frequent coauthors including Masayoshi Nishiura, Takanori Shima, Qingde Zhuo, Xuefeng Cong, and Zhenbo Mo. These partnerships indicate active engagement in joint research efforts within their scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Recent developments in organolanthanide polymerization catalysts

    Zhaomin Hou;Yasuo Wakatsuki

  • Carboxylation of Organoboronic Esters Catalyzed by N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Copper(I) Complexes

    Takeshi Ohishi;Masayoshi Nishiura;Zhaomin Hou

  • π-Conjugated Aromatic Enynes as a Single-Emitting Component for White Electroluminescence

    Yu Liu;Masayoshi Nishiura;Yue Wang;Zhaomin Hou

  • N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC)–copper-catalysed transformations of carbon dioxide

    Liang Zhang;Zhaomin Hou

  • Novel polymerization catalysts and hydride clusters from rare-earth metal dialkyls

    Masayoshi Nishiura;Zhaomin Hou

  • Copper‐Catalyzed Direct Carboxylation of CH Bonds with Carbon Dioxide

    Liang Zhang;Jianhua Cheng;Takeshi Ohishi;Zhaomin Hou

  • Dinitrogen Cleavage and Hydrogenation by a Trinuclear Titanium Polyhydride Complex

    Takanori Shima;Shaowei Hu;Gen Luo;Xiaohui Kang

  • Scandium half-metallocene-catalyzed syndiospecific styrene polymerization and styrene-ethylene copolymerization: Unprecedented incorporation of syndiotactic styrene-styrene sequences in styrene-ethylene copolymers

    Yunjie Luo;Jens Baldamus;Zhaomin Hou

  • Half-sandwich rare-earth-catalyzed olefin polymerization, carbometalation, and hydroarylation.

    Masayoshi Nishiura;Fang Guo;Zhaomin Hou

  • Cationic Alkyl Rare-Earth Metal Complexes Bearing an Ancillary Bis(phosphinophenyl)amido Ligand: A Catalytic System for Living cis-1,4-Polymerization and Copolymerization of Isoprene and Butadiene

    Lixin Zhang;Toshiaki Suzuki;Yi Luo;Masayoshi Nishiura

  • Catalytic boracarboxylation of alkynes with diborane and carbon dioxide by an N-heterocyclic carbene copper catalyst.

    Liang Zhang;Jianhua Cheng;Béatrice Carry;Zhaomin Hou

  • Isoprene polymerization with yttrium amidinate catalysts: switching the regio- and stereoselectivity by addition of AlMe3.

    Lixin Zhang;Masayoshi Nishiura;Masahiro Yuki;Yi Luo

  • Rare-earth-catalyzed C-H bond addition of pyridines to olefins.

    Bing-Tao Guan;Zhaomin Hou

  • Unprecedented Isospecific 3,4-Polymerization of Isoprene by Cationic Rare Earth Metal Alkyl Species Resulting from a Binuclear Precursor

    Lixin Zhang;Yi Luo;Zhaomin Hou

  • Novel Z-selective head-to-head dimerization of terminal alkynes catalyzed by lanthanide half-metallocene complexes.

    Masayoshi Nishiura;Zhaomin Hou;Yasuo Wakatsuki;Taeko Yamaki

  • Enantioselective C-H bond addition of pyridines to alkenes catalyzed by chiral half-sandwich rare-earth complexes.

    Guoyong Song;Wylie W. N. O;Zhaomin Hou

  • Cationic rare earth metal alkyls as novel catalysts for olefin polymerization and copolymerization

    Zhaomin Hou;Yunjie Luo;Xiaofang Li

  • Organometallic catalysts for copolymerization of cyclic olefins

    Xiaofang Li;Zhaomin Hou

  • Carboxylation of Alkylboranes by N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Copper Catalysts: Synthesis of Carboxylic Acids from Terminal Alkenes and Carbon Dioxide

    Takeshi Ohishi;Liang Zhang;Masayoshi Nishiura;Zhaomin Hou

  • Catalytic addition of amine N-H bonds to carbodiimides by half-sandwich rare-earth metal complexes: efficient synthesis of substituted guanidines through amine protonolysis of rare-earth metal guanidinates.

    Wen-Xiong Zhang;Masayoshi Nishiura;Zhaomin Hou

  • Alternating Ethylene–Norbornene Copolymerization Catalyzed by Cationic Half‐Sandwich Scandium Complexes

    Xiaofang Li;Jens Baldamus;Zhaomin Hou

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasuo Wakatsuki
Yasuo Wakatsuki Bridgestone (Japan)
Wen-Xiong Zhang
Wen-Xiong Zhang Peking University
Xiaofang Li
Xiaofang Li Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology
Yuzo Fujiwara
Yuzo Fujiwara Kyushu University
Yugen Zhang
Yugen Zhang Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Guoyong Song
Guoyong Song Beijing Forestry University
Yu Liu
Yu Liu University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Dongmei Cui
Dongmei Cui Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhenfeng Xi
Zhenfeng Xi Peking University

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