Kenichiro Itami

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1 C-H bond functionalization: emerging synthetic tools for natural products and pharmaceuticals. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012 2.24
2 Tag strategy for separation and recovery. Chem Rev 2002 1.88
3 Potassium t-butoxide alone can promote the biaryl coupling of electron-deficient nitrogen heterocycles and haloarenes. Org Lett 2008 1.12
4 A grossly warped nanographene and the consequences of multiple odd-membered-ring defects. Nat Chem 2013 1.07
5 Initiation of carbon nanotube growth by well-defined carbon nanorings. Nat Chem 2013 1.03
6 Selective synthesis of [12]cycloparaphenylene. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009 1.02
7 Decarbonylative C-H coupling of azoles and aryl esters: unprecedented nickel catalysis and application to the synthesis of muscoride A. J Am Chem Soc 2012 1.00
8 Synthesis of cycloparaphenylenes and related carbon nanorings: a step toward the controlled synthesis of carbon nanotubes. Acc Chem Res 2012 0.98
9 Fe-catalyzed oxidative coupling of heteroarenes and methylamines. Chem Asian J 2009 0.96
10 Direct C-H arylation of (hetero)arenes with aryl iodides via rhodium catalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2006 0.95
11 Synthesis and properties of [9]cyclo-1,4-naphthylene: a π-extended carbon nanoring. J Am Chem Soc 2012 0.92
12 A general catalyst for the β-selective C-H bond arylation of thiophenes with iodoarenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010 0.92
13 Oxidative biaryl coupling of thiophenes and thiazoles with arylboronic acids through palladium catalysis: otherwise difficult C4-selective C-H arylation enabled by boronic acids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011 0.91
14 Coupling of nitrogen heteroaromatics and alkanes without transition metals: a new oxidative cross-coupling at C-H/C-H bonds. Chemistry 2009 0.90
15 Direct arylation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons through palladium catalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2011 0.90
16 Theoretical studies on the structures and strain energies of cycloparaphenylenes. Org Lett 2010 0.90
17 Nickel-catalyzed C-H/C-O coupling of azoles with phenol derivatives. J Am Chem Soc 2011 0.89
18 Synthesis and racemization process of chiral carbon nanorings: a step toward the chemical synthesis of chiral carbon nanotubes. Org Lett 2011 0.88
19 Palladium-catalyzed C-H activation taken to the limit. Flattening an aromatic bowl by total arylation. J Am Chem Soc 2012 0.88
20 "Cation pool" method based on C-C bond dissociation. Effective generation of monocations and dications. J Am Chem Soc 2005 0.87
21 Nickel-catalyzed biaryl coupling of heteroarenes and aryl halides/triflates. Org Lett 2009 0.87
22 Synthesis of dragmacidin D via direct C-H couplings. J Am Chem Soc 2011 0.87
23 Iridium-Catalyzed [5 + 1] Cycloaddition: Allenylcyclopropane as a Five-Carbon Assembling Unit. J Org Chem 1998 0.86
24 Key mechanistic features of Ni-catalyzed C-H/C-O biaryl coupling of azoles and naphthalen-2-yl pivalates. J Am Chem Soc 2014 0.86
25 Catalytic four-component assembly based on allenylboronate platform: new access to privileged allylic amine structures. J Am Chem Soc 2006 0.85
26 A modular and size-selective synthesis of [n]cycloparaphenylenes: a step toward the selective synthesis of [n,n] single-walled carbon nanotubes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010 0.85
27 Synthesis and properties of cycloparaphenylene-2,5-pyridylidene: a nitrogen-containing carbon nanoring. Org Lett 2012 0.83
28 Iridium catalysis for C-H bond arylation of heteroarenes with iodoarenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009 0.83
29 Synthesis of extended π-systems through C-H activation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014 0.83
30 Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Dienyl Phosphates with Grignard Reagents in the Synthesis of 2-Substituted 1,3-Dienes. J Org Chem 1999 0.83
31 β-Selective C-H arylation of pyrroles leading to concise syntheses of lamellarins C and I. J Am Chem Soc 2014 0.82
32 Concise synthesis and crystal structure of [12]cycloparaphenylene. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011 0.82
33 Stereodivergent synthesis of arylcyclopropylamines by sequential C-H borylation and Suzuki-Miyaura coupling. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014 0.82
34 Sequential Pd- and Rh-catalyzed three-component cyclization with allenylboronate platform. Org Lett 2006 0.82
35 All-benzene carbon nanocages: size-selective synthesis, photophysical properties, and crystal structure. J Am Chem Soc 2014 0.82
36 Programmed synthesis of tetraarylthiophenes through sequential C-H arylation. J Am Chem Soc 2009 0.82
37 Pd(OAc)2/o-chloranil/M(OTf)n: a catalyst for the direct C-H arylation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with boryl-, silyl-, and unfunctionalized arenes. Org Lett 2011 0.82
38 Catalytic C-H imidation of aromatic cores of functional molecules: ligand-accelerated cu catalysis and application to materials- and biology-oriented aromatics. J Am Chem Soc 2015 0.82
39 Exploitation of an additional hydrophobic pocket of σ1 receptors: late-stage diverse modifications of spirocyclic thiophenes by C-H bond functionalization. Org Biomol Chem 2011 0.81
40 A nickel catalyst for the addition of organoboronate esters to ketones and aldehydes. Org Lett 2009 0.81
41 Isolation, structure, and reactivity of an arylnickel(II) pivalate complex in catalytic C-H/C-O biaryl coupling. J Am Chem Soc 2013 0.81
42 Concise syntheses of dictyodendrins A and F by a sequential C-H functionalization strategy. J Am Chem Soc 2015 0.80
43 Synthesis of dihydrobenzo[b]furans by diastereoselective acyloxyarylation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014 0.80
44 Copper-mediated C-H bond arylation of arenes with arylboronic acids. Org Lett 2008 0.80
45 Pd-catalyzed direct C-H bond functionalization of spirocyclic σ1 ligands: generation of a pharmacophore model and analysis of the reverse binding mode by docking into a 3D homology model of the σ1 receptor. J Med Chem 2012 0.79
46 Thiophene-based, radial π-conjugation: synthesis, structure, and photophysical properties of cyclo-1,4-phenylene-2',5'-thienylenes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014 0.79
47 Combined experimental and theoretical studies on the photophysical properties of cycloparaphenylenes. Org Biomol Chem 2012 0.79
48 Mechanistic studies on the Pd-catalyzed direct C-H arylation of 2-substituted thiophene derivatives with arylpalladium bipyridyl complexes. Chem Asian J 2012 0.78
49 η6-Cycloparaphenylene transition metal complexes: synthesis, structure, photophysical properties, and application to the selective monofunctionalization of cycloparaphenylenes. J Am Chem Soc 2015 0.78
50 The 1,1-carboboration of bis(alkynyl)phosphanes as a route to phosphole compounds. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2012 0.78
51 Cationic carbohydroxylation of alkenes and alkynes using the cation pool method. Org Lett 2004 0.78
52 Nickel-catalyzed α-arylation of ketones with phenol derivatives. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014 0.78
53 Cycloparaphenylene-based ionic donor-acceptor supramolecule: isolation and characterization of Li⁺@C60⊂[10]CPP. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015 0.78
54 Synthesis and properties of cycloparaphenylene-2,7-pyrenylene: a pyrene-containing carbon nanoring. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014 0.78
55 Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of (2-pyridyl)allyldimethylsilanes with aryl iodides. Org Lett 2006 0.78
56 Synthesis and dimerization of chloro[10]cycloparaphenylene: a directly connected cycloparaphenylene dimer. Org Lett 2014 0.77
57 C-H alkenylation of azoles with enols and esters by nickel catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013 0.77
58 Selective introduction of organic groups to C60 and C70 using organoboron compounds and rhodium catalyst: a new synthetic approach to organo(hydro)fullerenes. Chem Asian J 2010 0.77
59 Nickel-catalyzed C-H arylation of azoles with haloarenes: scope, mechanism, and applications to the synthesis of bioactive molecules. Chemistry 2011 0.77
60 Selective synthesis of [7]- and [8]cycloparaphenylenes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014 0.77
61 A bench-stable Pd catalyst for the hydroarylation of fullerene with boronic acids. Org Lett 2008 0.77
62 Rhodium-catalyzed C-H bond arylation of arenes. Top Curr Chem 2010 0.77
63 Synthesis of thiophene-based TAK-779 analogues by C-H arylation. J Org Chem 2013 0.77
64 Size-selective complexation and extraction of endohedral metallofullerenes with cycloparaphenylene. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014 0.77
65 C-H activation enables a rapid structure-activity relationship study of arylcyclopropyl amines for potent and selective LSD1 inhibitors. Org Biomol Chem 2016 0.77
66 Ni-Catalyzed α-arylation of esters and amides with phenol derivatives. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014 0.76
67 Controlled alcohol-carbonyl interconversion by nickel catalysis. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011 0.76
68 Rh-catalyzed arylation and alkenylation of C(60) using organoboron compounds. J Am Chem Soc 2007 0.76
69 Improvement of σ1 receptor affinity by late-stage C-H-bond arylation of spirocyclic lactones. Bioorg Med Chem 2013 0.76
70 Copper-catalyzed allylation of carbonyl derivatives using allyl(2-pyridyl)silanes. Org Lett 2005 0.76
71 1,3,5-Triaryl 2-pyridylidene: base-promoted generation and complexation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2012 0.76
72 Pyridine-based dicarbene ligand: synthesis and structure of a bis-2-pyridylidene palladium complex. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013 0.76
73 Synthesis, binding affinity and structure-activity relationships of novel, selective and dual targeting CCR2 and CCR5 receptor antagonists. Org Biomol Chem 2015 0.76
74 Regioselective unsymmetrical tetraallylation of C(60) through palladium catalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2009 0.76
75 Structure-affinity-relationship study of bicyclic sigma receptor ligands. Cent Nerv Syst Agents Med Chem 2009 0.76
76 Generation of pyridyl coordinated organosilicon cation pool by oxidative Si-Si bond dissociation. Beilstein J Org Chem 2007 0.75
77 Palladium(II)-catalyzed conjugate phosphination of electron-deficient acceptors. Org Lett 2009 0.75
78 Functionalization of a simple dithienylethene via palladium-catalyzed regioselective direct arylation. Org Lett 2011 0.75
79 Aziridinofullerene: a versatile platform for functionalized fullerenes. J Am Chem Soc 2011 0.75
80 Porous frameworks constructed by non-covalent linking of substitution-inert metal complexes. Dalton Trans 2015 0.75
81 Palladium-catalyzed carbon-carbon bond formation and cleavage of organo(hydro)fullerenes. Chemistry 2009 0.75
82 Branch-selective allylic C-H carboxylation of terminal alkenes by Pd/sox catalyst. Org Lett 2014 0.75
83 Diverse modifications of the 4-methylphenyl moiety of TAK-779 by late-stage Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling. Org Biomol Chem 2013 0.75
84 Rapid synthesis of CDP840 with 2-pyrimidyl vinyl sulfide as a platform. J Org Chem 2005 0.75
85 Manganese-catalyzed intermolecular C-H/C-H coupling of carbonyls and heteroarenes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014 0.75
86 Palladium-Catalyzed Decarbonylative Cross-Coupling of Azinecarboxylates with Arylboronic Acids. Org Lett 2016 0.75