Akira Sakakura

4.3k total citations
116 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Akira Sakakura is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Akira Sakakura has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Organic Chemistry, 42 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Akira Sakakura's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (33 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (28 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (27 papers). Akira Sakakura is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (33 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (28 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (27 papers). Akira Sakakura collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Akira Sakakura's co-authors include Kazuaki Ishihara, Atsushi Ukai, Hidefumi Nakatsuji, Shoko Nakagawa, Hideo Kigoshi, Matsujiro Akakura, Yuji Kosugi, Kiyotake Suenaga, Kenji Suzuki and Masahiro Hori and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Akira Sakakura

112 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Akira Sakakura Japan 35 2.8k 919 876 257 245 116 3.5k
Novruz G. Akhmedov United States 37 3.7k 1.3× 699 0.8× 589 0.7× 409 1.6× 156 0.6× 154 5.0k
Vivek K. Gupta India 30 2.3k 0.8× 542 0.6× 484 0.6× 219 0.9× 311 1.3× 321 3.4k
Louis A. Silks United States 24 1.1k 0.4× 474 0.5× 614 0.7× 366 1.4× 72 0.3× 96 2.6k
Ion Ghiviriga United States 39 3.4k 1.2× 634 0.7× 1.0k 1.2× 46 0.2× 193 0.8× 224 5.0k
Ernst Pittenauer Austria 30 1.4k 0.5× 1.3k 1.4× 947 1.1× 186 0.7× 107 0.4× 105 3.2k
A.S.C. Chan Hong Kong 33 2.7k 1.0× 1.8k 2.0× 955 1.1× 61 0.2× 143 0.6× 119 4.2k
Sergio Castillón Spain 40 4.4k 1.6× 2.1k 2.2× 1.5k 1.7× 143 0.6× 100 0.4× 201 5.4k
Yuichiro Mori Japan 26 2.2k 0.8× 634 0.7× 804 0.9× 123 0.5× 50 0.2× 52 3.4k
James M. Takacs United States 35 3.1k 1.1× 1.3k 1.4× 809 0.9× 29 0.1× 99 0.4× 122 3.9k
Paul J. Stevenson United Kingdom 33 2.1k 0.8× 189 0.2× 650 0.7× 48 0.2× 195 0.8× 121 3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akira Sakakura

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Akira Sakakura. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Akira Sakakura based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Akira Sakakura. Akira Sakakura is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Mizoguchi, Haruki, et al.. (2025). Development of a Vinylated Cyclic Allene: A Fleeting Strained Diene for the Diels–Alder Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(33). e202510319–e202510319. 1 indexed citations
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Mizoguchi, Haruki, et al.. (2023). Visible-Light-Photoexcited Palladium-Catalyzed Silylmethylation of Benzyl Alcohol Derivatives. Synlett. 34(20). 2451–2454. 1 indexed citations
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Chinen, Takumi, Yoko Nagumo, Akira Sakakura, et al.. (2021). Dual Inhibition of γ-Tubulin and Plk1 Induces Mitotic Cell Death. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 11. 620185–620185. 6 indexed citations
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Sakakura, Akira, et al.. (2020). Kinetic Resolution of α-Nitrolactones by Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrolysis or Ester–Amide Exchange Reaction. Synlett. 31(20). 2018–2022. 3 indexed citations
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Sakakura, Akira, et al.. (2020). Enantioselective Diels–Alder Reaction of 3-Nitrocoumarins Promoted by Chiral Organoammonium Salt Catalysts. Synlett. 31(20). 2013–2017. 3 indexed citations
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Nakatsuji, Hidefumi, et al.. (2016). Enantioselective bromocyclization of 2-geranylphenols induced by chiral phosphite–urea bifunctional catalysts. Chemical Communications. 52(36). 6068–6071. 30 indexed citations
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Hori, Masahiro, Akira Sakakura, & Kazuaki Ishihara. (2014). Enantioselective 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Azomethine Imines with Propioloylpyrazoles Induced by Chiral π–Cation Catalysts. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 136(38). 13198–13201. 75 indexed citations
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Sakakura, Akira, et al.. (2012). N,N-Diarylammonium Pyrosulfate as a Highly Effective Reverse Micelle-Type Catalyst for Hydrolysis of Esters. Organic Letters. 14(12). 3194–3197. 22 indexed citations
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Ojika, Makoto, Hideo Kigoshi, Kiyotake Suenaga, et al.. (2011). Aplyronines D–H from the sea hare Aplysia kurodai: isolation, structures, and cytotoxicity. Tetrahedron. 68(4). 982–987. 21 indexed citations
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Sakakura, Akira & Kazuaki Ishihara. (2010). Asymmetric Cu(ii) catalyses for cycloaddition reactions based on π–cation or n–cation interactions. Chemical Society Reviews. 40(1). 163–172. 47 indexed citations
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Sakakura, Akira, et al.. (2008). Convergent total syntheses of fluvibactin and vibriobactin using molybdenum(vi) oxide-catalyzed dehydrative cyclization as a key step. Chemical Communications. 3561–3561. 22 indexed citations
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Sakakura, Akira & Kazuaki Ishihara. (2007). Enantioselective biomimetic polyene cyclization of polyprenoids : Long-sought enantioselective reaction induced by a chiral halonium ion. 25(5). 9–12. 7 indexed citations
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Sakakura, Akira, Shoko Nakagawa, & Kazuaki Ishihara. (2007). Direct ester condensation catalyzed by bulky diarylammonium pentafluorobenzenesulfonates. Nature Protocols. 2(7). 1746–1751. 22 indexed citations
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Sakakura, Akira & Yoshihiro Hayakawa. (2001). A FACILE SYNTHESIS OF 5′-END SOLID-ANCHORED, 3′-END FREE OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES VIA THE (5′ → 3′)-ELONGATED PHOSPHORAMIDITE STRATEGY. Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids. 20(3). 213–227.
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Sakakura, Akira, Makoto Kataoka, Ryo Kawai, & Yoshio Hayakawa. (2000). An efficient synthesis of nucleotides via the phosphoramidite method using a triflic acid salt of an imidazole-related compound as a promoter. Nucleic Acids Symposium Series. 44(1). 137–138. 1 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Takumi, et al.. (1974). New grain-oriented silicon steel with high permeability "ORIENTCORE HI-B". IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 10(2). 123–127. 63 indexed citations

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