Daisuke Uraguchi

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Daisuke Uraguchi is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Daisuke Uraguchi has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Organic Chemistry, 30 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 20 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Daisuke Uraguchi's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (59 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (24 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (22 papers). Daisuke Uraguchi is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (59 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (24 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (22 papers). Daisuke Uraguchi collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Ukraine. Daisuke Uraguchi's co-authors include Takashi Ooi, Masahiro Terada, Yusuke Ueki, Keiichi Sorimachi, Natsuko Kinoshita, Kyohei Koshimoto, Tomohito Kizu, Tetsu Yamakawa, Ken Yoshioka and Shinji Nakamura and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Daisuke Uraguchi

106 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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Chiral Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Direct Mannich Reactions via Electrophilic Activation

2004 1.4k citations Daisuke Uraguchi et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Daisuke Uraguchi Japan	43	6.1k	2.0k	1.2k	667	396	107	6.5k
Luca Bernardi Italy	44	5.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	348 0.5×	354 0.9×	121	5.9k
Koichi Narasaka Japan	46	7.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	457 0.7×	490 1.2×	254	8.3k
Gonzalo Blay Spain	38	3.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	792 0.6×	450 0.7×	254 0.6×	191	4.4k
Marino Petrini Italy	38	5.3k 0.9×	896 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	230 0.3×	242 0.6×	171	5.7k
Kiitirô Utimoto Japan	48	6.7k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	602 0.9×	194 0.5×	236	7.3k
Francisco Foubelo Spain	33	5.9k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	998 0.8×	214 0.3×	147 0.4×	167	6.3k
Peter O’Brien United Kingdom	41	5.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	129 0.2×	226 0.6×	171	5.7k
Alexandre Alexakis Switzerland	67	14.7k 2.4×	5.6k 2.9×	2.4k 2.0×	555 0.8×	632 1.6×	296	15.3k
Dieter Hoppe Germany	42	6.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	316 0.5×	378 1.0×	289	6.9k
Petri M. Pihko Finland	36	5.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	286 0.4×	249 0.6×	108	5.5k

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Shimazu, Toru, et al.. (2025). Olefin‐Catalyzed Aromatic Bromination toward Biocompatible Tyrosine Modification. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(39). e202501554–e202501554.

Tayama, Eiji, et al.. (2024). Controlling the position of the nucleophilic ring-opening of 2-EWG-substituted azetidinium salts with fluoride by the N-1-(1-naphthyl)ethyl substituent and BINAM-derived bis-urea organocatalyst. Tetrahedron. 167. 134274–134274. 1 indexed citations

Uraguchi, Daisuke, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of Substituted Cyclooctenes through Cross-Coupling Reactions. Synlett. 36(1). 69–74. 2 indexed citations

Hori, Yuichiro, et al.. (2024). BODNs as biocompatible brominating reagents: visible-light photocatalytic tyrosine modification under physiologically favorable conditions. Chemical Communications. 60(85). 12381–12384. 3 indexed citations

Matsubara, Seijiro, et al.. (2023). trans‐Cyclooctenes as Scavengers of Bromine Involved in Catalytic Bromination. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(8). e202303399–e202303399. 1 indexed citations

Uraguchi, Daisuke, et al.. (2021). Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of 5-membered alicyclic α-quaternary β-amino acids via [3 + 2]-photocycloaddition of α-substituted acrylates. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 19(8). 1744–1747. 27 indexed citations

Uraguchi, Daisuke, et al.. (2021). o-Quinone methide with overcrowded olefin component as a dehydridation catalyst under aerobic photoirradiation conditions. Chemical Science. 12(8). 2778–2783. 1 indexed citations

Uraguchi, Daisuke, et al.. (2020). A Structurally Robust Chiral Borate Ion: Molecular Design, Synthesis, and Asymmetric Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie. 132(28). 11553–11558. 2 indexed citations

Uraguchi, Daisuke, et al.. (2020). Redox-regulated divergence in photocatalytic addition of α-nitro alkyl radicals to styrenes. Chemical Communications. 56(75). 11014–11017. 19 indexed citations

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Hong, Yongseok, Daisuke Uraguchi, Takashi Ooi, et al.. (2019). Inserting Nitrogen: An Effective Concept To Create Nonplanar and Stimuli-Responsive Perylene Bisimide Analogues. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(50). 19807–19816. 49 indexed citations

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Uraguchi, Daisuke, et al.. (2019). Photocatalytic borylcyclopropanation of α-boryl styrenes. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 6(11). 1734–1737. 25 indexed citations

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Uraguchi, Daisuke, et al.. (2019). Unveiling Latent Photoreactivity of Imines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(9). 3665–3670. 34 indexed citations

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Uraguchi, Daisuke, et al.. (2019). Unveiling Latent Photoreactivity of Imines. Angewandte Chemie. 132(9). 3694–3699. 5 indexed citations

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Uraguchi, Daisuke, Kohei Yamada, Makoto Sato, & Takashi Ooi. (2018). Catalyst-Directed Guidance of Sulfur-Substituted Enediolates to Stereoselective Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation with Aldehydes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(15). 5110–5117. 24 indexed citations

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Uraguchi, Daisuke, et al.. (2018). Catalyst‐Enabled Site‐Divergent Stereoselective Michael Reactions: Overriding Intrinsic Reactivity of Enynyl Carbonyl Acceptors. Angewandte Chemie. 130(17). 4822–4826. 16 indexed citations

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Uraguchi, Daisuke, Keiko Kuwata, Yuh Hijikata, et al.. (2018). A femtomolar-range suicide germination stimulant for the parasitic plant Striga hermonthica. Science. 362(6420). 1301–1305. 96 indexed citations

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Uraguchi, Daisuke, et al.. (2018). Molecular Design, Synthesis, and Asymmetric Catalysis of a Hexacoordinated Chiral Phosphate Ion. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(8). 2765–2768. 17 indexed citations

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Uraguchi, Daisuke, Ken Yoshioka, & Takashi Ooi. (2017). Complete diastereodivergence in asymmetric 1,6-addition reactions enabled by minimal modification of a chiral catalyst. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14793–14793. 82 indexed citations

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Yoshioka, Ken, Kohei Yamada, Daisuke Uraguchi, & Takashi Ooi. (2017). Unique site-selectivity control in asymmetric Michael addition of azlactone to alkenyl dienyl ketones enabled by P-spiro chiral iminophosphorane catalysis. Chemical Communications. 53(40). 5495–5498. 29 indexed citations

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Yamanaka, Masahiro, Ken Sakata, Ken Yoshioka, Daisuke Uraguchi, & Takashi Ooi. (2016). Origin of High Regio-, Diastereo-, and Enantioselectivities in 1,6-Addition of Azlactones to Dienyl N-Acylpyrroles: A Computational Study. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 82(1). 541–548. 15 indexed citations

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