Ei‐ichi Negishi

26.0k total citations · 21 hit papers
335 papers, 19.2k citations indexed

About

Ei‐ichi Negishi is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ei‐ichi Negishi has authored 335 papers receiving a total of 19.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 324 papers in Organic Chemistry, 80 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ei‐ichi Negishi's work include Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (132 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (112 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (96 papers). Ei‐ichi Negishi is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (132 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (112 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (96 papers). Ei‐ichi Negishi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Ei‐ichi Negishi's co-authors include Tamotsu Takahashi, Nobuhisa Okukado, Anthony O. King, David E. Van Horn, Shengming Ma, Douglas R. Swanson, Shigeru Baba, Fredrik Cederbaum, Denis Y. Kondakov and Christophe Copéret and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Ei‐ichi Negishi

323 papers receiving 18.3k citations

Hit Papers

Palladium- or nickel-cata... 1976 2026 1992 2009 1982 1977 2011 1996 1986 250 500 750
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  1. Palladium- or nickel-catalyzed cross coupling. A new selective method for carbon-carbon bond formation
    1982 940 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi profile →
  2. Selective carbon-carbon bond formation via transition metal catalysis. 3. A highly selective synthesis of unsymmetrical biaryls and diarylmethanes by the nickel- or palladium-catalyzed reaction of aryl- and benzylzinc derivatives with aryl halides
    1977 718 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →
  3. Magical Power of Transition Metals: Past, Present, and Future (Nobel Lecture)
    2011 633 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  4. Cyclic Carbopalladation. A Versatile Synthetic Methodology for the Construction of Cyclic Organic Compounds
    1996 597 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi, Christophe Copéret et al. profile →
  5. Reaction of zirconocene dichloride with alkyllithiums or alkyl grignard reagents as a convenient method for generating a “zirconocene” equivalant and its use in zirconium-promoted cyclization of alkenes, alkynes, dienes, enynes, and diynes
    1986 485 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi et al. Tetrahedron Letters profile →
  6. Recent Advances in Efficient and Selective Synthesis of Di-, Tri-, and Tetrasubstituted Alkenes via Pd-Catalyzed Alkenylation−Carbonyl Olefination Synergy
    2008 464 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi et al. profile →
  7. Highly general stereo-, regio-, and chemo-selective synthesis of terminal and internal conjugated enynes by the Pd-catalysed reaction of alkynylzinc reagents with alkenyl halides
    1977 420 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi et al. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications profile →
  8. Metal-promoted cyclization. 19. Novel bicyclization of enynes and diynes promoted by zirconocene derivatives and conversion of zirconabicycles into bicyclic enones via carbonylation
    1989 348 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi, James M. Tour et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  9. Patterns of Stoichiometric and Catalytic Reactions of Organozirconium and Related Complexes of Synthetic Interest
    1994 343 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi et al. profile →
  10. Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of homoallylic or homopropargylic organozincs with alkenyl halides as a new selective route to 1,5-dienes and 1,5-enynes
    1980 269 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  11. A novel stereospecific alkenyl-alkenyl cross-coupling by a palladium- or nickel-catalyzed reaction of alkenylalanes with alkenyl halides
    1976 239 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  12. Nickel- or palladium-catalyzed cross coupling. 31. Palladium- or nickel-catalyzed reactions of alkenylmetals with unsaturated organic halides as a selective route to arylated alkenes and conjugated dienes: scope, limitations, and mechanism
    1987 232 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi, David E. Van Horn et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  13. Selective carbon-carbon bond formation via transition metal catalysts. 8. Controlled carbometalation. Reaction of acetylenes with organoalane-zirconocene dichloride complexes as a route to stereo- and regio-defined trisubstituted olefins
    1978 221 citations David E. Van Horn, Ei‐ichi Negishi Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  14. Selective carbon-carbon bond formation via transition metal catalysts. 9. Double metal catalysis in the cross-coupling reaction and its application to the stereo- and regioselective synthesis of trisubstituted olefins
    1978 216 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi, David E. Van Horn et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  15. Regio- and stereoselective synthesis of γ-alkylidenebutenolides and related compounds
    1997 208 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi et al. profile →
  16. Controlled carbometalation. 20. Carbometalation reaction of alkynes with organoalene-zirconocene derivatives as a route to stereo-and regiodefined trisubstituted alkenes
    1985 202 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi, David E. Van Horn et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  17. Palladium-catalyzed acylation of organozincs and other organometallics as a convenient route to ketones
    1983 184 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi, Fen‐Tair Luo et al. Tetrahedron Letters profile →
  18. Clean and convenient procedure for converting primary alkyl iodides and .alpha.,.omega.-diiodoalkanes into the corresponding alkyllithium derivatives by treatment with tert-butyllithium
    1990 172 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →
  19. Bimetallic catalytic systems containing Ti, Zr, Ni, and Pd. Their applications to selective organic syntheses
    1981 169 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi profile →
  20. Organozirconium Compounds in Organic Synthesis
    1988 156 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi et al. profile →
  21. A general synthesis of terminal and internal arylalkynes by the palladium-catalyzed reaction of alkynylzinc reagents with aryl halides
    1978 147 citations Ei‐ichi Negishi et al. The Journal of Organic Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ei‐ichi Negishi United States 71 18.0k 3.6k 2.1k 758 705 335 19.2k
Jiro Tsuji Japan 61 14.3k 0.8× 3.6k 1.0× 2.2k 1.1× 775 1.0× 657 0.9× 314 15.7k
Yasuyuki Kita Japan 65 15.9k 0.9× 1.9k 0.5× 2.0k 0.9× 768 1.0× 708 1.0× 500 17.2k
J. K. Stille United States 59 13.5k 0.8× 3.0k 0.9× 2.2k 1.0× 1.6k 2.1× 625 0.9× 264 16.3k
Koichiro Oshima Japan 71 18.0k 1.0× 4.0k 1.1× 2.0k 1.0× 765 1.0× 324 0.5× 562 19.4k
Satoru Masamune United States 60 10.0k 0.6× 3.2k 0.9× 3.1k 1.5× 839 1.1× 861 1.2× 232 13.0k
Kazuhiko Takai Japan 57 10.5k 0.6× 2.4k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 524 0.7× 469 0.7× 241 11.3k
Janine Cossy France 54 12.4k 0.7× 1.9k 0.5× 3.0k 1.4× 341 0.4× 819 1.2× 593 13.6k
Antonio M. Echavarren Spain 80 25.8k 1.4× 4.5k 1.3× 1.5k 0.7× 1.9k 2.5× 484 0.7× 382 28.0k
Edwin Vedējs United States 58 10.4k 0.6× 2.6k 0.7× 2.8k 1.3× 557 0.7× 512 0.7× 247 11.9k
Reinhard W. Hoffmann Germany 51 11.0k 0.6× 1.8k 0.5× 2.6k 1.3× 457 0.6× 612 0.9× 403 12.7k

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All Works

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Negishi, Ei‐ichi & Shiqing Xu. (2015). Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of chiral organic compounds of ultra-high purity of >99% ee. Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B. 91(8). 369–393. 4 indexed citations
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Negishi, Ei‐ichi. (2011). Magical Power of Transition Metals: Past, Present, and Future (Nobel Lecture). Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(30). 6738–6764. 633 indexed citations breakdown →
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Negishi, Ei‐ichi, et al.. (2010). Highly (≥98 %) Selective Trisubstituted Alkene Synthesis of Wide Applicability via Fluoride‐Promoted Pd‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling of Alkenylboranes. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 50(5-6). 696–701. 17 indexed citations
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Zeng, Xingzhong, Mingxing Qian, Qian Hu, & Ei‐ichi Negishi. (2004). Highly Stereoselective Synthesis of (1E)‐2‐Methyl‐1,3‐dienes by Palladium‐Catalyzed trans‐Selective Cross‐Coupling of 1,1‐Dibromo‐1‐alkenes with Alkenylzinc Reagents. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(17). 2259–2263. 116 indexed citations
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Negishi, Ei‐ichi, Christophe Copéret, Shengming Ma, et al.. (1996). Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylative Cyclization of 1-Iodo-2-alkenylbenzenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118(25). 5904–5918. 111 indexed citations
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Ma, Shengming & Ei‐ichi Negishi. (1994). Facile Formation of Seven- and Eight-Membered Cycloalkenes via Catalytic and Cyclic Carbopalladation of Allenes. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 59(17). 4730–4732. 60 indexed citations
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Negishi, Ei‐ichi, et al.. (1988). Metal-promoted cyclization. 17. A novel bicyclization methodology via cyclialkylation of .omega.-halo-1-metallo-1-alkynes containing aluminum and zinc. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 53(4). 913–915. 58 indexed citations
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Tour, James M. & Ei‐ichi Negishi. (1985). Metal promoted cyclization. 9. Controlled and catalytic acylpalladation. A novel route to cyclopentenone and cyclohexenone derivatives. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 107(26). 8289–8291. 70 indexed citations
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Negishi, Ei‐ichi & Joseph A. Miller. (1983). Selective carbon-carbon bond formation via transition metal catalysis. 37. Controlled carbometalation. 16. Novel syntheses of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated cyclopentenones via allylzincation of alkynes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 105(22). 6761–6763. 96 indexed citations
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Negishi, Ei‐ichi, et al.. (1982). A selective synthesis of alkenylmercuric chlorides via alkenylalanes. Tetrahedron Letters. 23(20). 2085–2086. 7 indexed citations
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Negishi, Ei‐ichi, et al.. (1982). A Regiospecific Synthesis of Carbosubstituted Heteroaromatic Derivatives via Pd-Catalyzed Cross Coupling. Heterocycles. 18(1). 117–117. 79 indexed citations
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Negishi, Ei‐ichi, et al.. (1975). Intermolecular alkyl-transfer reaction of tetraorganoborate anions with acyl halides. Novel method for moderating the carbanion reactivity. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 40(11). 1676–1677. 50 indexed citations
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Negishi, Ei‐ichi, George Lew, & Takao Yoshida. (1973). Stereoselective synthesis of conjugated trans-enynes readily convertible into conjugated cis,trans-dienes and its application to the synthesis of the pheromone bombykol. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 874–874. 46 indexed citations
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Brown, Herbert C. & Ei‐ichi Negishi. (1967). Carbonylation of perhydro-9b-boraphenalene to form perhydro-9b-phenalenol. New general synthesis of polycyclic derivatives. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 89(21). 5478–5480. 14 indexed citations

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