Etsuko Tokunaga

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
158 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Etsuko Tokunaga is a scholar working on Pharmaceutical Science, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Etsuko Tokunaga has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Pharmaceutical Science, 116 papers in Organic Chemistry and 40 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Etsuko Tokunaga's work include Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (122 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (36 papers) and Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (35 papers). Etsuko Tokunaga is often cited by papers focused on Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (122 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (36 papers) and Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (35 papers). Etsuko Tokunaga collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and Spain. Etsuko Tokunaga's co-authors include Norio Shibata, Motoo Shiro, Hiroyuki Kawai, Kenji Hirai, Osamu Kobayashi, Yuta Ogawa, Yudong Yang, Satoshi Okusu, Tatsuya Furukawa and Yoshinori Nomura and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Etsuko Tokunaga

158 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Current Contributions of Organofluorine Compounds to the Agrochemical Industry
    2020 873 citations Etsuko Tokunaga, Norio Shibata et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Etsuko Tokunaga Japan 45 5.1k 4.5k 2.0k 886 340 158 6.9k
Shuichi Nakamura Japan 57 8.1k 1.6× 2.9k 0.7× 2.7k 1.3× 1.6k 1.8× 469 1.4× 233 9.4k
Alexander E. Sorochinsky Ukraine 34 5.7k 1.1× 5.0k 1.1× 1.7k 0.8× 2.0k 2.3× 215 0.6× 76 7.6k
Günter Haufe Germany 35 3.8k 0.7× 2.6k 0.6× 948 0.5× 1.6k 1.8× 388 1.1× 291 5.5k
José Luis Aceña Spain 35 8.1k 1.6× 6.7k 1.5× 2.4k 1.2× 2.4k 2.8× 280 0.8× 100 10.4k
Takeshi Toru Japan 45 5.7k 1.1× 2.3k 0.5× 1.6k 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 429 1.3× 211 6.7k
Peter R. Moore United Kingdom 17 5.8k 1.1× 5.5k 1.2× 1.9k 0.9× 953 1.1× 195 0.6× 39 7.5k
Kunisuke Izawa Japan 27 4.0k 0.8× 3.1k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 1.5× 177 0.5× 110 5.4k
María Sánchez‐Roselló Spain 29 6.0k 1.2× 3.9k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 161 0.5× 68 7.1k
Steve Swallow United Kingdom 7 5.2k 1.0× 5.2k 1.2× 1.7k 0.8× 843 1.0× 151 0.4× 10 6.9k
Carlos del Pozo Spain 31 5.8k 1.1× 3.9k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 167 0.5× 111 7.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Etsuko Tokunaga

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All Works

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Yamanaka, Satoshi, Daisuke Saito, Gembu Abe, et al.. (2021). Thalidomide and its metabolite 5‐hydroxythalidomide induce teratogenicity via the cereblon neosubstrate PLZF. The EMBO Journal. 40(4). e105375–e105375. 59 indexed citations
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Tokunaga, Etsuko, Takeshi Yamamoto, Emi Ito, & Norio Shibata. (2018). Understanding the Thalidomide Chirality in Biological Processes by the Self-disproportionation of Enantiomers. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 17131–17131. 114 indexed citations
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Tokunaga, Etsuko, et al.. (2018). Defluorosilylation of fluoroarenes and fluoroalkanes. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4393–4393. 108 indexed citations
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Mori, Tomoyuki, Takumi Ito, Shujie Liu, et al.. (2018). Structural basis of thalidomide enantiomer binding to cereblon. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 1294–1294. 86 indexed citations
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Tokunaga, Etsuko, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of fluoro-functionalized diaryl-λ3-iodonium salts and their cytotoxicity against human lymphoma U937 cells. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 14. 364–372. 6 indexed citations
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Tokunaga, Etsuko, et al.. (2017). Biological evaluation of both enantiomers of fluoro-thalidomide using human myeloma cell line H929 and others. PLoS ONE. 12(8). e0182152–e0182152. 23 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiandong, et al.. (2017). Synthesis of Sulfur Perfluorophenyl Compounds Using a Pentafluorobenzenesulfonyl Hypervalent Iodonium Ylide. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 82(22). 11939–11945. 6 indexed citations
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Okusu, Satoshi, Etsuko Tokunaga, & Norio Shibata. (2015). Difluoromethylation of Terminal Alkynes by Fluoroform. Organic Letters. 17(15). 3802–3805. 59 indexed citations
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Wang, Xin, Guo‐Kai Liu, Xiu‐Hua Xu, et al.. (2014). S‐((Phenylsulfonyl)difluoromethyl)thiophenium Salts: Carbon‐Selective Electrophilic Difluoromethylation of β‐Ketoesters, β‐Diketones, and Dicyanoalkylidenes. Angewandte Chemie. 126(7). 1858–1862. 52 indexed citations
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Liu, Guo‐Kai, Xiu‐Hua Xu, Norio Shibata, et al.. (2014). S‐((Phenylsulfonyl)difluoromethyl)thiophenium Salts: Carbon‐Selective Electrophilic Difluoromethylation of β‐Ketoesters, β‐Diketones, and Dicyanoalkylidenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(7). 1827–1831. 62 indexed citations
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Nishimine, Takayuki, Kazunobu Fukushi, Etsuko Tokunaga, et al.. (2013). Kinetic Resolution of Allyl Fluorides by Enantioselective Allylic Trifluoromethylation Based on Silicon‐Assisted CF Bond Cleavage. Angewandte Chemie. 126(2). 527–530. 26 indexed citations
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Kawai, Hiroyuki, Zhe Yuan, Etsuko Tokunaga, & Norio Shibata. (2013). A sterically demanding organo-superbase avoids decomposition of a naked trifluoromethyl carbanion directly generated from fluoroform. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 11(9). 1446–1446. 94 indexed citations
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Shibata, Norio, Norio Shibata, Takayuki Nishimine, et al.. (2013). Asymmetric Mannich reaction between (S)-N-(tert-butanesulfinyl)-3,3,3-trifluoroacetaldimine and malonic acid derivatives. Stereodivergent synthesis of (R)- and (S)-3-amino-4,4,4-trifluorobutanoic acids. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 12(9). 1454–1454. 39 indexed citations
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Nishimine, Takayuki, et al.. (2013). Kinetic Resolution of Allyl Fluorides by Enantioselective Allylic Trifluoromethylation Based on Silicon‐Assisted CF Bond Cleavage. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(2). 517–520. 89 indexed citations
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Kawai, Hiroyuki, Tatsuya Furukawa, Akihiro Kusuda, et al.. (2010). Enantioselective Synthesis of Trifluoromethyl‐Substituted 2‐Isoxazolines: Asymmetric Hydroxylamine/Enone Cascade Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(33). 5762–5766. 113 indexed citations

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