Etsuko Tokunaga

8.3k citations

158 papers · 6.9k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 45

Co-authors: Norio Shibata Motoo Shiro Hiroyuki Kawai Yuta Ogawa Osamu Kobayashi Kenji Hirai Yudong Yang Satoshi Okusu
Topics: Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (122 papers)Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (36 papers)Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (35 papers)
Cited by: Pharmaceutical Science Organic Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry
Journals: Journal of the American Chemical Society Angewandte Chemie International Edition Nature Communications
Partner nations: Japan China Spain

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Etsuko Tokunaga

158 papers receiving 6.8k citations

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Current Contributions of Organofluorine Compounds to the Agrochemical Industry

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Agaritine derived from Agaricus blazei Murrill induces apoptosis via mitochondrial membrane depolarization in hematological tumor cell lines 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown),(unknown),Taei Matsui,Etsuko Tokunaga,(unknown),Hidehiko Akiyama	1
2	Thalidomide and its metabolite 5‐hydroxythalidomide induce teratogenicity via the cereblon neosubstrate PLZF 2021 ·The EMBO Journal ·Satoshi Yamanaka,(unknown),Daisuke Saito,Gembu Abe,Etsuko Tokunaga,Takahiro Iwasaki,Hirotaka Takahashi,Hiroyuki Takeda,Takayuki Suzuki,Norio Shibata,Koji Tamura,Tatsuya Sawasaki	59
3	Gas/Liquid‐Phase Micro‐Flow Trifluoromethylation using Fluoroform: Trifluoromethylation of Aldehydes, Ketones, Chalcones, and N‐Sulfinylimines 2019 ·ChemistryOpen ·(unknown),(unknown),Nagender Punna,Etsuko Tokunaga,Norio Shibata	17
4	Gas/Liquid‐Phase Micro‐Flow Trifluoromethylation using Fluoroform: Trifluoromethylation of Aldehydes, Ketones, Chalcones, and N‐Sulfinylimines 2019 ·ChemistryOpen ·(unknown),(unknown),Nagender Punna,Etsuko Tokunaga,Norio Shibata	6
5	Understanding the Thalidomide Chirality in Biological Processes by the Self-disproportionation of Enantiomers 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Etsuko Tokunaga,Takeshi Yamamoto,Emi Ito,Norio Shibata	114
6	Access to benzo-fused nine-membered heterocyclic alkenes with a trifluoromethyl carbinol moiety via a double decarboxylative formal ring-expansion process under palladium catalysis 2018 ·Chemical Science ·(unknown),(unknown),Nagender Punna,Hiroto Uno,Etsuko Tokunaga,Norio Shibata	117
7	Defluorosilylation of fluoroarenes and fluoroalkanes 2018 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown),(unknown),Etsuko Tokunaga,Norio Shibata	108
8	Biological evaluation of both enantiomers of fluoro-thalidomide using human myeloma cell line H929 and others 2017 ·PLoS ONE ·Etsuko Tokunaga,Hidehiko Akiyama,(unknown),Yuki Inoue,Hideaki Hara,Norio Shibata	23
9	S‐((Phenylsulfonyl)difluoromethyl)thiophenium Salts: Carbon‐Selective Electrophilic Difluoromethylation of β‐Ketoesters, β‐Diketones, and Dicyanoalkylidenes 2014 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·(unknown),Guo‐Kai Liu,Xiu‐Hua Xu,Norio Shibata,Etsuko Tokunaga	62
10	Diastereoselective Additive Trifluoromethylation/Halogenation of Isoxazole Triflones: Synthesis of All‐Carbon‐Functionalized Trifluoromethyl Isoxazoline Triflones 2014 ·ChemistryOpen ·Hiroyuki Kawai,(unknown),Etsuko Tokunaga,Hiroyasu Sato,Motoo Shiro,Norio Shibata	3
11	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 2013 ·Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry ·Norio Shibata,Takayuki Nishimine,(unknown),(unknown),Etsuko Tokunaga,Kosuke Kawada,Takumi Kagawa,José Luis Aceña,Alexander E. Sorochinsky,Vadim A. Soloshonok	39
12	Kinetic Resolution of Allyl Fluorides by Enantioselective Allylic Trifluoromethylation Based on Silicon‐Assisted CF Bond Cleavage 2013 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Takayuki Nishimine,Kazunobu Fukushi,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Etsuko Tokunaga,Akihito Yamano,Motoo Shiro,(unknown),(unknown)	89
13	A sterically demanding organo-superbase avoids decomposition of a naked trifluoromethyl carbanion directly generated from fluoroform 2013 ·Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry ·Hiroyuki Kawai,Zhe Yuan,Etsuko Tokunaga,Norio Shibata	94
14	Transition-metal-free oxidative trifluoromethylation of unsymmetrical biaryls with trifluoromethanesulfinate 2013 ·Chemical Communications ·Yudong Yang,(unknown),Etsuko Tokunaga,Norio Shibata	89
15	Enantioselective Synthesis of Epoxides Having a Tetrasubstituted Trifluoromethylated Carbon Center: Methylhydrazine‐Induced Aerobic Epoxidation of β,β‐Disubstituted Enones 2013 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Hiroyuki Kawai,Satoshi Okusu,Zhe Yuan,Etsuko Tokunaga,Akihito Yamano,Motoo Shiro,Norio Shibata	86
16	Cation versus Radical: Studies on the C/O Regioselectivity in Electrophilic Tri‐, Di‐ and Monofluoromethylations of β‐Ketoesters 2012 ·ChemistryOpen ·Yudong Yang,(unknown),Guo‐Kai Liu,Etsuko Tokunaga,Seiji Tsuzuki,Norio Shibata	42
17	Efficient Difluoromethylation of sp³ Carbon Nucleophiles by Bromodifluoromethylation Reagents with Organic Bases 2012 ·ChemistryOpen ·Guo‐Kai Liu,Xin Wang,(unknown),Xiu‐Hua Xu,Etsuko Tokunaga,Norio Shibata	36
18	Asymmetric Allylic Monofluoromethylation and Methylation of Morita–Baylis–Hillman Carbonates with FBSM and BSM by Cooperative Cinchona Alkaloid/FeCl₂ Catalysis 2011 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Tatsuya Furukawa,(unknown),Wei Zhang,Takayuki Nishimine,Etsuko Tokunaga,Takashi Matsumoto,Motoo Shiro,Norio Shibata	97
19	Enantioselective Synthesis of Trifluoromethyl‐Substituted 2‐Isoxazolines: Asymmetric Hydroxylamine/Enone Cascade Reaction 2010 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·(unknown),Hiroyuki Kawai,Tatsuya Furukawa,Akihiro Kusuda,Etsuko Tokunaga,Shuichi Nakamura,Motoo Shiro,Norio Shibata	113
20	Efficient Access to Extended Yagupolskii–Umemoto‐Type Reagents: Triflic Acid Catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclization of ortho‐Ethynylaryltrifluoromethylsulfanes 2009 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Andrej V. Matsnev,Shun Noritake,Yoshinori Nomura,Etsuko Tokunaga,Shuichi Nakamura,Norio Shibata	105

About Etsuko Tokunaga

Etsuko Tokunaga is a scholar working on Pharmaceutical Science, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry, having authored 158 papers that have together received 6.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (122 papers), Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms (36 papers) and Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (35 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pharmaceutical Science (4.5k citations), Organic Chemistry (5.1k citations) and Inorganic Chemistry (2.0k citations). Etsuko Tokunaga has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, China and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Norio Shibata, Motoo Shiro, Hiroyuki Kawai, Yuta Ogawa, Osamu Kobayashi, Kenji Hirai, Yudong Yang, Satoshi Okusu, Tatsuya Furukawa and Yoshinori Nomura. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

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