Junji Itoh

5.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
22 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Junji Itoh is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Junji Itoh has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Organic Chemistry, 13 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Junji Itoh's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (19 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (13 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (6 papers). Junji Itoh is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (19 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (13 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (6 papers). Junji Itoh collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Junji Itoh's co-authors include Takahiko Akiyama, Kohei Fuchibe, Koji Yokota, Hisashi Morita, Soo Bong Han, Michael J. Krische, Masahiro Yamanaka, Keiji Mori and Taishin Akiyama and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Organic Letters.

In The Last Decade

Junji Itoh

21 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Enantioselective Mannich‐Type Reaction Catalyzed by a Chi... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2006 2004 400 800 1.2k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Enantioselective Mannich‐Type Reaction Catalyzed by a Chiral Brønsted Acid
    2004 1.5k citations Takahiko Akiyama, Junji Itoh et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Recent Progress in Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalysis
    2006 808 citations Takahiko Akiyama, Junji Itoh et al. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis profile →
  3. Enantioselective Mannich‐Type Reaction Catalyzed by a Chiral Brønsted Acid
    2004 529 citations Takahiko Akiyama, Junji Itoh et al. Angewandte Chemie profile →

Peers

Junji Itoh
Tomotaka Okino Japan
Vladimir B. Birman United States
Aiqiao Mi China
Pierre Mangeney France
Marco Bella Italy
Linfeng Cun China
Wei Du China
Wolfgang Notz United States
Giorgio Bencivenni Italy
Kevin R. Campos United States
Tomotaka Okino Japan
Junji Itoh
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Countries citing papers authored by Junji Itoh

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Fields of papers citing papers by Junji Itoh

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junji Itoh

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Junji Itoh. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Junji Itoh 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 Junji Itoh. Junji Itoh is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Itoh, Junji, et al.. (2010). Enantioselective Friedel–Crafts Alkylation of Indoles, Pyrroles, and Furans with Trifluoropyruvate Catalyzed by Chiral Phosphoric Acid. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 5(3). 470–472. 57 indexed citations
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Itoh, Junji, Soo Bong Han, & Michael J. Krische. (2009). Enantioselective Allylation, Crotylation, and Reverse Prenylation of Substituted Isatins: Iridium‐Catalyzed CC Bond‐Forming Transfer Hydrogenation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(34). 6313–6316. 150 indexed citations
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Itoh, Junji, Soo Bong Han, & Michael J. Krische. (2009). Enantioselective Allylation, Crotylation, and Reverse Prenylation of Substituted Isatins: Iridium‐Catalyzed CC Bond‐Forming Transfer Hydrogenation. Angewandte Chemie. 121(34). 6431–6434. 53 indexed citations
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Itoh, Junji, Kohei Fuchibe, & Takahiko Akiyama. (2008). Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Friedel–Crafts Alkylation of Indoles with Nitroalkenes: Cooperative Effect of 3 Å Molecular Sieves. Angewandte Chemie. 120(21). 4080–4082. 96 indexed citations
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Akiyama, Takahiko, et al.. (2008). Vinylogous Mannich‐Type Reaction Catalyzed by an Iodine‐Substituted Chiral Phosphoric Acid. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 350(3). 399–402. 88 indexed citations
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Itoh, Junji, Kohei Fuchibe, & Takahiko Akiyama. (2008). Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Friedel–Crafts Alkylation of Indoles with Nitroalkenes: Cooperative Effect of 3 Å Molecular Sieves. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(21). 4016–4018. 264 indexed citations
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Itoh, Junji, Kohei Fuchibe, & Takahiko Akiyama. (2008). ChemInform Abstract: Preparation of β‐Amino Esters by a Chiral Broensted Acid Catalyzed Mannich‐Type Reaction.. ChemInform. 39(34). 1 indexed citations
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Akiyama, Takahiko, Junji Itoh, & Kohei Fuchibe. (2008). Preparation of β-Amino Esters by a Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Mannich-Type Reaction. Synthesis. 2008(8). 1319–1322. 6 indexed citations
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Yamanaka, Masahiro, Junji Itoh, Kohei Fuchibe, & Takahiko Akiyama. (2007). Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Mannich-Type Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129(21). 6756–6764. 246 indexed citations
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Itoh, Junji, Kohei Fuchibe, & Takahiko Akiyama. (2006). Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Aza‐Diels–Alder Reaction of Brassard's Diene with Imines. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 45(29). 4796–4798. 187 indexed citations
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Akiyama, Takahiko, Junji Itoh, & Kohei Fuchibe. (2006). Recent Progress in Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalysis. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 348(9). 999–1010. 808 indexed citations breakdown →
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Akiyama, Takahiko, Junji Itoh, & Kohei Fuchibe. (2006). Mannich-Type Reaction in Water in the Presence of a Surfactant. Synthesis. 2006(23). 4075–4080. 2 indexed citations
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Akiyama, Taishin, Junji Itoh, & Kohei Fuchibe. (2006). Enantioselective Aza-Diels-Alder Reaction of Brassard’s Diene with Imines. Synfacts. 2006(9). 948–948. 2 indexed citations
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Akiyama, Takahiko, Kohei Fuchibe, & Junji Itoh. (2005). Bronsted Acid-catalyzed Addition and Cyclization Reaction with Imine: From Aqueous Reaction to Enantioselective Reactions. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 63(11). 1062–1068. 1 indexed citations
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Akiyama, Takahiko, Junji Itoh, Koji Yokota, & Kohei Fuchibe. (2004). Enantioselective Mannich‐Type Reaction Catalyzed by a Chiral Brønsted Acid. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43(12). 1566–1568. 1455 indexed citations breakdown →
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Akiyama, Takahiko, Junji Itoh, Koji Yokota, & Kohei Fuchibe. (2004). Enantioselective Mannich‐Type Reaction Catalyzed by a Chiral Brønsted Acid. Angewandte Chemie. 116(12). 1592–1594. 529 indexed citations breakdown →
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Akiyama, Takahiko, Junji Itoh, & Kohei Fuchibe. (2002). Mannich-type Reaction Catalyzed by HBF4in Water: Effect of the Loading of Surfactant. Synlett. 1269–1272. 23 indexed citations

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