Kenji Uneyama

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
225 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Kenji Uneyama is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenji Uneyama has authored 225 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 172 papers in Organic Chemistry, 128 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 38 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kenji Uneyama's work include Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (126 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (29 papers) and Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds (26 papers). Kenji Uneyama is often cited by papers focused on Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (126 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (29 papers) and Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds (26 papers). Kenji Uneyama collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Kenji Uneyama's co-authors include Hideki Amii, Toshimasa Katagiri, Sigeru Torii, Masakazu Ishihara, Tomoyuki Tsuneya, Hisayuki Watanabe, Takeshi Kobayashi, Hajime Abe, Yosuke Kishikawa and Kazuhiro Maeda and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Kenji Uneyama

222 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

C−F Bond Activation in Organic Synthesis 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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. C−F Bond Activation in Organic Synthesis
    2009 1.4k citations Hideki Amii, Kenji Uneyama profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kenji Uneyama Japan 41 5.7k 4.0k 1.5k 1.3k 252 225 7.0k
Manfred Schlosser Switzerland 50 10.0k 1.8× 3.5k 0.9× 2.4k 1.6× 1.5k 1.1× 724 2.9× 380 11.6k
Yoshitaka Hamashima Japan 46 5.9k 1.0× 1.9k 0.5× 2.4k 1.6× 1.3k 1.0× 150 0.6× 147 6.9k
Thomas Lectka United States 52 7.7k 1.3× 1.9k 0.5× 2.3k 1.5× 1.5k 1.1× 590 2.3× 163 8.8k
Takeo Taguchi Japan 40 5.7k 1.0× 1.8k 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 679 2.7× 283 6.6k
María Sánchez‐Roselló Spain 29 6.0k 1.1× 3.9k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 238 0.9× 68 7.1k
William B. Motherwell United Kingdom 40 5.4k 0.9× 719 0.2× 1.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 307 1.2× 193 6.4k
David J. Procter United Kingdom 63 10.8k 1.9× 971 0.2× 1.6k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 397 1.6× 230 12.1k
José Barluenga Spain 64 16.8k 2.9× 879 0.2× 2.5k 1.6× 1.9k 1.4× 323 1.3× 634 17.7k
Kiitirô Utimoto Japan 48 6.7k 1.2× 602 0.2× 1.4k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 194 0.8× 236 7.3k
René Grée France 36 4.1k 0.7× 623 0.2× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 231 0.9× 249 5.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenji Uneyama

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Uneyama, Kenji. (2010). Unique Utilization of Fluorine(F<sub>2</sub>) as a Reaction-Activator for Organic Synthesis. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 68(7). 694–704.
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Takahashi, Satoshi, Toshimasa Katagiri, & Kenji Uneyama. (2006). Nanoporous organic layered crystals of double-headed bis(trifluorolactate)s. Hydrogen-bonded systematic crystal structures controlled by the symmetries of molecular components. CrystEngComm. 8(2). 132–132. 10 indexed citations
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Takahashi, Satoshi, Toshimasa Katagiri, & Kenji Uneyama. (2005). A binary hydrogen bonding motif based on homochiral recognition: crystal structures and hydrogen bonding networks of meso-(R,S)-bis(trifluorolactate)s. Chemical Communications. 3658–3658. 27 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Takeshi, Takashi Nakagawa, Hideki Amii, & Kenji Uneyama. (2003). Mg-Promoted Double Silylation of Trifluoroacetimidoyl Chlorides. A New Entry to the Fluorinated Dianion Equivalents. Organic Letters. 5(23). 4297–4300. 42 indexed citations
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Katagiri, Toshimasa & Kenji Uneyama. (2002). Stereospecific substitution at α‐carbon to trifluoromethyl group: Application to optically active fluorinated amino acid syntheses. Chirality. 15(1). 4–9. 18 indexed citations
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Uneyama, Kenji, Toshimasa Katagiri, & Hideki Amii. (2002). New Approaches to Stereoselective Synthesis of Fluorinated Amino Acids.. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 60(11). 1069–1075. 3 indexed citations
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Amii, Hideki, et al.. (2000). Palladium-Catalyzed tert-Butoxycarbonylation of Trifluoroacetimidoyl Iodides. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 65(11). 3404–3408. 46 indexed citations
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Uneyama, Kenji. (1997). Generation and Synthetic Utilization of Highly Reactive Fluorinated Intermediates.. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 55(12). 1081–1091. 4 indexed citations
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Uneyama, Kenji. (1995). Synthetic Blocks for Organofluorine Compounds : Chemistries of Trifluoroacetimidoyl Halides. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 53(1). 43–52. 7 indexed citations
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Kobayashi, Masafumi, et al.. (1994). Thermal electrocyclic spirocyclization of p-benzoquinone imines: A novel synthetic route to trifluoromethylated spirodiazacarbocycles. Tetrahedron Letters. 35(29). 5235–5238. 5 indexed citations
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Uneyama, Kenji. (1993). Recent Development of Mono and Difluorination.. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 51(3). 232–246. 15 indexed citations
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Uneyama, Kenji. (1991). Recent Advances in Trifluoromethylation.. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 49(7). 612–623. 45 indexed citations
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Uneyama, Kenji, et al.. (1990). Benzeneselenenyl fluoride equivalent in situ generated with XeF2-(PhSe)2 in Ch2Cl2 for fluoroselenenylation of olefins. Tetrahedron Letters. 31(25). 3583–3586. 30 indexed citations
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Uneyama, Kenji, et al.. (1989). Generation and reaction of 2,2,2-trifluoro-1-phenylsulfenylethyl carbocation. Tetrahedron Letters. 30(17). 2265–2266. 13 indexed citations
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Uneyama, Kenji, et al.. (1989). Trifluoroacetimidoyl chlorides as a new trifluoromethyl building block for fluorinated nitrogen heterocycles. Tetrahedron Letters. 30(36). 4821–4824. 54 indexed citations
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Uneyama, Kenji, et al.. (1986). An SnCl2-promoted .ALPHA.-methylene-.GAMMA.-butyrolactone synthesis in an aqueous medium.. Chemistry Letters. 1201–1202. 4 indexed citations
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Uneyama, Kenji. (1985). Electrogenerated acid (EGA) catalyzed reaction. How to generate EGA and how to utilize it.. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 43(6). 557–564. 3 indexed citations
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Kawazu, Kazuyoshi, et al.. (1979). Assignment of 13C-NMR spectra of grayanotoxin-I and -III.. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry. 43(3). 631–635. 4 indexed citations
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Uneyama, Kenji & Sigeru Torii. (1977). ALICYCLIC TERPENOIDS FROM CYCLOCITRYL PHENYL SULFIDES. IV. A SYNTHESIS OF METHYL ESTERS OF VITAMIN A1 AND A2 ACIDS AND THEIR GEOMETRIC ISOMERS. Chemistry Letters. 6(1). 39–40. 10 indexed citations

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