Masato Kitamura

12.6k citations

151 papers · 9.8k indexed · 11 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

Inorganic Chemistry top 0.1%
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
Organic Chemistry top 0.1%
- Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
- Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods
- Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis

Papers in

Inorganic Chemistry 74
- Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis 70
Organic Chemistry 109
- Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis 50
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods 22
- Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis 17
- Chemical Synthesis and Reactions 15

Co-authors: Ryōji Noyori Seiji Suga Takeshi Ohkuma Makoto Tokunaga Hidemasa Takaya Shinji Tanaka Shinji Okada Noboru Sayo
Journals: Tetrahedron Letters (17 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (17 papers)The Journal of Organic Chemistry (13 papers)Tetrahedron (10 papers)Chemistry Letters (8 papers)
Partner nations: Japan Germany United States

In The Last Decade

Masato Kitamura

150 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

11 papers align trajectories log scale

Stereoselective Organic Synthesis via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution 1995 · 452 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1995 Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
1991 Angewandte Chemie
1991 Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English
1990 Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
1989 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1989 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1988 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1987 The Journal of Organic Chemistry
1987 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1986 Journal of the American Chemical Society
1986 Journal of the American Chemical Society

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#	Work
1	Stereodivergent dehydrative allylation of β-keto esters using a Ru/Pd synergistic catalyst Nature Communications ·Thien Phuc Le, Shinji Tanaka, Masahiro Yoshimura, Kazuhiko Sato, Masato Kitamura	2022	32
2	Short and Atom-Economic Enantioselective Synthesis of the σ₁-Receptor Ligands (S)- and (R)-Fluspidine—Important Tools for Positron Emission Tomography Studies The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·T. Arndt, Christoph Schlepphorst, Frank Glorius, Masato Kitamura, Bernhard Wünsch	2019	6
3	Synthesis and biological evaluation of chemokine receptor ligands with 2-benzazepine scaffold European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry ·EH Aloni, Martina Grave, 鄭圭相, Б С Шрамко, Natalia V. Ortiz Zacarı́as, Henk de Vries, José Moncada Jiménez, Michael Koch, Dirk Schepmann, Masato Kitamura, Nuška Tschammer, Laura H. Heitman, Anna Junker, Bernhard Wünsch	2017	12
4	Synthetic analogs of an Entamoeba histolytica glycolipid designed to combat intracellular Leishmania infection Scientific Reports ·David Parapar, Hannah Bernin, 武彦富田, Serena Straccini, Helmano Fernandes Moreira Filho, นิรมนต์ เหลาสุภาพ, 韩恩厚 Han Enhou, Jiachen Mu, 功輔松原, Henry Völzke, Nestor González Roldán, Shinji Tanaka, Masato Kitamura, Koichi Fukase, Joachim Clos, Egbert Tannich, Yukari Fujimoto, Hannelore Lotter	2017	7
5	Constituent Element Addition to <i>n</i>-Type Bi<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>2.67</sub>Se<sub>0.33</sub> Thermoelectric Semiconductor without Harmful Dopants by Mechanical Alloying MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS ·Kazuhiro Hasezaki, K. V. Kotlinsky, Andrew Nabasny, Masato Kitamura	2016	11
6	Asymmetric NaBH₄ 1,4‐Reduction of C3‐Disubstituted 2‐Propenoates Catalyzed by a Diamidine Cobalt Complex ChemCatChem ·Yoshihiro Shuto, Gunnar Hoglund, Shinji Tanaka, Masahiro Yoshimura, Masato Kitamura	2015	15
7	Asymmetric Hydrogenation of tert‐Alkyl Ketones: DMSO Effect in Unification of Stereoisomeric Ruthenium Complexes Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Gunnar Hoglund, DenisRoberto Falcão Spina, Shinji Tanaka, Masato Kitamura	2013	34
8	Reaction of Frustrated Lewis Pairs with Ketones and Esters Chemistry - An Asian Journal ·Bao‐Hua Xu, Hee-jin Kim, DenisRoberto Falcão Spina, Masato Kitamura, Roland Fröhlich, Gerald Kehr, Gerhard Erker	2012	39
9	A Chiral Bidentate sp²‐N Ligand, Naph‐diPIM: Application to CpRu‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Dehydrative C‐, N‐, and O‐Allylation Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Julián David Zuluaga Londoño, Velamakanni Sri Lakshmi Kesava Arun, Shane Sevey, Masato Kitamura	2011	85
10	Highly efficient catalytic dehydrative S-allylation of thiols and thioic S-acids Chemical Communications ·Shinji Tanaka, Lucile Fauvre, Yusuke Maegawa, Masato Kitamura	2010	39
11	Hyperkeratotic variant of porokeratosis Mibelli with dermal amyloid deposits The Journal of Dermatology ·Vedhika Sahu, Sarah Nicholls, Masato Kitamura, Adesola Zadiat Musa, Gen Nakanishi, Toshihiro Tanaka, Masami Uehara	2010	12
12	Solid-phase synthesis of protected α-amino phosphonic acid oligomers Chemical Communications ·Esteban Valenzuela Cordero, Masato Kitamura	2009	5
13	Synthesis of 2,5-Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octanes by Dieckmann Analogous Cyclization Australian Journal of Chemistry ·Ralph Holl, C.A. Meese, LeAnn C. Beran, Roland Fröhlich, Masato Kitamura, E.‐U. Würthwein, Bernhard Wünsch	2008	8
14	Structural Chemistry of Aldols Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan ·Keiji Nakano, Masato Kitamura	2007	0
15	Origin of the Minor Enantiomeric Product in a Noyori Asymmetric Hydrogenation: Evidence for Pathways Different to the Major Mechanism Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Esteban Valenzuela Cordero, Wei Rong-jun, Masahiro Yoshimura, Masaki Tsukamoto, Masato Kitamura	2005	12
16	Catalytic Dehydrative Allylation of Alcohols Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Hajime Saburi, Shinji Tanaka, Masato Kitamura	2005	111
17	Self and nonself recognition of chiral catalysts: The origin of nonlinear effects in the amino‐alcohol catalyzed asymmetric addition of diorganozincs to aldehydes The Chemical Record ·Ryōji Noyori, Seiji Suga, Hiromasa Oka, Masato Kitamura	2001	51
18	Asymmetric synthesis of α-amino β-hydroxy phosphonic acids via binap-ruthenium catalyzed hydrogenation Tetrahedron Letters ·Masato Kitamura	1995	50
19	Organometallics in prostaglandin synthesis Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·Ryōji Noyori, Atsushi Yanagisawa, Hiroshi Koyano, Masato Kitamura, Matsuhiko Nishizawa, Masaaki Suzuki	1988	1
20	HETEROCONJUGATE ADDITION OF LITHIUM ALKYLS TO SUBSTITUTED HETERO-OLEFINS CONJUGATED WITH SULFUR AND SILICON ATOMS Chemistry Letters ·Minoru Isobe, Masato Kitamura, Toshio Goto	1980	15

About Masato Kitamura

Masato Kitamura is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Pharmaceutical Science and Process Chemistry and Technology, having authored 151 papers that have together received 9.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (70 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (50 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (23 papers), Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (23 papers), Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (22 papers), Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (17 papers), Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (15 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Reactions (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Inorganic Chemistry (4.9k citations), Organic Chemistry (7.7k citations), Process Chemistry and Technology (397 citations), Spectroscopy (1.3k citations) and Pharmaceutical Science (281 citations). Masato Kitamura has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include Ryōji Noyori, Seiji Suga, Takeshi Ohkuma, Makoto Tokunaga, Hidemasa Takaya, Shinji Tanaka, Shinji Okada, Noboru Sayo, Hidenori Kumobayashi and Koji Kawai. Their work appears in journals such as Tetrahedron Letters, Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Tetrahedron and Chemistry Letters.

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