Masayuki Wasa

10.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
45 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Masayuki Wasa is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Masayuki Wasa has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Organic Chemistry, 12 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Masayuki Wasa's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (31 papers), Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (15 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (14 papers). Masayuki Wasa is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (31 papers), Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry (15 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (14 papers). Masayuki Wasa collaborates with scholars based in United States. Masayuki Wasa's co-authors include Jin‐Quan Yu, Keary M. Engle, Tian‐Sheng Mei, Kelvin S. L. Chan, Jian He, Qian Shao, Eun Jeong Yoo, Ramesh Giri, Dong‐Hui Wang and Xing‐Guo Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Masayuki Wasa

44 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Weak Coordination as a Powerful Means for Developing Broadly Useful C–H Functionalization Reactions

2011 2.5k citations Keary M. Engle, Tian‐Sheng Mei et al. Accounts of Chemical Research profile →
Palladium-Catalyzed Transformations of Alkyl C–H Bonds

2016 1.8k citations Masayuki Wasa, Kelvin S. L. Chan et al. profile →
Synthesis of β-, γ-, and δ-Lactams via Pd(II)-Catalyzed C−H Activation Reactions

2008 461 citations Masayuki Wasa, Jin‐Quan Yu Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Masayuki Wasa United States	34	9.2k	2.3k	776	445	198	45	9.5k
Kálmán J. Szabó Sweden	54	7.6k 0.8×	2.5k 1.0×	1.5k 2.0×	766 1.7×	329 1.7×	179	8.3k
Shaolin Zhu China	43	5.6k 0.6×	2.6k 1.1×	467 0.6×	630 1.4×	181 0.9×	88	5.9k
Dong‐Hui Wang China	23	9.7k 1.1×	2.1k 0.9×	267 0.3×	333 0.7×	171 0.9×	38	10.0k
Chaozhong Li China	41	5.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	2.1k 2.7×	438 1.0×	168 0.8×	130	6.1k
M. Kevin Brown United States	45	6.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	345 0.4×	591 1.3×	76 0.4×	115	6.2k
Hirohisa Ohmiya Japan	57	8.2k 0.9×	1.7k 0.7×	532 0.7×	598 1.3×	327 1.7×	169	8.5k
Kami L. Hull United States	23	4.6k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	488 0.6×	279 0.6×	129 0.7×	51	4.8k
Tatsuhiko Yoshino Japan	43	6.4k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	317 0.4×	246 0.6×	325 1.6×	103	6.9k
Donald A. Watson United States	32	3.8k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	768 1.0×	584 1.3×	198 1.0×	61	4.4k
Zhuangzhi Shi China	60	11.5k 1.3×	2.6k 1.1×	1.5k 1.9×	795 1.8×	357 1.8×	194	12.1k

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Zhao, Cunyuan, et al.. (2025). Chemical Tagging of N -Alkylamine-Containing Natural Products and Pharmaceuticals through C( sp ³ )–H Functionalization. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(47). 43424–43437.

Wasa, Masayuki, et al.. (2023). α‐Alkylation of Mono‐Carbonyl Compounds with N‐Allylamines through Cooperative Actions of Lewis Acids and a Brønsted Base. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry. 12(7). 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Cunyuan, et al.. (2023). Chemical Tagging of Bioactive Amides by Cooperative Catalysis: Applications in the Syntheses of Drug Conjugates. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(26). 14233–14250. 6 indexed citations

Wasa, Masayuki & Ahmet Yeşilçimen. (2021). Enantioselective Cooperative Catalysis within Frustrated Lewis Pair Complexes. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 79(11). 1065–1072. 2 indexed citations

Chang, Yejin, Ahmet Yeşilçimen, Min Cao, et al.. (2019). Catalytic Deuterium Incorporation within Metabolically Stable β-Amino C–H Bonds of Drug Molecules. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(37). 14570–14575. 115 indexed citations

Wasa, Masayuki, et al.. (2019). Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Allyl Amino Esters via Hydrogen-Bond-Donor Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(29). 11414–11419. 48 indexed citations

Chang, Yejin, et al.. (2019). B(C₆F₅)₃‐Catalyzed α‐Deuteration of Bioactive Carbonyl Compounds with D₂O. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 362(2). 360–364. 32 indexed citations

Chan, Jessica Z., et al.. (2016). Direct Mannich‐Type Reactions Promoted by Frustrated Lewis Acid/Brønsted Base Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie. 128(44). 14081–14085. 18 indexed citations

Liu, Richard Y., Masayuki Wasa, & Eric N. Jacobsen. (2015). Enantioselective synthesis of tertiary α-chloro esters by non-covalent catalysis. Tetrahedron Letters. 56(23). 3428–3430. 37 indexed citations

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Chan, Kelvin S. L., Masayuki Wasa, Ling Chu, et al.. (2014). Ligand-enabled cross-coupling of C(sp3)–H bonds with arylboron reagents via Pd(II)/Pd(0) catalysis. Nature Chemistry. 6(2). 146–150. 204 indexed citations

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Figg, Travis M., Masayuki Wasa, Jin‐Quan Yu, & Djamaladdin G. Musaev. (2013). Understanding the Reactivity of Pd⁰/PR₃-Catalyzed Intermolecular C(sp³)–H Bond Arylation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(38). 14206–14214. 73 indexed citations

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Wasa, Masayuki, Kelvin S. L. Chan, & Jin‐Quan Yu. (2012). ChemInform Abstract: Pd(II)‐Catalyzed Cross‐Coupling of C(sp²)—H Bonds and Alkyl—, Aryl—, and Vinyl—Boron Reagents via Pd(II)/Pd(0) Catalysis.. ChemInform. 43(9). 2 indexed citations

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Chan, Kelvin S. L., et al.. (2011). Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed Selective Monofluorination of Benzoic Acids Using a Practical Auxiliary: A Weak‐Coordination Approach. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(39). 9081–9084. 171 indexed citations

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Chan, Kelvin S. L., Masayuki Wasa, Xi‐Sheng Wang, & Jin‐Quan Yu. (2011). Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed Selective Monofluorination of Benzoic Acids Using a Practical Auxiliary: A Weak‐Coordination Approach. Angewandte Chemie. 123(39). 9247–9250. 159 indexed citations

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Wasa, Masayuki, Kelvin S. L. Chan, & Jin‐Quan Yu. (2011). Pd(II)-catalyzed Cross-coupling of C(sp2)–H Bonds and Alkyl–, Aryl–, and Vinyl–Boron Reagents via Pd(II)/Pd(0) Catalysis. Chemistry Letters. 40(9). 1004–1006. 38 indexed citations

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Engle, Keary M., Tian‐Sheng Mei, Masayuki Wasa, & Jin‐Quan Yu. (2011). Weak Coordination as a Powerful Means for Developing Broadly Useful C–H Functionalization Reactions. Accounts of Chemical Research. 45(6). 788–802. 2526 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wasa, Masayuki & Jin‐Quan Yu. (2010). Amide-directed arylation of sp3 C–H bonds using Pd(II) and Pd(0) catalysts. Tetrahedron. 66(26). 4811–4815. 48 indexed citations

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Wasa, Masayuki, Brady T. Worrell, & Jin‐Quan Yu. (2010). Pd⁰/PR₃‐Catalyzed Arylation of Nicotinic and Isonicotinic Acid Derivatives. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(7). 1275–1277. 229 indexed citations

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Wasa, Masayuki, Keary M. Engle, & Jin‐Quan Yu. (2010). Cross‐Coupling of C(sp³)–H Bonds with Organometallic Reagents via Pd(II)/Pd(0) Catalysis. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 50(5-6). 605–616. 130 indexed citations

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Yoo, Eun Jeong, Masayuki Wasa, & Jin‐Quan Yu. (2010). Pd(II)-Catalyzed Carbonylation of C(sp³)−H Bonds: A New Entry to 1,4-Dicarbonyl Compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132(49). 17378–17380. 246 indexed citations

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