Mitsuo Komatsu

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
192 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Mitsuo Komatsu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Mitsuo Komatsu has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Organic Chemistry, 40 papers in Molecular Biology and 22 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Mitsuo Komatsu's work include Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (54 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (36 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (25 papers). Mitsuo Komatsu is often cited by papers focused on Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (54 papers), Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (36 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (25 papers). Mitsuo Komatsu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and South Korea. Mitsuo Komatsu's co-authors include Satoshi Minakata, Ilhyong Ryu, Yoji Oderaotoshi, David Crich, Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu, Yoshiki Ohshiro, Shinobu Itoh, Takeya Ando, Noboru Sonoda and Toshio Agawa 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

Mitsuo Komatsu

182 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Chemistry of Acyl Radicals 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 250 500 750
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. Chemistry of Acyl Radicals
    1999 774 citations Mitsuo Komatsu, Ilhyong Ryu et al. profile →

Peers

Mitsuo Komatsu
Marcial Moreno‐Mañas Spain
Anthony J. Pearson United States
Karl Heinz Dötz Germany
William B. Motherwell United Kingdom
Takao Sakamoto Japan
Christina Moberg Sweden
E.‐M. Peters Germany
Patrick H. Toy Hong Kong
Kenji Itoh Japan
Carmen Ramı́rez de Arellano Spain
Marcial Moreno‐Mañas Spain
Mitsuo Komatsu
Citations per year, relative to Mitsuo Komatsu Mitsuo Komatsu (= 1×) peers Marcial Moreno‐Mañas

Countries citing papers authored by Mitsuo Komatsu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mitsuo Komatsu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mitsuo Komatsu

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

All Works

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Minakata, Satoshi, et al.. (2009). Asymmetric recognition and sequential ring opening of 2-substituted-N-nosylaziridines with (DHQD)2AQN and TMSNu. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 7(4). 641–641. 19 indexed citations
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Minakata, Satoshi, et al.. (2007). The ionic introduction of an N1unit to C60and a unique rearrangement of aziridinofullerene. Chemical Communications. 323–325. 20 indexed citations
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Minakata, Satoshi, et al.. (2007). Direct synthesis of oxazolines from olefins and amides using t-BuOI. Chemical Communications. 3279–3279. 65 indexed citations
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Minakata, Satoshi, et al.. (2006). Novel aziridination of olefins: direct synthesis from sulfonamides using t-BuOI. Chemical Communications. 3337–3337. 65 indexed citations
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Komatsu, Mitsuo, et al.. (2005). Unprecedented 1,4-stannatropy: effective generation of azomethine ylides as nitrile ylide equivalents from N-(stannylmethyl)thioamides. Chemical Communications. 526–528. 16 indexed citations
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Minakata, Satoshi & Mitsuo Komatsu. (2003). Development of New Synthetic Methods of Heterocycles Using Chloramine-T as a Nitrogen Source. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 61(7). 706–714. 2 indexed citations
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Komatsu, Mitsuo, et al.. (2003). (Polyfluoro)silane-mediated generation of azomethine ylides from imines and their cycloaddition leading to N-heterocycles. Tetrahedron Letters. 44(8). 1603–1606. 15 indexed citations
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Tojino, Mami, Takahide Fukuyama, Hiroshi Matsubara, et al.. (2003). Cyclizative radical carbonylations of azaenynes by TTMSS and hexanethiol leading to α-silyl- and thiomethylene lactams. Insights into the E/Z stereoselectivities. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 1(23). 4262–4267. 46 indexed citations
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Komatsu, Mitsuo. (2002). . Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 60(5). 492–493. 1 indexed citations
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Ryu, Ilhyong, et al.. (2000). Conjugate addition of zincates derived from ketone α,β-dianions to enones. An access to unsymmetrical 1,6-diketones. Tetrahedron Letters. 41(30). 5689–5692. 10 indexed citations
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Minakata, Satoshi, Takeya Ando, Masaaki Nishimura, Ilhyong Ryu, & Mitsuo Komatsu. (1998). Novel Asymmetric and Stereospecific Aziridination of Alkenes with a Chiral Nitridomanganese Complex. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(24). 3392–3394. 112 indexed citations
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Minakata, Satoshi, et al.. (1997). Catalytic Oxidation of Amines Utilizing Binuclear Coppe(II) Complex of 7-Azaindole.. Chemistry Letters. 311–312. 4 indexed citations
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Iyoda, Masahiko, et al.. (1995). Reactions of C60 with α-Silylamine Derivatives: Two Types of [3+2] Addition of Azomethine Ylides to C60. Chemistry Letters. 24(12). 1133–1134. 28 indexed citations
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Itoh, Shinobu, Masaki Ogino, Mitsuo Komatsu, & Yoshiki Ohshiro. (1992). Synthesis and characterization of the model compound of active site cofactor TTQ of bacterial methylamine dehydrogenases. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 114(18). 7294–7295. 24 indexed citations
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Nishiwaki, Nagatoshi, et al.. (1991). Oligomer of Indolizine Derivative and Its pH Sensitive Behavior. Polymer Journal. 23(6). 789–794. 2 indexed citations
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Komatsu, Mitsuo, et al.. (1990). Ring enlargement of diaziridinone: pyrazoline-forming reaction with α-metalated nitrile. Tetrahedron Letters. 31(37). 5327–5330. 1 indexed citations
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Komatsu, Mitsuo, et al.. (1967). Syntheses and Properties of Surface Active Agents Containing Dimethylpolysiloxane. The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry Japan. 70(10). 1771–1774. 1 indexed citations

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