Munetaka Akita

18.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
377 papers, 16.3k citations indexed

About

Munetaka Akita is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Munetaka Akita has authored 377 papers receiving a total of 16.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 275 papers in Organic Chemistry, 152 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 119 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Munetaka Akita's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (114 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (59 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (56 papers). Munetaka Akita is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (114 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (59 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (56 papers). Munetaka Akita collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and India. Munetaka Akita's co-authors include Takashi Koike, Michito Yoshizawa, Yoshihiko Moro‐oka, Yusuke Yasu, Shiro Hikichi, Akiko Inagaki, Yuya Tanaka, Ren Tomita, Yoshihisa Sei and Norifumi Kishi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Munetaka Akita

374 papers receiving 16.0k citations

Hit Papers

Three‐component Oxytrifluoromethylation of Alkenes: Highl... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2016 2014 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Three‐component Oxytrifluoromethylation of Alkenes: Highly Efficient and Regioselective Difunctionalization of CC Bonds Mediated by Photoredox Catalysts
    2012 503 citations Takashi Koike, Munetaka Akita et al. profile →
  2. Fine Design of Photoredox Systems for Catalytic Fluoromethylation of Carbon–Carbon Multiple Bonds
    2016 490 citations Takashi Koike, Munetaka Akita profile →
  3. Visible-light radical reaction designed by Ru- and Ir-based photoredox catalysis
    2014 369 citations Takashi Koike, Munetaka Akita profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Munetaka Akita Japan 68 12.5k 5.3k 4.0k 3.1k 1.7k 377 16.3k
Mary F. Mahon United Kingdom 64 12.7k 1.0× 7.9k 1.5× 3.0k 0.8× 698 0.2× 1.6k 0.9× 543 17.4k
Frank Röminger Germany 85 26.8k 2.1× 5.8k 1.1× 4.6k 1.2× 937 0.3× 810 0.5× 965 30.4k
Todd B. Marder Germany 100 27.6k 2.2× 9.0k 1.7× 9.1k 2.3× 1.6k 0.5× 1.2k 0.7× 484 34.2k
Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen Netherlands 84 22.3k 1.8× 13.5k 2.5× 3.8k 1.0× 501 0.2× 1.1k 0.6× 417 27.5k
François P. Gabbaı̈ United States 68 12.9k 1.0× 6.1k 1.1× 5.5k 1.4× 1.2k 0.4× 860 0.5× 306 17.7k
Bas de Bruin Netherlands 64 12.5k 1.0× 7.3k 1.4× 2.5k 0.6× 441 0.1× 1.7k 1.0× 377 16.5k
Xavi Ribas Spain 57 6.4k 0.5× 4.2k 0.8× 2.7k 0.7× 465 0.1× 1.1k 0.7× 172 9.6k
Steven J. Geib United States 52 6.7k 0.5× 4.4k 0.8× 3.1k 0.8× 357 0.1× 1.3k 0.7× 243 11.4k
Joost N. H. Reek Netherlands 83 17.8k 1.4× 11.2k 2.1× 6.1k 1.5× 420 0.1× 1.6k 0.9× 489 27.0k
Douglas W. Stephan Canada 100 39.6k 3.2× 27.0k 5.1× 4.0k 1.0× 2.1k 0.7× 868 0.5× 650 43.8k

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All Works

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Murai, Masahito, Masanori Ono, Yuya Tanaka, & Munetaka Akita. (2024). Controlling Redox and Wirelike Charge-Delocalization Properties of Dinuclear Mixed-Valence Complexes with MCp*(dppe) (M = Fe, Ru) Termini Bridged by Metalloporphyrin Linkers. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(5). 504–516. 1 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Yuya, Keita Suzuki, Satoshi Kaneko, et al.. (2023). Molecule‐Electrode Interfaces Controlled by Bulky Long‐Legged Ligands in Organometallic Molecular Wires. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 10(11). 5 indexed citations
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Chattopadhyay, Swarup, Yuya Tanaka, Tatsuhiko Ohto, et al.. (2021). Control of dominant conduction orbitals by peripheral substituents in paddle-wheel diruthenium alkynyl molecular junctions. Chemical Science. 12(32). 10871–10877. 12 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Yuya, et al.. (2021). Single-molecule junctions of multinuclear organometallic wires: long-range carrier transport brought about by metal–metal interaction. Chemical Science. 12(12). 4338–4344. 25 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Yuya, et al.. (2020). Single-Molecule Junction of a Cationic Rh(III) Polyyne Molecular Wire. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(18). 13254–13261. 13 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Yuya, et al.. (2020). Dimesitylborylethynylated Arenes: Unique Electronic and Photophysical Properties Caused by Ethynediyl (C≡C) Spacers. Chemistry - A European Journal. 27(17). 5432–5438. 2 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Yuya, et al.. (2020). Anisotropic Contraction of a Polyaromatic Capsule and Its Cavity-Induced Compression Effect. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(21). 9599–9603. 36 indexed citations
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Matsushita, Yuki, Rika Ochi, Yuya Tanaka, Takashi Koike, & Munetaka Akita. (2020). Energy transfer-driven regioselective synthesis of functionalized phenanthridines by visible-light Ir photocatalysis. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 7(10). 1243–1248. 10 indexed citations
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Osawa, Masahisa, et al.. (2018). Near-unity thermally activated delayed fluorescence efficiency in three- and four-coordinate Au(i) complexes with diphosphine ligands. Dalton Transactions. 47(25). 8229–8239. 22 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Yuya, Manabu Kiguchi, & Munetaka Akita. (2017). Inorganic and Organometallic Molecular Wires for Single‐Molecule Devices. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(20). 4740–4740. 2 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Yuya, et al.. (2016). A Fully Charge‐Delocalized Two‐Dimensional Porphyrin System with Two Different Class III States. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(9). 2067–2076. 17 indexed citations
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Li, Zhiou, Norifumi Kishi, Kenji Yoza, Munetaka Akita, & Michito Yoshizawa. (2012). Isostructural M2L4 Molecular Capsules with Anthracene Shells: Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Fluorescent Properties. Chemistry - A European Journal. 18(27). 8358–8365. 80 indexed citations
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Kuwabara, Junpei, et al.. (2009). Regioregulated Syntheses of Poly(aminopyridine)s by Pd‐catalyzed Amination Reaction. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 30(12). 997–1001. 14 indexed citations
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Dubs, C., Akiko Inagaki, & Munetaka Akita. (2004). Selective synthesis of isomeric heterodinuclear complexes with switched metal arrangements via proton-induced reversible metal migration. Chemical Communications. 2760–2760. 18 indexed citations
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Akita, Munetaka, et al.. (1994). Reaction of the metal-substituted vinylidene complex Cp′(CO)2Mn[=C=(H)-Fp*] with excess BuLi, giving acylated dinuclear bridging alkenyl complexes, Cp′MnCp*Fe[μ-CH=C(E)-C(=O)-Bu](μ-CO)(CO)2 (E = H, Me): Confirmation of the intramolecular 1,2 H shift mechanism proposed for the fluxional process of the cationic diiron .... Organometallics. 13(6). 2516–2520. 14 indexed citations

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