Nobuyuki Harada

8.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
167 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Nobuyuki Harada is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nobuyuki Harada has authored 167 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Spectroscopy, 95 papers in Organic Chemistry and 46 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Nobuyuki Harada's work include Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (108 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (56 papers) and Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (40 papers). Nobuyuki Harada is often cited by papers focused on Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (108 papers), Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography (56 papers) and Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis (40 papers). Nobuyuki Harada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Netherlands. Nobuyuki Harada's co-authors include Kōji Nakanishi, Koji Nakanishi, Nagatoshi Koumura, Ben L. Feringa, Robert W. J. Zijlstra, Richard A. van Delden, Hisashi Uda, Masataka Watanabe, Shunsuke Kuwahara and Kenji Monde and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Nobuyuki Harada

163 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

Light-driven monodirectional molecular rotor 1972 2026 1990 2008 1999 1983 1972 500 1000 1.5k
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. Light-driven monodirectional molecular rotor
    1999 1.6k citations Nagatoshi Koumura, Robert W. J. Zijlstra et al. Nature profile →
  2. Circular dichroic spectroscopy : exciton coupling in organic stereochemistry
    1983 1.1k citations Nobuyuki Harada, Kōji Nakanishi profile →
  3. Exciton chirality method and its application to configurational and conformational studies of natural products
    1972 413 citations Nobuyuki Harada et al. profile →

Peers

Nobuyuki Harada
Nina Berova United States
Gennaro Pescitelli Italy
Pedro Cintas Spain
Sergio Abbate Italy
Donna G. Blackmond United States
Lorenzo Di Bari Italy
Prasad L. Polavarapu United States
Giovanna Longhi Italy
Richard M. Kellogg Netherlands
Nicolas Vanthuyne France
Nina Berova United States
Nobuyuki Harada
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Fields of papers citing papers by Nobuyuki Harada

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nobuyuki Harada

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nagatsugi, Fumi, Yusuke Takahashi, Maiko Kobayashi, et al.. (2013). Synthesis of peptide-conjugated light-driven molecular motors and evaluation of their DNA-binding properties. Molecular BioSystems. 9(5). 969–973. 10 indexed citations
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Rivera‐Fuentes, Pablo, José Lorenzo Alonso‐Gómez, Ana G. Petrovic, et al.. (2010). Enantiomerically Pure Alleno–Acetylenic Macrocycles: Synthesis, Solid‐State Structures, Chiroptical Properties, and Electron Localization Function Analysis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 16(32). 9796–9807. 49 indexed citations
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Alonso‐Gómez, José Lorenzo, Pablo Rivera‐Fuentes, Nobuyuki Harada, Nina Berova, & François Diederich. (2009). An Enantiomerically Pure Alleno‐Acetylenic Macrocycle: Synthesis and Rationalization of Its Outstanding Chiroptical Response. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(30). 5545–5548. 78 indexed citations
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Alonso‐Gómez, José Lorenzo, Ana G. Petrovic, Nobuyuki Harada, et al.. (2009). Chiral Induction from Allenes into Twisted 1,1,4,4‐Tetracyanobuta‐1,3‐dienes (TCBDs): Conformational Assignment by Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy. Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(34). 8396–8400. 33 indexed citations
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Kuwahara, Shunsuke, Masataka Watanabe, John Decatur, et al.. (2008). Stereoselective synthesis of 2,3,7‐trimethylcyclooctanone and related compounds and determination of their relative and absolute configurations by the MαNP acid method. Chirality. 20(9). 1053–1065. 6 indexed citations
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Sekiguchi, Satoshi, et al.. (2007). New route to enantiopure MαNP acid, a powerful resolution and chiral 1H NMR anisotropy reagent. Chirality. 19(5). 335–343. 9 indexed citations
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Harada, Nobuyuki. (2007). Determination of absolute configurations by X‐ray crystallography and 1H NMR anisotropy. Chirality. 20(5). 691–723. 83 indexed citations
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Kosaka, Masashi, Satoshi Sekiguchi, Shunsuke Kuwahara, et al.. (2005). Synthesis of enantiopure phthalides including 3‐butylphthalide, a fragrance component of celery oil, and determination of their absolute configurations. Chirality. 17(4). 218–232. 50 indexed citations
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Villaseñor, Irene M., et al.. (2005). Antihyperglycaemic flavonoids fromSyzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. and Perry. Phytotherapy Research. 19(3). 246–251. 54 indexed citations
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Kosaka, Masashi, Shunsuke Kuwahara, Masataka Watanabe, et al.. (2002). Comparison of CD Spectra of (2-Methylphenyl)- and (2,6-Dimethylphenyl)-phenylmethanols Leads to Erroneous Absolute Configurations. PubMed. 7(4-5). 213–217. 12 indexed citations
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Kuwahara, Shunsuke, et al.. (2002). Crystalline State Conformation of 2-Methoxy-2-(1-naphthyl)propionic Acid Ester. PubMed. 7(4-5). 219–223. 13 indexed citations
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Kosaka, Masashi, Masataka Watanabe, & Nobuyuki Harada. (2000). Enantioresolution by the chiral phthalic acid method: Absolute configurations of substituted benzylic alcohols. Chirality. 12(5-6). 362–365. 6 indexed citations
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Wiel, M.K.J.Ter, Nagatoshi Koumura, Richard A. van Delden, et al.. (2000). Chiral overcrowded alkenes; Asymmetric synthesis of (3S,3?S)-(M,M)-(E)-(+)-1,1?,2,2?,3,3?,4,4?-octahydro-3,3?,7,7?-tetramethyl-4,4?-biphenanthrylidenes. Chirality. 12(10). 734–741. 8 indexed citations
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Koumura, Nagatoshi, Robert W. J. Zijlstra, Richard A. van Delden, Nobuyuki Harada, & Ben L. Feringa. (1999). Light-driven monodirectional molecular rotor. Nature. 401(6749). 152–155. 1571 indexed citations breakdown →
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Harada, Nobuyuki, et al.. (1989). Circular Dichroic Power of Chiral Spiro Aromatics. TheoreticalCalculation of the CD and UV Spectra of 2,2' -Spirobi [2Hbenzeindene ] Derivatives. Croatica Chemica Acta. 62. 267–278. 1 indexed citations
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Harada, Nobuyuki & Kōji Nakanishi. (1983). Circular dichroic spectroscopy : exciton coupling in organic stereochemistry. 1117 indexed citations breakdown →

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