Nobuyuki Imai

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Nobuyuki Imai is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nobuyuki Imai has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Organic Chemistry, 42 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Nobuyuki Imai's work include Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (30 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (23 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (21 papers). Nobuyuki Imai is often cited by papers focused on Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (30 papers), Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (23 papers) and Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (21 papers). Nobuyuki Imai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Sweden. Nobuyuki Imai's co-authors include E. J. Corey, Kazuo Achiwa, Susumu Kobayashi, Yoshiyasu Terao, Tsuyoshi Miura, Hideyo Takahashi, Junzo Nokami, Yasuoki Murakami, Takuya Noguchi and Katsumasa Sakamoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Nobuyuki Imai

105 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Designed catalyst for enantioselective Diels-Alder addition from a C2-symmetric chiral bis(oxazoline)-iron(III) complex

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nobuyuki Imai Japan	24	1.5k	691	299	120	115	109	2.1k
Nina Gommermann Germany	16	1.9k 1.3×	544 0.8×	399 1.3×	83 0.7×	204 1.8×	25	2.5k
Youliang Wang China	30	1.4k 1.0×	930 1.3×	178 0.6×	66 0.6×	109 0.9×	91	2.9k
Scott A. Biller United States	27	830 0.6×	1.5k 2.2×	141 0.5×	66 0.6×	60 0.5×	53	2.8k
Ka Young Lee South Korea	30	1.7k 1.1×	475 0.7×	98 0.3×	44 0.4×	80 0.7×	75	2.1k
Zhaopeng Liu China	25	869 0.6×	849 1.2×	154 0.5×	122 1.0×	37 0.3×	127	2.1k
Takumi Abe Japan	34	2.1k 1.4×	625 0.9×	208 0.7×	90 0.8×	19 0.2×	164	3.8k
Takashi Ikawa Japan	30	2.3k 1.6×	567 0.8×	556 1.9×	152 1.3×	287 2.5×	94	3.2k
Joel C. Barrish United States	29	1.4k 0.9×	882 1.3×	173 0.6×	42 0.3×	140 1.2×	104	2.3k
Kazutaka Shibatomi Japan	29	1.8k 1.2×	300 0.4×	569 1.9×	443 3.7×	108 0.9×	82	2.2k
Shinya Adachi Japan	29	996 0.7×	639 0.9×	158 0.5×	49 0.4×	111 1.0×	74	2.2k

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Noguchi, Takuya, et al.. (2022). Biocatalytic hydrolysis of various anilides containing l-phenylalanine using Baker's yeast under starvation conditions. Tetrahedron Letters. 108. 154130–154130.

FitzGerald, J Mark, Ken Ohta, Mitsuru Adachi, et al.. (2017). Benralizumab Reduces Exacerbations in Japanese Patients with Severe, Uncontrolled Asthma: Subgroup Analysis of the Calima Trial. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 139(2). AB10–AB10. 1 indexed citations

Ohta, Ken, Mitsuru Adachi, Yuji Tohda, et al.. (2017). Efficacy and safety of benralizumab in Japanese patients with severe, uncontrolled eosinophilic asthma. Allergology International. 67(2). 266–272. 21 indexed citations

Noguchi, Takuya, et al.. (2016). Convenient green preparation of dipeptides using unprotected α-amino acids. Tetrahedron Asymmetry. 28(1). 75–83. 8 indexed citations

Noguchi, Takuya, et al.. (2015). Preparation of the Monoacylates of 2-Substituted (Z)-But-2-ene-1,4-diols Using Porcine Pancreas Lipase. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan. 89(2). 257–267. 3 indexed citations

Imai, Nobuyuki, et al.. (2008). A Convenient Synthesis of the (E)-Monoacetates of 2-Alkylidenepropane-1,3-diols. Synthesis. 2008(17). 2695–2700. 2 indexed citations

Imai, Nobuyuki, et al.. (2002). Convenient Preparation of Various Chiral Disulfonamides from α-Amino Acid and Alkylation of Cinnamaldehyde in the Presence of the Chiral Disulfonamides. 38. 47–52. 1 indexed citations

Nagata, Masaki, Kazuhiro Ono, Akihiko Iida, et al.. (1999). Morphological Study on Maxillofacial Deformity in CL/Fr Strain Mouse : Especially in Anomaly of Maxillary Incisor Adjacent to Alveolar Cleft. 48(6). 454–463.

Shimada, Midori, et al.. (1999). Molecular Cloning of Mouse p47, a Second Group Mammalian RuvB DNA Helicase-Like Protein: Homology with Those from Human and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The Journal of Biochemistry. 125(5). 939–946. 19 indexed citations

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Hatta, Takashi, Osamu Nakano, Nobuyuki Imai, Noboru Takizawa, & Hohzoh Kiyohara. (1999). Cloning and sequence analysis of hydroxyquinol 1,2-dioxygenase gene in 2,4,6-trichlorophenol-degrading Ralstonia pickettii DTP0602 and characterization of its product. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 87(3). 267–272. 36 indexed citations

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Nokami, Junzo, et al.. (1997). Anodic oxidation of α,β-unsaturated Sulfides to α-acetoxy ketones or α,β-diacetoxy sulfides. Electrochimica Acta. 42(13-14). 1993–1994. 1 indexed citations

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Hashimoto, Naoaki, Takahiro Okamoto, Masaya Okada, et al.. (1996). Second transplantation with CD34⁺ bone marrow cells selected from a two‐loci HLA‐mismatched sibling for a patient with chronic myeloid leukaemia. British Journal of Haematology. 94(1). 123–125. 6 indexed citations

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Iida, Akihiko, et al.. (1995). Craniosynostosis with Joint Contractures, Ear Deformity, Cleft Palate, Scoliosis, and Other Features. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 32(6). 489–493. 1 indexed citations

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Imai, Nobuyuki, Hideyo Takahashi, & Susumu Kobayashi. (1994). Enantioselective Cyclopropanation of Allylic Alcohols Catalyzed by a Chiral Disulfonamide-Aluminum Complex. Chemistry Letters. 23(1). 177–180. 31 indexed citations

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Platz, Matthew S., et al.. (1991). Photolysis of 3-aryl-3-(trifluoromethyl)diazirines: a caveat regarding their use in photoaffinity probes. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 2(5). 337–341. 39 indexed citations

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Masugi, Fuminori, Toshio Ogihara, Nobuyuki Imai, et al.. (1985). Sensitive assay and kinetic property of urinary inhibitor of Na+, K+-ATPase in sodium-loaded patients with essential hypertension.. Japanese Circulation Journal. 49(9). 980–983. 2 indexed citations

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Imai, Nobuyuki, Yoshiyasu Terao, & Kazuo Achiwa. (1985). Cycloaddition with utilization of chemical characteristics of silicon atom.. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 43(9). 862–876. 9 indexed citations

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Achiwa, Kazuo, Nobuyuki Imai, & Yoshiyasu Terao. (1985). A New Synthetic Method for Proline Derivatives via the Azomethine Ylide Intermediate Generated from Methyl N-(Trimethylsilylmethyl)iminoacetate. Heterocycles. 23(5). 1107–1107. 8 indexed citations

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Achiwa, Kazuo, et al.. (1984). HIGH REGIOSELECTIVITIES IN 1,3-CYCLOADDITION OF INTERMEDIARY CARBANIONS PROMOTED BY TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM FLUORIDE AND AZOMETHINE YLIDE CATALYZED BY TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID. Chemistry Letters. 13(12). 2041–2044. 10 indexed citations

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Imai, Nobuyuki, Yoshiyasu Terao, Kazuo Achiwa, & Minoru Sekiya. (1984). Novel Base-catalyzed 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Leading to Pyrrolidines from N-(Phenylthiomethyl)amino Acids. Heterocycles. 21(2). 607–607. 3 indexed citations

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