Osamu Yonemitsu

7.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
286 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Osamu Yonemitsu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Osamu Yonemitsu has authored 286 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 241 papers in Organic Chemistry, 58 papers in Molecular Biology and 30 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Osamu Yonemitsu's work include Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (87 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (44 papers) and Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (41 papers). Osamu Yonemitsu is often cited by papers focused on Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods (87 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (44 papers) and Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (41 papers). Osamu Yonemitsu collaborates with scholars based in Japan, India and United States. Osamu Yonemitsu's co-authors include Yuji Oikawa, Tadao Yoshioka, Kiyoshi Horita, Jun’ichi Uenishi, Tatsuo Hamada, Tatsuyoshi Tanaka, Noriyuki Nakajima, Atsushi Nishida, Reiko Kawahama and Masataka Hikota and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Osamu Yonemitsu

274 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

Specific removal of o-methoxybenzyl protection by DDQ oxi... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1982 1986 1978 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. Specific removal of o-methoxybenzyl protection by DDQ oxidation.
    1982 553 citations Yuji Oikawa, Tadao Yoshioka et al. Tetrahedron Letters profile →
  2. On the selectivity of deprotection of benzyl, mpm (4-methoxybenzyl) and dmpm (3,4-dimethoxybenzyl) protecting groups for hydroxy functions
    1986 456 citations Kiyoshi Horita, Tadao Yoshioka et al. profile →
  3. Meldrum's acid in organic synthesis. 2. A general and versatile synthesis of .beta.-keto esters
    1978 272 citations Yuji Oikawa, Osamu Yonemitsu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Osamu Yonemitsu Japan 35 5.1k 1.8k 804 799 396 286 6.1k
Paul A. Grieco United States 46 7.7k 1.5× 2.6k 1.5× 768 1.0× 720 0.9× 597 1.5× 265 9.6k
Gerald Pattenden United Kingdom 44 6.6k 1.3× 2.2k 1.2× 1.3k 1.6× 1.5k 1.9× 263 0.7× 413 8.3k
Takayuki Shioiri Japan 46 6.2k 1.2× 3.3k 1.8× 1.0k 1.3× 864 1.1× 498 1.3× 289 8.6k
Robert E. Ireland United States 35 4.1k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 557 0.7× 622 0.8× 309 0.8× 117 5.0k
Gary E. Keck United States 49 5.8k 1.1× 1.9k 1.0× 963 1.2× 803 1.0× 347 0.9× 129 6.5k
D. B. DESS United States 6 4.0k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 855 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 129 0.3× 7 5.0k
Barry B. Snider United States 51 8.4k 1.6× 2.3k 1.3× 1.2k 1.5× 1.1k 1.3× 318 0.8× 303 10.1k
Pierre Deslongchamps Canada 36 3.8k 0.8× 1.7k 1.0× 389 0.5× 618 0.8× 516 1.3× 244 5.0k
Junji Inanaga Japan 35 4.9k 1.0× 1.3k 0.7× 707 0.9× 706 0.9× 211 0.5× 113 5.6k
H. M. R. Hoffmann Germany 36 5.9k 1.2× 1.3k 0.7× 436 0.5× 548 0.7× 431 1.1× 280 6.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Matsushima, Tomohiro, N. Nakajima, Bo Zheng, & Osamu Yonemitsu. (2000). Synthetic Studies of an 18-Membered Antitumor Macrolide, Tedanolide. 6. Synthesis of a Key Intermediate via a Highly Efficient Macrolactonization of Computer-Aid Designed Seco-Acid.. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 48(6). 855–860. 25 indexed citations
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Uenishi, Jun’ichi, et al.. (1999). Total Synthesis of (.+-.)-Acetomycin and Design of Esterase-Resistant Analogs.. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 47(4). 517–523. 5 indexed citations
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Uenishi, Jun’ichi, Reiko Kawahama, Osamu Yonemitsu, Akimori Wada, & Masayoshi Ito. (1998). Stereocontrolled Synthesis of (11Z)-Retinal and Its Analogues. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 37(3). 320–323. 42 indexed citations
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Uenishi, Jun’ichi, et al.. (1998). Asymmetric Synthesis of Thietanose. Heterocycles. 47(1). 439–439. 7 indexed citations
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Tsukube, Hiroshi, et al.. (1996). Enantioselective binding and extraction of zwitterionic amino acids by chiral lanthanide complexes. Chemical Communications. 477–477. 23 indexed citations
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Yonemitsu, Osamu. (1994). Computer-Aided Conformational Design in Macrolide Synthesis.. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 52(11). 946–955. 19 indexed citations
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Yonemitsu, Osamu. (1990). Stereoselective Synthesis of Macrolide and Polyether Antibiotics. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI. 110(8). 523–546.
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Yonemitsu, Osamu, Noriyuki Nakajima, & Masataka Hikota. (1990). Synthesis of macrolides.. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 48(2). 102–118. 2 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Tomoko, K. HORITA, N. Nakajima, et al.. (1987). 12員環マクロライド抗生物質メチマイシンのアグリコンであるメチノリドの高立体選択的全合成 I D-グルコースからのPrelog-Djerassi型キラル合成中間体の合成. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 35(6). 2184–2195. 1 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Tatsuyoshi, Yuji Oikawa, Noriyuki Nakajima, Tatsuo Hamada, & Osamu Yonemitsu. (1987). Highly stereoselective total synthesis of methynolide, the aglycon of the 12-membered macrolide antibiotic methymycin. III. An efficient synthesis of methynolide.. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 35(6). 2203–2208. 12 indexed citations
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Yonemitsu, Osamu. (1985). Methoxybenzyl (MPM) protecting group removable by DDQ oxidation.. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 43(7). 691–702. 3 indexed citations
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Oikawa, Yuji, Kunihiko Mohri, Ken‐ichi Hirao, & Osamu Yonemitsu. (1982). Meldrum's Acid in Organic Synthesis 4. Synthesis of 5-Substituted 2-Phenylisoxazolin-3-one from N-Acylacetylphenylhydroxylamines. Heterocycles. 19(3). 521–521. 4 indexed citations
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Oikawa, Yuji, Tadao Yoshioka, & Osamu Yonemitsu. (1982). Specific removal of o-methoxybenzyl protection by DDQ oxidation.. Tetrahedron Letters. 23(8). 885–888. 553 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yonemitsu, Osamu, et al.. (1979). DDQ酸化による,トリプタミンおよびトリプトファンメチルエステルのN-アシル誘導体からピンプリニンおよび関連するオキサゾリルインドールアルカロイドの合成. Heterocycles. 12(11). 1457–1462. 39 indexed citations
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Yonemitsu, Osamu & Shunji Naruto. (1971). Photo-induced Friedel-Crafts Reaction.II. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 19(6). 1158–1163. 5 indexed citations
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Yonemitsu, Osamu, Takeshi Tokuyama, Michael Chaykovsky, & Bernhard Witkop. (1968). Photocyclizations of tyrosines, tyramines, catechol amines, and normescaline. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 90(3). 776–784. 15 indexed citations
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Ban, Yoshio & Osamu Yonemitsu. (1962). The absolute stereochemistry of yohimbine by chemical correlation with dihydrocorynantheane. Tetrahedron Letters. 3(5). 181–184. 4 indexed citations

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