Sobi Asako

2.2k total citations
36 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Sobi Asako is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sobi Asako has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Organic Chemistry, 15 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 4 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Sobi Asako's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (22 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (14 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (12 papers). Sobi Asako is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (22 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (14 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (12 papers). Sobi Asako collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Switzerland and Germany. Sobi Asako's co-authors include Laurean Ilies, Eiichi Nakamura, Tatsuaki Matsubara, Kazuhiko Takai, Saki Ichikawa, Rui Shang, Ramadoss Boobalan, Yushu Jin, Naohiko Yoshikai and Pinaki Bhusan De and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Sobi Asako

34 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sobi Asako Japan 22 1.8k 545 100 63 54 36 1.8k
Youqian Deng Sweden 21 1.5k 0.9× 285 0.5× 86 0.9× 45 0.7× 117 2.2× 32 1.7k
Malika Makhlouf Brahmi United States 10 1.4k 0.8× 364 0.7× 105 1.1× 112 1.8× 31 0.6× 11 1.5k
Ka‐Ho Lee Hong Kong 16 706 0.4× 338 0.6× 86 0.9× 37 0.6× 126 2.3× 28 805
Marc Moselage Germany 10 1.5k 0.9× 471 0.9× 66 0.7× 64 1.0× 30 0.6× 10 1.6k
Ka Hou Hoi Canada 8 1.7k 0.9× 275 0.5× 94 0.9× 18 0.3× 64 1.2× 8 1.7k
Bingwei Zhou China 18 1.6k 0.9× 482 0.9× 49 0.5× 75 1.2× 94 1.7× 54 1.7k
Xiao‐Le Zhou China 13 945 0.5× 367 0.7× 83 0.8× 33 0.5× 89 1.6× 25 1.1k
Gaëtan Le Duc France 13 1.1k 0.6× 212 0.4× 102 1.0× 66 1.0× 59 1.1× 16 1.3k
Youichi Inada Japan 20 1.8k 1.0× 535 1.0× 54 0.5× 25 0.4× 147 2.7× 23 1.9k
Ayan Dasgupta United Kingdom 15 669 0.4× 183 0.3× 66 0.7× 76 1.2× 56 1.0× 28 727

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All Works

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De, Pinaki Bhusan, et al.. (2025). Remote Hydrogen Bonding between Ligand and Substrate Accelerates C–H Bond Activation and Enables Switchable Site Selectivity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(8). e202419144–e202419144. 5 indexed citations
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Asako, Sobi & Laurean Ilies. (2025). Design of Ligands for Selective and Efficient C-H Functionalization. Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan. 83(2). 100–107. 2 indexed citations
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Mutoh, Yuichiro, Reema Abu Khalaf, Sobi Asako, & Laurean Ilies. (2025). Transient π-coordination enables nucleophilic borylation of simple arenes. Chemical Science. 17(1). 664–670.
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Asako, Sobi & Laurean Ilies. (2025). Spirobipyridine Ligands as a Unique Platform for Substrate Recognition and Reaction Control through Noncovalent Interactions. ACS Catalysis. 15(8). 6372–6379. 1 indexed citations
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Tortajada, Andreu, et al.. (2025). Iron-catalysed direct coupling of organosodium compounds. Nature Synthesis. 4(7). 816–825. 1 indexed citations
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Jin, Yushu, Ramadoss Boobalan, Sobi Asako, & Laurean Ilies. (2024). Noncovalent interaction with a spirobipyridine ligand enables efficient iridium-catalyzed C–H activation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2886–2886. 22 indexed citations
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Giovannantonio, Marco Di, Zijie Qiu, Carlo A. Pignedoli, et al.. (2024). On-surface cyclization of vinyl groups on poly-para-phenylene involving an unusual pentagon to hexagon transformation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1910–1910. 5 indexed citations
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Ilies, Laurean, Kazuhiko Takai, Sobi Asako, & Pinaki Bhusan De. (2023). Synthesis of 2,2′-Bipyridines via Dehydrogenative Dimerization of Pyridines Using Sodium Dispersion. Synlett. 35(4). 459–463. 1 indexed citations
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Boobalan, Ramadoss, Yushu Jin, Sobi Asako, & Laurean Ilies. (2022). Remote steric control for undirected meta -selective C–H activation of arenes. Science. 375(6581). 658–663. 101 indexed citations
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Asako, Sobi, et al.. (2021). Halogen–sodium exchange enables efficient access to organosodium compounds. Communications Chemistry. 4(1). 76–76. 45 indexed citations
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Asako, Sobi, et al.. (2021). Birch Reduction of Arenes Using Sodium Dispersion and DMI under Mild Conditions. Chemistry Letters. 51(1). 38–40. 16 indexed citations
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Asako, Sobi, et al.. (2021). Ligand-Enabled, Iridium-Catalyzed ortho-Borylation of Fluoroarenes. ACS Catalysis. 11(10). 5968–5973. 28 indexed citations
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Asako, Sobi & Laurean Ilies. (2020). Olefin Synthesis by Deoxygenative Coupling of Carbonyl Compounds: From Stoichiometric to Catalytic. Chemistry Letters. 49(11). 1386–1393. 8 indexed citations
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Murai, Masahito, Ryo Okada, Sobi Asako, & Kazuhiko Takai. (2017). Rhodium‐Catalyzed Silylative and Germylative Cyclization with Dehydrogenation Leading to 9‐Sila‐ and 9‐Germafluorenes: A Combined Experimental and Computational Mechanistic Study. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(45). 10861–10870. 32 indexed citations
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Asako, Sobi, et al.. (2016). Molybdenum‐Catalyzed Stereospecific Deoxygenation of Epoxides to Alkenes. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 358(24). 3966–3970. 29 indexed citations
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Asako, Sobi, et al.. (2016). Synthesis of Linear Allylsilanes via Molybdenum-Catalyzed Regioselective Hydrosilylation of Allenes. ACS Catalysis. 6(5). 3387–3395. 46 indexed citations
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Ilies, Laurean, Saki Ichikawa, Sobi Asako, Tatsuaki Matsubara, & Eiichi Nakamura. (2015). Iron‐Catalyzed Directed Alkylation of Alkenes and Arenes with Alkylzinc Halides. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 357(10). 2175–2179. 63 indexed citations
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Asako, Sobi, Jakob Norinder, Laurean Ilies, Naohiko Yoshikai, & Eiichi Nakamura. (2014). ortho‐Allylation of 1‐Arylpyrazoles with Allyl Phenyl Ether via Iron‐Catalyzed CH Bond Activation under Mild Conditions. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 356(7). 1481–1485. 55 indexed citations
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Yoshikai, Naohiko, Sobi Asako, Takeshi Yamakawa, Laurean Ilies, & Eiichi Nakamura. (2011). Iron‐Catalyzed CH Bond Activation for the ortho‐Arylation of Aryl Pyridines and Imines with Grignard Reagents. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 6(11). 3059–3065. 73 indexed citations
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Ilies, Laurean, Sobi Asako, & Eiichi Nakamura. (2011). Iron-Catalyzed Stereospecific Activation of Olefinic C–H Bonds with Grignard Reagent for Synthesis of Substituted Olefins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 133(20). 7672–7675. 130 indexed citations

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