Takeshi Yasui

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Takeshi Yasui is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Takeshi Yasui has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Organic Chemistry, 11 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 11 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Takeshi Yasui's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (20 papers), Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (15 papers) and Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (11 papers). Takeshi Yasui is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (20 papers), Oxidative Organic Chemistry Reactions (15 papers) and Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (11 papers). Takeshi Yasui collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Cambodia and France. Takeshi Yasui's co-authors include Muhammet Uyanik, Kazuaki Ishihara, H. Okamoto, Daisuke Suzuki, Yoshihiko Yamamoto, Junko Matsuki, Makoto Yamamori, Shuzo Fujita, K Hayakawa and Daisuke Suzuki and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Takeshi Yasui

58 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Enantioselective Kita Oxidative Spirolactonization Catalyzed by In Situ Generated Chiral Hypervalent Iodine(III) Species
    2010 398 citations Muhammet Uyanik, Takeshi Yasui et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Takeshi Yasui Japan 18 2.1k 288 263 254 236 62 2.5k
Ying Dong Canada 24 704 0.3× 125 0.4× 54 0.2× 172 0.7× 192 0.8× 57 1.4k
K. V. Radhakrishnan India 27 1.8k 0.9× 232 0.8× 173 0.7× 36 0.1× 118 0.5× 153 2.4k
Stefan Chassaing France 24 1.3k 0.6× 121 0.4× 67 0.3× 58 0.2× 136 0.6× 63 1.9k
Jun Deng China 28 1.4k 0.7× 482 1.7× 229 0.9× 35 0.1× 201 0.9× 76 2.2k
Georg Fráter Switzerland 19 1.0k 0.5× 156 0.5× 49 0.2× 124 0.5× 63 0.3× 55 1.6k
Elisabetta Torregiani Italy 25 1.2k 0.6× 197 0.7× 44 0.2× 67 0.3× 152 0.6× 57 2.0k
Christopher M. Beaudry United States 24 1.1k 0.5× 80 0.3× 100 0.4× 66 0.3× 115 0.5× 53 1.6k
Manat Pohmakotr Thailand 28 1.8k 0.9× 314 1.1× 93 0.4× 24 0.1× 297 1.3× 125 2.5k
Yasuo Butsugan Japan 29 1.7k 0.8× 304 1.1× 100 0.4× 27 0.1× 85 0.4× 133 2.3k
Luc Neuville France 37 3.8k 1.9× 499 1.7× 181 0.7× 17 0.1× 156 0.7× 84 4.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Takeshi Yasui

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All Works

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Yamamoto, Yoshihiko, et al.. (2025). Reactivity of Aryl Trifluoromethyl Ketimines toward Organometallic Nucleophiles under Protic and Aprotic Conditions. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 90(46). 16517–16531.
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Yamada, Keiji, Nobuaki Koga, Takeshi Yasui, & Yoshihiko Yamamoto. (2024). Cobalt/Organophotoredox Dual-Catalysis-Enabled Cyclization of 1,5,10-Enediynes Involving Metallole-Mediated Remote C(sp3)–H Bond Activation Leading to Axially Chiral Aryl Alkenes. ACS Catalysis. 14(3). 2049–2057. 6 indexed citations
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Yasui, Takeshi & Yoshihiko Yamamoto. (2024). Cobalt/Photoredox Cooperative Catalysis‐Enabled Cycloaddition Reactions of 1,6‐Diynes and Related Compounds. ChemCatChem. 16(16). 5 indexed citations
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Sakai, Aya, Takeshi Yasui, Yoshihiko Yamamoto, et al.. (2022). Development of novel potent ligands for GPR85 , an orphan G protein‐coupled receptor expressed in the brain. Genes to Cells. 27(5). 345–355. 6 indexed citations
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Yamada, Keiji, et al.. (2021). Synthesis of Benzo-Fused Cyclic Ketones via Metal-Free Ring Expansion of Cyclopropanols Enabled by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer. Organic Letters. 23(12). 4710–4714. 28 indexed citations
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Yasui, Takeshi, et al.. (2021). Highly Enantioselective [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Enediynes Enabled by Cobalt/Organophotoredox Cooperative Catalysis. ACS Catalysis. 11(15). 9479–9484. 24 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Yoshihiko, et al.. (2021). Synthesis of difluoromethylated diarylmethanes via Fe(OTf)3-catalyzed Friedel–Crafts reaction of 2,2-difluoro-1-arylethyl phosphates. Chemical Communications. 57(32). 3877–3880. 7 indexed citations
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Yasui, Takeshi, Takeshi Yamamoto, Nozomu Sakai, et al.. (2017). Discovery of a novel B-cell lymphoma 6 (BCL6)–corepressor interaction inhibitor by utilizing structure-based drug design. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 25(17). 4876–4886. 21 indexed citations
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Uyanik, Muhammet, Takeshi Yasui, & Kazuaki Ishihara. (2017). Chiral Hypervalent Organoiodine-Catalyzed Enantioselective Oxidative Spirolactonization of Naphthol Derivatives. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 82(22). 11946–11953. 61 indexed citations
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Uyanik, Muhammet, Takeshi Yasui, & Kazuaki Ishihara. (2013). Hydrogen Bonding and Alcohol Effects in Asymmetric Hypervalent Iodine Catalysis: Enantioselective Oxidative Dearomatization of Phenols. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(35). 9215–9218. 201 indexed citations
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Yasui, Takeshi. (2012). Pleiotropic increases in free non‐polar lipid, glycolipid and phospholipid contents in waxy bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grain. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 92(9). 2002–2007. 4 indexed citations
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Uyanik, Muhammet, Daisuke Suzuki, Takeshi Yasui, & Kazuaki Ishihara. (2011). In Situ Generated (Hypo)Iodite Catalysts for the Direct α‐Oxyacylation of Carbonyl Compounds with Carboxylic Acids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 50(23). 5331–5334. 317 indexed citations
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Uyanik, Muhammet, Takeshi Yasui, & Kazuaki Ishihara. (2010). Enantioselective Kita Oxidative Spirolactonization Catalyzed by In Situ Generated Chiral Hypervalent Iodine(III) Species. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 49(12). 2175–2177. 398 indexed citations breakdown →
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Uyanik, Muhammet, Takeshi Yasui, & Kazuaki Ishihara. (2009). Hypervalent iodine-catalyzed oxylactonization of ketocarboxylic acids to ketolactones. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 19(14). 3848–3851. 65 indexed citations
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Yamamori, Makoto, Shuzo Fujita, K Hayakawa, Junko Matsuki, & Takeshi Yasui. (2000). Genetic elimination of a starch granule protein, SGP-1, of wheat generates an altered starch with apparent high amylose. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 101(1-2). 21–29. 179 indexed citations
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Yasui, Takeshi, Toshio Tsutsui, & Terukatsu Miyauchi. (1984). Effect of Particle Density on Fluidity of Fluidized Catalyst Bed and Evaluation of Fluidity. KAGAKU KOGAKU RONBUNSHU. 10(2). 252–260. 1 indexed citations
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Hirai, Nishio, et al.. (1963). Physicochemical Study on Crystalline Texture of Starch. Kobunshi Kagaku. 20(219). 413–416. 4 indexed citations

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