Yusuke Yasu

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Yusuke Yasu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yusuke Yasu has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Organic Chemistry, 8 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 4 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yusuke Yasu's work include Radical Photochemical Reactions (12 papers), Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (8 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (7 papers). Yusuke Yasu is often cited by papers focused on Radical Photochemical Reactions (12 papers), Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (8 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (7 papers). Yusuke Yasu collaborates with scholars based in Japan and United States. Yusuke Yasu's co-authors include Munetaka Akita, Takashi Koike, Ren Tomita, Kazuki Miyazawa, Yusuke Arai and Akiko Inagaki and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Chemical Communications and Organic Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yusuke Yasu

14 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Three‐component Oxytrifluoromethylation of Alkenes: Highly Efficient and Regioselective Difunctionalization of CC Bonds Mediated by Photoredox Catalysts

2012 503 citations Yusuke Yasu, Takashi Koike et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

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Somesh K. Ganesh United States

Quentin Lefebvre United Kingdom

Peter Finkbeiner Germany

Yewen Fang China

Dinghai Wang China

Wengang Xu China

Cayetana Zárate Spain

Dmitry Katayev Switzerland

Timothée Constantin United Kingdom

Kohei Matsuzaki Japan

Somesh K. Ganesh United States

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741 ×0.6

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113 ×1.6

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Miyazawa, Kazuki, et al.. (2015). Redox-economical radical generation from organoborates and carboxylic acids by organic photoredox catalysis. RSC Advances. 5(27). 21297–21300. 101 indexed citations

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Tomita, Ren, Yusuke Yasu, Takashi Koike, & Munetaka Akita. (2014). Direct C–H trifluoromethylation of di- and trisubstituted alkenes by photoredox catalysis. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 10. 1099–1106. 61 indexed citations

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Tomita, Ren, Yusuke Yasu, Takashi Koike, & Munetaka Akita. (2014). Combining Photoredox‐Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation and Oxidation with DMSO: Facile Synthesis of α‐Trifluoromethylated Ketones from Aromatic Alkenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(28). 7144–7148. 279 indexed citations

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Tomita, Ren, Yusuke Yasu, Takashi Koike, & Munetaka Akita. (2014). Combining Photoredox‐Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation and Oxidation with DMSO: Facile Synthesis of α‐Trifluoromethylated Ketones from Aromatic Alkenes. Angewandte Chemie. 126(28). 7272–7276. 68 indexed citations

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Yasu, Yusuke, Yusuke Arai, Ren Tomita, Takashi Koike, & Munetaka Akita. (2014). Highly Regio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of CF₃-Substituted Lactones via Photoredox-Catalyzed Carbolactonization of Alkenoic Acids. Organic Letters. 16(3). 780–783. 157 indexed citations

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Miyazawa, Kazuki, Yusuke Yasu, Takashi Koike, & Munetaka Akita. (2013). Visible-light-induced hydroalkoxymethylation of electron-deficient alkenes by photoredox catalysis. Chemical Communications. 49(65). 7249–7249. 93 indexed citations

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Yasu, Yusuke, Takashi Koike, & Munetaka Akita. (2013). Visible-light-induced synthesis of a variety of trifluoromethylated alkenes from potassium vinyltrifluoroborates by photoredox catalysis. Chemical Communications. 49(20). 2037–2037. 168 indexed citations

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Yasu, Yusuke, Akiko Inagaki, & Munetaka Akita. (2013). Synthesis of trinuclear Pd–Ru–Pd porphyrin complexes with axially ligated Pd centers. Prominent metal-to-ligand charge transfer band in the visible region. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 753. 48–54. 8 indexed citations

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Yasu, Yusuke, Takashi Koike, & Munetaka Akita. (2013). Intermolecular Aminotrifluoromethylation of Alkenes by Visible-Light-Driven Photoredox Catalysis. Organic Letters. 15(9). 2136–2139. 282 indexed citations

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Yasu, Yusuke, Takashi Koike, & Munetaka Akita. (2012). Three‐component Oxytrifluoromethylation of Alkenes: Highly Efficient and Regioselective Difunctionalization of CC Bonds Mediated by Photoredox Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(38). 9567–9571. 503 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yasu, Yusuke, Takashi Koike, & Munetaka Akita. (2012). Visible Light‐Induced Selective Generation of Radicals from Organoborates by Photoredox Catalysis. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 354(18). 3414–3420. 220 indexed citations

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Yasu, Yusuke, Takashi Koike, & Munetaka Akita. (2012). Three‐component Oxytrifluoromethylation of Alkenes: Highly Efficient and Regioselective Difunctionalization of CC Bonds Mediated by Photoredox Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie. 124(38). 9705–9709. 163 indexed citations

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Yasu, Yusuke, Takashi Koike, & Munetaka Akita. (2012). Sunlight-driven synthesis of γ-diketones via oxidative coupling of enamines with silyl enol ethers catalyzed by [Ru(bpy)3]2+. Chemical Communications. 48(43). 5355–5355. 62 indexed citations

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Koike, Takashi, Yusuke Yasu, & Munetaka Akita. (2012). Visible-light-driven Oxidation of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds via Catalytic Disproportionation of TEMPO by Photoredox Catalysis. Chemistry Letters. 41(9). 999–1001. 39 indexed citations

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