Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Nagoya University

(170) Isolation, Structure, and Reactivity of an Arylnickel(II) Pivalate Complex in Catalytic C-H/C-O Biaryl Coupling

Kei Muto, Junichiro Yamaguchi, Aiwen Lei, and Kenichiro Itami

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 16384–16387. DOI: 10.1021/ja409803x【detail】

(169) Palladium-Catalyzed C–H and C–N Arylation of Aminothiazoles with Arylboronic Acids

Takahiro N. Uehara, Junichiro Yamaguchi, Kenichiro Itami

Asian J. Org. Chem. 2013, 2, 938-942. DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201300172 【detail】

Most Read Article (November, 2013, Highlighted in ChemistryViews and Wiley science Cafe)

(Dedicated to Professor Teruaki Mukaiyama on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Mukaiyama aldol reaction)

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(168) C–H Alkenylation of Azoles with Enols and Esters by Nickel Catalysis

Lingkui Meng, Yuko Kamada, Kei Muto, Junichiro Yamaguchi, and Kenichiro Itami

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 10048–10051. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201304492 【detail】

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(167) A grossly warped nanographene and the consequences of multiple odd-membered-ring defects

Katsuaki Kawasumi, Qianyan Zhang, Yasutomo Segawa, Lawrence T. Scott, and Kenichiro Itami

Nat. Chem. 2013, 5, 739-744. doi: 10.1038/nchem.1704 【detail】

Selected as the cover image of Nature Chemistry. Ranked as the 4th high-scored paper among all Nature Chemistry papers.

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Featured in Nature Chem (News and Views).

(166) One-shot Indole-to-Carbazole π-Extension by Pd-Cu-Ag Trimetallic System

Kyohei Ozaki, Hua Zhang, Hideto Ito, Aiwen Lei, and Kenichiro Itami

Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 3416–3420, DOI: 10.1039/C3SC51447A 【detail】

Most Read Articles in June and July in 2013

Selected as “HOT Chem Sci articles for June” in 2013

Selected as Back Cover in issue 9, 2013

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Selected as “Top 25 most-read Chemical Science articles in 2013”

(165) Aromatic C–H Coupling with Hindered Arylboronic Acids by Pd/Fe Dual Catalysts

Kazuya Yamaguchi, Hiroki Kondo, Junichiro Yamaguchi, and Kenichiro Itami

Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 3753-3757. DOI: 10.1039/C3SC51206A 【detail】

(164) Initiation of carbon nanotube growth by well-defined carbon nanorings

Haruka Omachi, Takuya Nakayama, Eri Takahashi, Yasutomo Segawa, and Kenichiro Itami

Nat. Chem. 2013, 5, 572–576. DOI: 10.1038/NCHEM.1655 【detail】

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(163) Nickel-Catalyzed Direct Coupling of Heteroarenes

Junichiro Yamaguchi, Kei Muto, Kazuma Amaike, Takuya Yamamoto, and Kenichiro Itami

J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn. 2013, 71, in press.

(162) Synthesis of Thiophene-Based TAK-779 Analogues by C–H Arylation

Anna Junker, Junichiro Yamaguchi, Kenichiro Itami, and Bernhard Wünsch

J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 5579–5586. DOI: 10.1021/jo400692p 【detail】

(161) New Cross-coupling Reactions through Nickel Catalysis

Junichiro Yamaguchi, Kazuma Amaike, Kei Muto, and Kenichiro Itami

Catalysis, 2013, 624-645.

(160) Pyridine-Based Dicarbene Ligand: Synthesis and Structure of Bis-2-pyridylidene Palladium Complex

Tetsushi Yoshidomi, Yasutomo Segawa, and Kenichiro Itami

Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 5648-5650. DOI: 10.1039/C3CC42655F 【detail】

(159) Decarbonylative C–H Biaryl Coupling

Junichiro Yamaguchi and Kenichiro Itami

Kagaku 2013, 35-39.

(158) C-H Activation Route to Dibenzo[a,e]pentalenes: Annulation of Arylacetylenes Promoted by PdCl2/AgOTf/o-chloranil

Takehisa Maekawa, Yasutomo Segawa, and Kenichiro Itami

Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 2369-2373. DOI: 10.1039/C3SC50585E 【detail】

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(157) Improvement of σ1 receptor affinity by late-stage C–H bond arylation of spiro cyclic lactones

(156) Palladium-catalyzed direct phenylation of perylene: Structural and optical properties of 3,4,9-triphenylperylene and 3,4,9,10-tetraphenylperylene

Katsuaki Kawasumi, Kenji Mochida, Yasutomo Segawa, and Kenichiro Itami

Tetrahedron, 2013, 69, 4371. DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2013.01.037 【detail】

(155) Origin of the Size-Dependent Fluorescence Blueshift in [n]Cycloparaphenylenes

Cristopher Camacho, Thomas A. Niehaus, Kenichiro Itami, and Stephan Irle

Chem. Sci., 2013, 4, 187-195. DOI: 10.1039/C2SC20878D 【detail】