Munetaka Akita

Research interests

Publications

• New Horizons of Photocatalytic Fluoromethylative Difunctionalization of Alkenes

  Chem · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2017.11.004

• Fine Design of Photoredox Systems for Catalytic Fluoromethylation of Carbon–Carbon Multiple Bonds

  Accounts of Chemical Research · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00268

• Oxydifluoromethylation of Alkenes by Photoredox Catalysis: Simple Synthesis of CF 2 H‐Containing Alcohols

  Chemistry - A European Journal · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201504838

• Preparation of Highly Fluorescent Host–Guest Complexes with Tunable Color upon Encapsulation

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b06195

• Photoredox‐Catalyzed Stereoselective Conversion of Alkynes into Tetrasubstituted Trifluoromethylated Alkenes

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201505550

• Selective Host–Guest Interactions of a Transformable Coordination Capsule/Tube with Fullerenes

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201311251

• Visible-light radical reaction designed by Ru- and Ir-based photoredox catalysis

  Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1039/c4qi00053f

• Combining Photoredox‐Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation and Oxidation with DMSO: Facile Synthesis of α‐Trifluoromethylated Ketones from Aromatic Alkenes

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201403590

• Trifluoromethylation by Visible-Light-Driven Photoredox Catalysis

  Topics in Catalysis · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-014-0259-7

• Safe storage of radical initiators within a polyaromatic nanocapsule

  Nature Communications · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5662

• Highly Regio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of CF3-Substituted Lactones via Photoredox-Catalyzed Carbolactonization of Alkenoic Acids

  Organic Letters · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ol403500y

• Facile Catch and Release of Fullerenes Using a Photoresponsive Molecular Tube

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja406893y

• Intermolecular Aminotrifluoromethylation of Alkenes by Visible-Light-Driven Photoredox Catalysis

  Organic Letters · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ol4006272

• Visible-light-induced synthesis of a variety of trifluoromethylated alkenes from potassium vinyltrifluoroborates by photoredox catalysis

  Chemical Communications · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cc39235j

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

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201205071

• Visible Light‐Induced Selective Generation of Radicals from Organoborates by Photoredox Catalysis

  Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201200588

• An M2L4 Molecular Capsule with an Anthracene Shell: Encapsulation of Large Guests up to 1 nm

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja2037029

• Visible-light promoted bimetallic catalysis

  Coordination Chemistry Reviews · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2009.11.003

• Photoinduced Oxyamination of Enamines and Aldehydes with TEMPO Catalyzed by [Ru(bpy)3]2+

  Chemistry Letters · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.2009.166

• Oxidative cleavage of silicon-carbon bonds in organosilicon fluorides to alcohols

  Tetrahedron · 1983 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0040-4020(01)88597-5

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