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Hidehiro Sakurai
Researcher at Osaka University
Publications - 273
Citations - 7352
Hidehiro Sakurai is an academic researcher from Osaka University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Catalysis & Sumanene. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 247 publications receiving 6536 citations. Previous affiliations of Hidehiro Sakurai include National Presto Industries & Graduate University for Advanced Studies.
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Size-specific catalytic activity of polymer-stabilized gold nanoclusters for aerobic alcohol oxidation in water.
TL;DR: A reaction mechanism for alcohol oxidation catalyzed by Au:PVP NCs is proposed in which a superoxo-like molecular oxygen species adsorbed on the surface of the small Au NCs abstracts a hydrogen atom from the alkoxide.
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Effect of electronic structures of Au clusters stabilized by poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) on aerobic oxidation catalysis.
TL;DR: It is proposed that electron transfer from the anionic Au cores of Au:PVP into the LUMO (pi*) of O(2) generates superoxo- or peroxo -like species, which plays a key role in the oxidation of alcohol.
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A Synthesis of Sumanene, a Fullerene Fragment
TL;DR: Bowl-shaped π-conjugated compounds are important not only as model compounds of fullerenes but also as possible synthetic intermediates for artificially designed fullerene derivatives, such as hetero-fullererenes.
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Colloidal gold nanoparticles as catalyst for carbon-carbon bond formation: Application to aerobic homocoupling of phenylboronic acid in water
Hironori Tsunoyama,Hidehiro Sakurai,Nobuyuki Ichikuni,Yuichi Negishi,Yuichi Negishi,Tatsuya Tsukuda,Tatsuya Tsukuda +6 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated for the first time that the Au:PVP NPs act as catalyst toward homocoupling of phenylboronic acid in water under aerobic conditions and suppression of biphenyl formation under anaerobic conditions indicates that molecular oxygen dissolved in water is intimately involved in the coupling reactions.
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Structural elucidation of sumanene and generation of its benzylic anions.
TL;DR: The structure of Sumanene in a solid state was elucidated and the silyl-substituted sumanene was stereoselectively synthesized through generation of the benzylic anions of sumanenes.