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Yu Kawamata
Researcher at Scripps Research Institute
Publications - 38
Citations - 4746
Yu Kawamata is an academic researcher from Scripps Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chemistry & Catalysis. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 28 publications receiving 2999 citations. Previous affiliations of Yu Kawamata include Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies & Scripps Health.
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Synthetic Organic Electrochemical Methods Since 2000: On the Verge of a Renaissance
TL;DR: This review discusses advances in synthetic organic electrochemistry since 2000 with enabling methods and synthetic applications analyzed alongside innate advantages as well as future challenges of electroorganic chemistry.
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A Survival Guide for the "Electro-curious".
Cian Kingston,Maximilian D. Palkowitz,Yusuke Takahira,Julien C. Vantourout,Byron K. Peters,Yu Kawamata,Phil S. Baran +6 more
TL;DR: It is envisioned that widespread adoption of electrochemistry will go beyond supplanting unsustainable reagents in mundane redox reactions to the development of exciting reactivity paradigms that enable heretofore unimagined retrosynthetic pathways.
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Scalable, Electrochemical Oxidation of Unactivated C–H Bonds
TL;DR: A practical electrochemical oxidation of unactivated C–H bonds is presented, using a simple redox mediator, quinuclidine, with inexpensive carbon and nickel electrodes to selectively functionalize "deep-seated" methylene and methine moieties.
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Scalable and safe synthetic organic electroreduction inspired by Li-ion battery chemistry
Byron K. Peters,Kevin X. Rodriguez,Solomon H. Reisberg,Sebastian B. Beil,David P. Hickey,Yu Kawamata,Michael R. Collins,Jeremy T. Starr,Longrui Chen,Sagar Udyavara,Kevin J. Klunder,Timothy J. Gorey,Scott L. Anderson,Matthew Neurock,Shelley D. Minteer,Phil S. Baran +15 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that using a sacrificial anode material, combined with a cheap, nontoxic, and water-soluble proton source (dimethylurea), and an overcharge protectant inspired by battery technology [tris(pyrrolidino)phosphoramide] can allow for multigram-scale synthesis of pharmaceutically relevant building blocks.
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Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry: Calling All Engineers.
TL;DR: Electrochemistry is the most simple and basic way of altering the redox-states of organic molecules and despite extensive studies and its demonstrated promise, it has yet to take off in mainstream synthesis.