Publications (Assistant Professor Seki)

  1. Stirred Not Shaken: Pre-Made Catalyst Cocktail Enables Arene-Selective Hydrodeoxygenation of Phenols
    C. Sant Gjermestad, R. Seki, S. Kusumoto, G. Occhipinti, E. Le Roux, K. Nozaki, V. Jensen
    ACS catal. accepted.
  2. Magnesiation of Phenol Derivatives Catalyzed by a Rhodium─Aluminum Complex
    I. Fujii, R. Seki, H. Kido, L. Jauffret, K. Semba, Y. Nakao
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, e18631. 10.1002/anie.202518631
    3. ChemRxiv 2025 (preprint) 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-pthz2
  3. Mechanism-Based Classification of Carbon–Oxygen Bond Functionalization by Transition Metal Catalysis
    R. Seki, Y. Nakao
    Synthesis 2025, 57, 3649-3659. 10.1055/a-2681-5792
  4. Rhodium/Indium Heterobimetallic Alloy as an Effective Catalyst for Reductive C(sp3)–O Silylation of Ethers with Chlorosilanes
    R. Seki, H. Kido, K. Ko, K. Imoto, H. Miura, T. Shishido, Y. Nakao
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202505028. 10.1002/anie.202505028
    5. ChemRxiv 2024 (preprint) 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-v9565
  5. Reductive C–O Silylation by Rhodium/Lanthanum Cooperative Catalysis
    R. Seki, H. Takaya, Y. Nakao
    ChemRxiv 2023 (preprint) 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-334xx
  6. Selective C–O Bond Reduction and Borylation of Aryl Ethers Catalyzed by a Rhodium–Aluminum Heterobimetallic Complex
    R. Seki, N. Hara, T. Saito, Y. Nakao
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 6388–6394. 10.1021/jacs.1c03038