Enantioselective aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction of furan with α-ketimino esters induced by a conjugated double hydrogen bond network of chiral bis(phosphoric acid) catalysts
Manabu Hatano, Haruka Okamoto, Taro Kawakami, Kohei Toh, Hidefumi Nakatsuji, Aki […]
Regioselective DMAD-insertion Reaction of Silyl Dienol Ether of γ-Pyrone under Catalyst- and Heating-Free Conditions
Ichiro Hayakawa,* Yuji Yamanaka, Koichi Mitsudo, Hiromi Ota, Akira Sakakura* Heterocycles2017, 94&nb […]
Diastereodivergent Henry Reaction for the Stereoselective Construction of Nitrogen-Containing Tetrasubstituted Carbons: Application to Total Synthesis of Manzacidins A and C
Takayuki Kudoh, Yuya Araki, Natsumi Miyoshi, Mizuho Tanioka, and Akira Sakakura* Asian J. Org. Chem.2017, […]
Heat Versus Basic Conditions: Intramolecular Dehydro-Diels–Alder Reaction of 1-Indolyl-1,6-heptadiynes for the Selective Synthesis of Substituted Carbazoles
Takayuki Kudoh, Syo Fujisawa, Megumi Kitamura, Akira Sakakura* Synlett2017, 28 (16), 2189–2193. […]
Reinvestigation of the Biomimetic Cyclization of 3,5-Diketoesters: Application to the Total Synthesis of Cyercene A, an α-Methoxy-γ-Pyrone-Containing Polypropionate
Kai Onda, Ichiro Hayakawa, Akira Sakakura*Synlett2017, 28 (13), 1596–1600. (Published online: […]
Copper(II) Triflimide
Akira Sakakura, Kazuaki IshiharaIn e-EROS (Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis); Wiley, 2 […]
Discovery of O6-benzyl glaziovianin A, a potent cytotoxic substance and a potent inhibitor of α,β-tubulin polymerization
Ichiro Hayakawa,* Shuya Shioda, Takumi Chinen, Taisei Hatanaka, Haruna Ebisu, Akira Sakakura, Takeo Usui,* Hid […]
A short access to 3,5-disubstituted piperazinones based on the aza-Michael addition of α-amino esters to β-substituted nitroalkenes
Takayuki Kudoh,* Seiji Isoyama, Sachiko Kagimoto, Katsutoshi Kurihara, Akira Sakakura* Tetrahedron Lett.2 […]
Enantioselective Bromocyclization of 2-Gernaylphenols Induced by Chiral Phosphite-Urea Bifunctional Catalysts
Yasuhiro Sawamura, Yoshihiro Ogura, Hidefumi Nakatsuji, Akira Sakakura* and Kazuki Ishihara* Chem. Commun […]
Stereoselective Electrophilic Cyclization
Akira Sakakura* and Kazuaki Ishihara* Chem. Rec.2015, 15 (4), 728–742. (Published online: […]