Staff
Prof. Dr. Hiroto Kaku
Dr. Kei Kitamura
Research project
Publications
- Kaku, H., Imai, T., Kondo, R., Mamba, S., Watanabe, Y., Inai, M., Nishii, T., Horikawa, M., Tsunoda, T. A Method to Prepare Optically Active Acyclic alpha-Benzylketones by Thermodynamically Controlled Deracemization., Eur. J. Org. Chem., 36, 8208-8213 (2013).
- Nishimura, T., Horikawa, M., Yamada, K., Sogabe, A., Nishii, T., Kaku, H., Inai, M., Tanaka, M., Takahashi, S., Tsunoda, T. Xanthouroleuconaphin: a yellowish pigment from the aphid Uroleucon nigrotuberculatum and its total synthesis., Tetrahedron, 69, 1808-1814 (2013).
- Nishii, T., Ouchi, T., Matsuda, A., Matsubara, Y., Haraguchi, Y., Kawano, T., Kaku, H., Horikawa, M., Tsunoda, T. Modified Marko’s aerobic oxidation of alcohols under atmospheric pressure with air or molecular oxygen at room temperature., Tetrahedron Lett., 53, 5880-5882 (2012).
- Nishimura, T., Iwata, T., Maegawa, H., Nishii, T., Matsugasako, M., Kaku, H., Horikawa, M., Tsunoda, T. Total Synthesis of Yellowish Aphid Pigment Furanaphin through Fries Rearrangement Assisted with Boron Trifluoride-Acetic Acid Complex., Synlett., 23, 1789-1792 (2012).
- Nishii, T., Miyamae, F., Yoshizuka, M., Kaku, H., Horikawa, M., Inai, M., Tsunoda, T. Construction of an Asymmetric Quaternary Carbon by Asymmetric Aza-Claisen Rearrangement and its Application to a Total Synthesis of (+)-alpha-Cuparenone., Tetrahedron; Asymmetry., 23, 739-741. (2012)
- Horikawa, M.; Kikuchi, D.; IMai, T.; Tanaka, M.; Kaku, H.; Nishii, T.; Inai, M.; Takahashi, S.; Tsunoda, T; Megouraphin Glucoside: Two Yellowish Pigments from the Aphid Megoura crassicauda Mordvilko. Heterocycles, 85, 95-101 (2012).
- Yoshizuka, M.; Nishii, T.; Sasaki, H.: Kitakado, J.; Ishigaki, N.; Kaku, H.; Horikawa, M.; Inai, M.; Tsunoda, T; Promotion of Asymmetric Aza-Claisen Rearrangement of N-Allylic Carboxamides Using Excess Base. Synlett (2011) 20, 2967-2970
- Horikawa, M.; Hoshiyama, T.; Matsuzawa, M.; Shugyo, T.; Tanaka, M.; Suzuki, S.; Sato, M.; Ito, T.; Asakawa, Y.; Kaku, H.; Nishii, T.; Inai, M.; Takahashi, S.; Tsunoda, T; Viridaphin A1 Glucoside, a Green Pigment Possessing Cytotoxicity and Antibacterial Activity from the Aphid Megoura crassicauda Mordvilko., J. Nat. Prod., 74(8), 1812-1816 (2011).
- Inai, M.; Nishii, T.; Mukoujima, S.; Esumi, T.; Kaku, H.; Tominaga, K.; Abe, H.; Horikawa, M.; Tsunoda, T; Total Synthesis of (+)-Brefeldin C utilizing aza-Claisen Rearrangement., Synlett., 10, 1459-1461 (2011).
- Inai, M.; Nishii, T.; Tanaka, A.: Kaku, H.; Horikawa, M.; Tsunoda, T; Total Synthesis of the (+)-Antimycin A Family., Eur. J. Org. Chem., 14, 2719-2729 (2011).