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Research themes
  1. Divergent total synthesis and structure-activity relationship of bioactive molecules in mushrooms

  2. Total synthesis and structure determination of marine-derived brominated acetogenins isolated from red algae

  3. Synthesis of structurally complex drug-lead molecules starting from abundant natural products

  4. Development of green organic synthesis method

Recent Research

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One-Pot Conversion of Benzyl Alcohols to N-Protected Anilines and Alkyl Alcohols to Carbamoyl Azides

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Total Synthesis of Geranyl-Resorcinols Isolated from Mushrooms of genus Hericium

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Potential Degradation of 4-Methyltetrahydropyran (4-MeTHP) under Oxidation Conditions

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Cyclopentyl methyl ether (CPME) and 4-methyltetrahydropyran (4-MeTHP): Basic chemical properties and applications as next generation reaction solvents

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Total Synthesis, Structure Revision and Neuroprotective Effect of Hericenones C-H and Their Derivatives

 

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Stereocontrolled Total Synthesis of (+)-Isolaurenidificin and (−)-Bromlaurenidificin

 

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4-Methyltetrahydropyran (4-MeTHP): Application as an Organic Reaction Solvent

   

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Total syntheses and endoplasmic reticulum stress suppressive activities of hericenes A−C and their derivatives

   

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Syntheses of (−)-Tripterifordin and (−)-Neotripterifordin from Stevioside

   

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Grignard Reactions in Cyclopentyl Methyl Ether

  

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Stereocontrolled Synthesis of a Possible Stereoisomer of Laurenidificin and a Formal Total Synthesis of (+)-Aplysiallene Featuring a Stereospecific Ring Contraction

  

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Divergent Synthesis of Bioactive Resorcinols Isolated from the Fruiting Bodies of Hericium erinaceum: Total Syntheses of Hericenones A, B, and I, Hericenols B-D, and Erinacerins A and B

  

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Evaluation of cyclopentyl methyl ether (CPME) as a solvent for radical reactions

 

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Total synthesis and structural revision of hericerin

 

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Stereocontrolled synthesis of substituted bicyclic ethers through oxy-Favorskii rearrangement: Total synthesis of communiol E

    

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Total synthesis of hericene A featuring a CuBr2-mediated one-pot multi-step reaction

   

Acknowledgements

  • (株)日本農薬

  • (株)クラレ

  • (株)福寿製薬

  • (株)日本ゼオン

  • (株)三菱化学技術研究センター及びエーピーアイコーポレーション

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