“Iodine-Catalyzed Stereospecific anti-Diamination of trans-β-Methylstyrene"
Takeshi Sugiyama, Chiyuki Naito, and Satoshi Minakata*
Org. Synth. 2025, 102, 203–216. DOI:10.15227/orgsyn.102.0203

Abstract: In this study, we developed an environmentally friendly synthetic method that achieves the stereospecific anti-diamination of trans-β-methylstyrene with high selectivity and yield, utilizing an iodine catalyst and sodium hypochlorite pentahydrate.

“Photoinduced Azidoamination of Styrenes Using Sodium Azide and (Diphenylmethylene)amino Benziodoxolone"
Kensuke Kiyokawa*, Koki Nakano, Daichi Okumura, and Satoshi Minakata*
Chem. Asian J. 2025, 20, e202401493/1–4. DOI:10.1002/asia.202401493

Abstract: Herein, we report the radical azidoamination of styrenes via the use of a combination of sodium azide and (diphenylmethylene)amino benziodoxolone under visible-light irradiation. This approach to unsymmetrical diamination provides a simple and practical method for constructing vicinal diamine scaffolds with two distinct and easily modifiable amino functionalities.