Stabilization of Excited State Using Through-Space Interaction between Independent π-Systems Mediated by a peri-Substituted Hydroxy Group in 1-Arylnaphthalenes: Unexpected Blue Emission of 1,3,5-Tris(peri-hydroxynaphthyl)benzene
Hideto Nakajima, Makoto Yasuda, Kenji Shimizu, Naomi Toyoshima, Yasunori Tsukahara, Takao Kobayashi, Shinichiro Nakamura, Kouji Chiba, and Akio Baba Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2011, 84, 1118-1129. [Link]
InI3/Me3SiI-catalyzed Direct Alkylation of Enol Acetates Using Alkyl Acetates or Alkyl Ethers
Yoshiharu Onishi, Yoshihiro Nishimoto, Makoto Yasuda, Akio Baba Chem. Lett.2011, 40, 1223-1225. [Link]
Direct Synthesis of Alkynylstannanes: ZnBr2 Catalyst for the Reaction of Tributyltin Methoxide and Terminal Alkynes
Kensuke Kiyokawa, Nodoka Tachikake, Makoto Yasuda, Akio Baba Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2011, 50, 10393-10396. [Link]
Carbogallation of Alkynes Using Gallium Tribromide and Silyl Ketene Acetals and Synthetic Application to Cross-Coupling with Aryl Iodides
Yoshihiro Nishimoto, Hiroki Ueda, Makoto Yasuda, Akio Baba Chem. Eur. J.2011, 17, 11135-11138. [Link]
Indium Tribromide Catalyzed Cross-Claisen Condensation between Carboxylic Acids and Ketene Silyl Acetals Using Alkoxyhydrosilanes
Yoshihiro Nishimoto, Aya Okita, Makoto Yasuda, Akio Baba Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2011, 50, 8623-8625. [Link]
InCl3/Me3SiBr-Catalyzed Direct Coupling between Silyl Ethers and Enol Acetates
Yoshiharu Onishi, Yoshihiro Nishimoto, Makoto Yasuda, Akio Baba Org. Lett.2011, 13, 2762-2765. [Link]
Substituted Butenylindium Generated by Transmetalation of Cyclopropylmethylstannane with Indium Iodide: Synthesis and Characterization of Monobutenylindium
Kensuke Kiyokawa, Makoto Yasuda, and Akio Baba Organometallics, 2011, 30, 2039-2043. [Link]
Cage-Shaped Borate Esters with Tris(2-oxyphenyl)methane or ‒silane System Frameworks Bearing Multiple Tuning Factors: Geometric and Substituent Effects on Their Lewis Acid Properties
Makoto Yasuda, Hideto Nakajima, Ryosuke Takeda, Sachiko Yoshioka, Satoshi Yamasaki, Kouji Chiba, Akio Baba Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 3856-3867. [Link]
Synthesis of Cyclopropane-Containing Phosphorus Compounds by Radical Coupling of Butenylindium with Iodo Phosphorus Compounds
Kensuke Kiyokawa, Itaru Suzuki, Makoto Yasuda, Akio Baba Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2011,2163-2171. [Link]
Highly efficient synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides catalyzed by indium tribromide system
Ikuya Shibata, Ikuko Mitani, Akira Imakuni, and Akio Baba Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 721-723. [Link]