C3-Symmetric Boron Lewis Acid with a Cage-Shape for Chiral Molecular Recognition and Asymmetric Catalysis Akihito Konishi, Koichi Nakaoka, Hikaru Maruyama, Hideto Nakajima, Tomohiro Eguchi, Akio Baba, and Makoto Yasuda Chem. Eur. J.2017, 23, 5219–5223. [Link]
Synthesis and Characterization of Sterically Crowded Aryloxides: ‘Mitsubishi’-Class of Tetrametallic Aluminum Complexes Akihito Konishi, Hideto Nakajima, Hikaru Maruyama, Sachiko Yoshioka, Akio Baba, Makoto Yasuda Polyhedron2017, 125, 130–134. [Link]
Synthesis of 1,4-Dicarbonyl Compounds from Silyl Enol Ethers and Bromocarbonyls, Catalyzed by an Organic Dye under Visible-Light Irradiation with Perfect Selectivity for the Halide Moiety over the Carbonyl Group Naoto Esumi, Kensuke Suzuki, Yoshihiro Nishimoto, Makoto Yasuda Org. Lett.2016, 18, 5704–5707. [Link]
Synthesis of Thioethers by InI3-Catalyzed Substitution of Siloxy Group Using Thiosilanes Yoshihiro Nishimoto, Aya Okita, Akio Baba, Makoto Yasuda Molecules2016, 21, 1330. (Special Issue: Advances in Silicon Chemistry) [Link]
First Isolation and Characterization of the Highly Coordinated Group 14 Enolates; Effects of the Coordination Controls on the Geometry and Tautomerization of Germyl Enolate Akihito Konishi, Yohei Minami, Takahisa Hosoi, Kouji Chiba, Makoto Yasuda Chem. Eur. J.2016, 22, 12688–12691. [Link]
Coupling Reaction of Enol Derivatives with Silyl Ketene Acetals Catalyzed by Gallium Trihalides Yoshihiro Nishimoto, Yuji Kita, Hiroki Ueda, Hiroto Imaoka, Kouji Chiba, Makoto Yasuda, Akio Baba Chem. Eur. J.2016, 22, 11837–11845. [Link]
Photoredox α–Allylation of α–Halocarbonyls with Allylboron Compounds Accelerated by Fluoride Salts under Visible Light Irradiation Itaru Suzuki, Naoto Esumi, Makoto Yasuda Asian J. Org. Chem.2016, 5, 179–182. [Link]
Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of a Benzofuran-based Cage-shaped Borate: Photo Activation of Lewis Acid Catalysts Akihito Konishi, Ryosuke Yasunaga, Kouji Chiba, Makoto Yasuda Chem. Commun.2016, 52, 3348–3351. [Link]