• Photo-Driven Dehydrogenative Homo-Coupling of Benzylic C–H Bonds Forming Strained C–C Bonds
    Naoki Ishida, Mingon Son, Tairin Kawasaki, Misato Ito, Masahiro Murakami
    Synlett 2021, 32, 2067-2070; (Letter) DOI: 10.1055/a-1644-4876
    10.1055/a-1644-4876
  • Photoinduced Direct Addition of Alkylarenes to Imines
    Ryota Tomono, Tairin Kawasaki, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett. 2021, 50, 1972-1974; (Letter) DOI: 10.1246/cl.210478
    10.1002/cl.210478
  • Photoinduced Reaction of Triarylphosphines with Alkenes Forming Fused Tricyclic Phosphonium Salts
    Yusuke Masuda, Masumi Uno, Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 8445-8449; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03168
    10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03168
  • Visible Light-Driven Dehydrogenative Coupling of Primary Alcohols with Phenols Forming Aryl Carboxylates
    Tairin Kawasaki, Tomohiro Tosaki, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 7683-7687; (Letter) DOI: acs.orglett.1c03017
    10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03017
  • Photocatalytic Cycloaddition Reaction of Triarylphosphines with Alkynes Forming Cyclic Phosphonium Salts
    Yusuke Masuda, Daichi Ikeshita, Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett. 2021, 50, 1691-1694; (Letter) DOI: 10.1246/cl.210361
    10.1002/cl.210361
  • Photoinduced Carbamoylation of C(sp3)–H Bonds with Isocyanates
    Tairin Kawasaki, Katsushi Yamazaki, Ryota Tomono, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett. 2021, 50, 1684-1687; (Letter) DOI: 10.1246/cl.210333
    10.1002/cl.210333
  • Planar chiral 2-(trifluoromethyl)quinoline-fused ferrocenes via palladium(0)-catalysed C–H functionalization of trifluoroacetimidoyl chlorides
    An-An Zhang, Chao Chen, Yushen Gao, Mingyang Mo, Ren-Zeng Shen, Yu-Heng Zhang, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami, Lantao Liu
    Green Synth. and Catal. 2021, 2, 311-314; (Communication) DOI: 10.1016/j.gresc.2021.05.004

  • Pd-Catalyzed Ring-Closing/Ring-Opening Cross Coupling Reactions: Enantioselective Diarylation of Unactivated Olefins
    Lantao Liu, Fangyuan, Cheng, Chenxiang Meng, An-An Zhang, Mingliang Zhang, Kai Xu, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
    ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 8942-8947; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c02277

  • Isomerization of Unprotected Aldoses to 2-Deoxyaldonic Acids Induced by Visible Light/Quinuclidine/Water-Soluble Iridium Complex in Water
    Yusuke Masuda, Hiromu Tsuda, Masahiro Murakami
    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2021, 94, 1702-1704; (Short Article) DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20210098
    10.1002/bcsj.20210098
  • Photo-Induced Dihydroxylation of Alkenes with Diacetyl, Oxygen, and Water
    Yusuke Masuda, Daichi Ikeshita, Masahiro Murakami
    Helv. Chim. Acta 2021, 104, e20000228; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/hlca.202000228
    10.1002/hlca.202000228
  • Dehydrative/Decarboxylative Coupling of Carboxylic Acids with Allylic Alcohols
    Yusuke Masuda, Misato Ito, Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett. 2021, 50, 1030-1033; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.210036
    10.1002/cl.210036
  • Sustainable System for Hydrogenation Exploiting Energy Derived from Solar Light
    Naoki Ishida, Yoshiki Kamae, Keigo Ishizu, Yuka Kamino, Hiroshi Naruse, Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 2217-2220; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c13332
    Highlighted in JACS Spotlights.
    10.1002/jacs.0c13332
  • Stereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of Propionate-Derived Trisubstituted Alkene Motifs
    Tomoya Miura, Naoki Oku, Yota Shiratori, Yuuya Nagata, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 3861-3868; (Research Article) DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004930
    Selected as a Hot Paper.
    10.1002/chem.202004930
  • Photoinduced Dearomatizing Three-component Coupling of Arylphosphines, Alkenes, and Water
    Yusuke Masuda, Hiromu Tsuda, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 3551-3555; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.202013215
    10.1002/anie.202013215
  • Achievements of the Late Professor Teruaki Mukaiyama
    Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Rec. 2021, 21, 2-16; (Essay) DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202000105
    10.1002/tcr.202000105
  • Regioselective 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition of Nitriles with Nitrile Imines Generated from Tetrazoles
    Tomoya Miura, Kohei Hagiwara, Takayuki Nakamuro, Yuuya Nagata, Naoki Oku, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett. 2021, 50, 131-135; (Letter) DOI: 10.1246/cl.200634
    10.1246/cl.200634
  • Nickel-Catalyzed α-1,3-Dienylation of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds with Propargylic Carbonates
    Naoki Ishida, Yuka Kamino, and Masahiro Murakami
    Synlett 2021 32, 1621-1624; (Cluster) DOI: 10.1055/a-1282-9731
    10.1055/a-1282-9731
  • Cleavage of Carbon-Carbon σ-Bonds of Four-Membered Rings
    Masahiro Murakami and Naoki Ishida
    Chem. Rev. 2021, 121, 264-299; (Review) DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00569
    10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00569
  • Synthesis of Alkyl Sulfones from Alkenes and Tosylmethylphosphonium Iodide through Photo-Promoted C-C Bond Formation
    Tomoya Miura, Daisuke Moriyama, Sho Miyakawa, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett. 2020, 49, 1382-1385; (Letter) DOI: 10.1246/cl.200530
    10.1246/cl.200530
  • Degradation of Unprotected Aldohexonic Acids to Aldopentoses Promoted by Light and Oxygen
    Yusuke Masuda, Misato Ito, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett. 2020, 49, 1309-1311; (Letter) DOI: 10.1246/cl.200517
    10.1246/cl.200517
  • Chiral Macrocycles Having C3 Symmetry Resulting from Orientation of Thiophene Rings
    Tomoya Miura, Takayuki Nakamuro, Yumi Ishihara, Yuuya Nagata and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 20475-20479; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.202009781
    Selected as a Hot Paper.
    10.1002/anie.202009781
  • Photoinduced Specific Acylation of Phenolic Hydroxy Groups with Aldehydes
    Tairin Kawasaki, Naoki Ishida, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 18267-18271; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008897
    10.1002/anie.202008897
  • Dehydrative Allylation of α C(sp3)-H Bonds of Alkylamines with Allylic Alcohols
    Yusuke Masuda, Misato Ito, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2020, 22, 4467-4470; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01464
    10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01464
  • A One-Pot Reaction of α-Imino Rhodium Carbenoids and Halohydrins: Access to 2,6-Substituted Dihydro-2H-1,4-oxazines
    Kieran D. Jones, Michael J. Nutt, Elena Comninos, Alexandre N. Sobolev, Stephen A. Moggach, Tomoya Miura, Masahiro Murakami, and Scott G. Stewart
    Org. Lett., 2020, 22, 3490-3494; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00947
    10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00947
  • Dehydrative Allylation of 2-Alkylbenzophenones with Allylic Alcohols
    Yusuke Masuda, Katsuhiko Makita, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2020, 49, 616-618; (Letter) DOI: 10.1246/cl.200123
    10.1246/cl.200123
  • Dehydrogenative Coupling of Benzylic and Aldehydic C–H Bonds
    Tairin Kawasaki, Naoki Ishida, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2020, 142, 3366-3370; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b13920
    One of the Most Read Articles in JACS, February-March 2020.
    10.1021/jacs.9b13920
  • C-1 Oxidation/C-2 Reduction Isomerization of Unprotected Aldoses Induced by Light/Ketone
    Yusuke Masuda, Hiromu Tsuda, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 2755-2759; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201914242
    10.1002/anie.201914242
  • Carboxylation of Benzylic and Aliphatic C-H Bonds with CO2 Induced by Light/Ketone/Nickel
    Naoki Ishida, Yusuke Masuda, Yuuya Imamura, Katsushi Yamazaki, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 19611-19615; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b12529
    One of the Most Read Articles in JACS, December 2019 - January 2020.
    10.1021/jacs.9b12529
  • Synthesis of Tofisopam by Way of Photoinduced CO2 Fixation
    Yusuke Masuda, Katsuhiko Makita, Naoki Ishida, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Asian J., 2019, 14, 4189-4192; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/asia.201901431
    This article appears in 100th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan
    10.1002/asia.201901431
  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Stereochemical Assignment of 12C/13C Isotopomers
    Tomoya Miura, Takayuki Nakamuro, Yuuya Nagata, Daisuke Moriyama, Scott G. Stewart, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 13341-13345; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b07181
    10.1021/jacs.9b07181
  • Photo-Assisted Fixation of CO2 onto Aryl Bromides Producing Aromatic Esters
    Naoki Ishida, Yusuke Masuda, Wenqing Liao, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2019, 48, 1316-1318; (Letter) DOI: 10.1246/cl.190563
    10.1246/cl.190563
  • Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of (E)-δ-Boryl-Substituted anti-Homoallylic Alcohols in Two Steps from Terminal Alkynes
    Tomoya Miura, Naoki Oku, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 14620-14624; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201908299
    10.1002/anie.201908299
  • A Strained Vicinal Diol as a Reductant for Coupling of Organyl Halides
    Naoki Ishida, Yusuke Masuda, Fangzhu Sun, Yoshiki Kamae, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2019, 48, 1042-1045; (Letter) DOI: 10.1246/cl.190403
    Selected as an Editor's Choice.
    10.1246/cl.190403
  • Generation of Boron Aza-Enolates by a Nickel-Catalyzed Reaction of Triazoles with Pinacolborane and Their Addition to Aldehydes
    Tomoya Miura, Sho Miyakawa, Takayuki Nakamuro, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2019, 48 965-967; (Letter) DOI: 10.1246/cl.190290
    10.1246/cl.190290
  • Cyclization Reaction of 4-Acyl-1,2,3-triazoles Possessing Phenyl Rings through Generation of Electron-Deficient Carbenoids
    Qiang Zhao, Tomoya Miura, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2019, 48, 510-512; (Letter) DOI: 10.1246/cl.190074
    10.1246/cl.190074
  • Preparation of Ni(cod)2 Using Light as the Source of Energy
    Naoki Ishida, Yoshiki Kamae, and Masahiro Murakami
    Organometallics, 2019, 38, 1413-1416; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00057
    One of the Most Read Articles in Organometallics, March-April 2019.
    10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00057
  • Photoinduced 1,2-Hydro(cyanomethylation) of Alkenes with a Cyanomethylphosphonium Ylide
    Tomoya Miura, Daisuke Moriyama, Yuuta Funakoshi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Synlett, 2019, 30, 511-514; (Letter) DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1612230
    Published as part of 30 Years SYNLETT – Pearl Anniversary Issue
    10.1055/s-0037-1612230
  • Light/Palladium-Promoted Benzylic C–H Acylation Using a Benzoyl Group as the Photo-Directing Group
    Yusuke Masuda, Naoki Ishida, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Asian J., 2019, 14, 403-406; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/asia.201801881
    10.1002/asia.201801881
  • Synthesis of γ-Boryl-Substituted Homoallylic Alcohols with Anti Stereochemistry Based on a Double-Bond Transposition Protocol
    Tomoya Miura, Junki Nakahashi, Takanori Sasatsu, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 1138-1142; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201811205
    10.1002/anie.201811205
  • Synthesis of 2-Aryloxy-1,3-Dienes from Phenols and Propargyl Carbonates
    Naoki Ishida, Yusaku Hori, Shintaro Okumura, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 84-88; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b11159
    One of the Most Read Articles in JACS, December 2018.
    10.1021/jacs.8b11159
  • Light/Copper Relay for Aerobic Fragmentation of Lignin Model Compounds
    Wang Zhou, Junki Nakahashi, Tomoya Miura, and Masahiro Murakami
    Asian J. Org. Chem., 2018, 7, 2431-2434; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201800520
    10.1002/ajoc.201800520
  • Synthesis of Fused and Linked Benzofurans from 2-Alkynylphenol Derivatives through Rhodium(I)-catalyzed Domino-type Addition Reactions
    Takanori Matsuda, Shinya Abe, Hirotaka Ito, Tomoya Tsuboi, Haruki Kirikae, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chimia, 2018, 72, 888-891;
    10.1002/ajoc.201800520
  • Synthesis of Elongated Esters from Alkenes
    Tomoya Miura, Yuuta Funakoshi, Junki Nakahashi, Daisuke Moriyama, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 15455-15459; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201809115
    10.1002/anie.201809115
  • 2-Arylsilacyclobutane as a Latent Carbanion Reacting with CO2
    Naoki Ishida, Shintaro Okumura, Tairin Kawasaki, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 11399-11403; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201805333
    10.1002/anie.201805333
  • Enantioselective Denitrogenative Annulation of 1H-Tetrazoles with Styrenes Catalyzed by Rhodium
    Takayuki Nakamuro, Kohei Hagiwara, Tomoya Miura, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 5497-5500; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201801283
    10.1002/anie.201801283
  • Photo-Catalyzed Ortho-Alkylation of Pyridine N-Oxides through Alkene Cleavage
    Wang Zhou, Tomoya Miura, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 5139-5142; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201801305
    10.1002/anie.201801305
  • Site- and Regio-Selective Incorporation of Carbon Dioxide into the C(sp2)–Si Bond of Benzosilacyclobutenes
    Naoki Ishida, Shintaro Okumura, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2018, 47, 570-572; (Letter) DOI: 10.1246/cl.171211
    Selected as an Editor's Choice.
    10.1246/cl.171121
  • Synthetic Approach to Benzocyclobutenones Using Visible Light and a Phosphonate Auxiliary
    Takaaki Yano, Tairin Kawasaki, Tatsuya Yuhki, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2018, 20, 1224-1227; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b00160
    10.1021/acs.orglett.8b00160
  • Palladium-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Coupling Reaction of Terminal Alkynes with Unactivated Alkenes
    Akira Yada, Shoki Nishi, Yuta Sato, Sakina Ichinoseki, Masahiro Murakami
    J. Chin. Chem. Soc., 2018, 65, 117-121; (Special Issue Paper) DOI: 10.1002/jccs.201700268
    10.1002/jccs.201700268
  • Selective Functionalization of Aromatic C(sp2)–H Bonds in the Presence of Benzylic C(sp3)–H Bonds by Electron-Deficient Carbenoid Generated from 4-Acyl-1-sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles
    Tomoya Miura, Qiang Zhao, Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 16645-16649; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201709384
    10.1002/anie.201709384
  • β-Scission of Alkoxy Radicals in Synthetic Transformations
    Masahiro Murakami and Naoki Ishida
    Chem. Lett., 2017, 46, 1692-1700; (Highlight Review) DOI: 10.1246/cl.170834
    10.1246/cl.170834
  • Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Exchange between C–C and C–Si σ-Bonds
    Shintaro Okumura, Fangzhu Sun, Naoki Ishida and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 12414-12417; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b07667
    10.1021/jacs.7b07667
  • Enantioselective Synthesis of anti-1,2-Oxaborinan-3-enes from Aldehydes and 1,1-Di(boryl)alk-3-enes Using Ruthenium and Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalysts
    Tomoya Miura, Junki Nakahashi, Wang Zhou, Yota Shiratori, Scott G. Stewart, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 10903-10908; (Article) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b06408
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    10.1021/jacs.7b06408
  • Photo-Induced Cyclization of (o-Alkylbenzoyl)phosphonates to Benzocyclobutenols
    Naoki Ishida, Takaaki Yano, Tatsuya Yuhki, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Asian J., 2017, 12, 1905-1908; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/asia.201700766
    10.1002/asia.201700766
  • Enantioselective Synthesis of (E)-δ-Boryl-Substituted anti-Homoallylic Alcohols Using Palladium and a Chiral Phosphoric Acid
    Tomoya Miura, Junki Nakahashi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 6989-6993; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201702611
    10.1002/anie.201702611
  • Cooperation of a Nickel-Bipyridine Complex with Light for Benzylic C–H Arylation of Toluene Derivatives
    Naoki Ishida, Yusuke Masuda, Norikazu Ishikawa, and Masahiro Murakami
    Asian J. Org. Chem., 2017, 6, 669-672; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201700115
    10.1002/ajoc.201700115
  • A shortcut to molecular complexity
    Masahiro Murakami and Naoki Ishida
    Nature Chem, 2017, 9, 298-299; (News & Views) DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2750

  • Synthesis of Enantiopure C3-Symmetric Triangular Molecules
    Tomoya Miura, Takayuki Nakamuro, Scott G. Stewart, Yuuya Nagata, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 3334-3338; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201612585
    10.1002/anie.201612585
  • Acceleration of Inward Ring Opening of 3-Phosphorylcyclobutenes
    Naoki Ishida, Takaaki Yano, and Masahiro Murakami
    Asian J. Org. Chem., 2017, 6, 174-176; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201600585
    10.1002/ajoc.201600585
  • Synthesis of 2-Substituted 2-Amino Ketones by Rhodium-Catalyzed Reaction of N-Sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles with 2-Alkenols
    Tomoya Miura, Takamasa Tanaka, Qiang Zhao, Scott G. Stewart, and Masahiro Murakami
    Helv. Chim. Acta, 2017, 100, e1600320; (Full Paper) DOI: 10.1002/hlca.201600320
    10.1002/hlca.201600320
  • Buttressing Salicylaldehydes: Multipurpose Directing Group for C(sp3)–H Bond Activation
    Akira Yada, Wenqing Liao, Yuta Sato, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 1073-1076; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201610666
    10.1002/anie.201610666
  • Synthesis of Penta-2,4-dien-1-imines and 1,2-Dihydropyridines by Rhodium-Catalyzed Reaction of N-Sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles with 2-(Siloxy)furans
    Yuuta Funakoshi, Tomoya Miura, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2016, 18, 6284-6287; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b03143
    10.1021/acs.orglett.6b03143
  • Aryl Ketones as Single-Electron Transfer Photoredox Catalysts in Nickel-Catalyzed Homo-Coupling of Aryl Halides
    Yusuke Masuda, Naoki Ishida, and Masahiro Murakami
    Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2016, 5822-5825; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201601352
    10.1002/ejoc.201601352
  • Potential of Metal-Catalyzed C–C Single Bond Cleavage for Organic Synthesis
    Masahiro Murakami and Naoki Ishida
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138, 13759-13769; (Perspective) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b01656
    One of the Most Read Articles in JACS, October 2016.
    10.1021/jacs.6b01656
  • Asymmetric Synthesis of Cyclopropylmethanamines by Rhodium-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation of Pinacol Allylboronate with N-Sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles
    Tomoya Miura, Takayuki Nakamuro, Hiroki Nikishima, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2016, 45, 1003-1005; (Letter) DOI: 10.1246/cl.160465
    Selected as an Editor's Choice.
    10.1246/cl.160465
  • A syn-Selective Aza-Aldol Reaction of Boron Aza-Enolates Generated from N-Sulfonyl-1,2,3-Triazoles and 9-BBN-H
    Tomoya Miura, Takayuki Nakamuro, Sho Miyakawa, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 8732-8735; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201603270
    10.1002/anie.201603270
  • A Light/Ketone/Copper System for Carboxylation of Allylic C–H Bonds of Alkenes with CO2
    Naoki Ishida, Yusuke Masuda, Sho Uemoto, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 6524-6527; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/chem.201600682
    Selected as a Hot Paper.
    10.1021/201600682
  • Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of 2,2'-Diethynylbiphenyls Involving Cleavage of a Carbon-Carbon Triple Bond
    Takanori Matsuda, Kotaro Kato, Tsuyoshi Goya, Shingo Shimada, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Eur. J., 2016, 22, 1941-1943; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504937
    10.1002/chem.201504937
  • Development of Catalytic Reactions Using N-Sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles as Precursors of Carbene Complexes
    Tomoya Miura
    J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn., 2015, 73, 1200-1211; (Review) DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.73.1200
    10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.73.1200
  • Cleavage of Carbon–Carbon Single Bonds by Transition Metals
    Masahiro Murakami and Naoto Chatani Eds.
    Wiley-VCH; Weinheim, 2015; (Book) ISBN: 978-3-527-33632-6
  • Light-Driven Carboxylation of o-Alkylphenyl Ketones with CO2
    Yusuke Masuda, Naoki Ishida, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 14063-14066; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b10032
    One of the Most Read Articles in JACS, October 2015.
    10.1021/jacs.5b10032
  • Hydrogenolysis of 1-Alkoxybenzocyclobutenes with Site-Selective Cleavage of the Sterically Hindered C(sp2)–C(sp3) Bond
    Shota Sawano, Naoki Ishida, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2015, 44, 1521-1523; (Letter) DOI: 10.1246/cl.150719
    10.1246/cl.150719
  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Borylation of Aliphatic Terminal Alkenes with Pinacolborane
    Masao Morimoto, Tomoya Miura, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 12659-12663; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201504013
    10.1002/anie.201506328
  • Site-Selective Introduction of an Enamido Group at the C(3)-Position of Indoles
    Tomoya Miura, Qiang Zhao, Yuuta Funakoshi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Heterocycles, 2015, 91, 1579-1584; (Communication) DOI: 10.3987/COM-15-13261
    10.3987/COM-15-13261
  • A Reaction of Triazoles with Thioesters Producing β-Sulfanyl Enamides by Insertion of an Enamine Moiety into the Sulfur-Carbonyl Linkage
    Tomoya Miura, Yoshikazu Fujimoto, Yuuta Funakoshi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 9967-9970; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201504013
    10.1002/anie.201504013
  • Palladium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Insertion of Alkenes into the Carbon–Nitrogen Bond of β-Lactams
    Akira Yada, Satoshi Okajima, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 8708-8711; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b05308
    10.1021/jacs.5b05308
  • Thermal Reaction of 4-(p-Aminophenyl)-1-sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles Furnishing Benzoyl Cyanides Through N-Sulfinyl Imine Intermediates
    Tomoya Miura, Qiang Zhao, Yuuta Funakoshi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2015, 44, 967-969; (Letter) DOI: 10.1246/cl.150320
    10.1246/cl.150320
  • Enantioselective Construction of 3-Hydroxypiperidine Scaffolds by Sequential Action of Light and Rhodium upon N-Allylglyoxylamides
    Naoki Ishida, David Nečas, Yusuke Masuda and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 7418-7421; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201502584
    10.1002/anie.201502584
  • Ring-Opening Fluorination of Cyclobutanols and Cyclopropanols Catalyzed by Silver
    Naoki Ishida, Shintaro Okumura, Yuuta Nakanishi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2015, 44, 821-823; (Letter) DOI: 10.1246/cl.150138
    10.1246/cl.150138
  • Facile Synthesis of 2,5-Disubstituted Thiazoles from Terminal Alkynes, Sulfonyl Azides, and Thionoesters
    Tomoya Miura, Yuuta Funakoshi, Yoshikazu Fujimoto, Junki Nakahashi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2015, 17, 2454-2457; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b00960
    10.1021/acs.orglett.5b00960
  • Synthesis of α,β,γ,δ-Unsaturated Imines from N-Sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles and Allenes through Rhodium-Catalyzed Cyclopropanation and Thermal Rearrangement
    Tomoya Miura, Takayuki Nakamuro, Tsuneaki Biyajima, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2015, 44, 700-702; (Letter) DOI: 10.1246/cl.150080
    10.1246/cl.150080
  • Reactions of Alkynylboron Compounds
    Naoki Ishida and Masahiro Murakami
    In Topics in Organometallic Chemistry: Synthesis and Application of Organoboron Compounds; Fernandez, E., Whiting, A., Eds.; Springer International Publishing; 2015; Vol. 49, pp. 93-116; (Book) ISBN: 978-3-319-13054-5 (Online), 978-3-319-13053-8 (Print), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13054-5_4
  • Development of New Synthetic Methods Based upon Carbon–Carbon Bond Activation
    Masahiro Murakami and Naoki Ishida
    J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn., 2015, 73, 29-38; (Review) DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.73.29
    10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.73.29
  • Construction of tetralin skeletons based on rhodium-catalysed site-selective ring opening of benzocyclobutenols
    Naoki Ishida, Norikazu Ishikawa, Shota Sawano, Yusuke Masuda and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 1882-1885; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/C4CC09327E
    10.1039/C4CC09327E
  • Synthesis of Acylphosphonates by a Palladium-Catalyzed Phosphonocarbonylation Reaction of Aryl Iodides with Phosphites
    Yusuke Masuda, Naoki Ishida, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Asian J., 2015, 10, 321-324; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/asia.201403260
    10.1039/asia.201403260
  • Development of Terminal Alkynes in Highly Efficient Molecular Conversion Reactions
    Tomoya Miura
    Kagaku to Kogyo, 2014, 67, 998-999; (Account)

  • Synthesis of trans-Cycloalkenes via Enantioselective Cyclopropanation and Skeletal Rearrangement
    Tomoya Miura, Takayuki Nakamuro, Chia-Jung Liang, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 15905-15908; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja5096045
    10.1039/ja5096045
  • Direct Synthesis of 2,5-Dihydropyrroles from Terminal Alkynes, Azides, and Propargylic Alcohols by Relay Actions of Copper, Rhodium, and Gold
    Tomoya Miura, Takamasa Tanaka, Kohei Matsumoto, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 49, 16078–16082; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/chem.201405357
    10.1039/chem.201405357
  • Asymmetric Synthesis of Planar Chiral Ferrocenes by Enantioselective Intramolecular C−H Arylation of N-(2-Haloaryl)ferrocenecarboxamides
    Lantao Liu, An-An Zhang, Rui-Juan Zhao, Feng Li, Tuan-Jie Meng, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami, and Wen-Xian Zhao
    Org. Lett., 2014, 16, 5336-5338; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol502520b
    10.1039/ol502520b
  • The stereoselective synthesis of α-amino aldols starting from terminal alkynes
    Tomoya Miura, Takayuki Nakamuro, Kentaro Hiraga and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 10474-10477; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/C4CC04786A
    10.1039/C4CC04786A
  • Direct Production of Enaminones from Terminal Alkynes via Rhodium-Catalyzed Reaction of Formamides with N-Sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles
    Tomoya Miura, Yuuta Funakoshi, Takamasa Tanaka, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2014, 16, 2760-2763; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol5010774
    10.1021/ol5010774
  • Enantioselective Insertion of a Carbenoid Carbon into a C–C Bond to Expand Cyclobutanols to Cyclopentanols
    Akira Yada, Shoichiro Fujita, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 7217-7220; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja502229c
    10.1021/ja502229c
  • Construction of Homoallylic Alcohols from Terminal Alkynes and Aldehydes with Installation of syn-Stereochemistry
    Tomoya Miura, Yui Nishida, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 6223-6226; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja502169d
    10.1021/ja502169d
  • Cleavage of C-C and C-Si σ-Bonds and Their Intramolecular Exchange
    Naoki Ishida, Wataru Ikemoto, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 5912-5915; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja502601g
    10.1021/ja502601g
  • Intramolecular Dearomatizing [3+2] Annulation of α-Imino Carbenoids with Aryl Rings Furnishing 3,4-Fused Indole Skeletons
    Tomoya Miura, Yuuta Funakoshi, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 2272-2275; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja412663a
    Ranked as a top 1% cited paper according to Thomson Reuters.
    10.1021/ja412663a
  • Stereospecific ring expansion from orthocyclophanes with central chirality to metacyclophanes with planar chirality
    Naoki Ishida, Shota Sawano, and Masahiro Murakami
    Nat. Commun., 2014, 5, 3111; (Article) DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4111
    Highlighted in Newspapers (Nikkei Shinbun, Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun).
    10.1038/ncomms4111
  • sp3–sp2 vs sp3–sp3 C–C Site-Selectivity in Rh-Catalyzed Ring Opening of Benzocyclobutenol: A DFT Study
    Lina Ding, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami, and Keiji Morokuma
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 169-178; (Article) DOI: 10.1021/ja407422q
    10.1021/ja407422q
  • 1,5-Rhodium Shift in Rearrangement of N-Arenesulfonylazetidin-3-ols into Benzosultams
    Naoki Ishida, Yasuhiro Shimamoto, Takaaki Yano, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 19103-19106; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja410910s
    10.1021/ja410910s
  • Reactivity Change of Cyclobutanols towards Isocyanates: Rhodium Favors C-Carbamoylation over O-Carbamoylation
    Naoki Ishida, Yuuta Nakanishi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 11875-11878; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201306343
    10.1002/anie.201306343
  • Doyle-Kirmse Reaction Using Triazoles Leading to One-pot Multi-functionalization of Terminal Alkynes
    Tomoya Miura, Takamasa Tanaka, Akira Yada, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2013, 42, 1308-1310; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.130521
    Selected as an Editor's Choice.
    10.1246/cl.130521
  • Stereoselective Synthesis of 2,3-Dihydropyrroles from Terminal Alkynes, Azides, and α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes via N-Sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles
    Tomoya Miura, Takamasa Tanaka, Kentaro Hiraga, Scott G. Stewart, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 13652-13655; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja407166r
    10.1021/ja407166r
  • Pyridine-Directed Palladium-Catalyzed Phosphonation of C(sp2)-H Bonds
    Changkun Li, Takaaki Yano, Naoki Ishida, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 9801-9804; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201305202
    Selected as a Hot Paper.
    10.1002/anie.201305202
  • Construction of Indole Skeletons by Sequential Actions of Sunlight and Rhodium on α-Amino Acetophenones
    Naoki Ishida, David Nečas, Yasuhiro Shimamoto, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2013, 42, 1076-1078; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.130463
    10.1246/cl.130463
  • The Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction: 40 Years of Continuous Development
    Jun-ichi Matsuo, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 9109-9118; (Minireview) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201303192
    10.1002/anie.201303192
  • Enantioselective Synthesis of anti-Homoallylic Alcohols from Terminal Alkynes and Aldehydes Based on Concomitant Use of a Cationic Iridium Complex/a Chiral Phosphoric Acid
    Tomoya Miura, Yui Nishida, Masao Morimoto, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 11497-11500; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja405790t
    10.1021/ja405790t
  • Regiocontrolled Synthesis of Polysubstituted Pyrroles Starting from Terminal Alkynes, Sulfonyl Azides, and Allenes
    Tomoya Miura, Kentaro Hiraga, Tsuneaki Biyajima, Takayuki Nakamuro, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2013, 15, 3298-3301; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol401340u
    10.1021/ol401340u
  • Azulenophenanthrenes from 2,2′-Di(arylethynyl)biphenyls through C-C Bond Cleavage of a Benzene Ring
    Takanori Matsuda, Tsuyoshi Goya, Lantao Liu, Yusuke Sakurai, Shoichi Watanuki, Naoki Ishida, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 6492-6495; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201300570
    10.1002/anie.201300570
  • Oxidative Addition of a Strained C−C Bond onto Electron-Rich Rhodium(I) at Room Temperature
    Yusuke Masuda, Maki Hasegawa, Makoto Yamashita, Kyoko Nozaki, Naoki Ishida, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 7142-7145; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja403461f
    10.1021/ja403461f
  • Nickel-Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition Reaction of Isocyanates with 1,3-Dienes
    Masao Morimoto, Yui Nishida, Tomoya Miura, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2013, 42, 550-552; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.130082
    10.1246/cl.2013
  • One-Pot Procedure for the Introduction of Three Different Bonds onto Terminal Alkynes through N-Sulfonyl-1,2,3-Triazole Intermediates
    Tomoya Miura, Takamasa Tanaka, Tsuneaki Biyajima, Akira Yada, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 3883-3886; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201209603
    Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal.
    10.1002/anie.201209603
  • Regioselective Construction of Indene Skeletons by Palladium-Catalyzed Annulation of Alkynylborates with o-Iodophenyl Ketones
    Yasuhiro Shimamoto, Hanako Sunaba, Naoki Ishida, and Masahiro Murakami
    Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2013, 1421-1424; (Short Communication) DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201201510
    Selected as "New Synthetic Methods" in J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn., 2013, 71, 1087.
    10.1002/ejoc.201201510
  • Synthesis of Azaaromatic–-Borane Intramolecular Complexes by Palladium-Catalyzed Reaction of Azaaromatic Halides with Alkynyltriarylborates
    Naoki Ishida, Mizuna Narumi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Helv. Chim. Acta, 2012, 95, 2474-2480; (Research Article) DOI: 10.1002/hlca.201200554
    10.1002/hlca.201200554
  • Solar-Driven Incorporation of Carbon Dioxide into α-Amino Ketones
    Naoki Ishida, Yasuhiro Shimamoto, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 11750-11752; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201206166
    Selected as a Hot Paper.
    Highlighted in Newspapers (Kyoto Shinbun, Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun, Kagaku Shinbun).
    10.1002/anie.201206166

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Ring Opening of Benzocyclobutenols with Site-Selectivity Complementary to Thermal Ring Opening
    Naoki Ishida, Shota Sawano, Yusuke Masuda, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 17502-17504; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja309013a
    Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal.
    10.1021/ja309013a

  • Synthesis of Enaminones by Rhodium-Catalyzed Denitrogenative Rearrangement of 1-(N-Sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazole-4-yl)alkanols
    Tomoya Miura, Yuuta Funakoshi, Masao Morimoto, Tsuneaki Biyajima, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 17440-17443; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja308285r
    10.1021/ja308285r

  • Copper-Catalyzed Amination of Silyl Ketene Acetals with N-Chloroamines
    Tomoya Miura, Masao Morimoto, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2012, 14, 5214-5217; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol302331k
    Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal.
    10.1021/ol302331k

  • Synthesis of (1H)-Isochromen-1-imines by Nickel-catalyzed Reaction of 2-Iodobenzamides with Alkynes
    Tomoya Miura, Kentaro Hiraga, Takeharu Toyoshima, Motoshi Yamauchi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2012, 41, 798-800; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2012.798
    Selected as "New Synthetic Methods" in J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn., 2013, 71, 74.
    10.1246/cl.2012.798

  • Synthesis of Enantiopure Dehydropiperidinones from α-Amino Acids and Alkynes via Azetidin-3-ones
    Naoki Ishida, Tatsuya Yuhki, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2012, 14, 3898–3901; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol3016447
    10.1021/ol3016447

  • Intramolecular σ-Bond Metathesis Between Carbon–Carbon and Silicon-Silicon Bonds
    Naoki Ishida, Wataru Ikemoto, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2012, 14, 3230-3232; (Letter) DOI: 10.1021/ol301280u
    10.1021/ol301280u

  • Atom- and Step-Economical Pathway to Chiral Benzobicyclo[2.2.2]octenones through Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage
    Lantao Liu, Naoki Ishida, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 2485-2488; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201108446
    10.1002/anie.201108446

  • Synthesis of 3,3-disubstituted α-tetralones by rhodium-catalysed reaction of 1-(2-haloaryl)cyclobutanols
    Naoki Ishida, Shota Sawano and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 1973-1975; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16907J
    10.1039/CC2012ishida

  • Synthesis of α-Amino Ketones from Terminal Alkynes via Rhodium-Catalyzed Denitrogenative Hydration of N-Sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles
    Tomoya Miura, Tsuneaki Biyajima, Tetsuji Fujii, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 194-196; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja2104203
    10.1002/ja2104203

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Reaction of 1-Alkenylboronates with Aldehydes Leading to Allylation Products
    Hiroshi Shimizu, Tomohiro Igarashi, Tomoya Miura, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 11465-11469; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201105148
    10.1002/anie.201105148

  • Selective 1:2 Coupling of Aldehydes and Allenes with Control of Regiochemistry
    Takeharu Toyoshima, Tomoya Miura, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2011, 50, 10436-10439; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201105077
    10.1002/anie.201105077

  • Synthesis of Phenanthridinones and Phenanthridine Derivatives through Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative C–H Coupling of Benzanilides
    Naoki Ishida, Yuuta Nakanishi, Taisaku Moriya and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2011, 40, 1047-1049; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2011.1047
    10.1246/cl.2011.1047

  • Gold-catalysed alkenyl- and arylsilylation reactions forming 1-silaindenes
    Takanori Matsuda, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Masanori Shigeno, Shinya Sato and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 8697-8699; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/C1CC12457A
    10.1039/C1CC12457A

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Synthesis of 1,3,5-Trisubstituted Hydantoins from Acrylates and Isocyanates
    Tomoya Miura, Yusuke Mikano, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2011, 13, 3560-3563; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol200957y
    10.1021/ol200957y

  • Synthesis of Pyridine-N-oxide–Borane Intramolecular Complexes by Palladium-Catalyzed Reaction of 2-Bromopyridine-N-oxides with Alkynyltriarylborates
    Naoki Ishida, Wataru Ikemoto, Mizuna Narumi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2011, 13, 3008-3011; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol2008439
    10.1021/ol2008439

  • Synthesis of Cross-Conjugated Trienes by Rhodium-Catalyzed Dimerization Reaction of Monosubstituted Allenes
    Tomoya Miura, Tsuneaki Biyajima, Takeharu Toyoshima, and Masahiro Murakami
    Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 2011, 7, 578-581; (Full research paper) DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.7.67
    10.1021/BJOC2011

  • Synthesis of Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands with Rigid Backbones and Application to the Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Intramolecular α-Arylation of Amides
    Lantao Liu, Naoki Ishida, Shinji Ashida, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2011, 13, 1666-1669; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol200149s
    Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal.
    10.1021/ol200149s
  • Palladium-Catalyzed Denitrogenation Reaction of 1,2,3-Benzotriazin-4(3H)-ones Incorporating Isocyanides
    Tomoya Miura, Yui Nishida, Masao Morimoto, Motoshi Yamauchi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2011, 13, 1429-1431; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol103143a
    10.1021/OL2011nishida

  • Metal-catalysed cleavage of carbon–carbon bonds
    Masahiro Murakami and Takanori Matsuda
    Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 1100-1105; (Highlight) DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02566F
    10.1021/C0CC02566F

  • Synthesis of Pyrenes by Twofold Hydroarylation of 2,6-Dialkynylbiphenyls
    Takanori Matsuda, Taisaku Moriya, Tsuyoshi Goya, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2011, 40, 40-41; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2011.40
    10.1021/cl.2011.40

  • Rhodium-catalyzed restructuring of carbon frameworks
    Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Rec., 2010, 10, 326-331; (Review) DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201000023
    10.1002/tcr.201000023

  • Synthesis of Pyridine-Borane Complexes via Electrophilic Aromatic Borylation
    Naoki Ishida, Taisaku Moriya, Tsuyoshi Goya, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Org. Chem., 2010, 75, 8709-8712; (Note) DOI: 10.1021/jo101920p
    10.1021/jo-2010-01920p

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Allylation Reaction of Alkynylborates
    Naoki Ishida, Tatsuo Shinmoto, Shota Sawano, Tomoya Miura, and Masahiro Murakami
    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2010, 83, 1380-1385; (Article) DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20100189
    Selected as "New Synthetic Methods" in J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn., 2011, 69, 623.
    10.1021/bscs20100189

  • Enantioselective [2+2+2] Cycloaddition Reaction of Isocyanates and Allenes Catalyzed by Nickel
    Tomoya Miura, Masao Morimoto, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 15836-15838; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja105541r
    Selected as a front cover of J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, issue 45.
    10.1021/jacs2010

  • Hydrosilylation-Metathesis Sequence Leading to 1-Silaindenes
    Takanori Matsuda, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Naoki Ishida, and Masahiro Murakami
    Synlett, 2010, 2743-2746; (Communication) DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258816
    10.1021/cl2010

  • Stereoselective Synthesis of 3-(1-Cyanoalkylidene)oxindoles by Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclization Reaction of 2-(Alkynyl)aryl Isocyanates with Copper(I) Cyanide
    Tomoya Miura, Takeharu Toyoshima, Osamu Kozawa, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2010 39, 1132-1133; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2010.1132
    Selected as an Editor's Choice of Chem. Lett., 2010, issue 11.
    10.1021/cl2010

  • Synthesis of 3,3-Disubstituted Oxindoles by Palladium-Catalyzed Tandem Reaction of 2-(Alkynyl)aryl Isocyanates with Benzylic Alcohols
    Takeharu Toyoshima, Yusuke Mikano, Tomoya Miura, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2010, 12, 4584-4587; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol101892b
    10.1021/ol2010

  • Substituent Effect of Group 14 Elements on the Ring-Opening Reaction of Cyclobutenes
    Munehiro Hasegawa, Ippei Usui, Soichiro Konno and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010, 8, 4169-4175; (Paper) DOI: 10.1039/c004972g
    10.1039/c004972g

  • Stereoselective Synthesis of Vinyl-Substituted (Z)-Stilbenes by Rhodium-Catalysed Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Allenic Alcohols
    Tomoya Miura, Hiroshi Shimizu, Tomohiro Igarashi and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Biomol. Chem., 2010, 8, 4074−4076; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/c0ob00163e
    10.1039/c0ob00163e

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Denitrogenative Annulation Reaction of 1,2,3,4-Benzotriazin-4(3H)-ones with 1,3-Dienes and Alkenes
    Tomoya Miura, Masao Morimoto, Motoshi Yamauchi, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Org. Chem., 2010, 75, 5359-5362; (Note) DOI: 10.1021/jo1008756
    10.1021/jo2010

  • Development of Catalytic Reactions Triggered by Addition of Arylrhodium(I) Species across Alkynes
    Tomoya Miura and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Syn. Org. Chem., Jpn., 2010, 68, 745-754; (Review)
    10.1021/ol1000445

  • Iterative Approach to Oligo(arylenevinylene)s Containing Tetrasubstituted Vinylene Units
    Naoki Ishida, Yasuhiro Shimamoto, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2010 12, 3179-3181; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol1011136
    Highlighted in Synfacts, 2010, 1173.
    10.1021/ol1011136

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Regio- and Enantioselective Annulation Reaction of 1,2,3,4-Benzothiatriazine-1,1(2H)-diones with Allenes
    Tomoya Miura, Motoshi Yamauchi, Akira Kosaka, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2010 49, 4955-4958; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201001918
    Highlighted in Synfacts, 2010, 1001.
    10.1021/angew2010

  • Synthesis of Functionalized Isoindoles by the Rhodium-Catalyzed Reaction of Cyanoformates with ortho-Borylbenzalacetone Derivatives
    Hiroshi Shimizu, Tomohiro Igarashi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Bull. Korean Chem. Soc., 2010, 31, 1461-1462; (Communication) DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2010.31.6.1461
    10.1021/ol1000445

  • Ruthenium-Catalyzed trans-Hydrogermylation of Alkynes: Formation of 2,5-Disubstituted Germoles through Double trans-Hydrogermylation of 1,3-Diynes
    Takanori Matsuda, Sho Kadowaki, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2010, 12 1056-1058; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol1000445
    10.1021/ol1000445

  • Enantioselective Synthesis of 3,4-Dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-ones by Nickel-Catalyzed Denitrogenative Annulation of 1,2,3-Benzotriazin-4(3H)-ones with Allenes
    Motoshi Yamauchi, Masao Morimoto, Tomoya Miura, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 54-55; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja909603j
    Highlighted in Synfacts, 2010, 426.
    Selected as "New Synthetic Methods" in J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn., 2010, 68, 1088.
    10.1021/ja909603j

  • Preparation of 2-Sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles by Base-Promoted 1,2-Rearrangement of a Sulfonyl Group
    Motoshi Yamauchi, Tomoya Miura, and Masahiro Murakami
    Heterocycles, 2010, 80, 177-181; (Communication) DOI: 10.3987/COM-09-S(S)44
    10.3987/COM-09-S(S)44

  • Trifluoroacetamide
    Masahiro Murakami and Naoki Ishida
    e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Database) DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn01191

  • Stereoselective Restrucuring of 3-Arylcyclobutanols into 1-Indanols by Sequential Breaking and Formation of Carbon-Carbon Bonds
    Masanori Shigeno, Taiga Yamamoto, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Eur. J., 2009, 15, 12929-12931; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/chem.200902593
    10.1002/chem.200902593

  • Synthesis of Stereodifined 3-Alkylideneoxindoles by Palladium-catalyzed Reactions of 2-(Alkynyl)aryl Isocyanoates with Thiols and Alcohols
    Tomoya Miura, Takeharu Toyoshima, Yoshiteru Ito, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2009, 38, 1174-1175; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2009.1174
    10.1246/cl.2009.1174

  • Stereoselective Synthesis of (E)-(Trisubstituted alkenyl)borinic Esters: Stereochemistry Reversed by Ligand in the Palladium-Catalyzed Reaction of Alkynylborates with Aryl Halides
    Naoki Ishida, Yasuhiro Shimamoto, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2009, 11, 5434-5437; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol902278q
    Highlighted in Synfacts, 2010, 375.
    10.1021/ol902278q

  • Stereoselective Synthesis of syn-Configured α-Allenols by Rhodium-Catalyzed Reaction of Alkynyl Oxiranes with Arylboronic Acids
    Tomoya Miura, Masahiko Shimada, Paula de Mendoza, Carl Deutsch, Norbert Krause, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Org. Chem., 2009, 74, 6050-6054; (Article) DOI: 10.1021/jo900987w
    Highlighted in Synfacts, 2009, 1252.
    Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal.
    10.1021/jo900987w

  • Stereoselective Oxindole Synthesis by Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclization Reaction of 2-(Alkynyl)aryl Isocyanates with Amides
    Tomoya Miura, Takeharu Toyoshima, Yusuke Takahashi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2009, 11, 2141-2143; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol900759f
    10.1039/B819162J

  • Synthesis of Oxindoles by Palladium-Catalyzed C-H Bond Amidation
    Tomoya Miura, Yoshiteru Ito, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2009, 38, 328-329; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2009.328
    10.1246/cl.2009.328

  • Nickel-Catalysed Denitrogenative Alkyne Insertion Reaction of N-Sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles
    Tomoya Miura, Motoshi Yamauchi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Commun., 2009, 1470-1471; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/B819162J
    Selected as a front cover of Chem. Commun. 2009, issue 12.

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Sequential Carbon–Carbon Bond Cleavage/Formation Producing Arylated Benzolactones
    Takanori Matsuda, Masanori Shigeno, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 5219-5221; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol802218a
    Selected as "New Synthetic Methods" in J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn., 2009, 67, 671.
    10.1021/ol802218a

  • Stereoselective Synthesis of 3-Alkylideneoxindoles by Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclization Reaction of 2-(Alkynyl)aryl Isocyanates with Organoboron Reagents
    Tomoya Miura, Takeharu Toyoshima, Yusuke Takahashi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 4887-4889; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol801844w
    10.1021/ol801844w

  • Rhodium-catalysed Cyclisation Reaction of Allenynes with Arylboronic Acids
    Tomoya Miura, Keita Ueda, Yusuke Takahashi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Commun., 2008, 5366-5368; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/B810665G
    10.1039/B810665G

  • Synthesis of gem-Difluoroalkenes via β-Fluoride Elimination of Organorhodium(I)
    Tomoya Miura, Yoshiteru Ito, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett., 2008, 37, 1006-1007; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2008.1006
    10.1021/ol800380t

  • Reaction of 2-Alkynylbenzoyl Cyanides with Carboxylic Acids Producing Functionalized Indenones
    Hiroshi Shimizu, Masahiro Murakami
    Synlett, 2008, 1817-1820; (Communication) DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1078501
    10.1055/s-2008-1078501

  • Nickel-Catalyzed [4+2+2]-Type Annulation Reaction of Cyclobutanones with Diynes and Enynes
    Shinji Ashida, and Masahiro Murakami
    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2008, 81, 885-893; (Article) DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.81.885
    Selected as "New Synthetic Methods" in J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn., 2008, 66, 1233.
    10.1021/ol8010826

  • Synthesis of 1(2H)-Isoquinolones by the Nickel-Catalyzed Denitrogenative Alkyne Insertion of 1,2,3-Benzotriazin-4(3H)-ones
    Tomoya Miura, Motoshi Yamauchi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 3085-3088; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol8010826
    Highlighted in Synfacts, 2008, 1146.
    Selected as "New Synthetic Methods" in J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn., 2009, 67, 657.
    10.1021/ol8010826

  • Gold-Catalysed Intramolecular trans-Allylsilylation of Alkynes Forming 3-Allyl-1-silaindenes
    Takanori Matsuda, Sho Kadowaki, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Commun., 2008, 2744-2746; (Communication) DOI:10.1039/b804721a
    Selected as "Hot Article" in Chem. Commun.
    10.1039/b804721a

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Cyclization Reaction of 1,6-Enynes with Arylboronic Acids through ofβ-Hydride Elimination/Hydrorhodation Sequence
    Masahiko Shimada, Tatsuro Harumashi, Tomoya Miura, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Asian. J., 2008, 3, 1035-1040; (Article) DOI: 10.1002/asia.200700407
    10.1002/asia.200700407

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Borylative Cyclization of 2-Alkynylaryl Isocyanates with Bis(pinacolato)diboron
    Tomoya Miura, Yusuke Takahashi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 1743-1745; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol800380t
    10.1021/ol800380t

  • A Mechanism for the Palladium-Catalyzed Regioselective Silaboration of Allene: A Theoretical Study
    Yoko Abe, Kei Kuramoto, Masahiro Ehara, Hiroshi Nakatsuji, Michinori Suginome, Masahiro Murakami, and Yoshihiko Ito
    Organometallics, 2008, 27, 1736-1742; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/om070110f
    10.1021/om070110f

  • Synthesis of Silole Skeletons via Metathesis Reactions
    Takanori Matsuda, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Synlett, 2008, 561-564; (Communication) DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1032096
    Selected as "New Synthetic Methods" in J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn., 2008, 66, 723.
    10.1055/s-2008-1032096

  • Synthesis of Amine-Borane Intramolecular Complexes through Palladium-Catalyzed Rearrangement of Ammonioalkynyltriarylborates
    Naoki Ishida, Mizuna Narumi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2008, 10, 1279-1281; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol8001305
    s-2008-1032015

  • A Direct Synthesis of Alkenyl Alkylidene Bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane Derivatives via Ruthenium(II)-Catalysed Bicyclisation of Allenynes
    Chloé Vovard-Le Bray, Sylvie Dérien, Pierre H. Dixneuf, and Masahiro Murakami
    Synlett, 2008, 193-196; (Communication) DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1032015
    s-2008-1032015

  • Bis[(1,2,5,6-η)-1,5-cyclooctadiene]di-μ-hydroxydirhodium
    Masahiro Murakami and Tomoya Miura
    e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Database) DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn00904

  • Bis[(1,2,5,6-η)-1,5-cyclooctadiene]di-μ-methoxydirhodium
    Masahiro Murakami and Tomoya Miura
    e-EROS Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Database) DOI: 10.1002/047084289X.rn00905

  • Stereoselective Synthesis of 3-Alkylideneoxindoles by Rhodium-Catalyzed Cyclization Reaction of 2-Alkynylaryl Isocyanates with Aryl- and Alkenylboronic Acids
    Tomoya Miura, Yusuke Takahashi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett., 2007, 9, 5075-5077; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol7024185
    Highlighted in Synfacts, 2008, 136.
    Selected as "New Synthetic Methods" in J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn., 2008, 66, 258.
    ol7024185

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Carbonylation of Spiropentanes
    Takanori Matsuda, Tomoya Tsuboi, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 12596-12597; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja0732779
    ja0732779

  • Asymmetric Synthesis of 3,4-Dihydrocoumarins by Rhodium-Catalyzed Reaction of 3-(2-Hydroxyphenyl)cyclobutanones
    Takanori Matsuda, Masanori Shigeno, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 12086-12087; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja075141g
    Highlighted in Synfacts, 2008, 64.
    ja075141g

  • Stereoselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted Alkenylboranes by Palladium-Catalysed Reaction of Alkynyltriarylborates with Aryl Halides
    Naoki Ishida, Tomoya Miura, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Commun. 2007, 4381-4383; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/b710472c
    b710472c

  • Rhodium-Catalysed Addition Reaction of Aryl- and Alkenylboronic Acids to Isocyanates
    Tomoya Miura, Yusuke Takahashi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Commun. 2007, 3577-3579; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/b709203b
    b709203b

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Arylative Cyclization Reaction of Diynes with Arylboronic Acids
    Tomoya Miura, Motoshi Yamauchi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Synlett 2007, 2029-2032; (Communication) DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-984879
    s-2007-984879

  • Stereoselective Synthesis of α-Allenols by Rhodium-Catalyzed Reaction of Alkynyl Oxiranes with Arylboronic Acids
    Tomoya Miura, Masahiko Shimada, Sung-Yu Ku, Tomohiro Tamai, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 7101-7103; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.200701505
    Highlighted in Synfacts, 2007, 1280.
    anie.200701505

  • Synthesis and Helical Structure of Oligo(quinoline-2,3-diyl)s
    Michinori Suginome, Hiroyoshi Noguchi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett. 2007, 36, 1036-1037; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2007.1036

  • Synthesis of α-Keto Esters by the Rhodium-Catalysed Reaction of Cyanoformate with Arylboronic Acids
    Hiroshi Shimizu and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Commun., 2007, 2855-2857; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/b704105e
    b704105e

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Arylative Cyclization of Alkynones Induced by Addition of Arylboronic Acids
    Tomoya Miura, Masahiko Shimada, and Masahiro Murakami
    Tetrahedron 2007, 63, 6131-6140; (Article) DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2007.03.025
    j.tet.2007.03.025

  • Ruthenium-Catalysed Double trans-Hydrosilylation of 1,4-Diarylbuta-1,3-diynes Leading to 2,5-Diarylsiloles
    Takanori Matsuda, Sho Kadowaki, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Commun. 2007, 2627-2629; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/b703397d
    b703397d

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Reactions of Cyclobutanones with Alcohols and Amines Forming Esters and Amides
    Takanori Matsuda, Masanori Shigeno, Yohei Maruyama, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett. 2007, 36, 744-745.; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2007.744
    cl.2007.744

  • Studies on the Thermal Ring-Opening Reactions of cis-3,4-Bis(organosilyl)cyclobutenes
    Munehiro Hasegawa and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 3764-3769; (Article) DOI: 10.1021/jo070039n
    jo070039n

  • Cyclization Reaction of Cyano-Substituted Unsaturated Esters Prompted by Conjugate Addition of Organoborons
    Tomoya Miura, Tatsuro Harumashi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 741-743; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol062882y
    Highlighted in Synfacts, 2007, 582.
    ol062882y

  • Synthesis of β-Amino Acid Derivatives by Nickel(0)-mediated Sequential Addition of Carbon Dioxide and Dibenzoyldiazene onto Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
    Masahiro Murakami, Naoki Ishida, and Tomoya Miura
    Chem. Lett. 2007, 476-477; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2007.476
    cl.2007.476

  • Synthesis of Silafluorenes by Iridium-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition of Silicon-Bridged Diynes with Alkynes
    Takanori Matsuda, Sho Kadowaki, Tsuyoshi Goya, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 133-136; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol062732n
    Highlighted in Synfacts, 2007, 381.
    ol062732n

  • Rhodium-Catalysed Substitutive Arylation of cis-Allylic Diols with Arylboroxines
    Tomoya Miura, Yusuke Takahashi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Commun. 2007, 595-597; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/b612710j
    b612710j

  • Formation of Carbocycles through Sequential Carborhodation Triggered by Addition of Organoborons
    Tomoya Miura and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Commun. 2007, 217-224; (Review) DOI: 10.1039/b609991b
    Ranked as "Top 10" in Chem. Commun., January, 2007.
    b609991b

  • C–E Bond Formation (E = Si, Sn, B, Te, S, P): Double Addition of Elements M–X to C=C and C≡C (X = Si, Sn, B, Te, S, P)
    Michinori Suginome, Takanori Matsuda, Toshimichi Ohmura, Atsushi Seki, Masahiro Murakami
    In Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III; Mingos, D. M. P., Crabtree,R. H., Ojima, I., Eds.; Elsevier: Oxford, 2007; Vol. 10, pp 725-787.; (Book) ISBN: 0-08-044590-X Description

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Cascade Reaction of 1,6-Enynes Involving Addition, Cyclization, and β-Oxygen Elimination
    Tomoya Miura, Masahiko Shimada, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Asian J. 2006, 1, 868-877; (Article) DOI: 10.1002/asia.200600254
    ja0435079

  • Nickel-Catalysed Intramolecular Alkene Insertion into Cyclobutanones
    Masahiro Murakami and Shinji Ashida
    Chem. Commun. 2006, 4599-4601; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/b611522e
    b611522e

  • Construction of Carbon Frameworks through β-Carbon Elimination Mediated by Transition Metals
    Masahiro Murakami, Masaomi Makino, Shinji Ashida, and Takanori Matsuda
    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2006, 79, 1315-1321; (Account) DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.79.1315
    bcsj.79.1315

  • Synthesis of 3-Acyl-4-alkenylpyrrolidines by Platinum-Catalyzed Hydrative Cyclization of Allenynes
    Takanaori Matsuda, Sho Kadowaki, and Masahiro Murakami
    Helv. Chim. Acta 2006, 89, 1672-1680; (Article) DOI: 10.1002/hlca.200690165
    hlca.200690165

  • Two-Carbon Ring Expansion of Cyclobutanone Skeletons by Nickel-Catalyzed Intermolecular Alkyne Insertion
    Masahiro Murakami, Shinji Ashida, and Takanori Matsuda
    Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 7540-7546; (Article) DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2006.03.118
    ja050674f

  • Enantioselective C–C Bond Cleavage Creating Chiral Quaternary Carbon Centers
    Takanaori Matsuda, Masanori Shigeno, Masaomi Makino, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 3379-3381; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol061359g
    ol061359g.gif

  • Reactions of Cyanoboranes with a Palladium–PMe3 Complex: Mechanism for the Catalytic Cyanoboration of Alkynes
    Michinori Suginome, Akihiko Yamamoto, Taisuke Sasaki, and Masahiro Murakami
    Organometallics 2006, 25, 2911-2913; (Communiction) DOI: 10.1021/om060246y
    om060246y

  • Torque Control by Metal–Orbital Interactions
    Masahiro Murakami, Yasufumi Miyamoto, Munehiro Hasegawa, Ippei Usui, and Takanori Matsuda
    Pure Appl. Chem. 2006, 78, 415-423; (Account) DOI: 10.1351/pac200678020415

  • Vinylcyclopropanation of Olefins via 3-Methoxy-1-propenylrhodium(I)
    Tomoya Miura, Taisuke Sasaki, Tatsuro Harumashi, Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 2516-2517; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja0575326
    ja0575326

  • Eight-Membered Ring Construction by [4+2+2] Annulation Involving β-Carbon Elimination
    Masahiro Murakami, Shinji Ashida, and Takanori Matsuda
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 2166-2167; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja0552895
    ja0552895

  • A Direct Entry to Bicyclic Cyclobutenes via Platinum-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of Allenynes
    Takanori Matsuda, Sho Kadowaki, Tsuyoshi Goya, and Masahiro Murakami
    Synlett 2006, 575-578; (Communication) DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-932482
    s-2006-932482

  • Activation of a Cyclobutanone Carbon–Carbon Bond over an Aldehyde Carbon–Hydrogen Bond in the Rhodium-Catalyzed Decarbonylation
    Takanori Matsuda, Masanori Shigeno, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett. 2006, 35, 288-289; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2006.288
    cl.2006.288

  • Solvent and Ligand Partition Reaction Pathways in Nickel-Mediated Carboxylation of Methylenecyclopropanes
    Masahiro Murakami, Naoki Ishida, and Tomoya Miura
    Chem. Commun. 2006, 643-645; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/b515684j
    b515684j

  • Rhodium-Catalysed 1,4-Addition of Diarylindium Hydroxides to α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds
    Tomoya Miura and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Commun. 2005, 5676-5677; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/b511779h
    b511779h

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed 1,3-Acyl Migration Reaction of Acetylenic β-Keto Esters with Arylboronic Acids and Application to Two-Carbon Ring Expansion
    Tomoya Miura, Masahiko Shimada, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 7598-7600; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.200502650
    cl051010

  • Intramolecular Cyanoboration of Alkynes via Activation of Boron-Cyanide Bonds by Transition Metal Catalysts
    Michinori Suginome, Akihiko Yamamoto, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Organomet. Chem. 2005, 690, 5300-5308; (Article) DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2005.05.005
    ja0349195

  • Synthesis of 1H-Inden-1-ol Derivatives via Rhodium-Catalyzed Annulation of o-Acylphenylboronic Acids with Alkynes
    Takanori Matsuda, Masaomi Makino, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett. 2005, 34, 1416-1417; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2005.1416
    cl.2005.1416

  • Molybdenum-Catalyzed Ring-Closing Metathesis of Allenynes
    Masahiro Murakami, Sho Kadowaki, and Takanori Matsuda
    Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 3953-3956; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol0514348
    ol0514348

  • Addition/Ring-Opening Reaction of Organoboronic Acids to Cyclobutanones Catalyzed by Rhodium(I)/P(t-Bu)3 Complex
    Takanori Matsuda, Masaomi Makino, and Masahiro Murakami
    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2005, 78, 1528-1533; (Article) DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.78.1528
    s-2005-863718

  • Asymmetric Carroll Rearrangement of Allyl α-Acetamido-β-ketocarboxylates Catalysed by a Chiral Palladium Complex
    Ryoichi Kuwano, Naoki Ishida, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Commun. 2005, 3951-3952; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/b505105c
    b505105c

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Annulation Reactions of 2-Cyanophenylboronic Acid with Alkynes and Strained Alkenes
    Tomoya Miura and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 3339-3341; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol051249u
    ol051249u

  • Synthesis of Seven-Membered Ring Ketones by Arylative Ring-Expansion of Alkyne-Substituted Cyclobutanones
    Takanori Matsuda, Masaomi Makino, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 4608-4611; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.200500799
    Selected as "VIP" in Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.
    anie.200500799

  • Intramolecular Nucleophilic Addition of an Organorhodium(I) to a Nitrile
    Tomoya Miura, Hiroki Nakazawa, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Commun. 2005, 2855-2856; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/b503686k
    Selected as "New Synthetic Methods" in J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn. 2006, 64, 176.
    b503686k

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Intermolecular Alkyne Insertion into Cyclobutanones
    Masahiro Murakami, Shinji Ashida, and Takanori Matsuda
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 6932-6933; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja050674f
    ja050674f

  • Acids Direct 2-Styrylcyclobutanone into Two Distinctly Different Reaction Pathways
    Masahiro Murakami, Sho Kadowaki, Atsushi Fujimoto, Mitsuru Ishibashi, and Takanori Matsuda
    Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 2059-2061; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol0506922
    ol0506922

  • Palladium-Catalyzed Addition of Cyanoboranes to Alkynes: Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of α,β-Unsaturated β-Boryl Nitriles
    Michinori Suginome, Akihiko Yamamoto, and Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 2380-2382; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.200462961
    Selected as "New Synthetic Methods" in J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn. 2006, 64, 577.
    anie.200462961

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Addition-Cyclization Reactions of 5-Yn-1-ones with Arylboronic Acids
    Tomoya Miura, Masahiko Shimada, and Masahiro Murakami
    Synlett 2005, 667-669; (Communication) DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-863718
    s-2005-863718

  • Ketone Synthesis by Intramolecular Acylation of Organorhodium(I) with Ester
    Tomoya Miura, Taisuke Sasaki, Hiroki Nakazawa, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 1390-1391; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja043123i
    ja043123i

  • Contrasteric Stereochemical Dictation of the Cyclobutene Ring-Opening Reaction by a Vacant Boron p Orbital
    Masahiro Murakami, Ippei Usui, Munehiro Hasegawa, and Takanori Matsuda
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 1366-1367; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja043979n
    ja043979n

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Cyclization of 1,6-Enynes Triggered by Addition of Arylboronic Acids
    Tomoya Miura, Masahiko Shimada, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 1094-1095; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja0435079
    ja0435079

  • Synthesis and Reactions of Cyclic Silylboranes
    Michinori Suginome, Hiroyoshi Noguchi, Tomoaki Hasui, and Masahiro Murakami
    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2005, 78, 323-326; (Article) DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.78.323
    bcsj.78.323

  • Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Oligo(naphthalene-2,3-diyl)s
    Takahisa Motomura, Hideko Nakamura, Michinori Suginome, Masahiro Murakami, and Yoshihiko Ito
    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2005, 78, 142-146; (Article) DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.78.142
    bcsj.78.142

  • Aminoboranes as "Compatible" Iminium Ion Generators in Aminative C-C Bond Formations
    Michinori Suginome, Lars Uehlin, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 13196-13197; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja045827y
    ja045827y

  • Synthesis and Thermal Ring-Opening of trans-3,4-Disilylcyclobutene
    Masahiro Murakami and Munehiro Hasegawa
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2004, 43, 4874-4876; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.200460144
    anie.200460144

  • Dramatic Effects of Boryl Substituents on Thermal Ring-Closing Reaction of Vinylallenes
    Masahiro Murakami, Shinji Ashida, and Takanori Matsuda
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 10838-10839; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja046429y
    ja046429y

  • Eight-Membered Ring Formation via Olefin Insertion into a Carbon-Carbon Single Bond
    Takanori Matsuda, Atsushi Fujimoto, Mitsuru Ishibashi, and Masahiro Murakami
    Chem. Lett. 2004, 33, 876-877; (Comunication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2004.876
    cl.2004.876

  • Stereoselective Synthesis of (Z)-1-Silyl-2-stannylethene by Palladium-Catalyzed Silastannation of Ethyne and Its Synthetic Transformations
    Masahiro Murakami, Takanori Matsuda, Kenichiro Itami, Shinji Ashida, and Miki Terayama
    Synthesis 2004, 1522-1526; (Article) DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-822405
    s-2004-822405

  • Synthesis of Tertiary Propargylamines by Sequential Reactions of in Situ Generated Thioiminium Salts with Organolithium and -magnesium Reagents
    Toshiaki Murai, Yuichiro Mutoh, Yukiyasu Ohta, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 5968-5969; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja048627v
    ja048627v

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Addition/Ring-Opening Reaction of Arylboronic Acids with Cyclobutanones
    Takanori Matsuda, Masaomi Makino, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 1257-1259; (Comunication) DOI: 10.1021/ol049833a
    ol049833a

  • A New Look at Boron Enolate Chemistry: Aminative C-C Bond Formation Using Diaminoboron Enolate with Aldehyde
    Michinori Suginome, Lars Uehlin, Akihiko Yamamoto, and Masahiro Murakami
    Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 1167-1169; (Comunication) DOI: 10.1021/ol0497436
    ol0497436

  • Theoretical and Experimental Studies on the Thermal Ring-Opening Reaction of Cyclobutene Having a Stannyl Substituent at the 3-Position
    Masahiro Murakami, Munehiro Hasegawa, and Hideyuki Igawa
    J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 587-590; (Technical Note) DOI: 10.1021/jo035433+
    jo035433+

  • Cycloadditions of Allenes
    Masahiro Murakami and Takanori Matsuda
    In Modern Allene Chemistry; Klause, N., Hashmi, A. S. K., Eds.; Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, 2004; Volume 2, Chapter 12.; (Book) ISBN: 3-527-30671-4 Description

  • Stereoselective Accesses to Enantioenriched Allyl-, Allenyl-, and Propargyl-silanes via Si-Si Bond Activation by Palladium-Isocyanide Catalysts
    Michinori Suginome and Yoshihiko Ito
    J. Organomet. Chem. 2003, 685, 218-229; (Review) DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(03)00163-3
    S0022-328X(03)00163-3

  • Enantioface-Selective Palladium-Catalyzed Silaboration of Allenes via Double Asymmetric Induction
    Michinori Suginome, Toshimichi Ohmura, Yoshihiro Miyake, Shin'ichirou Mitani, Yoshihiko Ito, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 11174-11175; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja0368958
    ja0368958

  • Palladium- and Nickel-Catalyzed Intramolecular Cyanoboration of Alkynes
    Michinori Suginome, Akihiko Yamamoto, and Masahiro Murakami
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 6358-6359; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja0349195
    ja0349195

  • Ruthenium-Mediated Regio- and Stereoselective Alkenylation of Pyridine
    Masahiro Murakami and Seiji Hori
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 4720-4721; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja029829z
    ja029829z

  • Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of Boryl-Substituted Allylsilanes via Transition Metal-Catalyzed Silaboration
    Michinori Suginome and Yoshihiko, Ito
    J. Organomet. Chem. 2003, 680, 43-50; (Review) DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(03)00441-8
    S0022-328X(03)00441-8
  • New Catalyzed Three-Component Cycloadditions for the Synthesis of Eight-Membered Carbocycles
    Masahiro Murakami
    Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 718-720; (Highlight) DOI: 10.1002/anie.200390200

  • A Study of the Stereochemical Course of β-Oxygen Elimination with a Rhodium(I) Complex
    Masahiro Murakami and Hideyuki Igawa
    Helv. Chim. Acta 2002, 85, 4182-4188; (Article) DOI: 10.1002/hlca.200290003
    hlca.200290003

  • Bis(dialkylamino)cyanoboranes: Highly Efficient Reagents for the Strecker-Type Aminative Cyanation of Aldehydes and Ketones
    Michinori Suginome, Akihiko Yamamoto, and Yoshihiko Ito
    Chem. Commun. 2002, 1392-1393; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/b203645b
    b203645b

  • Catalyzed Intramolecular Olefin Insertion into a Carbon-Carbon Single Bond
    Masahiro Murakami, Tamon Itahashi, and Yoshihiko Ito
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 13976-13977; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja021062n
    ja021062n

  • Nickel-Catalyzed Silaboration of Small-Ring Vinylcycloalkanes: Regio- and Stereoselective (E)-Allylsilane Formation via C-C Bond Cleavage
    Michinori Suginome, Takanori Matsuda, Takayo Yoshimoto, and Yoshihiko Ito
    Organometallics 2002, 21, 1537-1539; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/om020007k
    om020007k

  • Ruthenium-Mediated Domino Sequence Forming Six-Membered Ring Diene From Ene-Yne and Alkene
    Masahiro Murakami, Minoru Ubukata, and Yoshihiko Ito
    Chem. Lett. 2002, 294-295; (Comunication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2002.294
    cl.2002.294

  • 1,2-Azaboretidine Formation in the Reactions of (Boryl)(silyl)iminomethanes via Possible Generation of (Amino)(boryl)carbene Species
    Michinori Suginome, Takeshi Fukuda, and Yoshihiko Ito
    J. Organomet. Chem. 2002, 643, 508-511; (Note) DOI: 10.1016/S0022-328X(01)01321-3
    S0022-328X(01)01321-3

  • Highly Effective, Easily Accessible Screw-Sense-Determining End Group in the Asymmetric Polymerization of 1,2-Diisocyanobenzenes
    Michinori Suginome, Sylvain Collet, and Yoshihiko Ito
    Org. Lett. 2002, 4, 351-354; (Comunication) DOI: 10.1021/ol017113n
    ol017113n

  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Addition of Arylboronic Acids to Oxabenzonorbornadienes
    Masahiro Murakami and Hideyuki Igawa
    Chem. Commun. 2002, 390-391; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/b108808d
    b108808d