Publications
- Enantioselective Synthesis of Fused Heterocycles with Contiguous Stereogenic Centers by Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Symmetry Breaking, Mori, K.; Miyake, A.; Akiyama, T. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 16107–16110.
- Stronger Brønsted Acids: Recent Progress, Akiyama, T.; Mori, K.; Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 9277–9306.
- Synthesis of 3-Aryl-1-trifluoromethyltetrahydroisoquinolines by Brønsted Acid Catalyzed C(sp3)–H Bond Functionalization, Mori, K.; Umehara, N.; Akiyama, T. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2015, 357, 901–906. (Selected as an vip and front cover article).
- Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Biaryl Chlorides/Iodides by a Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Sequential Halogenation Strategy, Mori, K.; Kobayashi, M.; Itakura, T.; Akiyama, T. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2015, 357, 35–40.
- Stereoselective Construction of All Carbon Quaternary Center by Means of Chiral Phosphoric Acid: Highly Enantioselective Friedel-Crafts Reaction of Indoles with b,b-Disubstituted Nitroalkenes, Mori, K.; Wakazawa, M.; Akiyama, T. Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 1799–1803.
- Double C(sp3)-H Bond Functionalization Mediated by Sequential Hydride Shift/Cyclization Process: Diastereoselective Construction of Polyheterocycles, Mori, K.; Kurihara, K.; Yabe, S.; Yamanaka, M.; Akiyama, T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 3744–3747.
- Expeditious Synthesis of 1-Aminoindane Derivatives Achieved by [1,4]-Hydride Shift Mediated C(sp3)-H Bond Functionalization, Mori, K.; Kurihara, K.; Akiyama, T. Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 3729–3731.
- Enantioselective Fluorination of b-Ketoesters Catalyzed by Chiral Sodium Phosphate: Remarkable Enhancement of Reactivity by Simultaneous Utilization of Metal Enolate and Metal Phosphate, Mori, K.; Miyake, A.; Akiyama, T. Chem. Lett. 2014, 43, 137–139.
- Enantioselective Transfer Hydrogenation of Difluoromethyl Ketimines Using Benzothiazoline as a Hydrogen Donor in Combination with Chiral Phosphoric Acid, Sakamoto, T.; Horiguchi, K.; Saito, K.; Mori, K.; Akiyama, T. Asian. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 2, 943–946.
- Prediction of Suitable Catalyst by 1H NMR: Asymmetric Synthesis of Multisubstituted Biaryls by Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Asymmetric Bromination, Mori, K.; Ichikawa, Y.; Kobayashi, M.; Shibata, Y.; Yamanaka, M.; Akiyama, T. Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 4235–4239.
- Hydrodefluorinations of Trifluorotoluenes by LiAlH4 and TiCl4, Akiyama, T,; Atobe, K.; Shibata, M.; Mori, K. J. Fluorine. Chem. 2013, 152, 81–83.
- Enantioselective Synthesis of Multisubstituted Biaryl Skeleton by Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Desymmetrization/Kinetic Resolution Sequence, Mori, K.; Ichikawa, Y.; Kobayashi, M.; Shibata, Y.; Yamanaka, M.; Akiyama, T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 3964–3970 (Highlighted in Synfacts).
- Kinetic Resolution in Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Aldol Reactions: Enantioselective Robinson-Type Annulation Reactions, Yamanaka, M.; Hoshino, M.; Katoh, T.; Mori, K.; Akiyama, T. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 4508–4514.
- Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Transfer Deuteration of Ketimines by Use of Benzothiazoline As a Deuterium Donor: Synthesis of Optically Active Deuterated Amines, Sakamoto, T.; Mori, K.; Akiyama, T. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 3312–3315.
- Concise Route to 3-Arylisoquinoline Skeleton by Lewis Acid Catalyzed C(sp3)–H Bond Functionalization and Its Application to Formal Synthesis of (±)-Tetrahydropalmatine, Mori, K.; Kawasaki, T.; Akiyama, T. Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 1436–1439.
- Rapid Access to 3-Aryltetralin Skeleton via C(sp3)–H Bond Functionalization: Investigation on the Substituent Effect of Aromatic Ring Adjacent to C–H Bond in Hydride Shift/Cyclization Sequence, Mori, K.; Sueoka, S.; Akiyama, T. Chem. Lett. 2011, 40, 1386–1388 (Selected as an Editor’s Choice paper).
- Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenation: A Facile Synthetic Access to Highly Optically Active Trifluoromehylated Amines, Henseler, A.; Kato, M.; Mori, K.; Akiyama, T. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 8180–8183 (Highlighted in Synfacts).
- Selective Activation of Enantiotopic C(sp3)–Hydrogen by Means of Chiral Phosphoric Acid: Asymmetric Synthesis of Tetrahydroquinoline Derivatives, Mori, K.; Ehara, K.; Kurihara, K.; Akiyama, T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 6166–6169 (Highlighted in Synfacts).
- Chiral Phosphoric Acid Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of b-Amino-a,a-difluoro Carbonyl Compounds, Kashikura, W.; Mori, K.; Akiyama, T. Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 1860–1863.
- Expeditious Construction of a Carbobicyclic Skeleton via a sp3-C–H Functionalization: Hydride Shift from an Aliphatic Tertiary Position in an Internal Redox Process, Mori, K.; Sueoka, S.; Akiyama, T. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 2424–2426.
- Chiral Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Asymmetric Friedel-Crafts Alkylation of Indoles with a,b-Unsaturated Ketones: Short Access to Optically Active 2- and 3-Substituted Indole Derivatives, Sakamoto, T.; Itoh, J.; Mori, K.; Akiyama, T. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2010, 8, 5448–5454.
- Niobium-catalyzed Activation of CF3 Group on Alkene: Synthesis of Substituted Indenes, Fuchibe, K.; Atobe, K.; Fujita, Y.; Mori, K.; Akiyama, T. Chem. Lett. 2010, 39, 867–869.
- Expeditious Synthesis of Benzopyrans via Lewis Acid-Catalyzed C–H Functionalization: Remarkable Enhancement of Reactivity by an Ortho Substituent, Mori, K.; Kawasaki, T.; Sueoka. S.; Akiyama, T. Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 1732–1735.
- Enantioselective Friedel-Crafts Alkylation of Indoles with Trifluoropyruvate Catalyzed by Chiral Phosphoric Acid, Kashikura, W.; Itoh, J.; Mori, K.; Akiyama, T. Chem. Asian J. 2010, 5, 470–472.
- Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Desymmetrization of meso-1,3-Diones: Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Cyclohexenones, Mori, K.; Katoh, T.; Suzuki, T.; Noji, T.; Yamanaka, M.; Akiyama, T. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 9652–9654 (Highlighted in Synfacts).
- Expedient Synthesis of N-Fused Indoles: C–F Activation and C–H Insertion Approach, Fuchibe, K.; Kaneko, T.; Mori, K.; Akiyama, T. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 8070–8073 (VIP article).
- Hydrogen-Bond Control in Axially Chiral Styrenes: Selective Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure C2-Symmetric Paracyclophanes, Mori, K.; Ohmori, K.; Suzuki, K. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 5638–5641.
- Stereochemical Relay via Axially Chiral Styrene: Asymmetric Synthesis of Antibiotic, TAN-1085, Mori, K.; Ohmori, K.; Suzuki, K. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 5633–5637 (Highlighted in Nature Chemistry).
- Chiral Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Hydrophosphonylation of Imines: DFT Study on the Effect of Substituents of Phosphoric Acid, Akiyama, T.; Morita, H.; Bachu, P.; Mori, K.; Yamanaka, M.; Hirata, T. Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 4950–4956.
- Enantioselective Mannich-type Annulation Reaction Catalyzed by a Chiral Phosphoric Acid Bearing (S)-Biphenol Backbone, Akiyama, T.; Katoh, T.; Mori, K.; Kanno, K. Synlett 2009, 1664–1666.
- Dual Functionlization of Allene: Facile Construction of Heteropolycycles Mediated by Brønsted Acid, Mori, K.; Sueoka, S.; Akiyama, T. Chem. Lett. 2009, 38, 628–629.
- Expeditious Construction of Quinazolines via Brønsted Acid Induced C–H Activation: Further Extension of “tert-Amino Effect”, Mori, K.; Ohshima, Y.; Ehara, K.; Akiyama, T. Chem. Lett. 2009, 38, 524–525.
- Enantioselective Aza-Darzens Reaction Catalyzed by A Chiral Phosphoric Acid, Akiyama, T.; Suzuki, T.; Mori, K. Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 2445–2447.
- Enantioselective Robinson-type Annulation Reaction Catalyzed by Chiral Phosphoric Acids, Akiyama, T.; Katoh, T.; Mori, K. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 4226–4228 (Highlighted in Synfacts).
- Synthesis and Stereochemical Assignment of Angucycline Antibiotic, PD-116740, Mori, K.; Tanaka, K.; Ohmori, K.; Suzuki, K. Chem. Lett. 2008
- Concise Total Synthesis and Structure Assignment of TAN-1085, Ohmori, K.; Mori, K.; Ishikawa, Y.; Tsuruta, H.; Kuwahara, S.; Harada, N.; Suzuki, K. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 3167–3171