4th Symposium on Chemical Approaches to Chirality
January 29, 2008
Morito Memorial Hall
Chiral Materials Research Center
Tokyo University of Science
PROGRAM

10:25–10:30 Opening Remarks Dr. Shin Takeuchi
(President, Tokyo Univ. of Science)

10:30–11:15 Plenary Lecture Chairperson: Isamu Shiina
(Tokyo Univ. of Science
)

On the Track of Enantioselective Catalysis

Béla Barabás,a Francesco Faglioni,b Nicola Florini,b Luciano Caglioti,c Paolo Lazzeretti,b Marco Maioli,
b
Károly Micskei,d Gyula Pályi,b Gyula Rábai,d Ferdinando Taddei,b Claudia Zucchib

(aUniversity of Technology and Economics, Hungary,
b
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy,
c
University „La Sapienza”, Italy, dUniversity of Debrecen, Hungary
)

11:15–11:50 Invited Lecture Chairperson: Shinichi Saito
(Tokyo Univ. of Science)

Reversal of Enantioselectivity of Chiral Catalysts by Achiral Catalysts
in Asymmetric Autocatalysis and Mechanistic Implications


François Lutz, Takashi Igarashi, Tomoyuki Kinoshita, Mai Asahina, Koichi Tsukiyama,
Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Kenso Soai

(Tokyo University of Science, Japan)

11:50–13:00 Lunch

13:00–14:10 Poster Session

14:10–14:55 Plenary Lecture Chairperson: Takao Saito
(Tokyo Univ. of Science)

Controlled Formation and Topologies of Thiophenolate-based Macrocycles:
Rings, Cylinders and Bowls and Nanoporous Solids


Christine J. Mckenzie, Andrew D. Bond

(University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)

14:55–15:40 Plenary Lecture Chairperson: Shinichi Saito
(Tokyo Univ.y of Science)

Natural Product Synthesis by
Highly Diastereoselective Vinylogous Mukaiyama-Aldol Reaction


Susumu Kobayashi

(Tokyo University of Science, Japan)

15:40–16:00 Coffee Break

16:00–16:45 Plenary Lecture Chairperson: Tsuneomi Kawasaki
(Tokyo Univ. of Science)

P-Chirogenic Phosphines: Synthesis and Applications


Magnus J. Johansson,a Franck Dolhem,a Kristian H. O. Andersson,a Susanne Berglund,a
Thomas Antonsson,b Nina Kanna

(aChalmers University of Technology, Sweden, bAstraZeneca, Sweden)

16:45–17:30 Plenary Lecture Chairperson: Yujiro Hayashi
(Tokyo Univ. of Science)

Absolute Asymmetric Synthesis

Mikael Håkansson

(Gothenburg University, Sweden)

17:30–17:35 Closing Remarks Kenso Soai
(Tokyo Univ. of Science)

17:40– Banquet

Contact: Department of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Science
Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8601 Japan.
Phone: +81-3–5228–8261, Fax: +81-3-5261-4631
e-mail: soai(a)rs.kagu.tus.ac.jp
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Pictures
Poster Award
Chiral Discrimination of Carbon Isotope Substituted Chiral Compoundsby Asymmetric Autocatalysis

Yukari Matsumura, Takashi Tsutsumi, Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Kenso Soai

Tokyo University of Science
Chiral Crystal of Achiral Nucleobase Cytosine Promoted Enantioselective Synthesis in Conjunction with Asymmetric Autocatalysis

Kenta Suzuki, Yuko Hakoda, Tsuneomi Kawasaki Kenso Soai

Tokyo University of Science
Enantiomorphous Crystal of Achiral Hydrocarbon, Tetraphenylethylene TPE Act as Source of Chirality in Asymmetric Autocatalysis

Mai Nakaoda, Nobuhiro Kaito, Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Kenso Soai

Tokyo University of Science
Construction of Axially Chiral Biaryl Compounds via Ir-Catalyzed C-C Bond Activation of Biphenylene

Go Nishizawa, Kohei Endo, Takanori Shibata
Waseda University