2007-2008
"A novel and facile stereocontrolled synthetic method for polyhydro-quinolines and pyridopyridazines via a diene-transmissive Diels-Alder reaction involving inverse electron-demand hetero Diels-Alder cycloaddition of cross-conjugated azatrienes"
Satoru Kobayashi, Tomoki Furuya, Takashi Otani, and Takao Saito*
Tetrahedron, 2008, 41, 9705. [Abstract]
"A diene-transmissive Diels-Alder reaction involving inverse electron-demand hetero-Diels-Alder cycloaddition of cross-conjugated azatrienes"
Satoru Kobayashi, Tomoki Furuya, Takashi Otani, and Takao Saito*
Tetrahedron Lett., 2008, 49, 4513. [Abstract]
"Synthesis of new UV-B light absorbents: (Acetylphenyl)glycosides with antioxidant activities"
Takashi Otani, Tetsu Tsubogo, Naoki Furukawa, Takao Saito*, Katsumi Uchida, Kanako Iwama, Yuki Kanai, and Hirofumi Yajima*
Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2008, 18, 3582. [Abstract]
"Regio- and π-facial selective Lewis acid interceded Diels-Alder reactions of α-dienyl-β-lactams: an indepth analysis"
Gaurav Bhargava, Amit Anand, Mohinder P. Mahajan*, Takao Saito, Ken Sakai, and Chitrani Medhi
Tetrahedron, 2008, 64, 6801. [Abstract]
"Diene-Transmissive Hetero-Diels-Alder Cycloaddition Using Cross-Conjugated Dioxatrienes: A Novel Synthesis of Tetrahydropyran-Fused Aza- and Thia-heterocycles"
Takao Saito*, Satoru Kobayashi, Takashi Otani, Hideoki Iwanami, and Takayuki Soda
Heterocycles, 2008, 76, 227. [Abstract]
"Regio- and Chemoselective Unprecedented Imino-Diels-Alder Reactions of 1-Substituted Unactivated Dienes with N-Aryl Imines - Part II"
Gaurav Bhargava, Mohinder P. Mahajan*, and Takao Saito
Synlett, 2008, 983. [Abstract]
"Synthesis of Diazaheterocyclic Ring-Fused 1,2,4-Benzothiadiazine 1,1-Dioxides by a Sequential Aza-Wittig/NH-Addition Cyclization/Nucleophilic Ring-Closure Methodology with N-Alkenyl-2-carbodiimidobenzenesulfonamides as Key Intermediates"
Shinsuke Hirota, Ryo Kato, Madoka Suzuki, Yuji Soneta, Takashi Otani*, and Takao Saito*
Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2008, 2075. [Abstract]
"Thiocarbonyl induced heterocumulenic Pauson-Khand type reaction: expedient synthetic method for thieno[2,3-
b]indol-2-ones"
Takao Saito*, Hiroshi Nihei, Takashi Otani, Toshiyuki Suyama, Naoki Furukawa, and Masatoshi Saito
Chem. Commun., 2008, 172. [Abstract]
"Synthesis of Quinoline-2-thiones via Tandem Indium(III)-Promoted Friedel-Crafts Alkenylation-Cyclization of 2-Alkynylphenyl Isothiocyanates"
Takashi Otani*, Shinichi Kunimatsu, Hiroshi Nihei, Yuko Abe, and Takao Saito*
Org. Lett., 2007, 9, 5513. [Abstract]Highlighted in Synfacts 2008, 248.
"Rhodium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Alkyne-carbodiimide Pauson-Khand-Type Reaction"
Takao Saito*, Katsuya Sugizaki, Takashi Otani, and Toshiyuki Suyama
Org. Lett., 2007, 9, 1239. [Abstract]Highlighted in Synfacts 2007, 589.