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Our research
focuses on the development of new, original, useful, and practical organic reactions
from recent green chemical standpoints and on the application to the
short-step syntheses of fine chemicals and natural products.
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(1)
Exploitation of Crossed Ti, Zr-Claisen condensation, related Ti-direct
aldol addition, Mannich reactions. Its application of these Ti, and Zr
reactions to useful fine chemicals such as musk perfume (Z)-civetone, R-muscone,
R-mintlactone, R-menthofuran, cis-jasmone, its lactone
analog, etc.) and 1β-methylcarabapenem
by practical methods. J. Org. Chem., 53, 1560 (1988); Tetrahedron,
56, 7423 (2000); Chem. Commun., 1674 (2001); Synlett,
1959 (2001); Adv. Synth. Catal., 344, 507 (2002); Tetrahedron
(Symposium), 58, 8269 (2002); Chem. Commun., 2542 (2002); Adv.
Synth. Catal., 345, 967 (2003); ACS Synposium Series, No.
892, "New Discoveries in Agrochemicals," Chapter 25 (2005); J.
Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 2845 (2005); Chem. Commun. 3171
(2005); Synlett, (Special issue) 129 (2006); Org. Process Res.
Dev., 10, 500 (2006); Org. Lett., 8, 5215 (2006); Chem.
Lett., 48 (2007); Org. Biomol. Chem., 5, 151 (2007); Org.
Lett., 9, 1859 (2007); Chem. Commun., 771 (2008); Tetrahedron Lett., 49, 4509 (2008); Adv. Synth.
Catal., 352, 1128 (2010).
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(2) Novel,
efficient, and environmentally benign esterification, amide formation,
sulfonylation, and silylation. Tetrahedron Lett., 41, 5249 (2000);
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Highlight [J. Otera, 40, 2044 (2001); Tetrahedron
Lett., 42, 7427 (2001); Tetrahedron, 59, 5337
(2003); Adv. Synth. Catal., 345, 1209 (2003); Bull. Chem.
Soc. Jpn., 68, 297 (1995); Tetrahedron, 55, 2183
(1999); Synthesis, 1633 (1999); J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn., 62,
1248 (2004); Green Chem. Submitted; Chem. Commun., 2478 (2001); Chem.
Commun., 1628 (2002); Green Chem., 7, 711 (2005) Hot
Article; J. Org. Chem.., 71, 5380 (2006); Adv. Synth.
Catal., 348, 2057 (2006); Green Chem. 8, 1022
(2006). Frontcover Article. J. Org. Chem., 72, 4970
(2007); J. Org. Chem., 72, 8142 (2007); Tetrahedron, 50,
12071 (2007); Org. Lett. 10,
2131 (2008). Selected as SYNFACTS; Tetrahedron (Symposium in print), 65, 5596 (2009); Org.
Lett., 11, 4258-4261 (2009).
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(3) Useful
organic synthesis based on characteristic properties based on cyclopropanes
such as the regiocontrolled benzannulation and the chirality exchange from
sp3 central chirality into axial chirality. Application to total
synthesis of natural lignan lactone. J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn., 57,
170 (1999); J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 5358 (2004); J. Org.
Chem., 70, 2667 (2005). Chem. Lett., 62 (2007); Org.
Lett., 9, 563 (2007); Org. Biomol. Chem., 6, 540
(2008).
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(4) Stereostructure-activity
relationship of biologically active pharmaceuticals, perfumes, and
agrochemicals. Tetrahedron Lett., 32, 379-382 (1991); Biosci.
Biotech. Biochem., 59, 1355 (1995); J. Chem. Soc., Perkin
Trans. 1, 935 (1995); J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1243
(1996); Biosci. Biotech. Biochem., 61, 547 (1997); Bioorg.
Med. Chem., 9, 33 (2001).
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E-mail: tanabe@kwansei.ac.jp
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Home page:
http://sci-tech.ksc.kwansei.ac.jp/~tanabe/index.html
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