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      崔 允寛 
​    「オールドルーキーの挑戦」Message from Young Principal Researcher (MyPR)
      有機合成化学協会誌 ​2024, 82 (4), 379–381.
      DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.82.379

2023
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21. Shuto Okuda, Yutaka Narita, Rikuo Hayashi, Masahiro Sai*
​     Regio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of Unsymmetrical 1,4-Diketone-Derived
     (Z)-Monosilyl Enol Ethers via Siloxyallylpotassium Intermediates

      Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 2939–2942. (IF 2021 = 6.065)
​      DOI:
10.1039/D2CC07097A
      (ChemRxiv2022, preprint, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-8djs0)

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20. Rikuo Hayashi, Yutaka Narita, Masahiro Sai*
​      
One-Pot Synthesis of 3-Functionalized (Z)-Silyl Enol Ethers from 1-Arylallylic
​     Alcohols by C,O-Difunctionalization of Dipotassio 
α,β-Dianion Intermediates
      Org. Biomol. Chem. 2023, 21, 4206–4209. (IF 2021 = 3.890)
​      DOI:
10.1039/D3OB00199G
      (ChemRxiv2022, preprint, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-b33mt​)

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19. Momoka Shimaoka, Masahiro Sai*
​      
Silver-Catalyzed Tandem Cyclization for Syntheses of Azaoxa- and Diazaspirocycles 
      Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 26, e202201404. (IF 2021 = 3.261)
      DOI:
10.1002/ejoc.202201404
​      (ChemRxiv​, 2022​, preprint, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-j2xkk)

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18. Rikuo Hayashi, Kaori Ando, Taro Udagawa, Masahiro Sai*
​      
β-Functionalized and α,β-Difunctionalized Ketones from 1-Arylallylic Alcohols
     via Dipotassio
α,β-Dianion Intermediates
      Adv. Synth. Catal. 2023, 365, 826–833. (IF 2021 = 5.981)
      DOI: 
10.1002/adsc.202201047
      (ChemRxiv, 2022​, preprint, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-7whfc)

​      • Selected as the Front Cover in Adv. Synth. Catal. (2023, issue 6)         

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17. Masahiro Sai,Takatoki Mizuno 
​     Potassium Base-Catalyzed Redox Isomerization of Propargylic Alcohols to Chalcones
      Synth. Commun. 2023, 53, 198–204. (IF 2021 = 1.937)
      DOI:
10.1080/00397911.2022.2152695

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16. Masahiro Sai*
​      KOtBu/DMSO Catalytic System for Isomerization of Allylic Alcohols to Ketones
      Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2022, e202200052. (IF 2020 = 3.021)
      DOI:
10.1002/ejoc.202200052

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15. Masahiro Sai*
​      Potassium Base-Promoted Diastereoselective Synthesis of 1,3-Diols from Allylic Alcohols
     and Aldehydes through a Tandem Allylic-Isomerization/Aldol–Tishchenko Reaction

      Chem. Asian J. 202116, 4053–4056. (IF 2020 = 4.568) 
​      DOI: 
10.1002/asia.202101093

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14. Masahiro Sai*
​      A Tetraarylpyrrole-Based Phosphine Ligand for the Palladium-Catalyzed Amination of
     Aryl Chlorides 

      Adv. Synth. Catal. 2021, 363, 5422–5428. (IF 2020 = 5.837)
      DOI: 
10.1002/adsc.202100731

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13. Masahiro Sai,* Hiroaki Kurouchi​
​      
Potassium Base-Catalyzed Michael Additions of Allylic Alcohols to
α,β-Unsaturated Amides:
​     Scope and Mechanistic Insights

      Adv. Synth. Catal. 2021, 363, 3585–3591. (IF 2019 = 5.851)
      DOI: 
10.1002/adsc.202100272
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2020年まで

12. Masahiro Sai*

      Direct Synthesis of Indanes via Iron-Catalyzed Dehydrative Coupling/Friedel–Crafts Cyclization of

     Two Different Alcohols

      Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 1102–1106. [Link]

11. Masahiro Sai,* Seijiro Matsubara

      Copper-Catalyzed Direct and Stereoselective Synthesis of Conjugated Enynes from α-Allenols

      Adv. Synth. Catal. 2019, 361, 39–43. [Link]

10. Masahiro Sai*

     An Efficient Ga(OTf)3/Isopropanol Catalytic System for Direct Reduction of Benzylic Alcohols

      Adv. Synth. Catal. 2018, 360, 4330–4335. [Link] 

9. Masahiro Sai*

   Direct Reduction of Allylic Alcohols Using Isopropanol as Reductant

    Adv. Synth. Catal. 2018, 360, 3482–3487. [Link] 

8. Masahiro Sai,* Hisashi Yamamoto*

    Chiral Brønsted Acid as a True Catalyst: Asymmetric Mukaiyama Aldol and Hosomi–Sakurai Allylation  

   Reactions

    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 7091–7094. [Link] 

7. Masahiro Sai,* Matsujiro Akakura, Hisashi Yamamoto*

    Chemoselective Silyl Transfer in the Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction Promoted by Super Silyl Lewis Acid

    Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 15206–15208. [Link] 

6. Masahiro Sai, Seijiro Matsubara*

    Lithium(1+)-Catalyzed Nazarov-Type Cyclization of 1-Arylbuta-2,3-dien-1-ols: Synthesis of Benzofulvene

   Derivatives

    Synlett, 2014, 25, 2067–2071. [Link] 

5. Masahiro Sai, Seijiro Matsubara*

    Silver-Catalyzed Intramolecular Chloroamination of Allenes: Easy Access to Functionalized 3-Pyrroline

    and Pyrrole Derivatives

    Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 4676–4679. [Link] 

4. Masahiro Sai, Hideki Yorimitsu,* Koichiro Oshima*

    Allyl-, Allenyl-, and Propargyl-Transfer Reactions through Cleavage of C–C Bonds Catalyzed by an

   N-Heterocyclic Carbene/Copper Complex: Synthesis of Multisubstituted Pyrroles

    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 3294–3298. [Link] Selected as Hot Paper

3. Masahiro Sai, Hideki Yorimitsu,* Koichiro Oshima*

    Copper-Catalyzed Allylation of Alkyl Halides with Allylic Grignard Reagents

    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2009, 82, 1194–1196. [Link] 

2. Hiroki Miura, Kenji Wada,* Saburo Hosokawa, Masahiro Sai, Teruyuki Kondo, Masashi Inoue

    A Heterogeneous Ru/CeO2 Catalyst Effective for Transfer-Allylation from Homoallyl Alcohols to Aldehydes

    Chem. Commun. 2009, 45, 4112–4114. [Link] 

1. Masahiro Sai, Hidenori Someya, Hideki Yorimitsu,* Koichiro Oshima*

    Copper-Catalyzed Reaction of Alkyl Halides with Cyclopentadienylmagnesium Reagent

    Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 2545–2547. [Link]

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