HETEROCYCLES

Title: Dehydrative Amide Condensation Using Unique Amines Catalyzed by Diboronic Acid Anhydride

Naoya Takahashi was born in 1995 in Chiba, Japan. He is a third year Ph.D. student in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University working with Prof. Naoyuki Shimada and Prof. Kazuishi Makino. His research interests include the development of organoboron-catalyzed reactions and its application to the synthesis of natural products or bioactive molecules.

Title: Design and Synthesis of Prodrug Convertible to Anticancer Agent Vinblastine

Michitaka Kurimoto was born in 1996 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a Ph.D. student (D3) in Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya University, working with Prof. Satoshi Yokoshima. His research interests include the development of a new therapeutic approach for synthesizing anticancer natural products using artificial metalloenzymes.

Title: Study toward the Total Synthesis of Cladieunicellin D

Kyohei Oga was born in 1999 in Kanagawa, Japan.  He is a third-year graduate student at the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, supervised by Prof. Masayuki Inoue.  His research interest is the total synthesis of complex natural products.

Title: Methylene insertion into nitrogen-heteroatom bonds of 1,2-azoles via a zinc carbenoid

Masato Tsuda was born in 1995 in Toyama, Japan. He is a third year Ph.D. student in School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, working with Prof. Hiroyuki Nakamura. His research interests include the development of synthesis and functionalization of heterocyclic compounds.

Title: Gold(I)-catalyzed cyclization and synthetic endeavors for diversity-oriented total synthesis of akuammiline alkaloids

Naoki Hashimoto was born in 1997 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a Ph.D. student (D2) in Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Kyoto University, working with Prof. Hiroaki Ohno. His research interests include the development of transition-metal-catalyzed reaction and its application to complex natural product synthesis.

Title: H2 Purification through Sequential Hydrogenation/Dehydrogenation of N-Heterocycles Using Triarylborane Catalysts

Taiki Hashimoto was born in 1996 in Osaka, Japan. He is a first year Ph. D. student in the Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, working with Prof. Sensuke Ogoshi. His research interests are focused on the H2 purification process using main-group catalysis based on liquid organic hydrogen career.

Title: Development of the Enantioselective Diels-Alder Reaction with Vinylquinolines as Dienophiles and New Insights into Controlling Endo/Exo Selectivity

Taishi Nakanishi was born in 1995 in Fukuoka, Japan. He is a third year Ph.D. student at Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, working with Prof. Masahiro Terada. His research interest includes computational molecular design for asymmetric synthesis.

Title: Synthetic Studies on Chartelline C

Xiong Haoran was born in Yamaguchi, Japan in 1998. He is a second year Master course student in the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, working with Prof. Hidetoshi Tokuyama. His research interests include development of novel cyclization reactions and its application to total synthesis of complex natural products.

Title: Ammonium hypoiodite-catalyzed oxidation of indoles towards synthesis of alkaloids

Hiroki Tanaka was born in 1994 in Nagoya, Japan. He is a third year Ph.D. student in Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University working with Prof. Kazuaki Ishihara. His research interest includes the development of oxidative dearomatization of indoles towards synthesis of alkaloids.

Title: Synthetic study on Domoic acid

Shigeru Nishizawa was born in 1994 in Kanagawa, Japan. He is a second year Ph. D. student at the School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Shizuoka, working with late Prof. Toshiyuki Kan. His research interests includes total synthesis of complex natural products.

Title: Control of Peptide Conformation by Cyclized Tryptophan

Akitomo Kasahara was born in 1995 in Tokushima, Japan. He is a first year Ph.D. student in Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the University of Tokyo, working with Prof. Tomohiko Ohwada. His research interests include control of peptide conformation by modified natural amino acids with novel structural and functional characteristics toward the development of peptide medicines.

Title:Development of Synthetic Method of Organofluorine Compounds Bearing Tetrafluoroethyl Sulfide Moieties

Denise Eimi Sunagawa was born in 1997 in Sao paulo, Brazil. She is a second year Master course student in the Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, working with Prof. Sensuke Ogoshi. Her research interests are focused on the synthesis of tetrafluoroethyl sulfide moieties using tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) gas.

Title: Regiospecific N-Arylation of Aliphatic Amines under Mild and Metal-Free Reaction Conditions

Gabriella Kervefors was born in 1988, in Stockholm, Sweden. She is a fourth year Ph.D. student at the department of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, working with Prof. Berit Olofsson. Her research focus on hypervalent iodine, more specific diaryliodonium salt, synthesis and applications.

Title: Studies on the Second Generation Synthesis of Palau'amine

Eisaku Ohashi was born in 1991 in Hyogo, Japan. He is a second year Ph.D. student in Graduate School Pharmaceutical Science, Tokushima University working with Prof. Kosuke Namba. His research interests includes total synthesis of complex natural products.

TitlTitle: Functionalized Lactone Formations on the Basis of Halogen-Controlled Rapid Cyclization of Haloketo Acids under Mild Conditions

Hideyasu China was born in 1979 in Okinawa, Japan. He is Postdoctoral Researcher in Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization working with Prof. Dohi Toshifumi in Graduate School of Pharmacy, Ritsumeikan University. He received his Ph.D. in 2015 from Ritsumeikan University under supervision of Prof. Yutaka Okada in Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Life Sciences. His research interest includes the development of novel dehalolactonization reactions and synthesis of halolactones.

Title: Development and Application of a Novel Indole Synthesis by Ring Expansion Reaction of Oxime Sulfonate

Yumi Yamashita was born in 1996 in Sendai, Japan. She is a first year Master course student in the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, working with Prof. Hidetoshi Tokuyama. Her research interests include development of novel indole synthesis and its application to synthesis of natural products.

Title: Organocatalytic Cycloetherification for Asymmetric Cyanation of Acylsilanes

Akira Matsumoto was born in 1990 in Gifu, Japan. He is a Ph.D. student in Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan (2016 – present) working with Prof. Seijiro Matsubara. His research interest includes the development of novel methods for asymmetric synthesis of pharmaceutically important chiral carbinols via organocatalytic heterocycle formation. Awards: (1) CSJ Poster Presentation Award at the 4th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2014, Tokyo, Japan. (2) Poster Presentation Award at the 36th Synthetic Organic Seminar, Kyoto, Japan.

Title: Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Cylindricine C by Nucleophilic Approach to Nitrones from N-Hydroxyamides

Shobu Hiraoka was born in 1993 in Hyogo, Japan. He is a second year Master course student in Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University working with Prof. Noritaka Chida and Prof. Takaaki Sato. His research interest includes development of the nucleophilic approach to nitrones and the application to natural products syntheses.

Title: Reductive Approach to Nitrones from N-Siloxyamides and N-Hydroxyamides

Seiya Katahara was born in 1992 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a Ph.D. course student in Center for Molecular Chemistry, School of Fundamental Science and Technology, Keio University working with Prof. Noritaka Chida and Prof. Takaaki Sato. His research interest includes development of nitrogen-containing molecules conversion reactions.

Title: Synthesis and Properties of the New V-Shaped Xanthene Dyes

Akari Yamagami was born in 1994 in Kyoto. She is a second year Master course student in Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, working with Professor Kazunori Tsubaki. Her research interests include synthesis of new types of V-shaped xanthene fluorescent dyes and evaluation in terms of their optical properties. She received a poster award from The Japanese Association for Organic π-Electron Systems in 2016.

Title: Synthesis of Polycyclic γ-Lactams by Ni(0)-Catalyzed [2+2+1] Cycloaddition of Imines and Alkenes with Carbon Monoxide

Keita Ashida was born in 1992 in Kyoto. He is a second year Master course student in the Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, working with Prof. Sensuke Ogoshi. His research interests are focoused on the development of the Ni-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of heterocyclic compounds via nickelacycle intermediates.

Title: Carboxylation Reactions with CO2 via a Nucleophilic Allylpalladium Species

Yuki Higuchi was born in 1989 in Hokkaido. He graduated in 2012 and received his M.S. degree in 2014 from Hokkaido University under the direction of Prof. Yoshihiro Sato. Presently, he is pursuing Ph.D. degree at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, under the supervision of Prof. Yoshihiro Sato. His research interest includes the development of novel carboxylation reactions using carbon dioxide as a C1 source and new synthetic methods for the construction of heterocyclic compounds.
Awards: (1) Outstanding Student Presentation Award in the 138th Regular Meeting of Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Hokkaido Branch in 2012 (2) Best Discussion Award in the Medicinal Chemistry Forum 2013 in 2013 (3) Best Discussion Award in the 26th Banyu Sapporo Symposium in 2014

Title: Synthetic Study on Lycojapodine A

Wen-Yu Huang was born in China, July 2nd 1988. Now he is a Ph.D. student under the instruction of Prof. Toshio Nishikawa in Graduate School of Bio-agricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Japan (2014–present). His research includes developing novel reactions and natural products syntheses.

Title: Convergent Multicomponent Assembly Using a Thiophene S,S-Dioxide Platform

Tomohiro Meguro was born in 1991. He is a first year Ph. D. student in Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, working with Prof. Takamitsu Hosoya. His research interests include orthogonal click chemistry for chemical biology.

Title: Enantio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of Benzoxasiloles Catalyzed by Ni(0)

Akira Ohnishi was born in 1990 in Nara. He is a graduate student in Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, working with Prof. Sensuke Ogoshi. His research interests are focused on the enantioselective synthesis, especially nickel-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of chiral silicon and carbon center and their applications for drugs, agricultural chemicals, and chemical materials.

Title: Palladium on Carbon-Catalyzed Oxygen Oxidation of Aromatic Cyclic Acetals

Naoki Yasukawa was born in 1993 in Aichi, Japan. He is a second year Master course student, the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, working with Prof. Hironao Sajiki and Prof. Yoshinari Sawama. His research interest includes the development of green sustainable reaction with novel chemoselectivity using heterogeneous catalysts.

Title: Facile Net Cycloaddition Approach to Optically Active 1,5-Benzothiazepines

Yukihiro Fukata was born in 1989 in Kagawa, Japan. He is a Ph.D. student in Department of Material Chemistry, Guraduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan (2013–present), working with Prof. Seijiro Matsubara. His research interest includes the development of novel organocatalytic enantioselective hetero-Michael addition reactions, and the synthesis of chiral heterocyclic compounds was also included. He received CSJ Student Presentation Award 2015 at the 95th CSJ Annual Meeting.

Title: Pd(II)-Catalyzed Directing Group-Mediated Arylation of C(sp3)-H on Cyclopropanes; Synthesis of Optically Active Tri- and Ttra-Substituted Arylcyclopropanes

Moemi Kondoh was born in 1992 in Hokkaido. She is a graduate student in her first year Master’s degree in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science at Hokkaido University working with Prof. Satoshi Shuto. Her research interests are focused on the design and synthesis of small molecular as drug candidates.

Title: A General Approach to Nitrogen-Bridged Bicyclic Frameworks by Rh-Catalyzed Formal Carbenoid Insertion into an Amide C-N Bond

Masato Kono was born in 1991 in Ibaraki. He is a second year Master course student in the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, working with Prof. Tetsuhiro Nemoto. His research interests include development of synthetic methodologies, especially transition metal-catalyzed reactions, and their applications in total syntheses of natural products.

Title: Total Synthesis of Natural Lactams by Darzens Condensation

Shoma Mizutani was born in 1990 in Mie. He is a second year M. S. student in Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, working with Professor Kouji Kuramochi and Professor Kazunori Tsubaki. His research interests include bioinspired synthesis of natural products and development of efficient methods for construction of heterocyclic systems. He received a poster award from the Pesticide Design Committee of the Pesticide Science Society of Japan in 2015.

Title: Total Synthesis of Tirandalydigin

Yoshimura Hikaru was born in 1989. He is a second year Ph. D. student under the supervision of Prof. Susumi Hatakeyama in the Graduate school of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University and works as a Research Fellowship for Young Scientists from 2015. His research interests include the synthesis of biologically active natural products and development of a new synthetic methodology by utilizing organocatalysts.
Awards: (1) Best Poster Prize in the 1st International Conference & 6th Symposium on Organocatalysis in 2013, (2) Excellent Oral Presentation Award in the 30th Conference of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Kyushu Branch in 2013, (3) President Award from Nagasaki University in 2014, (4) Poster Prize in the 31st Organic Synthetic Seminar in 2014, (5) Best Discussion Award in the 25th Memorial Banyu Fukuoka Symposium in 2015