PublicationS

• Photocatalytic Shono-Type Oxidation of N-Alkylamides with Hydrogen Evolution
  
  Keitaro Kato, Shintaro Okumura, Naoki Ishida
  Chem. Commun. 2025, 61, 12381-12384; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1039/D5CC02901E

• Metal-Free Carboxylation of Aromatic Ketones and Aldehydes with CO2 by a Diazabenzoacenaphthenium Photoredox Catalyst
  
  Shintaro Okumura, Takuma Imuta, Keitaro Kato, Koki Shimosaka, Hikaru Aoki, Yuto Aoyagi, Keisuke Hikichi, Naoki Ishida
  Chem. Lett. 2025, upaf135; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1093/chemle/upaf135

• Light-Driven Dehydrogenative Construction of Thioester Linkages from Thiols and Aldehydes
  
  Shousuke Miki, Keitaro Kato, Naoki Ishida
  Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 7476-7481; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5c00653

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• Dehydrogenative Coupling of Alkylamines with Primary Alcohols Forming α-Amino Ketones
  
  Tairin Kawasaki, Tomohiro Tosaki, Shousuke Miki, Tsuyoshi Takada, Masahiro Murakami, Naoki Ishida
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 17566-17572; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02761

One of the most read Articles in JACS, July 2024.

• Photocatalytic 1,2-Phosphorus Migrative [3+2] Cycloaddition of Tri(t-butyl)phosphine with Terminal Alkynes
  
  Yusuke Masuda, Daichi Ikeshita, Kosuke Higashida, Masaki Yoshida, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami, Masaya Sawamura
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 19060-19066; (Article)
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06760

• Thermal Metathesis of C-C Single Bonds Induced by Steric Frustration
  
  Naoki Ishida, Misato Ito, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Lett. 2022, 51, 771-774; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.220208

• Dehydorogenative Three-Component Coupling of CO with Methylarenes Forming Dibenzyl Ketones
  
  Naoki Ishida, Hiroki Shinoya, Yuka Kamino, Tairin Kawasaki, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Lett. 2022, 51, 765-767; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.220166

• Photoinduced Hydrophosphination of Terminal Alkynes with Tri(o-tolyl)phosphine: Synthesis of Alkenylphosphonium Salts
  
  Daichi Ikeshita, Yusuke Masuda, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 2504-2508; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c00634

• Synthesis of Tetraarylphosphonium Salts from Triarylphosphines and Aryl Bromides Exploiting Light and Palladium
  
  Daichi Ikeshita, Hiroki Shimura, Sho Miyakawa, Yusuke Masuda, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Lett. 2022, 51, 522-524; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.220067 

• Visible Light-Driven Dehydrogenative Coupling of Primary Alcohols with Phenols Forming Aryl Carboxylates
  
  Tairin Kawasaki, Tomohiro Tosaki, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 7683-7687; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03017 

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• Photodriven Dehydrogenative Homocoupling of Benzylic C–H Bonds Forming Strained C–C Bonds  
  
  Naoki Ishida, Mingon Son, Tairin Kawasaki, Misato Ito, Masahiro Murakami
  Synlett 2021, 32, 2067-2070; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1055/a-1644-4876 

• Photoinduced Direct Addition of Alkylarenes to Imines  
  
  Ryota Tomono, Tairin Kawasaki, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Lett. 2021, 50, 1972-1974; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.210478 

• Planar Chiral 2-(Trifluoromethyl)quinoline-fused  Ferrocenes via Palladium(0)-Catalyzed C-H Functionalization of Trifluoroacetimidoyl Chlorides  
  
  An-An Zhang, Chao Chen, Yushen Gao, Mingyang Mo, Ren-Zeng Shen, Yu-Heng Zhang, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami, Lantao Liu
  Green Synth. Catal. 2021, 2, 311-314; (Short Communication)
  DOI: 10.1016/j.gresc.2021.05.004 

• Pd-Catalyzed Ring-Closing/Ring-Opening Cross Coupling Reactions: Enantioselective Diarylation of Unactivated Olefins
  
  Lantao Liu, Fangyuan, Cheng, Chenxiang Meng, An-An Zhang, Mingliang Zhang, Kai Xu, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 8942-8947; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c02277

• Photoinduced Carbamoylation of C(sp3)–H Bonds with Isocyanates  
  
  Tairin Kawasaki, Katsushi Yamazaki, Ryota Tomono, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Lett. 2021, 50, 1684-1687; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.210333 

• Sustainable System for Hydrogenation Exploiting Energy Derived from Solar Light
  
  Naoki Ishida, Yoshiki Kamae, Keigo Ishizu, Yuka Kamino, Hiroshi Naruse, Masahiro Murakami
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 2217-2220; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c13332
  
  Highlighted in JACS Spotlights, 2021, 143, 3017-3018.  

• Nickel-Catalyzed α-1,3-Dienylation of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds with Propargylic Carbonates
  
  Naoki Ishida, Yuka Kamino, Masahiro Murakami
  Synlett 2021, 32, 1621-1624; (Cluster)
  DOI: 10.1055/a-1282-9731 

• Cleavage of Carbon–Carbon σ-Bonds of Four-Membered Rings
  
  Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Rev. 2021, 121, 264-299; (Review)
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00569

• Photoinduced Specific Acylation of Phenolic Hydroxy Groups with Aldehydes
  
  Tairin Kawasaki, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 18267-18271; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008897
  
  Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal. 

• Dehydrogenative Coupling of Benzylic and Aldehydic C–H Bonds
  
  Tairin Kawasaki, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 3366-3370; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b13920
  
  One of the most read Articles in JACS, February 2020.
  Highlighted in Synfacts. 

• Carboxylation of Benzylic and Aliphatic C–H Bonds with CO2 Induced by Light/Ketone/Nickel
  
  Naoki Ishida, Yusuke Masuda, Yuuya Imamura, Katsushi Yamazaki, Masahiro Murakami
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 19611-19615; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b12529
  
  One of the Most Read Articles in JACS, December 2019 - January 2020.

• Synthesis of Tofisopam by Way of Photoinduced CO2 Fixation
  
  Yusuke Masuda, Katsuhiko Makita, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Asian J. 2019, 14, 4189-4192; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1002/asia.201901431  

• Photo-Assisted Fixation of CO2 onto Aryl Bromides Producing Aromatic Esters
  
  Naoki Ishida, Yusuke Masuda, Wenqing Liao, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Lett. 2019, 48, 1316-1318; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.190563  

• A Strained Vicinal Diol as a Reductant for Coupling of Organyl Halides
  
  Naoki Ishida, Yusuke Masuda, Fangzhu Sun, Yoshiki Kamae, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Lett. 2019, 48, 1042-1045; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.190403
  
  Selected as Editor's Choice.   

• Preparation of Ni(cod)2 Using Light as the Source of Energy
  
  Naoki Ishida, Yoshiki Kamae, Masahiro Murakami
  Organometallics 2019, 38, 1413-1416; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.9b00057
  
  One of the most read Articles in Organometallics, 2019.  

• Light/Palladium-Promoted Benzylic C–H Acylation Using a Benzoyl Group as the Photo-Directing Group
  
  Yusuke Masuda, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Asian J. 2019, 14, 403-406; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1002/asia.201801881

• Synthesis of 2-Aryloxy-1,3-Dienes from Phenols and Propargyl Carbonates
  
  Naoki Ishida, Yusaku Hori, Shintaro Okumura, Masahiro Murakami
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 84-88; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b11159
  
  One of the most read Articles in JACS, December 2018.

• 2-Arylsilacyclobutane as a Latent Carbanion Reacting with CO2
  
  Naoki Ishida, Shintaro Okumura, Tairin Kawasaki, Masahiro Murakami
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 11399-11403; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201805333

• Synthetic Approach to Benzocyclobutenones Using Visible Light and a Phosphonate Auxiliary
  
  Takaaki Yano, Tairin Kawasaki, Tatsuya Yuhki, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 1224-1227; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b00160

• Site- and Regio-Selective Incorporation of Carbon Dioxide into the C(sp2)–Si Bond of Benzosilacyclobutenes
  
  Naoki Ishida, Shintaro Okumura, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Lett. 2018, 47, 570-572; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.171211
  
  Selected as Editor's Choice.

• β-Scission of Alkoxy Radicals in Synthetic Transformations
  
  Masahiro Murakami, Naoki Ishida
  Chem. Lett. 2017, 46, 1692-1700; (Highlight Review)
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.170834

• Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Exchange between C-C and C-Si σ-Bonds
  
  Shintaro Okumura, Fangzhu Sun, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 12414-12417; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b07667

Highlighted in C&EN 2017, 95, 36, 9.
Highlighted in Synfacts 2017, 13, 1191.

• Photoinduced Cyclization of
  (o-Alkylbenzoyl)phosphonates to Benzocyclobutenols
  
  Naoki Ishida, Takaaki Yano, Tatsuya Yuhki, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Asian J. 2017, 12, 1905-1908; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1002/asia.201700766

• Cooperation of a Nickel-Bipyridine Complex with Light for Benzylic C-H Arylation of  Toluene Derivatives
  
  Naoki Ishida, Yusuke Masuda, Norikazu Ishikawa, Masahiro Murakami
  Asian J. Org. Chem. 2017, 6, 669-672; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201700115

• A  Shortcut to Molecular Complexity
  
  Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Nat. Chem. 2017, 9, 298-299; (News & Views)
  DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2750

• Acceleration of Inward Ring Opening of 3-Phosphorylcyclobutenes
  
  Naoki Ishida, Takaaki Yano, Masahiro Murakami
  Asian J. Org. Chem. 2017, 6, 174-176; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201600585

• Aryl Ketones as Single-Electron Transfer Photoredox Catalysts in Nickel-Catalyzed Homo-Coupling of Aryl Halides
  
  Yusuke Masuda, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2016, 5822-5825; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201601352

• Potential of Metal-Catalyzed C-C Single Bond Cleavage for Organic Synthesis
  
  Masahiro Murakami, Naoki Ishida
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 13759-13769; (Perspective)
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b01656

Highlighted in JACS Spotlights 2016, 138, 14809.
One of the Most Read Articles in JACS, October 2016.

• A Light/Ketone/Copper System for Carboxylation of Allylic C-H Bonds of Alkenes with CO2
  
  Naoki Ishida, Yusuke Masuda, Sho Uemoto, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 6524-6527; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1002/chem.201600682

Selected as a Hot Paper. 

• Fundamental Reactions to Cleave Carbon-Carbonσ-Bonds with Transition Metal Complexes
  
  Masahiro Murakami , Naoki Ishida
  in Cleavage of Carbon-Carbon Single Bonds by Transition Metals.; Murakami M., Chatani, N., Eds.; Wiley-VCH; Weinheim, 2015; (Book)
  ISBN: 978-3-527-33632-6

• Miscellaneous Examples of Carbon-Carbonσ-Bond Cleavage
  
  Masahiro Murakami , Naoki Ishida
  in Cleavage of Carbon-Carbon Single Bonds by Transition Metals.; Murakami M., Chatani, N., Eds.; Wiley-VCH; Weinheim, 2015; (Book)
  ISBN: 978-3-527-33632-6

• Total Syntheses of Natural Products and Biologically Active Compounds by Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C-C Cleavage
  
  Masahiro Murakami , Naoki Ishida
  in Cleavage of Carbon-Carbon Single Bonds by Transition Metals.; Murakami M., Chatani, N., Eds.; Wiley-VCH; Weinheim, 2015; (Book)
  ISBN: 978-3-527-33632-6

• Light-Driven Carboxylation of o-Alkylphenyl Ketones with CO2
  
  Yusuke Masuda, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 14063-14066; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5b10032

One of the Most Read Articles in JACS, October 2015.

• Hydrogenolysis of 1-Alkoxybenzocyclobutenes with Site-Selective Cleavage of the Sterically Hindered C(sp2)-C(sp3) Bond
  
  Shota Sawano, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Lett. 2015, 44, 1521-1523; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.150719

• Enantioselective Construction of 3-Hydroxypiperidine Scaffolds by Sequential Action of Light and Rhodium upon N-Allylglyoxylamides
  
  Naoki Ishida, David Nečas, Yusuke Masuda, Masahiro Murakami
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 7418-7421; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201502584

Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal.

• Ring-Opening Fluorination of Cyclobutanols and Cyclopropanols Catalyzed by Silver
  
  Naoki Ishida, Shintaro Okumura, Yuuta Nakanishi, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Lett. 2015, 44, 821-823; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.150138

• Reactions of Alkynylboron Compounds
  
  Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  in Topics in Organometallic Chemistry: Synthesis and Application of Organoboron Compounds; Fernandez, E. Whiting, A., Eds.; Springer International Publishing; 2015; Vol. 49, pp. 93-116; (Book)
  ISBN: 978-3-319-13054-5 (online), 978-3-319-13053-8 (Print), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13054-5_4

• Development of New Synthetic Methods Based upon Carbon-Carbon Bond Activation
  
  Masahiro Murakami, Naoki Ishida
  J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn. 2015, 73, 29-38; (Account)
  DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.73.29

• Construction of Tetralin Skeletons Based on Rhodium-Catalyzed Site-Selective Ring Opening of Benzocyclobutenols
  
  Naoki Ishida, Norikazu Ishikawa, Shota Sawano, Yusuke Masuda, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 1882-1885; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1039/C4CC09327E

• Synthesis of Acylphosphonates by a Palladium-Catalyzed Phosphonocarbonylation Reaction of Aryl Iodides with Phosphites
  
  Yusuke Masuda, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Asian J. 2015, 10, 321-324; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1002/asia.201403260

• Asymmetric Synthesis of Planar Chiral Ferrocenes by Enantioselective Intramolecular C–H Arylation of N-(2-Haloaryl)ferrocenecarboxamides
  
  Lantao Liu, An-An Zhang, Rui-Juan Zhao, Feng Li, Tuan-Jie Meng, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 5336-5338; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1021/ol502520b

• Cleavage of C–C and C–Si σ-Bonds and Their Intramolecular Exchange
  
  Naoki Ishida, Wataru Ikemoto, Masahiro Murakami
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 5912-5915; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1021/ja502601g

• Stereospecific Ring Expansion from Orthocyclophanes with Central Chirality to Metacyclophanes with Planar Chirality
  
  Naoki Ishida, Shota Sawano, Masahiro Murakami
  Nat. Commun. 2014, 5, 3111; (Article)
  DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4111

• sp3–sp2 vs sp3–sp3 C–C Site-Selectivity in Rh-Catalyzed Ring Opening of Benzocyclobutenol: A DFT Study
  
  Lina Ding, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami, Keiji Morokuma
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 169-178; (Article)
  DOI: 10.1021/ja407422q

• 1,5-Rhodium Shift in Rearrangement of N-Arenesulfonylazetidin-3-ols into Benzosultams
  
  Naoki Ishida, Yasuhiro Shimamoto, Takaaki Yano, Masahiro Murakami
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 19103-19106; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1021/ja410910s

• Reactivity Change of Cyclobutanols towards Isocyanates: Rhodium Favors C-Carbamoylation over O-Carbamoylation
  Naoki Ishida, Yuuta Nakanishi, Masahiro Murakami
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 11875-11878; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201306343

• Pyridine-Directed Palladium-Catalyzed Phosphonation of C(sp2)–H Bonds  
  
  Changkun Li, Takaaki Yano, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 9801-9804; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201305202

• Construction of Indole Skeletons by Sequential Actions of Sunlight and Rhodium on α-Amino Acetophenones
  
  Naoki Ishida, David Nečas, Yasuhiro Shimamoto, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Lett. 2013, 42, 1076-1078; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.130463

• Azulenophenanthrenes from 2,2'-Di(arylethynyl)biphenyls through C-C Bond Cleavage of a Benzene Ring
  
  Takanori Matsuda, Tsuyoshi Goya, Lantao Liu, Yusuke Sakurai, Shoichi Watanuki, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 6492-6495; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201300570

• Oxidative Addition of a Strained C−C Bond onto Electron-Rich Rhodium(I) at Room Temperature  
  
  Yusuke Masuda, Maki Hasegawa, Makoto Yamashita, Kyoko Nozaki, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 7142-7145; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1021/ja403461f

• Regioselective Construction of Indene Skeletons by Palladium-Catalyzed Annulation of Alkynylborates with o-Iodophenyl Ketones  
  
  Yasuhiro Shimamoto, Hanako Sunaba, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 1421-1424; (Short Communication)
  DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201201510

• Synthesis of Azaaromatic–Borane Intramolecular Complexes by Palladium-Catalyzed Reaction of Azaaromatic Halides with Alkynyltriarylborates  
  
  Naoki Ishida, Mizuna Narumi, Masahiro Murakami
  Helv. Chim. Acta 2012, 95, 2474-2480; (Research Article)
  DOI: 10.1002/hlca.201200554

• Solar-Driven Incorporation of Carbon Dioxide into α-Amino Ketones  
  
  Naoki Ishida, Yasuhiro Shimamoto, Masahiro Murakami
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 11750-11752; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201206166
  
  Selected as a Hot Paper.
  Selected as a front cover picture.
  Highlighted in Newspapers (Kyoto Shinbun, Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun, Kagaku Shinbun).   

• Rhodium-Catalyzed Ring Opening of Benzocyclobutenols with Site-Selectivity Complementary to Thermal Ring Opening
  
  Naoki Ishida, Shota Sawano, Yusuke Masuda, Masahiro Murakami
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 17502-17504; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1021/ja309013a
  
  Highlighted in JACS Spotlights, 2012, 134, 18881-18882.
  Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal. 

• Synthesis of Enantiopure Dehydropiperidinones from α-Amino Acids and Alkynes via Azetidin-3-ones
  
  Naoki Ishida, Tatsuya Yuhki, Masahiro Murakami
  Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 3898-3901; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1021/ol3016447

• Intramolecular σ-Bond Metathesis Between Carbon–Carbon and Silicon-Silicon Bonds  
  
  Naoki Ishida, Wataru Ikemoto, Masahiro Murakami
  Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 3230-3232; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1021/ol301280u

• Atom- and Step-Economical Pathway to Chiral Benzobicyclo[2.2.2]octenones through Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage
  
  Lanto Liu, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 2485-2488; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201108446
  
  Selected as Synfact of the month, 2012, 8, 513. 

• Synthesis of 3,3-Disubstituted α-Tetralones by Rhodium-Catalysed Reaction of 1-(2-Haloaryl)cyclobutanols
  
  Naoki Ishida, Shota Sawano, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 1973-1975; (Communication)
  DOI: 10.1039/C2CC16907J

• Synthesis of Phenanthridinones and Phenathridine Derivatives through Palladium-Catalyzed Oxidative C-H Coupling of Benzanilides
  
  Naoki Ishida, Yuuta Nakanishi, Taisaku Moriya, Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Lett. 2011, 40, 1047-1049; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.2011.1047

• Synthesis of Pyridine-N-oxide–Borane Intramolecular Complexes by Palladium-Catalyzed Reaction of 2-Bromopyridine-N-oxides with Alkynyltriarylborates
  
  Naoki Ishida, Wataru Ikemoto, Narumi Mizuna, Masahiro Murakami
  Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 3008-3011; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1021/ol2008439
  
  Highlighted in Synfacts, 2011, 9, 1003. 

• Synthesis of Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands with Rigid Backbones and Application to the Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Intramolecular α-Arylation of Amides  
  
  Lantao Liu, Naoki Ishida, Shinji Ashida, Masahiro Murakami
  Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 1666-1669; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1021/ol200149s
  
  Highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal.
  Highlighted in Synfacts, 2011, 7, 752. 

• Synthesis of Pyridine-Borane Complexes via Electrophilic Aromatic Borylation   
  
  Naoki Ishida, Taisaku Moriya, Tsuyoshi Goya, Masahiro Murakami
  J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 8709-8712; (Note)
  DOI: 10.1021/jo101920p
  
  Highlighted in Synfacts, 2011, 3, 274. 

• Palladium-Catalyzed Allylation Reaction of Alkynylborates   
  
  Naoki Ishida, Tatsuo Shinmoto, Shota Sawano, Tomoya Miura, Masahiro Murakami
  Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2010, 83, 1380-1385; (Article)
  DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20100189
  
  Selected as "New Synthetic Methods" in J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn., 2011, 69, 623. 

• Hydrosilylation-Metathesis Sequence Leading to 1-Silaindenes   
  
  Takanori Matsuda, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Naoki Ishida, Masahiro Murakami
  Synlett 2010, 2743-2746; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258816
  
  Highlighted in Synfacts, 2011, 31. 

• Iterative Approach to Oligo(arylenevinylene)s Containing Tetrasubstituted Vinylene Units 
  
  Naoki Ishida, Yasuhiro Shimamoto, Masahiro Murakami
  Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 3179-3181; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1021/ol1011136
  
  Highlighted in Synfacts, 2010, 1173. 

• Stereoselective Synthesis of (E)-(Trisubstituted alkenyl)borinic Esters: Stereochemistry Reversed by Ligand in the Palladium-Catalyzed Reaction of Alkynylborates with Aryl Halides   
  
  Naoki Ishida, Yasuhiro Shimamoto, Masahiro Murakami
  Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 5434-5437; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1021/ol902278q

• Synthesis of Amine-Borane Intramolecular Complexes through Palladium-Catalyzed Rearrangement of Ammonioalkynyltriarylborates 
  
  Naoki Ishida, Mizuna Narumi, Masahiro Murakami
  Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 1279-1281; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1021/ol8001305

• Stereoselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted Alkenylboranes by Palladium-Catalysed Reaction of Alkynyltriarylborates with Aryl Halides  

 
Naoki Ishida, Tomoya Miura, Masahiro Murakami
Chem. Commun. 2007, 4381-4383; (Communication)
DOI: 10.1039/b710472c

• Synthesis of α-Amino Acid Derivatives by Nickel(0)-mediated Sequential Addition of Carbon Dioxide and Dibenzoyldiazene onto Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
   
  Masahiro Murakami, Naoki Ishida, Tomoya Miura
  Chem. Lett. 2007, 36, 476-477; (Letter)
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.2007.476

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