Publications
Publications
2025
Total Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Prealnumycin B
Kei Kitamura, Tatsuro Yoneyama, Masaaki Noji, Hiroto Kaku
Chem. Pharm. Bull., 2025, 73, 707-712. DOI:10.1248/cpb.c25-00299
Stereoselective Synthesis of Aromatic Polyketide Prealnumycin
Kei Kitamura, Taiki Yamasaki, Hiroto Kaku
Chem. Pharm. Bull., 2025, 73, 86-93. DOI:10.1248/cpb.c24-00781
2024
Iterative Assembly of Chiral Alcohols Utilizing CMMP-mediated Mitsunobu Reactions
Kei Kitamura, Saki Ise, Tetsuto Tsunoda, Hiroto Kaku
SYNTHESIS, 2024, 56, 161-170. DOI:10.1055/a-2175-1271
2023
Silica gel-mediated chemical degradation of dimeric pyranonaphthoquinones into their monomeric units
Chiharu Ozakai, Kei Kitamura, Hiroto Kaku
New J. Chem., 2023, 47, 11751-11754. DOI:10.1039/D3NJ01957H
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2022
Base-induced isomerization of red uroleuconaphins revisited: Characterization and absolute stereochemistry of the yellow aphid pigments uroleuconaphins A2 and B2
Chiharu Ozakai, Kei Kitamura, Mitsuyo Horikawa, Tetsuto Tsunoda, Hiroto Kaku
New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 16256-16259. DOI:10.1039/D2NJ02676G
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Strong acid-promoted skeletal remodeling of the aphid pigment: red uroleuconaphin to green viridaphin
Chiharu Ozakai, Kei Kitamura, Mitsuyo Horikawa, To-sho Hoshiyama, Akari Imamura, Tatsuro Yoneyama, Akemi Umeyama, Masaaki Noji, Tetsuto Tsunoda, Hiroto Kaku
New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 2600-2604. DOI:10.1039/D1NJ05261F
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2021
Synthesis of the Common Monomeric Unit of Uroleuconaphins and Viridaphins via Hauser–Kraus Annulation
Kei Kitamura, Hinano Kanagawa, Chiharu Ozakai, Taichi Nishimura, Hayato Tokuda, Tetsuto Tsunoda, Hiroto Kaku
SYNTHESIS, 2021, 53 (9), 1629-1635. DOI:10.1055/a-1334-6982
2020
Total Syntheses and Cytotoxic Evaluations of Cryptolactones A1, A2, B1, B2, and Their Derivatives
Makoto Inai, Yuki Oguri, Mitsuyo Horikawa, Hiroto Kaku, Shinya Suzuki, Kei Kitamura, Tetsuto Tsunoda
Chem. Pharm. Bull., 2020, 68 (4), 380-383. DOI:10.1248/cpb.c19-01114
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2019
Piperidine and Azetidine Formation by Direct Cyclization of Diols with N-Nonsubstituted Sulfonamide under the Mitsunobu Conditions Utilizing (Cyanomethylene)tributylphosphorane (CMBP) and Its Application to the Synthesis of Lupinine
Hiroto Kaku, Yuhei Sonoda, Hideyuki Hishida, Yuri Taniguchi, Akiko Kubo, Takumi Hamaguchi, Mitsuyo Horikawa, Makoto Inai, Kei Kitamura, Tetsuto Tsunoda
HETEROCYCLES, 2019, 98 (11), 1525-1535. DOI:10.3987/COM-19-14171