THE MATSUDA RESEARCH GROUP Department of Applied Chemistry
Tokyo University of Science

• Regio- and Enantioconvergent Hydroallylation of Acrylates Enabled by γ-Silyl-Substituted Allyl Acetates
  Hirotsugu Suzuki, Ryoichi Nihikawa, Yuki Sato, Kaisei Sekino, and Takanori Matsuda
  Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202425256; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.202425256
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• Rhodium-Catalyzed Decarbonylative Intramolecular Arylation of 2-(1H-Indole-1-carbonyl)benzoic Acids
  Hirotsugu Suzuki, Yosuke Takemura, and Takanori Matsuda
  Synlett 2024, 35, 2037–2041; (Communication) DOI: 10.1055/a-2278-5797
  




• Modular Synthesis of 3,3-Disubstituted Oxindoles from Nitrones and Acrylic Acids
  Hirotsugu Suzuki, Kaisei Sekino, Sora Kondo, Ryo Minamikawa, and Takanori Matsuda
  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2024, 22, 6282–6287; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00964A
  




• Palladium-Catalyzed anti-Michael-Type Hydroamination of N-(Quinolin-8-yl)acrylamide with 2-Pyridones
  Hirotsugu Suzuki, Soma Yamanokuchi, Ryota Moro, and Takanori Matsuda
  Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 6444–6448; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c02234
  




• Palladium-Catalyzed anti-Michael-Type (Hetero)arylation of Acrylamides
  Hirotsugu Suzuki, Ryota Moro, and Takanori Matsuda
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 13697–13702; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c00841
  




• Rhodium-Catalysed Additive-Free Alkoxycarbonylation of Indoles: 2,4,6-Trimethylbenzoic Acid-Based Carbonate Anhydrides as a Versatile Alkoxycarboxyl Source
  Hirotsugu Suzuki, Yuki Ito, Kentaro Yabe, Yosuke Takemura, and Takanori Matsuda
  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2024, 22, 3209–3214; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00205A
  




• Rhodium-Catalysed Additive-Free Carbonylation of Benzamides with Diethyl Dicarbonate as a Carbonyl Source
  Hirotsugu Suzuki, Seigo Kiyobe, and Takanori Matsuda
  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2024, 22, 2744–2748; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00059E
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• Rhodium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Acylation of 2-(Indol-1-yl)benzoic Acids under Redox-Neutral Conditions
  Hirotsugu Suzuki, Yosuke Takemura, and Takanori Matsuda
  Synlett 2023, 34, 1894–1898; (Communication) DOI: 10.1055/a-2088-9106
  




• Diastereo- and Enantioselective Reductive Mannich-type Reaction of α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids to Ketimines: A Direct Entry to Unprotected β^2,3,3-Amino Acids
  Hirotsugu Suzuki, Sora Kondo, Koichiro Yamada, and Takanori Matsuda
  Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202202575; (Article) DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202575
  

• Rhodium-Catalyzed C6-Selective Alkoxycarbonylation of Pyridones
  Hirotsugu Suzuki, Yuki Ito, and Takanori Matsuda
  Chem. Lett. 2022, 51, 775–777; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.220194
  




• Rhodium-Catalysed Decarbonylative C(sp²)–H Alkylation of Indolines with Alkyl Carboxylic Acids and Carboxylic Anhydrides under Redox-Neutral Conditions
  Hirotsugu Suzuki, Yuya Kawai, Yosuke Takemura, and Takanori Matsuda
  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2022, 20, 2808–2812; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/D2OB00249C
  




• Rhodium-Catalyzed C(sp²)–H Alkoxycarbonylation/Acylation of Indolines with Anhydrides as a Carbonyl Source
  Hirotsugu Suzuki, Fumito Sasamori, and Takanori Matsuda
  Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 1141–1145; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c04195
  




• Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Reductive Aldol Reaction of α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids to Ketones: Silanes as Activator and Transient Protecting Group
  Hirotsugu Suzuki, Kenji Yoneoka, Sora Kondo, and Takanori Matsuda
  Chem. Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202104273; (Article) DOI: 10.1002/chem.202104273
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• Rhodium-Catalyzed Additive-Free C–H Ethoxycarbonylation of (Hetero)Arenes with Diethyl Dicarbonate as a CO Surrogate
  Hirotsugu Suzuki, Yumeng Liao, Yuya Kawai, and Takanori Matsuda
  Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 4938–4942; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202100956
  

• Dealkoxylation of N-Alkoxyamides without an External Reductant Driven by Pd/Al Cooperative Catalysis
  Hirotsugu Suzuki, Takahiro Shiomi, Kenji Yoneoka, and Takanori Matsuda
  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2020, 18, 7545–7548; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/D0OB01815E
  




• Synthesis of Unsymmetrical Benzils via Palladium-Catalysed α-Arylation–Oxidation of 2-Hydroxyacetophenones with Aryl Bromides
  Takanori Matsuda and Souta Oyama
  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2020, 18, 3679–3683; (Article) DOI: 10.1039/D0OB00575D

  




• Ruthenium-Catalysed Cyclisation Reactions of 1,11-Dien-6-ynes Leading to Biindenes
  Takanori Matsuda and Naoto Yonekubo
  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2020, 18, 1760–1764; (Article) DOI: 10.1039/D0OB00179A
  




• Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Arylative Annulation of β-Alkynyl Ketones for Preparation of Fused Aromatics
  Takanori Matsuda, Takashi Izutsu, and Masaru Hashimoto
  Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 306–310; (Article) DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201901481
  

• Synthesis of Fused and Linked Benzofurans from 2-Alkynylphenol Derivatives through Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Domino-Type Addition Reactions
  Takanori Matsuda, Shinya Abe, Hirotaka Ito, Tomoya Tsuboi, Haruki Kirikae, and Masahiro Murakami
  Chimia 2018, 72, 888–891; (Article) DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2018.888
  




• Silver-Catalyzed Ring-Opening [3 + 2] Annulation of Cyclopropenones with Amides
  Takanori Matsuda, Yuki Tabata, and Hirotsugu Suzuki
  New J. Chem. 2018, 42, 19178–19182; (Article) DOI: 10.1039/C8NJ04579H
  




• Synthesis of Indole-Fused Heteroacenes by Cascade Cyclisation Involving Rhodium(II)-Catalysed Intramolecular C–H Amination
  Takanori Matsuda and Hirotaka Ito
  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2018, 16, 6703–6707; (Article) DOI: 10.1039/C8OB01837E
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• Synthesis of Trisubstituted 1,3-Oxazin-6-ones via Base-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Annulation of Cyclopropenones with N-(Pivaloyloxy)amides
  Takanori Matsuda, Kentaro Yamanaka, Yuki Tabata, and Takahiro Shiomi
  Tetrahedron Lett. 2018, 59, 1458–1460; (Communication) DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2018.02.084
  




• Palladium-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Coupling of Cyclobutenols with Aryl Halides
  Takanori Matsuda, Takeshi Matsumoto, and Akira Murakami
  Synlett 2018, 29, 754–758; (Communication) DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1589117
  

• Rh-Catalyzed Carbonylation of (2-Pyridylmethylene)cyclobutanes
  Takanori Matsuda, Keisuke Fukuhara, Naoto Yonekubo, and Souta Oyama
  Chem. Lett. 2017, 46, 1721–1723; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.170830
  

• Rhodium(I)-Catalysed Skeletal Reorganisation of Benzofused Spiro[3.3]heptanes via Consecutive Carbon–Carbon Bond Cleavages
  Takanori Matsuda, Itaru Yuihara, and Kazuki Kondo
  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 7024–7027; (Article) DOI: 10.1039/C6OB01344A
  




• Rhodium-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of 2-Alkynyl-N′-arylidenebenzohydrazides through exo-Carboamination
  Takanori Matsuda and Yoshiya Matsuda
  Asian J. Org. Chem. 2016, 5, 891–894; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201600155
  




• Rhodium(I)-Catalysed Intermolecular Alkyne Insertion into (2-Pyridylmethylene)cyclobutenes
  Takanori Matsuda and Takeshi Matsumoto
  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 5023–5027; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/C6OB00734A
  




• Ruthenium-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of 2,2′-Diethynylbiphenyls Involving Cleavage of a Carbon–Carbon Triple Bond
  Takanori Matsuda, Kotaro Kato, Tsuyoshi Goya, Shingo Shimada, and Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 1941–1943; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504937
  

• Oxidative Cyclization of Dialdehydes with Alcohols and 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds under Rh(III)/Cu(II) Conditions
  Takanori Matsuda, Kentaro Suzuki, Shinya Abe, Haruki Kirikae, and Noboru Okada
  Tetrahedron 2015, 71, 9264–9270; (Article) DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2015.10.034
  




• Reactions of Three-Membered Ring Compounds
  Takanori Matsuda
  In Cleavage of Carbon–Carbon Single Bonds by Transition Metals; Murakami, M.; Chatani, N. Eds.; Wiley-VCH: 2015; Chapter 2, pp 35–88; (Book chapter) DOI: 10.1002/9783527680092.ch2
  



• Reactions of Four-Membered Ring Compounds
  Takanori Matsuda
  In Cleavage of Carbon–Carbon Single Bonds by Transition Metals; Murakami, M.; Chatani, N. Eds.; Wiley-VCH: 2015; Chapter 3, pp 89–118; (Book chapter) DOI: 10.1002/9783527680092.ch3
  




• Rhodium-Catalyzed Addition/Spirocyclization of Arylboronic Esters Containing β-Aryl α,β-Unsaturated Ester Moiety
  Takanori Matsuda, Satoshi Yasuoka, Shoichi Watanuki, and Keisuke Fukuhara
  Synlett 2015, 26, 1233–1237; (Communication) DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1378691
  




• Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cyclotrimerization of Diynes with Maleic Anhydrides as Alkyne Equivalents
  Takanori Matsuda and Kentaro Suzuki
  Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 3032–3035; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201500252
  




• A Rhodium(I)-Catalysed Formal Intramolecular C–C/C–H Bond Metathesis
  Takanori Matsuda and Itaru Yuihara
  Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 7393–7396; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/C5CC01415H
  




• Synthesis of 2-Acyl-1-naphthols by Gold-Catalyzed Oxidative Cyclization of 2-Alkenylphenyl Alkynyl Ketones
  Takanori Matsuda, Yahiro Nishida, Kentaro Yamanaka, and Yusuke Sakurai
  Tetrahedron 2015, 71, 869–874; (Article) DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2014.12.041
  




• Rhodium-Catalysed Arylative Annulation of 1,4-Enynes with Arylboronic Acids
  Takanori Matsuda and Shoichi Watanuki
  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 13, 702–705; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/C4OB02210F
  

• Rhodium(III)-Catalysed Decarbonylative Coupling of Maleic Anhydrides with Alkynes
  Takanori Matsuda and Kentaro Suzuki
  RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 37138–37141; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/C4RA06452F
  




• Rhodium-Catalyzed Arylation of Acylsilanes with Sodium Tetraarylborates
  Takanori Matsuda, Kohei Mizuno, and Shoichi Watanuki
  J. Organomet. Chem. 2014, 765, 64–67; (Communication) DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2014.05.005
  




• Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Indoles from 1-Alkylidene-2-arylhydrazines and Alkynes via C–H and N–N Bond Cleavages
  Takanori Matsuda and Yuki Tomaru
  Tetrahedron Lett. 2014, 55, 3302–3304; (Communication) DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.04.016
  




• Gold(I)-Catalyzed Ring-Expanding Spiroannulation of Cyclopropenones with Enynes
  Takanori Matsuda and Yusuke Sakurai
  J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 2739–2745; (Note) DOI: 10.1021/jo500045n
  




• Cyclobutene Ring Opening Reactions
  Masahiro Murakami and Takanori Matsuda
  In Comprehensive Organic Synthesis II; Knochel, P.; Molander, G. A. Eds.; Elsevier: 2014; Volume 5, Chapter 16, pp 732–782; (Book chapter) DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-097742-3.00517-6
  

• Rhodium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Alkenyl Halides with Arylboron Compounds
  Takanori Matsuda, Kentaro Suzuki, and Norio Miura
  Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 3396–3400; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201300482
  




• Synthesis of Heterocycles via X–H Bond Addition to Diynes
  Takanori Matsuda
  In Transition-Metal-Mediated Aromatic Ring Construction; Tanaka, K. Ed.; John Wiley & Sons: 2013; Chapter 20, pp 537–547; (Book chapter) DOI: 10.1002/9781118629871.ch20
  




• Palladium-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Alkynylation of Cyclopropenones
  Takanori Matsuda and Yusuke Sakurai
  Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 4219–4222; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201300220
  




• 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, and Masahiro Murakami
  Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 6492–6495; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201300570
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• Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Benzenes via Rhodium(I)-Catalysed Ring-Opening Benzannulation of Cyclobutenols with Alkynes
  Takanori Matsuda and Norio Miura
  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2013, 11, 3424–3427; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/C3OB40436F
  




• Synthesis of Dibenzoheteropines of Group 13–16 Elements via Ring-Closing Metathesis
  Takanori Matsuda and Shinya Sato
  J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 3329–3335; (Article) DOI: 10.1021/jo4001993
  




• Synthesis of Phthalazinones via Palladium(II)-Catalysed Intramolecular Oxidative C–H/C–H Cross-Coupling of N′-Methylenebenzohydrazides
  Takanori Matsuda, Yuki Tomaru, and Yoshiya Matsuda
  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2013, 11, 2084–2087; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/C3OB40195B
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• Rhodium-Catalysed Intramolecular trans-Bis-Silylation of Alkynes to Synthesise 3-Silyl-1-benzosiloles
  Takanori Matsuda and Yoichiro Ichioka
  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 3175–3177; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/C2OB25242B
  




• Double 1,4-Rhodium Migration Cascade in Rhodium-Catalysed Arylative Ring-Opening/Spirocyclisation of (3-Arylcyclobutylidene)acetates
  Takanori Matsuda, Yuya Suda, and Akira Takahashi
  Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 2988–2990; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18098G
  

• Rhodium-Catalyzed Double 1,4-Addition of Arylboronic Acids to β-Aryloxyacrylates Involving β-Oxygen Elimination
  Takanori Matsuda, Shigeru Shiose, and Yuya Suda
  Adv. Synth. Catal. 2011, 353, 1923–1926; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201100253
  




• Homocoupling of Arylboronic Acids Catalyzed by Simple Gold Salts
  Takanori Matsuda, Taro Asai, Shigeru Shiose, and Kotaro Kato
  Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 4779–4781; (Communication) DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.07.030
  




• Palladium-Catalyzed Hydrometalation and Bismetalation of Biphenylene
  Takanori Matsuda and Haruki Kirikae
  Organometallics 2011, 30, 3923–3925; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/om200436d
  




• Gold-Catalysed Alkenyl- and Arylsilylation Reactions Forming 1-Silaindenes
  Takanori Matsuda, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Masanori Shigeno, Shinya Sato, and Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 8697–8699; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/C1CC12457A
  




• Synthesis of Siloles via Rhodium-Catalyzed Cyclization of Alkynes and Diynes with Hexamethyldisilane
  Takanori Matsuda, Yuya Suda, and Yosuke Fujisaki
  Synlett 2011, 813–816; (Communication) DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259914
  


Below is a list of publication on research at Kyoto University.


• Synthesis of Pyrenes by Twofold Hydroarylation of 2,6-Dialkynylbiphenyls
  Takanori Matsuda, Taisaku Moriya, Tsuyoshi Goya, and Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Lett. 2011, 40, 40–41; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2011.40
  




• Metal-Catalysed Cleavage of Carbon–Carbon Bonds
  Masahiro Murakami and Takanori Matsuda
  Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 1100–1105; (Review) DOI: 10.1039/C0CC02566F
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• Hydrosilylation–Metathesis Sequence Leading to 1-Silaindenes
  Takanori Matsuda, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Naoki Ishida, and Masahiro Murakami
  Synlett 2010, 2743–2746; (Communication) DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258816
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• Ruthenium-Catalyzed trans-Hydrogermylation of Alkynes: Formation of 2,5-Disubstituted Germoles through Double trans-Hydrogermylation of 1,3-Diynes
  Takanori Matsuda, Sho Kadowaki, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, and Masahiro Murakami
  Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 1056–1058; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol1000445
  

• Palladium-Catalyzed Sequential Carbon–Carbon Bond Cleavage/Formation Producing Arylated Benzolactones
  Takanori Matsuda, Masanori Shigeno, and Masahiro Murakami
  Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 5219–5221; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol802218a
  




• Gold-Catalysed Intramolecular trans-Allylsilylation of Alkynes Forming 3-Allyl-1-silaindenes
  Takanori Matsuda, Sho Kadowaki, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, and Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Commun. 2008, 2744–2746; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/B804721A
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• Synthesis of Silole Skeletons via Metathesis Reactions
  Takanori Matsuda, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, and Masahiro Murakami
  Synlett 2008, 561–564; (Communication) DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1032096
  

• Rhodium-Catalyzed Carbonylation of Spiropentanes
  Takanori Matsuda, Tomoya Tsuboi, and Masahiro Murakami
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 12596–12597; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja0732779
  




• Asymmetric Synthesis of 3,4-Dihydrocoumarins by Rhodium-Catalyzed Reaction of 3-(2-Hydroxyphenyl)cyclobutanones
  Takanori Matsuda, Masanori Shigeno, and Masahiro Murakami
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 12086–12087; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja075141g
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• Ruthenium-Catalysed Double trans-Hydrosilylation of 1,4-Diarylbuta-1,3-diynes Leading to 2,5-Diarylsiloles
  Takanori Matsuda, Sho Kadowaki, and Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Commun. 2007, 2627–2629; (Communication) DOI: 10.1039/B703397D
  




• Rhodium-Catalyzed Reactions of Cyclobutanones with Alcohols and Amines Forming Esters and Amides
  Takanori Matsuda, Masanori Shigeno, Yohei Maruyama, and Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Lett. 2007, 36, 744–745; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2007.744
  




• Synthesis of Silafluorenes by Iridium-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition of Silicon-Bridged Diynes with Alkynes
  Takanori Matsuda, Sho Kadowaki, Tsuyoshi Goya, and Masahiro Murakami
  Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 133–136; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol062732n
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• C–E Bond Formation through Element–Element Addition to Carbon–Carbon Multiple Bonds
  Michinori Suginome, Takanori Matsuda, Toshimichi Ohmura, Atsushi Seki, Masahiro Murakami
  In Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III; Crabtree, R. H.; Mingos, D. M. P. Eds.; Elsevier: 2007; Vol. 10, pp 725–787; (Book chapter) DOI: 10.1016/B0-08-045047-4/00138-2
  

• Construction of Carbon Frameworks through β-Carbon Elimination Mediated by Transition Metals
  Masahiro Murakami, Masaomi Makino, Shinji Ashida, and Takanori Matsuda
  Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2006, 79, 1315–1321; (Account) DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.79.1315




• Synthesis of 3-Acyl-4-alkenylpyrrolidines by Platinum-Catalyzed Hydrative Cyclization of Allenynes
  Takanaori Matsuda, Sho Kadowaki, and Masahiro Murakami
  Helv. Chim. Acta 2006, 89, 1672–1680; (Article) DOI: 10.1002/hlca.200690165
  




• Two-Carbon Ring Expansion of Cyclobutanone Skeletons by Nickel-Catalyzed Intermolecular Alkyne Insertion
  Masahiro Murakami, Shinji Ashida, and Takanori Matsuda
  Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 7540–7546; (Article) DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2006.03.118
  




• Enantioselective C–C Bond Cleavage Creating Chiral Quaternary Carbon Centers
  Takanaori Matsuda, Masanori Shigeno, Masaomi Makino, and Masahiro Murakami
  Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 3379–3381; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol061359g
  




• Torque Control by Metal-Orbital Interactions
  Masahiro Murakami, Yasufumi Miyamoto, Munehiro Hasegawa, Ippei Usui, and Takanori Matsuda
  Pure Appl. Chem. 2006, 78, 415–423; (Proceeding) DOI: 10.1351/pac200678020415




• Eight-Membered Ring Construction by [4+2+2] Annulation Involving β-Carbon Elimination
  Masahiro Murakami, Shinji Ashida, and Takanori Matsuda
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 2166–2167; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja0552895
  




• A Direct Entry to Bicyclic Cyclobutenes via Platinum-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of Allenynes
  Takanori Matsuda, Sho Kadowaki, Tsuyoshi Goya, and Masahiro Murakami
  Synlett 2006, 575–578; (Communication) DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-932482
  




• Activation of a Cyclobutanone Carbon–Carbon Bond over an Aldehyde Carbon–Hydrogen Bond in the Rhodium-Catalyzed Decarbonylation
  Takanori Matsuda, Masanori Shigeno, and Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Lett. 2006, 35, 288–289; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2006.288
  

• Synthesis of 1H-Inden-1-ol Derivatives via Rhodium-Catalyzed Annulation of o-Acylphenylboronic Acids with Alkynes
  Takanori Matsuda, Masaomi Makino, and Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Lett. 2005, 34, 1416–1417; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2005.1416
  




• Molybdenum-Catalyzed Ring-Closing Metathesis of Allenynes
  Masahiro Murakami, Sho Kadowaki, and Takanori Matsuda
  Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 3953–3956; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol0514348
  




• Addition/Ring-Opening Reaction of Organoboronic Acids to Cyclobutanones Catalyzed by Rhodium(I)/P(t-Bu)₃ Complex
  Takanori Matsuda, Masaomi Makino, and Masahiro Murakami
  Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2005, 78, 1528–1533; (Article) DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.78.1528
  




• Synthesis of Seven-Membered Ring Ketones by Arylative Ring-Expansion of Alkyne-Substituted Cyclobutanones
  Takanori Matsuda, Masaomi Makino, and Masahiro Murakami
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 4608–4611; (Communication) DOI: 10.1002/anie.200500799
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• Nickel-Catalyzed Intermolecular Alkyne Insertion into Cyclobutanones
  Masahiro Murakami, Shinji Ashida, and Takanori Matsuda
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 6932–6933; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja050674f
  




• Acids Direct 2-Styrylcyclobutanone into Two Distinctly Different Reaction Pathways
  Masahiro Murakami, Sho Kadowaki, Atsushi Fujimoto, Mitsuru Ishibashi, and Takanori Matsuda
  Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 2059–2061; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol0506922
  




• Contrasteric Stereochemical Dictation of the Cyclobutene Ring-Opening Reaction by a Vacant Boron p Orbital
  Masahiro Murakami, Ippei Usui, Munehiro Hasegawa, and Takanori Matsuda
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 1366–1367; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja043979n
  

• Dramatic Effects of Boryl Substituents on Thermal Ring-Closing Reaction of Vinylallenes
  Masahiro Murakami, Shinji Ashida, and Takanori Matsuda
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 10838–10839; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja046429y
  




• Eight-Membered Ring Formation via Olefin Insertion into a Carbon–Carbon Single Bond
  Takanori Matsuda, Atsushi Fujimoto, Mitsuru Ishibashi, and Masahiro Murakami
  Chem. Lett. 2004, 33, 876–877; (Communication) DOI: 10.1246/cl.2004.876
  




• Stereoselective Synthesis of (Z)-1-Silyl-2-stannylethene by Palladium-Catalyzed Silastannation of Ethyne and Its Synthetic Transformations
  Masahiro Murakami, Takanori Matsuda, Kenichiro Itami, Shinji Ashida, and Miki Terayama
  Synthesis 2004, 1522–1526; (Article) DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-822405
  




• Rhodium-Catalyzed Addition/Ring-Opening Reaction of Arylboronic Acids with Cyclobutanones
  Takanori Matsuda, Masaomi Makino, and Masahiro Murakami
  Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 1257–1259; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol049833a
  




• Cycloadditions of Allenes
  Masahiro Murakami and Takanori Matsuda
  In Modern Allene Chemistry; Klause, N., Hashmi, A. S. K., Eds.; Wiley-VCH: 2004; Chapter 12, pp 7277–815; (Book chapter) DOI: 10.1002/9783527619573.ch12
  

• Nickel-Catalyzed Silaboration of Small-Ring Vinylcycloalkanes: Regio- and Stereoselective (E)-Allylsilane Formation via C–C Bond Cleavage
  Michinori Suginome, Takanori Matsuda, Takayo Yoshimoto, and Yoshihiko Ito
  Organometallics 2002, 21, 1537–1539; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/om020007k
  

• Palladium- and Platinum-Catalyzed Silaboration of Methylenecyclopropanes through Selective Proximal or Distal C–C Bond Cleavage
  Michinori Suginome, Takanori Matsuda, and Yoshihiko Ito
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 11015–11016; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja002885k
  




• Convenient Preparation of Silylboranes
  Michinori Suginome, Takanori Matsuda, and Yoshihiko Ito
  Organometallics 2000, 19, 4647–4649; (Note) DOI: 10.1021/om000254t
  

• Stereoselective 1,4-Silaboration of 1,3-Dienes Catalyzed by Nickel Complexes
  Michinori Suginome, Takanori Matsuda, Takayo Yoshimoto, and Yoshihiko Ito
  Org. Lett. 1999, 1, 1567–1569; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ol990908y
  




• Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of (Z)-β-Silylalkenylboranes by Silaboration of Alkynes Catalyzed by Palladium and Platinum Complexes
  Michinori Suginome, Takanori Matsuda, Hiroshi Nakamura, and Yoshihiko Ito
  Tetrahedron 1999, 55, 8787–8900; (Article) DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00444-5
  

• Nickel-Catalyzed Silaborative Dimerization of Alkynes
  Michinori Suginome, Takanori Matsuda, and Yoshihiko Ito
  Organometallics 1998, 17, 5233–5235; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/om9807250
  




• Platinum-Catalyzed Silaborative Coupling of 1,3-Dienes to Aldehydes: Regio- and Stereoselective Allylation with Dienes through Allylic Platinum Intermediates
  Michinori Suginome, Hiroshi Nakamura, Takanori Matsuda, and Yoshihiko Ito
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 4248–4249; (Communication) DOI: 10.1021/ja980373o