Akira Yanagisawa received his PhD from Nagoya University. He became an Assistant Professor of Nagoya University and an Associate Professor there. In 2001 he moved to Chiba University as a Full Professor. His research interests focus on the development of new synthetic methods using allylic organometallics such as allylic barium reagents and asymmetric synthesis including chiral phosphine·silver(I) complex-catalyzed asymmetric reactions as well as chiral organotin(IV)-catalyzed asymmetric reactions.
Kazuhiro Yoshida   Takumi Kamimura   Hiroshi Kuwabara   Akira Yanagisawa   
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 51(84) 15442-15445 2015年 [査読有り]
A diverse series of chiral bicyclic NHC/Ir complexes were prepared via a previously developed divergent synthesis of chiral imidazolium salts. Among the complexes, 8dz was found to be an excellent catalyst precursor for the Ir-catalyzed asymmetric...
Akira Yanagisawa   Ryoji Miyake   Kazuhiro Yoshida   
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2014(20) 4248-4253 2014年7月 [査読有り]
A catalytic asymmetric aldol reaction of alkenyl trihaloacetates or a gamma,delta-unsaturated delta-lactone with aldehydes or an alpha-keto ester was achieved by using a 2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthyl.silver trifluoromethanesulfonate ...
JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 79(9) 4231-4239 2014年5月 [査読有り]
The synthesis of substituted styrenes 3 and 3-vinylphenols 9 was achieved by ring-closing enyne metathesis (RCEM)/dehydration of 7 and RCEM/tautomerization of 8, respectively. Those methods provide selective access to unique aromatic compounds and...
Akira Yanagisawa   Yuqin Lin   Ryoji Miyake   Kazuhiro Yoshida   
ORGANIC LETTERS 16(1) 86-89 2014年1月 [査読有り]
A catalytic asymmetric Mannich-type reaction of alkenyl trichloroacetates with aldimines was achieved using SEGPHOS center dot AgOTf as the chiral precatalyst and N,N-diisopropylethylamine as the base precatalyst in the presence of 2,2,2-trifluoro...
The methods of asymmetric α-hydroxylation of carbonyl compounds and their equivalents, affording optically active α-hydroxy carbonyl compounds, are described here. First, enantioselective α-hydroxylation of preformed metal enolates and silyl enol ...
The demand for functionalized aromatic compounds is growing rapidly in many research fields. Therefore, the efficient synthesis of desired aromatic compounds is a critical issue in organic synthesis. In this account, we describe new synthetic appr...