Publications

Original Papers

    1. “Room-Temperature Benzylic Alkylation of Benzylic Carbonates: Improvement of Palladium Catalyst and Mechanistic Study” Ryoichi Kuwano, Masashi Yokogi, Ken Sakai, Shigeyuki Masaoka, Takashi Miura, and Sungyong Won, Org. Process Res. Dev., 23 (8), 1568–1579 (2019). [link to journal article]
    2. “Ruthenium-Catalyzed Chemo- and Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Isoquinoline Carbocycles” Yushu Jin, Yusuke Makida, Tatsuya Uchida, and Ryoichi Kuwano, J. Org. Chem., 83 (7), 3829–3839 (2018). [link to journal article] 
    3. “Palladium-Catalyzed Benzylic Substitution of Benzyl Carbonates with Phosphorus Nucleophiles” Yusuke Makida, Kazumi Usui, Satoshi Ueno, and Ryoichi Kuwano, Chem. Lett., 46 (12), 1814–1817 (2017). [link to journal article] (Open Access)
    4. “Palladium-Catalyzed Decarboxylation of Benzyl Fluorobenzoates” Yusuke Makida, Yasutaka Matsumoto, and Ryoichi Kuwano, Synlett, 28 (19), 2573–2576 (2017). [link to journal article] (Highlighted in SYNFORM)
    5. “Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Azaindoles: Chemo- and Enantioselective Reduction of Fused Aromatic Ring Systems Consisting of Two Heteroarenes” Yusuke Makida, Masahiro Saita, Takahiro Kuramoto, Kentaro Ishizuka, and Ryoichi Kuwano, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 55 (39), 11859–11862 (2016). [link to journal article] (Highlighted in SYNFACT)
    6. “Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Isoxazolium Triflates with a Chiral Iridium Catalyst” Ryuhei Ikeda, and Ryoichi Kuwano, Chem. Eur. J., 22 (25), 8610–8618 (2016). [link to journal article]
    7. “Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Quinoline Carbocycles: Unusual Chemoselectivity in the Hydrogenation of Quinolines” Ryoichi Kuwano, Ryuhei Ikeda, and Kazuki Hirasada, Chem. Commun., 51, 7558–7561 (2015). [link to journal article]
    8. “Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Pyrimidines” Ryoichi Kuwano, Yuta Hashiguchi, Ryuhei Ikeda, and Kentaro Ishizuka, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54 (8), 2393–2396 (2015). [link to journal article]
    9. “An Improvement of the Palladium-Catalyzed [4+2] Cycloaddition of o-(Silylmethyl)benzyl Carbonates with Alkenes” Yushu Jin, Kentaro Ishizuka, and Ryoichi Kuwano, Synlett, 25 (17), 2488–2492 (2014). [link to journal article]
    10. “β-Amination of Saturated Nitriles through Palladium-catalyzed Dehydrogenation, 1,4-Addition, and Re-dehydrogenation”  Satoshi Ueno, Ryohei Maeda, Shohei Yasuoka, and Ryoichi Kuwano, Chem. Lett., 42 (1), 40–42 (2013). [link to journal article]
    11. “Synthesis of 4-Quinolones through Nickel-Catalyzed Intramolecular Amination on the β-Carbon of o-(N-Alkylamino)propiophenones”  Satoshi Ueno, Ryosuke Shimizu, Ryohei Maeda, and Ryoichi Kuwano, Synlett, 23 (11), 1639–1642 (2012). [link to journal article]
    12. “Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of 3-Substituted Benzisoxazoles”  Ryuhei Ikeda and Ryoichi Kuwano, Molecules, 17 (6), 6901–6915 (2012). [link to journal article] (invited)
    13. “Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Naphthalenes”  Ryoichi Kuwano, Ryuichi Morioka, Manabu Kashiwabara, and Nao Kameyama, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51 (17), 4136–4139 (2012). [link to journal article] (Selected as a VIP, Highlighted in SYNFORM, SYNFACT)
    14. “Intramolecular SN’-Type Aromatic Substitution of Benzylic Carbonates at their Para-Position”  Satoshi Ueno, Sadakazu Komiya, Takeshi Tanaka, and Ryoichi Kuwano, Org. Lett., 14 (1), 338–341 (2012). [link to journal article]
    15. “An Improvement of Nickel Catalyst for Cross-coupling Reaction of Arylboronic Acids with Aryl Carbonates by Using a Ferrocenyl Bisphosphine Ligand”  Ryoichi Kuwano and Ryosuke Shimizu, Chem. Lett., 40 (9), 913–915 (2011). [link to journal article]
    16. “Transformation of γ-Substituted Propanols to γ-Amino Alcohols through Nickel-Catalyzed Amination on the Terminal γ-Carbon of Propanols”  Satoshi Ueno, Kazumi Usui, and Ryoichi Kuwano, Synlett, (9), 1303–1307 (2011). [link to journal article]
    17. “Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of N-Boc-Imidazoles and Oxazoles”  Ryoichi Kuwano, Nao Kameyama, and Ryuhei Ikeda, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133 (19), 7312–7315 (2011). [link to journal article] (Highlighted in SYNFACT)
    18. “Palladium–Catalyzed [4+2] Cycloaddition of o-(Silylmethyl)benzyl Esters with Ketones: An Equivalent to oxo-Diels–Alder Reaction of o-Xylylenes”  Satoshi Ueno, Masakazu Ohtsubo, and Ryoichi Kuwano, Org. Lett., 12 (19), 4332–4334 (2010). [link to journal article]
    19. “Selective cine Substitution of 1-Arylethenyl Acetates with Arylboron Reagents and a Diene/Rhodium Catalyst”  Jung-Yi Yu, Ryosuke Shimizu, and Ryoichi Kuwano, Angew. Chem., 122 (36), 6540–6543 (2010) [link to journal article]; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49 (36), 6396–6399 (2010). [link to journal article]
    20. “Palladium-Catalyzed N-Arylation of Bis(ortho-substituted aryl)amines: an Efficient Method for Preparing Sterically Congested Triarylamines”  Ryoichi Kuwano, Yasuhiro Matsumoto, Takenori Shige, Takeshi Tanaka, Shinichi Soga, and Yasuaki Hanasaki, Synlett, (12), 1819–1824 (2010).[link to journal article]
    21. “[4+2] Cycloaddition of o-Xylylenes with Imines Using Palladium Catalyst”  Satoshi Ueno, Masakazu Ohtsubo, and Ryoichi Kuwano, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131 (36), 12904–12905 (2009).[link to journal article] (Highlighted in SYNFACT)
    22. “Rhodium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Organoboron Compounds with Vinyl Acetate”  Jung-Yi Yu and Ryoichi Kuwano, Angew. Chem., 121 (39), 7353–7356 (2009) [link to journal article]; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 48 (39), 7217–7220 (2009). [link to journal article]
    23. “Nickel-Catalyzed Formation of a Carbon–Nitrogen Bond at the β Position of Saturated Ketones”  Satoshi Ueno, Ryosuke Shimizu, and Ryoichi Kuwano, Angew. Chem., 121 (25), 4613–4615 (2009) [link to journal article]; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 48 (25), 4543–4545 (2009).[link to journal article] (Highlighted in SYNFACT)
    24. “Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Benzylic Carbonates with Organostannanes”  Masato Ohsumi and Ryoichi Kuwano, Chem. Lett., 37 (7), 796–797 (2008). [link to journal article]
    25. “Benzyl Protection of Phenols under Neutral Conditions: Palladium-Catalyzed Benzylations of Phenols”  Ryoichi Kuwano and Hiroki Kusano, Org. Lett., 10 (10), 1979–1982 (2008). [link to journal article]
    26. “Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling of Diarylmethyl Carbonates with Arylboronic Acids: A New Access to Triarylmethanes”  Jung-Yi Yu and Ryoichi Kuwano, Org. Lett., 10 (5), 973–976 (2008). [link to journal article]
    27. “Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of 2,3,5-Trisubstituted Pyrroles”  Ryoichi Kuwano, Manabu Kashiwabara, Masato Ohsumi, and Hiroki Kusano, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130 (3), 808–809 (2008). [link to journal article] Addition/Correction [link] (Highlighted in SYNFACT)
    28. “Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling of Benzylic Carbonates with Heteroarylboronic Acids”  Ryoichi Kuwano and Jung-Yi Yu, Heterocycles, 74 (1), 233–237 (2007). [link to journal article] (invited)
    29. “Bisindolylmaleimides with Large Stokes Shift and Long-Lasting Chemiluminescence Properties”  Manabu Nakazono, Shinkoh Nanbu, Akihiro Uesaki, Ryoichi Kuwano, Manabu Kashiwabara, and Kiyoshi Zaitsu, Org. Lett., 9 (18), 3583–3586 (2007). [link to journal article]
    30. “Use of Acetate as a Leaving Group in Palladium-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution of Benzylic Esters”  Masashi Yokogi and Ryoichi Kuwnao, Tetrahedron Lett., 48 (35), 6109–6112 (2007). [link to journal article]
    31. “Palladium-Catalyzed Formal [4+2] Cycloaddtion of o-Xylylenes with Olefins”  Ryoichi Kuwanoand Takenori Shige, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129 (13), 3802–3803 (2007). [link to journal article]
    32. “Palladium-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution of Diarylmethyl Carbonates with Malonate Carbanions”  Ryoichi Kuwano and Hiroki Kusano, Chem. Lett., 36 (4), 528–529 (2007). [link to journal article]
    33. “Ruthenium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of N-Boc-Indoles”  Ryoichi Kuwano and Manabu Kashiwabara, Org. Lett., 8 (12), 2653–2655 (2006). [link to journal article]
    34. “Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Indoles using a Rhodium Complex with a Chiral Bisphosphine Ligand PhTRAP”  Ryoichi Kuwano, Manabu Kashiwabara, Koji Sato, Takashi Ito, Kohei Kaneda, and Yoshihiko Ito, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 17 (4), 521–535 (2006). [link to journal article] (invited)
    35. “Cross-Coupling of Benzylic Acetates with Arylboronic Acids: One-Pot Transformation of Benzylic Alcohols to Diarylmethanes”  Ryoichi Kuwano and Masashi Yokogi, Chem. Commun., (47), 5899–5901 (2005). [link to journal article]
    36. “Asymmetric Carroll Rearrangement of Allyl α-Acetamido-β-ketocarboxylates Catalysed by a Chiral Palladium Complex”  Ryoichi Kuwano, Naoki Ishida, and Masahiro Murakami, Chem. Commun., (31), 3951–3952 (2005). [link to journal article]
    37. “Transformation of Carbonates into Sulfones at the Benzylic Position via Palladium-Catalyzed Benzylic Substitution”  Ryoichi Kuwano, Yutaka Kondo, and Tsuyoshi Shirahama, Org. Lett., 7(14), 2973–2975 (2005). [link to journal article]
    38. “Potassium Fluoride-induced 1,4-Elimination of o-[(Trimethylsilyl)methyl]benzyl Acetates: A Versatile Generation of o-Quinodimethanes”  Ryoichi Kuwano and Takenori Shige, Chem. Lett., 34 (5), 728–729 (2005). [link to journal article]
    39. “Suzuki−Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Benzylic Carbonates with Arylboronic Acids”  Ryoichi Kuwano and Masashi Yokogi, Org. Lett., 7 (5), 945–947 (2005). [link to journal article]
    40. “Palladium-Catalyzed Benzylation of Active Methine Compounds without Additional Base: Remarkable Effect of 1,5-Cyclooctadiene”  Ryoichi Kuwano and Yutaka Kondo, Org. Lett., 6(20), 3545–3547 (2004). [link to journal article]
    41. “Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral 3-Substituted Indolines by Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Indoles”  Ryoichi Kuwano, Kohei Kaneda, Takashi Ito, Koji Sato, Takashi Kurokawa, and Yoshihiko Ito, Org. Lett., 6 (13), 2213–2215 (2004). [link to journal article]
    42. “Palladium-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Benzylic Substitutions of Benzylic Esters”  Ryoichi Kuwano, Yutaka Kondo, and Yosuke Matsuyama, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125 (40), 12104–12105 (2003).[link to journal article]

Other Publications

    1. “Hydrogenation”  Yusuke Makida and Ryoichi Kuwano, Science of Synthesis; N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic Synthesis, 2016 (1), 261–283 (2016). [Link to Journal’s Site]
    2. “Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Heteroarenes and Arenes” Ryoichi Kuwano, Phosphorus Sulfur Relat. Elem., 190 (5–6), 715–719 (2015). [link to journal article]
    3. “Usage of the Carboxylate Leaving Group in Transition-metal-catalyzed Cross-coupling and Related Reactions”  Ryoichi Kuwano, J. Synth. Org. Chem., Jpn., 69 (11), 1263–1270 (2011). [Link to Journal Article]
    4. “Usage of Inactive Carboxylates in Cross-Coupling Reaction”  Ryoichi Kuwano, Shokubai, 53(5), 298–303 (2011). [Link to Journal’s Site] (in Japanese)
    5. “Cross-Coupling with Low Environmental Impact — Use of Carboxylate Esters in Cross-Coupling”  Ryoichi Kuwano, Kagaku (Kyoto, Japan), 66 (2), 64–65 (2011). [Link to Publisher’s Site] (in Japanese)
    6. “Biferrocene Ligands”  Ryoichi Kuwano, In “Chiral Ferrocenes in Asymmetric Catalysis,”  ed. by Li-Xin Dai and Xue-Long Hou, Wiley, Weinheim (2010), pp 283–305. [Link to Publisher’s Site]
    7. “Cross-Coupling Reactions with Organometallic Compounds Based on Activation of Inert Carbon–Oxygen Bonds”  Ryoichi Kuwano, Organometallic News, (1), 36–41 (2010). [Link to Journal’s Site] (in Japanese)
    8. “Tsuji-Trost Reaction: Palladium-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution Reaction of Allylic Esters”  Ryoichi Kuwano, Kagaku to Kyoiku, 57 (9), 408–409 (2009). [Link to Journal Article] (in Japanese)
    9. “Catalytic Transformations of Benzylic Carboxylates and Carbonates”  Ryoichi Kuwano, Synthesis, (7), 1049–1061 (2009). [Link to Journal Article]
    10. “Palladium-catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution of Benzylic Esters”  Ryoichi Kuwano, J. Synth. Org. Chem., Jpn., 67 (3), 219–228 (2009). [Link to Journal Article] (in Japanese)
    11. “Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of 5-Membered Heteroaromatics”  Ryoichi Kuwano, Heterocycles, 76 (2), 909–922. [Link to Journal Article]
    12. “Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Indoles”  Ryoichi Kuwano and Masaya Sawamura, In “Catalysts for Fine Chemical Synthesis, Volume 5: Regio- and Stereo- Controlled Oxidations and Reductions,”  ed. by Stanley M. Roberts and John Whittall, Wiley, Chichester (2007), pp 73–86. [Link to Publisher’s Site]
    13. “Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Heteroaromatic Compounds, Indoles”  Ryoichi Kuwano, J. Synth. Org. Chem., Jpn., 65 (2), 109–118 (2007). [Link to Journal Article] (in Japanese)
    14. “The Ultimate Coupling Partner for Organic Halides”  Ryoichi Kuwano, Organometallic News, (4), 144 (2006). [Link to Journal’s Site] (in Japanese)
    15. “Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Optically Active Amide without Asymmetric Carbon”  Ryoichi Kuwano, Kagaku (Kyoto, Japan), 60 (8), 65–66 (2005). [Link to Publisher’s Site] (in Japanese)

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