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Researcher information
Ryoichi Kuwano Last modified date:2012.8.30

Professor / Interdisciplinary Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Sciences


Graduate School
Undergraduate School
Other Organization
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E-Mail
Homepage
http://www.scc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/Yuki/e_molcat/.
Phone
092-642-2572
Academic Degree
Ph D. (Eng) from Kyoto University
Field of Specialization
Organic Chemistry
Research
Research Interests
  • Stereocontroll of Nitrogen Chirality
    keyword : Palladium, Nitrogen Chirality
    2003.04.
  • Catalytic Reactions through (eta3-benzyl)palladium
    keyword : palladium, catalytic reaction, organic synthesis, benzylation
    2002.10.
  • Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Heteroaromatics
    keyword : catalytic asymmetric reaction, indole, catalytic asymmetric synthesis, rhodium
    1996.04.
Academic Activities
Reports
1. Ryoichi Kuwano,Catalytic Transformations of Benzylic Carboxylates and Carbonates.,(7), 1049-1061.,Synthesis,2009.04.
2. Palladium-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution of Benzylic Esters.
Ryoichi Kuwano
Yuki Gosei Kagaku Kyokaishi 2009, 67 (3), 119-128..
3. Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Heteroaromatic Compounds, Indoles.
Ryoichi Kuwano
Yuki Gosei Kagaku Kyokaishi 2007, 65 (2), 109-118..
Papers
1. Ryoichi Kuwano, Yoshihiko Ito,Catalytic Asymmetric Allylation of Prochiral Nucleophiles, alpha-Acetamido-beta-ketoesters.,J. Am. Chem. Soc.,121, 3236-3237.,1999.04.
2. Ryoichi Kuwano, Koji Sato, Takashi Kurokawa, Daisuke Karube, Yoshihiko Ito,Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Heteroaromatic Compounds, Indoles.,J. Am. Chem. Soc.,Vol.122,No.31,pp.7614-7615,2000.08.
3. Ryoichi Kuwano, Yutaka Kondo, Yosuke Matsuyama,Palladium-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Benzylic Substitutions of Benzylic Esters.,J. Am. Chem. Soc.,Vol.125,No.40,pp.12104-12105,2003.10.
4. Ryoichi Kuwano, Takenori Shige,Palladium-Catalyzed Formal [4+2] Cycloaddtion of o-Xylylenes with Olefins,J. Am. Chem. Soc.,Vol.129,No.13,pp.3802-3803,2007.04.
5. Ryoichi Kuwano, Manabu Kashiwabara, Masato Ohsumi, Hiroki Kusano,Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of 2,3,5-Trisubstituted Pyrroles.,J. Am. Chem. Soc.,Vol.130,No.3,pp.808-809,2008.01.
6. Jung-Yi Yu, Ryoichi Kuwano,Rhodium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Organoboron Compounds with Vinyl Acetate,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,Vol.48,No.39,pp.7217–7220,2009.09.
7. Ryoichi Kuwano, Nao Kameyama, Ryuhei Ikeda,Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of N-Boc-Imidazoles and Oxazoles,J. Am. Chem. Soc.,Vol.133,No.19,pp.7312-7315,2011.05.
8. Ryoichi Kuwano, Ryuichi Morioka, Manabu Kashiwabara, Nao Kameyama,Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Naphthalenes,Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,Vol.51,No.17,pp.4136-4139,2012.04.
Presentations
1. A New Access to Optically Active Heterocycles: Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Heteroaromatics
Ryoichi Kuwano
The 23rd Seminar on Synthetic Organic Chemistry.
2. Palladium-Catalyzed Formal [4+2] Cycloaddtion of o-Xylylenes with Dienophiles
Ryoichi Kuwano, Takenori Shige
50th Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry, Japan.
3. Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Heteroaromatics, Indoles
Ryoichi Kuwano
Pacifichem 2005.
Membership in Academic Society
  • Catalysis Society of Japan
  • Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry
  • The Chemical Society of Japan
  • The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
  • The Kinki Chemical Society, Japan
  • The American Chemical Society
Awards
  • Catalytic Transformations of Benzylic Esters
  • Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Heteroaromatics