INOUE
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2017/12/26

Satoshi Hashimoto (G5) received "The encouragement Award" at the The 59th Symposium of The Chemistry of Natural Products.
Title: "Total Synthesis of Resiniferatoxin"
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2017/11/30

Assistant Prof. Nagatomo received "The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for Young Scientists '18". Title: "Development of synthetic strategies for densely oxygenated natural products"
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2017/11/10

Our paper "Total Synthesis and Biological Mode of Action of WAP-8294A2: A Menaquinone-Targeting Antibiotic" was selected as ACS editors' choice. Jump from here

2017/11/1

Haruka Fujino (G4) received "Oral Presentation Award" at the 7th International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia (JICCEOCA-7). Title: "Unified Total Synthesis of Polyoxins J, L, and Fluorinated Analogues"

2017/7/21

Prof. Inoue has been awarded the Swiss Chemical Society Lectureship 2018. Jump from here

2017/7/13

Assistant Prof. Nagatomo received "Young Scientist's Research Award in Natural Product Chemistry". Title: "Development of synthetic strategies for densely functionalized natural product"
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2017/4/19

Our paper "Direct assembly of multiply oxygenated carbon chains by decarbonylative radical-radical coupling reactions" has been highlighted in Synfacts. Jump from here

2017/4/3

Our paper "Total Synthesis of Zaragozic Acid C: Implementation of Photochemical C(sp³)-H Acylation" was selected as SYNFACT of the Month. Jump from here.

2017/4/1

Lecturer Dr. Daisuke Urabe was promoted as a professor at the faculty of engineering in Toyama Prefectural University.

2017/3/30

Our paper "Total Synthesis and Functional Evaluation of Fourteen Stereoisomers of Yaku’amide B. Importance of Stereochemistry for Hydrophobicity and Cytotoxicity" was selected as 2016's most popular article. Jump from here.

2017/2/23

Radical-based C-C bond formation developed in this laboratory is taken up in "news and views" of Nature Chemistry. Jump from here

2016/11/21

Prof. Inoue has been appointed as an Associate Editor of The Journal of Organic Chemistry. Click here for more detail.

2016/11/8

Prof. Inoue received "Asian Core Program/Advanced Research Network Lectureship Award" at the 11th International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia (ICCEOCA-11).

2016/11/8

Koichi Hagiwara (G4) received "Poster Presentation Award" at the 6th Junior International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia (JICCEOCA-6). Title: "Synthetic Study of Puberline C"

2016/6/15

Akira Hirose (G1) received Student Presentation Award at the 71th Symposium of the The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Title: "Synthetic study of tigliane daphnane dipertenes"

2016/4/28

Total synthesis of Crotophorbolone by this laboratory is taken up in Organic Chemistry Portal. Jump from here

2016/4/11

Taroh Asaba (G5) received Student Presentation Award at the 136th Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. Title: "Unified synthesis of tigliane daphnane dipertenes"

2016/1/15

Our paper (T. Asaba, Y. Katoh, D. Urabe, M. Inoue "Total Synthesis of Crotophorbolone," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 12, 14457-14461.) has been highlighted in Synfacts.
Synfacts 2015, 12, 0002.
DOI:10.1055/s-0035-1560999

2015/12/20

Masaki Koshimizu (G4) received "Student Poster Competition Award" at The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies 2015 (Pacifichem 2015). Title: "Unified total synthesis of ryanoids"

2015/12/15

Satoshi Hashimoto (G3) received "The Best Poster Presentation Award" at The 40th Synposium on Progress in Organic Reactions and Syntheses. Title: "Synthetic study on resiniferatoxin"

2015/11/6

Komei Sakata (G4) received "Outstanding Oral Presentation Award" at the 5th Junior International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia (JICCEOCA-5). Title: "Synthetic Study of Batrachotoxin"

2015/6/5

The movie Prof. Inoue lectured in Lectureship Award MBLA 10th Anniversary Special Lectures performed at Nihon University on March 29 was exhibited.

2015/4/10

Tomoya Ymashita (G5) received Student Presentation Award at the 135th Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. Title: "Total Synthesis of Bogorol A"

2015/2/27

Our paper (J. Mao, T. Kuranaga, H. Hamamoto, K. Sekimizu, M. Inoue "Rational Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Lactam-Bridged Gramicidin A Analogues: Discovery of a Low-Hemolytic Antibacterial Peptide" ChemMedChem 2015, 10, 540-545.) has been placed on the back cover of ChemMedChem.
DOI:10.1002/cmdc.201402473

2015/1/28

Prof. Inoue has been named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

2014/12/6

Taro Asaba (G4) received "Best Poster Presentation Award" at the 4th Junior International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia (JICCEOCA-4). Title: "Total Synthesis of Crotophorbolone

2014/12/6

Taro Asaba (G4) received "The Best Oral Presentation Award" at the 40th Synposium on Progress in Organic Reactions and Syntheses. Title: "Total Synthesis of Crotophorbolone"

2014/12/3

Lecturer Daisuke Urabe received The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for Young Scientists '15.

2014/11/10

Kengo Masuda (G4) received "The encouragement Award" at the The 56th Symposium of The Chemistry of Natural Products . Title: "Asymmetric Total Synthesis of (+)-Ryanodine"

2013/4/14

Student Presentation Award at the 134 th Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan.(14 Apr 2014)
Yuuki Amaoka (G5) "Development of Photochemically Induced C(sp³)-H Alkenylation"
Taro Asaba (G3) "A Study toward Total Synthesis of Crotophorbolone"
Takuya Kaji (G2) "Synthetic Studies on Batrachotoxin"
Komei Sakata (G2) "Synthetic Studies on Batrachotoxin"
Koichi Hagiwara (G1) "Synthetic Study of Puberuline C"
Atsushi Hayata (G1) "Synthesis and functional control of polytheonamide　mimic"

2013/12/3

HLecturer Daisuke Urabe received Thieme Chemistry Journal Award 2014.

2013/11/30

Hidenori Todoroki (G4) received "The Best Oral Presentation Award" at the 3rd ACP Junior Symposium. Title: "Synthetic Study of 4-Hydroxyzinowol"

2013/10/2

Professor Masayuki Inoue received Mukaiyama Award Year 2014.

2012/4/28

Hiroki Yamaguchi (former member, G2) received Student Presentation Award at the 132 th Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. Title: "Application of α-Alkoxy Bridgehead Radical for Coupling of Oxygenated Carbocycles"

2012/4/28

Hiroki Yamaguchi (former member, G2) received Student Presentation Award at the 132 th Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. Title: "Application of α-Alkoxy Bridgehead Radical for Coupling of Oxygenated Carbocycles"

2012/4/1

Dr. Nagatomo has been promoted to assistant professor.

2012/3/31

Dr. Kamijo has moved to Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University.

2011/12/9

Our paper (D. Urabe, H. Yamaguchi, M. Inoue "Application of α-Alkoxy Bridgehead Radical for Coupling of Oxygenated Carbocycles" Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 4778-4781.) has been highlighted in Synfacts.
Synfacts 2011, 1347. DOI:10.1055/s-0031-1289352

2011/12/9

Our paper (D. Urabe, H. Yamaguchi, M. Inoue "Application of α-Alkoxy Bridgehead Radical for Coupling of Oxygenated Carbocycles" Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 4778-4781.) has been highlighted in Synfacts.
Synfacts 2011, 1347. DOI:10.1055/s-0031-1289352

2011/12/7

Dr. Shin Kamijo received Incentive Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan. Research subject: "Development of Novel Synthetic Reactions via Selective Bond Cleavage as a Key Process." The award ceremony and award lecture will be held after the annual meeting '12 of The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (2012/2/17).

2011/10/18

Dr. Matsuoka has moved to Graduate School of Science, Osaka University.

2010/11/29

Dr. Shigeru Matsuoka received The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for Young Scientists '11. Research subject: "Solid-State NMR-Based Structural Analyses of Complexes Between Natural Products and Their Target Sites." The award ceremony and award lecture will be held during the 131st annual meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. PSJ Website

2010/9/1

"Total synthesis of the large non-ribosomal peptide polytheonamide B" Nature Chem. 2010, 2, 280-285. has been highlighted in the following articles and website:
C. J. Forsyth, "Marine natural products: Totally tubular peptide synthesis," Nature Chem. 2010, 2, 252-254.
C. Ducho, "Convergence Leads to Success: Total Synthesis of the Complex Nonribosomal Peptide Polytheonamide B," Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 5034-5036.
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