| I. | Paper |
| 1 | Thermal [2+2]-Cycloaddition between Silyl Alkynes and Allenyl Phenols Followed by the Nucleophilic Addition of Water: Metal-Free and Economical Synthesis of Arylcyclobutenals Shohei Ohno#, Ramon Francisco Avena#, Hiroshi Aoyama, Hiromichi Fujioka, Mitsuhiro Arisawa* # Equal contribution Green Chem. 2020, 22, 1220-1228. DOI: 10.1039/C9GC04184B  |
| 2 | Absorption, Fluorescence, and Two-photon Excitation Ability of 5-Phenylisolidolo[2,1-a]quinolines Ramon Francisco Avena, Lin Qiao, Yuki Fujii, Kohei Otomo, Hirokazu Ishii, Takeyuki Suzuki, Hirofumi Tsujino, Tadayuki Uno, Yasuo Tsutsumi, Yusuke Kawashima, Tatsuya Takagi, Kenichi Murai, Tomoni Nemoto, Mitsuhiro Arisawa* ACS Omega 2020, 5, 2473–2479. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b04070   |
| 3 | Bitterness-Suppressing Effect of Umami Dipeptides and Their Constituent Amino Acids on Diphenhydramine: Evaluation by Gustatory Sensation and Taste Sensor Testing Takayoshi Okuno, Shiori Morimoto, Haruka Nishikawa, Tamami Haraguchi, Honami Kojima, Hirofumi Tsujino, Mitsuhiro Arisawa, Taku Yamashita, Junichi Nishikawa, Miyako Yoshida, Masaaki Habara, Hidekazu Ikezaki, Takahiro Uchida Chem. Pharm. Bull. 2020, 68, 234-243. DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c19-00736  |
| 4 | Design and Synthesis of 1,2-Deoxy-pyranose Derivatives of Spliceostatin A toward Prostate Cancer Treatment Yusuke Yoshikawa#, Airi Ishibashi#, Tsunayoshi Takehara, Takeyuki Suzuki, Kenichi Murai, Yasufumi Kaneda, Keisuke Nimura*, Mitsuhiro Arisawa* # Equal contribution ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2020, 11, 1310–1315. DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.0c00153  |
| 5 | Iridium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Cycloisomerization between Functionalized Alkyne with Aryl Vinyl Ether: Synthesis of 2-Vinyl-3-Functionalized Methyl-Benzofurans Jiawei Qiu, Shohei Ohno, Tsuyoshi Matsuzaki, Takeyuki Suzuki, Kenichi Murai, Mitsuhiro Arisawa* J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 10198-10205. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c00954  |
| 6 | Self-Assembled Multilayer Iron(0) Nanoparticle Catalyst for Ligand-Free Carbon–Carbon/Carbon–Nitrogen Bond-Forming Reactions Toshiki Akiyama, Yuki Wada, Makito Yamada, Yasunori Shio, Tetsuo Honma, Shuhei Shimoda, Kazuki Tsuruta, Yusuke Tamenori, Hitoshi Haneoka, Takeyuki Suzuki, Kazuo Harada, Hayato Tsurugi, Kazushi Mashima, Jun-ya Hasegawa, Yoshihiro Sato, Mitsuhiro Arisawa* Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 7244–7249. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c02574  |
| 7 | Selective Reduction of α,β-Unsaturated Weinreb Amides in the Presence of α,β-Unsaturated Esters Kenta Morita, Kenichi Murai, Mitsuhiro Arisawa, Hiromichi Fujioka Chem. Pharm. Bull. 2020, 68, 1100-1103. DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c20-00545  |
| 8 | Ring-opening 1,3-arylboration of arylcyclopropanes mediated by BCl3 Yuichi Kuboki, Mitsuhiro Arisawa, Kenichi Murai* RSC Adv. 2020, 10, 37797-37799. DOI: 10.1039/D0RA08151E  |
| Ⅱ. | Review |
| 1 | Recent Topics on Reusable Immobilized Iron Nanoparticle Pre-Catalysts Makito Yamada, Mitsuhiro Arisawa* Tetrahedron Lett. 2020, 61, 151422. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2019.151422  |
| 2 | Cyclizations of Benzo-Fused Substrates Involving Two Multiple Bonds, Including Heteroatom-Substituted Unsaturated Bonds Shohei Ohno, Mitsuhiro Arisawa* J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 6831–6843. (JOCSynopsis, Invited Cover Art) DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c00452  |
| Ⅲ. | Winning Prize |
| 1 | 2020年度 公益財団法人 長瀬科学技術振興財団 長瀬研究振興賞 有澤光弘教授が 2020年度公益財団法人 長瀬科学技術振興財団 長瀬研究振興賞を受賞しました。 https://www.nagase-f.or.jp/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/2020joseisha.pdf |
| 2 | 2020年度 公益財団法人 日本薬学会 化学系薬学部会賞 村井健一講師が公益財団法人 日本薬学会 化学系薬学部会賞を受賞しました。 「反応と合成の進歩2020特別企画シンポジウム」において、受賞講演があります。 https://chem.pharm.or.jp/awad/award_organic_chemistry/ |
