"Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol Reactions of Thioamides: Toward a Stereocontrolled Synthesis of 1,3-Polyols"
Iwata, M.; Yazaki, R.; Suzuki, Y.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 18244. (DOI)

"Inventing and understanding catalytic, enantiosselective reactions"
Shibasaki, M.; Kumagai, N.; Mashiko, T. Curr. Opin. Drug Disc. Dev. 2009, 12, 862.

"Construction of Contiguous Tetrasubstituted Chiral Carbon Stereocenters via Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol Reaction of -Isothiocyanato Esters with Ketones"
Yoshino, T.; Morimoto, H.; Lu, G.; Matsunaga, S.; Shibasaki, M.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 17082. (DOI)

"Managing Highly Coordinative Substrates in Asymmetric Catalysis: A Catalytic Asymmetric Amination with a Lanthanum-Based Ternary Catalyst"
Mashiko , T.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 14990.(DOI)
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"anti-Selective Catalytic Asymmetric Nitroaldol Reaction via a Heterobimetallic Heterogeneous Catalyst"
Nitabaru, T.; Nojiri, A.; Kobayashi, M.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 13860.(DOI)

"Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Chiral Tertiary Organoboronic Esters through Conjugate Boration of β-Substituted Cyclic Enones"
Chen, I.; Yin, L.; Itano, W.; Kanai, M.; Shibasaki, M.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 11664. (DOI)

"Direct catalytic asymmetric aldol reaction of β-keto esters with formaldehyde promoted by a dinuclear Ni₂-Schiff base complex"
Mouri, S.; Chen, Z.; Matsunaga, S.; Shibasaki, M.
Chem Commun.. 2009, 5138. (DOI)

"Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of α -Alkylidene-β-hydroxy Esters via Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation Involving Ba-Catalyzed Direct Aldol Reaction"
Yamaguchi, A.; Matsunaga, S.; Shibasaki, M.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 10842. (DOI)

"Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Nitrogen-Containing gem-Bisphosphonates Using a Dinuclear Ni₂-Schiff Base Complex"
Kato, Y.; Chen, Z..; Matsunaga, S.; Shibasaki, M.
Synlett 2009, 48, 1635. (DOI)

"An alternative synthesis of Tamiflu®: a synthetic challenge and the identification of a ruthenium-catalyzed dihydroxylation route"
Yamatsugu, K.; Kanai, M.; Shibasaki, M.
Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 6017.(DOI)

"Nucleophile Generation via Decarboxylation: Asymmetric Construction of Contiguous Trisubstituted and Quaternary Stereocenters through a Cu(I)-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Mannich-Type Reaction"
Yin, L.; Kanai, M.; Shibasaki, M.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 9610..(DOI)

"A Homodinuclear Mn(III)₂-Schiff Base Complex for Catalytic Asymmetric 1,4-Additions of Oxindoles to Nitroalkenes."
Kato, Y.; Furutachi, M.; Chen, Z.; Mitsunuma, H.; Matsunaga, S.; Shibasaki, M.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 9168.(DOI)

"A Heterobimetallic Ga/Yb-Schiff Base Complex for Catalytic Asymmetric a-Addition of Isocyanides to Aldehydes ."
Mihara, H.; Xu, Y.; Shepherd, N. E.; Matsunaga, S.; Shibasaki, M.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 8384.(DOI)

"Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Mannich-Type Reaction of Thioamides."
Suzuki, Y.; Yazaki, R.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 5026.(DOI)

"Recent Progress in Asymmetric Bifunctional Catalysis Using Multimetallic Systems."
Shibasaki, M.; Kanai, M.; Matsunaga, S.; Kumagai, N.
Acc. Chem. Res. 2009, 42, 1117(DOI)

"Enantioselective Synthesis of SM-130686 Based on the Development of Asymmetric Cu(I)F Catalysis To Access 2-Oxindoles Containing a Tetrasubstituted Carbon."
Tomita, D.; Yamatsugu, K.; Kanai, M.; Shibasaki, M.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 6946. (DOI)

"Mixed La-Li heterobimetallic complexes for tertiary nitroaldol resolution."
Hara, K.; Tosaki, S.; Gnanadesikan, V.; Morimoto, H.; Harada, S.; Sugita, M.; Yamagiwa, N.; Matsunaga, S.; Shibasaki, M.
Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 5030. (DOI)

"Direct anti-Selective Catalytic Asymmetric Mannich-Type Reactions of a-Ketoanilides for the Synthesis of c-Amino Amides and Azetidine-2-amides"
Xu, Y; Lu, G.; Matsunaga, S.; Shibasaki, M.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 3353. (DOI)

"Two Methods for Catalytic Generation of Reactive Enolates Promoted by a Chiral Poly Gd Complex: Application to Catalytic Enantioselective Protonation Reactions."
Morita, M.; Drouin, L.; Motoki, R.; Kimura, Y.; Fujimori, I.; Kanai, M.; Shibasaki, M.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 3858. (DOI)

"Linking Structural Dynamics and Functional Diversity in Asymmetric Catalysis."
Nojiri, A.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 3779. (DOI)

"Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Addition of Allyl Cyanide to Ketones."
Yazaki, R.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 3195. (DOI)

"A Stable Homodinuclear Biscobalt(III)-Schiff Base Complex for Catalytic Asymmetric 1,4-Addition Reactions of b-Keto Esters to Alkynones."
Chen, Z.; Furutachi, M.; Kato, Y.; Matsunaga, S.; Shibasaki, M.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 2218. (DOI)

"Design and synthesis of immobilized Tamiflu analog on resin for affinity chromatography."
Kimura, Y.; Yamatsugu, K.; Kanai, M.; Echigo, N.; Kuzuhara, T.; Shibasaki, M.
Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 3205. (DOI)

"Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of 2,2-Disubstituted Oxetanes from Ketones by Using a One-Pot Sequential Addition of Sulfur Ylide."
Sone, T.; Lu, G.; Matsunaga, S.; Shibasaki, M.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 1677. (DOI)

"A Synthesis of Tamiflu by Using a Barium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Diels-Alder-Type Reaction"
Yamatsugu, K.; Yin, K.; Kamijo, S.; Kimura, Y.; Kanai, M.; Shibasaki, M.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 1070. (DOI)