"Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Intramolecular Conjugate Addition of Thioamide to α,β-Unsaturated Ester"
Suzuki, Y.; Yazaki, R.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 11998.

"A simplified catalytic system for direct catalytic asymmetric aldol reaction of thioamides; application to an enantioselective synthesis of atorvastatin"
Kawato, Y.; Iwata, M.; Yazaki, R.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 6539.

"Asymmetric Synthesis of Isothiazoles through Cu Catalysis: Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Allyl Cyanide to α,β-Unstaurated Thioamides"
Yanagida, Y.; Yazaki, R.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 7910.

"La/Ag Heterobimetallic Cooperative Catalysis: A Catalytic Asymmetric Conia-Ene Reaction"
Matsuzawa, A.; Mashiko, T.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 7616. Highlighted in Synfacts 2011, 7, 1222.

"A Facile Pathway to Enantiomerically Enriched 3-Hydroxy-2-Oxindoles: Asymmetric Intramolecular Arylation of α-Keto Amides Catalyzed by a Palladium-DifluorPhos Complex"
Yin, L.; Kanai, M.; Shibasaki, M.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 7620. Highlighted in Synfacts 2011, 7, 1219.

"Cooperative Activation of Alkyne and Thioamide Functionalities; Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Terminal Alkynes to α,β-Unsaturated Thioamides"
Yazaki, R.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
Chem. Asian J. 2011, 6, 1778.

"Recent Advances in Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Transformations under Proton-Transfer Conditions"
Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 4760.

"Stereodivergent Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Mannich-Type Reactions of α-Isothiocyanato Ester with Ketimines"
Lu, G.; Yoshino, T.; Morimoto, H.; Matsunaga, S.; Shibasaki, M.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 4382.

"Catalytic Asymmetric Ring-Opening of meso-Aziridines with Malonates under Heterodinuclear Rare Earth Metal Schiff Base Catalysis"
Xu, Y.; Lin, L.; Kanai, M.; Matsunaga, S.; Shibasaki, M.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 5791.

"Direct Catalytic Enantio- and Diastereoselective Aldol Reaction of Thioamides"
Iwata, M.; Yazaki, R.; Chen, I.; Sureshkumar, D.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 5554. Highlighted in Synfacts 2011, 7, 649.

"Recent Development in Synthetic Strategies for Oseltamivir Phosphate"
Shibasaki, M.; Kanai, M.; Yamatsugu, K.
Isr. J. Chem. 2011, 51, 316.

"Enantioselective Synthesis of a GPR40 Agonist AMG 837 via Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Terminal Alkyne to α,β-Unsaturated Thioamide"
Yazaki, R.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 952. Highlighted in Synfacts 2011, 7, 586.

"Catalytic Asymmetric Hydroxylation of α-Alkoxycarbonyl Amides with a Pr(OiPr)₃/Amide-Based Ligand Catalyst"
Takechi, S.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 2140.

"Catalytic Asymmetric Amination of N-Nonsubstituted α-Alkoxycarbonyl Amides: Concise Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Mycestericin F and G"
Berhal, F.; Takechi, S.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 1915.

"Development of Atom-Economical Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions Under Proton Transfer Conditions: Construction of Tetrasubstituted Stereogenic Centers and Their Application to Therapeutics"
Kumagai, N.
Chem. Pharm. Bull. 2011, 59, 1.