"Enantioselective synthesis of α,α-disubstituted α-amino acids via direct catalytic asymmetric addition of acetonitrile to α-iminoesters"
Lin, S.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2016, 14, 9725.

"Nucleophilic and Electrophilic Activation of Non-Heteroaromatic Amides in Atom-Economical Asymmetric Catalysis"
Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 15192.

"Synthesis of Androprostamine A and Resormycin"
Abe, H.; Yamazaki, Y.; Sakashita, C.; Momose, I.; Watanabe, T.; Shibasaki, M.
Chem. Pharm. Bull. 2016, 64, 982.

"A Career in Catalysis: Masakatsu Shibasaki"
Kumagai, N.; Kanai, M.; Sasai, H.
ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 4699.

"Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of CPZEN-45"
Takeuchi, T.; Abe, H.; Watanabe, T.; Shibasaki, M.
Tetrahedron Lett. 2016, 57, 2901.

"Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Mannich-Type Reaction of Alkylamides"
Arteaga, F. A.; Liu, Z.; Brewitz, L.; Chen, J.; Sun, B.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 2391. Highlighted in Synfacts 2016, 12, 835.

"Preparation of Nd/Na heterogeneous catalyst from bench-stable and inexpensive Nd salt for an anti-selective catalytic asymmetric nitroaldol reaction"
Nonoyama, A.; Hashimoto, K.; Saito, A.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
Tetrahedron Lett. 2016, 57, 1815.

"Electrophilic Activation of α,β-Unsaturated Amides: Catalytic Asymmetric Vinylogous Conjugate Addition of Unsaturated γ-Butyrolactones"
Zhang, M.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 5525.

"Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Mannich-type Reaction of α,β-Unsaturated γ-Butyrolactam with Ketimines"
Lin, S.; Kumagai, N.; Shibasaki, M.
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 3296. Highlighted in Synfacts 2016, 12 493.

"Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of key intermediate for scytophycin C"
Cui, J.; Watanabe, T.; Shibasaki, M.
Tetrahedron Lett. 2016, 57, 446.