Papers:
G. F. J. Salgado, A. V. Struts, K. Tanaka, N. Fujioka, K. Nakanishi, M. F. Brown, Deuterium NMR Structure of Retinal in the Ground State of Rhodopsin, Biochemistry, 43, 12819-12828 (2004).
K. Tanaka, T. Kobayashi, H. Mori, S. Katsumura, Development of Highly Stereoselective Asymmetric 6π-Azaelectrocyclization of Conformationally Flexible Linear 1-Azatrienes. From Finding of Multi-Functional Chiral Amines, 7-Alkyl cis-1-Amino-2-indanols To Application as a New Synthetic Strategy; Formal Synthesis of 20-Epiuleine, J. Org. Chem., 69, 5906-5925 (2004).
N. Berova, M. Balaz, M. Giraud, A. Holmes, H. Ishii, H. Matsuda, K. Nakanishi, G. Pescitelli, G. Proni, K. Tanaka, Metalloporphyrin Sensors for Supramolecular Chiral Recognition: Chiroptical Study, J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 8, 347 (2004).
T. Kobayashi, K. Tanaka, J. Miwa, S. Katsumura, Synthesis of New Chiral Auxiliaries for 6π-Azaelectrocyclization: 4- and 7-Alkyl Substituted cis-1-Amino-2-indanols, Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 15, 185-188 (2004).
K. Tanaka, G. Pescitelli, L. Di Bari, T. L. Xiao, K. Nakanishi, D. W. Armstrong, N. Berova, Absolute Stereochemistry of Dihydroangelicines Bearing C-8 Substituted Double Bonds: A Combined Chemical/exciton Chirality Protocol, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2, 48-58 (2004).
K. Tanaka, K. Nakanishi, N. Berova, Absolute Stereochemistry of Allylic Alcohols, Amines and Other Ene Moieties: A Microscale Cross Metathesis / Exciton Chirality Protocol, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 10802-10803 (2003).
K. Tanaka, T. Hata, H. Hara, S. Katsumura, Development of New Wittig Reagent, Silylfuranmethylid, and its Reactivity, Tetrahedron, 59, 4945-4952 (2003).
K. Tanaka, S. Katsumura, Highly Stereoselective Asymmetric 6π-Azaelectrocyclization Utilizing the Novel 7-Alkyl Substituted cis-1-Amino-2-indanols: Formal Synthesis of 20-Epiuleine, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 9660-9661 (2002).
K. Tanaka, H. Mori, M.Yamamoto, S. Katsumura, Significant Acceleration of 6π-Azaelectrocyclization Resulting from a Remarkable Substituent Effect, and Formal Synthesis of the Ocular Age Pigment A2-E by a New Method for Substituted Pyridine Synthesis, J. Org. Chem., 66, 3099-3110 (2001).
K. Tanaka, S. Katsumura, Novel Synthesis of the Ocular Age Pigment A2-E: New Method for Substituted Pyridine Synthesis via Azaelectrocyclization, Org. Lett., 2, 373-375 (2000).
T. Hata, K. Tanaka, S. Katsumura, First Synthesis of (-)-Spongianolide A and Determination of its Absolute Structure, Tetrahedron Lett., 40, 1731-1734 (1999).
K. Tanaka, M. Kamatani, H. Mori, S. Fujii, K. Ikeda, M. Hisada, Y. Itagaki, S. Katsumura, The Inhibitory Mechanism of Bovine Pancreatic Phospholipase A2 by Aldehyde Terpenoids, Tetrahedron, 55, 1657-1686 (1999).
K. Tanaka, M. Kamatani, H. Mori, S. Fujii, K. Ikeda, M. Hisada, Y. Itagaki, S. Katsumura, Synthesis of a New Phospholipase A2 Inhibitor of an Aldehyde Terpenoid and its Possible Inhibitory Mechanism, Tetrahedron Lett., 39, 1185-1188 (1998).
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