Kentaro Takagi

Professor of Organic Chemistry

Lecturer of Liberal Arts & Science, Okayama University (1974-1976)
Associate Professor of Liberal Arts & Science, Okayama University (1976-1989)
Postdoctoral fellow at Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University (1980-1981)
Visiting Researcher at Department of Chemistry, Purdue University (1988)
Professor of Liberal Arts & Science, Okayama University (1989-1994)
Professor of Chemistry Department, Okayama University (1994-)

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Studies on the Catalytic Organic Transformations
Studies on the Synthesis and the Application to Organic Synthesis of Funtionalized Organometallic Compounds

1. Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Biaryls from Arylzinc Compounds Using N-Chlorosuccinimide or Oxygen as an Oxidant
   Hossain, M. K.; Kameyama, T.; Shibata, T.; Takagi, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2001, 74, 2415.

2. Iridium Complex Catalyzed Carbonylative Alkyne-Alkyne Coupling for the Synthesis of Cyclopentadienones
   Shibata, T.; Yamashita, K.; Ishida, H.; Takagi, K. Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 1217.

3. New Synthetic Method of Biaryls from Arylzinc Iodides Using N-Chlorosuccinimide and a Catalytic Amount of Palladium
   Hossain, K. M.; Shibata, T.; Takagi, K. Synlett 2000, 1137

4. Iridium-Chiral Diphosphine Complex Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective Pauson-Khand Type Reaction
   Shibata, T.; Takagi, K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 9852.

5. Nucleophilic Additions of Arylzinc Compounds to Aldehydes Mediated by CrCl3: Efficient and Facile Synthesis of FunctionalizedBenzhydrols, (3H)-Isobenzofuranones, Benzyl Alcohols, or Diaryl Ketones
   Ogawa, Y.; Saiga, A.; Mori, M.; Shibata, T.; Takagi, K. J. Org. Chem. 2000, 65, 3001.