(75) “Cyclopropenes for the Stepwise Synthesis of 1,2,4,5-Tetraarylbenzenes via 1,4-Cyclohexadienes”
Kishida, S.; Takano, M.; Sekiya, T.; Ukaji, Y.; Endo, K.*
J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 14833–14839.
(74) “Semireduction of Alkynes Using Formic Acid with Reusable Pd-Catalysts”
Iwasaki, R.; Tanaka, E.; Ichihashi, T.; Idemoto, Y.; Endo, K.*
J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 13574–13579.
(73) “Development of Neighboring Electrophilic Activation of Active Center in Catalytic Reactions via Organometallic Intermediates”
Endo, K.*
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2017, 90, 649–661.
(72) “Silver-Catalyzed Allylation of Ketones and Intramolecular Cyclization through Carbene Intermediates from Cyclopropenes Under Ambient Conditions”
Nakano, T.; Endo, K.*; Ukaji, Y.
Chem. Asian J. 2016, 11, 713–721.
(71) “(Z)-Selective Enol Triflation of a-Alkoxyacetoaldehydes: Application to Synthesis of (Z)-Allylic Alcohols via Cross-Coupling Reaction and [1,2]-Wittig Rearrangement”
Kurosawa, F.; Nakano, T.; Soeta, T.; Endo, K.; Ukaji, Y.*
J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 5696–5703.
(70) “Copper(I)-Catalyzed Carbometalation of Nonfunctionalized Cyclopropenes Using Organozinc and Grignard Reagents”
Nakano, T.; Endo, K.*; Ukaji, Y.
(69) “Regioselective Introduction of Substituents to the meso-Position of Pyrromethenone Derivative – Application to the Synthesis of Sterically Fixed Phytochrome Chromophore Anchored to the C15 meso-Position”
Tanaka, Y.; Iwamoto, R.; Sakata, R.; Soeta, T.; Endo, K.; Fujinami, S.; Inomata, K.; Ukaji, Y.*
Heterocycles 2015, 90, 883–892.
(68) “One-Pot Cross-Coupling of Diborylmethane for the Synthesis of Dithienylmethane Derivatives”
Endo, K.*; Ishioka, T.; Shibata, T.*
highlighted by Synfacts 2014, 1265.
(67) “Highly Chemo-, Enantio-, and Regioselective Synthesis of α,α-Disubstituted Furanones via Cu-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition”
Endo, K.*; Yakeishi, S.; Takayama, R.; Shibata, T.*
Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 8893–8897.
highlighted by Synfacts 2014, 1043.
(66) “Catalytic Tandem C–C Bond Formation/Cleavage of Cyclopropene for Allylzincation of Aldehydes or Aldimine Using Organozinc Reagents”
Nakano, T.; Endo, K.*; Ukaji, Y.
Org. Lett. 2014, 16, 1418–1421.
(65) “Stereoselective Synthesis of (2Z,4E)-2,4-pentadien-1-ols via Sequential 1,4-Elimination Reaction and [1,2]-Wittig Rearrangement Starting from (E)-4-Alkoxy-2-butenyl Benzoates”
Nakano, T.; Soeta, T.; Endo, K.; Inomata, K.; Ukaji, Y.*
J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 12654–12661.
(64) “Silver(I) Oxide-Promoted Cross-Coupling Reaction of (Diborylmethyl)trimethylsilane”
Endo, K.*; Kurosawa, F.; Ukaji, Y.
Chem. Lett. 2013, 42, 1363–1365.
(63) “Chemoselective Carbozincation of Cyclopropene for C–C Bond Formation and Cleavage in a Single Operation”
Endo, K.*; Nakano, T.; Fujinami, S.; Ukaji, Y.
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 6514–6518.
(62) “Magnesium-Tartramide Complex Mediated Asymmetric Strecker-Type Reaction of Nitrones Using Cyanohydrin”
Sakai, T.; Soeta, T.; Endo, K.; Fujinami, S.; Ukaji, Y.*
Org. Lett. 2013, 15, 2422–2425.
(61) “BINAM-mono-PHOS as New Entry for Multinuclear Cu-Catalysts in Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Organozinc Reagents”
Endo, K.*; Takayama, R.; Shibata, T.*
highlighted by Synfacts 2013, 959.
(60) “Functionalized BINOL-mono-PHOS for Multinuclear Cu-Catalysts in Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Organozinc Reagents”
Endo, K.*; Yakeishi, S.; Hamada, D.; Shibata, T.*
Chem. Lett. 2013, 42, 547–549.
(59) “Effect of Multinuclear Cu/Al-Complexes in Highly Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Trimethylaluminum to Acyclic Enones”
Endo, K.*; Hamada, D.; Yakeishi, S.; Shibata, T.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 606–610.
highlighted by Synfacts 2013, 299.
(58) “Facile Synthesis of Cyclic Polyphenylenes by Consecutive Inter- and Intramolecular Cycloadditions of ortho-, meta-, and para-Phenylene-Tethered Triynes”
Shibata, T.*; Fujimoto, M.; Hirashima, H.; Chiba, T.; Endo, K.
Synthesis 2012, 44, 3269–3284.
(57) “Cationic iridium-catalyzed enantioselective activation of secondary sp3 C–H bond adjacent to nitrogen atom”
Pan, S.; Matsuo, Y.; Endo, K.; Shibata, T.*
Tetrahedron 2012, 68, 9009–9015.
(56) “One-Pot Synthesis of Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical Diarylmethanes via Diborylmethane”
Endo, K.*; Ishioka, T.; Ohkubo, T.; Shibata, T.*
J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 7223–7231.
Featured Article.
(55) “Cross Coupling between sp3-Carbon and sp3-Carbon Using a Diborylmethane Derivative at Room Temperature”
Endo, K.*; Ohkubo, T.; Ishioka, T.; Shibata, T.*
J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 4826–4831.
(54) “Multinuclear Cu-Catalysts Based on SPINOL-PHOS in Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Organozinc Reagents”
Endo, K.*; Hamada, D.; Yakeishi, S.; Ogawa, M.; Shibata, T.*
Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 2342–2345.
highlighted by Synfacts 2012, 878.
(53) “Detour and Direct Induction of Methyl-Containing Chiral Centers via Catalytic C–H or C–C Bond Formation”
Kohei Endo*, Takanori Shibata*
Synthesis 2012, 44, 1427–1452.
(52) “Ru-catalyzed β-selective and enantioselective addition of amines to styrenes initiated by direct arene-exchange”
Otsuka, M.; Yokoyama, H.; Endo, K.; Shibata, T.*
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 3815–3818.
highlighted by Synfacts 2012, 881.
(51) “Enantioselective synthesis of tripodal cyclophanes and pyridinophanes by intramolecular [2+2+2] cycloaddition”
Shibata, T.*; Miyoshi, M.; Uchiyama, T.; Endo, K.; Miura, N.; Monde, K.
Tetrahedron 2012, 68, 2679–2686.
highlighted by Synfacts 2012, 494.
(50) “Ir(I)-Catalyzed Intermolecular Regio- and Enantioselective Hydroamination of Alkenes with Heteroaromatic Amines”
Pan, S.; Endo, K.; Shibata, T.*
(49) “Asymmetric ortho-lithiation of 1,n-dioxa[n]paracyclophane derivatives for the generation of planar chirality”
Kanda, K.; Hamanaka, R.; Endo, K.; Shibata, T.*
Tetrahedron 2012, 68, 1407–1416.
(48) “Highly enantioselective synthesis of silahelicenes using Ir-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloaddition”
Shibata, T.*; Uchiyama, T.; Yoshinami, Y.; Takayasu, S.; Tsuchikama, K.; Endo, K.
Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 1311–1313. 
(47) “Stereoselective Synthesis of Allylsilanes Bearing Tetrasubstituted Olefin via 2,2-Diborylethylsilane”
Endo, K.*; Sakamoto, A.; Ohkubo, T.; Shibata, T.*
Chem. Lett. 2011, 40, 1440–1442.
(46) “Cationic Ir(I)-Catalyzed sp3 C-H Bond Alkenylation of Ureas with Alkynes for the Synthesis of 2,3-Disubstituted Indoles”
Shibata, T.*; Hirashima, H.; Kasagawa, M.; Tsuchikama, K.; Endo, K.
(45) “Ir(I)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Secondary sp3 C-H Bond Activation of 2-(Alkylamino)pyridines with Alkenes”
Pan, S.; Endo, K.; Shibata, T.*
Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 4692–4695.
(44) “Ir(III)-Catalyzed Room-Temperature Synthesis of Multisubstituted Benzofurans Initiatedby C-H Activation of α-Aryloxy Ketones”
Shibata, T.*; Hashimoto, Y.; Otsuka, M.; Tsuchikama, K.; Endo, K.
(43) “Regioselective Addition of Various Heteronucleophiles to (Styrene)Cr(CO)3 Complexes”
Otsuka, M.; Endo, K.; Shibata, T.*
Organometallics 2011, 30, 3683–3685.
(42) “Chemoselective Suzuki Coupling of Diborylmethane for Facile Syntesis of Benzylboronates”
Endo, K.*; Ohkubo, T.; Shibata, T.*
Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 3368–3371.
highlighted by Synfacts 2011, 1000.
(41) “Chiral Rh- and Ir-catalyzed intramolecular cycloaddition of hexaynes for the construction of new chiral skeletons”
Shibata, T.*; Chiba, T.; Hirashima, H.; Ueno, Y.; Endo, K.
Heteroatom. Chem. 2011, 22, 363–370.
(40) “Multinuclear Pd/Zn Complex-Catalyzed Asymmetric Alkylative Ring-Opening Reaction of Oxabicyclic Alkenes”
Endo, K.*; Tanaka, K.; Ogawa, M.; Shibata, T.*
(39) “Enantioselective construction of new chiral cyclic scaffolds using [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition”
Shibata, T.*; Uchiyama, T.; Hirashima, H.; Endo, K.
Pure Appl. Chem. 2011, 83, 597–605.
(38) “Facile Catalytic SNAr Reaction of Nonactivated Fluoroarenes with Amines Using h6-Benzene Ru(II) Complex”
Otsuka, M.; Yokoyama, H.; Endo, K.; Shibata, T.*
(37) “Chemoselective and Regiospecific Suzuki Coupling on a Multisubstituted sp3-Carbon in 1,1-Diborylalkanes at Room Temperature”
Endo, K.*; Ohkubo, T.; Hirokami, M.; Shibata, T.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 11033–11035.
(36) “Stereoselective Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Alkenylboronates via 1,1-Organodiboronates”
Endo, K.*; Hirokami, M.; Shibata, T.*
J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 3469–3472.
highlighted by Synfacts 2010, 852.
(35) “Enantioselective Intermolecular [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Dienynes for the Construction of Adjacent Three Chiral Centers”
Shibata, T.*; Otomo, M; Endo, K.
(34) “Enantioselective Synthesis of Planar-Chiral [1,n]-dioxa[n]paracyclophanes via Catalytic Asymmetric Ortho-Lithiation”
Kanda, K.; Endo, K.; Shibata, T.*
Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 1980–1983.
highlighted by Synfacts 2010, 777.
(33) “Multinuclear Catalyst for Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Conjugate Addition of Organozinc Reagents”
Endo, K.*; Ogawa, M.; Shibata, T.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 2410–2413.
highlighted by Synfacts, 2010, 679.
(32) “Sequential Catalytic Reactions for the Synthesis of Benzofulvenes Using an Iridium Complex with Dual Function”
Tsuchikama, K.; Kasagawa, M.; Endo, K.; Shibata, T.*
highlighted by Synfacts 2010, 294.
(31) “Catalytic SNAr reaction of non-activated fluoroarenes with amines via Ru-η6-arene complexes”
Otsuka, M.; Endo, K.; Shibata, T.*
Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 336–338.
(30) “Iridium-Catalyzed Selective Synthesis of 4-Substituted Benzofurans and Indoles via Directed Cyclodehydration”
Tsuchikama, K.; Hashimoto, Y.; Endo, K.; Shibata, T.*
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2009, 17, 2850–2854.
highlighted by Synfacts 2010, 153.
(29) “The First Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Tetraphenylenes by Consecutive Inter- and Intramolecular Cycloadditions of Two Triynes”
Shibata, T.*; Chiba, T.; Hirashima, H.; Ueno, Y.; Endo, K.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 8066–8069; Selected as VIP.
Highlighted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 672–674.
(28) “Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Tripodal Cage Compounds by [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Branched Triynes”
Shibata, T.*; Uchiyama, T.; Endo, K.
Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 3906–3908.
highlighted by Synfacts 2009, 1364.
(27) “Synthesis of Ethyl 2-Ethanoyl-2-methyl-3-phenylbut- 3-enoate”
Fujimoto, T.; Endo, K.; Nakamura, M.; Nakamura, E.*
Org. Synth. 2009, 86, 325–332.
(26) “Synthesis of 1,1-Organodiboronates via RhICl-Catalyzed Sequential Hydroboration of 1-Alkynes”
Endo, K.*; Hirokami, M.; Shibata, T.*
(25) “Indium-Catalyzed [1 + n] Annulation Reaction between β-Ketoester and α,ω-Diyne”
Tsuji, H.*; Tanaka, I.; Endo, K.; Yamagata, K.-i.; Nakamura, M.; Nakamura, E.*
Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 1845–1847.
(24) “Cationic Ir(I)-Catalyzed sp3 C–H Bond Alkenylation of Amides with Alkynes”
Tsuchikama, K.; Kasagawa, M.; Endo, K.; Shibata, T.*
Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 1824–1826.
highlighted by Synfacts 2009, 782.
(23) “The first Sonogashira Coupling for the enantioselective generation of planar chirality in cyclophanes”
Kanda, K.; Koike, T.; Endo, K.; Shibata, T.*
Chem. Commun. 2009, 1870–1872.
(22) “Efficient Formation of Ring Structures Utilizing Multisite Activation by Indium Catalysis”
Ito, Y.; Yamagata, K.-i.; Tsuji, H.; Endo, K.; Nakamura, M.; Nakamura, E.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 17161–17167.
(21) “DMAP-Accelerated RhICl-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Vinylarenes”
Endo, K.*; Hirokami, M.; Takeuchi, K.; Shibata, T.*
(20) “Cationic iridium-BINAP complex-catalyzed addition of aryl ketones to alkynes and alkenes via directed C-H bond cleavage”
Tsuchikama, K.; Kasagawa, M.; Hashimoto, Y.; Endo, K.; Shibata, T.*
J. Organomet. Chem. 2008, 693, 3939–3942.
(19) “Highly diastereo- and enantioselective construction of both central and axial chiralities by Rh-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloaddition”
Shibata, T.*; Otomo, M.; Tahara, Y.; Endo, K.
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2008, 6, 4296–4298.
(18) “Counteranion-Accelerated RhIOAc-Catalyzed Hydroboration of Vinylarenes”
Endo, K.*; Hirokami, M.; Shibata, T.*
Organometallics 2008, 27, 5390–5393.
(17) “RhI-catalyzed Aldol-type Reaction of Organonitriles Under Mild Conditions”
Goto, A.; Endo, K.; Ukai, Y.; Irle, S.; Saito, S.*
Chem. Commun. 2008, 2212–2214.
(16) “RhI-catalyzed Hydration of Organonitriles Under Ambient Conditions”
Goto, A.; Endo, K.; Saito, S.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 3607–3609, chosen as a Hot Paper.
highlighted by Synfacts, 2008, 747.
(15) “Construction of Chiral Quaternary Carbon Center by Indium-Catalyzed Asymmetric α-Alkenylation of β-Ketoesters”
Fujimoto, T.; Endo, K.; Tsuji, H.; Nakamura, M.*; Nakamura, E.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 4492–4496.
(14) “Stereoselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted E-Iodoalkenes by Indium-catalyzed syn-Addition of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds to 1-Iodoalkynes”
Tsuji, H.; Fujimoto, T.; Endo, K.; Nakamura, M.; Nakamura, E.*
Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 1219–1221.
(13) “Enantioselective Syntheses of Various Chiral Multicyclic Compounds with Quaternary Carbon Stereocenters by Catalytic Intramolecular Cycloaddition”
Shibata, T.*; Tahara, Y.; Tamura, K.; Endo, K.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 3451–3457.
(12) “Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Formal [4+2] Cycloaddition of Biphenylene and Alkynes for the Construction of Axial Chirality”
Shibata, T.*; Nishizawa, G.; Endo, K.
(11) “Carbonylative and Hydrosilylative Carbocyclization of 1,5-Diynes for the Synthesis of Cyclic Dienones”
Shibata, T.*; Nakagawa, N.; Ueno, Y.; Endo, K.
Organometallics 2008, 27, 1342–1344.
(10) “Rh-catalyzed intermolecular and enantioselective [4+2] cycloaddition of 1,3-dienes with dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate”
Shibata, T.*; Fujiwara, D.; Endo, K.
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2008, 6, 464-467.
(9) “Iridium-catalyzed consecutive and enantioselective [2+2+2] cycloaddition of tetraynes and hexaynes for the construction of axially chiral biaryl system”
Shibata, T.*; Yoshida, S.; Arai, Y.; Otsuka, M.; Endo, K.
Tetrahedron 2008, 64, 821–830.
(8) “Rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective [2+2+2] cycloaddition of diynes with unfunctionalized alkene”
Shibata, T.*; Kawachi, A.; Ogawa, M.; Kuwata, Y.; Tsuchikama, K.; Endo, K.
Tetrahedron 2007, 63, 12853–12859.
(7) “Indium-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of w-Alkynyl-b-ketoesters into Six- to Fifteen-Membered Rings”
Tsuji, H.; Yamagata, K.-i.; Ito, Y.; Endo, K.; Nakamura, M.; Nakamura, E.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 8060–8062.
highlighted by Synfacts, 2008, 0077, Synfact of the month.
(6) “Indium-Catalyzed 2-Alkenylation of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds with Unactivated Alkynes”
Endo, K.; Hatakeyama, T.; Nakamura, M.*; Nakamura, E.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 5264–5271.
(5) “Synthesis of Chiral α-Fluoroketones through Catalytic Enantioselective Decarboxylation”
Nakamura, M.*; Hajra, A.; Endo, K.; Nakamura, E.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 7248–7251, selected as a VIP
(4) “A Modular Approach to α-Arylated Carbonyl Compounds via Indium Tris(bistriflylamide)-Catalyzed Regioselective Addition of β-Ketoesters to 1,3-Diynes”
Nakamura, M.*; Endo, K.; Nakamura, E.*
Adv. Synth. Catal. C–C bond formation Special issue, 2005, 347, 1681–1686.
(3) “Indium-Triflate Catalyzed Vinylation of β-Ketoesters with Acetylene Gas”
Nakamura, M.*; Endo, K.; Nakamura, E.*
Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 3279–3281.
(2) “Stereoselective Synthesis of Tetra-Substituted Olefins via Addition of Zinc Enolates to Unactivated Alkynes”
Nakamura, M.*; Fujimoto, T.; Endo, K.; Nakamura, E.*
Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 4837–4840.
(1) “Indium-Catalyzed Addition of Active Methylene Compounds to Alkynes”
Nakamura, M.*; Endo, K.; Nakamura, E.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 123, 13002–13003.
