CURRICULUM
VITAE
Kenji SUGIMOTO,
Assistant Professor
Contact
Department
of Organic Chemistry
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Tohoku University,
Aobayama, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan.
Phone:
+81 22 217 6878 Fax:
+81 22 217 6877
E-mail: ken-sugi@mail.pharm.tohoku.ac.jp
Personal Information
Birth
Date: 17 April, 1977
Birth
Place: Tochigi, Japan
Citizenship:
Japan
Work Experiences
Assistant
Professor Graduate
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Tohoku University May. 2005-
Postdoctoral
Fellow Graduate School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Tohoku University
(under Professor Masataka Ihara)
Apr. 2005-May. 2005
Education
Ph.
D. Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Tohoku University
(Pharmaceutical Chemistry), Sendai, Japan
(Supervisor:
Professor Masataka Ihara) Apr. 2002- Mar. 2005
Topic of thesis: Development of
Transition Metal-catalyzed Domino
Ring Expansion
Reaction of Cyclobutanols
M.
Sc. Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Tohoku University
(Pharmaceutical Chemistry), Sendai, Japan
(Supervisor: Professor Masataka Ihara) Apr. 2000-Mar. 2002
B.
Sc. Tohoku University
(Pharmaceutical Science), Sendai, Japan
(Supervisor:
Professor Masataka Ihara) Apr. 1996-Mar. 2000
Fellowship
JSPS
Research Fellowships for Young Scientists Apr. 2004- Apr. 2005
Research Subject:
Development of transition metal-catalyzed multi step reactions using small ring
systems and their application to natural products syntheses.
Memberships
The
Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
The
Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry,
Japan
Major Research Interests
1. Total synthesis of natural products
2. Development of new synthetic methods for
Organic Synthesis
3. Transition metal-catalyzed domino reaction
Professional Competences
l
Well
versed with conventional and modern purification method of organic compounds.
l
Ability
to analyze the spectroscopic data like IR, NMR, Mass etc.
l
Trained
to operate instruments such as FT-IR, Varian Gemini 2000, JEOL AL 400 and JEOL
JNM-ECA 600 NMR for doing experiments like 1H, 13C, COSY,
NOESY etc.
l
Trained
to handle highly air and moisture sensitive compounds and capable of performing
reactions at milligram scale level.
l
Well
versed with Windows and Macintosh based programs such as MS-Office, CS ChemDraw
etc.
Presentations (in Domestic Meeting)
•Oral
- The 38th Tohoku
branch Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Oct. 1999, in Sendai (Title:
Palladium-catalyzed Diastereoselective Ring Expansion Reaction of Allenylcyclobutanols);
Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto, K.; Ihara, M.
- The 39th
Tohoku branch Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Oct. 2000,
in Fukushima
(Title: Ruthenium-catalyzed Cascade Ring Expansion Reaction of Allenylcyclobutanols);
Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto, K.; Ihara, M.
- The 45th
Symposium on the Chemistry of Terpenes, Essential Oils, and Aromatics,
Oct. 2001, in Toyama
(Title: The Development of Cascade Ring Expansion Reaction Catalyzed by
Ruthenium Complex); Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto, K.; Ihara, M.
- 84th Symposium
on Organic Synthesis, Japan,
Nov. 2003, in Tokyo
(Title: Cascade Ring Expansion Reaction of Cyclobutanols using Transition
Metal Catalyst); Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto, K.; Ihara, M.
- The 18th Sendai Seminor for Young Scientist in Synthetic
Organic Chemistry, Nov. 2003, in Sendai
(Title: Cascade Rearrangement Reaction of Cyclobutanol Derivatives via p-Allyl Complexes); Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto,
K.; Ihara, M.
- The Tohoku branch Meeting
of the Chemical Associations, Sep. 2004, in Morioka (Title: Palladium-catalyzed
Cascade Insertion-Ring Expansion Reaction of 1,3-Dienylcyclobutanols);
Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto, K.; Ihara, M.
- The 124th
Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Mar. 2005, in Tokyo (Title:
Ruthenium-catalyzed Ring Expansion Reaction of Acetylenylcyclobutanols);
Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto, K.; Ihara, M.
- Symposium on Organic
Chemistry ~the next generation~, May 2005, in Tokyo (Title: Transition Metal-catalyzed
Ring Expansion Reaction of Cyclobutanols); Sugimoto, K.; Yoshida,
M.; Ihara, M.
•Poster
- The 121st
Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Mar. 2002, in Sapporo (Title:
Synthesis of Multi Substituted Cyclopentanones using Ring Expansion
Reaction of Allenylcyclobutanols Catalyzed by Ruthenium Complex); Yoshida,
M.; Sugimoto, K.; Ihara, M.
- The 122nd
Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Mar. 2003, in Chiba (Title:
Cascade Ring Expansion Reaction of Allenylcyclobutanols using Transition
Metal Catalysts); Sugimoto, K.; Yoshida, M.; Ihara, M.
- The 123rd
Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Mar. 2004, in Nagasaki (Title:
Ruthenium(II)-catalyzed Cascade Dimerization Reaction of Unsaturated
Alcohols); Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto, K.; Gotou, T.; Ihara, M.
- The 37th
Summer School for Young Scientist on Organometallic Chemistry, July 2004,
in Kyoto
(Title: Palladium-catalyzed Diastereospecific Ring Expansion Reaction of
1,3-Dienylcyclobutanols); Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto, K.; Ihara, M.
- The 124th
Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Mar. 2005, in Tokyo (Title:
Ruthenium-catalyzed Ring Expansion Reaction of Acetylenylcyclobutanols);
Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto, K.; Ihara, M.
- Pacifichem 2005, Dec.
2005, in Hawaii USA (Title: Ruthenium-catalyzed cascade ring
expansion reactions of 1-acetylenylcyclobutanols with a,b-unsaturated
carbonyl compounds.); Sugimoto, K.; Yoshida, M.; Ihara, M.
Papers
- Palladium-catalyzed
three-component coupling of propargylic oxiranes, phenols and carbon
dioxide. Synlett 2007, 575-578. Yoshida, M.; Murao,
T.; Sugimoto, K.; Ihara, M.
- Ruthenium-catalyzed ring
expansion reaction of 1-acetylenylcyclobutanols with methyl vinyl ketone. Synlett 2006, 1923-1927. Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto, K.; Ihara, M.
- Palladium-catalyzed ring
expansion reaction of (Z)-1-(1,3-butadienyl)cyclobutanols with aryl
iodides. Stereospecific synthesis of
(Z)-2-(3-aryl-1-propenyl)cyclopentanones. Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 1979-1982. Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto,
K.; Ihara, M.
- Ruthenium catalyzed
dimerization-ring expansion reaction of acetylenylcyclobutanols. ARKIVOC 2003, xiii, 35-44.
Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto, K.; Ihara, M.
- Stereoselective synthesis
of a-disubstituted cyclopentanones
by palladium-catalyzed rearrangement of allenylcyclobutanols with aryl
halides. Tetrahedron 2002, 58, 7839-7846. Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto, K.; Ihara, M.
- Ruthenium-catalyzed ring
expansion reaction of allenylcyclobutanols. Tetrahedron Lett. 2001,
42, 3877-3880. Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto,
K.; Ihara, M.
- Palladium-catalyzed
stereospecific ring expansion reaction of allenylcyclobutanols with aryl
iodides: a novel route to the a-substituted
cyclopentanones with quaternary carbon stereocenters. Tetrahedron Lett. 2000,
41, 5089-5092. Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto,
K.; Ihara, M.