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

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. 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

  1. Palladium-catalyzed three-component coupling of propargylic oxiranes, phenols and carbon dioxide. Synlett 2007, 575-578. Yoshida, M.; Murao, T.; Sugimoto, K.; Ihara, M.

 

  1. Ruthenium-catalyzed ring expansion reaction of 1-acetylenylcyclobutanols with methyl vinyl ketone. Synlett 2006, 1923-1927. Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto, K.; Ihara, M.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. Ruthenium catalyzed dimerization-ring expansion reaction of acetylenylcyclobutanols. ARKIVOC 2003, xiii, 35-44. Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto, K.; Ihara, M.

 

  1. 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.

 

  1. Ruthenium-catalyzed ring expansion reaction of allenylcyclobutanols. Tetrahedron Lett. 2001, 42, 3877-3880. Yoshida, M.; Sugimoto, K.; Ihara, M.

 

  1. 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.