Publications

1. Murayama, S.; Ishimoto, T.; Naka, H.
   Inverse Kinetic Isotope Effect in Singlet-to-Triplet Intersystem Crossing Contributes to Greater Robustness of Deuterated Organocatalyst
   Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2024, 97, uoae028. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bulcsj/uoae028

2. Naka, H.
   Chemoselective Hydration of Unsaturated Organic Compounds Controlled by Catalyst and Reaction Environment
   J. Org. Synth. Chem. Jpn. 2024, 82, 14–26. DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.82.14 (Award Account)

1. Mori, S.; Sakurai, S.; Naka, H.; Saito, S.
   Metal-Loaded Semiconductor-Photocatalysis of Alcohols for Selective Organic Synthesis: A Personal Account
   Synlett 2023, 34, 2361–2373. DOI: 10.1055/a-2124-4037 (Invited Account)

2. Hashiba, Y.; Mori, S.; Huang, I.; Morioka, Y.; Naka, H.; Saito, S.
   N-Methylation of Twenty Different alpha-Amino Acid Motifs Using Methanol under Metal-loaded Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysis
   Asian J. Org. Chem. 2023, e202300230. DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202300230 (Invited)

3. Murayama, S.; Li, Z.; Liang, H.; Liu, Y.; Naka, H.; Maruoka, K.
   Impact of Catalyst Deuteration on the Reactivity of Chiral Phase-Transfer Organocatalysts
   Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202301866. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301866

1. Itoga, M.; Yamanishi, M.; Udagawa, T.; Kobayashi, A.; Maekawa, K.; Takemoto Y.; Naka, H.
   Iridium-Catalyzed α-Selective Deuteration of Alcohols.
   Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 8744–8751. DOI: 10.1039/D2SC01805E (Highlighted in Outside Front Cover. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SC90156K ) 

2. Liang, H.; Li, Z.; Liu, Y.; Murayama, S.; Naka, H.; Maruoka, K.
   Synthesis of Optically Pure, Deuterated Maruoka Catalysts and Their Chemical Reactivity
   Tetrahedron Lett. 2022, 96, 153753. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2022.153753

3. 中寛史
   銅ジチオカルバメート錯体のバイオオルガノメタリクス.
   月刊「細胞」 2022, 54, 9–12. 

1. Wada, Y.; Akiyama, T.; Harada, K.; Honma, T.; Naka, H.; Saito, S.; Arisawa, M.
   Preparation of a Platinum Nanoparticle Catalyst Located Near Photocatalyst Titanium Oxide and Its Catalytic Activity to Convert Benzyl Alcohols to the Corresponding Ethers.
   RSC Adv. 2021, 11, 22230–22237. DOI : 10.1039/D1RA00988E

2. 中寛史
   自己組織化錯体を利用した超分子触媒による還元反応
   Organometallic News 2021, 90. (ハイライト、解説記事)

2020

1. Morioka, Y.; Huang, I.; Saito, S.; Naka, H.
   Ag(I)/TiO2-Photocatalyzed N-Methylation of Amino Acids with Methanol.
   ChemRxiv Preprint. 2020. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.12588266.v1

2. Naka, H.; Naraoka, A.
   Recent Advances in Transfer Hydration of Nitriles with Amides or Aldoximes
   Tetrahedron Lett. 2020, 61, 151557. DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2019.151557 (Digest Paper)

2019

1. Naraoka, A.; Naka, H.
   Transfer Hydration of Dinitriles to Diamides.
   Synlett 2019, 30, 1977–1980. DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1690026 (Invited Cluster)

2. Okabe, H.; Naraoka, A.; Isogawa, T.; Oishi, S.; Naka, H.
   Acceptor-Controlled Transfer Dehydration of Amides to Nitriles.
   Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 4767–4770. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b01657

3. Kanda, T.; Naraoka, A.; Naka, H.
   Catalytic Transfer Hydration of Cyanohydrins to alpha-Hydroxyamides.
   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 825−830. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b12877 (Highlighted in Org. Process Res. Dev. 2019, 23, 114−121. DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.9b00036)

4. Kitamura, Y.; Murata, Y.; Oguri, A.; Matsumura, M.; Kakusawa, N.; Naka, H.; Yasuike, S.
   Pd-Catalyzed β-Selective C–H Arylation of Thiophenes with Triarylantimony Difluorides.
   Asian J. Org. Chem. 2019, 8, 138−143. DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.201800654

5. Wang, L.-M.; Kobayashi, K.; Arisawa, M.; Saito, S.; Naka, H.
   Pd/TiO2-Photocatalyzed Self-Condensation of Primary Amines to Afford Secondary Amines at Ambient Temperature.
   Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 341−344. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b03271 (Highlighted in Front Cover.)

2018

1. Wang, L.-M.; Jenkinson, K.; Wheatley, A. E. H.; Kuwata, K.; Saito, S.; Naka, H.
   Photocatalytic N-Methylation of Amines over Pd/TiO2 for the Functionalization of Heterocycles and Pharmaceutical Intermediates.
   ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2018, 6, 15419–15424. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b03855

2. Wang, L.-M.; Morioka, Y.; Jenkinson, K.; Wheatley, A. E. H.; Saito, S.; Naka, H.
   N-Alkylation of Functionalized Amines with Alcohols Using a Copper-Gold Mixed Photocatalytic System.
   Sci. Rep. 2018, 8, 6931. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-25293-z

3. Takada, Y.; Caner, J.; Naka, H.; Saito, S.
   Photocatalytic Hydrogenolysis of Allylic Alcohols for Rapid Access to Platform Chemicals and Fine Chemicals.
   Pure Appl. Chem. 2018, 90, 167–174. DOI: 10.1515/pac-2017-0501 (Invited Conference Paper)

4. 中　寛史
   銅錯体を起点としたバイオオルガノメタリクス
   理大科学フォーラム, 2018, 403, 8–9 (2018).

2017

1. Ushimaru, R.; Nishimura, T.; Iwatsuki, T.; Naka, H.
   A Fluorinated Cobalt(III) Porphyrin Complex for Hydroalkoxylation of Alkynes.
   Chem. Pharm. Bull. 2017, 65, 1000–1003. DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c17-00568

2. Takada, Y.; Caner, J.; Kaliyamoorthy, S.; Naka, H.; Saito, S.
   Photocatalytic Transfer Hydrogenolysis of Allylic Alcohols on Pd/TiO2: A Shortcut to (S)-(+)-Lavandulol.
   Chem. - Eur. J. 2017, 23, 18025–18032. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704099

3. Fujie, T.; Okino, S.; Yoshida, E.; Yamamoto, C.; Naka, H.; Kaji, T.
   Copper Diethyldithiocarbamate as an Inhibitor of Tissue Plasminogen Activator Synthesis in Cultured Human Coronary Endothelial Cells.
   J. Toxicol. Sci. 2017, 42, 553–558. DOI: 10.2131/jts.42.553

4. Kitamura, Y,; Matsumura, M.; Murata, Y.; Yamada, M.; Kakusawa, N.; Tanaka, M.; Okabe, H.; Naka, H.; Obata, T.; Yasuike, S.
   A Versatile Synthesis of Triarylantimony Difluorides by Fluorination of Triarylstibanes with Nitrosyl Tetrafluoroborate and Their Antitumor Activity.
   J. Fluorine Chem. 2017, 199, 1–6. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2017.04.004

5. Shibata, M.; Nagata, R.; Saito, S.; Naka, H.
   Dehydrogenation of Primary Aliphatic Alcohols by Au/TiO2 Photocatalysts.
   Chem. Lett. 2017, 46, 580–582. DOI: 10.1246/cl.161195

6. 中　寛史
   鼓動する有機化学反応
   化学, 2017, 72 (5), 62−63.

2016

1. Morioka, Y.; Matsuoka, A.; Binder, K.; Knappett, B. R.; Wheatley, A. E. H.; Naka, H.
   Selective Hydrogenation of Arenes to Cyclohexanes in Water Catalyzed by Chitin-Supported Ruthenium Nanoparticles.
   Catal. Sci. Technol. 2016, 6, 5801–5805. DOI: 10.1039/C6CY00899B

2. Fujie, T.; Murakami, M.; Yoshida, E.; Tachinami, T.; Shinkai, Y.; Fujiwara, Y.; Yamamoto, C.; Kumagai, Y.; Naka, H.; Kaji, T.
   Copper Diethyldithiocarbamate as an Activator of Nrf2 in Cultured Vascular Endothelial Cells.
   J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 21, 263–273. DOI: 10.1007/s00775-016-1337-z

3. Fujie, T.; Segawa, Y.; Kimura, T.; Fujiwara, Y.; Yamamoto, C.; Satoh, M.; Naka, H.; Kaji, T.
   Induction of Metallothionein Isoforms by Copper Diethyldithiocarbamate in Cultured Vascular Endothelial Cells.
   J. Toxicol. Sci. 2016, 41, 225–232. DOI: 10.2131/jts.41.225

4. Fujie, T.; Segawa, Y.; Uehara, A.; Nakamura, T.; Kimura, T.; Yoshida, E.; Yamamoto, C.; Uchiyama, M. Naka, H.; Kaji, T.
   Zinc Diethyldithiocarbamate as an Inducer of Metallothionein in Cultured Vascular Endothelial Cells.
   J. Toxicol. Sci. 2016, 41, 217–224. DOI: 10.2131/jts.41.217

2015

1. Tsarev, V. N.; Morioka, Y.; Caner, J.; Wang, Q.; Ushimaru, R.; Kudo, A.; Naka, H.; Saito, S.
   N-Methylation of Amines with Methanol at Room Temperature.
   Org. Lett. 2015, 17, 2530–2533. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b01063

2. Matsuoka, A.; Isogawa, T.; Morioka, Y.; Knappett, B. R.; Wheatley, A. E. H.; Saito, S.; Naka, H.
   Hydration of Nitriles to Amides by a Chitin-supported Ruthenium Catalyst.
   RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 12152–12160. DOI: 10.1039/C4RA15682J

3. Matsuoka, A.; Sandoval, C. A.; Uchiyama, M.; Noyori, R.; Naka, H.
   Why p-Cymene? Conformational Effect in Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Aromatic Ketones with a η6-Arene/Ruthenium(II) Catalyst.
   Chem. Asian J. 2015, 10, 112–115. DOI: 10.1002/asia.201402979

4. 中　寛史
   分子触媒プロセスの開発と GRRM 法
   IQCE-NEWS, 2015, 23, 1.

5. 中　寛史
   分子触媒化学の新潮流
   名古屋大学物質科学国際研究センターニュース, 2015, 15, 11.

2014

1. Caner, J.; Liu, Z.; Takada, Y.; Kudo, A.; Naka, H.; Saito, S.
   Synthesis of Propylene from Renewable Allyl Alcohol by Photocatalytic Transfer Hydrogenolysis.
   Catal. Sci. Technol. 2014, 4, 4093–4098. DOI: 10.1039/C4CY00329B

2. Fujie, T.; Naka, H.; Yamamoto, C.; Shinkai, Y.; Kumagai, Y.; Kaji, T.
   Activation of Cellular Defense Mechanism by Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Molecules.
   Yakugaku Zasshi. 2014, 134, 813−815. DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.14-00017-8

2013

1. Liu, Z.; Caner, J.; Kudo, A.; Naka, H.; Saito, S.
   Redox-Selective Generation of Aldehydes and H2 from Alcohols under Visible Light.
   Chem. - Eur. J. 2013, 19, 9452−9456. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201301347 (Highlighted in Synfacts. 2013, 9, 1138. DOI: 10.1055/s-003-25656)

2. Tachinami, T.; Nishimura, T.; Ushimaru, R.; Noyori, R.; Naka, H.
   Hydration of Terminal Alkynes Catalyzed by Water-Soluble Cobalt Porphyrin Complexes.
   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 50−53. DOI: 10.1021/ja310282t

3. Takada, Y.; Matsuoka, A.; Du, Y.; Naka, H.; Saito, S.
   Acetals of N,N-Dimethylformamides: Ambiphilic Behavior in Converting Carbon Dioxide to Dialkyl Carbonates.
   Chem. Lett. 2013, 42, 146–147. DOI: 10.1246/cl.2013.146

4. 中　寛史, 斎藤　進
   アルコールとその誘導物質の電子的両性に着目した二酸化炭素の資源化法の開発
   二酸化炭素の直接利用最新技術, NTS, pp 103−113 (2013).

2012

1. Kimura, T.; Yoshida, K.; Yamamoto, C.; Suzuki, M.; Uno, T.; Isobe, M.; Naka, H.; Yasuike, S.; Satoh, M.; Kaji, T.; Uchiyama, M.
   Bis(L-cysteinato)zincate(II) as a Coordination Compound that Specifically Induces Metallothionein Gene Transcription Without Inducing Cell-stress-related Gene Transcript.
   J. Inorg. Biochem. 2012, 117, 140−146. DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2012.07.021

2011

1. Goto, A.; Naka, H.; Noyori, R.; Saito, S.
   One-Pot Nitrile Aldolization/Hydration Operation Giving β-Hydroxy Carboxamides.
   Chem. Asian J. 2011, 6, 1740–1743. DOI: 10.1002/asia.201000921

2. Naka, H.; Saito, S.
   Aluminum Halides
   In Science of Synthesis Knowledge Updates, K. Ishihara Ed.; Thieme: Stuttgart, Vol.2010/4, Section 7.1.3.18, pp 79−92 (2011). 

3. Naka, H.; Saito, S.
   Aluminum Hydrides
   In Science of Synthesis Knowledge Updates, K. Ishihara Ed.; Thieme: Stuttgart, Vol. 2010/4, Section 7.1.2.44, pp 69−77 (2011). 

2010

1. Naka, H.; Keisuke Ito, Masahiro Ueno, Koji Kobayashi, Yoshinori Kondo
   Generation of Arylzinc Reagents Through an Iodine–zinc Exchange Reaction Promoted by a Non-metallic Organic Superbase
   New J. Chem. 2010, 34, 1700–1706. DOI: 10.1039/C0NJ00202J

2. Sandoval, C. A.; Bie, F.; Matsuoka, A.; Yamaguchi, Y.; Naka, H.; Li, Y.; Kato, K.; Utsumi, N.; Tsutsumi, K.; Ohkuma, T.; Murata, K.; Noyori, R.
   Chiral eta6-Arene/N-Tosylethylenediamine–Ruthenium(II) Complexes: Solution Behavior and Catalytic Activity for Asymmetric Hydrogenation.
   Chem. Asian J. 2010, 5, 806–816. DOI: 10.1002/asia.200900461

3. 中　寛史
   ベンゼン環とフッ素をつなぐ触媒反応
   化学, 2010, 65(3), 62−63.

4. 中　寛史
   Global COE-RCMS 有機化学国際シンポジウムおよび第 6 回平田記念レクチャー
   名古屋大学物質科学国際研究センターニュース, 2010, 11, 10.

Full publication list (2004-) is available on ORCID.