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Fujie Tanaka is affiliated with the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of chemistry and materials science, with significant contributions to organic chemistry and materials chemistry. Their subfields of study also encompass inorganic chemistry, molecular biology, and pharmaceutical science.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis
  • Fluorine in Organic Chemistry

Tanaka has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • Enantioselective Direct anti-Selective Mannich-type Reactions Catalyzed by 3-Pyrrolidinecarboxylic Acid in the Presence of Potassium Carbonate: Addition of Potassium Carbonate Improves Enantioselectivities, 2020, Organic Letters
  • Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation of Racemic Diastereomers: Diastereo- and Enantioconvergent Michael-Henry Reactions to Afford Spirooxindoles Bearing Furan-Fused Rings, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Switching Electrophile Intermediates to Nucleophiles: Michael and Oxa-Diels-Alder Reactions to Afford Polyoxy-Functionalized Piperidine Derivatives with Tetrasubstituted Carbon, 2020, Organic Letters
  • Control of Reactions of Pyruvates by Catalysts: Direct Enantioselective Mannich Reactions of Pyruvates Catalyzed by Amine-based Catalyst Systems, 2022, Organic Letters
  • Amines as Catalysts: Dynamic Features and Kinetic Control of Catalytic Asymmetric Chemical Transformations to Form C−C Bonds and Complex Molecules, 2022, The Chemical Record

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Yuvraj Garg
  • James Osborne
  • Muhammad Sohail
  • Serhii Vasylevskyi
  • Nivedha Velmurugan

Tanaka's publications often appear in venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Organic Letters
  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis

Best Publications

  • Enamine-Based Organocatalysis with Proline and Diamines: The Development of Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol, Mannich, Michael, and Diels−Alder Reactions

    Wolfgang Notz;Fujie Tanaka;Carlos F. Barbas

  • De novo computational design of retro-aldol enzymes.

    Lin Jiang;Eric A. Althoff;Fernando R. Clemente;Lindsey Doyle

  • Organocatalytic Direct Asymmetric Aldol Reactions in Water

    N. Mase;Y. Nakai;N. Ohara;H. Yoda

  • Organocatalytic Direct Michael Reaction of Ketones and Aldehydes with β-Nitrostyrene in Brine

    Nobuyuki Mase;Kaori Watanabe;Hidemi Yoda;Kunihiko Takabe

  • A Highly Enantioselective Route to Either Enantiomer of Both α- and β-Amino Acid Derivatives

    Armando Cordova;Shin-Ichi Watanabe;Fujie Tanaka;Wolfgang Notz

  • Direct asymmetric organocatalytic Michael reactions of alpha,alpha-disubstituted aldehydes with beta-nitrostyrenes for the synthesis of quaternary carbon-containing products.

    Mase N;Thayumanavan R;Tanaka F;Barbas Cf rd

  • Direct catalytic asymmetric synthesis of anti-1,2-amino alcohols and syn-1,2-diols through organocatalytic anti-Mannich and syn-aldol reactions.

    S. S. V. Ramasastry;Haile Zhang;Fujie Tanaka;Carlos F. Barbas

  • The Direct Organocatalytic Asymmetric Mannich Reaction: Unmodified Aldehydes as Nucleophiles

    Wolfgang Notz;Fujie Tanaka;Shin-Ichi Watanabe;Naidu S. Chowdari

  • Direct Asymmetric anti-Mannich-Type Reactions Catalyzed by a Designed Amino Acid

    Susumu Mitsumori;Haile Zhang;Paul Ha-Yeon Cheong;K. N. Houk

  • Synthesis of beta-hydroxyaldehydes with stereogenic quaternary carbon centers by direct organocatalytic asymmetric aldol reactions.

    Nobuyuki Mase;Fujie Tanaka;Carlos F. Barbas

  • Catalysis of 3-pyrrolidinecarboxylic acid and related pyrrolidine derivatives in enantioselective anti-Mannich-type reactions: importance of the 3-acid group on pyrrolidine for stereocontrol.

    Haile Zhang;Susumu Mitsumori;Naoto Utsumi;Masanori Imai

  • Determination of cysteine concentration by fluorescence increase: reaction of cysteine with a fluorogenic aldehyde

    Fujie Tanaka;Nobuyuki Mase;Carlos F. Barbas

  • Amine-catalyzed direct Diels–Alder reactions of α,β-unsaturated ketones with nitro olefins

    Rajeswari Thayumanavan;Buchiramachary Dhevalapally;Kandasamy Sakthivel;Fujie Tanaka

  • Direct organocatalytic asymmetric aldol reactions of alpha-amino aldehydes: expedient syntheses of highly enantiomerically enriched anti-beta-hydroxy-alpha-amino acids.

    Rajeswari Thayumanavan;Fujie Tanaka;Carlos F Barbas

  • Dihydroxyacetone Variants in the Organocatalytic Construction of Carbohydrates: Mimicking Tagatose and Fuculose Aldolases

    Jeff T. Suri;Susumu Mitsumori;Klaus Albertshofer;Fujie Tanaka

  • A Way to Highly Enantiomerically Enriched aza-Morita–Baylis–Hillman–Type Products†

    Naoto Utsumi;Haile Zhang;Fujie Tanaka;Carlos F. Barbas

  • The Scope of the Direct Proline-Catalyzed Asymmetric Addition of Ketones to Imines

    Wolfgang Notz;Shin‐ichi Watanabe;Naidu S. Chowdari;Guofu Zhong

  • Rapid fluorescent screening for bifunctional amine-acid catalysts: efficient syntheses of quaternary carbon-containing aldols under organocatalysis.

    Mase N;Tanaka F;Barbas Cf rd

  • Catalytic Direct Asymmetric Michael Reactions: Addition of Unmodified Ketone and Aldehyde Donors to Alkylidene Malonates and Nitro Olefins

    Juan M. Betancort;Kandasamy Sakthivel;Rajeswari Thayumanavan;Fujie Tanaka

  • Mimicking fructose and rhamnulose aldolases: organocatalytic syn-aldol reactions with unprotected dihydroxyacetone.

    S. S. V. Ramasastry;Klaus Albertshofer;Naoto Utsumi;Fujie Tanaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos F. Barbas
Carlos F. Barbas Scripps Research Institute
Richard A. Lerner
Richard A. Lerner Scripps Research Institute
Kendall N. Houk
Kendall N. Houk University of California, Los Angeles
Armando Córdova
Armando Córdova Mid Sweden University
Guofu Zhong
Guofu Zhong Hangzhou Normal University
Christoph Rader
Christoph Rader Scripps Research Institute
Ian A. Wilson
Ian A. Wilson Scripps Research Institute
Arthur J. Olson
Arthur J. Olson Scripps Research Institute
David Baker
David Baker University of Washington
Xueyong Zhu
Xueyong Zhu Scripps Research Institute

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