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Kazunobu Toshima

Kazunobu Toshima

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Chemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
10963
World Ranking
11146
National Ranking
817

Overview

Kazunobu Toshima is affiliated with Keio University in Japan and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Chemistry. Their research spans several subfields including Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Aquatic Science, Plant Science, and Materials Chemistry.

Their work covers diverse topics such as:

  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology

Toshima has published extensively in notable journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Carbohydrate Research
  • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

Selected recent papers include:

  • Diastereoselective desymmetric 1,2-cis-glycosylation of meso-diols via chirality transfer from a glycosyl donor, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Diboron-Catalyzed Regio- and 1,2-cis-α-Stereoselective Glycosylation of trans-1,2-Diols, 2020, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Self-Assembling Properties and Recovery Effects on Damaged Skin Cells of Chemically Synthesized Mannosylerythritol Lipids, 2021, ChemBioChem
  • Recent advances in boron-mediated aglycon delivery (BMAD) for the efficient synthesis of 1,2-cis glycosides, 2022, Carbohydrate Research
  • Synthesis of a Pentasaccharide Repeating Unit of Lipopolysaccharide Derived from Virulent E. coli O1 and Identification of a Glycotope Candidate of Avian Pathogenic E. coli O1, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Daisuke Takahashi
  • Kazuki Inaba
  • Nobuya Nishi
  • Katsunori Seki
  • Tatsuki Koike

Best Publications

  • Recent progress in O-glycosylation methods and its application to natural products synthesis

    Kazunobu. Toshima;Kuniaki. Tatsuta

  • Molecular design and evaluation of quinoxaline-carbohydrate hybrids as novel and efficient photo-induced GG-selective DNA cleaving agents.

    Kazunobu Toshima;Ryusuke Takano;Tomohiro Ozawa;Shuichi Matsumura

  • Glycosyl fluorides in glycosidations.

    Kazunobu Toshima

  • Novel Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Degrading Enzyme and the Degradation Mechanism

    Shuichi Matsumura;Noriyasu Tomizawa;Atsuko Toki;Kimihito Nishikawa

  • Lipase-catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of lactide

    Shuichi Matsumura;Kimihiro Mabuchi;Kazunobu Toshima

  • Enzyme-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of 1,3-Dioxan-2-one to Poly(trimethylene carbonate)

    Shuichi Matsumura;Keisuke Tsukada;Kazunobu Toshima

  • Boronic-Acid-Catalyzed Regioselective and 1,2-cis-Stereoselective Glycosylation of Unprotected Sugar Acceptors via SNi-Type Mechanism

    Masamichi Tanaka;Akira Nakagawa;Nobuya Nishi;Kiyoko Iijima

  • Structural Ion Selectivity of Thia Crown Ether Compounds with a Bulky Block Subunit and Their Application as an Ion-Sensing Component for an Ion-Selective Electrode

    Dwi Siswanta;Kazuhisa Nagatsuka;Hiroyuki Yamada;Kazuhiro Kumakura

  • Novel lipase-catalyzed ring-opening copolymerization of lactide and trimethylene carbonate forming poly(ester carbonate)s

    Shuichi Matsumura;Keisuke Tsukada;Kazunobu Toshima

  • Regioselective and 1,2-cis-α-Stereoselective Glycosylation Utilizing Glycosyl-Acceptor-Derived Boronic Ester Catalyst

    Akira Nakagawa;Masamichi Tanaka;Shun Hanamura;Daisuke Takahashi

  • Lipase-catalyzed synthesis and curing of high-molecular-weight polyricinoleate.

    Hiroki Ebata;Kazunobu Toshima;Shuichi Matsumura

  • Stereocontrolled Photoinduced Glycosylation Using an Aryl Thiourea as an Organo photoacid

    Tomoya Kimura;Takahiro Eto;Daisuke Takahashi;Kazunobu Toshima

  • Total Synthesis of Elaiophylin (Azalomycin B)

    Kazunobu Toshima;Kuniaki Tatsuta;Mitsuhiro Kinoshita

  • Enantiospecific Total Synthesis of a β-Glucosidase Inhibitor, Cyclophellitol

    Kuniaki Tatsuta;Yoshihisa Niwata;Kazuo Umezawa;Kazunobu Toshima

  • Total synthesis of bafilomycin A1

    Kazunobu Toshima;Takaaki Jyojima;Hiroyuki Yamaguchi;Yasunobu Noguchi

  • Glycosyl-Acceptor-Derived Borinic Ester-Promoted Direct and β-Stereoselective Mannosylation with a 1,2-Anhydromannose Donor

    Masamichi Tanaka;Junki Nashida;Daisuke Takahashi;Kazunobu Toshima

  • A New Class of DNA‐Cleaving Molecules: pH‐Dependent DNA Cleavage by Propargylic and Allenic Sulfones

    K. C. Nicolaou;G. Skokotas;P. Maligres;G. Zuccarello

  • Perspectives for synthesis and production of polyurethanes and related polymers by enzymes directed toward green and sustainable chemistry

    Shuichi Matsumura;Yasuyuki Soeda;Kazunobu Toshima

  • Aryl and Allyl C-Glycosidation Methods Using Unprotected Sugars

    Kazunobu Toshima;Goh Matsuo;Toru Ishizuka;Yasunobu Ushiki

  • Novel glycosylation methods and their application to natural products synthesis.

    Kazunobu Toshima

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuichi Matsumura
Shuichi Matsumura Keio University
Kazuo Umezawa
Kazuo Umezawa Aichi Medical University
K. C. Nicolaou
K. C. Nicolaou Rice University
Hirokazu Kawagishi
Hirokazu Kawagishi Shizuoka University
Seiichi Taguchi
Seiichi Taguchi Tokyo University of Agriculture
Takashi Miura
Takashi Miura National Institute of Technology, Tsuruoka College
Naoko Yoshie
Naoko Yoshie University of Tokyo
Yoshio Inoue
Yoshio Inoue Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hiroaki Imai
Hiroaki Imai Keio University

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