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Makoto Sasaki

Makoto Sasaki

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
59
Citations
10086
World Ranking
10361
National Ranking
750

Overview

Makoto Sasaki is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and primarily works in the fields of Chemistry as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research has concentrated extensively on organic chemistry and molecular biology, with notable contributions to environmental chemistry, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and biotechnology.

Their work spans multiple subfields including:

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Biotechnology

Makoto Sasaki's research covers several main topics, notably:

  • Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
  • Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
  • Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study

The scientist has a range of frequently cited papers, including:

  • "DMAPO/Boc2O-Mediated One-Pot Direct N-Acylation of Less Nucleophilic N-Heterocycles with Carboxylic Acids," 2023, ChemCatChem
  • "Determination of the toxicity equivalency factors for ciguatoxins using human sodium channels," 2022, Food and Chemical Toxicology
  • "Unified Total Synthesis of (−)-Enigmazole A and (−)-15-O-Methylenigmazole A," 2020, Chemistry - An Asian Journal
  • "Synthesis and Structural Implication of the JKLMN-Ring Fragment of Caribbean Ciguatoxin C-CTX-1," 2021, The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • "Synthesis of Bulky N-Acyl Heterocycles by DMAPO/Boc2O-Mediated One-Pot Direct N-Acylation of Less Nucleophilic N-Heterocycles with α-Fully Substituted Carboxylic Acids," 2023, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis

Frequent co-authors of Sasaki include:

  • Atsushi Umehara
  • Haruhiko Fuwa
  • Soma Shimizu
  • Luís M. Botana
  • Kotaro Iwasaki

The primary venues where Makoto Sasaki has published are:

  • The Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • European Journal of Organic Chemistry
  • Organic Letters
  • ChemCatChem
  • Food and Chemical Toxicology

Best Publications

  • Transcellular transport of organic anions across a double-transfected Madin-Darby canine kidney II cell monolayer expressing both human organic anion-transporting polypeptide (OATP2/SLC21A6) and multidrug resistance-associated protein 2 (MRP2/ABCC2)

    Makoto Sasaki;Hiroshi Suzuki;Kousei Ito;Takaaki Abe

  • Identification of the Hepatic Efflux Transporters of Organic Anions Using Double-Transfected Madin-Darby Canine Kidney II Cells Expressing Human Organic Anion-Transporting Polypeptide 1B1 (OATP1B1)/Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 2, OATP1B1/Multidrug Resistance 1, and OATP1B1/Breast Cancer Resistance Protein

    Soichiro Matsushima;Kazuya Maeda;Chihiro Kondo;Masaru Hirano

  • Suppression of Colon Cancer Metastasis by Aes through Inhibition of Notch Signaling

    Masahiro Sonoshita;Masahiro Aoki;Haruhiko Fuwa;Koji Aoki

  • Total Synthesis of Gambierol

    Haruhiko Fuwa;Noriko Kainuma;Kazuo Tachibana;Makoto Sasaki

  • Development of a 3DOF mobile exoskeleton robot for human upper-limb motion assist

    Kazuo Kiguchi;Mohammad Habibur Rahman;Makoto Sasaki;Kenbu Teramoto

  • The Complete Structure of Maitotoxin, Part II: Configuration of the C135-C142 Side Chain and Absolute Configuration of the Entire Molecule

    Taro Nonomura;Makoto Sasaki;Nobuaki Matsumori;Michio Murata

  • Total synthesis, structure revision, and absolute configuration of (-)-brevenal.

    Haruhiko Fuwa;Makoto Ebine;Andrea J. Bourdelais;Daniel G. Baden

  • New strategy for convergent synthesis of trans-fused polyether frameworks based on palladium-catalyzed suzuki cross-coupling reaction

    Makoto Sasaki;Haruhiko Fuwa;Masayuki Inoue;Kazuo Tachibana

  • The Complete Structure of Maitotoxin, Part I: Configuration of the C1 ? C14 Side Chain

    Makoto Sasaki;Nobuaki Matsumori;Takahiro Maruyama;Taro Nonomura

  • A General Method for Convergent Synthesis of Polycyclic Ethers Based on Suzuki Cross-Coupling: Concise Synthesis of the ABCD Ring System of Ciguatoxin

    Makoto Sasaki;Haruhiko Fuwa;Makoto Ishikawa;Kazuo Tachibana

  • Prediction of in Vivo Biliary Clearance from the in Vitro Transcellular Transport of Organic Anions across a Double-Transfected Madin-Darby Canine Kidney II Monolayer Expressing Both Rat Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide 4 and Multidrug Resistance Associated Protein 2

    Makoto Sasaki;Hiroshi Suzuki;Jun Aoki;Kousei Ito

  • Templating fabrication of platinum nanoparticles and nanowires using the confined mesoporous channels of FSM-16—their structural characterization and catalytic performances in water gas shift reaction

    Makoto Sasaki;Mai Osada;Naonori Higashimoto;Takashi Yamamoto

  • SHIP-IN-BOTTLE SYNTHESIS AND CATALYTIC PERFORMANCES OF PLATINUM CARBONYL CLUSTERS, NANOWIRES, AND NANOPARTICLES IN MICRO- AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS

    Atsushi Fukuoka;Naonori Higashimoto;Yuzuru Sakamoto;Makoto Sasaki

  • Highly sensitive and selective surface plasmon resonance sensor for detection of sub-ppb levels of benzo[a]pyrene by indirect competitive immunoreaction method

    Norio Miura;Makoto Sasaki;K.Vengatajalabathy Gobi;Chiwa Kataoka

  • A Concise Total Synthesis of (+)‐Neopeltolide

    Haruhiko Fuwa;Asami Saito;Makoto Sasaki

  • Convergent Total Synthesis of Gymnocin-A and Evaluation of Synthetic Analogues

    Chihiro Tsukano;Makoto Ebine;Makoto Sasaki

  • Divergent synthesis of multifunctional molecular probes to elucidate the enzyme specificity of dipeptidic γ-secretase inhibitors

    Haruhiko Fuwa;Yasuko Takahashi;Yu Konno;Naoto Watanabe

  • Isolation, structure determination, and synthesis of neodysiherbaine A, a new excitatory amino acid from a marine sponge.

    Ryuichi Sakai;Tatsuki Koike;Makoto Sasaki;Keiko Shimamoto

  • Total synthesis of (+)-neopeltolide

    Haruhiko Fuwa;Shinya Naito;Tomomi Goto;Makoto Sasaki

  • Total Synthesis of Polycyclic Ether Natural Products Based on Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling

    Makoto Sasaki;Haruhiko Fuwa

Frequent Co-Authors

Haruhiko Fuwa
Haruhiko Fuwa Chuo University
Kazuo Tachibana
Kazuo Tachibana University of Tokyo
Masayuki Inoue
Masayuki Inoue University of Tokyo
Takeshi Yasumoto
Takeshi Yasumoto Tohoku University
Michio Murata
Michio Murata Osaka University
Geoffrey T. Swanson
Geoffrey T. Swanson Northwestern University
Luis M. Botana
Luis M. Botana University of Santiago de Compostela
Mercedes R. Vieytes
Mercedes R. Vieytes University of Santiago de Compostela
Masayuki Satake
Masayuki Satake University of Tokyo
Taisuke Tomita
Taisuke Tomita University of Tokyo

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