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Yasufumi Ohfune is affiliated with Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan. Their academic profile indicates involvement in scientific research within a university setting.

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Best Publications

  • Syntheses and reactions of silyl carbamates. 1. Chemoselective transformation of amino protecting groups via tert-butyldimethylsilyl carbamates

    Masahiro Sakaitani;Yasufumi Ohfune

  • Enantio‐ and Diastereoselective Construction of α,α‐Disubstituted α‐Amino Acids for the Synthesis of Biologically Active Compounds

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  • Synthesis of four diastereomeric L-2-(carboxycyclopropyl)glycines. Conformationally constrained L-glutamate analogs

    Keiko Shimamoto;Michiko Ishida;Haruhikio Shinozaki;Yasufumi Ohfune

  • A novel metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist: marked depression of monosynaptic excitation in the newborn rat isolated spinal cord

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  • Acromelic acids A and B: potent neuroexcitatory amino acids isolated from Clitocybe acromelalga

    Katsuhiro. Konno;Kimiko. Hashimoto;Yasufumi. Ohfune;Haruhisa. Shirahama

  • Syntheses and conformational analyses of glutamate analogs: 2-(2-carboxy-3-substituted-cyclopropyl)glycines as useful probes for excitatory amino acid receptors.

    Keiko Shimamoto;Yasufumi Ohfune

  • Structure determination of a new juvenile hormone from a heteropteran insect.

    Toyomi Kotaki;Tetsuro Shinada;Kanako Kaihara;Yasufumi Ohfune

  • Total synthesis of echinocandins. I. Stereocontrolled syntheses of the constituent amino acids.

    Natsuko. Kurokawa;Yasufumi. Ohfune

  • Selective transformation of N--butoxycarbonyl group into n-alkoxy-carbonyl group n-carboxylate ion equivalent

    Masahiro Sakaitani;Yasufumi Ohfune

  • Michael addition reactions between chiral equivalents of a nucleophilic glycine and (S)- or (R)-3-[(E)-enoyl]-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-ones as a general method for efficient preparation of β-substituted pyroglutamic acids. Case of topographically controlled stereoselectivity

    Vadim A. Soloshonok;Chaozhong Cai;Takeshi Yamada;Hisanori Ueki

  • Total Synthesis and Absolute Structure of Manzacidin A and C

    Kosuke Namba;Tetsuro Shinada;and Toshiyuki Teramoto;Yasufumi Ohfune

  • Indium-mediated asymmetric Barbier-type allylation of aldimines in alcoholic solvents: synthesis of optically active homoallylic amines.

    Tirayut Vilaivan;Chutima Winotapan;Vorawit Banphavichit;Tetsuro Shinada

  • Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of a New Generation of Modular Nucleophilic Glycine Equivalents for the Efficient Synthesis of Sterically Constrained α-Amino Acids

    Trevor K. Ellis;Hisanori Ueki;Takeshi Yamada;Yasufumi Ohfune

  • Synthesis of L-2-(2,3-dicarboxyclopropyl)glycines. Novel conformationally restricted glutamate analogues.

    Yasufumi Ohfune;Keiko Shimamoto;Michiko Ishida;Haruhiko Shinozaki

  • Application of modular nucleophilic glycine equivalents for truly practical asymmetric synthesis of β-substituted pyroglutamic acids

    Vadim A. Soloshonok;Hisanori Ueki;Trevor K. Ellis;Takeshi Yamada

  • Novel Entry to a 3,4-Disubstituted 2-Azetidinone Derivative via Palladium-Assisted Carbonylation of a 2-Substituted 3-Vinylaziridine

    Glen W. Spears;Koji Nakanishi;Yasufumi Ohfune

  • Efficient asymmetric synthesis of novel 4-substituted and configurationally stable analogues of thalidomide.

    Takeshi Yamada;Takuya Okada;Kazuhiko Sakaguchi;Yasufumi Ohfune

  • Synthesis of trans and cis-α-(car☐ycyclopropyl)glycines. Novel neuroinhibitory amino acids as L-glutamate analogue

    Keiko Yamanoi;Yasufumi Ohfune;Kazuko Watanabe;Philipp Novales Li

  • One-pot conversion of N-benzyloxycarbonyl group into N-tert-butoxycarbonyl group

    Masahiro Sakaitani;Keiko Hori;Yasufumi Ohfune

  • An efficient route to 1,3-amino hydroxyl system via electrophilic lactonization of 2-amino-4-pentenoic acid derivatives. Stereoselective synthesis of (−)-bulgecinine

    Yasufumi Ohfune;Keiko Hori;Masahiro Sakaitani

  • Macrolide antibiotics. 1. Total synthesis of the Prelog-Djerassi lactone and methynolide

    Paul A. Grieco;Yasufumi Ohfune;Yuusaku Yokoyama;William Owens

  • Syntheses and reactions of silyl carbamates. 2. A new mode of cyclic carbamate formation from tert-butyldimethylsilyl carbamate

    Masahiro Sakaitani;Yasufumi Ohfune

Frequent Co-Authors

Koji Nakanishi
Koji Nakanishi Columbia University
Vadim A. Soloshonok
Vadim A. Soloshonok University of the Basque Country
Paul A. Grieco
Paul A. Grieco Pennsylvania State University
Tirayut Vilaivan
Tirayut Vilaivan Chulalongkorn University
Susumu Yoshikawa
Susumu Yoshikawa Kyoto University
Hideo Naoki
Hideo Naoki Tohoku University
Takahiro Nishimura
Takahiro Nishimura Osaka Metropolitan University
Victor J. Hruby
Victor J. Hruby University of Arizona
Terumi Nakajima
Terumi Nakajima Suntory (Japan)
Toshio Fujita
Toshio Fujita Kyoto University

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