- anti-Selective Catalytic Asymmetric Nitroaldol Reaction of α-Keto Esters: Intriguing Solvent Effect, Flow Reaction, and Synthesis of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients
 Tomoya Karasawa, Raphaël Oriez, Naoya Kumagai,* and Masakatsu Shibasaki*
 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 12290–12295.
- Direct Catalytic Asymmetric 1,6-Conjugate Addition of Amides to p-Quinone Methides
 Zhongdong Sun, Bo Sun, Naoya Kumagai,* and Masakatsu Shibasaki*
 Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 3070–3073.
- Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol Reaction of α-vinyl Acetamide
 Toshifumi Takeuchi, Naoya Kumagai,* and Masakatsu Shibasaki*
 J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 5851–5858.
- Direct Enolization Chemistry of 7-Azaindoline Amides: A Case Study of Bis(tetrahydrophosphole)-type Ligands
 Zhao Li, Hidetoshi Noda, Naoya Kumagai,* and Masakatsu Shibasaki*
 Tetrahedron 2018, 74, 3301–3305.
- Catalytic Oligopeptide Synthesis
 Zijian Liu, Hidetoshi Noda, Masakatsu Shibasaki,* and Naoya Kumagai*
 Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 612–615.
- Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol Reaction of Thioamide with an α-Vinyl Appendage
 Jin Cui, Akimichi Ohtsuki, Takumi, Watanabe,* Naoya Kumagai,* and Masakatsu Shibasaki*
 Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 2598–2601.
- Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Mannich-type Reaction En Route to α-Hydroxy-β-Amino Acid Derivatives
 Bo Sun, Roman Pluta, Naoya Kumagai,* and Masakatsu Shibasaki*
 Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 526–529.
- Heterogeneous Heterobimetallic Catalysis Enabling Expeditious Access to CF3‑Containing vic-Amino Alcohols
 Tomoya Karasawa, Naoya Kumagai,* and Masakatsu Shibasaki*
 Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 308–311.
- Structural and Computational Investigation of Intramolecular N−H Interactions in α- and β-Fluorinated 7-Azaindoline Amides
 Lennart Brewitz, Hidetoshi Noda, Naoya Kumagai,* and Masakatsu Shibasaki*
 Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 714–722.
- Bis(2-pyridyl)amides as Readily Cleavable Amides Under Catalytic, Neutral, and Room-Temperature Conditions
 Shinya Adachi, Naoya Kumagai,* and Masakatsu Shibasaki*
 Synlett 2018, 29, 301–305.
- Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Trifluoromethylated Carbinols: A Case Study of Tertiary Propargylic Alcohols
 Hidetoshi Noda, Naoya Kumagai,* and Masakatsu Shibasaki*
 Asian J. Org. Chem. 2018, 7, 599–612.
- Conquering Amide Planarity: Structural Distortion and Its Hidden Reactivity
 Shinya Adachi, Naoya Kumagai,* and Masakatsu Shibasaki*
 Tetrahedron Lett. 2018, 59, 1147–1158.
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