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Kentaro Okano, Ph.D. Professor bw|R Group Website |
Appointment |
Associate Professor Department of Chemical Science and Engineering Kobe University 1-1 Rokkodai, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan Telephone: +81-78-803-6167 E-mail: okano@harbor.kobe-u.ac.jp |
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2024 Professor,
Kobe University 2016 Associate
Professor, Kobe University 2015 Senior
Lecturer, Kobe University 2007 Assistant
Professor, Tohoku University 2006 JSPS
Predoctoral Fellow |
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Education 2014 2005 – 2007 2003 – 2005 1998 – 2003 |
Research Associate (Adviser: Professor Amir H. Hoveyda) Department of Chemistry, Boston College Ph.D. in Organic and Synthetic Chemistry (Adviser:
Professor Tohru Fukuyama) Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of
Tokyo M.Sc. in Organic and Synthetic Chemistry (Adviser:
Professor Tohru Fukuyama) Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of
Tokyo B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (Advisor: Professor Tamejiro
Hiyama) Department of Industrial Chemistry, Kyoto University
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Research
Interests |
Development of new
synthetic methodologies using short-lived carbanions and strained molecules Total synthesis of complex natural products |
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Selected
Publications Researcher ID |
EMagnesium Bisamide-Mediated Halogen Dance of Bromothiophenes ESynthesis of Thieno[3,2-b]indoles via Halogen Dance and
Ligand-Controlled One-Pot Sequential Coupling Reaction EGeneration of Cycloalkynes through
Deprotonation of Cyclic Enol Triflates with Magnesium Bisamides EOne-pot Halogen Dance/Negishi
Coupling of Dibromothiophenes for Regiocontrolled Synthesis of Multiply
Arylated Thiophenes ETotal Synthesis of (+)-MPC1001B ESynthesis of Substituted Indoline and Carbazole by
Benzyne-Mediated Cyclization–Functionalization ETotal Synthesis of (–)-Acetylaranotin ETotal Synthesis of Dictyodendrin A and B |
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Awards and
Honors |
Best Teaching Award, Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Kobe University, 2017 Incentive Award in Synthetic Organic
Chemistry, Japan, 2016 Thieme Chemistry Journal Award 2015, 2014 Young Scientist's Research Award in Natural
Product Chemistry, 2013 The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for
Young Scientists, Tohoku Branch, 2012 Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists,
2011 Astellas Foundation for Research on Metabolic
Disorders, 2010–2011 Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Fund,
2010–2011 Asahi Kasei Pharma Award in Synthetic Organic
Chemistry, Japan, 2010 Traveling Fellowship from the Research
Foundation for Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2009 JSPS Research Fellowships for Young
Scientists, 2006–2007 The Kyo-Shin Kizo Sakakida Memorial
Scholarship Foundation, 2000–2001
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