Publications
Prior to UIUC
9.
“Enantiospecific Synthesis of α-Tertiary Amines: Ruthenium-Catalyzed Allylic Amination with Aqueous Ammonia”
S. M. Papidocha, H. R. Wilke, K. J. Patej, M. Isomura, T. J. Stucky, L. Rothenbühler, E. M. Carreira*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 11675–11681. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c01928
8.
“Enantioselective Ring Opening of Azetidines via Charge Recognition in Hydrogen-Bond-Donor Catalysis”
J. J. Gair,+ M. Isomura,+ C. C. Wagen, D. A. Strassfeld, E. N. Jacobsen*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 6378–6383. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c00165 [highlighted in SYNFACTS, 2025, 21, 452]
7.
“Role of Noncovalent Interactions in Inducing High Enantioselectivity in an Alcohol Reductive Deoxygenation Reaction Involving a Planar Carbocationic Intermediate”
S. Ghosh, A. Changotra, D. A. Petrone, M. Isomura, E. M. Carreira, R. B. Sunoj*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 2884-2900. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c10975
6.
“Construction of Vicinal Quaternary Centers via Iridium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allenylic Alkylation of Racemic Tertiary Alcohols”
M. Isomura, D. A. Petrone, E. M. Carreira*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 3323-3329. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c00609
5.
“Coordination-Induced Stereocontrol over Carbocations: Asymmetric Reductive Deoxygenation of Racemic Tertiary Alcohols”
M. Isomura,+ D. A. Petrone,+ E. M. Carreira*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 4738-4748. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b00862 [selected as SYNFACT of the month, 2019, 5, 503]
4.
“Allenylic Carbonates in Enantioselective Iridium-Catalyzed Alkylations”
D. A. Petrone, M. Isomura, I. Franzoni, S. L. Rössler, E. M. Carreira*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 4697-4704. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b01416 [selected as SYNFACT of the month, 2018, 6, 593]
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3.
“Conical Ionic Amphiphiles Endowed with Micellization Ability but Lacking Air-Water and Oil-Water Interfacial Activity”
H. Nitta, K. Harano*, M. Isomura, E. H. G. Backus, M. Bonn, E. Nakamura*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 7677-7680. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b01596
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2.
“Indole Synthesis via Cyclative Formation of 2,3-Dizincioindoles and Regioselective Electrophilic Trapping”
L. Ilies,* M. Isomura, S. Yamauchi, T. Nakamura, E. Nakamura*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 23-26. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b10061 [highlighted in SYNFACTS, 2017, 13, 245]
1.
“Fluorescent Azadipyrrinato Zinc(II) Complex: Hybridisation with a Dipyrrinato Ligand”
R. Sakamoto*, S. Kusaka, Y. Kitagawa, M. Kishida, M. Hayashi, Y. Takara, M. Tsuchiya, J. Kakinuma, T. Takeda, K. Hirata, T. Ogino, K. Kawahara, T. Yagi, S. Ikehira, T. Nakamura, M. Isomura, M. Toyama, S. Ichikawa, M. Okumura, H. Nishihara*
Dalton Trans. 2012, 41, 14035-14037. DOI: 10.1039/C2DT32039H
(+ denotes equal contribution)