Laboratory of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry

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Publications

Selected Themed Publications

Non-planar Amides Chemistry

  • Robust Trans-Amide Helical Structure of Oligomers of Bicyclic Mimics of β-Proline: Impact of Positional Switching of Bridgehead Substituent on Amide Cis-Trans Equilibrium.
    Siyuan Wang; Yuko Otani; Xin Liu; Masatoshi Kawahata; Kentaro Yamaguchi; Tomohiko Ohwada
    Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014, 79 (11), pp 5287-5300.
    Abstract
  • Secondary Structure of Homo-thiopeptides Based on a Bridged β-Proline Analogue: Preferred Formation of Extended Strand Structures with Trans-Thioamide Bonds
    Yuko Otani, Tetsuharu Hori, Masatoshi Kawahata, Kentaro Yamaguchi and Tomohiko Ohwada
    Tetrahedron, 2012,68 (23), 4418-4428
    Special Issue (Symposium in print) on Chemistry of Foldamers
    Abstract
  • Water-stable Helical Structure of Tertiary Amides of Bicyclic β-Amino Acid Bearing 7-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane. Full Control of Amide Cis-Trans Equilibrium by Bridgehead Substitution.
    Masahiro Hosoya; Yuko Otani; Masatoshi Kawahata; Kentaro Yamaguchi; Tomohiko Ohwada
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 42, 14780-14789.
    Abstract
  • Nonplanar Structures of Thioamides Derived from 7-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane. Electronically Tunable Planarity of Thioamides
    Hori, T.; Otani, Y.; Kawahata, M.; Yamaguchi, K.; Ohwada, T.
    Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008, 73, 9102-9108.
    Abstract
  • Oligomers of beta-Amino Acid Bearing Nonplanar Amides form Ordered Structures
    Yuko Otani, Shiroh Futaki, Tatsuto Kiwada, Yukio Sugiura, Atsuya Muranaka, Nagao Kobayashi, Masanobu Uchiyama, Kentrao Yamaguchi and Tomohiko Ohwada
    Tetrahedron, 2006, 62. 11635-11644.
    Abstract
  • alpha,alpha-Disubstituted Amino Acids Bearing a Large Hydrocarbon Ring. Peptide Self-Assembly through Novel Hydrophobic Recognition
    Ohwada, T.; Kojima, D.; Kiwada, T.; Futaki, S.; Sugiura, Y.; Yamaguchi, K.; Nishi, Y.; Kobayashi, Y.
    Chemistry-A European Journal, 2004, 10, 617-626.
    Abstract
  • An Evaluation of Amide Group Planarity in 7-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane Amides. Low Amide Bond Rotation Barrier in Solution.
    Yuko Otani; Osamu Nagae; Yuji Naruse; Satoshi Inagaki; Masashi Ohno; Kentaro Yamaguchi; Gaku Yamamoto; Masanobu Uchiyama; Tomohiko Ohwada
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003, 125, 15191-15199.
    Abstract

Non-planar N-Nitrosamine Chemistry and Biological Relevance

  • Trans-nitrosylation directs TRPA1 selectivity in N-nitrosamine activators.   Daisuke Kozai, Yoji Kabasawa, Maximilian Ebert, Shigeki Kiyonaka, Firman, Yuko Otani, Tomohiro Numata, Nobuaki Takahashi, Yasuo Mori, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Molecular Pharmacology, 2014, 85, 175-185.
    Abstract
  • Attenuated Desensitization of β-Adrenergic Receptor by Water-Soluble N-Nitrosamines That Induce S-Nitrosylation Without NO Release
    Noriko Makita, Yoji Kabasawa, Yuko Otani, Firman, Junichiro Sato, Makiko Hashimoto, Michio Nakaya, Hiroaki Nishihara, Masaomi Nangaku, Hitoshi Kurose, Tomohiko Ohwada and Taroh Iiri
    Circulation Research, 2013, 112, 327-334.
    Abstract
  • Visible-light-triggered Release of Nitric Oxide from N-Pyramidal Nitrosamines
    Fumika Karaki, Yoji Kabasawa, Takahiro Yanagimoto, Nobuhiro Umeda, Firman, Yasuteru Urano, Tetsuo Nagano, Yuko Otani, and Tomohiko Ohwada
    Chemistry - A European Journal, 2012, 18 (4), 1127-1141.
    Abstract
  • 7-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane as a Structural Motif to Block Mutagenicity of Nitrosamines
    Tomohiko Ohwada, Satoko Ishikawa, Yusuke Mine, Keiko Inami, Takahiro Yanagimoto, Fumika Karaki, Yoji Kabasawa, Yuko Otani, Masataka Mochizuki
    Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2011, 19, 2726-2741.
    Abstract
  • Transnitrosation of Thiols from Aliphatic N-Nitrosamines: S-Nitrosation and Indirect Generation of Nitric Oxide
    Yanagimoto, T.; Toyoda, T.; Matsuki, N.; Makino, Y.; Uchiyama, S.; Ohwada, T.
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 736-737.
    Abstract
  • Structural Features of Aliphatic N-Nitrosamines of 7-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes That Facilitate N-NO Bond Cleavage
    Tomohiko Ohwada,Motoko Miura, Haruko Tanaka, Shigeru Sakamoto, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Hirotaka Ikeda, and Satoshi Inagaki
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2001, 123, 10164-10172.
    Abstract

Aromatic Functionalized Reactions Involving Dicationic and Monocationic Superelectrophiles

  • Acid-promoted Chemoselective Introduction of Amide Functionality onto Aromatic Compounds Mediated by Isocyanate Cation Generated from Carbamate.
    Akinari Sumita, Hiroaki Kurouchi, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 2014, 9 (10), 2995–3004.
    Abstract
  • Protonation Switching to Least Basic Heteroatom of Carbamate through Cationic Hydrogen Bonding Promotes Formation of Isocyanate Cation
    Hiroaki Kurouchi, Akinari Sumita, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Chemistry - A European Journal, 2014, 20, 8682-8690.
    Abstract
  • Cyclization of Arylacetoacetates to Indene and Dihydronaphthalene Derivatives in Strong Acid. Evidenece for Involvement of Further Protonation of O,O-Diprotonated beta-Ketoester, Leading to Enhancement of Cyclization
    Hiroaki Kurouchi, Hiromichi Sugimoto, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 807-815.
    Abstract
  •  Superacid-catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclization Reaction of Arylcyanopropionate: Geminal Substitution Effect on Superelectrophilicity
    Nakamura, S.; Sugimoto, H.; Ohwada, T.
    Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008, 73(11), 4219-4224.
    Abstract
  • Formation of 4H-1,2-Benzoxazines by Intramolecular Cyclization of Nitroalkanes. Scope of Aromatic Oxygen-functionalization Reaction Involving a Nitro Oxygen Atom, and Mechanistic Insights
    Nakamura, S.; Sugimoto, H.; Ohwada, T.
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2007, 129, 1724-1732.
    Abstract
  • Generation and Application of o-Benzoquinone Methides Bearing Various Substituents on the Benzene Ring.
    Sugimoto, H.; Nakamura, S.; Ohwada, T.
    Advanced Synthsis & Catalysis, 2007, 349, 669-679.
    Abstract
  • The Prototype Pictet-Spengler Reactions Catalyzed by Superacids. Involvement of Dicationic Superelectrophiles
    Yokoyama,A.; Ohwada, T.; Shudo, K.
    Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1999, 64, 611-617.
    Abstract
  • Superacid-catalyzed Electrocyclization of Diphenylmethyl Cations to Fluorenes. Kinetic and Theoretical Revisit Supporting the Involvement of Ethylene Dications
    Ohwada, T;Suzuki, T.; Shudo, K.
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1998, 120, 4629-4637.
    Abstract

Design and Synthesis of Membrane Protein Function Modulators. Mechanistic Interests.

  • Discovery of a Tamoxifen-related compound that suppresses glial L-glutamate transport activity without interaction with estrogen receptors"
    Kaoru Sato , Jun-ichi Kuriwaki, Kanako Takahashi, Yoshihiko Saito, Jun-ichiro Oka, Yuko Otani, Yu Sha, Ken Nakazawa, Yuko Sekino, Tomohiko Ohwada
    ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2012, 3, 105-113.
    Abstract
  • Molecular mechanism of pharmacological activation of BK channels
    Guido Gessner, Yong-Mei Cui, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada, Malle Soom, Toshinori Hoshi, and Stefan H. Heinemann
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U. S. A. 2012, 109 (9) 3552-3557.
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  • Synthesis and Evaluation of Lysophosphatidylserine Analogs as Inducers of Mast Cell Degranulation. Potent Activities of Lysophosphatidyl- threonine and Its 2-Deoxy Derivative
    Masazumi Iwashita, Kumiko Makide, Taro Nonomura, Yoshimasa Misumi, Yuko Otani, Mayuko Ishida, Ryo Taguchi, Masafumi Tsujimoto, Junken Aoki, Hiroyuki Arai, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2009, 52 (19), 5837-5863.
    Abstract
  • Design, Synthesis and Characterization of BK Channel Openers Based on Oximation of Abietane Diterpene Derivatives
    Yong-Mei Cui, Eriko Yasutomi, Yuko Otani, Katsutoshi Ido, Takashi Yoshinaga, Kohei Sawada, and Tomohiko Ohwada
    Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2010, 18, 8642-8659.
    Abstract
  • Novel Oxime and Oxime Ether Derivatives of 12,14-Dichlorodehydroabietic Acid: Design, Synthesis and BK Channel-Opening Activity
    Cui, Y.-M.; Yasutomi, E.; Otani, Y.; Yoshinaga, T.; Ido, K.; Sawada, K. Kawahata, M. ; Yamaguchi, K.; Ohwada, T.
    Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2008, 18 (24), 6386-6389.
    Abstract
  • Dehydroabietic Acid Derivatives as a Novel Scaffold for Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated K+ Channel Openers.
    Ohwada, T.; Nonomura, T.; Maki, K.; Sakamoto, K.; Ohya, S.; Muraki, K; Imaizum、Y.
    Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2003, 13, 3971-3974.
    Abstract

Computational Studies

  • Enantiodivergent Deprotonation-Acylation of α-Amino Nitriles
    Michiko Sasaki, Tomo Takegawa, Kunihiro Sakamoto, Yuri Kotomori, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada, Masatoshi Kawahata, Kentaro Yamaguchi, and Kei Takeda
    Angewandte Chemie International Edtion, 2013, 52 (49), 12956-12960.
    Abstract
  • Theoretical study on the excited states of heteroarene chromophores: Comparison of calculated and experimental values
    Tsuji, T.; Onoda, M.; Otani, Y.; Ohwada, T.; Nakajima, T.; Hirao, K.
    Chemical Physics Letters, 2009, 473 (1-3), 29, 196-200
    Abstract
  • Theoretical Revisit of Regioselectivities of Diels-Alder Reactions. Quantitative Evaluation of Multicentered Reactivity Based on Reactive Hybrid Orbitals
    Hirao, H. ; Ohwada, T.
    Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2005, 109, 816-824.
    Abstract
  • Rationale for the Acidity of Meldrum's Acid. Consistent Relation of C-H Acidities to the Properties of Localized Reactive Orbital
    Nakamura, S.; Hirao, H.; Ohwada, T.
    Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2004, 69, 4309-4316.
    Abstract

2024

  • Synthesis of Stable Hypervalent Bromine(III) Complexes by In Situ Oxidation with Lewis Acids Containing sp-Hybridized Nitrogen
    Tomohiro Fujino, Tadashi Hyodo, Yuko Otani, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Organic Letters, November 11, 2024    DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c03881
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c03881
  • N-ortho-Nitrobenzylated Benzanilide Amino Acid Enables Control of Conformation and Membrane Permeability of Cyclic Peptides
    Yuko Otani, * Asami Ichinose, Xihong Wang, Zhihan Huang, Akitomo Kasahara, Mayumi Ishii, Eri Watanabe, Kayoko Kanamitsu, Kempei Tai, Hiroyuki Kusuhara, Takumi Ueda, * Koh Takeuchi and Tomohiko Ohwada *
    Chemical Communications, 2024, 60, 9242 - 9245. DOI: 10.1039/D4CC02738H
    https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2024/CC/D4CC02738H
  • Complete Amide Cis-Trans Switching Synchronized with Disulfide Bond Formation and Cleavage in a Proline-Mimicking System
    Yuhe Cheng, Tadashi Hyodo, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Tomohiko Ohwada,* Yuko Otani *
    Chemical Communications, 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D4CC01096E
    https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2024/CC/D4CC01096E
  • Effect of N-o-nitrobenzylation on conformation and membrane permeability of linear peptides.
    Zhihan Huang, Mayumi Ishii, Eri Watanabe, Kayoko Kanamitsu, Kempei Tai, Hiroyuki Kusuhara, Tomohiko Ohwada, and Yuko Otani
    Bioorganic Chemistry, 2024, 145, 107220.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107220
  • Structural basis for lysophosphatidylserine recognition by GPR34
    Tamaki Izume, Ryo Kawahara, Akiharu Uwamizu, Luying Chen, Shun Yaginuma, Jumpei Omi, Hiroki Kawana, Fengjue Hou, Fumiya K. Sano, Tatsuki Tanaka, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Hiroyuki H. Okamoto, Yoshiaki Kise, Tomohiko Ohwada*, Junken Aoki*, Wataru Shihoya*, Osamu Nureki*
    Nature Communications 15, Article number: 902 (2024)
    DOI:DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-45046-z
  • Stabilization of sp-Hybridized Nitrogen Cation by Lewis Acid-Base Complex Formation with Intramolecular Iodine
    Tomohiro Fujino, Tadashi Hyodo, Yuko Otani, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Chemistry - A European Journal Volume30, Issue5, January 22, e202303393(2024). Open Access.
    Abstract: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.202303393

2023

  • Isosteric Replacement of Ester Linkage of Lysophospholipids with Heteroaromatic Rings Retains Potency and Subtype Selectivity
    Masaya Ikubo, Akiharu Uwamizu, Luying Chen, Sho Nakamura, Misa Sayama, Hiroki Kawana, Yuko Otani, Kuniyuki Kano, Asuka Inoue, Junken Aoki, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Chem. Pharm. Bull. 71, 584–615 (2023)
    Highlighted Paper selected by Editor-in-Chief
  • Isolation and Reactions of Imidoyl Fluorides Generated from Oxime using the DAST-THF System
    Yipu Lu, Akitomo Kasahara, Tadashi Hyodo, Kazuaki Ohara, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Yuko Otani,Tomohiko Ohwada
    Organic Letters, 2023, 25, 19, 3482–3486
    Publication Date:May 9, 2023
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.3c01063
  • Exploration of LPS 2 agonist binding modes using the combination of a new hydrophobic scaffold and homology modeling
    Luying Chen, Akiharu Uwamizu, Misa Sayama, Kuniyuki Kanob, Yuko Otan, Sho Kondo, Asuka Inoue, Junken Aoki , Tomohiko Ohwada
    European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 252 (2023) 115271
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0223523423002374
  • Leucine 434 is essential for docosahexaenoic acid–induced augmentation of L-glutamate transporter current
    Kanako Takahashi, Luying Chen, Misa Sayama, Mian Wu, Mariko Kato Hayashi, Tomohiko Irie, Tomohiko Ohwada, and Kaoru Sato
    J. Biol. Chem. (2023) 299(1) 102793
    OpenAccessDOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102793

2022

  • Friedel-Crafts Acylation of Aminocarboxylic Acids in Strong Brønsted Acid Promoted by Lewis Base P4O10
    Hao Wu; Akinari Sumita; Yuko Otani; Tomohiko Ohwada
    Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2022, 87, 22, 15224-15249.
    Web Publication Date: November 1, 2022
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.2c01761
  • Identification of Bioactive Conformational Space of Flexible Endogenous Lipid Mediator Lysophosphoserine Based on Accessible Spaces and Activities of Conformationally Restricted Analogue,
    Sejin Jung, Nobuaki Yasuo , Misa Sayama, Luying Chen , Yuko Otani , S. Roy Kimura, Tomohiko Ohwada, Masakazu Sekijima,
    ChemRxiv. Cambridge: Cambridge Open Engage; 2022, preprint.
    DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-bfgzt
  • Neighboring Group Participation of Nitrogen Cation to Form an Unusual Six-Membered Ring Intermediate During Oxime Rearrangement
    Tomohiro Fujino, Tadashi Hyodo, Yuko Otani, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Journal of Organic Chemistry
    Publication Date:September 9, 2022, 87, 19, 12653-12672.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.2c01098
  • Friedel-Crafts-type Acylation and Amidation Reactions in Strong Brønsted Acid: Taming Superelectrophiles
    Akinari Sumita, Tomohiko Ohwada *
    Molecules, 2022, 27(18), 5984. Open Access
    Abstract: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/18/5984
    https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27185984
    PDF Version: https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/27/18/5984/pdf
    Review, 13 August 2022
    Organophosphorus Chemistry: A Themed Issue in Honor of Prof. Koop Lammertsma
  • Contribution of solvents to geometrical preference in the Z/E equilibrium of N-phenylthioacetamide.
    Song S, Hyodo T, Ikeda H, Kim A, Tang Y, Chan E, Otani, Y, Inagaki S, Yamaguchi K, Ohwada T,
    J Org Chem., 2022, 87, 3, 1641-1660.
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.joc.1c00801
    This article is part of the Solvation Effects in Organic Chemistry special issue.
    Cynthia J. Burrows, Jason B. Harper, Wolfram Sander, Dean J. Tantillo
    https://pubs.acs.org/toc/joceah/87/3
  • Building on endogenous lipid mediators to design synthetic receptor ligands
    Luying Chen, Ge Yan, Tomohiko Ohwada
    European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
    Volume 231, 5 March 2022, 114154 (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114154
    https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1eWwHoqiQAjMp

2021

  • Rhodium and Palladium Complexes of NHeterocyclic Olefin (NHO) Ligand Fused with the 9,10-Dihydro-9,10-ethanoanthracene Framework
    Authors: Shin Ando, Akio Ohara, Tomohiko Ohwada, Tadao Ishizuka
    Organometallics, 2021,Publication Date:October 20, 2021
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00503
    Abstract:https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00503
  • Unexpectedly Rigid Short Peptide Foldamers in which NH-p and CH-p Interactions are Reserved in Solution
    Luhan Zhai, Masayuki Nara, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Chemical Communications, 2021, 57 (67), 8344-8347.
    DOI: 10.1039/D1CC02998C
    https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/CC/D1CC02998C#!divAbstract
  • Switching Lysophosphatidylserine G Protein-coupled Receptor Agonists to Antagonists by Acylation of the Hydrophilic Serine Amine
    Misa Sayama, Akiharu Uwamizu, Masaya Ikubo, Luying Chen, Ge Yan, Yuko Otani, Asuka Inoue, Junken Aoki, Tomohiko Ohwada.
    Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2021, 64(14), 10059-10101.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00347
  • Elaboration of non-naturally occurring helical tripeptides as p53-MDM2/MDMX interaction inhibitor
    Aoze Su, Yuko Tabata, Kiyono Aoki, Akane Sada, Rieko Ohki, Satoru Nagatoishi, Kouhei Tsumoto, Siyuan Wang, Yuko Otani, and Tomohiko Ohwada
    Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin、2021 Volume 69 Issue 7 Pages 681-692.
    https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/cpb/advpub/0/advpub_c21-00238/_article/-char/en

2020

  • Membrane phospholipid analogues as molecular rulers to probe the position of the hydrophobic contact point of lysophospholipid ligands on the surface of G-protein-coupled receptor during membrane approach.
    Sayama M, Uwamizu A, Otani Y, Inoue A, Aoki J, Sekijima M, Ohwada T.
    Biochemistry. 59:1173-1201 (2020)
    https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00061
  • Editorial
    Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry Research from Japan
    Shaomeng Wang, Gunda Georg, Minoru Ishikawa, Tomohiko Ohwada, Satoshi Shuto, Takayoshi Suzuki
    Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2020, 63, 17, 8877-8879 (Editorial)
    Publication Date (Web): August 25, 2020
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01314
  • Sequential Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling / Lewis Acid Catalyzed Cyclization: An Entry to Functionalized Cycloalkane-Fused Naphthalenes
    Mahecha-Mahecha, Camilo; Lecornué, Frédéric; Akinari, Sumita; Charote, Thomas; Gamba-Sanchez, Diego; Ohwada, Tomohiko; Thibaudeau, Sébastien*
    Organic Letters, 2020, 22, 16, 6267–6271 Publication Date:August 5, 2020, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.0c02020
    Abstract
  • Non-naturally-occurring Regio Isomer of Lysophosphatidylserine Exhibits Potent Agonistic Activity Towards G Protein-coupled Receptors,
    Nakamura, Sho ; Sayama, Misa ; Uwamizu, Akiharu ; Jung, Sejin ; Ikubo, Masaya ; Otani, Yuko; kano, kuniyuki ; Omi , Jumpei; Inoue, Asuka; Aoki, Junken ; Ohwada, Tomohiko*
    J. Med. Chem., 2020, 63, 17, 9990–10029. Publication Date (Web): July 28, 2020.
    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01126
    Abstract
  • Conformational preference of bicyclic β-amino acid dipeptides
    Yuko Otani, Seokhwi Park, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Chirality, 2020, 32, 790–807.
    First published: 01 April 2020
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/chir.23220
    SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE: This article is part of the Special Issue: In honor and memory of Prof. Koji Nakanishi
    Abstract
  • Exploiting a C–N bond Forming Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase for C–S Bond Formation
    Iori Morita, Takahiro Mori, Takaaki Mitsuhashi, Shotaro Hoshino, Yoshimasa Taniguchi, Takashi Kikuchi, Kei Nagae, Norihiro Nasu, Makoto Fujita, Tomohiko Ohwada, Ikuro Abe
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition Early View First published: 30 December 2019, Volume59, Issue10, March 2, 2020, Pages 3988-3993.
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201916269
    Abstract
  • Peptide-based Short Single β-Strand Mimics without Hydrogen Bonding or Aggregation
    Luhan Zhai, Yuko Otani, Yukiko Hori, Taisuke Tomita and Tomohiko Ohwada
    Chemical Communications, 2020, 56, 1573 – 1576.
    The article was first published on 19 Dec 2019.DOI: 10.1039/C9CC08378B
    Abstract
  • Synthesis of Medium-Ring-Sized Benzolactams by Using Strong Electrophiles and Quantitative Evaluation of Ring-Size Dependency of the Cyclization Reaction Rate
    Hiroaki Kurouchi and Tomohiko Ohwada
    J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 2, 876-901.
    Publication Date: December 4, 2019
    Abstract

2019

  • Non-naturally Occurring Helical Molecules Can Interfere with p53–MDM2 and p53–MDMX Protein–Protein Interactions
    Chem. Pharm. Bull. 67, 2019, 1139–1143.
    MDM2 and p53–MDMX Protein–Protein Interactions
    Aoze Su, Siyuan Wang, Akane Sada, Yuko Otani, Luhan Zhai, Xin Liu, Misa Sayama, Rieko Ohki, and Tomohiko Ohwada
    Abstract (Open Access)
  • Overall Shape Constraint of Alternating α/β-Hybrid Peptides Containing Bicyclic β-Proline
    Siyuan Wang, Yuko Otani, Luhan Zhai, Aoze Su, Masayuki Nara, Masatoshi Kawahata, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Akane Sada, Rieko Ohki, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Organic Letters, 2019, 21(19), 7813-7817.
    Publication Date: September 13, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02799
    Abstract
  • Luhan Zhai, Yuko Otani and Tomohiko Ohwada, "Uncovering the Networks of Topological Neighborhoods in β-Strand and Amyloid β-Sheet Structures," Scientific Reports: volume 9, Article number: 10737 (2019). Web Published on July 24, 2019, doi:10.1038/s41598-019-47151-2.
    We modeled the building blocks of the protein structure that causes Alzheimer's disease, amyloid beta sheets. Our calculations revealed that some atoms too far apart to bond were still in each other's electron neighborhoods. This result was published in Scientific Reports on July 24, 2019. University of Tokyo made a press release on July 24, 2019. See the following web page of University of Tokyo:
    https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/press/z0508_00064.html
  • Amide nitrogen pyramidalization changes lactam amide spinning
    Nature Communications volume 10, Article number: 461 (2019).
    Yuko Otani, * Xin Liu, Hisashi Ohno, Siyuan Wang, Luhan Zhai, Aoze Su, Masatoshi Kawahata, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Tomohiko Ohwada* Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan 2Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Kagawa Campus, Tokushima Bunri University, Japan.
    Published on January 28, 2019.
    10.1038/s41467-018-08249-9.
    Abstract Open Access
  • We found a lactam amide system (cyclic amide system) in which the amide can rotate through 360 degrees.
    See the detail in the following Web page of the University of Tokyo:
    English https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/articles/z0508_00090.html
    Japanese https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/ja/articles/z0508_00089.html

2018

  • A simple and effective preparation of quercetin pentamethyl ether from quercetin
    Jin Tatsuzaki, Tomohiko Ohwada, Yuko Otani, Reiko Inagi, Tsutomu Ishikawa
    Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 2018, 14, 3112-3121.
    Full Research Paper
    Abstract Open Access
  • Application of C-terminal 7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane to stabilize β?strand-like extended conformation of a neighboring α-amino acid
    Luhan Zhai, Siyuan Wang, Masayuki Nara, Koh Takeuchi, Ichio Shimada, Yuko Otani, and Tomohiko Ohwada
    J. Org. Chem., 2018, 83 (21), pp 13063–13079. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b01756 Publication Date (Web): October 4, 2018
    Abstract
  • Unexpected Resistance to Base-catalyzed Hydrolysis of Nitrogen Pyramidal Amides Based on the 7-Azabicyclic[2.2.1]heptane Scaffold
    Diego Antonio Ocampo Gutierrez de Velasco, Aoze Su, Luhan Zhai, Satowa Kinoshita, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Molecules 2018, 23(9), 2363;
    Open Access
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    Special Issue: Amide Bond Activation (Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Michal Szostak, Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, United States)
  • Cell surface flip-flop of phosphatidylserine is critical for PIEZO1-mediated myotube formation
    Masaki Tsuchiya, Yuji Hara, Masaki Okuda, Karin Itoh, Ryotaro Nishioka, Akifumi Shiomi, Kohjiro Nagao, Masayuki Mori, Yasuo Mori, Junichi Ikenouchi, Ryo Suzuki, Motomu Tanaka , Tomohiko Ohwada, Junken Aoki, Motoi Kanagawa, Tatsushi Toda, Yosuke Nagata, Ryoichi Matsuda,Yasunori Takayama, Makoto Tominaga, Masato Umeda
    Nature Communications, volume 9, Article number: 2049 (2018)
    Open access
  • Facile Synthesis of 2,3-Benzodiazepines Using One-pot Two-step Phosphate-Assisted Acylation-Hydrazine Cyclization Reactions
    Akinari Sumita, Jinhee Lee, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada1
    Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2018, 16, 4013 - 4020, Advance Article, DOI: 10.1039/C8OB00708J
    Abstract
  • Pharmacokinetic parameters explain the therapeutic activity of antimicrobial agents in a silkworm infection model 
    Atmika Paudel, Suresh Panthee, Makoto Urai, Hiroshi Hamamoto, Tomohiko Ohwada & Kazuhisa Sekimizu
    Scientific Reports, volume 8, Article number: 1578 (2018) doi:10.1038/s41598-018-19867-0

  • Latent Bronsted Base Solvent-Assisted Amide Formation from Amines and Acid Chlorides
    Rikuto Otsuka, Kazuo Maruhashi, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Synthesis, 2018, 50(10):2041-2057, e-First: Publication Date: 20 March 2018 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1609342

  • Synthesis, Structure and N-N Bonding Character of 1,1-Disubstituted Indazolium Hexafluorophosphate
    Yingtang Ning; Yuko Otani; Tomohiko Ohwada
    Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 1881-1884. DOI: 10.1039/C8CC00183A Accepted Manuscript.

  • Contrasting C- and O-Atom Reactivities of Neutral Ketone and Enolate Forms of 3-Sulfonyloxyimino-2-Methyl-1-Phenyl-1-Butanones
    Yingtang Ning; Yuko Otani; Tomohiko Ohwada
    Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018, 83 (1), pp203-219. Publication Date (Web): November 30, 2017 (Article) DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02573

2017

  • Electrophilic activation of aminocarboxylic acid by phosphate ester promotes Friedel-Crafts acylation by overcoming charge-charge repulsion
    Akinari Sumita, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2017, 15, 9398-9407. DOI: 10.1039/C7OB02158E
  • Elucidation of the E-Amide Preference of N-Acyl Azoles
    Yuka Takahashi, Hirotaka Ikeda, Yuki Kanase, Kosho Makino, Hidetsugu Tabata, Tetsuta Oshitari, Satoshi Inagaki, Yuko Otani, Hideaki Natsugari, Hideyo Takahashi, and Tomohiko Ohwada
    J. Org. Chem., 2017, 82 (21), pp 11370-11382 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b01759
  • Structural insights into ligand recognition by the lysophosphatidic acid receptor LPA6
    Reiya Taniguchi, Asuka Inoue, Misa Sayama, Akiharu Uwamizu, Keitaro Yamashita, Kunio Hirata, Masahito Yoshida, Yoshiki Tanaka, Hideaki E. Kato, Yoshiko Nakada-Nakura, Yuko Otani, Tomohiro Nishizawa, Takayuki Doi, Tomohiko Ohwada, Ryuichiro Ishitani, Junken Aoki, Osamu Nureki
    Nature, 548, 356-360 (17 August 2017). doi:10.1038/nature23448
  • Probing the Hydrophobic Binding Pocket of G-Protein-Coupled Lysophosphatidylserine Receptor GPR34/LPS1 by Docking-Aided Structure-Activity Analysis
    Misa Sayama, Asuka Inoue, Sho Nakamura, Sejin Jung, Masaya Ikubo, Yuko Otani, Akiharu Uwamizu, Takayuki Kishi, Kumiko Makide, Junken Aoki, Takatsugu Hirokawa, and Tomohiko Ohwada
    J. Med. Chem., 2017, 60 (14), pp 6384-6399. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00693
  • Synthesis of Heterocycle-Containing 9,9-Diarylfluorenes Using Superelectrophiles
    Makafui Gasonoo, Akinari Sumita, Kenneth N. Boblak, Kristen Giuffre, Tomohiko Ohwada, and Douglas A Klumpp
    J. Org. Chem., 297,82(12).6044-6053. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00311 Publication Date (Web): May 30, 2017
  • Base-Induced Transformation of 2-Acyl-3-alkyl-2H-azirines to Oxazoles: Involvement of Deprotonation-Initiated Pathways
    Yingtang Ning, Yuko Otani and Tomohiko Ohwada
    J. Org. Chem., 2017,82(12).6313-6326. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00904 Publication Date (Web): May 23, 2017
  • Phospholipid localization implies microglial morphology and function via Cdc42 in vitro
    Kyohei Tokizane, Hiroyuki Konishi, Kumiko Makide, Hiroki Kawana, Shinichi Nakamuta, Kozo Kaibuchi, Tomohiko Ohwada, Junken Aoki and Hiroshi Kiyama
    GLIA, Volume 65, Issue 5 May 2017, Pages 740-755. DOI: 10.1002/glia.23123
  • Revisiting Secondary Interactions in Neighboring Group Participation, Exemplified by Reactivity Changes of Iminylium Intermediates
    Yingtang Ning, Tomoya Fukuda, Hirotaka Ikeda, Yuko Otani, Masatoshi Kawahata, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2017, 15, 1381 - 1392. DOI: 10.1039/C6OB02719A
  • Use of Charge-Charge Repulsion to Enhance π-electron Delocalization into Anti-aromatic and Aromatic Systems
    Akinari Sumita, Makafui Gasonoo, Kenneth J. Boblak, Tomohiko Ohwada and Douglas Klumpp
    Chemistry - A European Journal, 2017, Volume 23, Issue 11
    February 21, pages 2566?2570. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201606036
  • Chemoselective Generation of Acyl Phosphates, Acylium Ion Equivalent, from Carboxylic Acids With Organophosphate Ester in the Presence of Bronsted Acid
    Akinari Sumita, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Chem. Comm., 2017, 53, 1482-1485. DOI: 10.1039/c6cc09618b
  • Molecular Dynamics Study of Nitrogen-Pyramidalized Bicyclic β-Proline Oligomers: Length-Dependent Convergence to Organized Structure
    Yuko Otani*, Satoshi Watanabe, Tomohiko Ohwada, and Akio Kitao*
    J. Phys. Chem. B, 2017, 121 (1), pp 100-109. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b10668
    Publication Date (Web): December 5, 2016
  • Erika S. Chan, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Integration of Medicinal Chemistry in the US Pharmacy School Education
    Farumashia vol 53, No. 4. p372-373 (2017).
  • Masaaki Hirobe, Tomohiko Ohwada
    How Professor Eiji Ochiai met polymer sciences
    落合英二先生と高分子化学の出会い
    Polymers, 66, No4. page 163-165 (2017)

2016

  • Identification of lysophosphatidylthreonine with an aromatic fatty acid surrogate as a potent inducer of mast cell degranulation
    Takayuki Kishi, Hiroki Kawana, Misa Sayama, Kumiko Makide, Asuka Inoue, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada, Junken Aoki
    Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, Volume 8, December 2016, Pages 346-351.
    Open Access
  • Nitric oxide-induced oxidative stress impairs pacemaker function of murine interstitial cells of Cajal during inflammation
    N.Kaji, K. Horiguchi, S. Iino, S. Nakayama, T. Ohwada, Y. Otani, Firman, T. Murata, K. M. Sanders, H. Ozaki, M. Hori
    Pharmacol. Res., 2016, 111, 838-848.
  • Identification of lysophosphatidylthreonine with an aromatic fatty acid surrogate as a potent inducer of mast cell degranulation
    Takayuki Kishi, Hiroki Kawana, Misa Sayama, Kumiko Makide, Asuka Inoue, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada, Junken Aoki
    Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports Available on line 8 October 2016
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrep.2016.09.013
    Open Access
  • Conformational Constraint of the Glycerol Moiety of Lysophosphatidylserine, an Emerging Lysophospholipid Mediator, Affords Compounds with Receptor Subtype Selectivity
    Sejin Jung, Asuka Inoue, Sho Nakamura, Takayuki Kishi, Akiharu Uwamizu, Misa Sayama, Masaya Ikubo, Yuko Otani, Kuniyuki Kano, Kumiko Makide, Junken Aoki, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2016,59 (8), pp 3750-3776. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01925
  • Hydrogen Bonding to Carbonyl Oxygen of Nitrogen-Pyramidalized Amide-Detection of Pyramidalization Direction Preference by Vibrational Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy.
    Siyuan Wang, Tohru Taniguchi, Kenji Monde, Masatoshi Kawahata, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Chemical Communications, 2016, 52, 4018 - 4021, DOI: 10.1039/C6CC00284F
    Open Access
    Web themed collection of ChemComm on ‘Foldamers’ (ed) by Professors Ivan Huc & Samuel Gellman
  • The synthesis and BK channel-opening activity of N-acylaminoalkyloxime derivatives of dehydroabietic acid.
    Xin-Lan Liu; Hai-Xia Lin; Tomohiko Ohwada; Katsutoshi Ido; Kohei Sawada
    Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Volume 26, Issue 2, 15 January 2016, Pages 283-287.
  • Tandem Buildup of Complexity of Aromatic Molecules Through Multiple Successive Electrophile Generation in One Pot, Controlled by Varying the Reaction Temperature
    Akinari Sumita, Yuko Otani, and Tomohiko Ohwada
    Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2016, 14, 1680 - 1693.
    Open Access
  • Facile Synthesis of 5- to 7-membered benzolactam compounds via strongly facilitated electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction.
    Hiroaki Kurouchi, Yuko Otani, and Tomohiko Ohwada
    Heterocycle, Vol 93, No. 2, 2016, pp. 705 - 713. DOI: 10.3987/COM-15-S(T)60 Paper | Special issue | The 75th Birthday Anniversary of Prof. Dr. Lutz F. Tietze. Published online: 6th January, 2016

2015

  • Structure-Activity Relationships of Lysophosphatidylserine Analogs as Agonists of G-Protein-Coupled Receptors GPR34, P2Y10, and GPR174
    Masaya Ikubo, Asuka Inoue, Sho Nakamura, Sejin Jung, Misa Sayama, Yuko Otani, Akiharu Uwamizu, Keisuke Suzuki, Takayuki Kishi, Akira Shuto, Jun Ishiguro, Michiyo Okudaira, Kuniyuki Kano, Kumiko Makide, Junken Aoki, and Tomohiko Ohwada
    J. Med. Chem., 2015, 58 (10), pp 4204-4219 DOI: 10.1021/jm5020082
  • Lysophosphatidylserine analogues differentially activate three LysoPS receptors
    Akiharu Uwamizu, Asuka Inoue, Kensuke Suzuki, Michiyo Okudaira, Akira Shuto, Yuji Shinjo, Jun Ishiguro, Kumiko Makide, Masaya Ikubo, Sho Nakamura, Sejin Jung, Misa Sayama, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada, and Junken Aoki
    J. Biochem. (2015) 157 (3): 151-160.

2014

  • Deciphering Subtype-Selective Modulations in TRPA1 Biosensor Channels
    Daisuke Kozai, Reiko Sakaguchi, Tomohiko Ohwada and Yasuo Mori*
    Curr. neuropharmacol. 2014, 12,page 1. DOI: 10.2174/1570159X12666141009212356
  • Acid-promoted Chemoselective Introduction of Amide Functionality onto Aromatic Compounds Mediated by Isocyanate Cation Generated from Carbamate.
    Akinari Sumita, Hiroaki Kurouchi, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 2014, 9 (10), 2995-3004.
  • Robust Trans-Amide Helical Structure of Oligomers of Bicyclic Mimics of beta-Proline: Impact of Positional Switching of Bridgehead Substituent on Amide Cis-Trans Equilibrium
    Siyuan Wang; Yuko Otani; Xin Liu; Masatoshi Kawahata; Kentaro Yamaguchi; Tomohiko Ohwada
    Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2014, 79 (11), pp 5287-5300.
  • Protonation Switching to Least Basic Heteroatom of Carbamate through Cationic Hydrogen Bonding Promotes Formation of Isocyanate Cation
    Hiroaki Kurouchi, Akinari Sumita, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Chemistry - A European Journal, 2014, 20, 8682-8690.
  • Trans-nitrosylation directs TRPA1 selectivity in N-nitrosamine activators
    Daisuke Kozai, Yoji Kabasawa, Maximilian Ebert, Shigeki Kiyonaka, Firman, Yuko Otani, Tomohiro Numata, Nobuaki Takahashi, Yasuo Mori, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Molecular Pharmacology, 85, 175-185. doi:10.1124/mol.113.08886

2013

  • Synthesis and BK channel-opening activity of novel N-acylhydrazone derivatives from dehydroabietic acid
    Xia-Shi Lv , Yong-Mei Cui *, He-Yun Wang, Hai-Xia Lin *, Wei-Ya Ni , Tomohiko Ohwada , Katsutoshi Ido , Kohei Sawada 
    Chinese Chemical Letters ,2013, 24,1023-1026 
  • Enantiodivergent Deprotonation-Acylation of α-Amino Nitriles
    Michiko Sasaki, Tomo Takegawa, Kunihiro Sakamoto, Yuri Kotomori, Yuko Otani,・ Tomohiko Ohwada, Masatoshi Kawahata, Kentaro Yamaguchi, and Kei Takeda・
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52 (49), 12956-12960.
  • Stereochemical Evidence for Stabilization of a Nitrogen Cation by Neighboring Chlorine or Bromine
    Tomohiko Ohwada, Norihiko Tani , Yuko Sakamaki , Yoji Kabasawa , Yuko Otani , Masatoshi Kawahata , Kentaro Yamaguchi
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2013, 110, NO. 11, 4206-4211.
  • Attenuated Desensitization of β-Adrenergic Receptor by Water-Soluble N-Nitrosamines That Induce S-Nitrosylation Without NO Release
    Noriko Makita, Yoji Kabasawa, Yuko Otani, Firman, Junichiro Sato, Makiko Hashimoto, Michio Nakaya, Hiroaki Nishihara, Masaomi Nangaku, Hitoshi Kurose, Tomohiko Ohwada and Taroh Iiri
    Circ Res. 2013, 112, 327-334.
  • Screening quality for Ca2+-activated potassium channel in IonWorks Quattro is greatly improved by using BAPTA-AM and ionomycin
    Katsutoshi Ido, Tomohiko Ohwada, Eriko Yasutomi, Takashi Yoshinaga, Tohru Arai, Mitsuyasu Kato, Kohei Sawada,
    Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods, 2013, 67, Issue 1, January-February, 16-24.

2012

  • Activation of Electrophilicity of Stable Y-Delocalized Carbamate Cations in Intramolecular Aromatic Substitution Reaction: Evidence for Formation of Diprotonated Carbamates Leading to Generation of Isocyanates
    Hiroaki Kurouchi, Kyoko Kawamoto, Hiromichi Sugimoto, Satoshi Nakamura, Yuko Otani, and Tomohiko Ohwada
    J. Org. Chem., 2012, 77 (20), pp 9313-9328
  • TGFα shedding assay: an accurate and versatile method for detecting GPCR activation
    Asuka Inoue, Jun Ishiguro, Hajime Kitamura, Naoaki Arima, Michiyo Okutani, Akira Shuto, Shigeki Higashiyama, Tomohiko Ohwada, Hiroyuki Arai, Kumiko Makide & Junken Aoki
    Nature Methods, vol 9, No.10, 1021-1029 (2012) doi:10.1038/nmeth.2172
  • Molecular mechanism of pharmacological activation of BK channels
    Guido Gessner, Yong-Mei Cui, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada, Malle Soom, Toshinori Hoshi, and Stefan H. Heinemann
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U. S. A. (PNAS) 2012 ;109 (9) 3552-3557
  • Secondary Structure of Homo-thiopeptides Based on a Bridged β-Proline Analogue: Preferred Formation of Extended Strand Structures with Trans-Thioamide Bonds
    Yuko Otani, Tetsuharu Hori, Masatoshi Kawahata, Kentaro Yamaguchi and Tomohiko Ohwada
    Tetrahedron、2012,4418-4428
    Special Issue (Symposium in print) on Chemistry of Foldamers
  • GPR34 is a receptor for lysophosphatidylserine with a fatty acid at the sn-2 position
    Hajime Kitamura, Kumiko Makide, Akira Shuto, Masaya Ikubo, Asuka Inoue, Kensuke Suzuki, Yusuke Sato, Sho Nakamura, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada, Junken Aoki
    J Biochem (2012) 151 (5): 511-518
    first published online February 16, 2012 doi:10.1093/jb/mvs011
  • Visible-light-triggered Release of Nitric Oxide from N-Pyramidal Nitrosamines
    Fumika Karaki, Yoji Kabasawa, Takahiro Yanagimoto, Nobuhiro Umeda, Firman, Yasuteru Urano, Tetsuo Nagano, Yuko Otani, and Tomohiko Ohwada
    Chemistry - A European Journal
    Volume 18, Issue 4, pages 1127-1141, January 23, 2012
  • Discovery of a Tamoxifen-related compound that suppresses glial L-glutamate transport activity without interaction with estrogen receptors"
    Kaoru Sato , Jun-ichi Kuriwaki, Kanako Takahashi, Yoshihiko Saito, Jun-ichiro Oka, Yuko Otani, Yu Sha, Ken Nakazawa, Yuko Sekino, Tomohiko Ohwada
    ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2012, 3, 105-113.

2011

  • 7-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane as a Structural Motif to Block Mutagenicity of Nitrosamines
    Tomohiko Ohwada, Satoko Ishikawa, Yusuke Mine, Keiko Inami, Takahiro Yanagimoto, Fumika Karaki, Yoji Kabasawa, Yuko Otani, Masataka Mochizuki
    Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2011, 19, 2726-2741. DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2011.02.049

2010

  • Dynamic NMR: スペクトルの線形解析によるチオアミド結合の回転障壁の算出 
    尾谷優子,大和田智彦 
    分光研究(分光便利帳)2010年,第59巻,第3号,140-142.
  • Design, Synthesis and Characterization of BK Channel Openers Based on Oximation of Abietane Diterpene Derivatives
    Yong-Mei Cui, Eriko Yasutomi, Yuko Otani, Katsutoshi Ido, Takashi Yoshinaga, Kohei Sawada, and Tomohiko Ohwada
    Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2010 18, 8642-8659. doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2010.09.072. 
  • Water-stable Helical Structure of Tertiary Amides of Bicyclic β-Amino Acid Bearing 7-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane. Full Control of Amide Cis-Trans Equilibrium by Bridgehead Substitution
    Masahiro Hosoya; Yuko Otani; Masatoshi Kawahata; Kentaro Yamaguchi; Tomohiko Ohwada
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2010, 132, 42, 14780-14789. DOI: 10.1021/ja1017877
  • Cyclization of Arylacetoacetates to Indene and Dihydronaphthalene Derivatives in Strong Acid. Evidenece for Involvement of Further Protonation of O,O-Diprotonated beta-Ketoester, Leading to Enhancement of Cyclization
    Hiroaki Kurouchi, Hiromichi Sugimoto, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 807-815.

2009

  • Phenylation Reaction of alpha-Acylnitromethanes To Give 1,2-Diketone Monooximes: Involvement of Carbon Electrophile at the Position alpha to the Nitro Group.
    Mikihiro Takamoto, Hiroaki Kurouchi, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Synthesis, 2009, 24, 4129-4136.
  • Synthesis and Evaluation of Lysophosphatidylserine Analogs as Inducers of Mast Cell Degranulation. Potent Activities of Lysophosphatidyl- threonine and Its 2-Deoxy Derivative
    Masazumi Iwashita, Kumiko Makide, Taro Nonomura, Yoshimasa Misumi, Yuko Otani, Mayuko Ishida, Ryo Taguchi, Masafumi Tsujimoto, Junken Aoki, Hiroyuki Arai, Tomohiko Ohwada
    J. Med. Chem., October 8, 2009, Volume 52, Issue 19, pp 5837-5863.
  • Theoretical study on the excited states of heteroarene chromophores: Comparison of calculated and experimental values
    Toshiyuki Tsuji, Maki Onoda, Yuko Otani, Tomohiko Ohwada, Takahito Nakajima, Kimihiko Hirao
    Chemical Physics Letters, 2009, 473 (1-3), 29 April 2009, 196-200

2008

  • Novel Oxime and Oxime Ether Derivatives of 12,14-Dichlorodehydroabietic Acid: Design, Synthesis and BK Channel-Opening Activity
    Yong-Mei Cui, Eriko Yasutomi, Yuko Otani, Takashi Yoshinaga, Katsutoshi Ido, Kohei Sawada, Masatoshi Kawahata; Kentaro Yamaguchi Tomohiko Ohwada,
    Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2008, 18 (24) 6386-6389.
  • Nonplanar Structures of Thioamides Derived from 7-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane. Electronically Tunable Planarity of Thioamides
    Hori, Tetsuharu; Otani, Yuko; Kawahata, Masatoshi; Yamaguchi, Kentaro; Ohwada, Tomohiko
    J. Org. Chem, 2008,73, 22, 9102-9108.
  • Novel BK channel openers containing dehydroabietic acid skeleton: Structure?activity relationship for peripheral substituents on ring C
    Yong-Mei Cui, Eriko Yasutomi, Yuko Otani, Takashi Yoshinaga, Katsutoshi Ido, Kohei Sawada, Tomohiko Ohwada,
    Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2008, 18, 5201-5205.
  • Design, synthesis and characterization of podocarpate derivatives as openers of BK channels.
    Yong-Mei Cui, Eriko Yasutomi, Yuko Otani, Takashi Yoshinaga, Katsutoshi Ido,Kohei Sawada, Tomohiko Ohwada,
    Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2008, 18, 5197-5200.
  • Effects of Tamoxifen on L-Glutamate Transporters of Astrocytes
    Sato, Kaoru; Saito, Yoshihiko; Oka, Jun-ichiro, Ohwada, Tomohio; Nakazawa, Kenichi,
    J. of Pharmacolo. Sci., 2008, 107, 226-230.
  • Superacid-catalyzed Intramolecular Cyclization Reaction of Arylcyanopropionate:Geminal Substitution Effect on Superelectrophilicity
    Nakamura, Satoshi; Sugimoto, Hiromichi; Ohwada, Tomohiko
    Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008,73(11), 4219-4224
  • Temperature-Dependent Fluorescence Lifetime of a Fluorescent Polymeric Thermometer, Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), Labeled by Polarity and Hydrogen Bonding Sensitive 4-Sulfamoyl-7-aminobenzofurazan
    Gota, C.; Uchiyama, S.; Yoshihara, T.; Tobita, S.; Ohwada, T.
    J. Phys. Chem. B.; (Article); 2008; 112(10); 2829-2836

2007

  • Retro-Diels-Alder Reaction of 4H-1,2-Benzoxazines to Generate o-Quinone Methides: Involvement of Highly Polarized Transition States
    Hiromichi Sugimoto, Satoshi Nakamura, and Tomohiko Ohwada
    Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2007, 72(26); 10088-10095.
  • Fluorogenic Ion Sensing System Working in Water, Based on Stimulus-Responsive Copolymers Incorporating a Polarity-Sensitive Fluorophore
    Maki Onoda, Seiichi Uchiyama, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Macromolecules, 2007, 40(26); 9651-9657. 
  • Anchoring Cationic Amphiphiles for Nucleotide Delivery Significance of DNA Release from Cationic Liposomes for Transfection
    Naohide Hirashima, Kazuhiro Minatani, Yoshifumi Hattori, Tomohiko Ohwada, and Mamoru Nakanishia,
    Biol. Pharm. Bull., 2007,30,1117-1122.
  • Transnitrosation of Thiols from Aliphatic N-Nitrosamines: S-Nitrosation and Indirect Generation of Nitric Oxide
    Takahiro Yanagimoto, Takeshi Toyota, Norio Matsuki, Yumi Makino, Seiichi Uchiyama, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129,736-737.
  • Formation of 4H-1,2-Benzoxazines by Intramolecular Cyclization of Nitroalkanes. Scope of Aromatic Oxygen-functionalization Reaction Involving a Nitro Oxygen Atom, and Mechanistic Insights
    Satoshi Nakamura, Hiromichi Sugimoto, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 2007, 129, 1724-1732.
  • Generation and Application of o-Benzoquinone Methides Bearing Various Substituents on the Benzene Ring.
    Hiromichi Sugimoto, Satoshi Nakamura, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis 2007, 349, 669-679.
  • Accurate fluorescent polymeric thermometers containing an ionic component
    Chie Gota, Seiichi Uchiyama, Tomohiko Ohwada
    The Analyst, 2007, (2),121-126. 

2006

  • Environment-sensitive Fluorophore Emitting in Protic Environments
    Seiichi Uchiyama, Kazuyuki Takehira, Toshitada Yoshihara, Seiji Tobita, and Tomohiko Ohwada
    Organic Letters, 2006, 8, 5869-5872..
  • Mechanisms of BK channel activation by a novel BK channel opener, 12, 14-dichlorodehydroabietic acid
    Kazuho Sakamoto, Taro Nonomura, Susumu Ohya, Katsuhiko Muraki,
    Tomohiko Ohwada and Yuji Imaizumi
    J. Pharmacol. Exper. Ther. 2006, 316, 144-153,
  • Oligomers of beta-Amino Acid Bearing Nonplanar Amides form Ordered Structures
    Yuko Otani, Shiroh Futaki, Tatsuto Kiwada, Yukio Sugiura, Atsuya Muranaka, Nagao Kobayashi, Masanobu Uchiyama, Kentrao Yamaguchi and Tomohiko Ohwada
    Tetrahedron, 2006, 62. 11635-11644.
  • Design, Synthesis and BK Channel-Opening Activity of Hexahydrodibenzazepinones Derivatives
    Toshihiko Tashima, Yoshimi Toriumi, Yumi Mochizuki, Taro Nonomura, Satoru Nagaoka, Katsuo Furukawa, Hiromichi Tsuru, Satomi Adachi-Akahane, and Tomohiko Ohwada 
    Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2006, 14, 8014-8031.

2005

  • Theoretical Revisit of Regioselectivities of Diels-Alder Reactions. Quantitative Evaluation of Multicentered Reactivity Based on Reactive Hybrid Orbitals
    Hajime Hirao , and Tomohiko Ohwada 
    J. Phys. Chem., A, 2005, 109, 816-824.
  • Generation of Orbitals that Control Molecular Reactivity: Projected Reactive Orbital Approach
    Haijime Hirao, Tomohiko Ohwada
    J. Phys. Chem., A, 2005, 109, 7642-7647.
  • Cp2TiCl2-Catalyzed Regio- and Chemoselective One-Step Synthesis of gamma-Substituted Allylsilanes from Terminal Alkenes Using Dianion-Type Zincate (SiSiNOL-Zn-ate)
    Nakamura, S.; Uchiyama, M.; Ohwada, T.; 
    J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2005; 127, 13116-13117.
  •  Compounds Structurally Related to Tamoxifen as Openers of Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated K+ Channel
    Sha Yu, Toshihiko Tashima, Yumi, Mochizuki, Yoshimi Toriumi, Satomi Adachi-Akahane, Taro Nonomura, Maosheng Cheng, Tomohiko Ohwada
    Chem. Pharm. Bull., 2005, 53, 1372-1373.
  • 理論計算への取り組み
    T. Ohwada, 
    Farumashia. 2005, 41, 737-739. 
  • Large-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel beta1 subunit in cardiac mitochondria and cardioprotective effects of BK channel openers
    Ohya, S Sakamoto, K Kuwata, Y Muraki, K Ohwada, T Imaizumi, Y
    Yakugaku Zasshi (Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan), 2005, 125 (2), 149-150. 
  • 12,14-Dichrolodehydroabietic acid, a novel opener of mitochondrial large conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels
    Sakamoto, K Ohya, S Muraki, K Ohwada, T Imaizumi, Y
    Biophysical Journal, 2005, 88(1), 441A-442A.

2004

  • alpha,alpha-Disubstituted Amino Acids Bearing a Large Hydrocarbon Ring. Peptide Self-Assembly through Novel Hydrophobic Recognition 
    Tomohiko Ohwada, Daisuke Kojima, Tatsuto Kiwada, Shiroh Futaki, Yukio Sugiura, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Yoshinori Nishi, Yuji Kobayashi.
    Chemistry-A European Journal 2004, 10, 617-626. 
  • A New Chemoselective Anionic Polymerization Method in Aqueous Media: Design and Application of Bulky Zincate Possessing Little Basicity
    Minoru Kobayashi, Yotaro Matsumoto, Masanobu Uchiyama, and Tomohiko Ohwada
    Macromolecules, 2004, 37,4339-4341..
  • Development of A New Catalytic Electron Transfer System Mediated by Transition Metal Ate Complexes: Applicability and Tunability of Electron-releasing Potential for Organic Transformations
    Masanobu Uchiyama, Yotaro Matsumoto, Shinji Nakamura, Tomohiko Ohwada, Natsuno Yamashita, Atsushi Matsumiya, Takao Sakamoto 
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2004,126, 8755-8759.
  • Rationale for the Acidity of Meldrum's Acid. Consistent Relation of C-H Acidities to the Properties of Localized Reactive Orbital 
    Satoshi Nakamura, Hajime Hirao, Tomohiko Ohwada
    J. Org. Chem., 2004, 69, 4309-4316.
  • Regio- and Chemoselective Direct Generation of Functionalized Aromatic Aluminium Compounds Using Aluminium Ate Base
    Uchiyama, M.; Naka, H.; Matsumoto, Y.; Ohwada, T. 
    Journal American Chemical Society, 2004, 126,10526-10527. 
  • Theoretical Analysis of Lewis Basicity Based on Local Electron-Donating Ability. Origin of Basic Strength of Cyclic Amines Tomohiko Ohwada, Hajime Hirao, Atsushi Ogawa 
    J. Org. Chem., 2004, 69, 7486-7494.
  • Mechanism and Ligand-Transfer Selectivity of 1,2-Addition of Organozincate Complexes to Aldehyde
    Uchiyama, M.; Nakamura, S.; Ohwada, T.; Nakamura, M.; Nakamura, E.
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 10897-10903.
  • Chemoselective Silylzincation of Functionalized Terminal Alkynes Using Dianion-Type Zincate (SiBNOL-Zn-ate): Regiocontrolled Synthesis of Vinylsilanes 
    Nakamura, S.; Uchiyama, M.; Ohwada, T.
    J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 11146-11147. 
  • Optimization of the internal calibrant for exact mass measurements by FAB-MS
    Hara, R Sakabe, C Ohwada, T Yamaguchi, K 
    Bunseki Kagaku, 2004, 53(6), 623-627.

2003

  • Structural Design and Synthesis of Nitric Oxide Donors Amied to Controlled Release
    Ohwada, T.; Uchiyama, M.
    Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, 2003, 61, 45-57.
  • Theoretical Study of Reactivities in Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions :Reactive Hybrid Orbital Analysis
    Hirao, H. ; Ohwada, T. 
    J. Phys. Chem., A, 2003, 107, 2875-2881. 
  • 4H-1,2-Benzoxazines with Electron-withdrawing Substituents on the Benzene Ring. Synthesis and Application as Potent Intermediates for Oxygen-Functionalized Aromatic Compounds
    Nakamura, S., Uchiyama, M.; Ohwada, T. 
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 5282-5283. 
  • Stereoselectivity of Superacid-Catalyzed Pictet-Spengler Cyclization Reactions
    Nakamura, S., Tanaka, M. Taniguchi, T.,Uchiyama, M.; Ohwada, T. 
    Organic Letters., 2003, 5, 2087-2090. 
  • An Evaluation of Amide Group Planarity in 7-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane Amides. Low Amide Bond Rotation Barrier in Solution.
    Yuko Otani, Osamu Nagae, Yuji Naruse, Satoshi Inagaki,Masashi Ohno, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Gaku Yamamoto, Masanobu Uchiyama, and Tomohiko Ohwada
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 15191-15199.
  • Dehydroabietic Acid Derivatives as a Novel Scaffold for Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated K+ Channel Openers. 
    Tomohiko Ohwada, Taro Nonomura, Keisuke Maki, Kazuho Sakamoto, Susumu Ohya, Katsuhiko Muraki, Yuji Imaizum
    Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2003, 13, 3971-3974.

2002

  • Mutagenicity of aristolochic acid in the lambda/lacZ transgenic mouse (MutaMouse). 
    Kohara, Arihiro; Suzuki, Takayoshi; Honma, Masamitsu; Ohwada, Tomohiko; Hayashi, Makoto. 
    Mutation Research, 2002, 515(1-2), 63-72. 
  • Dinitropyrenes induce gene mutations in multiple organs of the lambda/lacZ transgenic mouse (Muta Mouse). 
    Kohara, Arihiro; Suzuki, Takayoshi; Honma, Masamitsu; Oomori, Takashi; Ohwada, Tomohiko; Hayashi, Makoto.
    Mutation Research, 2002, 515(1-2), 73-83.
  • Generation of Functionalized Asymmetric Benzynes Using TMP-Zincates. Effects of Ligands on Selectivity and Reactivity of Zincates. 
    Uchiyama, M.; Miyoshi, T.; Kajihara, Y.; Sakamoto, T.; Otani, Y.; Ohwada, T.; Kondo, Y.
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2002, 124, 8514-8515.
  • Molecular basis of pimaran compounds as novel activators of large conductance Ca2+ activated K+ channel alpha-subunit
    Imaizumi, Y.; Sakamoto, K.; Yamada, A.; Hotta, A.; Ohya, S.; Muraki, K.; Uchiyama, M. ; Ohwada, T.
    Molecular Pharmacology, 2002, 62, 836-846. 

2001

  • Mutation spectrum of o-aminoazotoluene in the cII gene of lambda/lacZ transgenic mice (Muta(TM)Mouse).
    Kohara, A., Suzuki, T., Honma, M., Hirano, N. , Ohsawa, K. , Ohwada,T. Hayashi, M.
    Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis, 2001, 491, 211-220 
  • Space-filling Effects in Membrane Disruption by Cationic Amphiphiles
    Fujiwara, T.;Hirashima, H. ;Hasegawa, S. ; Nakanishi, M.; Ohwada, T., 
    Biooranic Medicinal Chemistry , 2001, 9, 1013-1024.
  • 窒素ピラミッドアミドおよび関連化合物の構造特性
    大和田智彦 
    薬学雑誌, 2001, 121, 65-77 
  • Regioselective Superacid-Catalyzed Electrocyclization of Diphenylmethyl Cations. Fluorenes, Phenanthrol and Benzofuran Cyclizations.
    Yoshida N.; Ohwada, T.
    Synthesis, 2001, 1487-1494.
  • Stereoselction of Sterically Unbiased Diels-Alder Dienes with Spiro Conjugation.
    Igarashi, H.; Sakamoto, S,; Yamaguchi, K.; Ohwada, T.
    Tetrahedron Letters, 2001, 42, 5257-5260.
  • Usefulness and Limitation of DiBAC4(3), a Voltage-sensitive Fluoresent Dye, for the measurement of membrane Potentials regulated by recombinant large conductance Ca2+-Activated K+ Channels in HEK293 Cells.
    Yamada, Aki; Gaja, Norikazu, Ohya Sususmu, Muraki Katsuhiko; Narita Hiroshi, Tomohiko Ohwada, Imaizumi Yuji
    Jpn. J. Pharmacol., 2001, 86, 342-350.
  • Anchoring and Bola Cationic Amphiphiles for Nucleotide Delivery. Effects of Orientation and Extension of Hydrophobic Regions 
    Tomonobu Yoshimura, Seiji Hasegawa, Naohide Hirashima, Mamoru Nakanishi, ; Tomohiko Ohwada
    Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemisty Letters, 2001, 11, 2897-2901.
  • Structural Features of Aliphatic N-Nitrosamines of 7-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes That Facilitate N-NO Bond Cleavage
    Tomohiko Ohwada,Motoko Miura, Haruko Tanaka, Shigeru Sakamoto, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Hirotaka Ikeda, and Satoshi Inagaki
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 10164-10172.

2000

  • Influenec of Structure on N-NO bond cleavage of aliphatic N-nitrosamines.
    Miura, M.; Sakamoto, S.; Yamaguchi, K.; Ohwada, T., 
    Tetrahedron Letters, 2000, 41, 3637-3641.
  • Gene Transfection activities of amphiphilic Steroid-polyamine Conjugates
    Fujiwara, T.; Hasegawa, S.; Hirashima, H.; Nakanishi, M.; Ohwada, T., 
    Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 2000, 1468, 396-402. 

1999-1990

  • The Prototype Pictet-Spengler Reactions Catalyzed by Superacids. Involvement of Dicationic Superelectrophiles
    Yokoyama,A.; Ohwada, T.; Shudo, K. 
    J. Org. Chem., 1999, 64, 611-617.
  • Orbital-Controlled Stereoselections in Sterically Unbiased Cyclic Systems
    Ohwada, T.
    Chemical Reviews , 1999, 99, 1337-1375.
  • Electrons-in-a-Box model for conjugation in linear carbanions
    Tomohiko Ohwada, Hirotaka Kagawa,and Hiroshi Ichikawa
    Int. J. Quan. Chem., 1998, 68, 65-72.
  • Protonation Enthalpies in Fluorosulfonic Acid Using Ab Initio Self-Consistent Reaction Field Theory
    Harris,N.: Ohwada, T.; Lammertsma, K.
    Journal of Computational Chemistry, 1998, 19, 250-257.
  • Superacid-catalyzed Electrocyclization of Diphenylmethyl Cations to Fluorenes. Kinetic and Theoretical Revisit Supporting the Involvement of Ethylene Dications
    Ohwada, T;Suzuki, T.; Shudo, K.
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1998, 120, 4629-4637.
  • Facial Selectivities of Benzofluorenes Bearing a Carbonyl, an Olefin, or a Diene Group in Spiro Geometry. ? Spiro Substituent Effects
    Tsuji, M.; Ohwada, T.; Shudo, K.
    Tetrahedron Letters, 1998, 39, 403-406
  • On the Planarity of Amide Nitrogen. Intrinsic Pyramidal Nitrogen of N-Acyl-7-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes
    Ohwada, T.; Achiwa, T.; Okamoto, I.; Shudo, K.; Yamaguchi, K.
    Tetrahedron Letters, 1998, 39, 865-868.
  • Intrinsic Pyramidal Nitrogen of N-Sufonylamides
    Ohwada, T.; Okamoto, I.; Shudo, K.; Yamaguchi, K. 
    Tetrahedron Letters, 1998, 39, 7877-7880. 
  • Nitration of Quinoline 1-Oxide: Mechanism of Regioselectivity
    Yokoyama, A.; Ohwada, T.; Saito, S.; Shudo, K.
    Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin., 1997, 45, 279-283.
  • pi-Conjugation in Y-Shaped Configuration. Does a Special Stability Exist?
    Ohwada, T.; Kagawa, H.; Ichikawa, H.
    Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1997, 70, 2411-2415.
  • Superacid-catalyzed Electrocyclization of 1-Phenyl-2-propene-1-ones to 1-Indanones. Kinetic and Theoretical Studies of Electrocyclization of Oxonium Carbenium Dications 
    Suzuki, T.: Ohwada, T.; Shudo, K.
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1997, 119, 6774-6780.
  • Non-Steric Facial Selectivity in Nucleophilic 1,4-Conjugate Addition
    Okamoto, I.; Ohwada, T.; Shudo, K.
    Tetrahedron Letters, 1997, 38, 425-428.
  • A Cyclopropyl Group Shows Reverse Facial Selectivity Depending on the Bicyclic Ring System
    Tsuji, M.; Ohwada, T.; Shudo, K.
    Tetrahedron Letters, 1997, 38, 6693-6698.
  • Superacid-Catalyzed Reaction of Substituted Benzaldehydes with Benzene
    Saito, S.; Ohwada, T.; Shudo, K.
    Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1996, 61, 8089-8093.
  • Structures and Reactivities of Ethylene Dication Electrophiles
    Ohwada, T,; Yamazaki, T.; Suzuki, T.; Saito, S.; Shudo, K.
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1996, 118, 6220-6224.
  • Three-Center, Two-Electron Systems. Origin of the Tilting of Their Substituents.
    Lammertsma, K.; Ohwada, T.
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1996, 118, 7247-7254.
  • Unsymmetrization of the Olefin Group of Bicyclo[2.2.2]octenes. ??? Coupling.
    Ohwada. T.; Uchiyama, M.; Tuji, M.; Okamoto, I.; Shudo, K. 
    Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 1996, 44, 296-306.
  • A Remote Substituent Can Determine Magnitude of Facial Selectivity in 
    Benzobicyclo[2.2.2]octatrienesOhwada, T.; Tsuji, M.; Okamoto, I.; Shudo, K.
    Tetrahedron Letters, 1996, 37, 2609-2612.
  • Orbital Unsymmetrization Affects Facial Selectivities of Diels-Alder Dienophiles
    Okamoto, I.; Ohwada, T.; Shudo, K. 
    Journal of Organic Chemistry ,1996, 61, 3155-3166.
  • Friedel-Crafts-Type Reaction of Benzaldehyde with Benzene. Diprotonated Benzaldehyde as the Reactive Intermediate
    Saito, S.; Ohwada, T.; Shudo, K.
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1995, 117, 11081-11084.
  • Acid-catalyzed Reactions of 1,2-Dicarbonylethanes with Benzene. Ethylene Dication Electrophiles.
    Yamazaki, T.; Saito, S.; Ohwada, T, Shudo, K.
    Tetrahedron Letters, 1995, 36, 5749-5752.
  • Involvement of Dicationic Species as the Reactive Intermediates in Gattermann, Houben-Hoesch, and Friedel-Crafts Reactions of Nonactivated Benzenes
    Sato, Y.; Yato, M.: Ohwada, T.; Saito, S.; Shudo,K.
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1995, 117, 3037-3043.
  • Friedel-Crafts-Type Cyclodehydration of 1,3-Diphenyl-1-propanones. Kinetic Evidence for the Involvement of Dication
    Satio, S.; Sato, Y.; Ohwada, T.; Shudo, K.
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1994, 116, 2312-2317.
  • Distortion of Olefin and Carbonyl pi-orbitals in Dibenzobicyclo[2.2.2]octatrienes and Dibenzobicyclo[2.2.2]octadienones. Unsymmetrization of pi Lobes Arising from sigma-pi Orbital Interactions.
    Ohwada, T.; Okamoto, I.; Haga, N.; Shudo, K.
    Journal of Organic Chemistry ,1994, 59, 3975-3984.
  • Dihedral angle-dependent Orbital Distortions Arising from Vicinal Bonds in Norbornane and 2-Norbornanone.Ohwada, T. 
    Tetrahedron, 1993, 49, 7649-7656.
  • Orbital Distortion Arising from Remote Substituents. Nitration,Reduction, and Epoxidation of Fluorenes Bearing a Carbonyl or an Olefin Group in Spiro Geometry
    Ohwada, T.
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1992, 114, 8818-8827.
  • Orbital Distortion Arising in Dibenzobicyclo[2.2.2]octatrienes. Biased Epoxidation and Dihydroxylation of the Olefin Moiety.
    Haga, N.; Ohwada, T.; Okamoto, I.; Shudo, K. 
    Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 1992, 40, 3349-3351.
  • The Hammett Acidity Function H0 of Trifluoromethanesulfonic Acid-Trifluoroacetic Acid and Related Acid Systems. A Versatile Nonaqueous Acid System
    Saito, S. Saito, S.;Ohwada, T.;Shudo, K.
    Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 1991, 39, 2718-2720.
  • Friedel-Crafts-Type Reactions Involving Di- and Tricationic Species. Onium-Allyl Dications and O,O-Diprotonated aci-Nitro Species Bearing a Protonated Carbonyl Group
    Ohwada, T.; Yamagata, N.; Shudo, K.
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1991, 113, 1364-1373.
  • Orbital Distortion Arising from Remote Substituents. Nitration and Reduction of Spiro[cyclopenta-1,9'-fluorene]-2-ones 
    Ohwada,T. and Shudo, K. 
    Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 1991, 39, 2176-2178. 
  • Requirements for Houben-Hoesch and Gattermann Reactions. Involvement of Diprotonated Cyanides in the Reactions with Benzene
    Yato, M.; Ohwada, T.; Shudo, K.
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1991, 113, 691-692.
  • Direct Observation of an Intermediate in the Oxygen Atom Rearrangement of 2-Cyclopropylnitrobenzene in a Strong Acid
    Ohwada, T.; Kasuga, M.: Shudo, K.
    Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1990, 55, 2717-2719.
  • 4H-1,2-Benzoxazines as Novel Precursors of o-Benzoquinone Methide
    Yato, M.; Ohwada, T.; Shudo, K. 
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1990, 112, 5341-5342.
  • Reactions of O,O-Diprotonated Nitro Olefins with Benzenes. Formations of Phenylacetones, 4H-1,2-Benzoxazines and Biarylacetone Oximes
    Ohwada, T.; Okabe, K.; Ohta, T.; Shudo, K.
    Tetrahedron, 1990, 46, 7539-7555.

1989-1986

  • Novel Electrophilic Species Equivalent to alpha-Keto Cations. Reactions of O,O-Diprotonated Nitro Olefins with Benzenes Yield Arylmethyl Ketones
    Okabe, K.; Ohwada, T.; Ohta, T.; Shudo, K. 
    Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1989, 54, 733-734.
  • Substituted Ethylene Dications. Structures of Phenylmethyl Cations Substituted with an Electron-Withdrawing Group on the Cation Center
    Ohwada, T.; Shudo, K. 
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1989, 111, 34-40.
  • Ethylene Dications Substituted with Electron-Donating Groups
    Ohwada, T.; Shudo, K. 
    Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1989, 54, 5227-5237.
  • Reaction of Diphenylmethyl Cations in a Strong Acid. Participation of Carbodications with Positive Charge Substantially Delocalized over the Aromatic Rings
    Ohwada, T.; Shudo, K. 
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1988, 110, 1862-1870.
  • Nitroethylene Yields N,N-Dihydroxyiminum-Methylium Dication in Trifluoromethanesulfonic Acid. 
    Dications Stabilized by Y Delocalization
    Ohwada, T.; Itai, A.; Ohta, T.; Shudo, K. 
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1987, 109, 7036-7041.
  • Reaction of beta-Nitrostyrenes with Benzene Catalyzed by Trifluoromethanesulfonic Acid. Formation and Reaction of N,N-Dihydroxyiminum-Benzyl Dications.
    Ohwada, T.; Ohta, T.; Shudo, K. 
    Tetrahedron, 1987, 43, 297-305.
  • Acid-catalyzed Reactions of N-Phenylhydroxylamines-Introduction of Carbon Groups on the Benzene Nucleus.
    Hizatate, S.; Ohwada, T.; Shudo, K., 
    J. Phrmaceutical Sciences, 1987, 76(11), 233-233.
  • Protonation of Nitro Groups. Diprotonation of beta-Nitrostyrenes in 
    Trifluoromethanesulfonic Acid.
    Ohwada, T.; Ohta, T.; Shudo, K. 
    Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1986, 108, 3029-3032.

Book chapters and Reviews

  • Tomohiko Ohwada (book chapter), Topics in Current Chemistry, Orbitals in Chemistry, 2009, August 1, Satoshi Inagaki (ed), Springler, 
  • chapter 16 “Electrophilic species that can react with benzene are dicationic”
    Shudo, K.; Ohwada, T. (book chapter)
    Stable Carbocation Chemistry, 1997, Prakash, K. S.; Schleyer, P. v. R. (ed), 525-548, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • "Reactive Carbon Electrophiles in Friedel-Crafts Reactions"
    Ohwada, T.
    Reviews on Heteroatom Chemistry, 1995, 12, 179-209.

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