Masakazu Sono

6-Endo-trig mode cyclization to a hydrindanone using samarium (II) iodide. 

Yakugaku Zasshi 123(8), 653-663 2003

Total synthesis of (-)-(7S,10R)-calamenene and (-)-(7S,10R)-2-hydroxycalamenene by use of a ring-closing metathesis reaction. A comparison of the cis- and trans-isomers. 

Molecules 7(7), 517-527 2002

Seven germacranolides, eupaglehnins A, B, C, D, E, and F, and 2a-acetoxyepitulipinolide from Eupatorium glehni. 

Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin 50(9), 1250-1254 2002

Total Synthesis and Absolute Configuration of Liverwort Diterpenes, (-)-13(15)E,16E-3b,4b-Epoxy-18-hydroxysphenoloba-13(15),16-diene and (-)-13(15)Z,16E-3b,4b-Epoxy-18-hydroxysphenoloba-13(15),16-diene, by Use of the Ring Closing Metathesis Reaction Ap・・・ 

Journal of Organic Chemistry 67(17), 6034-6040 2002

有機電解反応をキーステップとして用いた天然物の全合成 

Total synthesis of natural products using electroorganic chemistry as a key step.