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Yu Sato (D2) sato.y.cj(at)m.titech.ac.jp

Education
Mar 2022 B Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Prof. Ken Tanaka)
Mar 2024 M Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Prof. Ken Tanaka)
May 2025-Jun 2025 Visiting researcher at Hokkaido University, Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD) (Associate Prof. Julong Jiang)

Research History
Apr 2024–present JSPS fellow DC1

Publications

11. Y. Minami, S. Innami, Y. Sato, K. Shibahara, Y. Aida, K. Tanaka*
    Rh-Catalyzed in Situ Generation of Phenanthrocyclobutadienes from Tetraaryl-Diynes and Their Cycloadditions with Cycloalkenediones and o-Chloranil
    Org. Lett. 2025, ASAP.
12. Y. Kamiya,# Y. Sato,# T. Oriki, Y. Kishida, H. Sugiyama, W. He, K. Zhao, T. Michinobu, H. Uekusa, K. Tanaka*
    (# equal contribution)
    Rhodium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Arylative [2+2+1] Annulation-Oxidation to Produce Electron-Deficient Azulene-Embedded Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202505622.
    (Selected as a Hot Paper)
13. T. Inoue, Y. Sato, Y. Nagashima, K. Tanaka*
    Ir-Catalyzed, Nitrogen-Directed C(sp³)–H and C(sp²)–H Borylation with a Spiro-Fluorene-Indenoindenyl Ligand
    ACS Catal. 2025, 15, 4061-4068.
    (Selected as a Front Cover Picture)
14. Y. Kawai,# T. Oriki,# Y. Sato, J. Nogami, Y. Kamiya, S. Suzuki, K. Tanaka*
    (# equal contribution)
    Enantioselective Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Stereoisomerism of Substituted o,m,o,p-Tetraphenylenes
    Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 7869-7874.
15. K. Yamashiro, K. Fujii, Y. Sato, K. Masutomi, R. Shimotsukue, Y. Nagashima, K. Tanaka*
    Enantioselective Construction of Tetrahydroindole Skeletons by Rh-Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Homopropargyl Enamideswith Alkynes
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202404310.
    (Highlighted in Synfacts: Atom-Efficient [2+2+2] Rhodium-Mediated Cycloaddition for the Synthesis of Chiral Tetrahydroindoles)
16. A. Shimose, S. Ishigaki, Y. Sato, J. Nogami, N. Toriumi, M. Uchiyama, K. Tanaka*, Y. Nagashima*
    Dearomative Construction of 2D/3D Frameworks from Quinolines via Nucleophilic Addition/Borate-Mediated Photocycloaddition
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202403461.
    (Press Release: Latest Research News, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
    (Selected as an Inside Cover Picture)
17. F. Morita, Y. Kishida, Y. Sato, H. Sugiyama, M. Abekura, J. Nogami, N. Toriumi, Y. Nagashima, T. Kinoshita, G. Fukuhara, M. Uchiyama, H. Uekusa, and K. Tanaka*
    Design and enantioselective synthesis of 3D π-extended carbohelicenes for circularly polarized luminescence
    Nature Synth. 2024, 3, 774–786. (File for View Only)
    (Press Release: Latest Research News, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
    (Highlighted in Synfacts: Enantioselective Syntheses of π-Extended Carbohelicenes)
18. S. Emi,# S. Hamada,# Y. Kishida, Y. Sato, F. Morita, Y. Nagashima, H. Uekusa, and K. Tanaka*
    (# equal contribution)
    Rh-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydroalkenylative Cyclization of 1,6-Enynes Constructing All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters
    ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 4951–4957.
19. T. Komaki, Y. Sato, M. Uchiyama, K. Tanaka*, and Y. Nagashima*
    Visible-Light-Induced trans-Hydroboration of Diaryl Alkynes Utilizing Excited State of Borate Complexes
    Org. Lett. 2024, 26, 2180–2185.
20. Y. Sato, M. Abekura, T. Oriki, Y. Nagashima, H. Uekusa, K. Tanaka*
    Shape- and Size-Tunable Synthesis of Covalent Organic Cages through Rh-Catalyzed Regioselective [2+2+2] Cycloaddition
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202304041.
    (Highlighted in Synfacts: [2+2+2]-Enabled Organic Covalent Cages)
21. R. Shimotsukue, K. Fujii, Y. Sato, Y. Nagashima, K. Tanaka*
    Rhodium-Catalyzed Chemo-, Regio-, Diastereo-, and Enantioselective Intermolecular [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Three Unsymmetric 2π Components
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202301346.
    (Selected as a Hot Paper)

Presentations

11. The 105th CSJ Annual Meeting, oral presentation, Mar 2025.
    [Presentation Award]
12. The 34th Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry, poster, Sep 2024.
13. 20th International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds (ISNA-20), poster, Aug 2024.
14. The 56th Young Researchers’ Workshop in Organometallic Chemistry, poster, Jul 2024.
15. The 104th CSJ Annual Meeting, oral presentation, Mar 2024.
16. The 33rd Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry, poster, Sep 2023.
    [Poster Award]
17. 122nd Symposium on Organic Synthesis, oral presentation, Jul 2023.
18. The 103rd CSJ Annual Meeting, oral presentation, Mar 2023.
19. The 2nd Online Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry for Young Chemists, oral presentation, Nov 2022.
    [Chemical Science Presentation Prize]
20. 12th CSJ Chemistry Festa, poster, Oct 2022.
    [Poster Award]
21. The 32nd Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry, poster, Sep 2022.