2019

• Lewis Base-catalyzed Enantioselective Conjugate Reductions of β, β-Disubstituted α, β-Unsaturated Ketones with Trichlorosilane: E / Z Isomerization, Regioselectivity, and Synthetic Applications.
  Sugiura, M .; Ashikari, Y .; Takahashi, Y .; Yamaguchi, K .; Kotani, S .; Nakajima, M.  J. Org. Chem.  2019,  84, 11458-11473.
   

• Selective Monoacylation of Diols and Asymmetric Desymmetrization of Dialkyl meso-Tartrates Using 2-Pyridyl Esters as Acylating Agents and Metal Carboxylates as Catalysts.
  Hashimoto, Y .; Michimuko, C .; Yamaguchi, K .; Nakajima, M .; Sugiura, M.  J. Org. Chem.  2019,  84, 9313-9321.
   

• Stereoselective Synthesis of 2-Fluoro-1,3-diols via Lithium Binaphtholate-catalyzed Aldol-Tishchenko Reaction.
  Asano, T .; Kotani, S .; Nakajima, M.  Org. Lett  2019,  21, 4192-4196.
   

• Lithium Binaphtholate-Catalyzed Michael Reaction of Malonates with Maleates and Its Application to the Enantioselective Synthesis of Tricarboxylic Acid Derivatives.
  Sakamoto, M .; Kaneko, T .; Orito, Y .; Shimoda, Y .; Nakajima, M.  Chem. Pharm. Bull.  2019,  67, 452-446.

2018

• Catalytic Enantioselective Aldol Reactions of Unprotected Carboxylic Acids under Phosphine Oxide Catalysis.
  Kotani, S .; Yoshiwara, Y .; Ogasawara, M .; Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M.  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2018,  57, 15877-15881.
   

• Dramatic Enantioselectivity Reversal in the Propargylation of Aldehyde with Alkynyllithium Catalyzed by Dilithium Binaphtholate Derivatives.
  Nakajima, M .; Watanabe, R .; Osakama, K .; Sakamoto, M .; Takemoto, D. Kukita, K.  Heterocycles  2018,  97, 708-711

2017

• Development of asymmetric aldol reaction using phosphine oxide as an organomolecular catalyst.
  Makoto Nakajima,  Chemical industry  2017,  68, 66-72.
   

• Stereoselective Synthesis of Nitrogen-containing Compounds from Enamines.
  Sugiura, M .; Kashiwagi, T .; Ito, M .; Kotani, S .; Nakajima, M.  J. Org. Chem.  2017,  82, 10968-10979.
   

• Asymmetric Aldol / Vinylogous Aldol / Cyclization Reaction Using Phosphine Oxide Catalysts.
  Alim, NR; Miyazaki, S .; Shimoda, Y .; Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M. Kotani, S. Chem. Pharm. Bull.  2017,  65, 989-993.
   

• Chiral Lithium Binaphtholate for Enantioselective Amination of Acyclic α-Alkyl-β-keto Esters: Application to the Total Synthesis of L-Carbidopa.
  Asano, T .; Moritani, M .; Nakajima. M .; Kotani, S.  Tetrahedron  2017,  73, 5975-5982.
   

• Sequential Catalysis of Phosphine Oxide for Stereoselective Synthesis of Stereopentads.
  Kotani, S .; Kai, K .; Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M.  Org. Lett.  2017,  19, 3672-3675.
   

• Enantioselective Chlorinative Aldol Reaction of α-Substituted Acroleins Catalyzed by Chiral Phosphine Oxides.
  Kotani, S .; Hanamure, T .; Nozaki, H .; Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron Asymmetry  2017,  28, 282-287.

2016

• Enantioselective Michael Addition of a Malonate Ester to a Maleate Ester Catalyzed by Lithium Binaphtholate.
  Sakamoto, M .; Kaneko, T .; Orito, Y .; Nakajima, M.  Synlett  2016,  27, 2477-2780.
   

• Enantioselective Amination of Acyclic α-Alkylated β-Keto Esters Catalyzed by Chiral Lithium Binaphtholate.
  Kotani, S .; Asano, T .; Moritani, M .; Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron Lett.  2016,  57, 4217-4219.
   

• Asymmetric Direct 1,2-Addition of Aryl Grignard Reagents to Aryl Alkyl Ketones.
  Osakama, K .; Nakajima, M.  Org. Lett.  2016,  18, 236-239.
   

• Stereoselective Synthesis of Highly Functionalized 2,3-Dihydro-4-pyranones Using Phosphine Oxide as Catalyst.
  Kotani, S .; Miyazaki, S .; Kawahara, K .; Shimoda, Y .; Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M.  Chem. Pharm. Bull.  2016,  64, 189-192.
   

• Concise Asymmetric Construction of C2-Symmetric 1,9-Diarylnonanoids Using Hypervalent Silicon Complex: Total Synthesis of (-)-Ericanone.
  Kotani, S., Kai, K., Shimoda, Y., Hu, H., Gao, S., Sugiura, M., Ogasawara, M. & Nakajima, M.Chem. Asian J.2016,  11, 376-379.
   

• Indoxyl Sulfate Potentiates Skeletal Muscle Atrophy by Inducing the Oxidative Stress-mediated Expression of Myostatin and Atrogin-1.
  Enoki, Y .; Watanabe H .; Arake, R .; Sugimoto, R .; Imafuku, T .; Tominaga, Y .; Ishima, Y .; Kotani, S .; Nakajima, M .; Tanaka, M .; Matsushita , K .; Fukagawa, M .; Otagiri, M .; Maruyama, T.  Sci. Rep.  2016,  6, 32084.

2015

• Tertiary Amine as a Nucleophile Carrier: α-Aminonitrile in the Cyanation of Acetals and Orthoesters.
  Kotani, S .; Sakamoto, M .; Osakama, K .; Nakajima, M.  Eur. J. Org. Chem.  2015,  30, 6606-6609.
   

• One-pot Synthesis of β, β-Disubstituted α, β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds using Sequential Ti-Aldol Addition to Ketones and Elimination.
  Sugiura, M .; Ashigari, Y .; Nakajima, M.  J. Org. Chem.  2015,  80, 8830-8835.
   

• Nitration of Indoxyl Sulfate Facilitates Its Cytotoxicity in Human Renal Proximal Tubular Cells via Expression of Heme Oxygenase-1.
  Ishima, Y .; Narisoko, T .; Kragh-Hansen, U .; Kotani, S .; Nakajima, M .; Otagiri, M .; Maruyama, T.  Biochemi. Biophys. Res. Commun.  2015,  465, 481-487
   

• Conjugate Addition of Diboron Catalyzed by O-Monoacyltartaric Acid.
  Sugiura, M .; Ishikawa, W .; Kuboyama, Y .; Nakajima, M.  Synthesis  2015,  47, 2265-2269.
   

• Chiral Lithium Binaphtholate for Enantioselective Michael Addition of Acyclic α-Alkyl-β-keto Esters to Vinyl Ketones.
  Kotani, S .; Moritani, M .; Nakajima, M.  Asian J. Org. Chem.  2015,  4, 616-618.

-2014

• Phosphine Oxide-Catalyzed Enantioselective Intramolecular Aldol Reaction via Regioselective Enolization of Unsymmetrical Diketones with Tetrachlorosilane.
  Kotani, S .; Aoki, S .; Sugiura, M .; Ogasawara, M .; Nakajima, M.  Org. Lett.  2014,  16, 4802-4805.
  
  

• O-Monoacyltartaric Acid-Catalyzed Enantioselective Conjugate Addition of a Boronic Acid to Dienones: Application to the Synthesis of Optically Active Cyclopentenones.
  Sugiura, M .; Kinoshita, R .; Nakajima, M.  Org. Lett.  2014,  16, 5172-5175.
  
  

• Human Organic Anion Transporters Function as a High-capacity Transporter for p-Cresyl Sulfate, a Uremic Toxin.
  Watanabe, H .; Sakaguchi, Y .; Sugimoto, R .; Kaneko, K .; Iwata, H .; Kotani, S .; Nakajima, M .; Ishima, Y .; Otagiri, M .; Maruyama, T.  Clinical and Experimental Nephrology  2014,  18, 814-820.
  
  

• Imino Ene-type Reaction of Enamines with N-Sulfonylimines and Application to Diastereoselective Synthesis of 1,3-Diamines.
  Itoh, M .; Kotani, S .; Nakajima, M .; Sugiura, M.  Tetrahedron Lett.  2014,  55, 4082-4085.
  
  

• Lithium Binaphtholate-catalyzed Asymmetric Addition of Lithium Acetylides to Carbonyl Compounds.
  Kotani, S .; Kukita, K .; Tanaka, K .; Ichibakase, T .; Nakajima, M.  J. Org. Chem.  2014,  79, 4809-4816.
  
  

• Diastereoselective Synthesis of 1,3-Diamines by a Domino Reaction of Imines, Enamines, and Trichlorosilane.
  Kashiwagi, T .; Kotani, S .; Nakajima, M .; Sugiura, M.  Tetrahedron Lett.  2014,  55, 1924-1926.
  
  

• Enantioselective Double Aldol Reactions Involving the Sequential Activation of Silicon Tetrachloride by Chiral Phosphine Oxides.
  Kotani, S .; Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M.  Synlett  2014,  25, 631-640.
  
  

• Skeleton construction utilizing continuous aldol reaction-Development to stereoselective polyol synthesis-.
  Shunsuke Kotani, Masaharu Sugiura, Makoto Nakajima  Chemistry  2013,  68, 64-65.
  
  

• Atropisomeric Chiral Diene in Asymmetric Catalysis: C2-Symmetric (Z, Z) -2, 3-Bis [1- (diphenylphosphinyl) ethylidene] tetralin as Highly Active Lewis Base Organocatalyst.
  Ogasawara, M .; Kotani, S .; Nakajima, H .; Furusho, H .; Miyasaka, M .; Shimoda, Y .; Wu, W.-Y .; Sugiura, M .; Takahashi, T .; Nakajima, M.  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2013,  52, 13798-13802.
  
  

• Enantioselective Morita–Baylis–Hillman Reaction Catalyzed by a Chiral Phosphine oxide.
  Kotani, S .; Itoh, M .; Sugiura, M .; Ogasawara, M .; Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron Lett.  2013,  54, 6430-6433.
  
  

• Enantioselective Aldol Reaction Catalyzed by Chiral Phosphine Oxides.
  Kotani, S .; Sugiura, M .; Nakajima.  Chem. Rec.  2013,  13, 362-370.
  
  

• Stereoselective Synthesis of Multiple Stereocenters by Using a Double Aldol Reaction.
  Shimoda, Y .; Kubo, T .; Sugiura, M .; Kotani, S .; Nakajima, M.  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2013,  52, 3461-3464.
  
  

• Facile Synthesis of Chiral 1,2-Chlorohydrins via the Ring-opening of meso-Epoxides Catalyzed by Chiral Phosphine Oxides.
  Kotani, S .; Furusho, H .; Tokuoka, E. Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron  2013,  69, 3075-3081.
  
  

• Enantioselective Aldol Reactions Catalyzed by Chiral Lewis Bases.
  Nakajima, M. in  “Comprehensive Chirality”  Carreira, EM; Yamamoto, H. Eds, Elsevier,  2012, Vol. 4, pp 198-209.
  
  

• Allylations of C–O and C–N Double Bonds and Related Reactions.
  Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M. in  “Comprehensive Chirality”  Carreira, EM; Yamamoto, H. Eds, Elsevier,  2012, Vol. 6, pp 214-233.
  
  

• C–X Bond Formation: Organocatalytic Enantioselective Halogenation of meso Epoxides.
  Kotani, S .; Nakajima, M. in  “Comprehensive Chirality”  Carreira, EM; Yamamoto, H. Eds, Elsevier,  2012, Vol. 6, pp 506-517.
  
  

• Interaction between Two Sulfate-Conjugated Uremic Toxins, p-Cresyl Sulfate and Indoxyl Sulfate, during Binding with Human Serum Albumin.
  Watanabe, H .; Noguchi, T .; Miyamoto, Y .; Kadowaki. D .; Kotani, S .; Nakajima, M .; Miyamura, S .; Ishima, Y .; Otagiri, M .; Maruyama, T.  Drug Metab. Dispos.  2012,  40, 1423-1428.
  
  

• Efficient Preparation of 1,3-Diol derivatives with Three Contiguous Stereocenters by an Enantioselective Direct Aldol-Tishchenko Reaction.
  Ichibakase, T .; Nakajima, M.  Synthesis  2012,  44, 3145-3151.
  
  

• Enantioselective Reductive Aldol Reaction using Teriary Amine as Hydride Donor
  Kotani, S .; Osakama, K .: Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron Lett.  2012,  53, 4199-4201.
  
  

• Synthesis of Aryl Group-modified DIOP Dioxides (Ar-DIOPOs) and Their Application as Modular Lewis Base Catalysts.
  Ohmaru, Y .; Sato, N .; Mizutani, M .; Kotani, S .; Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M.  Org. Biomol. Chem.  2012,  10, 4562-4570.
  
  

• Trichlorosilyl Triflate Mediated-Enantioselective Directed Cross-Aldol Reaction between Ketones using Chiral Phosphine Oxide as an Organocatalyst.
  Aoki, S .; Kotani, S .: Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M.  Chem. Commun.  2012,  48, 5524-5526.
  
  

• Construction of Quaternary Carbon Centers by Base-catalyzed Enantioselective Aldol Reaction and Related Reaction of Trimethoxysilyl Enol Ethers.
  Ichibakase, T .; Kaneko, T .; Orito, Y .; Kotani, S .; Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron  2012,  68, 4210-4224.
  
  

• Organic Anion Transporters Play an Important Role in the Uptake of p-Cresyl Sulfate, a Uremic Toxin, in the Kidney.
  Miyamoto, Y .; Watanabe, H .; Noguchi, T .; Kotani, S .; Nakajima, M .; Kadowaki, D .; Otagiri, M .; Maruyama, T.  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation  2011,  26, 2498-2502.
  
  

• A Tertiary Amine as A Hydride Donor: Trichlorosilyl Triflate-mediated Conjugate Reduction of Unsaturated Ketones.
  Kotani, S .; Osakama, K .; Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M.  Org. Lett.  2011,  13, 3968-3971.
  
  

• Enantioselective Evans-Tishchenko Reduction of β-Hydroxyketone Catalyzed by Lithium Binaphtholate.
  Ichibakase, T .; Nakatsu, M .; Nakajima, M.  Molecules  2011,  52, 5008-5019.
  
  

• Enantioselective Double Aldol Reaction Catalyzed by Chiral Phosphine Oxide.
  Shimoda, Y .; Kotani, S .; Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M.  Chem. Eur. J.  2011,  17, 7992-7995.
  
  

• Trichlorosilyl Triflate for Enantioselective Direct-type Aldol Reaction with Chiral Phosphine Oxide.
  Kotani, S .; Aoki, S .; Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M.   Tetrahedron Lett.  2011,  52, 2834-2836.
  
  

• Lithium Acetylides as Alkynylating Reagents for the Enantioselective Alkynylation of Ketones Catalyzed by Lithium Binaphtholate.
  Tanaka, K .; Kukita, K .; Ichibakase, T .; Kotani, S .; Nakajima, M.   Chem Commun.  2011,  47, 5614-5616.
  
  

• Direct Enantioselective Aldol-Tishchenko Reaction Catalyzed by Chiral Lithium Diphenylbinaphtholate.
  Ichibakase, T .; Nakajima, M.  Org. Lett.  2011,  13, 1579-1581.
  
  

• Synthesis of γ-Amino Alcohols from Aldehydes, Enamines, and Trichlorosilane using Lewis Base Catalysts.
  Kashiwagi, T .; Kotani, S .; Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron  2011,  67, 531-539.
  
  

• Enantioselective Conjugate Addition of Boronic Acids to Enones Catalyzed by  O-Monoacyltartaric Acids.
  Sugiura, M .; Tokudomi, M .; Nakajima, M.Chem. Commun.  2010,  46, 7799-7800.
  
  

• Enantioselective Alkynylation of Carbonyl Compounds with Trimethoxysilylalkynes Catalyzed by Lithium Binaphtholate.
  Ueda, T .; Tanaka, K .; Ichibakase, T .; Orito, Y .; Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron  2010,  66, 7726-7731.
  
  

• “Roofed” β-Iminodisulfides as New Chiral Ligands for Palladium-Catalyzed, Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation.
  Matsunaga, H .; Tokuda, R .; Nakajima, M .; Ishizuka, T.  Chem. Pharm. Bull.  2010,  58, 1419-1421.
  
  

• Development of a direct asymmetric aldol reaction catalyzed by an organic oxide compound.
  Makoto Nakajima, Chemical Industry,  2010,  61, 662-666.
  
  

• Development of Chiral Dinitrones as Modular Lewis Base Catalysts: Asymmetric Allylation of Aldehydes with Allyltrichlorosilanes.
  Oh, YS; Kotani, S .; Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron: Asymmetry  2010,  21, 1833-1835.
  
  

• DMAP-catalyzed Cyanation of Aldehydes and Ketones with Ethyl Cyanoformate.
  Aoki, S .; Kotani, S .; Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron Lett.  2010,  51, 3547-3549.
  
  

• Enantioselective Alkynylation of Ketones with Trimethoxysilylalkynes using Lithium Binaphtholate as a Catalyst.
  Tanaka, K .; Ueda, T .; Ichibakase, T .; Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron Lett.  2010,  51, 2168-2169.
  
  

• Diastereo- and Enantioselective Reductive Aldol Reaction with Trichlorosilane Using Chiral Lewis Bases as Organocatalysts.
  Sugiura, M .; Sato, N .; Sonoda, Y .; Kotani, S .; Nakajima .; M.  Chem. Asian J.  2010,  5, 478-481.
  
  

• Aldol reaction to build quaternary asymmetric carbon.
  Makoto Nakajima, pp 248-249 "Usable! Organic Synthesis Reaction 241 Practical Guide" Keiji Maruoka, Kyoko Nozaki, Yasutaka Ishii, Junzo Odera, Kiyoshi Tomioka, Kagaku-Dojin, 2010.
  
  

• Enone's asymmetric reducing aldol reaction.
  Masaharu Sugiura, Makoto Nakajima, pp 472-473 "Usable! Organic Synthesis Reaction 241 Practical Guide" Keiji Maruoka, Kyoko Nozaki, Yasutaka Ishii, Junzo Odera, Kiyoshi Tomioka, Kagaku-Dojin, 2010.
  
  

• Novel Enantioselective Direct Aldol-type Reaction Promoted by Chiral Phosphine Oxide as an Organocatalyst.
  Kotani, S .; Shimoda, Y .; Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron Lett.  2009,  50, 4602-4605.
  
  

• Enantioselective Aldol Reaction of Silyl Ketene Acetals Promoted by a Lewis Base-activated Lewis Acid Catalyst.
  Shimoda, Y .; Tando, T .; Kotani, S .; Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron: Asymmetry,  2009,  20, 1369-1370.
  
  

• Asymmetric Synthesis of 4H-1,3-Oxazines: Enantioselective Reductive Cyclization of β-Amino Enones with Trichlorosilane Catalyzed by Chiral Lewis Bases.
  Sugiura, M .; Kumahara, M .; Nakajima, M.  Chem. Commun.  2009, 3585-3587.
  
  

• Base-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis reaction that activates chlorosilyl compounds. 
  Makoto Nakajima, pp131-136 "Frontier 21 Evolving Organic Catalyst" Supervised by Keiji Maruoka, Kagaku-Dojin, 2009.
  
  

• A Chiral "Roofed" cis-Diamine-Ru (II) Complex: An Efficient Catalyst for Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketimines. 
  Matsunaga, H .; Nakanishi, K .; Nakajima, M .; Kunieda, T .; Ishizuka, T.  Heterocycles,  2009,  78, 617-622.
  
  

• Lewis Base-catalyzed Conjugate Reduction and Reductive Aldol Reaction of α, β-Unsaturated Ketones Using Trichlorosilane.
  Sugiura, M .; Sato, N .; Kotani, S .; Nakajima, M.  Chem. Commun.  2008, 4309-4311.
  
  

• Enantioselective Construction of Quaternary Asymmetric Carbon Centers Using an Aldol Reaction of Trimethoxysilyl Enol Ethers Catalyzed by Lithium Binaphtholate.
  Ichibakase, T .; Orito, Y .; Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron Lett.  2008,  49, 4427-4429.
  
  

• First Asymmetric Abramov-type Phosphonylation of Aldehydes with Trialkyl Phosphites Catalyzed by Chiral Lewis Bases.
  Nakanishi, K .; Kotani, S .; Sugiura, M .; Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron  2008,  64, 6415-6419.
  
  

• Chiral Phosphine Oxide BINAPO as a Lewis Base Catalyst for Asymmetric Allylation and Aldol Reaction of Trichlorosilyl Compounds.
  Kotani, S .; Hashimoto, S .; Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron  2007,  63, 3122-3132.
  
  

• Catalytic Enantioselective Tandem Carbonyl Ylide Formation / 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions of α-Diazo Ketones with Aromatic Aldehydes using Dirhodium (II) Tetrakis [N-benzene-fused-phthaloyl- (S) -valinate].
  Tsutsui, H .; Shimada, N .; Abe, T .; Anada, M .; Nakajima, M .; Nakamura, S .; Nambu, H .; Hashimoto, S.  Adv. Synth. Catal.  2007,  349, 521-526.
  
  

• Enantioselective Aldol Reactions of Trichlorosilyl Enol Ethers Catalyzed by the Chiral Phosphine Oxide BINAPO.
  Kotani, S .; Hashimoto, S .; Nakajima, M.  Synlett  2006, 1116-1118.
  
  

• Lewis Base Catalyzed Asymmetric Reactions Involving Hypervalent Silicate Intermediates.
  Orito, Y .; Nakajima, M.  Synthesis  2006, 1391-1401.
  
  

• Chiral Base-Catalyzed Aldol Reaction of Trimethoxysilyl Enol Ethers: Effect of Water as an Additive on Stereoselectivities.
  Orito, Y .; Hashimoto, S .; Ishizuka, T .; Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron  2006,  62, 390-400. 
  
  

• Asymmetric synthesis reaction catalyzed by N-oxide and phosphine oxide. 
  Makoto Nakajima pp59-70 "New Development of Organocatalysis" Masakatsu Shibasaki Supervision CMC Publishing, 2006.
  
  

• Chiral Phosphine Oxide as a Catalyst for Enantioselective Allylation of Aldehydes with Allyltrichlorosilane.
  Nakajima, M .; Kotani, S .; Ishizuka, T .: Hashimoto, S.  Tetrahedron Lett.  2005,  46, 157-159.
  
  

• Sterically Congested'Roofed' 2-Thiazolines as New Chiral Ligands for Copper (II)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Diels-Alder Reactions.
  Yamakuchi, M .; Matsunaga, H .; Tokuda, R .; Ishizuka, T .; Nakajima, M .; Kunieda, T.  Tetrahedron Lett.  2005,   46, 4019-4022. 
  
  

• Asymmetric Ring Opening of  meso-Epoxides Catalyzed by the Chiral Phosphine Oxide BINAPO.
  Tokuoka, E .; Kotani, S .; Matsunaga, H .; Ishizuka, T .; Hashimoto, S .; Nakajima, M.  Tetrahedron: Asymmetry2005,  16, 2391-2392.
  
  

• Sterically Congested'Roofed' 2-Iminothioethers as New Chiral Ligands for Palladium-catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation.
  Tokuda, R .; Matsunaga, H .; Ishizuka, T .; Nakajima, M .; Kunieda, T.  Heterocycles  2005,  66, 135-141.
  
  

• Enantioselective Aldol Reactions of Trichlorosilyl Enol Ethers Catalyzed by Chiral  N, N'-Dioxides and Monodentate  N-Oxides.
  Nakajima, M .; Yokota, T .; Saito, M .; Hashimoto, S.  Tetrahedron Lett.  2004,  45, 61-64.
  
  

• A New Dirhodium (II) Carboxamidate Complex as a Chiral Lewis Acid Catalyst for Enantioselective Hetero-Diels-Alder Reactions.
  Anada, M .; Washio, T .; Shimada, N .; Kitagaki, S .; Nakajima, M .; Shiro, M .; Hashimoto, S.  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2004,  43, 2665-2668.
  
  

• The Enantioselective Aldol Reaction of Trimethoxysilyl Enol Ether Catalyzed by Lithium Binaphtholate.
  Nakajima, M .; Orito, Y .; Ishizuka, T .: Hashimoto, S.  Org. Lett ..  2004,  6, 3763-3765.
  
  

• An asymmetric organocatalyst that functions as a Lewis base.
  Makoto Nakajima, Chemistry and Chemicals,  2004,  57, 720-723.