Chem. Pharm. Bull., 72, 884–889 (2024).

J. Org. Chem., 89, 7662–7670 (2024).

Org. Biomol. Chem., 21, 8182–8189 (2023).

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 58, 8839–8844 (2019).

Desymmetrization of σ-Symmetric Biphenyl-2,6-diyl Diacetate Derivatives by Lipase-Catalyzed Hydrolysis: Unexpected Effect of C(3')-Substituent on the Enantiotopic Group Selectivity
Mio Ochiai, Yuki Akisawa, Daichi Kajiyama, and Takashi Matsumoto
Synlett, 30, 1269–1273 (2019).

Transition metal-free controlled synthesis of bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]ethyl-decorated heterocycles
Pedro Almendros, Hikaru Yanai, Shoki Hoshikawa, Cristina Aragoncillo, Carlos Lázaro-Milla, Mireia Toledano-Pinedo, Takashi Matsumoto, and Bentio Alcaide
Org. Chem. Front., 5, 3163–31691 (2018).

Synthesis and Characterization of Stable Phsophorus Carbabetaines
Hikaru Yanai, Pedro Almendros, Saori Takahashi, Carlos Lázaro-Milla, Bentio Alcaide, and Takashi Matsumoto
Chem. Asian. J., 13, 1956–1961 (2018).

Intramolecular Photoredox Reaction of Naphthoquinone Derivatives
Yoshio Ando, Takashi Matsumoto, and Keisuke Suzuki
Synlett, 28, 1040–1045 (2017).

2-(Pyridinium-1-yl)-1,1-bis((perfluoroalkyl)sulfonyl)ethan-1-ide: A Practical Reagent for Synthesis of Strongly Acidic 1,1-Bis((perfluoroalkyl)sulfonyl)alkanes
Hikaru Yanai, Ryuta Takahashi, Yoichi Takahashi, Akira Kotani, Hideki Hakamata, Takashi Matsumoto
Chem.–Eur. J., 23, 8203–8211 (2017). [Highlighted in Inside Cover]

Design of Novel Hydrogen-bonding Donor Organocatalysts and Their Application to Asymmetric Direct Aldol Reaction
Hiroshi Akutsu, Kosuke Nakashima, Hikaru Yanai, Akira Kotani, Shin-ichi Hirashima, Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Ryuta Takahashi, Akihiro Yoshida, Yuji Koseki, Hideki Hakamata, Takashi Matsumoto, and Tsuyoshi Miura
Synlett, 28, 1363–1367 (2017).

Synthesis of 1,2,3,4-Tetrasubstituted Naphthalenes through a Cascade Reaction Triggered by Silyl Acetal Activation
Hikaru Yanai, Nobuyuki Ishii, and Takashi Matsumoto
Chem. Commun., 52, 7974–7977 (2016).

Concise Total Synthesis of Elliptoxanthone A by Utilizing Aromatic Oxy-Cope Rearrangement for Efficient C-Isoprenylation of Xanthone Skeleton
Yuuki Fujimoto, Hikaru Yanai, and Takashi Matsumoto
Synlett, 27, 2229–2232 (2016).

A New Approach to Axially Chiral Biaryls via the Atrop-diastereoselective Formation of Medium-sized Lactone Bridge
Daisuke Yuyama, Nanami Sugiyama, Takuya Maeda, Yasuo Dobashi, Satoshi Yokojima, Yuuki Fujimoto, Hikaru Yanai, and Takashi Matsumoto
Synlett, 27, 1949–1956 (2016).

First Total Synthesis of Dermocanarin 2
Satoru Yamaguchi, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Daisuke Yuyama, Kayo Sakamoto, Keisuke Suzuki, and Takashi Matsumoto
Synlett, 27, 1262–1268 (2016).

Sequential Mukaiyama–Michael Reaction Induced by Carbon Acids
Hikaru Yanai, Osamu Kobayashi, Kenji Takada, Takuya Isono, Toshifumi Satoh, and Takashi Matsumoto
Chem. Commun., 52, 3280–3283 (2016). [Highlighted in Front Cover]

An Efficient Isoprenylation of Xanthones at the C1 Position by Utilizing Anion-accelerated Aromatic Oxy-Cope Rearrangement
Yuuki Fujimoto, Yu Watabe, Hikaru Yanai, Takeo Taguchi, and Takashi Matsumoto
Synlett, 27, 848–853 (2016).

Chemoselective Two-directional Reaction of Bi-functionalized Substrates: Formal Ketal-selective Mukaiyama Aldol Type Reaction
Hikaru Yanai, Yuichi Sasaki, Yuki Yamamoto, and Takashi Matsumoto
Synlett, 27, 2457–2461 (2015).

A Rapid Entry to Diverse γ-Ylidenetetronate Derivatives through Regioselective Bromination of Tetronic Acid Derived γ-Lactones and Metal-Catalyzed Postfunctionalization
Nicolas Chopin, Hikaru Yanai, Shinya Iikawa, Guillaume Pilet, Jean-Philippe Bouillon, and Maurice Médebielle
Eur. J. Org. Chem., 6259–6269 (2015).

Toward the Pluramycins: Route Exploration from Dihydroxyanthrone Tricyclic Platform to an Aglycon, Saptomycinone B
Kei Kitamura, Yoshio Ando, Yoshihiko Maezawa, Takashi Matsumoto, and Keisuke Suzuki
Heterocycles, 90, 1240–1253 (2015).

Synthesis of (Z)-Fluoroallyl Azides through Aluminium-mediated Defluorinative Functionalization Reactions
Azusa Sato, Hikaru Yanai, Daiki Suzuki, Midori Okada, and Takeo Taguchi
Tetrahedron Lett., 56, 925–929 (2015).

Gas-phase Acidity of 1,1-Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)propane Derivatives and Related Compounds: Experimental and Theoretical Studies
Min Zhang, Takaaki Sonoda, Yoshihito Shiota, Masaaki Mishima, Hikaru Yanai, Masaya Fujita, and Takeo Taguchi
J. Phys, Org. Chem., 28, 181–186 (2015).

1,1-Bis(triflyl)alkadienes: Easy-to-handle Building Blocks for Strongly Acidic Carbon Acids
Hikaru Yanai, Saki Egawa, Kenta Yamada, Junpei Ono, Motohide Aoki, Takashi Matsumoto, and Takeo Taguchi
Asian. J. Org. Chem., 3, 556–563 (2014)  (Special Issue: Organocatalysis). 

Synthesis of the Pluramycins 2: Total Synthesis and Structure Assignment of Saptomycin B
Kei Kitamura, Yoshihiko Maezawa, Yoshio Ando, Takenori Kusumi, Takashi Matsumoto, and Keisuke Suzuki
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 53, 1262–1265 (2014).

Synthesis of the Pluramycins 1: Two Designed Anthrones as Enabling Platforms for Flexible Bis-C-glycosylation
Kei Kitamura, Yoshio Ando, Takashi Matsumoto, and Keisuke Suzuki
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 53, 1258–1261 (2014).

Synthesis of δ-Oxo-1,1-bis(triflyl)alkanes and Their Acidities
Hikaru Yanai, Masaya Fujita, Arata Takahashi, Min Zhang, Masaaki Mishima, Akira Kotani, Takashi Matsumoto, and Takeo Taguchi
Molecules, 18, 15531–15540 (2013)  (Special Issue: Fluorine Chemistry). 

Novel One-Pot Synthesis of Xanthones via Sequential Fluoride Ion-Promoted Fries-Type Rearrangement and Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution
Yuuki Fujimoto, Ryohei Itakura, Hiroki Hoshi, Hikaru Yanai, Yoshio Ando, Keisuke Suzuki, and Takashi Matsumoto
Synlett, 24, 2575–2580 (2013).

Organic Acid-Catalysis in Reactions of Lactones with Silicon Enolates
Hikaru Yanai, Nobuyuki Ishii, Takashi Matsumoto, and Takeo Taguchi
Asian J. Org. Chem., 2, 989–996  (Special Issue: 40 Years of the Mukaiyama aldol reaction). 

2-(Pyridinium-1-yl)-1,1-bis(triflyl)ethanides: Structural Behaviour And Availability as Bis(triflyl)ethylating Reagents
Hikaru Yanai, Yoichi Takahashi, Haruhiko Fukaya, Yasuo Dobashi, and Takashi Matsumoto
Chem. Commun., 49, 10091–10093 (2013).

Preparation of L-Vancosamine-related Glycosyl Donors
Kei Kitamura, Masayuki Shigeta, Yoshihiko Maezawa, Yukie Watanabe, Day-Shin Hsu, Yoshio Ando, Takashi Matsumoto, and Keisuke Suzuki
J. Antibiot., 66,131–139 (2013).

Reductive Alkylation of Bis(triflyl)methane through Self-promoting Formation of Easily Isolable 1,1-Bis(triflyl)alkenes
Hikaru Yanai, Saki Egawa, and Takeo Taguchi
Tetrahedron Lett., 54, 2160–2163 (2013).

Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Zwitterions Containing Carbanion Moiety
Hikaru Yanai, Tasuku Yoshino, Masaya Fujita, Haruhiko Fukaya, Akira Kotani, Fumiyo Kusu, and Takeo Taguchi
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 52, 1560–1563 (2013).

Organic Acid Induced Olefination Reaction of Lactones
Hikaru Yanai and Takeo Taguchi
Chem. Commun., 48, 8967–8969 (2012).

Four Component Reaction of Aldehydes, Isocyanides, Me₃SiN₃, and Aliphatic Alcohols Catalyzed by Indium Triflate
Hikaru Yanai, Takuji Sakiyama, Tomoko Oguchi, and Takeo Taguchi
Tetrahedron Lett., 53, 3161–3164 (2012).

Preparation of (Z)-1-Fluoro-1-alkenyl Carboxylates, Carbonates and Carbamates through Chromium Mediated Transformation of Dibromofluoromethylcarbinyl Esters and the Reactivity as Double Acyl Group Donors
Akio Saito, Manabu Tojo, Hikaru Yanai, Fukiko Wada, Muga Nakagawa, Midori Okada, Azusa Sato, Rieko Okatani, and Takeo Taguchi
J. Fluorine Chem., 133, 38–51 (2012).

An Effective Method to Introduce Carbon Acid Functionality: 2,2-Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)ethylation Reaction of Arenes
Hikaru Yanai, Hiroshi Ogura, Haruhiko Fukaya, Akira Kotani, Fumiyo Kusu, and Takeo Taguchi
Chem.–Eur. J., 17, 11747–11751 (2011).

Total Synthesis and Structure Revision of Deacetylravidomycin M
Akimi Ben, Day-Shin Hsu, Takashi Matsumoto, and Keisuke Suzuki
Tetrahedron, 67, 6460–6468 (2011).

A Regioselective Synthesis of Poly-substituted Aryl Triflones through Self-promoting Three Component Reaction
Hikaru Yanai, Masaya Fujita, and Takeo Taguchi
Chem. Commun., 47, 7245–7247 (2011).

Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (–)-Euxanmodin B: Axially Chiral Natural Product with Anthraquinone–Xanthone Composite Structure
Nobuyuki Takahashi, Takeshi Kanayama, Kumi Okuyama, Hiroko Kataoka, Haruhiko Furuya, Keisuke Suzuki, and Takashi Matsumoto
Chem.–Asian J., 6, 1752–1756 (2011).

Copper-free Defluorinative Alkylation of Allylic Difluorides through Lewis Acid-mediated C–F Bond Activation
Hikaru Yanai, Haruna Okada, Azusa Sato, Midori Okada, and Takeo Taguchi
Tetrahedron Lett., 52, 2997–3000 (2011).

Copper Mediated Defluorinative Allylic Alkylation of Difluorohomoallyl Alcohol Derivatives Directed to An Efficient Synthetic Method for (Z)-Fluoroalkene Dipeptide Isosteres.

Daisuke Watanabe, Minoru Koura, Akio Saito, Hikaru Yanai, Yuko Nakamura, Midori Okada, Azusa Sato, and Takeo Taguchi
J. Fluorine Chem., 132, 327–338 (2011).

Regioselective Remote Functionalization of Biaryl Framework via Tethered ortho-Quinol Intermediate
Yasuhito Koyama, Hiroko Kataoka, Keisuke Suzuki, and Takashi Matsumoto
Chem.–Asian J., 6, 355–358 (2011).

1,4-Addition of Silicon Dienoates to α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes Catalyzed by In situ-generated Silicon Lewis Acid
Hikaru Yanai, Arata Takahashi, and Takeo Taguchi
Chem. Commun., 46, 8728–8730 (2010).

Efficient Bis-C-aminoglycosylation toward the Synthesis of the Pluramycins
Masayuki Shigeta, Tomohiko Hakamata, Yukie Watanabe, Kei Kitamura,Yoshio Ando, Keisuke Suzuki, and Takashi Matsumoto
Synlett, 2654–2658 (2010).

Carbon Acid Induced Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction of Sterically Hindered Ketones
Hikaru Yanai, Yasuhiro Yoshino, Arata Takahashi, and Takeo Taguchi
J. Org. Chem., 75, 5375–5378 (2010).

Trihaloacetaldehyde N,O-Acetals: Useful Building Blocks for Dihalomethylene Compounds
Hikaru Yanai and Takeo Taguchi
Tetrahedron, 66, 4530–4541 (2010). 

A Rapid and Convergent Synthesis of α,α-Difluoro-β-hydroxyketones through Regiospecific Defluorinative Alkylation Reaction
Hikaru Yanai, Tatsunori Ichikawa, and Takeo Taguchi
Tetrahedron Lett., 51, 2625–2628 (2010).

Highly Effective Vinylogous Mukaiyama–Michael Reaction Catalyzed by Silyl Methide Species Generated from 1,1,3,3-Tetrakis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)propane
Arata Takahashi, Hikaru Yanai, Min Zhang, Takaaki Sonoda, Masaaki Mishima, and Takeo Taguchi
J. Org. Chem., 75, 1259–1265 (2010).

Development of Stable Carbanionic Substituents
Hikaru Yanai 

Chem. Rec., 23, e202300076 (2023).

（トリフルオロメチル）スルホニル基で安定化されたカルボアニオンの化学
矢内 光
有機合成化学協会誌, 80, 186–197 (2022).

フッ素の特異な性質に基づく有機合成反応の開発
矢内 光
化学工業, 70 (8), 8–14 (2019).

Total Synthesis of Aryl C-Glycoside Natural Products: Strategies and Tactics
Kei Kitamura, Yoshio Ando, Takashi Matsumoto, and Keisuke Suzuki

Chem. Rev., 118, 1495–1598 (2018).

カルボアニオン含有塩の合成と有機触媒としての利用
矢内 光
化学工業, 68(9), 73–78 (2017).

超強酸性炭素酸の合成と触媒利用
矢内 光
月刊ファインケミカル, 46(3), 21–28 (2017).

Chemistry of fluorinated carbon acids: synthesis, physicochemical properties, and catalysis
Hikaru Yanai
Chem. Pharm. Bull., 63, 649-662 (2015).

Synthesis of Superacidic Carbon Acid and Its Derivatives
Hikaru Yanai and Takeo Taguchi
J. Fluorine Chem., 174, 108-119 (2015).

ビス（トリフリル）メチル基をもつ強酸性炭素酸の合成と触媒としての応用
矢内 光, 田口武夫
有機合成化学協会誌, 72, 158-170 (2014).

Synthetic Methods for Fluorinated Olefins
Hikaru Yanai and Takeo Taguchi
Eur. J. Org. Chem., 5939-5954 (2011).

フッ素導入による立体配座制御：有機分子触媒の新しい設計指針
矢内 光
ファルマシア, 45(11), 1134–1135 (2009).

Green Synthetic Approaches for Biologically Relevant Heterocycles, 2nd Ed.（Ed. G. Brahmachari）
Hikaru Yanai（担当：分担執筆，範囲：Chapter 13. Green and Catalytic Methods for γ-Lactone Synthesis, Volume 2: Green Catalytic Systems and Solvents, pp. 537–615） 

Elsevier: Amsterdam　2021年　ISBN：978-0-128-20792-5

有機分子触媒の開発と工業利用（監修：秋山隆彦）

矢内 光（担当：分担執筆，範囲：第9章 超強酸性炭素酸を触媒として用いた分子変換, pp. 90–100）

シーエムシー出版　2018年　ISBN：978-4-7813-1323-8

フッ素化学入門2015 —フッ素化合物の合成法（編：独立行政法人 日本学術振興会フッ素化学第155委員会）

矢内 光（担当：分担執筆，範囲：pp. 191–193, 220–223）

三共出版　2015年　ISBN：978-4-7827-0727-2

Green Synthetic Approaches for Biologically Relevant Heterocycles（Ed. G. Brahmachari）
Hikaru Yanai（担当：分担執筆，範囲：Chapter 10. Green and Catalytic Methods for γ-Lactone Synthesis, pp. 257–289）

Elsevier: Amsterdam　2014年　ISBN：978-0-128-00070-0

パートナー薬品製造学 改訂第２版（編：野上靖純，田口武夫，長 普子）

田口武夫，矢内 光（担当：分担執筆，範囲：第２章 付加と脱離，pp. 63–91）

南江堂　2012年　ISBN：452440942