Dr. Naoto Yamasaki

Dr. Naoto Yamasaki

Assistant Professor
Nagoya University
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Department of Basic Medicinal Sciences
Laboratory of Process Chemistry
Fields of research: Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Natural Product Chemistry, Mercury Catalyst

Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
TEL: +81-52-747-6928
FAX: +81-52-747-6928
e-mail:yamasaki.naoto.a4[at]f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Curriculum Vitae
2014.3      B.S., Department of Pharmacy, Tokushima Bunri University
2018.3      Ph.D., Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
                 Tokushima Bunri University
                 (Supervisor: Prof. Hiroshi Imagawa and Prof. Hirofumi Yamamoto)
2018.4     Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Pharmacy,
                 Tokushima Bunri University
                 (with Prof. Hirofumi Yamamoto)
2021.4     Pharmacist, Apple Dispensing Pharmacy Co. (in Tokushima)
2021.4     Specific Researcher, Department of Pharmacy,
                Tokushima Bunri University
                (with Prof. Hirofumi Yamamoto)
2021.12   Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry and
                The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology,
                The Scripps Research Institute
                (with Dale L. Boger laboratory)
2023.12   Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 
                Nagoya University

Awards

2016       136th Annual Conference of Pharmaceutical Society of Japan 
                Presentation Award 2016, Japan
2016       14th Organic Chemistry Symposium of The Next Generation
               (JISEDAI Symposium) Presentation Award, Japan
2017       Nagai Memorial Research Scholarship from the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
2020       The Uehara Memorial Research Foundation Overseas Research Fellowship

Selected Publications
Tetrachlorovancomycin: Total Synthesis of a Designed Glycopeptide Antibiotic of Reduced Synthetic Complexity.
M. J. Moore, P. Qin, N. Yamasaki, X. Zeng, D. J. Keith, S. Jung, T. Fukazawa, K. Graham-O’Regan, Z.-C. Wu, S. Chatterjee, D. L. Boger
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, (38), 21132–21141 (2023)

A Concise Total Synthesis of Dehydroantofine and Its Antimalarial Activity against Chloroquine-Resistant Plasmodium Falciparum.
N. Yamasaki, I. Iwasaki, K. Sakumi, R. Hokari, A. Ishiyama, M. Iwatsuki, M. Nakahara, S. Higashibayashi, T. Sugai, H. Imagawa, M. Kubo, Y. Fukuyama, S. Ōmura, H. Yamamoto
Chem. Eur. J. 27, (17), 5555–5563 (2021)

m-C2B10H11HgCl/AgOTf-Catalyzed Reaction for Reductive Deoxygenation
N. Yamasaki, M. Kanno, K. Sakamoto, Y. Kasai, H. Imagawa, H. Yamamoto,
Synlett 29, (02), 169–175 (2018)

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