Synthesis of the four stereoisomers of Phytophthora mating hormone alpha2 and a concise synthesis of mating hormone alpha1Yajima, A.; Toda, K.; Molli, S. D.; Ojika, M.; Nukada, T.Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 8887-8894.doi:10.1016/10.1016/j.tet.2011.09.066
Synthesis of microbial signaling molecules and thier stereochemistry-activity relationshipYajima, A.Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 2011, 75, 1418-1429.doi:10.1271/bbb.110283
Synthesis of (±)-cyclic dehypoxanthine futalosine, the biosynthetic intermediate in an alternative biosynthetic pathway for menaquinonesYajima, A.; Kouno, S.; Dairi, T.; Mogi, M.; Katsuta, R.; Seto, H.; Nukada, T.Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 4934-4937.doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.07.061
The second Phytophthora mating hormone defines interspecies biosynthetic crosstalkOjika, M.; Molli, S. D.; Kanazawa, H.; Yajima, A.; Toda, K.; Nukada, T.; Mao, H.; Murata, R.; Asano, T.; Qi, J.; Sakagami, Y.Nature Chemical Biology 2011, 7, 591-593.doi:10.1038/nchembio.617
Stereocontrolled total synthesis of (±)-3b-hydroxy-9b-pimara-7,15-diene, a putative biosynthetic intermediate of momilactonesYajima, A.; Toda, K.; Okada, K.; Yamane, H.; Yamamoto, M.; Hasegawa, M.; Katsuta, R.; Nukada, T.Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 3212-3215.doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2011.04.044