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Yota Sakakibara

Postdoctoral Fellow (HP Designer)

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Education

Nagoya University

2019-2022

Nagoya University

2013-2017

Nagoya University

2017-2019

2022-2023

Kwansei Gakuin University

Kwansei Gakuin University

2023-present

Assistant professor

(Assoc. Prof. Kei Murakami)

Postdoctoral fellow

(Assoc. Prof. Kei Murakami)

PhD student (DC1)

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science

(Prof. Kenichiro Itami)

PhD degree: March 2022

Master course graduate student

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science

(Prof. Kenichiro Itami)

MS degree: March 2019

Undergraduate student

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science

(Prof. Kenichiro Itami)

BS degree: March 2017

Awards

Publications

Presentations

(1) Nagoya University Green Natural Sciences International Education and Research Program RA

(2) Received the 7th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2017 Poster Award

(3) Nagoya University Graduate School of Science Department of Materials Science (Chemistry) Excellent Bachelor's Thesis Award

(4) Received the Nagoya University Graduate School of Science Award

(5) Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science DC1

(6) Received the GTR / ITbM Chemistry Workshop 2019 Best Discussion Award

(7) Received the Student Lecture Award from the 101st Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan

(8) Received the Nagoya University Academic Encouragement Award

(9) Election of the 12th Otsu Conference Fellow

(10) Nagoya University Homecoming Day 3MT President's Award

1. Yota Sakakibara † , Eri Ito †, Takahiro Kawakami, Shuya Yamada, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami († Equal contribution)

“Direct Coupling of Naphthalene and Sulfonimides Promoted by DDQ and Blue Light”

Chem. Lett. , 46 , 1014–1016 (2017).

2. Yota Sakakibara , Eri Ito, Tomohiro Fukushima, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami

“Late-Stage Functionalization of Arylacetic Acids by Photoredox-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation”

Chem.—Eur. J. , 24 , 9254–9258 (2018).

3. Yota Sakakibara , Phillippa Cooper, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami

“Photoredox-Catalyzed Decarboxylative Oxidation of Arylacetic Acids”

Chem. Asian J. , 13 , 2410–2413 (2018).

4. Bumpei Maeda, Genki Mori, Yota Sakakibara , Akiko Yagi, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami

“Photo-induced arylation of carbazoles with aryldiazonium salts”

Asian J. Org. Chem . 10 , 1–5 (2021).

5. Bumpei Maeda †, Yota Sakakibara † , Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami († Equal contribution)

“Photoredox-Catalyzed Benzylic Esterification via Radical-Polar Crossover”

Org. Lett . 23 , 5113–5117 (2021).

6. Yota Sakakibara , Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami

“C–H Acyloxylation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons”

Org. Lett. 24 , 602–607 (2022).

7. Yota Sakakibara , Kei Murakami  

“Switchable divergent synthesis using photocatalysis” (perspective)

ACS Cat . 12 , 1857–1878 (2022).

[International]

(1) “Photoredox-catalyzed decrboxylative functionalization of similarly carboxylic acid” 
Yota Sakakibara, Eri Ito, Phillippa Cooper, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami
International ERATO Itami Molecular Nanocarbon Symposium 2017, Nagoya University, August 3, 2017, Aichi, Japan. (Poster)

 

(2) “Photoredox-catalyzed decrboxylative functionalization of similarly carboxylic acid” 
Yota Sakakibara, Eri Ito, Phillippa Cooper, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami 
IBS-CCHF, ITbM, NSF-CCHF Joint Summer Workshop, KAIST, July 11, 2019, Daejeon, Korea. (Poster)

 

(3) “Photoredox-catalyzed decrboxylative transformation of arylacetic acid” 
Yota Sakakibara, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami 
12th Otsu Conference 2021, online, October 4, 2021, (Oral)

 

(4) “Photoredox-catalyzed decrboxylative transformation of arylacetic acid” 
Yota Sakakibara, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami 
SU-UF-US-NU AC21 PG Student-Postdoc Symposium, online, October 27, 2021, (Oral)

 

(5) “Photoredox-catalyzed decrboxylative transformation of arylacetic acid” 
Yota Sakakibara, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami 
1st IRTG Joint Symposium, online, December 9, 2021, (Oral)

 

(6) “Photoredox-catalyzed decrboxylative functionalization of arylacetic acids” 
Yota Sakakibara, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami 
Pacifichem 2021, online, December 22, 2021, (Oral)

 

[Domestic]           

(1) ◯ Yota Sakakibara, Eri Ito, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami

"Development of sp3 carbon amination reaction using visible light catalyst"

7th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2017, Tower Hall Funabori, October 19, 2017 (poster).

 

(2) ◯ Yota Sakakibara, Eri Ito, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami

"Development of a simple benzylamine skeleton synthesis reaction with decarboxylation"

35th Medical Chemistry Symposium, Nagoya University, October 25, 2017 (poster).

 

 

(3) ◯ Yota Sakakibara, Eri Ito, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami

"Development of decarboxylation type sp3 carbon amination reaction using visible light catalyst"

Integrated Material Creation Chemistry Research Promotion Organization 3rd Domestic Symposium, Kyoto University, October 30, 2017 (poster).

 

                  

(4) ◯ Yota Sakakibara, Eri Ito, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami

"Simple synthesis method of benzylamine derivative with decarboxylation"

ITbM / IGER Chemistry Workshop, Nagoya University, November 6, 2017 (poster).

 

(5) ◯ Yota Sakakibara, Eri Ito, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami

“Development of Photoredox-Catalyzed Amination Reaction through Decarboxylation”

Green Natural Sciences International Education and Research Program IGER 2017 Annual Report Meeting, Nagoya University, January 10, 2018 (Poster).

 

(6) ◯ Yota Sakakibara, Eri Ito, Tomohiro Fukushima, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami

"Development of decarboxylation type amination reaction using visible light catalyst"

The 98th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan, Nihon University, March 20, 2018 (Oral A Lecture).

 

(7) ◯ Yota Sakakibara, Eri Ito, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami

"Development of decarboxylation type amination reaction using visible light catalyst"

113th Organic Synthesis Symposium, Nagoya University, June 6, 2018 (poster).

(8) ◯ Yota Sakakibara, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami

"Optical conversion of aryl sulfone imides with aromatic ring rearrangements as the key"

The 99th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan, Konan University, March 16, 2019 (Oral A Lecture).

 

(9) ◯ Yota Sakakibara, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami

“Synthesis of benzoate ester with photoredox catalyst”

The 100th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan, Tokyo University of Science, March 22, 2020 (Oral B Lecture).

(10) ◯ Yota Sakakibara, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami

"Decarboxylation type conversion of aryl acetic acid driven by photo redox catalyst"

Ace meeting, online, May 2, 2020 (oral).

 

(11) ◯ Yota Sakakibara, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami

“Decarboxylative transformation modulated by photocatalyst”

The 101st Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan, Online, March 19, 2021 (Oral B Lecture).

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