Curriculum Vitae
Jun Kikuchi
Date of Birth:Feb. 28, 1990

Work Address:

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Tohoku University
6-3 Aramaki Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8578, Japan

E-mail:jun.kikuchi.e8@tohoku.ac.jp

Telephone:+81-22-795-6814

Education
2014.4 – 2017.3

Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku
University (Advisor: Prof. Masahiro Terada)

2012.4 – 2014.3

M.Sc.
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku
University

2008.4 – 2012.3

B.Sc.
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku
University

2014.10 – 2016.1

Cooperative Education Program of IMS with Tohoku University
Institute for Molecular Science2015.7 – 2015.9

Visiting student
California Institute of Technology (Prof. Brian M. Stoltz)

Research Experiences
2022.1 – present

Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University

2017.4 – 2021.12

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku
UniversityAward2017

Department of Chemistry Award (Tohoku University)

Publication List (Jun Kikuchi)
01/2022
Original Paper
1. “Development of Chiral Bisphosphoric Acid/Boronic Acid Co-catalyst System for
Enantioselective SN2′ Reaction”
Satavisha Kayal, Jun Kikuchi, Naoya Shinagawa, Shigenobu Umemiya, Masahiro Terada,Tetrahedron, 2021, 98, 132412.
2. “Dynamic Parallel Kinetic Resolution of α-Ferrocenyl Cation Initiated by Chiral Brønsted AcidCatalyst”
Yasunori Toda, Toshinobu Korenaga, Ren Obayashi, Jun Kikuchi, Masahiro Terada, Chem. Sci.
2021, 12, 10306–10312.
3. “Radical Addition Reaction between Chromenols and Toluene Derivatives Initiated by Brønsted
Acid Catalyst under Light Irradiation”
Jun Kikuchi, Shota Kodama, Masahiro Terada, Org. Chem. Front., 2021, 8, 4153–4159.
4. “Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Enantioselective [4+2] Cycloaddition Reaction of αFluorostyrenes with Imines”
Jun Kikuchi, Haiting Ye, Masahiro Terada, Org.Lett. 2020, 22, 8957–8961.
5. “Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Enantioselective Phospha-Michael-Type Addition Reactionof Diarylphosphine oxides with Alkenyl Benzimidazoles”
Linan Hou, Jun Kikuchi, Haiting Ye, Ming Bao, Masahiro Terada, J. Org. Chem, 2020, 85,14802–14809.
6. “One-pot Synthesis of Enantioenriched Secondary Amides via Enantioselective [4+2]Cycloaddition Reaction of Vinyl Azides with N-acyl Imines Catalyzed by Chiral Brønsted Acid”
Taishi Nakanishi, Jun Kikuchi, Atsushi Kaga, Shunsuke Chiba, Masahiro Terada, Chem. Eur. J.
2020, 26, 8230–8234.
7. “Chiral Strong Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition Reaction of Simple Olefinswith Ethyl Glyoxylate”
Jun Kikuchi, Yuki Aizawa, Masahiro Terada, Org. Chem. Front., 2020, 7, 1383-1387.
8. “Chiral Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Enantioconvergent Propargylic Substitution Reaction ofSecondary Propargylic Alcohols with Thiol”

Jun Kikuchi, Kyohei Takano, Yusuke Ota, Shigenobu Umemiya, Masahiro Terada, Chem. Eur. J.
2020, 26, 11124–11128.
9. “Non-enzymatic Hybrid Catalysis for Stereoconversion of l-Amino Acid Derivatives to dIsomers"
Yuya Nagato, Mari Kiyokawa, Yusuke Ueki, Jun Kikuchi, Kohsuke Ohmatsu, Masahiro Terada,
Takashi Ooi, Asian J. Org. Chem. 2020, 9, 561–565.
10. “Mechanism and Origin of Stereoselectivity in Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Aldol-Type
Reactions of Azlactones with Vinyl Ethers”
Kyohei Kanomata, Yuki Nagasawa, Yukihiro Shibata, Masahiro Yamanaka, Fuyuki Egawa, JunKikuchi, Masahiro Terada, Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 3364–3372.
11. “Chiral Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Formal α-Vinylation of Ketones for the Enantioselective
Construction of Quaternary Carbon Center”
Satavisha Kayal, Jun Kikuchi, Masahiro Shimizu, Masahiro Terada, ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 6846–6850.
12. “Enantioselective Addition Reaction of Azlactones with Styrene Derivatives Catalyzed by Strong
Chiral Brønsted Acids”
Jun Kikuchi, Masahiro Terada, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 8458–8462.
13. “Bis-phosphoric Acid Derived from BINOL Dimer as a Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyst for
Enantioselective Transformations”
Masahiro Terada, Yogesh Gupta, Jun Kikuchi, Chem. Lett. 2019, 48, 260–263.
14. “F10BINOL-derived

ChiralPhosphoric

Acid-Catalyzed

Enantioselective

Carbonyl-Ene

Reaction: Theoretical Elucidation of Stereochemical Outcomes”
Jun Kikuchi, Hiromu Aramaki, Hiroshi Okamoto, Masahiro Terada, Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 1426–1433.
15. “Chiral Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Intramolecular SN2' Reaction for Enantioselective Constructionof Quaternary Stereogenic Center”
Masahiro Shimizu, Jun Kikuchi, Azusa kondoh, Masahiro Terada, Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 5747–5757.
16. “Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Enantioselective Ring Expansion Reaction of 1,3-Dithiane
Derivatives: Case Study of the Nature of Ion-Pairing Interaction”
Feng Li, Toshinobu Korenaga, Taishi Nakanishi, Jun Kikuchi, Masahiro Terada, J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 2018, 140, 2629–2642.

17. “A Fischer Indolization Strategy toward the Total Synthesis of (–)-Goniomitine”
Beau P. Pritchett, Jun Kikuchi, Yoshitaka Numajiri, Brian M. Stoltz, Heterocycles 2017, 2, 1245–1253.
18. “Enantioselective Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation Reactions of Dihydropyrido[1,2-a]indolone
Substrates: Efficient Syntheses of(–)-Goniomitine,(+)-Aspidospermidine, and(–)-

Quebrachamine”
Beau P. Pritchett, Jun Kikuchi, Yoshitaka Numajiri, Brian M. Stoltz, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016,55, 13529–13532.
19. “Chiral Phosphoric Acid-Catalyzed Diastereo- and Enantioselective Mannich-type Reaction
between Enamides and Thiazolones”
Jun Kikuchi, Norie Momiyama, Masahiro Terada, Org.Lett. 2016, 18. 2521–2523.
20. “Perfluorinated Aryls in the Design of Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalysts: Catalysis of
Enantioselective [4+2] Cycloadditions and Ene–Reactions of Imines with Alkenes by ChiralMono-Phosphoric Acids with Perfluoroaryls”
Norie Momiyama, Hiroshi Okamoto, Jun Kikuchi, Toshinobu Korenaga, Masahiro Terada, ACS
Catal. 2016, 6, 1198–1204.
Accounts and Reviews
1. “Enantioconvergent Substitution Reactions of Racemic Electrophiles by Organocatalysis”
Jun Kikuchi, Masahiro Terada, Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 10215–10225.
2. “Palladium-Catalyzed Acid Chloride Synthesis”
Jun Kikuchi, Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, 2018, 76, 730–731.