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"Simple Formation of C60 and C60-Ferrocene Conjugated Monolayers Anchored onto Silicon Oxide with Five Carboxylic Acids and Their Transistor Applications."
Yoshimitsu Itoh,* B. Kim, R. I. Gearba, N. J. Tremblay, R. Pindak, Y. Matsuo, E. Nakamura, C. Nuckolls
Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 970–975.
[DOI: 10.1021/cm1025975]



"Highly enantioselective synthesis of α-(perfluoroalkyl)amines via hydrogenation of enamide precursors in the presence of chiraphos-rhodium catalyst."
Koichi Mikami,* Tatsushi Murase, Lili Zhai, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Shigekazu Ito
Tetrahedron Asymmetry 2010, 21, 1158–1161.
[DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2010.05.021]



"Activation of C-F Bonds in Preference to C-I Bonds: Difluoromethylation of Lithium Enolates with Trifluoromethyl Iodide."
Koichi Mikami,* Yuichi Tomita, Yoshimitsu Itoh
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3819–3822.
[DOI: 10.1002/anie.201000435]



"Photovoltaic Universal Joints: Ball-and-Socket Interfaces in Molecular Photovoltaic Cells."
Noah J. Tremblay, Alon A. Gorodetsky, Marshall P. Cox, Theanne Schiros, Bumjung Kim, Rachel Steiner, Zachary Bullard, Aaron Sattler, Woo-Young So, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Michael F. Toney, Hirohito Ogasawara, Arthur P. Ramirez, Ioannis Kymissis,* Michael L. Steigerwald, Colin Nuckolls*
ChemPhysChem 2010, 11, 799–803.
[DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200900941]



"Sequential Perfluoroalkylation and Asymmetric Reduction of Nitriles Triggered with Perfluoroalkyl Titanates: Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Perfluoroalkyl Amines."
Koichi Mikami,* Tatsushi Murase, Lili Zhai, Susumu Kawauchi, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Shigekazu Ito
Tetrahedron Lett 2010, 51, 1371–1373.
[DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.12.140]



"Efficient Formation of Ring Structures Utilizing Multisite Activation by Indium Catalysis."
Yoshimitsu Itoh, Hayato Tsuji, Ken-ichi Yamagata, Kohei Endo, Iku Tanaka, Masaharu Nakamura, Eiichi Nakamura*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 17161–17167.
[DOI: 10.1021/ja805657h]



"Dialkylzinc-accelerated α-Trifluoromethylation of Carbonyl Compounds Catalyzed by Late-transition-metal Complexes."
Yuichi Tomita, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Koichi Mikami*
Chem. Lett. 2008, 37, 1080–1081.
[DOI:10.1246/cl.2008.1080]



"Modular Synthesis of Benzo[b]phosphole Derivatives via BuLi-Mediated Cyclization of (o-Alkynylphenyl)phosphine."
Hayato Tsuji,* Kosuke Sato, Laurean Ilies, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Yoshiharu Sato, and Eiichi Nakamura*
Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 2263–2265.
[DOI: 10.1021/ol800684x]



"Zncate-Type Enolate for Radical α-Trifluoromethylation."
Yuichi Tomita, Yoshiyuki Ichikawa, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Kosuke Kawada, Koichi Mikami*
Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 8922–8925.
[DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.10.041]



"Indium-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of ω-Alkynyl-β-ketoesters into Six- to Fifteen-Membered Rings."
Hayato Tsuji, Ken-ichi Yamagata, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Kohei Endo, Masaharu Nakamura, and Eiichi Nakamura*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 8060–8062.
[DOI: 10.1002/anie.200702928]