Umezawa Taiki

Faculty of Environmental Earth Science Materials Science Biomaterials ChemistryAssociate Professor
Last Updated :2026/02/04

■Researcher basic information

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Researcher number

  • 20503618

Research Keyword

  • 含塩素化合物
  • 全合成
  • クロロスルフォリピッド
  • 有機合成化学
  • ブロモペルオキシダーゼ
  • ウラソゾ
  • 紅藻
  • ハロゲン
  • 付着生物
  • フジツボ
  • Laurencin
  • 付着阻害
  • Omaezallene
  • ローレンシン
  • 天然物合成
  • 有機合成
  • Natural Product Synthesis
  • Organic Synthesis

Research Field

  • Life sciences, Marine/Aquatic life sciences
  • Nanotechnology/Materials, Molecular biochemistry

Educational Organization

■Career

Career

  • 2013
    Hokkaido University, 地球環境科学研究科(研究院), 准教授
  • 2008
    - 北海道大学大学院地球環境科学研究院 助教
  • Apr. 2006 - Dec. 2007
    スクリプス研究所, 化学科, 博士研究員

Educational Background

  • 2006, Osaka City University, 理学研究科, 物質分子系専攻, Japan
  • 2006, Osaka City University, Graduate School, Division of Natural Science
  • 2001, Osaka City University, Faculty of Science, Department of Material Science, Japan
  • 2001, Osaka City University, Faculty of Science

■Research activity information

Awards

  • Oct. 2016, 平成27年度「日本化学会北海道支部奨励賞」               

Papers

  • Development and Mechanistic Insights into Nef Reaction for Preparation of Aldehydes Using Singlet Oxygen
    Ira Novita Sari, Bobo Yan, Tatsuya Morozumi, Yuichi Kamiya, Taiki Umezawa
    Organic Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS), 17 Apr. 2025
    Scientific journal
  • Synthetic Study on Mytilipin C and Development of New Synthetic Methodology toward Total Synthesis
    Taiki Umezawa
    JOURNAL OF SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY JAPAN, 2025
    Scientific journal
  • Chemoselective Preparation of Alkynes from Vicinal and Geminal Dibromoalkenes.
    Hyuga Okumura, Nurcahyo Iman Prakoso, Tatsuya Morozumi, Taiki Umezawa
    Organic letters, 26, 46, 9817, 9821, 22 Nov. 2024, [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal, The reductive conversion of vicinal and geminal dibromoalkenes into the corresponding alkynes with iPrMgCl-LiCl (Turbo Grignard reagent) is described. This reaction proceeded in the presence of various functional groups such as ethers, esters, or carbamates under mild conditions in high yields. Due to the selective reactivity, the easily prepared vic-dibromoalkene is considered to be a protecting group of alkyne toward an electrophile. Although butyl lithium has been widely used for the conversion of gem-dibromoalkenes into alkynes in the Corey-Fuchs alkyne synthesis, we report here alternative mild and chemoselective reaction conditions for alkyne synthesis.
  • Doubly Homologated Tyrosine-Containing Peptides from the Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-4285 and Their Biosynthesis
    Chin-Soon Phan, Zhengyi Ling, Jakia Jerin Mehjabin, Kenichi Matsuda, Nurcahyo Iman Prakoso, Taiki Umezawa, Toshiyuki Wakimoto, Tatsufumi Okino
    Journal of Natural Products, American Chemical Society (ACS), 30 Oct. 2024
    Scientific journal
  • Synthesis and Conformational Analysis of α,β-Dichlorocarbonyl Compounds
    Shunta Kobayashi, Nurcahyo Iman Prakoso, Xin Zheng, Shin ichiro Noro, Masaru Hashimoto, Tatsuya Morozumi, Taiki Umezawa
    European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 27, 33, 02 Sep. 2024
    Scientific journal
  • Novel settlement inhibition oligopeptides containing β-amino acids
    Taiki Umezawa, Ira Novita Sari, Erina Yoshimura, Yasuyuki Nogata
    RSC Sustainability, 2024
    Scientific journal
  • Mild Metal-Free 1,2-Dichlorination of Alkynes by NCS-PPh3-H2O System
    Jianan Yuan, Nurcahyo Iman Prakoso, Tatsuya Morozumi, Taiki Umezawa
    Synthesis (Germany), 56, 5, 771, 776, 15 Sep. 2023
    Scientific journal
  • Formation pathway by by-products in methacrolein oxidation over H3PMo12O40 investigated by using 12C-labeled methacrolein
    Mitsuru Kanno, Jun Hirata, Taiki Umezawa, Wataru Ninomiya, Yuichi Kamiya
    Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute, 66, 4, 128, 131, Japan Petroleum Institute, 01 Jul. 2023, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Syntheses and Biological Activities of Danicalipin A Derivatives.
    Taiki Umezawa, Takeshi Maeda, Takuya Akiyama, Nurcahyo Iman Prakoso, Jakia Jerin Mehjabin, Tatsufumi Okino, Fuyuhiko Matsuda
    Chemistry & biodiversity, 20, 6, e202300400, Jun. 2023, [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal, Synthesis of three derivatives of danicalipin A, tetrachloride, trisulfate and a fluorescent probe was achieved through Wittig reaction strategy. Toxicity of the derivatives against brine shrimp (Artemia salina) as also investigated to provide useful information for the biological activity; i) less chloride derivative showed similar toxicity to danicalipin A, ii) the amphiphilic property, a characteristic feature of danicalipin A, was crucial because trisulfate considerably decreased the toxicity and iii) fluorescent derivative kept brine shrimp toxicity of danicalipin A.
  • Scope and limitations of absolute configuration determination of allenic natural products using the CCC stretching VCD signal.
    Tohru Taniguchi, Mutmainah, Shu Takimoto, Takahiro Suzuki, Soichiro Watanabe, Fuyuhiko Matsuda, Taiki Umezawa, Kenji Monde
    Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 21, 3, 569, 574, Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC}), 18 Jan. 2023, [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal, The allene functional group in natural products isolated so far exists in a non-racemic form, but its axial chirality is difficult to elucidate. Allenes exhibit a characteristic antisymmetric CCC stretching mode at around 1950 cm-1, and their VCD properties have not been studied in detail. This work, for the first time, applied VCD spectroscopy to allenic natural products and allenic molecules with other asymmetric centers focusing on the antisymmetric CCC stretching mode. This vibrational mode yielded a negligibly weak VCD signal for several molecules, but in the presence of electron-withdrawing and/or conjugating substituents, it generated a stronger one. Its sign was found to be influenced by the nature of substituents. These findings should deepen the understanding of the VCD properties of the allene functional group and should be useful for future studies of chiral allenes.
  • Model Study toward Total Synthesis of Mytilipin C
    Taiki Umezawa, Nurcahyo Iman Prakoso, Koichi Tsuji, Yosuke Ogura, Takumi Sato, Fuyuhiko Matsuda
    Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 95, 10, 1491, 1500, The Chemical Society of Japan, 15 Oct. 2022
    English, Scientific journal
  • Nostosin G and Spiroidesin B from the Cyanobacterium Dolichospermum sp. NIES-1697
    Chin-Soon Phan, Jakia Jerin Mehjabin, Andrea Roxanne J. Anas, Masahiro Hayasaka, Reiko Onoki, Juting Wang, Taiki Umezawa, Kenji Washio, Masaaki Morikawa, Tatsufumi Okino
    Journal of Natural Products, American Chemical Society (ACS), 10 Aug. 2022
    Scientific journal
  • Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Multifidene, a Sex Pheromone of Brown Algae
    Taiki Umezawa, Misaki Hara, Nana Kinoshita-Terauchi, Fuyuhiko Matsuda
    Organics, 3, 3, 187, 195, MDPI AG, Jul. 2022
    Scientific journal, The total synthesis of multifidene, a sex pheromone found in brown algae, is described. The synthesis features the highly enantioselective and diastereoselective addition reaction of an aldehyde to a nitroolefin in the presence of a Hayashi–Jørgensen catalyst and a Nef reaction initiated by visible light irradiation. These key reactions enabled the 11-step synthesis from commercially available compounds. The synthetic pheromones are examined with gametes.
  • Effective Synthesis and Antifouling Activity of Dolastatin 16 Derivatives.
    Loida O Casalme, Keisuke Katayama, Yoshiki Hayakawa, Kensuke Nakamura, Arisa Yamauchi, Yasuyuki Nogata, Erina Yoshimura, Fuyuhiko Matsuda, Taiki Umezawa
    Marine drugs, 20, 2, 04 Feb. 2022, [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal, Some derivatives of dolastatin 16, a depsipeptide natural product first obtained from the sea hare Dolabella auricularia, were synthesized through second-generation synthesis of two unusual amino acids, dolaphenvaline and dolamethylleuine. The second-generation synthesis enabled derivatizations such as functionalization of the aromatic ring in dolaphenvaline. The derivatives of fragments and whole structures were evaluated for antifouling activity against the cypris larvae of Amphibalanus amphitrite. Small fragments inhibited the settlement of the cypris larvae at potent to moderate concentrations (EC50 = 0.60-4.62 μg/mL), although dolastatin 16 with a substituent on the aromatic ring (24) was much less potent than dolastatin 16.
  • Efficient synthesis of α,β-dichlorinated ketones from α,β-dichlorinated Weinreb amides through a simple work-up procedure.
    Nurcahyo Iman Prakoso, Fuyuhiko Matsuda, Taiki Umezawa
    Organic & biomolecular chemistry, 19, 36, 7822, 7826, 22 Sep. 2021, [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Assignment of Absolute Configuration of Bromoallenes by Vacuum-Ultraviolet Circular Dichroism (VUVCD).
    Taiki Umezawa, Nakaba Mizutani, Koichi Matsuo, Yuugo Tokunaga, Fuyuhiko Matsuda, Tatsuo Nehira
    Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 26, 5, 27 Feb. 2021, [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Biosurfactants from Marine Cyanobacteria Collected in Sabah, Malaysia
    Jakia Jerin Mehjabin, Liang Wei, Julie G. Petitbois, Taiki Umezawa, Fuyuhiko Matsuda, Charles S. Vairappan, Masaaki Morikawa, Tatsufumi Okino
    Journal of Natural Products, 83, 6, 1925, 1930, American Chemical Society (ACS), 20 May 2020, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • A Reliable Method to Create Adjacent Acid-Base Pair Sites on Silica through Hydrolysis of Pre-anchored Amide
    Wontae Kim, Loida O. Casalme, Taiki Umezawa, Fuyuhiko Matsuda, Ryoichi Otomo, Yuichi Kamiya
    Chemistry Letters, 49, 1, 71, 74, The Chemical Society of Japan, 05 Jan. 2020
    Scientific journal
  • Neighboring Effect of Intramolecular Chlorine Atoms on Epoxide Opening Reaction by Chloride Anions.
    Taiki Umezawa, Masayuki Shibata, Ryutaro Tamagawa, Fuyuhiko Matsuda
    Organic letters, 21, 19, 7731, 7735, 04 Oct. 2019, [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • A brown algal sex pheromone reverses the sign of phototaxis by cAMP/Ca-dependent signaling in the male gametes of Mutimo cylindricus (Cutleriaceae)
    Kinoshita-Terauchi, Nana, Shiba, Kogiku, Umezawa, Taiki, Matsuda, Fuyuhiko, Motomura, Taizo, Inaba, Kazuo
    Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology, 192, 113, 123, ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA, Mar. 2019, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal, Male gametes of the brown alga Mutimo cylindricus show positive phototaxis soon after spawning in seawater but gradually change the sign of phototaxis with time. This conversion appears to need the decrease of intracellular Ca concentration. In this study, we revealed that the conversion of male gamete phototactic sign, positive to negative, was accelerated by mixing with female gametes. The supernatant after the centrifugation of female gamete suspension showed the same activity to change the phototactic sign, suggesting that a factor released from female gametes was responsible for the reaction. A known brown algal sex pheromone, ectocarpene, induced chemotaxis of male gametes of M. cylindricus. The addition of this compound induced the change of phototactic sign, clearly indicating that a sex pheromone is essential for the reversal. An inhibitor of phosphodiesterase, theophylline, inhibited the chemotaxis and phototactic sign reversion by a factor released from female gametes and ectocarpene. Measurements of cyclic nucleotides showed that the increase in intracellular concentration of cAMP, not cGMP, was parallel to the change of phototactic sign. The inhibition of phototactic s
  • A brown algal sex pheromone reverses the sign of phototaxis by cAMP/Ca2+-dependent signaling in the male gametes of Mutimo cylindricus (Cutleriaceae)
    Kinoshita-Terauchi Nana, Shiba Kogiku, Umezawa Taiki, Matsuda Fuyuhiko, Motomura Taizo, Inaba Kazuo
    JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY, 192, 113, 123, Mar. 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationship of Omaezallene Derivatives.
    Taiki Umezawa, Nurcahyo Iman Prakoso, Miho Kannaka, Yasuyuki Nogata, Erina Yoshimura, Tatsufumi Okino, Fuyuhiko Matsuda
    Chemistry & biodiversity, 16, 1, e1800451, Jan. 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Total synthesis of omaezallene toward structure determination
    Taiki Umezawa
    Yuki Gosei Kagaku Kyokaishi/Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 76, 5, 426, 429, 2018, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Scientific journal
  • Antioxidants from the brown alga dictyopteris undulata
    Momochika Kumagai, Keisuke Nishikawa, Hiroshi Matsuura, Taiki Umezawa, Fuyuhiko Matsuda, Tatsufumi Okino
    Molecules, 23, 5, 2018, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Serinolamides and Lyngbyabellins from an Okeania sp Cyanobacterium Collected from the Red Sea
    Julie G. Petitbois, Loida O. Casalme, Julius Adam V. Lopez, Walied M. Alarif, Ahmed Abdel-Lateff, Sultan S. Al-Lihaibi, Erina Yoshimura, Yasuyuki Nogata, Taiki Umezawa, Fuyuhiko Matsuda, Tatsufumi Okino
    JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS, 80, 10, 2708, 2715, Oct. 2017, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Total synthesis of (-)-kainic acid and (+)-allo-kainic acid through SmI2-mediated intramolecular coupling between allyl chloride and an alpha,beta-unsaturated ester
    Junya Suzuki, Natsumi Miyano, Shunpei Yashiro, Taiki Umezawa, Fuyuhiko Matsuda
    ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY, 15, 31, 6557, 6566, Aug. 2017, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Columbamides D and E: Chlorinated Fatty Acid Amides from the Marine Cyanobacterium Moorea bouillonii Collected in Malaysia
    Julius Adam V. Lopez, Julie G. Petitbois, Charles S. Vairappan, Taiki Umezawa, Fuyuhiko Matsuda, Tatsufumi Okino
    ORGANIC LETTERS, 19, 16, 4231, 4234, Aug. 2017, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Design, Synthesis, and Antifouling Activity of Glucosamine-Based Isocyanides
    Taiki Umezawa, Yuki Hasegawa, Ira S. Novita, Junya Suzuki, Tatsuya Morozumi, Yasuyuki Nogata, Erina Yoshimura, Fuyuhiko Matsuda
    MARINE DRUGS, 15, 7, Jul. 2017, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Total synthesis and biological activity of dolastatin 16
    Loida O. Casalme, Arisa Yamauchi, Akinori Sato, Julie G. Petitbois, Yasuyuki Nogata, Erina Yoshimura, Tatsufumi Okino, Taiki Umezawa, Fuyuhiko Matsuda
    ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY, 15, 5, 1140, 1150, Feb. 2017, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Total Synthesis of Natural Antifouling Products
    Taiki Umezawa, Keisuke Nishikawa, Tatsufumi Okino, Fuyuhiko Matsuda
    JOURNAL OF SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY JAPAN, 74, 7, 689, 699, Jul. 2016, [Peer-reviewed]
    Japanese, Scientific journal
  • Synthetic study on dolastatin 16: concise and scalable synthesis of two unusual amino acid units
    Taiki Umezawa, Akinori Sato, Yasuto Ameda, Loida O. Casalme, Fuyuhiko Matsuda
    TETRAHEDRON LETTERS, 56, 1, 168, 171, Jan. 2015, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal
  • cDNA cloning and characterization of vanadium-dependent bromoperoxidases from the red alga Laurencia nipponica
    Kensuke Kaneko, Kenji Washio, Taiki Umezawa, Fuyuhiko Matsuda, Masaaki Morikawa, Tatsufumi Okino
    BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, 78, 8, 1310, 1319, Aug. 2014, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Recent progress toward synthesis of chlorosulfolipids: total synthesis and methodology
    Taiki Umezawa, Fuyuhiko Matsuda
    TETRAHEDRON LETTERS, 55, 19, 3003, 3012, May 2014, [Peer-reviewed]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Omaezallene from Red Alga Laurencia sp.: Structure Elucidation, Total Synthesis, and Antifouling Activity
    Taiki Umezawa, Yuko Oguri, Hiroshi Matsuura, Shohei Yamazaki, Masahiro Suzuki, Erina Yoshimura, Takeshi Furuta, Yasuyuki Nogata, Yukihiko Serisawa, Kazuyo Matsuyama-Serisawa, Tsuyoshi Abe, Fuyuhiko Matsuda, Minoru Suzuki, Tatsufumi Okino
    ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 53, 15, 3909, 3912, Apr. 2014, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Bromoperoxidases from Laurencia species
    Kaneko Kensuke, Washio Kenji, Umezawa Taiki, Kobayashi Daiki, Tang Xiaorong, Matsuda Fuyuhiko, Morikawa Masaaki, Okino Tatsufumi
    Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products, symposium papers, 56, Poster53, Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products Steering Committee, 2014
    Japanese, The genus of red alga Laurencia is one of the richest producers of halogenated compounds (mostly brominated) 3). Murai et al 4) and Butler et al 9) showed enzymatic bromination of Laurencia C15acetogenins including laurencin (1) 1,2)and sesquiterpenoids snyderols using partially purified bromoperoxidase (BPO) from L. nipponica and vanadium-dependent BPO (VBPO) from a mixture of red algae including L. pacifica. However, since the lack of information of sequences, the structural information and biochemical aspects of BPO from L. nipponica and VBPO from L. pacifica remains unknown. Here, we report cDNA cloning of VBPOs from L. nipponicaand in vitro enzymatic bromination of putative biosynthetic precursors using recombinant enzymes.

    Two VBPOs (LnVBPO1 and LnVBPO2) were cloned from L. nipponica and recombinant LnVBPOs were prepared. Recombinant LnVBPOs were subjected to enzyme activity assay. A general substrate, monochlorodimedone (MCD), was utilized for Km determination for H2O2 and , essential for bromination of organic substrate. Km for H2O2was 0.03 mM in both LnVBPOs, Km for were 0.53 mM for LnVBPO1 and 0.35 mM for LnVBPO2, respectively. A derivative of putative precursor of laurencin (1), TMS-capped (3E, 6R, 7R)-laurediol (4) was subjected to LnVBPOs enzymatic bromination and gave similar MS/MS spectrum of deacetylaurencin (3). Since the compound 3 is considered to be the final precursor of 1, it is suggested that VBPO catalyzes bromination in Laurenciametabolites.

    We also cloned VBPOs from other Laurencia spp. which produce brominated sesquiterpenoids (L. okamurae) and triterpenoids (L. saitoi). We will discuss in vitro enzymatic bromination of these two LaurenciaVBPOs.
  • Total Synthesis of Omaezallene and Determination of its Absolute Stereochemistries
    Umezawa Taiki, Yamazaki Shohei, Oguri Yuko, Matsuura Hiroshi, Suzuki Masahiro, Okino Tatsufumi, Matsuda Fuyuhiko
    Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products, symposium papers, 55, Oral24, Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products Steering Committee, 2013
    Japanese, Omaezallene (1) was isolated from Laurencia sp. and showed strong antifouling activity against the larvae of the barnacle amphitrite. Although organotin compounds, such as tributyltin (TBT), had been widely used as a fouling inhibitor, the use of TBT was prohibited by IMO in 2008 due to its toxicity. Therefore, the development of the potent nontoxic fouling inhibitor is desired strongly, and 1 is expected to be a lead compound as the fouling inhibitor. Although the relative and absolute structure of 1 was assumed using 1D- and 2D-NMR experiments, the relative configurations have not been determined completely, especially the configuration at C9 position. To determine the relative configurations as well as the absolute configuration, the synthetic study toward 1 was started.

    The synthesis commenced with the known aldehyde 3, derived from D-glucose in 5 steps, which was transformed into the unsaturated ester 8 with E geometry. The ester 8 was next converted to the hemiacetal 10 in 3 steps. The treatment of ethynylmagnesium chloride to 10 afforded the desired propargy alcohol 4 as a major diastereomer. Cyclization of 4 with NBS furnished the construction of the two contiguous stereocenters to give bromoether 11 in a highly stereoselective manner, which was then derived to the aldehyde 6 in 4 steps. 6 was successfully converted to 1via cyanohydrin formation, HWE reaction, and Wittig reaction involving in-situ bromination of reagent. By the total synthesis, the absolute configuration of 1was unambiguously determined as shown in scheme 5.
  • Confirmation of the Configuration of 10-Isothiocyanato-4-cadinene Diastereomers through Synthesis
    Keisuke Nishikawa, Taiki Umezawa, Mary J. Garson, Fuyuhiko Matsuda
    JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS, 75, 12, 2232, 2235, Dec. 2012, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • P-11 Three-component Coupling Reaction with Aldehyde, Acyl Fluoride and Trimethylsilylmethylphosphonate(Poster Presentation)
    Umezawa Taiki, Seino Tomoya, Matsuda Fuyuhiko
    Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products, symposium papers, 54, 297, 302, Symposium on the chemistry of natural products, 01 Sep. 2012
    Japanese, Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction (HWE reaction) is known as a reliable and powerful method for carbon-carbon bond formation by coupling between β-ketophosphonate and aldehyde to give α,β-unsaturated compound with high stereoselectivity. In general, the β-ketophosphonate used as the HWE reaction precursor is needed to be synthesized from a readily accessible material. However, these procedures sometimes encounter troubles in purification due to its high polarity or side products. To avoid these problems, we planned one-pot synthesis of the α,β-unsaturated ketone with aldehyde, acyl fluoride and trimethylsilylmethylphosphonate through HWE reaction according to the sequential reaction illustrated in Scheme 1. The reaction conditions were optimized by examining bases, reaction time, and equivalent of reagents as shown in Table 1. With the optimized conditions (Table 1. Entry 7), wide variety of substrates (aldehyde, acyl fluoride, and phosphonate) bearing various functional groups were coupled to give α,β-unsaturated ketone in high yields with E geometry. (Table 2) Z-α,β-Unsaturated ketones were also prepared with high stereoselectivity by using one-pot procedure. (Table 3)
  • Thrombin Inhibitors from the Freshwater Cyanobacterium Anabaena compacta
    Andrea Roxanne J. Anas, Takaya Kisugi, Taiki Umezawa, Fuyuhiko Matsuda, Marc R. Campitelli, Ronald J. Quinn, Tatsufumi Okino
    JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS, 75, 9, 1546, 1552, Sep. 2012, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Novel One-pot Three-component Coupling Reaction with Trimethylsilylmethylphosphonate, Acyl Fluoride, and Aldehyde through the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Reaction
    Taiki Umezawa, Tomoya Seino, Fuyuhiko Matsuda
    ORGANIC LETTERS, 14, 16, 4206, 4209, Aug. 2012, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Synthesis and Biological Activity of Kalkitoxin and its Analogues
    Taiki Umezawa, Manabu Sueda, Takao Kamura, Teppei Kawahara, Xuerong Han, Tatsufumi Okino, Fuyuhiko Matsuda
    JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 77, 1, 357, 370, Jan. 2012, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
    English, Scientific journal
  • Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Danicalipin A
    Umezawa Taiki, Shibata Masayuki, Matsuda Fuyuhiko
    Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products, symposium papers, 52, 1, 6, Symposium on the chemistry of natural products, 01 Sep. 2010
    Japanese, Danicalipin A (1), a major component of chlorosulfolipids (CSLs) from Ochromonas danica, was first isolated more than four decades ago along wigh its congeners 2-6. Although the planar structure of 1 was reorted in 1973, the absolute and relative stereochemistries of 1 have not been determined until 2009; total synthesis by Vanderwal and NMR analysis of natural sample by Okino. Due to the unprecedent structure of CSLs, CSLs have attracted much attention of synthetic chemists and total syntheses of 1, 7, and 8 were achieved by three groups. In this presentation, asymmetric total synthesis of Danicalipin A (1) will be described. The synthesis commenced with the known optically active epoxide 14, derived via Sharpless-Katsuki asymmetric epoxidation, which was transformed into the α,β-unsaturated ester 15. (Scheme 2) At this stage, the enantiomeric excess of 15 was enhanced from 85% ee to >99% ee by recrystallization. Four transformations involving regioselective epoxy opening reaction gave the aldehyde 13. After diastereoselective α-chlorination of 13 with 19, the aldehyde 10 was synthesized in 2 steps. Wittig reaction between 10 and the phosphonium salt 11, derived from the known aldehyde 12, afforded the alkene 24. E-olefin for the trans-dichloride at C15 and 16 was installed by Wiitg olefination, furnishing the α,β-unsaturated ester 26. After introduction of n-hexyl group from ester, trans addition of chlorine equivalent into E-olefin at 80℃ gave the adduct 29, which was successfully converted to Danicalipin A.
  • Synthesis and Biological Activity of Kalkitoxin and its Analogues
    Umezawa Taiki, Kamura Takao, Kawahara Teppei, Sueda Manabu, Kan Setsuyo, Okino Tatsufumi, Matsuda Fuyuhiko
    Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products, symposium papers, 51, 329, 334, Symposium on the chemistry of natural products, 01 Sep. 2009
    Japanese, Kalkitoxin (1) was isolated from cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscule in the Caribbean Sea. It is reported that 1 posssesses some intersting biological activities. For example, 1 shows a strong ichtyotoxic activity toward the common gold fish and brine shrimp. Also, kalkitoxin has a strong neurotoxicity (LC_<50>=3.86nM) in cerebellar granule neouron (CGN) as an inhibitor N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists and is a highly potent blocker of the voltage-depending sodium channel in mouse neuro-2a cells (EC_<50>=1nM). We have been attracted by the structure-activity relationship of kalkitoxins. In present paper, we describe the synthesis of kalkitoxin and its analogues (epimer and demethylated kalkitoxins (nor form) and their biological activity with brine shrimp. The synthesis was started from 15, which was converted to α,β-unsaturaed imide 14 with phosphonate 17. 1,4-Addition reaction to 14 with methyl curprate gave imide 18 as 10 : 1 mixture of diastereomers. The imide 18 was transformed into second 1,4-addition precursor 11 in 9 steps. The conjugate addition reaction of 11 proceeded smoothly to give imide 26 as a single diastereomer, which was derived to 1 via condensation with amine 10, synthesize without racemization by novel method, and highly efficient thiazoline formation with TiCl_4. Kalkitoxin analogues 2-7 were synthesized in the similar manner by simply changing the chiral auxiliary or chiral building block. Finally, the biological activity with 1-7 was evaluated as LC_<50> toward brine shrimp.
  • P-80 Total Synthesis of Isocyanocadinene(Poster Presentation)
    Nishikawa Keisuke, Shirokura Yousuke, Nakahara Hiroshi, Umezawa Taiki, Matsuda Fuyuhiko
    Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products, symposium papers, 50, 777, 782, Symposium on the chemistry of natural products, 01 Sep. 2008
    Japanese, 10-Isocyano-4-cadinene (1), a marine sesquiterpene isolated from nudibranchs of the family Phyllidiidae by Okino et al., exhibits potent antifouling activity against the larvae of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite (EC_<50> 0.14μg/mL). 10-Isocyano-4-cadinene (1) is expected to be new nontoxic antifouling agents. Furthermore, the absolute stereochemistry of 1 has not been determined. To access these issues, we started the enantioselective total synthesis toward 1. The synthesis toward 1 was commenced with known imide 6, which was converted into dieneacetate 5c in 9 steps. The Diels-Alder reaction between 5c and methyl acrylate with MeAlCl_2 afforded cyclohexene 11c as a mixture of four diasereomers. This mixture was epimerized to two isomers, desired carboxylic acid 12 as a major product and ester 13, by the treatment of NaOMe followed by selective hydrolysis with 1N HCl in one-pot. Carboxylic acid 12 was transformed into aldehyde 14, which was cyclized by SmI_2-induced Barbier-type reaction to give alcohol 15. To introduce the functional groups at C10, homologation of 15 with TosMIC afforded aldehyde 16, which was treated with t-BuOK and 21 to give MPM ether 22 in stereoselective fashion. Wolff-Kishner reaction followed by Curtis rearrangement of 24 gave isocyanate 25, C10 was fully functionalized. Total synthesis was completed by reduction of isocyano group with NaBH_4 and dehydration with POCl_3. The absolute configuration of 1 was determined as (1R, 6R, 7S, 10R) by the comparison with the optical rotation between natural and synthetic samples.
  • ELASTIC AND INELASTIC BEHAVIORS OF ROCK MASSES IN THE LOAD-DISPLACEMENT RELATION OBTAINED THROUGH BOREHOLE JACKING
    Taiki Umezawa
    EUROCK 93, LISBOA, PORTUGAL - PROCEEDINGS : SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN ROCK ENGINEERING, VOL 1, 1993
    Scientific journal
  • A STUDY ON THE OXIDATION-STATE OF BI-LAYERED ANODIZED FILMS
    Taiki Umezawa
    IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS, 1991
    Scientific journal

Other Activities and Achievements

Affiliated academic society

  • Apr. 2021 - Present
    日本農芸化学会               
  • THE SESSILE ORGANISMS SOCIETY OF JAPAN               
  • 有機合成化学協会               
  • 日本化学会               

Works

  • 若手研究者のための有機合成セミナー               
    2008

Research Themes

  • Development of 1,2-thioalcohol unit from nitro group and application to total synthesis
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    01 Apr. 2025 - 31 Mar. 2028
    梅澤 大樹
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Hokkaido University, 25K08650
  • 環境にやさしい付着阻害剤の開発を指向した天然物誘導体合成と付着阻害メカニズム解明               
    基盤研究(B)
    Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2022
    梅澤 大樹
    科研費, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
  • Construction of active sites composed of multi-functional groups with precisely controlled distance by use of decomposition reaction
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    28 Jun. 2019 - 31 Mar. 2021
    Kamiya Yuichi
    Adjacent acid-base pair sites, which were consisted of carboxyl and amine groups, were constructed on silica surface by hydrolysis of an amide compound, which were anchored on the silica in advance. It was found that this catalyst showed extremely high catalytic activity for cross-aldol condensation of 4-nitrobenzaldehyde with acetone. The acid-base pair sites that were three methylene groups away from each other, which were constructed using an diamide compound that contains three methylene groups in the structure, showed less activity for the reaction that the catalyst with adjacent acid-base pair sites, demonstrating that the distance between acid and base functional groups was important factor for the reaction.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory), Hokkaido University, 19K22074
  • Chemical Biology of Halogenated Antifouling Compounds
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    01 Apr. 2016 - 31 Mar. 2020
    Okino Tatsufumi
    Reaction condition of vanadium-dependent bromoperoxidase from the red alga Laurencia saitoi was optimized to propose its products by MS. Chlorinated compounds were isolated from marine cyanobacteria.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Hokkaido University, 16H04975
  • 海洋生物の防御機能を模倣したバイオマス循環型船底付着阻害剤の合成的探索研究               
    環境総合研究推進費
    Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2018
    梅澤 大樹
    環境省, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
  • Biosynthetic enzymes of antifouling halogenated compounds
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    01 Apr. 2012 - 31 Mar. 2016
    Okino Tatsufumi, MATSUDA Fuyuhiko, UMEZAWA Taiki, NOGATA Yasuyuki, WASHIO Kenji
    Vanadium dependent bromoperoxidase (VBPO) was cloned from the red alga Laurencia nipponica which produces a halogenated compound, laurencin. The enzyme catalyzed cyclization and bromination of a precursor of laurencin. Bromination activity of recombinant enzyme was investigated. A similar type of VBPO was cloned from L. okamurae which produces a halogenated sesquiterpenoid, laurinterol. The recombinant enzyme showed bromination activity. In addition, another type of VBPO was cloned from L. saitoi which produces a halogenated triterpenoid. Its properties were investigated by using its recombinant protein. The structure of bromoallene containing C15 compound, omaezallene was reported. Its totaly syntehsis was successfully achieved.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Hokkaido University, 24380112
  • Synthetic study on fluorecent probe of antifouling natural products toward elucidation of molecular mechanism
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    2015 - 2016
    Umezawa Taiki
    This study aims syntheses of fluorescent probe of antifouling natural products. As lead compounds for antifouling materials, omaezallene (brominated compound) and dolastatin 16 (cyclic peptide) are selected becuase these exhibit strong antifouling activity along with very low toxicity toward cypris larvae of Amphibalanus amphitrite. Elucidation of molecular mechanism of antifouling activity expects the development of ideal antifouling material.
    Syntheses of omaezallene derivatives was achieved, which includes fluorescent derivative. A new synthetic pathway to dolastatin 16 and the antifouling activity of synthetic sample were revealed. Functionalization method toward fluorescent compound was also developed.
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Hokkaido University, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding, 15K16551
  • Synthetic Study on Chlorosulfolipid toward elucidation of toxicity
    Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(若手研究(B))
    2011 - 2012
    Taiki UMEZAWA
    According to the plan, the synthesis of two fragments for the chlorosulfolipid and a coupling reaction conditions with the fragments were examined. As a results of the examinations, the efficient synthesis of one fragment was developed, and a new synthetic method for the synthesis of another fragment was established. The method is used for the synthesis of, -unsaturated ketone with aldehyde, trimethylsilylmethyl phosphonate, and acyl fluoride in one step, and published from a journal, Organic Letters. Synthesis of chlorosulfolipid is currently underway using the method.
    Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 若手研究(B), 北海道大学, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding, 23710245

Industrial Property Rights

  • 海洋付着生物に対する付着阻害作用を有するオリゴペプチド               
    Patent right
    特願P2023-075-JP01, 06 Oct. 2023

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    06 Mar. 2025
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    https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/fa5216f764e42d4269736586dc2cef8ca6d0a7a4, [Internet]
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    09 Feb. 2025
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    [Paper]
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    06 Feb. 2025
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    [Paper]

syllabus

  • 生体物質科学特論Ⅱ, 2024年, 修士課程, 環境科学院
  • 化学Ⅱ, 2024年, 学士課程, 全学教育