Dr. Kazuho Ban
Curriculum Vitae
since 04/2025 Postdoctoral research in the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Glorius, University of Münster since 04/2025 Associated Postdoctoral Researcher in the group of Prof. Dr. Yoshinari Sawama, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan 04/2022 - 03/2025 PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Shuji Akai, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan 04/2013 - 03/2019 Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan Awards, Scholarships, Funds and Fellowships
since 04/2025 JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD), Japan 03/2025 Fellowship of 2025 CAS Future Leaders Program, USA 07/2024 Best Poster Presentation Award, 29th International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry (ISHC) Congress, ISHC, Portugal 07/2024 Fellowship of 10th Noyori Forum for Young Scientists, Japan 10/2023 Poster Award, CSJ Chemistry Festa, Chemical Society of Japan, Japan 04/2023 - 03/2025 JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1), Japan 03/2023 - 04/2024 Scholarship of Chugai Foundation for Innovative Drug Discovery Science, Japan 04/2019 - 03/2020 The Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant, The Japan Science Society, Japan Publications
R. Ogasahara, M. Mae, Y. Itabashi, K. Ohkubo, K. Matsuura, H. Shimizu, K. Ban, T. Udagawa, H. Fujioka, M. Kamiya, S. Akai, Y. Sawama,
Photocatalytic and Highly Regioselective H/D Exchange at α-thio C(sp3)-H Bonds,
ChemRxiv 2024. DOIK. Ban, J. Tokunaga, S. Yoshimura, S. Akai, Y. Sawama,
Deuterated-Alkylation Reagents Based on Sulfonium Salts as Cation and Radical Sources,
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2024, 97, uoae109. (Selected as selected paper)R. Ogasahara,† K. Ban,† M. Mae, S. Akai, Y. Sawama,
Deuterated Alkyl Sulfonium Salt Reagents; Importance of H/D Exchange Methods in Drug Discovery,
ChemMedChem 2024, 19, e202400201. ( †equally contributed)K. Ban, S. Nozaki, T. Aijima, S. Oyama, H. Tsujino, Y. Kanematsu, S. Akai, Y. Sawama,
Furanyl Bis(indolyl)methane as a Palladium Ion-Selective Chromogenic Agent,
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2024, 22, 2734-2738. (Selected as front cover art)Y. Sawama, K. Ban, H. Sajiki,
Heterogeneously Catalyzed Aromatic Reduction,
Book Chapter 30 in: Industrial Arene Chemistry: Markets, Technologies, Sustainable Processes and Cases Studies of Aromatic Commodities, Wiley, 2023.H. Uchiyama, K. Ban, S. Nozaki, Y. Ikeda, T. Ishimoto, H. Fujioka, M. Kamiya, R. Amari, H. Tsujino, M. Arai, S. Yamazoe, K. Maekawa, T. Kato, M. Doi, K. Kadota, Y. Tozuka, N. Tomita, H. Sajiki, S. Akai, Y. Sawama,
Impact of Multiple H/D Replacement on the Physicochemical Properties of Flurbiprofen,
RSC Med. Chem. 2023, 14, 2583-2592.K. Ban, K. Imai, S. Oyama, J. Tokunaga, Y. Ikeda, H. Uchiyama, K. Kadota, Y. Tozuka, S. Akai, Y. Sawama,
Sulfonium Salt Reagents for the Introduction of Deuterated Alkyl Groups in Drug Discovery,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202311058. (Selected as frontispiece)Y. Sawama, T. Matsuda, S. Moriyama, K. Ban, H. Fujioka, M. Kamiya, J. Shou, Y. Ozeki, S. Akai, H. Sajiki,
Unprecedented Regioselective Deuterium-Incorporation of Alkyltrimethylammonium Chlorides and Raman Analysis,
Asian J. Org. Chem. 2023, 12, e202200710.K. Imai, N. Tomita, H. Fujioka, M. Kamiya, R. Ogasahara, K. Ban, H. Shimizu, T. Ishimoto, H. Sajiki, S. Akai, Y. Sawama,
Homemade Solution of NaOD in D2O: Applications in the Field of Stilbene-d1 Synthesis,
Asian J. Org. Chem. 2023, 12, e202200690. (Selected as cover art)Y. Miki, N. Tomita, K. Ban, H. Sajiki, Y. Sawama,
Synthesis of 1-Pyrroline by Denitrogenative Ring Expansion of Cyclobutyl Azides under Thermal Conditions,
Adv. Synth. Catal. 2021, 363, 3481-3484.M. Itoh, Y. Sawama, M. Niikawa, K. Ban, T. Kawajiri, H. Sajiki,
Improvement Parameters in Hydrogen Generation from Water under Stainless-steel-Mediated Ball Milling Conditions,
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2020, 93, 1366-1371.Y. Sawama, M. Niikawa, K. Ban, K. Park, S. Aibara, M. Itoh, H. Sajiki,
Quantitative Mechanochemical Methanation of CO2 with H2O in a Stainless Steel Ball Mill,
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2020, 93, 1074-1078. (Selected as Selected paper)K. Ban, Y. Yamamoto, H. Sajiki, Y. Sawama,
Arylation of Indoles Using Cyclohexanones Dually-Catalyzed by Niobic Acid and Palladium-on-Carbons,
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2020, 18, 3898-3902.Y. Yamamoto, E. Shimizu, K. Ban, Y. Wada, T. Mizusaki, M. Yoshimura, Y. Takagi, Y. Sawama, H. Sajiki,
Facile Hydrogenative Deprotection of N-Benzyl Groups Using a Mixed Catalyst of Palladium and Niobic Acid on Carbon,
ACS Omega 2020, 5, 2699-2709.R. Takakura, K. Ban, H. Sajiki, Y. Sawama,
Platinium on Carbon-catalyzed Aquous Oxidative Lactonization of Diols using Molecular Oxygen,
Synlett 2019, 30, 1919-1923.Y. Sawama, K. Ban, K. Akutsu, H. Nakata, M. Mori, T. Yamada, T. Kawajiri, N. Yasukawa, K. Park, Y. Monguchi, Y. Takagi, M. Yoshimura, H. Sajiki,
Birch-Type Reduction of Arenes in 2-Propanol Catalyzed by Zero-Valent Iron and Platinum on Carbon,
ACS Omega 2019, 4, 11522-11531.Y. Sawama, N. Yasukawa, K. Ban, R. Goto, M. Niikawa, Y. Monguchi, M. Itoh, H. Sajiki,
Stainless Steel-Mediated Hydrogen Generation from Alkanes and Diethyl Ether and Its Application for Arene Reduction,
Org. Lett. 2018, 20, 2892-2896.S. Asai, K. Ban, Y. Monguchi, H. Sajiki, Y. Sawama,
Selective N-Mono-Alkylation of Amide Derivatives using Trialkyl Phosphates,
Synlett 2018, 29, 322-325.