平成５年高知県四万十市に生まれる。機能化学講座助教。令和６年４月より中島隆行教授と協力して有機金属・錯体化学研究グループを運営している。
専門分野
有機金属化学、典型元素化学、有機合成化学
学会
日本化学会、有機合成化学協会、日本油化学会、ケイ素科学協会、高知化学会
Original
paper
(1)
K. Iwai, H. Asahara, N. Nishiwaki
Synthesis
of Functionalized 3-Cyanoisoxazoles Using a Dianionic Reagent
J.
Org. Chem.
82, 5409−5415 (2017)
(2)
K. Iwai, S. Yokoyama, H. Asahara, N. Nishiwaki
A
Direct Synthesis of Trisubstituted Allenes from Propargyl Alcohols via
Oxaphosphetane Intermediates
Bull.
Chem. Soc. Jpn.
91, 337–342 (2018)
(3)
K. Iwai, S. Yokoyama, H. Asahara, N. Nishiwaki
Phosphine
Induced Dimerization of Propargyl Alcohols Leading to Allyl Propargyl Ethers
J.
Oleo Sci. 67,
773–778 (2018)
(4)
N. Nishiwaki, Y. Kumegawa, K. Iwai, S. Yokoyama
Development
of Safely Handleable Synthetic Equivalent of Cyanonitrile Oxide –1,3-Dipolar
Cycloaddition of Nitroacetonitrile–
Chem.
Commun.
55, 7903–7905 (2019) (Inside front cover picture)
(5)
K. Iwai, S. Yokoyama, H. Asahara, N. Nishiwaki
Non-electronic
Activation of Aromatic Ring by Simple Steric Repulsion between Substituents in
1-Methylquinolinium Salt Systems
Bull.
Chem. Soc. Jpn.
93, 50–57 (2019)
(6)
Y. Mizuhata, K. Iwai, N. Tokitoh
2,2-Bis(3,5-dimethylaminophenyl)hexamethyltrisilane
IUCrData 5, x201299 (2020)
(7)
K. Iwai, Y. Mizuhata, N. Tokitoh
Alkali-metal
Ion Centered Sandwich Structures of 4-Bromophenyl[tris(pentafluorophenyl)]-borates
and Their Synthetic Utility
Organometallics 40, 570–577. (2021) (Front
Cover picture)
(8)
H. Asahara, Y. Mukaijo, K. Muragishi, K. Iwai, A. Ito, N. Nishiwaki
Metal-Free
and syn-Selective Hydrohalogenation of Alkynes through the
Pseudo-Intramolecular Process
Eur.
J. Org. Chem. 5747–5755
(2021)
(9)
K. Iwai, H. Yamauchi, S. Yokoyama, N. Nishiwaki
FeCl3-Promoted
Facile Synthesis of Multiply Arylated Nicotinonitriles
Synthesis 54, 2480–2486 (2020)
(10)
H. Asahara, A. Bonkohara, M. Takagi, K. Iwai, A. Ito, K. Yoshioka, S.
Tani, K. Umezu, N. Nishiwaki
Development
of Synthetic Equivalent of α,α-Dicationic Acetic Acid Leading to Unnatural
Amino Acid Derivatives via Tetrafunctionalized Methanes
Org.
Biomol. Chem.
20, 2282–2292 (2022)
(11)
K. Iwai, K. Wada, F. Hao, H. Asahara, N. Nishiwaki
A
Mechanistic Study for Aziridination of Nitroalkenes Mediated by
N-Chlorosuccinimide
J.
Oleo Sci.
71, 897–903 (2022)
(12)
M. Nakabayashi, N. Nishiwaki, A. Ito, S. Hayashi, K. Iwai
Efficient
Synthetic Method for α-Nitro-β-dialdimine Ligands Bearing Electron-Deficient
Aryl Groups
Tetrahedron
Lett.
102, 153948 (2022)
(13)
K. Iwai, Y. Mukaijo, H. Asahara, N. Nishiwaki
A
New Approach to 10-Arylated 5H-Dibenzo[b,f]azepines Using syn-Selective
Hydrohalogenation of Ethynylaniline
Org.
Biomol. Chem. 20,
5543–5550 (2022)
(14)
K. Iwai, K.himiya Wada, N. Nishiwaki
Unusual
Reactivities of ortho-Hydroxy-β-nitrostyrene
Molecules 27, 4804 (2022)
(15)
T. Hamada, K. Iwai, N. Nishiwaki
Synthesis
and Characterization of Multiple Functionalized Cyclohexanone Using Diels–Alder
Reaction of α-Nitrocinnamate
Reactions 3, 615–624 (2022) (Selected
as a title Story)
(16)
S. Hirao, R. Saeki, T. Takahashi, K. Iwai, N. Nishiwaki, Y. Ohga
Synthesis
of Unsymmetrical Ketones Using Chelation-Controlled Sequential Substitution of N-Triazinylamide/Weinreb
Amide by Organometallic Reagents
ACS
Omega,
7, 48476–48483 (2022)
(17)
K. Iwai, N. Hatayama, N. Nishiwaki
Simultaneous
Denitrative C–C Bond Formation and Construction of Pyrazole Ring Leading to
1,1'-Diphenyl-4,4'-bipyrazole
Heterocycles 106, 160–165 (2023)
(18)
K. Iwai, A. Hikasa, K. Yoshioka, S. Tani, K. Umezu, N. Nishiwaki
Synthesis
of Bis(functionalized) Aminals via Successive Nucleophilic Amidation and
Amination
J.
Org. Chem.
88, 2207–2213 (2023)
(19)
H. Asahara, Y. Horikawa, K. Iwai, N. Nishiwaki, K. Ohkubo
2-Azafluorenone
Derivatives: Photocatalyst for Oxygenation of Toluene via Electron Transfer and
Hydrogen-Atom Transfer
J.
Photochem. Photobio.
15, 100184. (2023)
(20)
K. Iwai, N. Nishiguchi, N. Nishiwaki
Halo-Jacobsen
Rearrangement Induced by Steric Repulsion between peri-Iodo Groups
J.
Org. Chem. 88,
9409-9412 (2023)
(21)
K. Iwai, R. Kamidate, K. Wada, H. Asahara, N. Nishiwaki
First
Synthesis of Acylated Nitrocyclopropanes
Beilstein
J. Org. Chem.
19, 892-900 (2023)
(22)
A. I. Reza, K. Iwai, N. Nishiwaki
A
Study of the Correlation between the Bulkiness of peri-Substituents and
the Distortion of a Naphthalene Ring
Molecules 28, 5343 (2023)
(23)
R. Nonami, Y. Kishino, T. Yamasaki, K. Kanemoto, K. Iwai, N. Nishiwaki,
K. Shibatomi, T. Shirai
Cationic
Iridium-Catalyzed Decarboxylation of Aromatic Carboxylic Acids
Chem.
Asian J.
18, e202300533 (2023)
(24)
K. Iwai, Y. Mizuhata, T. Nakamura, M. Goto, A. Wakamiya, Y. Shimakawa,
N. Tokitoh
Solid-state
Chromium of Zwitterionic Triarylmethylium Salts
Eur.
J. Inorg. Chem.
26, e202300337. (2023) (Front Cover picture)
(25)
A. Ito, Y. Kuroda, K. Iwai, S. Yokoyama, N. Nishiwaki
Highly
Electron-Deficient 1-Propyl-3,5-dinitropyridinium: Evaluation of
Eelectron-Accepting Ability and Application as an Oxidative Quencher for Metal
Complexes
RSC
Advances
14, 5846-5850. (2024)
Review
(1)
A. I. Reza, K. Iwai, N. Nishiwaki
Recent
Advances in Synthesis of Multiply Arylated/Alkylated Pyridines
Chemical
Record
22, e202200099 (2022) (Front Cover picture)
(2)
K. Iwai, N. Nishiwaki
Nitroacetonitrile
and its Synthetic Equivalents
J.
Org. Chem.
86, 13177–13185 (2021) (Front cover picture)
(3)
K. Iwai, N. Nishiwaki
Recent
Progress in Haloalkenes Synthesis by Hydrohalogenation (HX = HCl, HBr, HI) of
Alkynes
Adv.
Synth. Catal.
in press. (2024)