Goh MATSUO, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University

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Degree / Specialization

Ph.D., Keio University / Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Brief Biography

       Goh Matsuo received his B.S (1992), M.S (1994) and Ph.D. (1997) in Applied Chemistry from Keio University. After finishing a postdoctoral training at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), he was appointed a research scientist (1997-2003). He was an assistant professor of Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University (2003-2007). He was a Guest Assistant Professor of Lund University, Sweden (2005). He joins the staff at the Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB), Keio University in 2007. 

List of Selected Publications

1)      G. Matsuo, Y. Miki, M. Nakata, S. Matsumura, K. Toshima: Total synthesis of C-glycosyl angucycline, urdamycinone B using unprotected sugar., J. Org. Chem., 64, 7101-7106 (1999).

2)      G. Matsuo, H. Hinou, H, Koshino, T. Suenaga, T. Nakata: Efficient convergent synthesis of a trans-Fused 6-6-6-6-membered tetracyclic ether ring system., Tetrahedron Lett., 41, 903-906 (2000).

3)      G. Matsuo, H. Kadohama, T. Nakata: Stereoselective synthesis of cyclic ethers by SmI₂-induced reductive intramolecular cyclization., Chemistry Letters, 148-149 (2002).

4)      G. Matsuo, K. Kawamura, N. Hori, H. Matsukura, T. Nakata: Total Synthesis of Brevetoxin-B.　J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 14374-14376 (2004).

5)      J. Ozawa, G. Matsuo, N. Kamo, K. Tsujii: Separated Organized-Polymerization of an Amphiphilic Monomer and Acrylamide in One-Pot Reaction, Macromolecules, 39, 7998-8002 (2006).