Kentaro Umei

Synthesis of Paclitaxel. 1. Synthesis of the ABC Ring of Paclitaxel by SmI₂-Mediated Cyclization

Keisuke Fukaya, Yuta Tanaka, Ayako Sato et al. · Organic Letters · 2015 · 53 citations

Novel pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridines as orally active EP1 receptor antagonists: Synthesis, structure-activity relationship studies, and biological evaluation

Kentaro Umei, Yosuke Nishigaya, Atsushi Kondo et al. · Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry · 2017 · 21 citations · Full text

Discovery of novel pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine-based EP1 receptor antagonists by scaffold hopping: Design, synthesis, and structure-activity relationships

Yosuke Nishigaya, Kentaro Umei, Yoshifumi Saito et al. · Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters · 2017 · 18 citations · Full text

Drug Target, Scaffold Hopping, Biochemistry +10

Direct access to 2-aminopyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridines via N-amination/cyclization reactions of 2-pyridineacetonitriles

Yosuke Nishigaya, Kentaro Umei, Eri Yamamoto et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 2014 · 11 citations

Organic Chemistry, Direct Access, Heterocyclic +1