Takashi Tomioka Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences (Applied Biological Sciences) Nagoya University (1997) E-Mail tomioka@chem.ucsb.edu Current Research A unique synthetic approach to the asymmetric biaryl portion of vancomycin aglycon using an internal chelating ligand in the biaryl-forming step is being developed. Publications "Mild & Selective Reductions of Aryl Halides Catalyzed by Low-Valent Nickel Complexes", Lipshutz, B. H.; Tomioka, T.; Pfeiffer, S. S. Tetrahedron Letters,2001, 42, 7737. "Nickel-on-Charcoal Catalyzed Reductions of Aryl Chlorides", Lipshutz, B. H.; Tomioka, T.; Sato, K. Synlett,2001, 970. "A Catalytic Approach for Cationic Living Polymerization: Sc(OTf)3-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones", Nomura, N.; Taira, A.; Tomioka, T.; Okada, M. Macromolecules,2000, 33, 1497. "Kumada Couplings Catalyzed by Nickel on Charcoal (Ni/C)", Lipshutz, B. H.; Tomioka, T.; Blomgren, P. A.; Sclafani, J. Inorg. Chim. Acta,1999, 296, 164.