“…Thereafter, he taught and did research at Sophia University in Japan. He is involved in several works other than Pd-catalyzed and Sn(II)-mediated carbonyl allylation, namely: molybdenummediated/catalyzed reactions (Kurusu, Masuyama, Saito M & Saito S, 1986;Masuyama, Takahashi & Kurusu, 1984;Masuyama, Tsuhako & Kurusu 1981;Masuyama, Kurusu & Segawa, 1987a;Masuyama, Yamada & Kurusu, 1987b;Trost & Masuyama, 1984), tetrabromooxomolybdate complex-catalyzed oxidations , synthesis of some dinuclear metal complexes (Guidote et al, 2001a(Guidote et al, , 2001b, hydrodesulfurization of dibenzothiophene derivatives over metal catalysts (Saih et al, 2005), various syntheses other than allylations using tin as catalyst, such as aziridination and amination (Masuyama, Ohtsuka, Harima & Kurusu, 2006a), carbonyl propargylation (Masuyama, Yamazuki, Ohtsuka & Kurusu, 2006c), aldol condensations (Masuyama, Ohtsuka & Kondo, 2006b), cyclotrimerization of terminal alkynes (Masuyama, Miyazaki & Suzuki, 2013a), and aldehyde-alkyne couplings (Masuyama, Takamura & Suzuki, 2013b), synthesis and characterization of zirconium complexes (Podiyanachari et al, 2012;Suzuki et al, 2014Suzuki et al, , 2013Suzuki et al, , 2012Suzuki et al, , 2011bSuzuki et al, , 2011a and even the synthesis of an amino acid used for diagnostic studies (Usuki et al, 2012).…”