Education:

Other experience:

Assistant Professor 2005-present, The University of Tokyo
JSPS Research Fellow DC1, 2003-2005

Current research:

Development of a Novel Catalytic System for Selective Activation of Low Reactive Hydrocarbon.

Publications:

• Addition Reactions of Sulfonylimidates with Imines Catalyzed by Alkaline Earth Metals 
  V. Huy Nguyen, Ryosuke Matsubara, Shu Kobayashi
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009 ASAP.

• Catalytic Direct-type Substitution Reaction of a-Alkyl Enolates: A Pd/Brønsted Base-Catalysed Approach to the Decarboxylative Allylation of Sulfonylimidates
  S. B. Jennifer Kan, Ryosuke Matsubara, Florian Berthiol, Shu Kobayashi
  Chem. Commun. 2008, 6354.

• Aerobic Oxidation of Hydroquinones and Their Derivatives Catalyzed by Polymer Incarcerated Platinum Catalyst
  H. Miyamura, M. Shiramizu, R. Matsubara, S. Kobayashi
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008. 47, 8093-8095.

• Sulfonylimidates as Nucleophiles in Catalytic Addition Reactions
  R. Matsubara, F. Berthiol, S. Kobayashi
  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 1804-1805 (2008).

• Enamides and Enecarbamates as Nucleophiles in Stereoselective C-C and C-N Bond-Forming Reactions
  R. Matsubara, S. Kobayashi
  Acc. Chem. Res. 41, 292-301 (2008).

• Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols at Room Temperature and Atmospheric Conditions Catalyzed by Reusable Gold Nanoclusters Stabilized by the Benzene Rings of Polystyrene Derivatives
  H. Miyamura, R. Matsubara, Y. Miyazaki, S. Kobayashi
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 4151-4154 (2007).

• Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of a-Amino Phosphonates Using Enantioselective Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions
  S. Kobayashi, H. Kiyohara, Y. Nakamura, R. Matsubara
  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 6558-6559 (2004).

• Stereoselective Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationship of Novel Ceramide Trafficking Inhibitors, (1R,3R)-N-(3-hydroxy-1-hydroxymethyl-3-phenylpropyl)dodecanamide (HPA-12) and Its Analogues
  Y. Nakamura, R. Matsubara, H. Kitagawa, S. Kobayashi, K. Kumagai, S. Yasuda, K. Hanada
  J. Med. Chem., 46, 3688-3965 (2003).\

• Catalytic, Asymmetric Mannich-type Reactions of N-Acylimino Esters.  Reactivity, Diastereo- and Enantioselectivity, and Application to Synthesis of N-Acylated Amino Acid Derivatives,
  S. Kobayashi, R. Matsubara, Y. Nakamura, H. Kitagawa, M. Sugiura
  J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 2507-2515 (2003).