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Dr. Atsushi Nagai

Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Chemistry
Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
anagai2@andrew.cmu.edu
(412) 268-4391

Education

Yamagata University, 1999-2005
Doctor of Engineering (Ph.D.)
Research Advisor: Prof. Takeshi Endo
Dissertation Title: Synthesis and Properties of Novel Optically Active Polymers Based on Amino Acids

Awards

2002 Student Lecture Award (The 83th Annual Meeting of Chem. Soc. Jpn. Prepr)

Patents

Hiroto Kudo, Atsushi Nagai, Takeshi Endo “Synthetic Method of Optically Active Isocynate Compounds and Polyurethane” Japan, 2002-32214.
Atsushi Nagai, Hiroto Kudo, Takeshi Endo “Synthetic Method of 1,3-oxazolidine-2-thione Compound and Polythiorethane” Japan, 2004-099479.

Publications

Kudo, H.; Nagai, A.; Ishikawa, J.; Endo, T. “Synthesis and Self-Polyaddition of Optically Active Monomers Derived from Tyrosines” Macromolecules 2001, 16, 5355.
Nagai, A.; Miyagawa, T.; Kudo, H.; Endo, T. “Controlled Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization of 1,3-Oxazolidine-2-thione Derived from L-Serine” Macromolecules 2003, 36, 9335.
Nagai, A.; Ochiai, B.; Endo, T. “Living Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization by Water-stable Initiator: Synthesis of a well-defined Optically Active Polythiourethane” Chem. Commun. 2003, 3018.
Nagai, A.; Ishikawa, J.; Kudo, H.; Endo, T. “Synthesis of Optically Active Polyurethanes by Self-Polyaddition of Tyrosine-Based Monomers” J. Polym. Soc., Part A; Polym. Chem. 2004, 42, 1143.
Nagai, A.; Sato, D.; Ishikawa, J.; Ochiai, B.; Kudo, H.; Endo, T. “A Facile Synthesis of N-carboxyanhydrides and Poly(±-amino acid) Using Di-tert-butyltricarbonate” Macromolecules 2004, 37, 2332.
Nagai, A.; Ochiai, B.; Endo, T. “Synthesis and Radical Polymerization of a Novel Macromonomer Obtained by Living Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization of an Optically Active Cyclic Thiourethane by a New Initiator Carrying Styryl Group” Macromolecules 2004, 37, 4417.
Nagai, A.; Ochiai, B.; Endo, T. “Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Optically Active N-Substituted Cyclic Thiourethanes” Macromolecules 2004, 37, 7538.
Nagai, A.; Ochiai, B.; Endo, T. “Observation of Optical Activity in Polythiourethane Obtained by Controlled Cationic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Chiral Cyclic Thiourethane Derived from Serine” J. Polym. Soc., Part A; Polym. Chem. 2005, 43, 1554.
Nagai, A.; Ochiai, B.; Endo, T. “Cyclopolymerization of Bisacrylamide Derived from ±-Pinene through Lager Chiral Ring Formation” Macromolecules 2005, 38, 2547.
Nagai, A.; Ochiai, B.; Endo, T. “A Facile Synthesis of Chiral Isocyanate-phenol and Unsymmetrical Urea Derived from Tyrosines without Protecting Phenolic Hydroxyl Groups” Lett. Org. Chem. accept.

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