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Research

• New synthetic methods
• Main Group Chemistry
• Catalysis

Professional Experience

• Junior Group Leader, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany, 2022ā€“2025
• Postdoc, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, 2018ā€“2021

Education

• Ph.D. ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 2019
• M.Sc. ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 2014
• B.Sc. Keio University, Japan, 2012

Selected Publications

ā€œAddition of Organometallic Reagents to an Episulfoxide Delivers Sulfenate Anions: Modular Synthesis of Sulfoxides and Sulfinamides.ā€ Saito, F. Org. Lett. 2025, 27, 9099ā€“9102.

ā€œEnantioselective Synthesis of Sulfinamidines via Asymmetric Nitrogen Transfer from N-H Oxaziridines to Sulfenamides.ā€ Fimm, M.; Saito, F. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202408380.

ā€œA Sulfur Monoxide Surrogate Designed for the Synthesis of Sulfoxides and Sulfinamides.ā€ Austrup, D.; Saito, F. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202315123.

ā€œOne-Pot, Three-Component Assembly of Sulfides Using a Sulfoxide Reagent as a Sulfur Dication Equivalent.ā€ Saito, F.; Euteneuer, S. Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 6057ā€“6061.

ā€œA Sulfoxide Reagent for One-Pot, Three-Component Syntheses of Sulfoxides and Sulfinamides.ā€ Saito, F. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202213872.