Zhe Yuan

A sterically demanding organo-superbase avoids decomposition of a naked trifluoromethyl carbanion directly generated from fluoroform

Hiroyuki Kawai, Zhe Yuan, Etsuko Tokunaga et al. · Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry · 2013 · 113 citations

Carbonyl Compounds, Chemical Engineering, Engineering +13

Efficient Access to Trifluoromethyl Diarylpyrrolines and their N‐Oxides through Enantioselective Conjugate Addition of Nitromethane to β,β‐Disubstituted Enones

Hiroyuki Kawai, Zhe Yuan, Takashi Kitayama et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2013 · 108 citations

Bioorganic Chemistry, Engineering, Organic Chemistry +16

Enantioselective Synthesis of Epoxides Having a Tetrasubstituted Trifluoromethylated Carbon Center: Methylhydrazine‐Induced Aerobic Epoxidation of β,β‐Disubstituted Enones

Hiroyuki Kawai, Satoshi Okusu, Zhe Yuan et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2013 · 102 citations

Chemical Engineering, Novel Organocatalysts, Bioorganic Chemistry +12

Regioselective Synthesis of Pyrazole Triflones Based on Triflyl Alkyne Cycloadditions

Hiroyuki Kawai, Zhe Yuan, Etsuko Tokunaga et al. · Organic Letters · 2012 · 95 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Heterocyclic +8

Efficient Access to Trifluoromethyl Diarylpyrrolines and their N‐Oxides through Enantioselective Conjugate Addition of Nitromethane to β,β‐Disubstituted Enones

Hiroyuki Kawai, Zhe Yuan, Takashi Kitayama et al. · Angewandte Chemie · 2013 · 35 citations