Yasuo Wakatsuki

Recent developments in organolanthanide polymerization catalysts

Zhaomin Hou, Yasuo Wakatsuki · Coordination Chemistry Reviews · 2002 · 438 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Organolanthanide Polymerization Catalysts +4

Regio- and stereocontrolled dimerization of tert-butylacetylene to (Z)-1,4-di-tert-butylbutatriene by ruthenium catalysis. Reaction mechanism involving alkynyl-vinylidene coupling and rearrangement of the metal-bound C4 unit

Yasuo Wakatsuki, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Nami Kumegawa et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1991 · 252 citations

Chemical Engineering, Cross-coupling Reaction, Engineering +11

Novel <i>Z</i>-Selective Head-to-Head Dimerization of Terminal Alkynes Catalyzed by Lanthanide Half-Metallocene Complexes

Masayoshi Nishiura, Zhaomin Hou, Yasuo Wakatsuki et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2003 · 217 citations

The First Anti-Markovnikov Hydration of Terminal Alkynes: Formation of Aldehydes Catalyzed by a Ruthenium(II)/Phosphane Mixture

Makoto Tokunaga, Yasuo Wakatsuki · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 1998 · 201 citations

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Hydration of 1-Alkynes to Give Aldehydes:  Insight into <i>a</i><i>nti</i>-Markovnikov Regiochemistry

Makoto Tokunaga, Toshiaki Suzuki, Nobuaki Koga et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2001 · 191 citations

Chemical Engineering, Cross-coupling Reaction, Engineering +13