Takayuki Yakura

Hypervalent iodine oxidation of p-alkoxyphenols and related compounds: a general route to p-benzoquinone monoacetals and spiro lactones

Yasumitsu Tamura, Takayuki Yakura, Jun‐ichi Haruta et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1987 · 319 citations

Derivative (Chemistry), Chemical Measurement, Heterocyclic +11

Total synthesis of discorhabdin C: a general aza spiro dienone formation from O-silylated phenol derivatives using a hypervalent iodine reagent

Yasuyuki Kita, Hirofumi Tohma, Masanao Inagaki et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1992 · 180 citations

Derivative (Chemistry), Diversity Oriented Synthesis, Bioorganic Chemistry +15

Hypervalent iodine oxidation of N-acyltyramines: synthesis of quinol ethers, spirohexadienones, and hexahydroindol-6-ones

Yasuyuki Kita, Hirofumi Tohma, Kazumi Kikuchi et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1991 · 171 citations

Halogenation, Chemical Engineering, Enantioselective Synthesis +12

A novel oxidative azidation of aromatic compounds with hypervalent iodine reagent, phenyliodine(III) bis(trifluoroacetate) (PIFA) and trimethylsilyl azide

Yasuyuki Kita, Hirofumi Tohma, Masanao Inagaki et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1991 · 136 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Heterocyclic +8

Synthetic Studies of the Pyrroloquinoline Nucleus of the Makaluvamine Alkaloids. Synthesis of the Topoisomerase II Inhibitor Makaluvamine D

James D. White, Kraig M. Yager, Takayuki Yakura · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1994 · 87 citations

Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, Biochemistry +15