Makoto Okita

New synthesis of β-lactams

Miwako Mori, Katsumi Chiba, Makoto Okita et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1979 · 48 citations

Cross-coupling Reaction, Engineering, Catalytic Amount +12

A New Synthesis of (±)-Lupinine, (±)-Epilupinine, and the Related heterocycles by Application of Anodic Oxidation

Yoshio Ban, Makoto Okita, Takeshi Wakamatsu · Heterocycles · 1983 · 37 citations · Full text

Bioorganic Chemistry, Entitled Alkaloids, Organic Chemistry +16

Anodic oxidation of N-alkyl-lactams

Makoto Okita, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Yoshio Ban · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1979 · 32 citations

Engineering, Biochemistry, Natural Sciences +11

Probing ergot alkaloid biosynthesis: synthesis and feeding of a proposed intermediate along the biosynthetic pathway. A new amidomalonate for tryptophan elaboration

Alan P. Kozikowski, Makoto Okita, Motomasa Kobayashi et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1988 · 28 citations

Tryptophan Elaboration, Biosynthesis, Engineering +10

A biomimetic route to the ergot derailment products, the clavicipitic acids - detection of a reactive intermediate by 31p nmr - some chemical underpinnings for a proposed intermediate in ergot alkaloid biosynthesis.

Alan P. Kozikowski, Makoto Okita · Tetrahedron Letters · 1985 · 21 citations

Biosynthesis, Enantioselective Synthesis, Natural Product Synthesis +11