Yoo Tanabe

Diphenylammonium triflate (DPAT): efficient catalyst for esterification of carboxylic acids and for transesterification of carboxylic esters with nearly equimolar amounts of alcohols

Kazunori Wakasugi, Tomonori Misaki, Kayo Yamada et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 2000 · 158 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +13

Practical and efficient methods for sulfonylation of alcohols using Ts(Ms)Cl/Et3N and catalytic Me3H·HCl as combined base: Promising alternative to traditional pyridine

Yoshihiro Yoshida, Yoshiko Sakakura, Naoya Aso et al. · Tetrahedron · 1999 · 154 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +11

Pentafluorophenylammonium triflate (PFPAT): an efficient, practical, and cost-effective catalyst for esterification, thioesterification, transesterification, and macrolactone formation

Takashi Funatomi, Kazunori Wakasugi, Tomonori Misaki et al. · Green Chemistry · 2006 · 116 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +12

Direct perfluoroalkylation including trifluoromethylation of aromatics with perfluoro carboxylic acids mediated by xenon difluoride

Yoo Tanabe, Noritada Matsuo, Nobuo Ohno · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1988 · 107 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry +7

Ti-<i>Crossed</i>-Claisen Condensation between Carboxylic Esters and Acid Chlorides or Acids:  A Highly Selective and General Method for the Preparation of Various β-Keto Esters

Tomonori Misaki, Ryohei Nagase, Kunshi Matsumoto et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2005 · 97 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Green Chemistry +9