Kunihiko Murata

Bifunctional transition metal-based molecular catalysts for asymmetric syntheses

Takao Ikariya, Kunihiko Murata, Ryōji Noyori · Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry · 2005 · 636 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +15

trans-[RuCl2(phosphane)2(1,2-diamine)] and Chiraltrans-[RuCl2(diphosphane)(1,2-diamine)]: Shelf-Stable Precatalysts for the Rapid, Productive, and Stereoselective Hydrogenation of Ketones

Henri Doucet, Takeshi Ohkuma, Kunihiko Murata et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 1998 · 632 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +16

Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Alkenyl, Cyclopropyl, and Aryl Ketones. RuCl₂(xylbinap)(1,2-diamine) as a Precatalyst Exhibiting a Wide Scope

Takeshi Ohkuma, Masatoshi Koizumi, Henri Doucet et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1998 · 404 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +15

The Hydrogenation/Transfer Hydrogenation Network:  Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ketones with Chiral η⁶-Arene/<i>N</i>-Tosylethylenediamine−Ruthenium(II) Catalysts

Takeshi Ohkuma, Noriyuki Utsumi, Kunihiko Tsutsumi et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2006 · 374 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +17

New Chiral Rhodium and Iridium Complexes with Chiral Diamine Ligands for Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Aromatic Ketones

Kunihiko Murata, Takao Ikariya, Ryōji Noyori · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1999 · 346 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry +8