Masaya Ikunaka

Synthesis of (<i>S</i>)-3-(<i>N</i>-Methylamino)-1-(2-thienyl)propan-1-ol:  Revisiting Eli Lilly's Resolution−Racemization−Recycle Synthesis of Duloxetine for Its Robust Processes

Yoshito Fujima, Masaya Ikunaka, Toru Inoue et al. · Organic Process Research & Development · 2006 · 57 citations

Medicinal Chemistry, Enantioselective Synthesis, Biochemistry +14

Synthesis of all of the four energetically possible stereoisomers of 7-ethyl-2-methyl-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.5]decane

Kenji Mori, Masaya Ikunaka · Tetrahedron · 1984 · 52 citations

Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Possible Stereoisomers +5

Synthesis of (-)-talaromycins a and b

Kenji Mori, Masaya Ikunaka · Tetrahedron · 1987 · 44 citations

Medicinal Chemistry, Biosynthesis, Bioorganic Chemistry +4

A Process in Need Is a Process Indeed: Scalable Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Compounds for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Masaya Ikunaka · Chemistry - A European Journal · 2003 · 40 citations

Bioorganic Chemistry, Engineering, Chiral Methodologies +18

Catalytic Asymmetric Carbon−Carbon Bond Formations:  Their Evolution from Biocatalysis to Organocatalysis over the Millennium

Masaya Ikunaka · Organic Process Research & Development · 2006 · 40 citations

Chemical Engineering, Novel Organocatalysts, Engineering +15