Hikaru Yanai

Synthetic Methods for Fluorinated Olefins

Hikaru Yanai, Takeo Taguchi · European Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2011 · 185 citations

Medicinal Chemistry, Diversity Oriented Synthesis, Engineering +14

Tetrakis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)propane: highly effective Brønsted acid catalyst for vinylogous Mukaiyama–Michael reaction of α,β-enones with silyloxyfurans

Arata Takahashi, Hikaru Yanai, Takeo Taguchi · Chemical Communications · 2008 · 63 citations

Chemical Engineering, Cross-coupling Reaction, Engineering +12

Highly Effective Vinylogous Mukaiyama−Michael Reaction Catalyzed by Silyl Methide Species Generated from 1,1,3,3-Tetrakis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)propane

Arata Takahashi, Hikaru Yanai, Min Zhang et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2010 · 57 citations

Substituted Gamma-butenolide Structure, Chemical Engineering, Enantioselective Synthesis +11

An Effective Method to Introduce Carbon Acid Functionality: 2,2‐Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)ethylation Reaction of Arenes

Hikaru Yanai, Hiroshi Ogura, Haruhiko Fukaya et al. · Chemistry - A European Journal · 2011 · 54 citations

A regioselective synthesis of poly-substituted aryl triflones through self-promoting three component reaction

Hikaru Yanai, Masaya Fujita, Takeo Taguchi · Chemical Communications · 2011 · 50 citations