Sentaro Okamoto

γ-Selective allylic substitution reaction with Grignard reagents catalyzed by copper N -heterocyclic carbene complexes and its application to enantioselective synthesis

Satoshi Tominaga, Yukinao Oi, Toshio Kato et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 2004 · 118 citations

Chemical Engineering, Cross-coupling Reaction, Engineering +7

Unexpected reactivity of annulated 3H-benzothiazol-2-ylideneamines as an acyl transfer catalyst

Megumi Kobayashi, Sentaro Okamoto · Tetrahedron Letters · 2006 · 117 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Organic Chemistry +6

New, Efficient Method for the Synthesis of Allyltitanium Compounds from Allyl Halides or Allyl Alcohol Derivatives via Oxidative Addition. A Highly Efficient and Practical Synthesis of Homoallyl Alcohols

A. N. KASATKIN, Takashi Nakagawa, Sentaro Okamoto et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1995 · 116 citations

Chemical Engineering, Allyl Alcohol Derivatives, Engineering +10

On-Demand Generation of an Efficient Catalyst for Pyridine Formation from Unactivated Nitriles and α,ω-Diynes Using CoCl₂-6H₂O, dppe, and Zn

Kouki Kase, Avijit Goswami, Kazuhiko Ohtaki et al. · Organic Letters · 2007 · 110 citations

Intramolecular Cyclotrimerization of Triynes Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbene−CoCl₂/Zn or −FeCl₃/Zn

Naoko Saino, Daisuke Kogure, Sentaro Okamoto · Organic Letters · 2005 · 107 citations

Chemical Engineering, Intramolecular Cyclotrimerization, Engineering +10