Shoji Akai

Stereoselective and Efficient Total Synthesis of Optically Active Tetrodotoxin from <scp>d</scp>-Glucose

Ken‐ichi Sato, Shoji Akai, Hirotsugu Shoji et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2008 · 89 citations

Novel and Stereocontrolled Synthesis of (±)-Tetrodotoxin from<i>m</i><i>yo</i>-Inositol

Ken‐ichi Sato, Shoji Akai, Naoki Sugita et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2005 · 75 citations

Stepwise Oxidation, Diversity Oriented Synthesis, Bioorganic Chemistry +14

Total Synthesis of (−)-Tetrodotoxin from <scp>d</scp>-Glucose: A New Route to Multi-Functionalized Cyclitol Employing the Ferrier(II) Reaction toward (−)-Tetrodotoxin

Shoji Akai, Hidehito Seki, Naoki Sugita et al. · Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan · 2010 · 41 citations

Bioorganic Chemistry, Engineering, Organic Chemistry +16

A novel method for regioselective ring-opening reduction of 4,6-O-benzylidene hexopyranoside derivatives using CoCl2 and BH3·THF

Shinki Tani, Sho Sawadi, Masaru Kojima et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 2007 · 37 citations

Regioselective Ring-opening Reduction, Novel Method, Engineering +6

Thioester-assisted α-sialylation reaction

Shinya Hanashima, Shoji Akai, Ken‐ichi Sato · Tetrahedron Letters · 2008 · 27 citations

Asymmetric Catalysis, Thioester-assisted α-Sialylation Reaction, Catalysis +1