Hidenori Kumobayashi

Asymmetric hydrogenation of .beta.-keto carboxylic esters. A practical, purely chemical access to .beta.-hydroxy esters in high enantiomeric purity

Ryōji Noyori, Takeshi Ohkuma, Masato Kitamura et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1987 · 750 citations

Enantioselective Synthesis, Engineering, Biochemistry +15

Homogeneous asymmetric hydrogenation of functionalized ketones

Masato Kitamura, Takeshi Ohkuma, Shin-ichi INOUE et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1988 · 512 citations

Engineering, Chemical Analysis, Altmetric Attention Score +16

New Chiral Diphosphine Ligands Designed to have a Narrow Dihedral Angle in the Biaryl Backbone

Takao Saito, Tohru Yokozawa, Takero Ishizaki et al. · Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis · 2001 · 452 citations

Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Chemistry +18

Stereoselective hydrogenation via dynamic kinetic resolution

Ryōji Noyori, Tomohiko Ikeda, Takeshi Ohkuma et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1989 · 442 citations

Hydrogen Energy Technology, Chemical Engineering, Engineering +11

Practical synthesis of (R)- or (S)-2,2'-bis(diarylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthyls (BINAPs)

Hidemasa Takaya, Kazushi Mashima, Kinko Koyano et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1986 · 368 citations

Practical Synthesis, Chemical Measurement, Engineering +10