Kei Matsunaga

The Use of Trifluoroacetaldehyde Ethyl Hemiacetal or Hydrate in a Simple and Practical Regioselective Synthesis of β-Hydroxy-β-trifluoromethyl Ketones from Enamines and Imines

Kazumasa Funabiki, Kei Matsunaga, Miwa Nojiri et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2003 · 45 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +10

Efficient and convenient entry to β-hydroxy-β-trifluoromethyl-β-substituted ketones and 2,6-disubstituted 4-trifluoromethylpyridines based on the reaction of trifluoromethyl ketones with enamines or imines

Kazumasa Funabiki, Akie Isomura, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 2001 · 16 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +9

Efficient Generation of Trifluoroacetaldehyde and Successive Reaction with Imines Affording β-Hydroxy-β-trifluoromethyl Ketones

Kazumasa Funabiki, Kei Matsunaga, Masaki Matsui et al. · Synlett · 1999 · 16 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry +2

The cross-aldol reaction of hexafluoroacetone (HFA) with ketones catalyzed by an acid

Takeo Komata, Kei Matsunaga, Yoshiki Hirotsu et al. · Journal of Fluorine Chemistry · 2007 · 10 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +4