Kenso Soai

Asymmetric autocatalysis and amplification of enantiomeric excess of a chiral molecule

Kenso Soai, Takanori Shibata, Hiroshi Morioka et al. · Nature · 1995 · 1.1K citations

Asymmetric Catalysis, Enantiomeric Excess, Engineering +7

<i>d</i>- and <i>l</i>-Quartz-Promoted Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of a Chiral Organic Compound

Kenso Soai, Shunji Osanai, Kousuke Kadowaki et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1999 · 332 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Chiral Organic Compound +10

Catalytic asymmetric induction. Highly enantioselective addition of dialkylzincs to aldehydes using chiral pyrrolidinylmethanols and their metal salts

Kenso Soai, Atsuhiro Ookawa, Tatsuya Kaba et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1987 · 328 citations

Chemical Engineering, Chemical Measurement, Catalytic Asymmetric Induction +14

Enantioselective Synthesis of Near Enantiopure Compound by Asymmetric Autocatalysis Triggered by Asymmetric Photolysis with Circularly Polarized Light

Tsuneomi Kawasaki, Mirai Sato, Saori Ishiguro et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2005 · 298 citations

Engineering, Synthetic Photochemistry, Organic Chemistry +18

Asymmetric synthesis of pyrimidyl alkanol without adding chiral substances by the addition of diisopropylzinc to pyrimidine-5-carbaldehyde in conjunction with asymmetric autocatalysis

Kenso Soai, Itaru Sato, Takanori Shibata et al. · Tetrahedron Asymmetry · 2003 · 270 citations

Pyrimidyl Alkanol, Engineering, Asymmetric Synthesis +9