Masato Hirai

Lewis acidic stiborafluorenes for the fluorescence turn-on sensing of fluoride in drinking water at ppm concentrations

Masato Hirai, François P. Gabbaı̈ · Chemical Science · 2014 · 129 citations · Full text

Drinking Water, Chemical Engineering, Phosphorescence Imaging +15

Squeezing Fluoride out of Water with a Neutral Bidentate Antimony(V) Lewis Acid

Masato Hirai, François P. Gabbaı̈ · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2014 · 128 citations

Promoting the Hydrosilylation of Benzaldehyde by Using a Dicationic Antimony‐Based Lewis Acid: Evidence for the Double Electrophilic Activation of the Carbonyl Substrate

Masato Hirai, Junsang Cho, François P. Gabbaı̈ · Chemistry - A European Journal · 2016 · 104 citations

Carbonyl Substrates, Chemical Engineering, Engineering +13

Phosphonium–stibonium and bis-stibonium cations as pnictogen-bonding catalysts for the transfer hydrogenation of quinolines

Mengxi Yang, Masato Hirai, François P. Gabbaı̈ · Dalton Transactions · 2019 · 84 citations

1-Pyrenyl- and 3-Perylenyl-antimony(V) Derivatives for the Fluorescence Turn-On Sensing of Fluoride Ions in Water at Sub-ppm Concentrations

Masato Hirai, Mykhaylo Myahkostupov, Felix N. Castellano et al. · Organometallics · 2016 · 78 citations

Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Chemistry +16