Ken Otaka

Enantioselective autoinduction in the asymmetric hydrocyanation of 3-phenoxybenzaldehyde catalyzed by cyclo[(R)-phenylalanyl-(R)-histidyl]

Hidenori Danda, Hiroyuki Nishikawa, Ken Otaka · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1991 · 133 citations

Chemical Engineering, Bioorganic Chemistry, Engineering +15

2-dimethylaminomethyl-3-trimethylsilylmethyl-1,3-butadiene as 2,2′-biallyl diradical synthon. A new and facile entry to 1,2-dimethylenecyclohexanes, and [6.6] and (6.7] ring systems

Akíra Hosomi, Ken Otaka, Hideki Sakurai · Tetrahedron Letters · 1986 · 38 citations

2,2′-Biallyl Diradical Synthon, Engineering, Organic Chemistry +6

Asymmetric Reactions of Enamines with Methyl (<i>E</i>)-4-Oxo-4-(2-oxo-1,3-oxazolidin-3-yl)-2-butenoate by the Use of a Chiral Titanium Reagent

Yujiro Hayashi, Ken Otaka, Nobuo Saito et al. · Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan · 1991 · 27 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Asymmetric Reactions +12

Synthesis of sphingofungin D and its stereoisomer at C-14

Kenji Mori, Ken Otaka · Tetrahedron Letters · 1994 · 25 citations

Organic Chemistry, Sphingofungin D, Stereoselective Synthesis +2

Synthesis of Sphingofungin D and Its Three Diastereomers

Ken Otaka, Kenji Mori · European Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1999 · 22 citations

Bioorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Natural Sciences +6