Masahito Watanabe

Catalytic Enantioselective Michael Addition of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds to Nitroalkenes Catalyzed by Well-Defined Chiral Ru Amido Complexes

Masahito Watanabe, Ayako Ikagawa, Hui Wang et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2004 · 158 citations

Practical Synthesis of Optically Active Amino Alcohols via Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Functionalized Aromatic Ketones

Masahito Watanabe, Kunihiko Murata, Takao Ikariya · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2002 · 154 citations

Practical Synthesis, Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation, Engineering +14

Asymmetric Hydrogenation of α-Hydroxy Ketones Catalyzed by MsDPEN−Cp*Ir(III) Complex

Takeshi Ohkuma, Noriyuki Utsumi, Masahito Watanabe et al. · Organic Letters · 2007 · 142 citations

Enantioselective Michael Reaction Catalyzed by Well-Defined Chiral Ru Amido Complexes:  Isolation and Characterization of the Catalyst Intermediate, Ru Malonato Complex Having a Metal−Carbon Bond

Masahito Watanabe, Kunihiko Murata, Takao Ikariya · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2003 · 124 citations

Inorganic Chemistry, Engineering, Ru Malonato Complex +11

Tandem directed metalation reactions. Short syntheses of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and ellipticine alkaloids

Masahito Watanabe, Victor Snieckus · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1980 · 101 citations

Ellipticine Alkaloidsm, Chemical Engineering, Engineering +12