Kazuo Yabu

A platform for the discovery of new macrolide antibiotics

Ian B. Seiple, Ziyang Zhang, Pavol Jakubec et al. · Nature · 2016 · 344 citations · Full text

Antimicrobial Drug Discovery, Antibiotics, Medicine +8

Switching Enantiofacial Selectivities Using One Chiral Source:  Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of the Key Intermediate for (20<i>S</i>)-Camptothecin Family by (<i>S</i>)-Selective Cyanosilylation of Ketones

Kazuo Yabu, Shuji Masumoto, Shingo Yamasaki et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2001 · 235 citations

Engineering, -Selective Cyanosilylation, Natural Sciences +11

New Entries in Lewis Acid−Lewis Base Bifunctional Asymmetric Catalyst:  Catalytic Enantioselective Reissert Reaction of Pyridine Derivatives

Eiko Ichikawa, Masato Suzuki, Kazuo Yabu et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2004 · 196 citations

Studies toward practical synthesis of (20S)-camptothecin family through catalytic enantioselective cyanosilylation of ketones: improved catalyst efficiency by ligand-tuning

Kazuo Yabu, Shuji Masumoto, Motomu Kanai et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 2002 · 74 citations

Practical Synthesis, Engineering, Catalytic Synthesis +8

Practical synthesis of chiral ligands for catalytic enantioselective cyanosilylation of ketones

Shuji Masumoto, Kazuo Yabu, Motomu Kanai et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 2002 · 35 citations

Chiral Ligands, Practical Synthesis, Engineering +8