Motoharu Kinugasa

Desymmetrization of <i>meso</i>-1,2-Diols via Chiral Lewis Acid-Mediated Ring-Cleavage of 1,3-Dioxolane Derivatives

Motoharu Kinugasa, Toshiro Harada, Akira Oku · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1997 · 49 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Bioorthogonal Chemistry +8

Deprotection of Acetals and Silyl Ethers by DDQ. Is DDQ a Neutral Catalyst?

Akira Oku, Motoharu Kinugasa, Tohru Kamada · Chemistry Letters · 1993 · 40 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +9

Asymmetric Synthesis of Functionalized Secondary Alcohols by Catalytic Ring-Cleavage Reactions of Cyclic Acetals Derived from (<i>R</i>)-1,3-Butanediol

Motoharu Kinugasa, Toshiro Harada, Takayuki Egusa et al. · Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan · 1996 · 36 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +11

Desymmetrization of meso-1,2-diols via chiral oxazaborolidine-mediated ring-cleavage of acetal derivatives with silyl ketene S,O-acetal

Motoharu Kinugasa, Toshiro Harada, Akira Oku · Tetrahedron Letters · 1998 · 30 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +10

Enantioselective Ring-Cleavage Reaction of 2-Substituted 1,3-Dioxolanes Catalyzed by Arylboron Complexes Derived from <i>N</i>-Tosyl-(α<i>S</i>,β<i>R</i>)-β-methyltryptophan

Motoharu Kinugasa, Toshiro Harada, Akira Oku · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1996 · 28 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +7