Masataka Hikota

Synthesis of erythronolide a via a very efficient macrolactonization under usual acylation conditions with the Yamaguchi reagent

Masataka Hikota, Youji SAKURAI, Kiyoshi Horita et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1990 · 159 citations

Bioorganic Chemistry, Engineering, Usual Acylation Conditions +12

Chiral synthesis of polyketide-derived natural products. 27. Stereoselective synthesis of erythronolide A via an extremely efficient macrolactonization by the modified Yamaguchi method

Masataka Hikota, Hitoshi Tone, Kiyoshi Horita et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1990 · 138 citations

Engineering, Efficient Macrolactonization, Yamaguchi Method +13

Total Synthesis of Phomazarin

Dale L. Boger, Jiyong Hong, Masataka Hikota et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1999 · 100 citations

Phomazarin Skeleton, Derivatives, Engineering +14

Stereoselective synthesis of erythronolide a by extremely efficient lactonization based on conformational adjustment and high activation of seco-acid1

Masataka Hikota, Hitoshi Tone, Kiyoshi Horita et al. · Tetrahedron · 1990 · 84 citations

Efficient Lactonization, Biochemistry, Natural Sciences +8

A stereoselective total synthesis of (9S)-9-dihydroerythronolide A from D-glucose

Hitoshi Tone, Takao Nishi, Yuji Oikawa et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1987 · 73 citations

Stereoselective Total Synthesis, Organic Chemistry, Stereoselective Synthesis +3