Satoru Kuwano

Enhanced Rate and Selectivity by Carboxylate Salt as a Basic Cocatalyst in Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Asymmetric Acylation of Secondary Alcohols

Satoru Kuwano, Shingo Harada, Bubwoong Kang et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2013 · 135 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +14

A chiral organic base catalyst with halogen-bonding-donor functionality: asymmetric Mannich reactions of malononitrile with <i>N</i>-Boc aldimines and ketimines

Satoru Kuwano, Takumi Suzuki, Yusei Hosaka et al. · Chemical Communications · 2018 · 92 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +11

Chemoselective conversion of α-unbranched aldehydes to amides, esters, and carboxylic acids by NHC-catalysis

Satoru Kuwano, Shingo Harada, Raphaël Oriez et al. · Chemical Communications · 2011 · 73 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +15

Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Alcohols Catalyzed by Chiral Phosphoric Acids

Shingo Harada, Satoru Kuwano, Yousuke Yamaoka et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2013 · 64 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +17

Catalysis Based on C−I⋅⋅⋅π Halogen Bonds: Electrophilic Activation of 2‐Alkenylindoles by Cationic Halogen‐Bond Donors for [4+2] Cycloadditions

Satoru Kuwano, Takumi Suzuki, Masahiro Yamanaka et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2019 · 63 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +13