Akira Hirao

Advances in Living Anionic Polymerization: From Functional Monomers, Polymerization Systems, to Macromolecular Architectures

Akira Hirao, Raita Goseki, Takashi Ishizone · Macromolecules · 2014 · 269 citations

Engineering, Living Anionic Poly, Chemistry +19

Asymmetric reduction of aromatic ketones with chiral alkoxy-amineborane complexes

Akira Hirao, Shinichi Itsuno, Seiichi Nakahama et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1981 · 215 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, A. Hirao +10

Recent advance in living anionic polymerization of functionalized styrene derivatives

Akira Hirao, Surapich Loykulnant, Takashi Ishizone · Progress in Polymer Science · 2002 · 209 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Macromolecular Engineering +10

Asymmetric synthesis using chirally modified borohydrides. Part 3. Enantioselective reduction of ketones and oxime ethers with reagents prepared from borane and chiral amino alcohols

Shinichi Itsuno, Michio Nakano, Koji Miyazaki et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 1985 · 190 citations

Chemical Engineering, Enantioselective Synthesis, Engineering +12

Synthesis of well-defined star-branched polymers by stepwise iterative methodology using living anionic polymerization

Tomoya Higashihara, Mayumi Hayashi, Akira Hirao · Progress in Polymer Science · 2010 · 183 citations

Anionic Polymerization, Synthetic Macromolecule, Engineering +12