Masanori Imai

Catalysis of 3-Pyrrolidinecarboxylic Acid and Related Pyrrolidine Derivatives in Enantioselective <i>anti</i>-Mannich-Type Reactions:  Importance of the 3-Acid Group on Pyrrolidine for Stereocontrol

Haile Zhang, Susumu Mitsumori, Naoto Utsumi et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2007 · 147 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +10

Mimicking Aldolases through Organocatalysis:  <i>syn</i>-Selective Aldol Reactions with Protected Dihydroxyacetone

Naoto Utsumi, Masanori Imai, Fujie Tanaka et al. · Organic Letters · 2007 · 103 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +15

Double-Chelation-Assisted Rh-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroacylation between Salicylaldehydes and 1,4-Penta- or 1,5-Hexadienes

Masanori Imai, Masakazu Tanaka, Keitaro Tanaka et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2004 · 102 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +10

Double-Chelation-Assisted Rh-Catalyzed Intermolecular Hydroacylation

Masakazu Tanaka, Masanori Imai, Yoichiro Yamamoto et al. · Organic Letters · 2003 · 86 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +4

Concurrent Induction of Two Chiral Centers from Symmetrical 3,4-Disubstituted and 3,3,4-Trisubstituted 4-Pentenals Using Rh-Catalyzed Asymmetric Cyclizations

Masakazu Tanaka, Masanori Imai, Masakazu Fujio et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2000 · 83 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +9