Toshiaki Morimoto

Versatile Chiral Bidentate Ligands Derived from α-Amino Acids:  Synthetic Applications and Mechanistic Considerations in the Palladium-Mediated Asymmetric Allylic Substitutions

Akihito Saitoh, Kazuo Achiwa, Kiyoshi Tanaka et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2000 · 100 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +14

An improved diphosphine-iridium(I) catalyst system for the asymmetric hydrogenation of cyclic imines: Phthalimide as an efficient co-catalyst

Toshiaki Morimoto, Kazuo Achiwa · Tetrahedron Asymmetry · 1995 · 73 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +17

Efficient asymmetric hydrogenation of α-aminoacetophenone derivatives leading to practical synthesis of ()-(−)-levamisole

HIDEO TAKEDA, Takeshi Tachinami, Masakazu Aburatani et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1989 · 72 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +4

Preparation of new chiral pyrrolidinebisphosphines as highly effective ligands for catalytic asymmetric synthesis of R-(−)-pantolactone

Hisashi Takahashi, Masaaki Hattori, Mitsuo Chiba et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1986 · 71 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +15

Highly efficient asymmetric hydrogenation of itaconic acid derivatives catalyzed by a modified DIOP-rhodium complex

Toshiaki Morimoto, Mitsuo Chiba, Kazuo Achiwa · Tetrahedron Letters · 1989 · 67 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +14