Shuji Masumoto

Switching Enantiofacial Selectivities Using One Chiral Source:  Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of the Key Intermediate for (20<i>S</i>)-Camptothecin Family by (<i>S</i>)-Selective Cyanosilylation of Ketones

Kazuo Yabu, Shuji Masumoto, Shingo Yamasaki et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2001 · 235 citations

Engineering, -Selective Cyanosilylation, Natural Sciences +11

Catalytic Enantioselective Strecker Reaction of Ketoimines

Shuji Masumoto, Hiroyuki Usuda, Masato Suzuki et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2003 · 208 citations

Alpha-amino Acids, Engineering, Biochemistry +9

A practical synthesis of (S)-oxybutynin

Shuji Masumoto, Masato Suzuki, Motomu Kanai et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 2002 · 83 citations

Pharmacology, Practical Synthesis, Natural Product Synthesis

Studies toward practical synthesis of (20S)-camptothecin family through catalytic enantioselective cyanosilylation of ketones: improved catalyst efficiency by ligand-tuning

Kazuo Yabu, Shuji Masumoto, Motomu Kanai et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 2002 · 74 citations

Practical Synthesis, Engineering, Catalytic Synthesis +8

Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of (S)-oxybutynin and a versatile intermediate for antimuscarinic agents

Shuji Masumoto, Masato Suzuki, Motomu Kanai et al. · Tetrahedron · 2004 · 51 citations

Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis, Medicine, Drug Discovery +8