Shuji Yokoyama

Chiral N,N-dialkylnorephedrines as catalysts of the highly enantioselective addition of dialkylzincs to aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes. The asymmetric synthesis of secondary aliphatic and aromatic alcohols of high optical purity

Kenso Soai, Shuji Yokoyama, Tomoiki Hayasaka · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1991 · 238 citations

Engineering, Natural Sciences, Diversity-oriented Synthesis +12

A new chiral catalyst for the highly enantioselective addition of dialkylzinc reagents to aliphatic aldehydes

Kenso Soai, Shuji Yokoyama, Katsumi Ebihara et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1987 · 100 citations

Chemical Engineering, Enantioselective Synthesis, New Chiral Catalyst +13

Catalytic asymmetric induction in enantioselective conjugate addition of dialkylzincs to enones

Kenso Soai, Shuji Yokoyama, Tomoiki Hayasaka et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1988 · 75 citations

Altmetrics, Chemical Measurement, Catalytic Asymmetric Induction +14

Reduction of Symmetric and Mixed Anhydrides of Carboxylic Acids by Sodium Borohydride with Dropwise Addition of Methanol

Kenso Soai, Shuji Yokoyama, Katsuko Mochida · Synthesis · 1987 · 61 citations

Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Biochemistry +7

Catalytic Enantioselective Conjugate Addition of Dialkylzincs to α,β-Unsaturated Ketones Using Nickel Bromide–<i>N</i>,<i>N</i>-Dibutylnorephedrine

Kenso Soai, T Hayasaka, Shoji Ugajin et al. · Chemistry Letters · 1988 · 55 citations

Engineering, Active β-Substituted Ketones, Nickel Bromide +8