Youji SAKURAI

Synthesis of erythronolide a via a very efficient macrolactonization under usual acylation conditions with the Yamaguchi reagent

Masataka Hikota, Youji SAKURAI, Kiyoshi Horita et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1990 · 159 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +3

Novel cerebroprotective agents with central nervous system stimulating activity. 2. Synthesis and pharmacology of the 1-(acylamino)-7-hydroxyindan derivatives

Yasuo Oshiro, Youji SAKURAI, Tatsuyoshi Tanaka et al. · Journal of Medicinal Chemistry · 1991 · 23 citations

Medicine, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +5

Synthetic Studies of Halichondrin B, an Antitumor Polyether Macrolide Isolated from a Marine Sponge. 7. Synthesis of Two C27-C36 Units via Construction of the F Ring and Completely Stereoselective C-Glycosylation Using Mixed Lewis Acids.

Kiyoshi Horita, Youji SAKURAI, M. NAGASAWA et al. · Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin · 1997 · 21 citations · Full text

Pharmacy, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +13

Synthetic studies of halichondrin B, an antitumor polyether macrolide isolated from a marine sponge. 8. Synthesis of the lactone part (C1C36) via horner-emmons coupling between C1C15 and C16C36 fragments and Yamaguchi lactonization

Kiyoshi Horita, M. NAGASAWA, S. Hachiya et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1997 · 19 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +17

Synthetic Studies on Halichondrin B, an Antitumor Polyether Macrolide Isolated from a Marine Sponge. 9. Synthesis of the C16-C36 Unit via Stereoselective Construction of the D and E Rings.

Kiyoshi Horita, M. NAGASAWA, Youji SAKURAI et al. · Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin · 1998 · 17 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +16