Ring opening of cyclic anhydrides: Synthesis of achiral half-esters using Lewis acids

Enantiotopic-group differentiation. Catalytic asymmetric ring-opening of prochiral cyclic acid anhydrides with methanol, using cinchona alkaloids

Jun Hiratake, Minoru Inagaki, Yukio Yamamoto et al. · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 1987 · 96 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +14

Creation of novel chiral synthons with enzymes and applications to natural product synthesis. 15. Efficient introduction of chiral centers into cyclohexane ring

Susumu Kobayashi, Keiji Kamiyama, Takamasa Iimori et al. · Tetrahedron Letters · 1984 · 95 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +12

Prochiral recognition in the reaction of 3-substituted glutaric anhydrides with chiral secondary alcohols

Peter D. Theisen, Clayton H. Heathcock · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1993 · 62 citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +6

Enantioselective Esterification of Cyclic Dicarboxylic Anhydrides Using Chiral Amino Alcohols as Auxiliaries

Makoto Shimizu, Kohzoh Matsukawa, Tamotsu Fujisawa · Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan · 1993 · 43 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +6

Aluminum Chloride Mediated Aminolysis of Lactones: A General Method for the Preparation of ω-Hydroxyalkylamides

Patrick Lesimple, Dennis Bigg · Synthesis · 1991 · 29 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry +3