Thioureas: new ligands for the metal catalyzed asymmetric reduction of carbonyl compounds

Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Aromatic Ketones Catalyzed by Chiral Ruthenium(II) Complexes

Shohei Hashiguchi, Akio Fujii, Jun Takehara et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1995 · 1.2K citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +10

Ruthenium(II)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones Using a Formic Acid−Triethylamine Mixture

Akio Fujii, Shohei Hashiguchi, Nobuyuki Uematsu et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1996 · 1.1K citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +11

The Catalyst Precursor, Catalyst, and Intermediate in the Ru^II‐Promoted Asymmetric Hydrogen Transfer between Alcohols and Ketones

Karl‐Josef Haack, Shohei Hashiguchi, Akio Fujii et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1997 · 1K citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +14

Amino alcohol effects on the ruthenium(II)-catalysed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones in propan-2-ol

Jun Takehara, Shohei Hashiguchi, Akio Fujii et al. · Chemical Communications · 1996 · 317 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +14

Efficient ruthenium-catalysed transfer hydrogenation of ketones by propan-2-ol

Ratan Chowdhury, Jan‐E. Bäckvall · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1991 · 197 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry +15