An improved procedure for the two carbon homologation of esters to α, β-unsaturated esters

Direct synthesis of Z-unsaturated esters. A useful modification of the horner-emmons olefination.

W. Clark Still, Cesare Gennari · Tetrahedron Letters · 1983 · 1K citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry +2

Methylaluminum bis(2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-alkylphenoxide). A new reagent for obtaining unusual equatorial and anti-Cram selectivity in carbonyl alkylation

Keiji Maruoka, Takayuki Itoh, Hisashi Yamamoto · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1985 · 168 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry +5

The synthetic utility of amine borane reagents in the reduction of aldehydes and ketones

Glenn C. Andrews, Thomas Crawford · Tetrahedron Letters · 1980 · 107 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry +3

Synthesis of macrocycles by intramolecular ketophosphonate reactions. Stereoselective construction of the "left-wing" of carbomycin B and a synthesis of dl-muscone from oleic acid

K. C. Nicolaou, Steven P. Seitz, Michael R. Pavia et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1979 · 106 citations

Pharmacy, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +9

Total synthesis of dl-sirenin

E. J. Corey, Kazuo Achiwa, John A. Katzenellenbogen · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1969 · 90 citations

Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery +6