The absolute configuration of 6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane and several methyl substituted derivatives

Microbial Asymmetric Catalysis—Enantioselective Reduction of Ketones [New Synthetic Methods (45)]

Charles J. Sih, Ching‐Shih Chen · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1984 · 237 citations

Substrate Structure, Engineering, Biotransformation +12

Synthesis of optically active forms of frontalin

Kenji Mori · Tetrahedron · 1975 · 100 citations

Active Forms, Stereoselective Synthesis, Optogenetics +2

Synthesis of exo-brevicomin, the pheromone of western pine beetle, to obtain optically active forms of known absolute configuration

Kenji Mori · Tetrahedron · 1974 · 92 citations

Biology, Pheromone Biochemistry, Absolute Configuration +8

Selective reductive displacement of alkyl halides and sulfonate esters with cyanoborohydride reagents in hexamethylphosphoramide

Robert O. Hutchins, Duraisamy Kandasamy, Cynthia A. Maryanoff et al. · The Journal of Organic Chemistry · 1977 · 92 citations

Chemical Engineering, Derivative (Chemistry), Sulfonate Esters +11

Preparation of (2R,3S)-1,2-epoxypent-4-en-3-ol, a new chiral building block for the synthesis of (+)-endo- and (–)-exo-brevicomin

Susumi Hatakeyama, Kuniya Sakurai, Seiichi Takano · Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1985 · 60 citations

Asymmetric Epoxidation, Engineering, Natural Sciences +8