Novel synthetic strategy to chiral alkylated lactams employing cyclic imides with C2-symmetry

The first practical method for asymmetric epoxidation

Tsutomu Katsuki, K. Barry Sharpless · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1980 · 2.6K citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry +5

Asymmetric hetero-Diels-Alder reaction catalyzed by a chiral organoaluminum reagent

Keiji Maruoka, Takayuki Itoh, Tadashi Shirasaka et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1988 · 278 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +7

A simple asymmetric synthesis of 2-substituted pyrrolidines and 5-substituted pyrrolidinones

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Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry +8

Synthesis and absolute configuration of the Aristotelia alkaloid peduncularine

Wim J. Klaver, Hiemstra Henk, W. N. SPECKAMP · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1989 · 131 citations

Pharmacy, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +8

Enantiomerically pure polyhydroxylated acyliminium ions. Synthesis of the glycosidase inhibitors (-)-swainsonine and (+)-castanospermine

Scott A. Miller, A. Richard Chamberlin · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1990 · 111 citations

Pharmacy, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry +10