Kazuo Achiwa

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Best Publications

• Asymmetric hydrogenation with new chiral functionalized bisphosphine-rhodium complexes

  Kazuo Achiwa

  333
  Citations

• Oxidation of primary amines to ketones

  Elias J. Corey;Kazuo Achiwa

  202
  Citations

• Design Concepts for Developing Highly Efficient Chiral Bisphosphine Ligands in Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenations

  Kiyoshi Inoguchi;Shunji Sakuraba;Kazuo Achiwa

  141
  Citations

• Highly efficient asymmetric hydrogenation of amino ketone derivatives leading to practical syntheses of (S)-propranolol and related compounds

  Hisashi Takahashi;Shunji Sakuraba;Hideo Takeda;Kazuo Achiwa

  140
  Citations

• Trifluoroacetic Acid-Catalyzed 1,3-Cycloaddition of the Simplest Iminium Ylide Leading to 3- or 3,4-Substituted Pyrrolidines and 2,5-Dihydropyrroles.

  Y. Terao;H. Kotaki;N. Imai;K. Achiwa

  131
  Citations

• Trifluoroacetic Acid-Catalyzed 1, 3-Cycloaddition of the Simplest Iminium Ylide Leading to 3-or 3, 4-Substituted Pyrrolidines and 2, 5-Dihydropyrroles

  Yoshiyasu Terao;Hiromi Kotaki;Nobuyuki Imai;Kazuo Achiwa

  131
  Citations

• DELETEile chiral bidentate ligands derived from alpha-amino acids: synthetic applications and mechanistic considerations in the palladium-mediated asymmetric allylic substitutions.

  Akihito Saitoh;Kazuo Achiwa;Kiyoshi Tanaka;Toshiaki Morimoto

  129
  Citations

• Highly efficient lipase-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of chiral glycerol derivatives leading to practical synthesis of s-propranolol

  Yoshiyasu Terao;Masakazu Murata;Kazuo Achiwa;Toshiyuki Nishio

  120
  Citations

• Total synthesis of dl-sirenin

  Elias J. Corey;Kazuo Achiwa;John A. Katzenellenbogen

  114
  Citations

• A method for deoxygenation of allylic and benzylic alcohols

  Elias J. Corey;Kazuo Achiwa

  112
  Citations

• Drastic solvent effect on lipase-catalyzed enantioselective hydrolysis of prochiral 1,4-dihydropyridines

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  107
  Citations

• Prostanoids and related compounds. VI. Synthesis of isoindolinone derivatives possessing inhibitory activity for thromboxane A2 analog (U-46619)-induced vasoconstriction.

  Yoshiaki Kato;Masumi Takemoto;Kazuo Achiwa

  103
  Citations

• Lipase-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of chiral 1,3-propanediols and its application to the preparation of optically pure building block for renin inhibitors

  Keiichiro Tsuji;Yoshiyasu Terao;Kazuo Achiwa

  99
  Citations

• FACILE PROCESS FOR ENZYMIC RESOLUTION OF RACEMIC ALCOHOLS

  Yoshiyasu Terao;Keiichiro Tsuji;Masakazu Murata;Kazuo Achiwa

  96
  Citations

• An improved diphosphine-iridium(I) catalyst system for the asymmetric hydrogenation of cyclic imines: Phthalimide as an efficient co-catalyst☆

  Toshiaki Morimoto;Kazuo Achiwa

  94
  Citations

• Preparation of new chiral pyrrolidinebisphosphines as highly effective ligands for catalytic asymmetric synthesis of R-(−)-pantolactone

  Hisashi Takahashi;Masaaki Hattori;Mitsuo Chiba;Toshiaki Morimoto

  90
  Citations

• Efficient asymmetric hydrogenation of α-aminoacetophenone derivatives leading to practical synthesis of ()-(−)-levamisole

  Hideo Takeda;Takeshi Tachinami;Masakazu Aburatani;Hisashi Takahashi

  89
  Citations

• Highly efficient asymmetric hydrogenation of itaconic acid derivatives catalyzed by a modified DIOP-rhodium complex

  Toshiaki Morimoto;Mitsuo Chiba;Kazuo Achiwa

  85
  Citations

• Chiral Thioimidazoline Ligands for Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylation

  Toshiaki Morimoto;Keijiro Tachibana;Kazuo Achiwa

  84
  Citations

• Efficient Asymmetric Hydrogenation of α-Amino Ketone Derivatives. A Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of Phenylephrine, Levamisole, Carnitine and Propranolol

  Shunji Sakuraba;Hisashi Takahashi;Hideo Takeda;Kazuo Achiwa

  82
  Citations

• Enantioselective synthesis of (S)-calycotomine employing catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation with an iridium(I)–(R)-BINAP–phthalimide complex

  Toshiaki Morimoto;Naoaki Suzuki;Kazuo Achiwa

  79
  Citations

• SYNTHESIS OF CHIRAL 3-SUBSTITUTED γ-LACTONES AND 9-FURANOSYLADENINE FROM (R)-2-(2, 2-DIETHOXYETHYL)-1, 3-PROPANEDIOL MONOACETATE PREPARED BY LIPASE-CATALYZED REACTION

  Yoshiyasu Terao;Minoru Akamatsu;Kazuo Achiwa

  74
  Citations