Ken Tanaka

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• Transition-metal-catalyzed enantioselective [2+2+2] cycloadditions for the synthesis of axially chiral biaryls.

  Ken Tanaka

  419
  Citations

• Rhodium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Photophysical Properties of Helically Chiral 1,1′-Bitriphenylenes

  Yayoi Sawada;Seiichi Furumi;Atsuro Takai;Masayuki Takeuchi

  390
  Citations

• Enantioselective Synthesis and Enhanced Circularly Polarized Luminescence of S-Shaped Double Azahelicenes

  Kyosuke Nakamura;Seiichi Furumi;Masayuki Takeuchi;Tetsuro Shibuya

  340
  Citations

• Cationic Rhodium(I)/BINAP-Type Bisphosphine Complexes: Versatile New Catalysts for Highly Chemo-, Regio-, and Enantioselective [2+2+2] Cycloadditions

  Ken Tanaka

  315
  Citations

• Enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral anilides through rhodium-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloaddition of 1,6-diynes with trimethylsilylynamides.

  Ken Tanaka;Kenzo Takeishi;Keiichi Noguchi

  274
  Citations

• Hierarchical Assembly of a Phthalhydrazide-Functionalized Helicene

  Takahiro Kaseyama;Seiichi Furumi;Xuan Zhang;Ken Tanaka

  237
  Citations

• Enantioselective Isomerization of Allylic Alcohols Catalyzed by a Rhodium/Phosphaferrocene Complex

  Ken Tanaka;Shuang Qiao;Mamoru Tobisu;and Michael M.-C. Lo

  236
  Citations

• Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Gold Catalysis for Materials Science.

  Christoph M. Hendrich;Kohei Sekine;Takumi Koshikawa;Ken Tanaka

  217
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• Enantioselective Synthesis of Axially Chiral Phthalides through Cationic [RhI(H8‐binap)]‐Catalyzed Cross Alkyne Cyclotrimerization

  Ken Tanaka;Goushi Nishida;Azusa Wada;Keiichi Noguchi

  205
  Citations

• Asymmetric Assembly of Aromatic Rings To Produce Tetra‐ortho‐Substituted Axially Chiral Biaryl Phosphorus Compounds

  Goushi Nishida;Keiichi Noguchi;Masao Hirano;Ken Tanaka

  197
  Citations

• Catalytic [2+2+1] Cross‐Cyclotrimerization of Silylacetylenes and Two Alkynyl Esters To Produce Substituted Silylfulvenes

  Yu Shibata;Ken Tanaka

  189
  Citations

• Transition-Metal-Mediated Aromatic Ring Construction

  Ken Tanaka

  183
  Citations

• Cationic Rhodium(I)/Modified-BINAP Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition of Alkynes with Nitriles

  Ken Tanaka;Nanami Suzuki;Goushi Nishida

  179
  Citations

• Rhodium-Catalyzed Highly Enantioselective Direct Intermolecular Hydroacylation of 1,1-Disubstituted Alkenes with Unfunctionalized Aldehydes

  Yu Shibata;Ken Tanaka

  179
  Citations

• Chemo- and regioselective intermolecular cyclotrimerization of terminal alkynes catalyzed by cationic rhodium(I)/modified BINAP complexes: application to one-step synthesis of paracyclophanes.

  Ken Tanaka;Kazuki Toyoda;Azusa Wada;Kaori Shirasaka

  177
  Citations

• Synthesis of Fluorene Derivatives through Rhodium-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Cyclization†

  Keisuke Morimoto;Masaki Itoh;Koji Hirano;Tetsuya Satoh

  176
  Citations

• Parallel kinetic resolution of 4-alkynals catalyzed by Rh(I)/Tol-BINAP: synthesis of enantioenriched cyclobutanones and cyclopentenones.

  Ken Tanaka and;Gregory C. Fu

  176
  Citations

• Oxidative Annulation of Anilides with Internal Alkynes Using an (Electron-Deficient η5-Cyclopentadienyl)Rhodium(III) Catalyst Under Ambient Conditions

  Yuki Hoshino;Yu Shibata;Ken Tanaka

  175
  Citations

• Rh-catalyzed synthesis of helically chiral and ladder-type molecules via [2 + 2 + 2] and formal [2 + 1 + 2 + 1] cycloadditions involving C-C triple bond cleavage.

  Ken Tanaka;Akiyoshi Kamisawa;Takeshi Suda;Keiichi Noguchi

  175
  Citations

• One-step construction of five successive rings by rhodium-catalyzed intermolecular double [2+2+2] cycloaddition: enantioenriched [9]helicene-like molecules.

  Ken Tanaka;Naohiro Fukawa;Takeshi Suda;Keiichi Noguchi

  175
  Citations

• A versatile new catalyst for the enantioselective isomerization of allylic alcohols to aldehydes: scope and mechanistic studies.

  Ken Tanaka;Gregory C. Fu

  166
  Citations