Motomu Kanai
University of Tokyo
548 Papers
3.7K Citations
Motomu Kanai is an academic researcher from University of Tokyo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Catalysis & Enantioselective synthesis. The author has an hindex of 79, co-authored 521 publications. Previous affiliations of Motomu Kanai include National Institute of Radiological Sciences & University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Papers
Asymmetric Synthesis of Tertiary Alcohols and α-Tertiary Amines via Cu-Catalyzed C−C Bond Formation to Ketones and Ketimines
Masakatsu Shibasaki,Motomu Kanai +1 more
TL;DR: Asymmetric catalysts that promote C-C bond-formation to ketones and ketimines should have high catalyst activity and enantioselectivity for synthetically more efficient addition to tetrasubstituted carbon synthesis.
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Recent progress in asymmetric bifunctional catalysis using multimetallic systems.
TL;DR: Recent advances in enantioselective catalysis with bifunctional catalysts are described, focusing on the development of asymmetric catalysts that exhibit high activity, selectivity, and broad substrate generality under mild reaction conditions.
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A meta -selective C–H borylation directed by a secondary interaction between ligand and substrate
TL;DR: An iridium-catalysed meta-selective C-H borylation of aromatic compounds using a newly designed catalytic system and a bipyridine-derived ligand that binds iridium contains a pendant urea moiety that controls the regioselectivity.
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A Cationic High-Valent Cp*CoIIIComplex for the Catalytic Generation of Nucleophilic Organometallic Species: Directed CH Bond Activation
Abstract: The air- and moisture-stable title catalyst is readily synthesized as solid in 24% overall yield from CoCl2 in gram quantities without the use of any expensive reagents.
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Varying the Size of Multivalent Ligands: The Dependence of Concanavalin A Binding on Neoglycopolymer Length
TL;DR: Carbohydrate-substituted polymers have emerged as important materials for the exploration of protein-saccharide interactions, which are critical components of diverse biological processes.
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