M
Masanori Utaka
Researcher at Okayama University
Publications - 140
Citations - 1905
Masanori Utaka is an academic researcher from Okayama University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Catalysis & Enantioselective synthesis. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 140 publications receiving 1871 citations. Previous affiliations of Masanori Utaka include Kindai University.
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Enhancement of the Enantioselectivity in Lipase-Catalyzed Kinetic Resolutions of 3-Phenyl-2H-azirine-2-methanol by Lowering the Temperature to −40 °C
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Asymmetric reduction of the prochiral carbonyl group of aliphatic .gamma.- and .delta.-keto acids by use of fermenting bakers' yeast
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Origin of the Enantioselectivity of Lipases Explained by a Stereo-Sensing Mechanism Operative at the Transition State
TL;DR: In this paper, the stereoelectronic effect operates at the transition state (TS) more effectively than at the tetrahedral intermediate (THI) for chiral secondary alcohols, and the enantioselectivities for 1-phenylethanol, 1phenyl-2-propanol, and 1-cyclohexyl-hexylthanol were estimated in terms of the lipase-induced strain caused at the TS.
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Low-temperature method for enhancement of enantioselectivity in the lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolutions of solketal and some chiral alcohols
TL;DR: In this article, a low-temperature method (−40 °C at best) for enhancement of the enantioselectivity in a lipase-catalyzed transesterification was proved to be widely applicable to primary and secondary alcohols.
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A new aldol condensation of .alpha.-allenic esters with aldehydes, including a one-pot synthesis of enyne compounds
TL;DR: In this paper, butyllithium-promoted condensations of 2,3-butadienoate with aldehydes at -6 to 25 o C gave 3-hydroxy-2-vinylidenealkanoates 3 in 41-54% yields.