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Nishii Yuuji

西井　祐二

Graduate School of Engineering　Center for Future Innovation, Associate Professor

keyword Catalysis，Organometalic Chemistry，Organic Chemistry

Research History

  • 2023/04 - Present, Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate professor
  • 2020/10 - 2023/03, Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering
  • 2015/10 - 2020/09, Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering

Research Areas

  • Nanotechnology/Materials, Synthetic organic chemistry

Professional Memberships

  • 近畿化学協会
  • 有機合成化学協会
  • 日本化学会

Papers

  • Aromatic halogenation using carborane catalyst, Chandrababu Naidu Kona,Rikuto Oku,Shotaro Nakamura,Masahiro Miura,Koji Hirano,Yuji Nishii, Chem, Elsevier BV, 2023/11
  • Triptycenyl Sulfide: A Practical and Active Catalyst for Electrophilic Aromatic Halogenation Using N-Halosuccinimides, Yuji Nishii,Mitsuhiro Ikeda,Yoshihiro Hayashi,Susumu Kawauchi,Masahiro Miura, Journal of the American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society ({ACS}), Vol. 142, No. 3, p. 1621-1629, 2020/01/22
  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Annulative Coupling Using Vinylene Carbonate as an Oxidizing Acetylene Surrogate, Koushik Ghosh,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, ACS Catalysis, American Chemical Society (ACS), Vol. 9, No. 12, p. 11455-11460, 2019/12/06
  • Iridium‐Catalyzed Direct C4‐ and C7‐Selective Alkynylation of Indoles Using Sulfur‐Directing Groups, Chandrababu Naidu Kona,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Wiley, Vol. 58, No. 29, p. 9856-9860, 2019/07/15
  • Synthesis, crystal structure and reactivity of η2-thiophyne Ni complexes, Misaki Terada,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Chemical Communications, Royal Society of Chemistry, Vol. 54, No. 23, p. 2918-2921, 2018
  • Palladium-Catalyzed Synthesis of Heteroarene-Fused Cyclooctatetraenes through Dehydrogenative Cyclodimerization, Keita Fukuzumi,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Vol. 56, No. 41, p. 12746-12750, 2017
  • Asymmetric Synthesis of SCF3‐Substituted Alkylboronates by Copper‐Catalyzed Hydroboration of 1‐Trifluoromethylthioalkenes, Yuki Kojima,Yuji Nishii,Koji Hirano, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Wiley, 2024/03/12
  • Pd-catalysed C–H alkynylation of benzophospholes, Yu Tokura,Shibo Xu,Kosuke Yasui,Yuji Nishii,Koji Hirano, Chemical Communications, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2024
  • Direct synthesis of spirobifluorenes by formal dehydrative coupling of biaryls and fluorenones, Yugo Kato,Kazutoshi Nishimura,Yuji Nishii,Koji Hirano, Chemical Science, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2024
  • Palladium‐Catalyzed α‐Selective Halogenation of Triptycene Using Sulfur Directing Group, Keisuke Ueno,Yuji Nishii,Koji Hirano,Masahiro Miura, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, Wiley, Vol. 12, No. 12, 2023/12/11
  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Direct Vinylene Annulation of 2-Aryloxazolines and Cascade Ring-Opening Using a Vinyl Selenone, Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura,Junya Kitano,Koji Hirano, Synlett, Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2023/11/20
  • Synthesis of Axially Chiral Bibenzo[g]coumarin Derivatives by Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative Annulation of Thiocarbamates, Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura,Ryo Takishima,Koushik Ghosh, Synlett, Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2023/11/01
  • Isoselenazole Synthesis by Rh-Catalyzed Direct Annulation of Benzimidates with Sodium Selenite, Qing-Feng Xu-Xu,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Chemistry, MDPI AG, Vol. 5, No. 4, p. 2068-2074, 2023/09/23
  • Stimuli‐Responsive Properties on a Bisbenzofuropyrazine Core: Mechanochromism and Concentration‐Controlled Vapochromism, Shotaro Nakamura,Kohei Okubo,Yuji Nishii,Koji Hirano,Norimitsu Tohnai,Masahiro Miura, Chemistry – A European Journal, Wiley, 2023/09/11
  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Isoquinoline Synthesis Using Vinyl Selenone as Oxidizing Acetylene Surrogate, Ayumi Inami,Yuji Nishii,Koji Hirano,Masahiro Miura, Organic Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS), Vol. 25, No. 18, p. 3206-3209, 2023/05/04
  • Preparation and Use of (γ,γ-Dioxyallyl)boronates, Soshi Nishino,Yuji Nishii,Koji Hirano, Synlett, Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2023/03/09
  • One-Step Synthesis of Benzophosphole Derivatives from Arylalkynes by Phosphenium-Dication-Mediated Sequential C–P/C–C Bond Forming Reaction, Kazutoshi Nishimura,Shibo Xu,Yuji Nishii,Koji Hirano, Organic Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2023/02/23
  • Synthesis of Diarylselenides through Rh-Catalyzed Direct Diarylation of Elemental Selenium with Benzamides., Qing-Feng Xu-Xu,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, The Journal of organic chemistry, Vol. 87, No. 24, p. 16887-16894, 2022/12/16
  • Ligand-Enabled Copper-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Allylboration of 1-Trifluoromethylalkenes, Yuki Kojima,Yuji Nishii,Koji Hirano, Organic Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2022/10/02
  • Effect of Halogens in Bis(haloaryloxyl)pyrazine Host Crystals on the Room Temperature Phosphorescence Properties of Bisbenzofuropyrazine Guest Luminophores, Madoka Tsuboi,Shotaro Nakamura,Yuji Nishii,Norimitsu Tohnai,Masahiro Miura, Chemistry Letters, The Chemical Society of Japan, Vol. 51, No. 8, p. 819-822, 2022/08/05
  • Selective Synthesis of C4-Functionalized Benzofurans by Rhodium-Catalyzed Vinylene Transfer: Computational Study on the Cyclopentadienyl Ligand, Junya Kitano,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Organic Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS), Vol. 24, No. 31, p. 5679-5683, 2022/07/28
  • <i>anti</i>-Selective synthesis of β-boryl-α-amino acid derivatives by Cu-catalysed borylamination of α,β-unsaturated esters, Soshi Nishino,Yuji Nishii,Koji Hirano, Chemical Science, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2022
  • Synthesis of Benzoisoselenazolones via Rh(III)‐Catalyzed Direct Annulative Selenation Using Elemental Selenium, Qing-Feng Xu-Xu,Yuji Nishii,Yuta Uetake,Hidehiro Sakurai,Masahiro Miura, Chemistry – A European Journal, Wiley, Vol. 27, No. 71, p. 17952-17959, 2021/10/27
  • Sulfur-Directed C7-Selective Alkenylation of Indoles under Rhodium Catalysis, Chandrababu Naidu Kona,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Organic Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS), Vol. 23, No. 16, p. 6252-6256, 2021/08/20
  • Rhodium-catalysed direct formylmethylation using vinylene carbonate and sequential dehydrogenative esterification, Moena Kato,Koushik Ghosh,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Chemical Communications, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Vol. 57, No. 67, p. 8280-8283, 2021/07
  • Electrophilic Substitution of Asymmetrically Distorted Benzenes within Triptycene Derivatives, Keisuke Ueno,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Organic Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS), Vol. 23, No. 9, p. 3552-3556, 2021/05/07
  • Synthesis, Structure, and Chiroptical Properties of Indolo‐ and Pyridopyrrolo‐Carbazole‐Based C 2 ‐Symmetric Azahelicenes, Taisei Taniguchi,Yuji Nishii,Tadashi Mori,Ken‐ichi Nakayama,Masahiro Miura, Chemistry – A European Journal, Wiley, Vol. 27, No. 26, p. 7356-7361, 2021/05/06
  • Peri-Selective Direct Acylmethylation and Amidation of Naphthalene Derivatives Using Iridium and Rhodium Catalysts, Chandrababu Naidu Kona,Rikuto Oku,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Synthesis, Georg Thieme Verlag KG, 2021/03/31
  • Metal-Free Direct Trifluoromethylthiolation of Aromatic Compounds Using Triptycenyl Sulfide Catalyst, Ryo Kurose,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Organic Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS), Vol. 23, No. 6, p. 2380-2385, 2021/03/19
  • Synthesis and Optical Properties of Axially Chiral Bibenzo[b]carbazole Derivatives, Ryo Takishima,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Organic Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS), Vol. 23, No. 4, p. 1349-1354, 2021/02/19
  • Synthesis of Isothiazoles and Isoselenazoles through Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative Annulation with Elemental Sulfur and Selenium, Sanghun Moon,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Organic Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS), Vol. 23, No. 1, p. 49-53, 2021/01/01
  • Cp*M-Catalyzed Direct Annulation with Terminal Alkynes and Their Surrogates for the Construction of Multi-Ring Systems, Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, ACS Catalysis, American Chemical Society (ACS), p. 9747-9757, 2020/08/17
  • Room Temperature Phosphorescent Crystals Consisting of Cyclized Guests and Their Uncyclized Mother Host Molecules, Shotaro Nakamura,Madoka Tsuboi,Taisei Taniguchi,Yuji Nishii,Norimitsu Tohnai,Masahiro Miura, Chemistry Letters, The Chemical Society of Japan, Vol. 49, No. 8, p. 921-924, 2020/08/05
  • Concise Synthesis of Isocoumarins through Rh-Catalyzed Direct Vinylene Annulation: Scope and Mechanistic Insight, Gen Mihara,Koushik Ghosh,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Organic Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS), Vol. 22, No. 14, p. 5706-5711, 2020/07/17
  • Thioether-Directed C4-Selective C–H Acylmethylation of Indoles Using α-Carbonyl Sulfoxonium Ylides, Chandrababu Naidu Kona,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Organic Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS), Vol. 22, No. 12, p. 4806-4811, 2020/06/19
  • Copper-catalyzed Site-selective Direct Arylation of Triptycene, Keisuke Ueno,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Chemistry Letters, The Chemical Society of Japan, Vol. 49, No. 6, p. 689-692, 2020/06/05
  • Oxidative C–H/C–H Annulation of Imidazopyridines and Indazoles through Rhodium-Catalyzed Vinylene Transfer, Koushik Ghosh,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Organic Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS), Vol. 22, No. 9, p. 3547-3550, 2020/05/01
  • Synthesis of Benzo[b]thiophenes through Rhodium‐Catalyzed Three‐Component Reaction using Elemental Sulfur, Sanghun Moon,Moena Kato,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis, Wiley, Vol. 362, No. 8, p. 1669-1673, 2020/04/17
  • Synthesis and circularly polarized luminescence properties of BINOL-derived bisbenzofuro[2,3-b:3’,2’-e]pyridines (BBZFPys), Ryo Takishima,Yuji Nishii,Tomoaki Hinoue,Yoshitane Imai,Masahiro Miura, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, Beilstein Institut, Vol. 16, p. 325-336, 2020/03/06
  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Annulative Coupling of Isothiazoles with Alkynes through N–S Bond Cleavage, Gen Mihara,Teppei Noguchi,Yuji Nishii,Yoshihiro Hayashi,Susumu Kawauchi,Masahiro Miura, Organic Letters, American Chemical Society ({ACS}), 2020/01/17
  • Synthesis and Properties of Tri-tert-butylated Trioxa and Trithia Analogues of Truxene, Shotaro Nakamura,Michitaka Okamoto,Norimitsu Tohnai,Ken-ichi Nakayama,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, The Chemical Society of Japan, Vol. 93, No. 1, p. 99-108, 2020/01/15
  • Effect of Substitution Pattern of tert‐Butyl Group in a Bisbenzofuropyrazine Core π‐System on Optical Property: Unique Mechanochromic Fluorescence Behavior, Shotaro Nakamura,Norimitsu Tohnai,Yuji Nishii,Tomoaki Hinoue,Masahiro Miura, ChemPhotoChem, Wiley, No. 3, p. 46-53, 2019/10
  • Composite Tetraheteroarylenes and Related Higher Cyclic Oligomers of Heteroarenes Produced by Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Coupling, K. Fukuzumi,Y. Nishii,M. Miura, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, Chemical Society of Japan, Vol. 92, p. 2030-2037, 2019/10
  • Construction of Nitrogen-containing Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds by Intramolecular Oxidative C-H/C-H Coupling of Bis(9H-carbazol-9-yl)benzenes and Their Properties, Taisei Taniguchi,Yuhei Itai,Yuji Nishii,Norimitsu Tohnai,Masahiro Miura, Chemistry Letters, The Chemical Society of Japan, Vol. 48, No. 9, p. 1160-1163, 2019/09/05
  • Catalytic Cleavage of Amide C-N Bond: Scandium, Manganese, and Zinc Catalysts for Esterification of Amides, Kazushi Mashima,Yuji Nishii,Haruki Nagae, CHEMICAL RECORD, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, Vol. 20, No. 4, p. 332-343, 2019/09
  • Thioether-Directed Peri-Selective C–H Arylation under Rhodium Catalysis: Synthesis of Arene-Fused Thioxanthenes, Sanghun Moon,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Organic Letters, American Chemical Society (ACS), Vol. 21, No. 1, p. 233-236, 2019/01/04
  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Cascade Annulative Coupling of 3,5-Diarylisoxazoles with Alkynes, Teppei Noguchi,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Synthesis, Georg Thieme Verlag KG, Vol. 51, No. 01, p. 258-270, 2019/01
  • Nondirected C-H Alkenylation of Arenes with Alkenes under Rhodium Catalysis, Khousik Ghosh,Gen Mihara,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Chemistry Letters, Chemical Society of Japan, Vol. 48, p. 148-151, 2018/12
  • Thioether-Directed Selective C4 C–H Alkenylation of Indoles under Rhodium Catalysis, Chandrababu Naidu Kona,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, Organic Letters, ACS Publications, Vol. 20, p. 4898-4901, 2018/08
  • Syntheses of Diverse Donor-Substituted Bisbenzofuro[2,3-b:3 ',2 '-e]pyridines (BBZFPys) via Pd Catalysis, and Their Photophysical Properties, Itai, Yuhei,Nishii, Yuji,Stachelek, Patrycja,Data, Przemyslaw,Takeda, Youhei,Minakata, Satoshi,Miura, Masahiro, JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, Vol. 83, No. 17, p. 10289-10302, 2018/08
  • Rhodium‐Catalyzed peri‐Selective Direct Alkenylation of 1‐(Methylthio)naphthalene, Masanori Shigeno,Yuji Nishii,Tetsuya Satoh,Masahiro Miura, Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol. 7, p. 1334-1337, 2018/05
  • Rhodium-catalyzed Synthesis of 1-Arylisoquinoline Derivatives through Annulative Coupling of 3-Aryl-1,2-benzisoxazoles and Alkynes, Teppei Noguchi,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, CHEMISTRY LETTERS, CHEMICAL SOC JAPAN, Vol. 46, No. 10, p. 1512-1514, 2017/07
  • Rhodium-catalyzed Synthesis of 1-(Acylamino)isoquinolines through Direct Annulative Coupling of 3-Aryl-1,2,4-oxadiazoles with Alkynes, Yuji Nishii,Anne-Katrin Bachon,Sanghun Moon,Carsten Bolm,Masahiro Miura, CHEMISTRY LETTERS, CHEMICAL SOC JAPAN, Vol. 46, No. 9, p. 1347-1349, 2017/06
  • Zinc-Catalyzed Esterification of N-beta-Hydroxyethylamides: Removal of Directing Groups under Mild Conditions, Yuji Nishii,Takahiro Hirai,Sarah Fernandez,Paul Knochel,Kazushi Mashima, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, No. 34, p. 5010-5014, 2017/05
  • Palladium-Catalyzed Direct C2-Arylation of Benzo[b]thiophenes with Electron-Rich Aryl Halides: Facile Access to Thienoacene Derivatives, Fumiki Ichioka,Yuhei Itai,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, SYNLETT, GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG, Vol. 28, No. 20, p. 2812-2816, 2017/04
  • Construction of Bisbenzofuro[2,3-b:3',2'-e]pyridines by Palladium-Catalyzed Double Intramolecular Oxidative C-H/C-H Coupling, Hiroyuki Kaida,Tsuyoshi Goya,Yuji Nishi,Koji Hirano,Tetsuya Satoh,Masahiro Miura, ORGANIC LETTERS, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, Vol. 19, No. 5, p. 1236-1239, 2017/03
  • Nickel-catalyzed amide transformation via C-N bond cleavage, Yuji Nishii, JOURNAL OF SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY JAPAN, SOC SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEM JPN, Vol. 74, No. 8, p. 824-825, 2016/08
  • Synthesis of Benzobis- and Benzotrisbenzofurans by Palladium-Catalyzed Multiple Intramolecular C-H/C-H Coupling, Hiroyuki Kaida,Tetsuya Satoh,Yuji Nishii,Koji Hirano,Masahiro Miura, CHEMISTRY LETTERS, CHEMICAL SOC JAPAN, Vol. 45, No. 9, p. 1069-1071, 2016/06
  • Rhodium-Catalyzed Oxidative Annulation of (2-Arylphenyl)boronic Acids with Alkynes: Selective Synthesis of Phenanthrene Derivatives, Tomoya Nagata,Tetsuya Satoh,Yuji Nishii,Masahiro Miura, SYNLETT, GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG, Vol. 27, No. 11, p. 1707-1710, 2016/03
  • Synthesis of Benzo[c]thiophenes by Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Annulation, Keita Fukuzumi,Yuto Unoh,Yuji Nishii,Tetsuya Satoh,Koji Hirano,Masahiro Miura, JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, Vol. 81, No. 6, p. 2474-2481, 2016/02
  • Manganese(II)-Catalyzed Esterification of N-beta-Hydroxyethylamides, Yuji Nishii,Shoko Akiyama,Yusuke Kita,Kazushi Mashima, SYNLETT, GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG, Vol. 26, No. 13, p. 1831-1834, 2015/06
  • Combined Catalytic System of Scandium Triflate and Boronic Ester for Amide Bond Cleavage, Yusuke Kita,Yuji Nishii,Akihiro Onoue,Kazushi Mashima, ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, Vol. 355, No. 17, p. 3391-3395, 2013/11
  • Erratum: The ortho and meta magnesiation of functionalized anilines and amino-substituted pyridines and pyrazines at room temperature (Angewandte Chemie - International Edition (10624-10627)), Gabriel Monzon,Ilaria Tirotta,Yuji Nishii,Paul Knochel, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, Vol. 51, No. 47, 2012/11/19
  • The ortho and meta Magnesiation of Functionalized Anilines and Amino-Substituted Pyridines and Pyrazines at Room Temperature, Gabriel Monzon,Ilaria Tirotta,Paul Knochel, ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, Vol. 51, No. 42, p. 10624-10627, 2012/09
  • Zinc-Catalyzed Amide Cleavage and Esterification of beta-Hydroxyethylamides, Yusuke Kita,Yuji Nishii,Takafumi Higuchi,Kazushi Mashima, ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH, Vol. 51, No. 23, p. 5723-5726, 2012/04

Publications

  • 直接芳香族カップリング反応の設計と応用, 三浦雅博, シーエムシー出版, ISBN:9784781314211, 2019/05

Industrial Property Rights

  • カルボラン化合物及びそれを用いたハロゲン化芳香族化合物の製造方法, 西井祐二, 特願2023-081147, 出願日:2023/05/16

Awards

  • Thieme Chemistry Journals Award 2024, Yuji Nishii, 2024/01
  • Chemical Science Presentation Prize, 2022/09
  • 日本化学会第101春季年会 若い世代の特別講演, 西井祐二, 日本化学会, 2021/03
  • 第32回有機合成化学協会 東レ研究企画賞, 西井祐二, 公益社団法人 有機合成化学協会, 2019
  • 大津会議アワードフェロー, 西井祐二, 大津会議, 2015/10

Presentations

  • カルボランスルフィド触媒による芳香族化合物の求電子的ハロゲン化反応, 西井祐二,Chandrababu Naidu Kona,奥陸人,中村彰太郎,平野康次,三浦雅博, 第50回有機典型元素化学討論会, 2023/12/09
  • Aromatic Halogenation Using Carborane Catalyst, Yuji Nishii,Chandrababu Naidu Kona,Rikuto Oku,Shotaro Nakamura,Masahiro Miura,Koji Hirano, The 16th International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia, 2023/12/03
  • Spiny カルボラン触媒を用いた芳香族ハロゲン化反応, 西井祐二,中村彰太郎,三浦雅博,平野康次, 第33回基礎有機化学討論会, 2023/09/12
  • New Lewis Base Catalysts for Aromatic Halogenation, Yuji Nishii,Chandrababu Naidu Kona,Rikuto Oku,Shotaro Nakamura,Koji Hirano,Masahiro Miura, 21st International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry Directed Toward Organic Synthesis, 2023/07/25