Biased Bowl-Direction of Monofluorosumanene in the Solid State

Yumi Yakiyama, Minghong Li, Dongyi Zhou, Tsuyoshi Abe, Chisato Sato, Kohei Sambe, Tomoyuki Akutagawa, Teppei Matsumura, Nobuyuki Matubayasi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Journal of the American Chemical Society　2024/02/19　Research paper (scientific journal)

Mechanistic Study in Gold Nanoparticle Synthesis through Microchip Laser Ablation in Organic Solvents

Barana Sandakelum Hettiarachchi, Yusuke Takaoka, Yuta Uetake, Yumi Yakiyama, Hiroshi Y. Yoshikawa, Mihoko Maruyama, Hidehiro Sakurai

Metals　Vol. 14　No. 2　p. 155-155　2024/01/27　Research paper (scientific journal)

Dehydrogenative Oxidation of Hydrosilanes Using Gold Nanoparticle Deposited on Citric Acid-Modified Fibrillated Cellulose: Unveiling the Effect of Molecular Oxygen

Butsaratip Suwattananuruk, Yuta UETAKE, Risei Ichikawa, Ryo Toyoshima, Hiroshi Kondoh, Hidehiro Sakurai

Nanoscale　2024　Research paper (scientific journal)

Uncovering gold nanoparticle synthesis using a microchip laser system through pulsed laser ablation in aqueous solution

Barana Sandakelum Hettiarachchi, Yusuke Takaoka, Yuta Uetake, Yumi Yakiyama, Hwan Hong Lim, Takunori Taira, Mihoko Maruyama, Yusuke Mori, Hiroshi Y. Yoshikawa, Hidehiro Sakurai

Industrial Chemistry & Materials　2024　Research paper (scientific journal)

Strain-induced carbon–carbon bond cleavage of bowl-shaped sumanenone

Mikey Nishimoto, Yuta Uetake, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemical Communications　2024　Research paper (scientific journal)

Reversible Modulation of the Electronic and Spatial Environment around Ni(0) Centers Bearing Multifunctional Carbene Ligands with Triarylaluminum

Yoichi Hoshimoto, Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Yutaka Mondori, Yuta Uetake, Yasuo Takeichi, Takahiro Kawakita, Hidehiro Sakurai, Sensuke Ogoshi

2023/05/18

Ultra-Rapid and Specific Gelation of Collagen Molecules for Transparent and Tough Gels by Transition Metal Complexation

Tomoyuki Suezawa, Naoko Sasaki, Nazgul Assan, Yuta Uetake, Kunishige Onuma, Hidehiro Sakurai, Ryohei Katayama, Masahiro Inoue, Michiya Matsusaki

2023/03/23

Size-selective Preparation of Gold Nanoparticles Stabilized on Chitosan Using the Matrix-Transfer Method

Nazgul Assan, Yuta Uetake, Hidehiro Sakurai

The Journal of Nanoparticle Research　Vol. 25　No. 3　2023/03　Research paper (scientific journal)

Sumanene-stacked supramolecular polymers. Dynamic, solvation-directed control

Hiroaki Mizuno, Hironobu Nakazawa, Makoto Harada, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai, Gaku Fukuhara

Chemical Communications　2023　Research paper (scientific journal)

Dihydroxyacetone Production by Glycerol Oxidation under Moderate Condition Using Pt Loaded on La_1−xBi_xOF Solids

Naoyoshi Nunotani, Masanari Takashima, Yeon-Bin Choi, Yuta UETAKE, Hidehiro Sakurai, Nobuhito Imanaka

Chemical Communications　2023　Research paper (scientific journal)

Derivatization of sumanenetrione through Lewis acid-mediated Suzuki-Miyaura coupling and an unprecedented ring opening

Junyi Han, Yuta UETAKE, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemical Communications　Vol. 59　No. 31　p. 4632-4635　2023　Research paper (scientific journal)

Pentagon-fused sumanenes on the aromatic peripheries en route to the bottom-up synthesis of fullerenes

Hironobu Nakazawa, Yuta Uetake, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai

Synlett　Vol. 34　No. 04　p. 374-378　2022/12/02　Research paper (scientific journal)

Intramolecular hydroamination catalysed by gold nanoparticles deposited on fibrillated cellulose

Yuta Uetake, Butsaratip Suwattananuruk, Hidehiro Sakurai

Scientific Reports　Vol. 12　No. 1　2022/11/29　Research paper (scientific journal)

Thermodynamic Differentiation of the Two Sides of Azabuckybowl through Complexation with Square Planar Platinum(II)

Mikey Nishimoto, Yuta Uetake, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry – An Asian Journal　Vol. 18　No. 1　2022/11/20　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis of fully substituted sumanenes at the aromatic periphery through hexabromomethylation

Hironobu Nakazawa, Yuta Uetake, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai

Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry　Vol. 12　No. 1　2022/11/14　Research paper (scientific journal)

Acceleration Effect of Bowl‐shaped Structure in Aerobic Oxidation Reaction: Synthesis of Homosumanene ortho‐Quinone and Azaacene‐Fused Homosumanenes

Mikey Nishimoto, Yuta Uetake, Yumi Yakiyama, Akinori Saeki, Jan Freudenberg, Uwe H. F. Bunz, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry – A European Journal　Vol. 29　No. 10　2022/11/14　Research paper (scientific journal)

Sumanene-functionalised bis(terpyridine)-ruthenium(ii) complexes showing photoinduced structural change and cation sensing

Junyi Han, Yumi Yakiyama, Youhei Takeda, Hidehiro Sakurai

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers　Vol. 10　No. 1　p. 211-217　2022/11/05　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis of Sumanene‐fused Acenes

Hironobu Nakazawa, Akinobu Ohya, Yuto Morimoto, Yuta Uetake, Naohiko Ikuma, Kenji Okada, Masayoshi Nakano, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai

Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry　Vol. 11　No. 11　2022/10　Research paper (scientific journal)

Infrared and Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectra of Sumanene Isolated in Solid para-Hydrogen

Isabelle Weber, Masashi Tsuge, Pavithraa Sundararajan, Masaaki Baba, Hidehiro Sakurai, Yuan-Pern Lee

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A　Vol. 126　No. 32　p. 5283-5293　2022/08/18　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis of the C70 Fragment Buckybowl, Homosumanene, and Heterahomosumanenes via Ring-Expansion Reactions from Sumanenone

Mikey Nishimoto, Yuta Uetake, Yumi Yakiyama, Fumitaka Ishiwari, Akinori Saeki, Hidehiro Sakurai

The Journal of Organic Chemistry　Vol. 87　No. 5　p. 2508-2519　2022/02/18　Research paper (scientific journal)

Room-Temperature Reversible Chemisorption of Carbon Monoxide on Nickel(0) Complexes

Yasuhiro Yamauchi, Yoichi Hoshimoto, Takahiro Kawakita, Takuya Kinoshita, Yuta Uetake, Hidehiro Sakurai, Sensuke Ogoshi

2022/02/01

Tuning the dielectric response by co-crystallisation of sumanene and its fluorinated derivative

Minghong Li, Xi Chen, Yumi Yakiyama, JianYun Wu, Tomoyuki Akutagawa, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemical Communications　Vol. 58　No. 64　p. 8950-8953　2022　Research paper (scientific journal)

Dielectric response of 1,1-difluorosumanene caused by an in-plane motion

Minghong Li, JianYun Wu, Kohei Sambe, Yumi Yakiyama, Tomoyuki Akutagawa, Takashi Kajitani, Takanori Fukushima, Kazunari Matsuda, Hidehiro Sakurai

Materials Chemistry Frontiers　Vol. 6　No. 13　p. 1752-1758　2022　Research paper (scientific journal)

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　Vol. 27　No. 71　p. 17952-17959　2021/10/27　Research paper (scientific journal)

Pyridine Ring Modification of Indane‐1,3‐dione Dimers for Control of their Crystal Structure

Yumi Yakiyama, Takahisa Fujinaka, Mio Nishimura, Ryotaro Seki, Hidehiro Sakurai

Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry　Vol. 10　No. 10　p. 2690-2696　2021/10　Research paper (scientific journal)

Front Cover: Pyridine Ring Modification of Indane‐1,3‐dione Dimers for Control of their Crystal Structure (Asian J. Org. Chem. 10/2021)

Yumi Yakiyama, Takahisa Fujinaka, Mio Nishimura, Ryotaro Seki, Hidehiro Sakurai

Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry　Vol. 10　No. 10　p. 2418-2418　2021/10　Research paper (scientific journal)

Lewis acid-mediated Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction

Takashi Niwa, Yuta Uetake, Motoyuki Isoda, Tadashi Takimoto, Miki Nakaoka, Daisuke Hashizume, Hidehiro Sakurai, Takamitsu Hosoya

2021/08/13

Synthesis and pyrolysis of fullerenol‐stabilized Pt nanocolloids for unique approach to Pt‐doped carbon

Mark Kristan Espejo Cabello, Yuta Uetake, Yu Yao, Susumu Kuwabata, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry – An Asian Journal　2021/06/14　Research paper (scientific journal)

Base-Free Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction Mediated by Lewis Acids

Takashi Niwa, Yuta Uetake, Motoyuki Isoda, tadashi takimoto, Miki Nakaoka, Daisuke Hashizume, Hidehiro Sakurai, Takamitsu Hosoya

2021/05/12

Disaggregation of a sumanene-containing fluorescent probe towards highly sensitive and specific detection of caesium cations

Artur Kasprzak, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemical Communications　Vol. 57　No. 3　p. 343-346　2021/01/11　Research paper (scientific journal)

Volcano-type correlation between particle size and catalytic activity on hydrodechlorination catalyzed by AuPd nanoalloy

Yuta Uetake, Sachi Mouri, Setsiri Haesuwannakij, Kazu Okumura, Hidehiro Sakurai

Nanoscale Advances　Vol. 3　No. 5　p. 1496-1501　2021　Research paper (scientific journal)

Size-Controlled Preparation of Gold Nanoparticles Deposited on Surface-Fibrillated Cellulose Obtained by Citric Acid Modification

Threeraphat Chutimasakul, Yuta Uetake, Jonggol Tantirungrotechai, Taka-aki Asoh, Hiroshi Uyama, Hidehiro Sakurai

ACS Omega　2020/12/17　Research paper (scientific journal)

Dual roles of cellulose monolith in the continuous-flow generation and support of gold nanoparticles for green catalyst.

Zheng-Tian Xie, Taka-Aki Asoh, Yuta Uetake, Hidehiro Sakurai, Hiroshi Uyama

Carbohydrate polymers　Vol. 247　p. 116723-116723　2020/11/01　Research paper (scientific journal)

Pt-Pd Nanoalloy for the Unprecedented Activation of Carbon-Fluorine Bond at Low Temperature

Raghu Nath Dhital, Keigo Nomura, Yoshinori Sato, Setsiri Haesuwannakij, Masahiro Ehara, Hidehiro Sakurai

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan　Vol. 93　No. 10　p. 1180-1185　2020/10/15　Research paper (scientific journal)

Theoretical Study on Singlet Fission Dynamics in Sumanene-Fused Acene Dimers

Kenji Okada, Masayoshi Nakano, Hajime Miyamoto, Hironobu Nakazawa, Yuta Uetake, Hidehiro Sakurai

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C　2020/08/07　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis and Dimerization Properties of Cup- and Bowl-shaped Cyclic Trilactams

Sitanan Sartyoungkul, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai

Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry　Vol. 9　No. 6　p. 947-952　2020/06/01　Research paper (scientific journal)

Anisotropic Contraction of a Polyaromatic Capsule and Its Cavity-Induced Compression Effect

Natsuki Kishida, Kyosuke Matsumoto, Yuya Tanaka, Munetaka Akita, Hidehiro Sakurai, Michito Yoshizawa

Journal of the American Chemical Society　Vol. 142　No. 21　p. 9599-9603　2020/05/27　Research paper (scientific journal)

Gold Nanoparticles Stabilized by Molecular Fullerenols

Ken Kokubo, Mark Kristan Espejo Cabello, Nozomi Sato, Yuta Uetake, Hidehiro Sakurai

ChemNanoMat　Vol. 6　No. 4　p. 524-528　2020/04　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis of C<inf>70</inf>-fragment buckybowls bearing alkoxy substituents

Yumi Yakiyama, Shota Hishikawa, Hidehiro Sakurai

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry　Vol. 16　p. 681-690　2020/04　Research paper (scientific journal)

Excimer formation of aryl iodides chemisorbed on gold nanoparticles for the significant enhancement of photoluminescence

Prasenjit Maity, Kenji Sasai, Raghu Nath Dhital, Hayato Sakai, Taku Hasobe, Hidehiro Sakurai

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters　Vol. 11　No. 4　p. 1199-1203　2020/02/20　Research paper (scientific journal)

Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Investigation of Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer in Tris(2-hydroxyphenyl)triazasumanene

Sitanan Sartyoungkul, Masahiro Ehara, Hidehiro Sakurai

Journal of Physical Chemistry A　Vol. 124　No. 7　p. 1227-1234　2020/02/20　Research paper (scientific journal)

Selective oxidative hydroxylation of arylboronic acids by colloidal nanogold catalyzed in situ generation of H<inf>2</inf>O<inf>2</inf> from alcohols under aerobic conditions

Yuta Uetake Vinsen, Hidehiro Sakurai

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan　Vol. 93　No. 2　p. 299-301　2020/02/01　Research paper (scientific journal)

Infrared spectra of protonated and hydrogenated corannulene (C20H10) and sumanene (C21H12) using matrix isolation in solid para-hydrogen - Implications for the UIR bands

Pavithraa Sundararajan, Masashi Tsuge, Masaaki Baba, Hidehiro Sakurai, Yuan-Pern Lee

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union　p. 358-360　2020　Research paper (scientific journal)

Control by one drop of solvent: selective preparation of guest release/trap-triggered interconvertible molecular crystals

Yumi Yakiyama, Takahisa Fujinaka, Mio Nishimura, Ryotaro Seki, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemical Communications　2020　Research paper (scientific journal)

Electronic and vibrational structure in the S <inf>0</inf> and S <inf>1</inf> states of corannulene

Ayumi Kanaoka, Hiromi Tohyama, Sachi Kunishige, Toshiharu Katori, Akiko Nishiyama, Masatoshi Misono, Naofumi Nakayama, Hidehiro Sakurai, Masashi Tsuge, Masaaki Baba

Journal of Chemical Physics　Vol. 151　No. 23　2019/12/21　Research paper (scientific journal)

Molecular Packing and Solid-State Photophysical Properties of 1,3,6,8-Tetraalkylpyrenes

Takanori Iwasaki, Shin Murakami, Youhei Takeda, Gaku Fukuhara, Norimitsu Tohnai, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai, Nobuaki Kambe

Chemistry - A European Journal　Vol. 25　No. 65　p. 14817-14825　2019/11/22　Research paper (scientific journal)

Formation of a Large Confined Spherical Space with a Small Aperture Using Flexible Hexasubstituted Sumanene

Yumi Yakiyama, Takumi Hasegawa, Hidehiro Sakurai

Journal of the American Chemical Society　Vol. 141　No. 45　p. 18099-18103　2019/11/13　Research paper (scientific journal)

Cover Feature: Molecular Packing and Solid‐State Photophysical Properties of 1,3,6,8‐Tetraalkylpyrenes (Chem. Eur. J. 65/2019)

Takanori Iwasaki, Shin Murakami, Youhei Takeda, Gaku Fukuhara, Norimitsu Tohnai, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai, Nobuaki Kambe

Chemistry – A European Journal　Vol. 25　No. 65　2019/11

Infrared spectrum of hydrogenated corannulene rim -HC<inf>20</inf>H<inf>10</inf> isolated in solid para -hydrogen

Pavithraa Sundararajan, Masashi Tsuge, Masaaki Baba, Hidehiro Sakurai, Yuan Pern Lee

Journal of Chemical Physics　Vol. 151　No. 4　2019/07/28　Research paper (scientific journal)

Generation of “Sumanenylidene”: A Ground-State Triplet Carbene on a Curved π-Conjugated Periphery

Yumi Yakiyama, Yufeng Wang, Sayaka Hatano, Manabu Abe, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry - An Asian Journal　Vol. 14　No. 10　p. 1844-1848　2019/05/15　Research paper (scientific journal)

Sumanene Hexaester: An Electron-Deficient Buckybowl

Hideaki Toda, Yuta Uetake, Yumi Yakiyama, Hironobu Nakazawa, Takashi Kajitani, Takanori Fukushima, Hidehiro Sakurai

Synthesis (Germany)　Vol. 51　No. 24　p. 4576-4581　2019　Research paper (scientific journal)

Site-selective cation-π interaction as a way of selective recognition of the caesium cation using sumanene-functionalized ferrocenes

Artur Kasprzak, Hidehiro Sakurai

Dalton Transactions　Vol. 48　No. 46　p. 17147-17152　2019　Research paper (scientific journal)

Dielectric and Sorption Responses of Hydrogen-Bonding Network of Amorphous C<inf>60</inf>(OH)<inf>12</inf> and C<inf>60</inf>(OH)<inf>36</inf>

Shota Uchikawa, Ayumi Kawasaki, Norihisa Hoshino, Takashi Takeda, Shin Ichiro Noro, Kiyonori Takahashi, Takayoshi Nakamura, Nozomi Sato, Ken Kokubo, Hidehiro Sakurai, Tomoyuki Akutagawa

Journal of Physical Chemistry C　2019　Research paper (scientific journal)

Liquid phase pulsed laser ablation on pyrite

Yuka Motohashi, Yumi Yakiyama, Fumitaka Mafuné, Hajime Okajima, Akira Sakamoto, Toshihiko Shimizu, Yuki Minami, Nobuhiko Sarukura, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 48　No. 7　p. 712-714　2019　Research paper (scientific journal)

Sequential double C-H functionalization of 2,5-norbornadiene in flow

Heejin Kim, Zuoyufan Yin, Hidehiro Sakurai, Jun Ichi Yoshida

Reaction Chemistry and Engineering　Vol. 3　No. 5　p. 635-639　2018/10　Research paper (scientific journal)

Molecular Arrangements of Corannulene and Sumanene in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Yoko Iizumi, Zheng Liu, Kazu Suenaga, Susumu Okada, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai, Toshiya Okazaki

ChemNanoMat　Vol. 4　No. 6　p. 557-561　2018/06　Research paper (scientific journal)

Sumanene derivatives functionalized at the internal carbon (vol 53, pg 697, 2017)

Ngamsomprasert Niti, Dang Jing-Shuang, Higashibayashi Shuhei, Yakiyama Yumi, Sakurai Hidehiro

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS　Vol. 54　No. 22　2018/03/18

Thermoelectric and thermal transport properties in sumanene crystals

Hirotaka Kojima, Mario Nakagawa, Ryo Abe, Fumiya Fujiwara, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai, Masakazu Nakamura

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 47　No. 4　p. 524-527　2018　Research paper (scientific journal)

Triazasumanene: An isoelectronic heteroanalogue of sumanene

Qitao Tan, Patcharin Kaewmati, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Masaki Kawano, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan　Vol. 91　No. 4　p. 531-537　2018　Research paper (scientific journal)

Universality of the giant Seebeck effect in organic small molecules

Hirotaka Kojima, Ryo Abe, Fumiya Fujiwara, Mario Nakagawa, Kohtaro Takahashi, Daiki Kuzuhara, Hiroko Yamada, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai, Tatsuya Yamamoto, Hidenori Yakushiji, Masaaki Ikeda, Masakazu Nakamura

Materials Chemistry Frontiers　Vol. 2　No. 7　p. 1276-1283　2018　Research paper (scientific journal)

Tris(2-hydroxyphenyl)triazasumanene: Bowl-shaped excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) fluorophore coupled with aggregation-induced enhanced emission (AIEE)

Patcharin Kaewmati, Yumi Yakiyama, Hiroyoshi Ohtsu, Masaki Kawano, Setsiri Haesuwannakij, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Materials Chemistry Frontiers　Vol. 2　No. 3　p. 514-519　2018　Research paper (scientific journal)

Internal-peripheral diosmylation of sumanene overcoming the dearomatization hurdle by the distortion of the curved π-system

Naohiko Ikuma, Yuki Yoshida, Yumi Yakiyama, Niti Ngamsomprasert, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 47　No. 6　p. 736-739　2018　Research paper (scientific journal)

Nucleophilic substitution at the internal carbon of sumanene framework with inversion of configuration

Niti Ngamsomprasert, Yuki Yoshida, Yumi Yakiyama, Naohiko Ikuma, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 47　No. 7　p. 878-880　2018　Research paper (scientific journal)

Figuration of bowl-shaped π-conjugated molecules: Properties and functions

Masaichi Saito, Hiroshi Shinokubo, Hidehiro Sakurai

Materials Chemistry Frontiers　Vol. 2　No. 4　p. 635-661　2018　Research paper (scientific journal)

Intramolecular Hydroamination by a Primary Amine of an Unactivated Alkene on Gold Nanoclusters: A DFT Study

Karan Bobuatong, Hidehiro Sakurai, Masahiro Ehara

ChemCatChem　Vol. 9　No. 24　p. 4490-4500　2017/12/20　Research paper (scientific journal)

The Impact of the Polymer Chain Length on the Catalytic Activity of Poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone)-supported Gold Nanoclusters

Setsiri Haesuwannakij, Tetsunari Kimura, Yuji Furutani, Kazu Okumura, Ken Kokubo, Takao Sakata, Hidehiro Yasuda, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai

Scientific Reports　Vol. 7　No. 1　2017/12/01　Research paper (scientific journal)

A Hydrogen-Bonded Hexagonal Buckybowl Framework

Ichiro Hisaki, Hideaki Toda, Hiroyasu Sato, Norimitsu Tohnai, Hidehiro Sakurai

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition　Vol. 56　No. 48　p. 15294-15298　2017/11/27　Research paper (scientific journal)

N-Type Superconductivity in an Organic Mott Insulator Induced by Light-Driven Electron-Doping

Masayuki Suda, Naoto Takashina, Supawadee Namuangruk, Nawee Kungwan, Hidehiro Sakurai, Hiroshi M. Yamamoto

Advanced Materials　Vol. 29　No. 33　2017/09/06　Research paper (scientific journal)

Two-way correspondence between carbon nanotubes and caps: Development of a numerical algorithm and a tool for organic cap synthesis

Toshiki Sugai, Hidehiro Sakurai

Carbon　Vol. 116　p. 678-685　2017/05/01　Research paper (scientific journal)

Partially Fluoride-Substituted Hydroxyapatite as a Suitable Support for the Gold-Catalyzed Homocoupling of Phenylboronic Acid: An Example of Interface Modification

Setsiri Haesuwannakij, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai

ACS Catalysis　Vol. 7　No. 4　p. 2998-3003　2017/04　Research paper (scientific journal)

Electronic and vibrational structures in the S<inf>0</inf> and S<inf>1</inf> states of coronene

Sachi Kunishige, Ayumi Kanaoka, Toshiharu Katori, Megumi Kawabata, Masaaki Baba, Takaya Yamanaka, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Journal of Chemical Physics　Vol. 146　No. 4　2017/01/28　Research paper (scientific journal)

Hexathioalkyl sumanenes: An electron-donating buckybowl as a building block for supramolecular materials

Yoshiaki Shoji, Takashi Kajitani, Fumitaka Ishiwari, Qiang Ding, Hiroyasu Sato, Hayato Anetai, Tomoyuki Akutagawa, Hidehiro Sakurai, Takanori Fukushima

Chemical Science　Vol. 8　No. 12　p. 8405-8410　2017　Research paper (scientific journal)

Fe, Ru, and Os complexes with the same molecular framework: Comparison of structures, properties and catalytic activities

Masaki Yoshida, Mio Kondo, Masaya Okamura, Mari Kanaike, Setsiri Haesuwannakij, Hidehiro Sakurai, Shigeyuki Masaoka

Faraday Discussions　Vol. 198　p. 181-196　2017　Research paper (scientific journal)

Size-controlled preparation of gold nanoclusters on hydroxyapatite through trans-deposition method

Setsiri Haesuwannakij, Thinnaphat Poonsawat, Medena Noikham, Ekasith Somsook, Yumi Yakiyama, Raghu Nath Dhital, Hidehiro Sakurai

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology　Vol. 17　No. 7　p. 4649-4657　2017　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis of triaryltriazasumanenes

Patcharin Kaewmati, Qitao Tan, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 46　No. 1　p. 146-148　2017　Research paper (scientific journal)

A sumanene-based aryne, "Sumanyne"

Niti Ngamsomprasert, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 46　No. 4　p. 446-448　2017　Research paper (scientific journal)

Sumanene derivatives functionalized at the internal carbon

Niti Ngamsomprasert, Jing Shuang Dang, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemical Communications　Vol. 53　No. 4　p. 697-700　2017　Research paper (scientific journal)

2,3,5,6,8,9-Hexabromosumanene: Synthesis and its application to Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling

Hideaki Toda, Yumi Yakiyama, Yoshiaki Shoji, Fumitaka Ishiwari, Takanori Fukushima, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 46　No. 9　p. 1368-1371　2017　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis of a C<inf>70</inf> Fragment Buckybowl C<inf>28</inf>H<inf>14</inf> from a C<inf>60</inf> fragment sumanene

Shota Hishikawa, Yuki Okabe, Ryoji Tsuruoka, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hiroyoshi Ohtsu, Masaki Kawano, Yumi Yakiyama, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 46　No. 10　p. 1556-1559　2017　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis of Hydroxysumanene and Substituent Effect of Hydroxy Group on Bowl Inversion Dynamics and Electronic Structure

Niti Ngamsomprasert, Gautam Panda, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Journal of Organic Chemistry　Vol. 81　No. 23　p. 11978-11981　2016/12/02　Research paper (scientific journal)

Bowl Inversion and Electronic Switching of Buckybowls on Gold

Shintaro Fujii, Maxim Ziatdinov, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai, Manabu Kiguchi

Journal of the American Chemical Society　Vol. 138　No. 37　p. 12142-12149　2016/09/21　Research paper (scientific journal)

Structure, Interaction, and Dynamics of Au/Pd Bimetallic Nanoalloys Dispersed in Aqueous Ethylpyrrolidone, a Monomeric Moiety of Polyvinylpyrrolidone

Aditi Gupta, Bundet Boekfa, Hidehiro Sakurai, Masahiro Ehara, U. Deva Priyakumar

Journal of Physical Chemistry C　Vol. 120　No. 31　p. 17454-17464　2016/08/11　Research paper (scientific journal)

Mechanism of Ullmann Coupling Reaction of Chloroarene on Au/Pd Alloy Nanocluster: A DFT Study

Jittima Meeprasert, Supawadee Namuangruk, Bundet Boekfa, Raghu Nath Dhital, Hidehiro Sakurai, Masahiro Ehara

Organometallics　Vol. 35　No. 9　p. 1192-1201　2016/05/09　Research paper (scientific journal)

Thermal stability, solubility, and fluorescence property of poly(arylene vinylene ketone)s bearing 1,1′-binaphthylene units

Tadashi Tsukamoto, Katsuya Maeyama, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Reactive and Functional Polymers　Vol. 100　p. 123-129　2016/03　Research paper (scientific journal)

Gold/Palladium Alloy for Carbon-Halogen Bond Activation: An Unprecedented Halide Dependence

Raghu Nath Dhital, Karan Bobuatong, Masahiro Ehara, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry - An Asian Journal　Vol. 10　No. 12　p. 2669-2676　2015/12/01　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis of organosoluble and fluorescent aromatic polyketones bearing 1,1′-binaphthyl units through Suzuki–Miyaura coupling polymerization

Katsuya Maeyama, Tadashi Tsukamoto, Hiroaki Kumagai, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Polymer Bulletin　Vol. 72　No. 11　p. 2903-2916　2015/11/22　Research paper (scientific journal)

Inside Cover: Mechanism of the Aerobic Homocoupling of Phenylboronic Acid on Au₂₀⁻: A DFT Study (Chem. Asian J. 11/2015)

Sangita Karanjit, Masahiro Ehara, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry - An Asian Journal　Vol. 10　No. 11　p. 2302-2302　2015/11　Research paper (scientific journal)

Mechanism of the Aerobic Homocoupling of Phenylboronic Acid on Au<inf>20</inf>^-: A DFT Study

Sangita Karanjit, Masahiro Ehara, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry - An Asian Journal　Vol. 10　No. 11　p. 2397-2403　2015/11/01　Research paper (scientific journal)

Significant stabilization of palladium by gold in the bimetallic nanocatalyst leading to an enhanced activity in the hydrodechlorination of aryl chlorides

Sangita Karanjit, Atchaleeya Jinasan, Ekasith Samsook, Raghu N. Dhital, Kenichi Motomiya, Yoshinori Sato, Kazuyuki Tohji, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemical Communications　Vol. 51　No. 64　p. 12724-12727　2015/08/18　Research paper (scientific journal)

Structural inversion of pi-conjugated molecules adsorbed on Au(111)

Fujii Shintaro, Ziatdinov Maxim, Kiguchi Manabu, Higashibayashi Shuhei, Sakurai Hidehiro

Abstract of annual meeting of the Surface Science of Japan　Vol. 35　p. 91-91　2015

Gold/palladium bimetallic nanoclusters for C- X bond activation: A unique effect of gold

Raghu Nath Dhital, Masahiro Ehara, Hidehiro Sakurai

Yuki Gosei Kagaku Kyokaishi/Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry　Vol. 73　No. 11　p. 1130-1140　2015　Research paper (scientific journal)

Chiral Sumanene, Triazasumanene, and Related Buckybowls

Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemical Science of Electron Systems　p. 91-106　2015/01/01　Part of collection (book)

Investigation of the dynamic behavior of bisumanenyl

Binod Babu Shrestha, Sangita Karanjit, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Toru Amaya, Toshikazu Hirao, Hidehiro Sakurai

Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry　Vol. 4　No. 1　p. 62-68　2015/01/01　Research paper (scientific journal)

Intra- and intermolecular reactivity of triplet sumanenetrione

Kousei Kanahara, M. D.Mizanur Rahman Badal, Sayaka Hatano, Manabu Abe, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Naoto Takashina, Hidehiro Sakurai

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan　Vol. 88　No. 11　p. 1612-1617　2015　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis and characterization of poly(arylene vinylene ketone)s bearing 1,1'-binaphthylene units through MizorokiHeck coupling polymerization

Tadashi Tsukamoto, Katsuya Maeyama, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 44　No. 12　p. 1780-1782　2015　Research paper (scientific journal)

C-Cl bond activation on Au/Pd bimetallic nanocatalysts studied by density functional theory and genetic algorithm calculations

Bundet Boekfa, Elke Pahl, Nicola Gaston, Hidehiro Sakurai, Jumras Limtrakul, Masahiro Ehara

Journal of Physical Chemistry C　Vol. 118　No. 38　p. 22188-22196　2014/09/25　Research paper (scientific journal)

DFT studies of mechanism and origin of stereoselectivity of palladium-catalyzed cyclotrimerization reactions affording syn-tris(norborneno) benzenes

Masahiro Yamanaka, Masumi Morishima, Yukihiro Shibata, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Organometallics　Vol. 33　No. 12　p. 3060-3068　2014/06/23　Research paper (scientific journal)

Oxidative Coupling of Organoboron Compounds

Raghu Nath Dhital, Hidehiro Sakurai

Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry　Vol. 3　No. 6　p. 668-684　2014/06　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis of thermally stable, wholly aromatic polyketones with 2,2′-dimethoxy-1,1′-binaphthyl-6,6′-diyl units through nanosized-palladium-cluster-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling polymerization

Katsuya Maeyama, Masanori Suzuki, Tadashi Tsukamoto, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Reactive and Functional Polymers　Vol. 79　No. 1　p. 24-28　2014/06　Research paper (scientific journal)

Correlation between bowl-inversion energy and bowl depth in substituted sumanenes

Binod Babu Shrestha, Sangita Karanjit, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Pure and Applied Chemistry　Vol. 86　No. 5　p. 747-753　2014/05　Research paper (international conference proceedings)

Columnar/herringbone dual crystal packing of pyrenylsumanene and its photophysical properties

Binod Babu Shrestha, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry　Vol. 10　p. 841-847　2014/04　Research paper (scientific journal)

Beam-induced graphitic carbon cage transformation from sumanene aggregates

Jun Ichi Fujita, Masashi Tachi, Katsuhisa Murakami, Hidehiro Sakurai, Yuki Morita, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Masaki Takeguchi

Applied Physics Letters　Vol. 104　No. 4　2014/01/29　Research paper (scientific journal)

Size-controlled preparation of gold nanoclusters stabilized by high-viscosity hydrophilic polymers using a microflow reactor

Setsiri Haesuwannakij, Weeranuch Karuehanon, Vijay Laksami Mishra, Hiroaki Kitahara, Hidehiro Sakurai, Shokyoku Kanaoka, Sadahito Aoshima

Monatshefte fur Chemie　Vol. 145　No. 1　p. 23-28　2014/01　Research paper (international conference proceedings)

Sumanenetrione anions generated by electrochemical and chemical reduction

Shuhei Higashibayashi, Binod Babu Shrestha, Yuki Morita, Masahiro Ehara, Kei Ohkubo, Shunichi Fukuzumi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 43　No. 8　p. 1297-1299　2014　Research paper (scientific journal)

Eclipsed columnar packing in crystal structure of sumanenetrione

Binod Babu Shrestha, Yuki Morita, Tatsuhiro Kojima, Masaki Kawano, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 43　No. 8　p. 1294-1296　2014　Research paper (scientific journal)

Sumanenylferrocenes and their solid state self-assembly

Berit Topolinski, Bernd M. Schmidt, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai, Dieter Lentz

Dalton Transactions　Vol. 42　No. 38　p. 13809-13812　2013/10/14　Research paper (scientific journal)

Fluorinated and trifluoromethylated corannulenes

Bernd M. Schmidt, Berit Topolinski, Mihoko Yamada, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Mitsuhiko Shionoya, Hidehiro Sakurai, Dieter Lentz

Chemistry - A European Journal　Vol. 19　No. 41　p. 13872-13880　2013/10/04　Research paper (scientific journal)

Bimetallic gold-palladium alloy nanoclusters: An effective catalyst for Ullmann coupling of chloropyridines under ambient conditions

Raghu Nath Dhital, Choavarit Kamonsatikul, Ekasith Somsook, Hidehiro Sakurai

Catalysis Science and Technology　Vol. 3　No. 11　p. 3030-3035　2013/10/01　Research paper (scientific journal)

Jet spectroscopy of buckybowl: Electronic and vibrational structures in the S<inf>0</inf> and S<inf>1</inf> states of triphenylene and sumanene

Sachi Kunishige, Megumi Kawabata, Masaaki Baba, Takaya Yamanaka, Yuki Morita, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Journal of Chemical Physics　Vol. 139　No. 4　2013/07/28　Research paper (scientific journal)

Stereoelectronic effect of curved aromatic structures: Favoring the unexpected endo conformation of benzylic-substituted sumanene

Shuhei Higashibayashi, Satoru Onogi, Hemant Kumar Srivastava, G. Narahari Sastry, Yao Ting Wu, Hidehiro Sakurai

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition　Vol. 52　No. 28　p. 7314-7316　2013/07/08　Research paper (scientific journal)

Nanosized palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling polymerization: Synthesis of soluble aromatic poly(ether ketone)s

Katsuya Maeyama, Tadashi Tsukamoto, Masanori Suzuki, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Polymer Journal　Vol. 45　No. 4　p. 401-405　2013/04　Research paper (scientific journal)

The synthesis of hexafluorosumanene and its congeners

Bernd M. Schmidt, Berit Topolinski, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Tatsuhiro Kojima, Masaki Kawano, Dieter Lentz, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry - A European Journal　Vol. 19　No. 10　p. 3282-3286　2013/03/04　Research paper (scientific journal)

Aryl iodides as strong inhibitors in gold and gold-based bimetallic quasi-homogeneous catalysis

Raghu Nath Dhital, Choavarit Kamonsatikul, Ekasith Somsook, Yoshinori Sato, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemical Communications　Vol. 49　No. 25　p. 2542-2544　2013/02/28　Research paper (scientific journal)

Mechanism of the aerobic oxidation of methanol to formic acid on Au <inf>8</inf>^-: A DFT study

Sangita Karanjit, Karan Bobuatong, Ryoichi Fukuda, Masahiro Ehara, Hidehiro Sakurai

International Journal of Quantum Chemistry　Vol. 113　No. 4　p. 428-436　2013/02/15　Research paper (scientific journal)

Magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy and electronic structures of C<inf>3</inf> symmetry buckybowls

John MacK, Yuki Morita, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai, Nagao Kobayashi

Chemical Physics Letters　Vol. 556　p. 188-194　2013/01/29　Research paper (scientific journal)

Erratum: Enantioselective synthesis of a chiral nitrogen-doped buckybowl (Nature Communications (2012) 3 (891) DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1896)

Qitao Tan, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Sangita Karanjit, Hidehiro Sakurai

Nature Communications　Vol. 4　2013　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis of substituted sumanenes by aromatic electrophilic substitution reactions

Binod Babu Shrestha, Sangita Karanjit, Gautam Panda, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 42　No. 4　p. 386-388　2013　Research paper (scientific journal)

Bimetallic AuPd nanocluster catalysts with controlled atomic gold distribution for oxidative dehydrogenation of tetralin

Arumugam Murugadoss, Kazu Okumura, Hidehiro Sakurai

Journal of Physical Chemistry C　Vol. 116　No. 51　p. 26776-26783　2012/12/27　Research paper (scientific journal)

Low-temperature carbon-chlorine bond activation by bimetallic gold/palladium alloy nanoclusters: An application to Ullmann coupling

Raghu Nath Dhital, Choavarit Kamonsatikul, Ekasith Somsook, Karan Bobuatong, Masahiro Ehara, Sangita Karanjit, Hidehiro Sakurai

Journal of the American Chemical Society　Vol. 134　No. 50　p. 20250-20253　2012/12/19　Research paper (scientific journal)

Aerobic oxygenation of phenylboronic acid promoted by thiol derivatives under gold-free conditions: A warning against gold nanoparticle catalysis

Patcharin Kaewmati, Ekasith Somsook, Raghu Nath Dhital, Hidehiro Sakurai

Tetrahedron Letters　Vol. 53　No. 45　p. 6104-6106　2012/11/07　Research paper (scientific journal)

Electronic properties of trifluoromethylated corannulenes

Bernd M. Schmidt, Shu Seki, Berit Topolinski, Kei Ohkubo, Shunichi Fukuzumi, Hidehiro Sakurai, Dieter Lentz

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition　Vol. 51　No. 45　p. 11385-11388　2012/11/05　Research paper (scientific journal)

Emission amplification by sumanene nanocrystals in an onigiri-type organic–organic assembly

Yuki Morita, Satoru Nakao, Setsiri Haesuwannakij, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemical Communications　Vol. 48　No. 72　p. 9050-9052　2012/08/13　Research paper (scientific journal)

Microwave-assisted synthesis of methyl (1S,2R,4S,5S)-7-aza-5- hydroxybicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-carboxylate through unexpected stereoselective substitution reaction

Satoru Onogi, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Tetrahedron Letters　Vol. 53　No. 29　p. 3710-3712　2012/07/18　Research paper (scientific journal)

Palladium-catalyzed arylation of methylene-bridged polyarenes: Synthesis and structures of 9-arylfluorene derivatives

Jheng Jhih Chen, Satoru Onogi, Ya Chu Hsieh, Chien Chi Hsiao, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai, Yao Ting Wu

Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis　Vol. 354　No. 8　p. 1551-1558　2012/05/21　Research paper (scientific journal)

Experimental electron density of sumanene, a bowl-shaped fullerene fragment; Comparison with the related corannulene hydrocarbon

Stefan Mebs, Manuela Weber, Peter Luger, Bernd M. Schmidt, Hidehiro Sakurai, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Satoru Onogi, Dieter Lentz

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry　Vol. 10　No. 11　p. 2218-2222　2012/03/21

Anti-addition mechanism in the intramolecular hydroalkoxylation of alkenes catalyzed by PVP-stabilized nanogold

Hiroaki Kitahara, Hidehiro Sakurai

Molecules　Vol. 17　No. 3　p. 2579-2586　2012/03　Research paper (scientific journal)

Where to bind in buckybowls? the dilemma of a metal ion

Dolly Vijay, Hidehiro Sakurai, V. Subramanian, G. Narahari Sastry

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics　Vol. 14　No. 9　p. 3057-3065　2012/02/28　Research paper (scientific journal)

Aerobic oxidation of methanol to formic acid on Au <inf>20</inf>^-: A theoretical study on the reaction mechanism

Karan Bobuatong, Sangita Karanjit, Ryoichi Fukuda, Masahiro Ehara, Hidehiro Sakurai

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics　Vol. 14　No. 9　p. 3103-3111　2012/02/28　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis of bimetallic gold-silver alloy nanoclusters by simple mortar grinding

Arumugam Murugadoss, Noriko Kai, Hidehiro Sakurai

Nanoscale　Vol. 4　No. 4　p. 1280-1282　2012/02/21　Research paper (scientific journal)

Chiral phenylazomethine cage

Ryo Shomura, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai, Yoshitaka Matsushita, Akira Sato, Masayoshi Higuchi

Tetrahedron Letters　Vol. 53　No. 7　p. 783-785　2012/02/15　Research paper (scientific journal)

Dual roles of polyhydroxy matrices in the homocoupling of arylboronic acids catalyzed by gold nanoclusters under acidic conditions

Raghu Nath Dhital, Arumugum Murugadoss, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry - An Asian Journal　Vol. 7　No. 1　p. 55-59　2012/01/02　Research paper (scientific journal)

Elektronische Eigenschaften trifluormethylierter Corannulene

Bernd M. Schmidt, Shu Seki, Berit Topolinski, Kei Ohkubo, Shunichi Fukuzumi, Hidehiro Sakurai, Dieter Lentz

Angewandte Chemie　Vol. 124　No. 45　p. 11548-11551　2012

Gold/palladium bimetallic alloy nanoclusters stabilized by chitosan as highly efficient and selective catalysts for homocoupling of arylboronic acid

Onsulang Sophiphun, Jatuporn Wittayakun, Raghu Nath Dhital, Setsiri Haesuwannakij, Arumugam Murugadoss, Hidehiro Sakurai

Australian Journal of Chemistry　Vol. 65　No. 9　p. 1238-1243　2012　Research paper (international conference proceedings)

Addition-Versus-Oxygenative cleavage: Two contradictory reactivities in the reaction of N-Benzyl-4-Pentenylamine catalyzed by colloidal nanogold under aerobic conditions

Hiroaki Kitahara, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 41　No. 10　p. 1328-1330　2012　Research paper (scientific journal)

Anomalous efficacy of bimetallic Au/Pd nanoclusters in CCl bond activation and formal metathesis-type CB bond activation at room temperature

Raghu Nath Dhital, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 41　No. 6　p. 630-632　2012

Enantioselective synthesis of a chiral nitrogen-doped buckybowl

Qitao Tan, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Sangita Karanjit, Hidehiro Sakurai

Nature Communications　Vol. 3　2012　Research paper (scientific journal)

Selective synthesis of C <inf>3</inf> symmetric functionalized sumanenes

Shuhei Higashibayashi, R. B. Nasir Baig, Yuki Morita, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 41　No. 1　p. 84-86　2012　Research paper (scientific journal)

Trimethylsumanene: Enantioselective synthesis, substituent effect on bowl structure, inversion energy, and electron conductivity

Shuhei Higashibayashi, Ryoji Tsuruoka, Yarasi Soujanya, Uppula Purushotham, G. Narahari Sastry, Shu Seki, Takeharu Ishikawa, Shinji Toyota, Hidehiro Sakurai

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan　Vol. 85　No. 4　p. 450-467　2012　Research paper (scientific journal)

Size-Controlled Synthesis of Gold Clusters as Efficient Catalysts for Aerobic Oxidation

Hironori Tsunoyama, Yongmei Liu, Tomoki Akita, Nobuyuki Ichikuni, Hidehiro Sakurai, Songhai Xie, Tatsuya Tsukuda

Catalysis Surveys from Asia　Vol. 15　No. 4　p. 230-239　2011/12　Research paper (scientific journal)

The impact of basis set superposition error on the structure of π-π Dimers

Dolly Vijay, Hidehiro Sakurai, G. Narahari Sastry

International Journal of Quantum Chemistry　Vol. 111　No. 9　p. 1893-1901　2011/08/05　Research paper (scientific journal)

Gold- and gold-palladium/poly(1-vinylpyrrolidin-2-one) nanoclusters as quasi-homogeneous catalyst for aerobic oxidation of glycerol

Salprima Yudha S, Raghu Nath Dhital, Hidehiro Sakurai

Tetrahedron Letters　Vol. 52　No. 21　p. 2633-2637　2011/05/25　Research paper (scientific journal)

Chitosan-stabilized gold, gold-palladium, and gold-platinum nanoclusters as efficient catalysts for aerobic oxidation of alcohols

Arumugam Murugadoss, Hidehiro Sakurai

Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical　Vol. 341　No. 1-2　p. 1-6　2011/05/03　Research paper (scientific journal)

Aerobic oxidations catalyzed by colloidal nanogold

Tatsuya Tsukuda, Hironori Tsunoyama, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry - An Asian Journal　Vol. 6　No. 3　p. 736-748　2011/03/01

Erratum: Stereoselective cyclotrimerization of enantiopure iodonorbornenes catalyzed by pd nanoclusters for C <inf>3</inf> or C <inf>3 v</inf> symmetric syn -Tris(norborneno)benzenes (The Journal of Organic Chemistry (2010) 75 (4626) DOI: 10.1021/jo100710b))

Shuhei Higashibayashi, A. F.G. Masud Reza, Hidehiro Sakurai

Journal of Organic Chemistry　Vol. 76　No. 2　p. 748-748　2011/01/21　Research paper (scientific journal)

Magnetically recoverable magnetite/gold catalyst stabilized by poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) for aerobic oxidation of alcohols

Hsiao Wei Chen, Arumugam Murugadoss, T. S.Andy Hor, Hidehiro Sakurai

Molecules　Vol. 16　No. 1　p. 149-161　2011/01　Research paper (scientific journal)

Catalytic activity of gold nanoclusters in intramolecular hydroamination of alkenes and alkynes with toluenesulfonamide under aerobic and basic conditions

Hiroaki Kitahara, Hidehiro Sakurai

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry　Vol. 696　No. 1　p. 442-449　2011/01/01　Research paper (scientific journal)

Aerobic oxidation of cyclic amines to lactams catalyzed by PVP-stabilized nanogold

Patcharee Preedasuriyachai, Warinthorn Chavasiri, Hidehiro Sakurai

Synlett　No. 8　p. 1121-1124　2011　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis of sumanene and related buckybowls

Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 40　No. 2　p. 122-128　2011

Synthesis of aromatic polyketones bearing 1,1'-binaphthyl-2,2'-dioxy units through Suzuki-Miyaura coupling polymerization

Katsuya Maeyama, Tadashi Tsukamoto, Masanori Suzuki, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 40　No. 12　p. 1445-1446　2011　Research paper (scientific journal)

Stereoselective cyclotrimerization of enantiopure iodonorbornenes catalyzed by Pd nanoclusters for C <inf>3</inf> or C <inf>3 v</inf> symmetric syntris(norborneno)benzenes

Shuhei Higashibayashi, A. F.G. Masud Reza, Hidehiro Sakurai

Journal of Organic Chemistry　Vol. 75　No. 13　p. 4626-4628　2010/07/02　Research paper (scientific journal)

Gold nanoclusters as a catalyst for intramolecular addition of primary amines to unactivated alkenes under aerobic conditions

Hiroaki Kitahara, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 39　No. 1　p. 46-48　2010　Research paper (scientific journal)

Formal Lewis acidic character of gold nanocluster catalyst

Hidehiro Sakurai, Ikuyo Kamiya, Hiroaki Kitahara

Pure and Applied Chemistry　Vol. 82　No. 11　p. 2005-2016　2010　Research paper (international conference proceedings)

N-formylation of amines catalyzed by nanogold under aerobic oxidation conditions with MeOH or formalin

Patcharee Preedasuriyachai, Hiroaki Kitahara, Warinthorn Chavasiri, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 39　No. 11　p. 1174-1176　2010　Research paper (scientific journal)

Optical resolution of chiral buckybowls by chiral HPLC

Ryoji Tsuruoka, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Takeharu Ishikawa, Shinji Toyota, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 39　No. 6　p. 646-647　2010　Research paper (scientific journal)

Preparation of C<inf>3</inf>-symmetric homochiral syn-trisnorbornabenzenes through regioselective cyclotrimerization of enantiopure iodonorbornenes

A. F.G.Masud Reza, Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry - An Asian Journal　Vol. 4　No. 8　p. 1329-1337　2009/08/03　Research paper (scientific journal)

Intramolecular addition of toluenesulfonamide to unactivated alkenes catalyzed by gold nanoclusters under aerobic conditions

Hiroaki Kitahara, Ikuyo Kamiya, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 38　No. 9　p. 908-909　2009　Research paper (scientific journal)

Aerobic oxygenation of benzylic ketones promoted by a gold nanocluster catalyst

Hidehiro Sakurai, Ikuyo Kamiya, Hiroaki Kitahara, Hironori Tsunoyama, Tatsuya Tsukudad

Synlett　No. 2　p. 245-248　2009/01　Research paper (scientific journal)

Asymmetric synthesis of a chiral buckybowl, trimethylsumanene

Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Journal of the American Chemical Society　Vol. 130　No. 27　p. 8592-8593　2008/07/09　Research paper (scientific journal)

Tris[2-(deuteriomethyl-sulfan-yl)-phen-yl]-phosphine deuteriochloro-form 0.125-solvate

Richard Chee Seng Wong, Mei Lee Ooi, Hidehiro Sakurai, Seik Weng Ng

Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online　Vol. 64　No. 5　2008/04　Research paper (scientific journal)

Precision synthesis of various thermosensitive star-shaped polymers and size-controlled formation of reusable gold nanoclusters catalysts

Naoto Yagi, Nishida Shingo, Shokyoku Kanaoka, Sadahito Aoshima, Hironori Tsunoyama, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Hidehiro Sakurai

American Chemical Society, Polymer Preprints, Division of Polymer Chemistry　Vol. 49　No. 1　2008　Research paper (international conference proceedings)

Thermosensitive gold nanoclusters stabilized by well-defined vinyl ether star polymers: Reusable and durable catalysts for aerobic alcohol oxidation

Shokyoku Kanaoka, Naoto Yagi, Yukiko Fukuyama, Sadahito Aoshima, Hironori Tsunoyama, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Hidehiro Sakurai

Journal of the American Chemical Society　Vol. 129　No. 40　p. 12060-12061　2007/10/10　Research paper (scientific journal)

Lewis acid character of zero-valent gold nanoclusters under aerobic conditions: Intramolecular hydroalkoxylation of alkenes

Ikuyo Kamiya, Hironori Tsunoyama, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 36　No. 5　p. 646-647　2007/05/05　Research paper (scientific journal)

Effect of Ag-doping on the catalytic activity of polymer-stabilized Au clusters in aerobic oxidation of alcohol

Nirmalya K. Chaki, Hironori Tsunoyama, Yuichi Negishi, Hidehiro Sakurai, Tatsuya Tsukuda

Journal of Physical Chemistry C　Vol. 111　No. 13　p. 4885-4888　2007/04　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthetic application of PVP-stabilized Au nanocluster catalyst to aerobic oxidation of alcohols in aqueous solution under ambient conditions

Hironori Tsunoyama, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 36　No. 2　p. 212-213　2007/02/05　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis of an enantiopure syn-benzocyclotrimer through regio-selective cyclotrimerization of a halonorbornene derivative under palladium nanocluster conditions

Shuhei Higashibayashi, Hidehiro Sakurai

Chemistry Letters　Vol. 36　No. 1　p. 18-19　2007/01/05　Research paper (scientific journal)

Iridium(III) complexes bearing quinoxaline ligands with efficient red luminescence properties

Kazuyasu Tani, Hiroyuki Fujii, Lisheng Mao, Hidehiro Sakurai, Toshikazu Hirao

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan　Vol. 80　No. 4　p. 783-788　2007　Research paper (scientific journal)

Oxidative homo-coupling of potassium aryltrifluoroborates catalyzed by gold nanocluster under aerobic conditions

Hidehiro Sakurai, Hironori Tsunoyama, Tatsuya Tsukuda

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry　Vol. 692　No. 1-3　p. 368-374　2007/01/01　Research paper (scientific journal)

Size effect on the catalysis of gold clusters dispersed in water for aerobic oxidation of alcohol

Hironori Tsunoyama, Hidehiro Sakurai, Tatsuya Tsukuda

Chemical Physics Letters　Vol. 429　No. 4-6　p. 528-532　2006/10/05　Research paper (scientific journal)

Crystal structure and complexation behavior of quinonediimine bearing thiadiazole unit

Mendra T.S. Ritonga, Harumi Shibatani, Hidehiro Sakurai, Toshiyuki Moriuchi, Toshikazu Hirao

Heterocycles　Vol. 68　No. 4　p. 829-836　2006/04　Research paper (scientific journal)

Oxovanadium(V)-catalyzed oxidative biaryl synthesis from organoborate under O<inf>2</inf>

Hidenori Mizuno, Hidehiro Sakurai, Toru Amaya, Toshikazu Hirao

Chemical Communications　No. 48　p. 5042-5044　2006　Research paper (scientific journal)

Aerobic oxidation catalyzed by gold nanoclusters as quasi-homogeneous catalysts: Generation of hydrogen peroxide using ammonium formate

SAKURAI Hidehiro, TSUNOYAMA Hironori, TSUKUDA Tatsuya

Transactions of the Materials Research Society of Japan, Vol 31, No 2　Vol. 31　p. 521-524　2006　Research paper (scientific journal)

Preparation of gold nanoparticles using well-defined thermosensitive polymers: Catalytic activity and reusability for aerobic alcohol oxidation in water

Yukiko Fukuyama, Naoto Yagi, Shokyoku Kanaoka, Sadahito Aoshima, Hironori Tsunoyama, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Hidehiro Sakurai

Polymer Preprints, Japan　Vol. 55　No. 2　p. 2641-2642　2006　Research paper (international conference proceedings)

Preparation and catalytic activity of gold nanoparticles using well-defined thermosensitive polymers

Yukiko Fukuyama, Naoto Yagi, Shokyoku Kanaoka, Sadahito Aoshima, Hironori Tsunoyama, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Hidehiro Sakurai

Polymer Preprints, Japan　Vol. 55　No. 1　2006　Research paper (international conference proceedings)

Precision synthesis of star-shaped polymers by living cationic polymerization and preparation of thermosensitive gold nanoparticles

Naoto Yagi, Yukiko Fukuyama, Seiji Kontant, Shokyoku Kanaoka, Sadahito Aoshima, Hironori Tsunoyama, Tatsuya Tsukuda, Hidehiro Sakurai

Polymer Preprints, Japan　Vol. 55　No. 2　p. 2529-2530　2006　Research paper (international conference proceedings)

New tridentate cyclometalated platinum(II) and palladium(II) complexes of N,2-diphenyl-8-quinolinamine: Syntheses, crystal structures, and photophysical properties

Lisheng Mao, Toshiyuki Moriuchi, Hidehiro Sakurai, Hiroyuki Fujii, Toshikazu Hirao

Tetrahedron Letters　Vol. 46　No. 48　p. 8419-8422　2005/11/28　Research paper (scientific journal)

Structural elucidation of sumanene and generation of its benzylic anions

Hidehiro Sakurai, Taro Daiko, Hiroyuki Sakane, Toru Amaya, Toshikazu Hirao

Journal of the American Chemical Society　Vol. 127　No. 33　p. 11580-11581　2005/08/24　Research paper (scientific journal)

Size-specific catalytic activity of polymer-stabilized gold nanoclusters for aerobic alcohol oxidation in water

Hironori Tsunoyama, Hidehiro Sakurai, Yuichi Negishi, Tatsuya Tsukuda

Journal of the American Chemical Society　Vol. 127　No. 26　p. 9374-9375　2005/07/06　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis and characterization of p-phenylenediamine derivatives bearing an electron-acceptor unit

Hidehiro Sakurai, Mendra T.S. Ritonga, Harumi Shibatani, Toshikazu Hirao

Journal of Organic Chemistry　Vol. 70　No. 7　p. 2754-2762　2005/04　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis and oxidation of (benzimidazolylidene)Cr(CO)<inf>5</inf> complexes

Hidehiro Sakurai, Koichi Sugitani, Toshiyuki Moriuchi, Toshikazu Hirao

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry　Vol. 690　No. 7　p. 1750-1755　2005/03/30　Research paper (scientific journal)

dl-SElective pinacol-type coupling using zinc, chlorosilane, and catalytic amounts of Cp<inf>2</inf>VCl<inf>2</inf>; dl-1,2-dicyclohexylethanediol: (1,2-ethanediol,1,2-dicyclohexyl-)

Toshikazu Hirao, Akiya Ogawa, Motoki Asahara, Yasuaki Muguruma, Hidehiro Sakurai, Helga Krause, Alois Fürstner

Organic Syntheses　Vol. 81　p. 26-32　2005　Research paper (scientific journal)

Colloidal gold nanoparticles as catalyst for carbon-carbon bond formation: Application to aerobic homocoupling of phenylboronic acid in water

Hironori Tsunoyama, Hidehiro Sakurai, Nobuyuki Ichikuni, Yuichi Negishi, Tatsuya Tsukuda

Langmuir　Vol. 20　No. 26　p. 11293-11296　2004/12/21　Research paper (scientific journal)

Highly efficient and vivid-red phosphors bearing 2,3-diphenylquinoxaline units and their application to organic light-emitting devices

Hiroyuki Fujii, Hidehiro Sakurai, Kazuyasu Tam, Lisheng Mao, Kenichiro Wakisaka, Toshikazu Hirao

IEICE Transactions on Electronics　Vol. E87-C　No. 12　p. 2119-2121　2004/12　Research paper (international conference proceedings)

Facile synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted quinoxalines by Suzuki-Miyaura coupling

Lisheng Mao, Hidehiro Sakurai, Toshikazu Hirao

Synthesis　No. 15　p. 2535-2539　2004/10/18　Research paper (scientific journal)

Synthesis of Re(I) complexes bearing tridentate 2,6-bis(7′-azaindolyl)phenyl ligand with green emission properties

Kazuyasu Tani, Hidehiro Sakurai, Hiroyuki Fujii, Toshikazu Hirao

Journal of Organometallic Chemistry　Vol. 689　No. 9　p. 1665-1674　2004/05/01　Research paper (scientific journal)

Vivid-red and highly efficient phosphors bearing diphenylquinoxaline units and their application to organic light-emitting devices

Hiroyuki Fujii, Hidehiro Sakurai, Kazuyasu Tani, Lisheng Mao, Kenichiro Wakisaka, Toshikazu Hirao

IMFEDK 2004 - International Meeting for Future of Electron Devices, Kansai　p. 35-36　2004　Research paper (international conference proceedings)

Reductive esterification of aromatic aldehydes using Zn/Ac <inf>2</inf>O/imidazole or Zn/Yb(OTf)<inf>3</inf>/(RCO)<inf>2</inf>O system

Toshikazu Hirao, Sirida Santhitikul, Hiroki Takeuchi, Akiya Ogawa, Hidehiro Sakurai

Tetrahedron　Vol. 59　No. 51　p. 10147-10152　2003/12/15　Research paper (scientific journal)

A mandala-patterned bandanna-shaped porphyrin oligomer, C<inf>1244</inf>H<inf>1350</inf>N<inf>84</inf>Ni<inf>20</inf>O<inf>88</inf>, having a unique size geometry

H. Sakurai, K. Narasaka, K. Sugiura, H. Tanaka, T. Matsumoto, T. Kawai, Y. Sakata

Chemtracts　Vol. 13　No. 7　p. 447-450　2000