Publications

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2010

1. Molecular Surgery toward Organic Synthesis of Endohedral Fullerenes.
Michihisa Murata, Yasujiro Murata, Koichi Komatsu
Chemistry of Nanocarbons, F. Wudl, S. Nagase, T. Akasaka, Eds., Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, 2010, 215-237.

2. Reaction of Cage-Opened Fullerene Derivative with Grignard Reagents and Subsequent Transannular Cyclization.
Michihisa Murata, Yuta Morinaka, Kei Kurotobi, Koichi Komatsu, Yasujiro Murata*
Chem. Lett. 2010, 39, 298-299.
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2010.298

3. Rational Synthesis, Enrichment, and 13C NMR Spectra of Endohedral C60 and C70 Encapsulating a Helium Atom.
Yuta Morinaka, Fumiyuki Tanabe, Michihisa Murata, Yasujiro Murata,* Koichi Komatsu*
Chem. Commun. 2010, 4532-4534.
DOI: 10.1039/C0CC00113A

4. 含ホウ素環状π電子系の化学
若宮淳志,山口茂弘
ヘテロ元素の特性を活かした新機能材料, CMC出版,監修:中條善樹,2010, 18-30.

5. Electronic Tuning of Thiazolyl-Capped π-Conjugated Compounds via a Coordination/Cyclization Protocol with B(C6F5)3.
A. J. Horsewill*, K. S. Panesar, S. Rols, J. Ollivier, M. R. Johnson, M. Carravetta, S. Mamone, M. H. Levitt,
Org. Lett., 2010, 12, 5470-5473.
DOI: 10.1021/ol102282x.

6. Selective Introduction of Organic Groups to C60 and C70 Using Organoboron Compounds and Rhodium Catalyst: A New Synthetic Approach to Organo(hydro)fullerenes.
Masakazu Nambo, Yasutomo Segawa, Atsushi Wakamiya, Kenichiro Itami*
Chem. Asian. J.
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201000583.

7. Inelastic neutron scattering of a quantum translator-rotator encapsulated in a closed fullerene cage: Isotope effects and translation-rotation coupling in H2@C60 and HD@C60.
A. J. Horsewill,* S. Rols, M. R. Johnson, Y. Murata, M. Murata, K. Komatsu, M. Carravetta, S. Mamone, M. H. Levitt, J. Y.-C. Chen, J. A. Johnson, X. Lei, and N. J. Turro
Phys. Rev. B 2010, 82, 081410-1-4.

8. A Magnetic Switch for Spin-Catalyzed Interconversion of Nuclear Spin Isomers.
Y. Li, X. Lei, S. Jockusch, J. Y.-C. Chen, M. Frunzi, J. A. Johnson, R. G. Lawler, Y. Murata, M. Murata, K. Komatsu and N. J. Turro*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 4042.

9. The Spin Chemistry and Magnetic Resonance of H2@C60 From the Pauli Principle to Trapping a Long Lived Nuclear Excited Spin State inside a Buckyball.
N. J. Turro,* J. Y.-C. Chen, E. Sartori, M. Ruzzi, A. Marti, R. Lawler, S. Jockusch, J. Lpez-Gejo, K. Komatsu, Y. Murata
Acc. Chem. Res. 2010, 43, 335.

10. Magnetic Interaction of Solution-State Paramagnets with Encapsulated H2O and H2.
M. Frunzi, X. Lei, Y. Murata, K. Komatsu, S.-I. Iwamatsu, S. Murata, R. G. Lawler, N. J. Turro*
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 1420-1422.

11. Distance-dependent Paramagnet Enhanced Nuclear Spin Relaxation of H2@C60
Y. Li, X. Lei, R. G. Lawler, Y. Murata, K. Komatsu, N. J. Turro*
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 2135-2138.

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2009

1. Rotor in a Cage: Infrared Spectroscopy of an Endohedral Hydrogen-Fullerene Complex.
S. Mamone, Min Ge, D. Huvonen, U. Nagel, A. Danquigny, F. Cuda, M. C. Grossel, Y. Murata, K. Komatsu, M. H. Levitt, T. Room, M. Carravetta*
J. Chem. Phys. 2009, 130, 081103 (1-4).

2. uantum Translator-Rotator: Inelastic Neutron Scattering of Dihydrogen Molecules Trapped inside Anisotropic Fullerene Cages.
A. J. Horsewill,* K. S. Panesar, S. Rols, M. R. Johnson, Y. Murata, K. Komatsu, S. Mamone, A. Danquigny, F. Cuda, S. Maltsev, M. C. Grossel, M. Carravetta. M. H. Levitt
Phys. Rev. Lett. 2009, 102, 013001(4).

3. Rotational Sublevels of an Ortho-Hydrogen Molecule Encapsulated in an Isotropic C60 Cage.
Y. Kohama,* T. Rachi, J. Jing, Z. Li, J. Tang, R. Kumashiro, S. Izumisawa, H. Kawaji, T. Atake, H. Sawa, Y. Murata, K. Komatsu, and K. Tanigaki
Phys. Rev. Lett. 2009, 103, 073001.

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2008

1. Encapsulation and Dynamic Behavior of Two H2 Molecules in an Open-Cage C70.
Yasujiro Murata,* Shuhei Maeda, Michihisa Murata, Koichi Komatsu,*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 6702-6703.
DOI: 10.1021/ja801753m

2. Synthesis and Reaction of Fullerene C70 Encapsulating Two Molecules of H2.
Michihisa Murata, Shuhei Maeda, Yuta Morinaka, Yasujiro Murata,* Koichi Komatsu,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 15800-15801.
DOI: 10.1021/ja8076846

3. Surgery of Fullerenes. (Feature Article)
Michihisa Murata, Yasujiro Murata, Koichi Komatsu,* Chem. Commun. 2008, 6083-6094.
DOI: 10.1039/b811738a

4. Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbons. (Review of Chemistry in 2008)
Michihisa Murata, Chemistry 2008, 63, 69-70.

5. Internal Magnetic Fields of Dianions of Fullerene and Its Cage-Opened Derivatives Studied with Encapsulated H2 as an NMR Spectroscopic Probe. (selected as VIP)
Michihisa Murata, Yuta Ochi, Fumiyuki Tanabe, Koichi Komatsu,* Yasujiro Murata,* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 2039-2041.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200705285

6. NMR Studies on Monofunctionalized Fullerenyl Cation and Anion Encapsulating a H2 Molecule.
Michihisa Murata, Yuta Ochi, Toshikazu Kitagawa, Koichi Komatsu,* Yasujiro Murata,* Chem. Asian J. 2008, 3, 1336-1342.
(A Special Issue in Honor of Professor Ryoji Noyori for His 70th Birthday)
DOI: 10.1002/asia.200800080

7. Antiaromaticity and Reactivity of a Planar Cyclooctatetraene Fully Annelated with Bicyclo[2.1.1]hexane Units.
Tohru Nishinaga,* Takayuki Uto, Ryota Inoue, Akira Matsuura, Noach Treitel, Mordecai Rabinovitz, Koichi Komatsu,* Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 2067-2074.

8. Generation and Reaction of a Phenyl-Substituted Cyclopentadienyl Cation Annelated with Two Homoadamantene Frameworks.
Kohei Ogawa, Shinya Minegishi, Koichi Komatsu and Toshikazu Kitagawa,* J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 5248-5254.

9. Paramagnet Enhanced Nuclear Relaxation of H2 in Organic Solvents and in H2@C60.
E. Sartori, M. Ruzzi, N. J. Turro,* K. Komatsu, Y. Murata, R. G. Lawler, A. L. Buchachenko, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 2221-2225.

10. Demonstration of a Chemical Transformation Inside a Fullerene. The Reversible Conversion of the Allotropes of H2@C60.
N. J. Turro,* A. A. Marti, J. Y.-C. Chen, S. Jockusch, R. G. Lawler, M. Ruzzi, E. Sartori, S.-C. Chuang, K. Komatsu, Y. Murata, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 10506.

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2007

1. 分子手術法による内包フラーレン合成
小松 紘一,村田 靖次郎,Electrochemistry,2007; pp 824-829.

2. 水素内包フラーレンの合成と性質
小松 紘一,村田 理尚, 「ナノカーボンハンドブック」,エヌ・ティー・エス,2007; pp 594-598.

3. Studies on Two- and Three-Dimensional pi-Conjugated Systems with Unique Structures and Properties.
Koichi Komatsu, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn 2007, 80, 2285-2302.

4. An Orifice-Size Index for Open-Cage Fullerenes.
Shih-Ching Chuang, Yasujiro Murata,* Michihisa Murata, and Koichi Komatsu,* J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 6447-6453.

5. The Outside Knows the Difference Inside: Trapping Helium by Immediate Reduction of the Orifice Size of an Open-Cage Fullerene and the Effect of Encapsulated Helium and Hydrogen upon the NMR of a Proton Directly Attached to the Outside.
Shih-Ching Chuang, Yasujiro Murata,* Michihisa Murata, and Koichi Komatsu,* Chem. Commun. 2007, 1751-1753.

6. Fine Tuning of the Orifice Size of an Open-Cage Fullerene by Placing Selenium in the Rim: Insertion/Release of Molecular Hydrogen.
Shih-Ching Chuang, Yasujiro Murata,* Michihisa Murata, Sadayuki Mori, Shuhei Maeda, Fumiyuki Tanabea, Koichi Komatsu,* Chem. Commun. 2007, 1278-1280.
7. Synthesis of Oligo(thienylfuran)s with Thiophene Rings at both Ends and Their Structural, Electronic, and Field-Effect Properties.
Yasuo Miyata, Miki Terayama, Takeo Minari, Tohru Nishinaga, Takashi Nemoto, Seiji Isoda, Koichi Komatsu,* Chem. Asian J. 2007, 2, 1492-1504.

8. Synthesis of Fluorinated Anti-Fluorenacenedione and the Structural, Electronic, and Field-Effect Properties.
Yasuo Miyata, Takeo Minari, Takashi Nemoto, Seiji Isoda, Koichi Komatsu,* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2007, 5, 2592-2598.

9. Can H2 inside C60 Communicate with the Outside World?
J. Lopez-Gejo, A. A. Marti, M. Ruzzi, S. Jockusch, K. Komatsu, F. Tanabe, Y. Murata, N. J. Turro,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 14554-14555.

10. Solid-State NMR of Endohedral Hydrogen-Fullerene Complexes.
M. Carravetta, A. Danquigny, S. Mamone, F. Cuda, O. G. Johannessen, I. Heinmaa, K. Panesar, R. Stern, M. C. Grossel, A.
J. Horsewill, A. Samoson, M. Murata, Y. Murata, K. Komatsu, M. H. Levitt,* Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2007, 9, 4879-4894.

11. Efficient Synthesis of Open-Cage Fullerene Derivatives Having 16-Membered-Ring Orifices.
M. M. Roubelakis, Y. Murata, K. Komatsu, M. Orfanopoulos,* J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 7042-7045.

12. Epitaxial Supramolecular Assembly of Fullerenes Formed by Using a Coronene Template on a Au(111) Surface in Solution.
S. Yoshimoto,* E. Tsutsumi, R. Narita, Y. Murata, M. Murata, K. Fujiwara, K. Komatsu, O. Ito, K. Itaya,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 4366-4376.
13. Electrochemistry of an Open-Cage Fullerene Embedded in a Film of Hydrophobic Ammonium Ion on an Electrode.
K. Watanabe, M. Komatsu, Y. Niidome, M. Murata, Y. Murata, K. Komatsu, N. Nakashima,* J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 6500-6504.

14. Calculations of the Optical Spectra of Hydrocarbon Radical Cations Based on Koopmans' Theorem.
S. F. Nelsen,* M. N. Weaver, D. Yamazaki, K. Komatsu, R. Rathore, T. Bally,* J. Phys. Chem. A 2007, 111, 1667-1676.

15. Hierarchical Chiral Framework Based on a Rigid Adamantane Tripod on Au(111).
S. Katano, Y. Kim,* H. Matsubara, T. Kitagawa, M. Kawai,* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 2511-2515.

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2006

1. Fullerene Reactivity - Fullerene Cations and Open-Cage Fullerenes.
Toshikazu Kitagawa, Yasujiro Murata, Koichi Komatsu, Carbon-Rich Compounds - From Molecules to Materials; Haley M. M., Tykwinski R. R., Eds; Wiley-VCH Verlag: Weinheim, 2006; pp 383-420.

2. Rigid Molecular Tripod with an Adamantane Framework and Thiol Legs. Synthesis and Observation of an Ordered Monolayer on Au(111).
Toshikazu Kitagawa,* Yuichi Idomoto, Hiroaki Matsubara, Daisuke Hobara, Takashi Kakiuchi, Takao Okazaki, Koichi Komatsu,*
J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 1362-1369.

3. Synthesis and Properties of Endohedral C60 Encapsulating Molecular Hydrogen.
Michihisa Murata, Yasujiro Murata, Koichi Komatsu,*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 8024-8033.

4. Thiophene Radical Cations End-Capped by Bicyclo[2.2.2]octane Units: Formation of Bent p-Dimers Mutually Attracted at the Central Position.
Daisuke Yamazaki, Tohru Nishinaga, Nobuhide Tanino, and Koichi Komatsu,*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 14470-14471.

5. Nuclear Relaxation of H2 and H2@C60 in Organic Solvents.
E. Sartori, M. Ruzzi, N. J. Turro,* J. D. Decatur, D. C. Doetschman, R. G. Lawler, A. L. Buchachenko, Y. Murata, K. Komatsu, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 14752-14753.

6. Photoinduced Charge Separation and Charge Recombination in Terthiophene-Acetylene-Fullerene Linked Dyads.
T. Nakamura, Y. Araki, O. Ito,* Y. Murata, K. Komatsu, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 2006, 178, 242-250.
7. ynthesis, X-ray, and DFT Study of the Double-Bond Pyramidalization in 1,7,8,9-Tetraphenyl-4,10,10-trimethyl-4-aza-10-silatricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]deca-8-ene-3,5-dione and Its Germanium Analogue.
D. Margetic,* Y. Murata, K. Komatsu,* M. Eckert-Maksic,* Organometallics 2006, 25, 111-117.

8. Alkyl Chain Length Dependent Mobility of Organic Field-Effect Transistors Based on Thienyl-Furan Oligomers Determined by Transfer Line Method.
T. Minari, Y. Miyata, M. Terayama, T. Nemoto, T. Nishinaga, K. Komatsu, S. Isoda, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2006, 88, 083514-1-3.

9. Cryogenic NMR Spectroscopy of Endohedral Hydrogen-Fullerene Complexes
M. Carravetta, O. G. Johannessen, M. H. Levitt,* I. Heinmaa, R. Stern, A. Samoson, A. J. Horsewill, Y. Murata, K. Komatsu,
J. Chem. Phys. 2006, 124, 104507-1-13.

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