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2024

12．Theoretical Study of the Mechanism of the Formation of Azomethine Ylide from Isatine and Sarcosine and Its Reactivity in 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reaction with 7-Oxabenzonorbornadiene.

Ivana Antol,* Petar Štrbac, Yasujiro Murata, Davor Margetić*
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 6524. (Article)
DOI: 10.3390/ijms25126524.

11．Synthesis and Characterization of a Cyclic Trimer of a Chiral Spirosilabifluorene.

Rina Nakazono, Weizhe Hu, Takashi Hirose, Toru Amaya*
Chem. - Eur. J. 2024, xx, e202401343. (Research Article)
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401343.

10．Solution Dynamics of Covalent Open-[60]Fullerene Dimers.

Shu Okamoto, Yoshifumi Hashikawa,* Yasujiro Murata*
ChemPlusChem 2024, xx, e202400142. (Research Article)
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202400260.

9．Phosphine-Mediated Dimerization of Open-[60]Fullerenes.

Shu Okamoto, Yoshifumi Hashikawa,* Yasujiro Murata*
Chem. Asian J. 2024, 19, e202400142. (Research Article)
DOI: 10.1002/asia.202400142.
Selected as Front Cover (CAJ 2024, 19, e202481101. DOI: 10.1002/asia.202481101)

8．Reactions of Diaminonaphthalenes with a Cage-Opened C₆₀ Derivative.

Guanglin Huang, Shumpei Sadai, Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Yasujiro Murata*
Asian J. Org. Chem. 2024, 13, e202300634. (Research Article)
DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202300634.

7．Water Adsorption on π-Surfaces of Open-Fullerenes.

Yoshifumi Hashikawa,* Shumpei Sadai, Yuka Ikemoto, Yasujiro Murata*
J. Phys. Chem. A 2024, 128, 2782–2788. (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c01157.

6．Direct Through-Space Substituent–π Interactions in Noncovalent Arene–Fullerene Assemblies.

Yoshifumi Hashikawa,* Yasujiro Murata*
Chem. Asian J. 2024, 19, e202400075. (Research Article)
DOI: 10.1002/asia.202400075.

5．An Open-Cage Bis[60]fulleroid as an Electron Transport Material for Tin Halide Perovskite Solar Cells.

Wentao Liu, Guanglin Huang, Chien-Yu Chen, Tiancheng Tan, Harata Fuyuki, Shuaifeng Hu, Tomoya Nakamura, Minh Anh Truong, Richard Murdey, Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Yasujiro Murata,* Atsushi Wakamiya*
Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 2172–2175. (Communication)
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC05843C.
Selected as Inside Front Cover (CC 2024, 60, 2106. DOI: 10.1039/D4CC90063D)
Press Release from ICR, Kyoto. Univ.
Highlighted in NIKKEI Tech Foresight, OPTRONICS ONLINE, 日本の研究.com

4．Synthesis of Inter-[60]Fullerene Conjugates with Inherent Chirality.

Yoshifumi Hashikawa,* Shu Okamoto, Yasujiro Murata*
Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 514. (Communication)
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-44834-x.
Featured in Editors' Highlights
Posted on Behind the Paper

3．Cobalt-Functionalized Open-[60]Fullerenes.

Yoshifumi Hashikawa,* Yasujiro Murata*
Organometallics 2024, 43, 227–232. (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00484.
Selected as Journal Cover

2．Open-[60]Fullerenols with Water Adsorbed both Inside and Outside.

Yoshifumi Hashikawa,* Shumpei Sadai, Yuka Ikemoto, Yasujiro Murata*
Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 1261–1264. (Communication)
DOI: 10.1039/d3cc05542f.
Selected as Outside Back Cover (CC 2024, 60, 1350. DOI: 10.1039/D4CC90042A.)

1．Molecular CO₂ Storage: State of a Single-Molecule Gas.

Yoshifumi Hashikawa,* Shumpei Sadai, Yasujiro Murata*
ACS Phys. Chem. Au 2024, 4, 143–147. (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/acsphyschemau.3c00068.
Selected as Front Cover

2023

13．Water in Fullerenes.

Yoshifumi Hashikawa,* Yasujiro Murata*
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2023, 96, 943–967. (Account/Review)
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20230135.
Invited Paper in Virtual Special Issue (BCSJ Diamond Collection) of Controlled Chemical Construction (C3) for Advanced Functions
Award Account
Selected as Memorial Collection for CSJ/OUP Co-Operative Publication
Selected as Cover Picture

12．Synthesis of an Open-Cage C₆₀ Derivative with a Double Stopper.

Guanglin Huang, Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Yasujiro Murata*
ChemistrySelect 2023, 8, e202304880. (Research Article)
DOI: 10.1002/slct.202304880.
Selected in Special Collections: Organic & Supramolecular Chemistry

11．Construction of a 21-Membered-Ring Orifice on [60]Fullerene.

Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Shumpei Sadai, Yasujiro Murata*
ChemPlusChem 2023, 88, e202300225. (Research Article)
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300225.
Highlighted in ChemistyViews
Selected as Cover Picture (CPlusC 2023, 88, e202300298. DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300298.)

10．Bilateral π-Extension of an Open-[60]Fullerene in a Helical Manner.

Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Shumpei Sadai, Yasujiro Murata*
Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 6560–6563. (Communication)
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC00784G.

9．Open-[60]Fullerene–Aniline Conjugates with Near-Infrared Absorption.

Shumpei Sadai, Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Yasujiro Murata*
RSC Adv. 2023, 13, 14575–14579. (Paper)
DOI: 10.1039/d3ra02113k.

8．Synthesis of Open-[70]Fullerenes Bearing Huge Orifices.

Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Shumpei Sadai, Yasujiro Murata*
Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 7387–7390. (Communication)
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC01717F.

7．π-Extended Open-[70]Fullerenes with a Fused Azaacene.

Shumpei Sadai, Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Yasujiro Murata*
Org. Lett. 2023, 25, 2815–2819. (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c00726.
Selected as Journal Cover

6．Synthesis of Hydrogen-Bonded Open-[60]Fullerenol Dimers.

Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Shumpei Sadai, Yasujiro Murata*
ChemPlusChem 2023, 88, e202300136. (Research Article)
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202300136.
Highlighted in ChemistyViews

5．Circularly Polarized Luminescence of Hetero[n]helicenes with 2,1,3-Thiadiazole Rings at Both Ends: Design of Magnetically-Allowed Electronic Transitions via Heteroatom Embedding.

Zheng Zhang, Yasujiro Murata, Takashi Hirose*
Tetrahedron 2023, in press.
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2023.133514.

4．CH₃CN@open-C₆₀: An Effective Inner-Space Modification and Isotope Effect inside the Nano-Sized Flask.

Huang, G.; Ide, Y.; Hashikawa, Y.; Hirose, T.; Murata, Y.*
Chem.–Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202301161. (Communication)
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202301161.
Selected as Hot Paper
Selected as Cover Picture (CEJ 2023, 29, e202302278. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302278.)

3．C2-Insertion into a Fullerene Orifice.

Hashikawa, Y.; Murata, Y.*
Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 645–1648.
DOI: 10.1039/d2cc06531b

2．Near-Infrared-Absorbing Chiral Open [60]Fullerenes.

Hashikawa, Y.; Sadai, S.; Okamoto, S.; Murata, Y.*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202215380 (7 pages).
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202215380 and 10.1002/ange.202215380

1．Utilization of sym-Tetrazines as Guanidine Delivery Cycloaddition Reagents. An Experimental and Computational Study.

Bris, A.; Murata, Y.; Hashikawa, Y.; Margetic, D.*
J. Mol. Struct. 2023, 1272, 134207.
DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.134207

2022

14．Doubly Linked Chiral Phenanthrene Oligomers for Homogeneously π-Extended Helicenes with Large Effective Conjugation Length.

Yusuke Nakakuki, Takashi Hirose*, Hikaru Sotome, Min Gao, Daiki Shimizu, Ruiji Li, Jun-ya Hasegawa, Hiroshi Miyasaka, Kenji Matsuda*
Nat. Commun. 2023, 13, 1475 (10 pages).
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29108-8.

13．Theoretical Investigation on Electron Transport Capabilities of Helically Twisted Molecules Based on Decay Constants of Exchange Interaction.

Yusuke Nakakuki, Takashi Hirose*, Kenji Matsuda*
Chem. Lett. 2022, 51, 256–259.
DOI: 10.1246/cl.210727.

12．Logical Design of Small HOMO–LUMO Gap: Tetrabenzo[f,jk,mn,r][7]helicene as a Small-Molecule Near-Infrared Emitter.

Yusuke Nakakuki, Takashi Hirose*, Kenji Matsuda*
Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 648–652.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c04095.

11．π-Extended Fullerenes with a Reactant Inside.

Hashikawa, Y.; Fujikawa, N.; Murata, Y.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 23292–23296.
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c12259.

10．Phosphorus Ylides of Cage-Opened Sulphide [60]Fullerene Derivatives.

Hashikawa, Y.; Fujikawa, N.; Okamoto, S.; Murata, Y.*
Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 17804–17808.
DOI: 10.1039/D2DT03214G.

9．Chiral Open-[60]Fullerene Ligands with Giant Dissymmetry Factors.

Hashikawa, Y.; Okamoto, S.; Sadai, S.; Murata, Y.*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 18829–18833.
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c09556.

8．Selective Addition of Aniline to a Cage-Opened Diketo Anhydride Derivative of C₆₀.

Hashikawa, Y.; Sadai, S.; Li, J.; Okamoto, S.; Murata, Y.*
Chem. Lett. 2022, 51, 949–952.
DOI: 10.1246/cl.220285.

7．Consecutive Utilization of Mechanochemical and Microwave Methods for Synthesis of Boc-2-amino-quinazolin-4(3H)-ones and DFT Study of Mechanism 6π-Diazaelectrocyclization Process.

Antol, I.; Glasovac, Z.; Murata, Y.; Hashikawa, Y.; Margetic, D.*
ChemistrySelect 2022, 7, e202200633.
DOI: 10.1002/slct.202200633.

6．Aniline-Mediated Imination and Reduction of a Cage-Opened C₆₀ Derivative.

Hashikawa, Y.; Murata, Y.*
Asian J. Org. Chem. 2022, 11, e202200357.
DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202200357.

5．Amphiphilic gamma-Cyclodextrin-Fullerene Complexes with Photodynamic Activity.

Miki, K.*; Zhang, Z. D.; Kaneko, K.; Kakiuchi, Y.; Kojima, K.; Enomoto, A.; Oe, M.; Nogita, K.; Murata, Y.; Harada, H.; Ohe, K.*
Mater. Adv. 2022, 3, 312–317.
DOI: 10.1039/d1ma00743b.

4．π-Backbonding on Group 9 Metal Complexes Bearing an η²-(H₂O@C₆₀) Ligand.

Hashikawa, Y.; Kawasaki, H.; Murata, Y.*
Organometallics 2022, 41, 354–359.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00706.

3．Cage-Opened C₆₀ Isomers with Different Reactivities.

Zhang, S.; Hashikawa, Y.; Murata, Y.*
Asian J. Org. Chem. 2022, 11, e202100676 (4pages).
DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202100676.

2．Hydrogenation of Cage-Opened C₆₀ Derivatives Mediated by Frustrated Lewis Pairs.

Hashikawa, Y.; Murata, Y.*
Org. Bioorg. Chem. 2022, 20, 1000–1003.
DOI: 10.1039/d1ob02316k.

1．An H₂O₂ Molecule Stabilized inside Open-Cage C₆₀ Derivatives by a Hydroxy Stopper.

Huang, G.; Hasegawa, S.; Hashikawa, Y.; Ide, Y.; Hirose, T.; Murata, Y.*
Chem.–Eur. J. 2022, 28, e202103836 (5 pages).
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103836.

2021

20．Ortho-Para Fluctuation of Water Molecule in H₂O@C₆₀ Single Molecule Transistors.

Du, S.; Hashikawa, Y.; Ito, H.; Hashimoto, K.; Murata, Y.; Hirayama, Y.; Hirakawa, K.
Nano Lett. 2021, 21, 10346–10353.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03604.

19．Amino-Functionalized Cage-Opened C₆₀ Derivatives.

Hashikawa, Y.; Sadai, S.; Murata, Y.*
Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 9586–9590.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03798.
Selected as Cover Picture

18．Reductive Decarbonylation of a Cage-Opened C₆₀ Derivative.

Hashikawa, Y.; Sadai, S.; Murata, Y.*
Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 9495–9499.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03694.
Selected as Cover Picture

17．Synthesis and Oligomerization of CpM(CO)₂.

Hashikawa, Y.; Murata, Y.*
ACS Omega 2021, 6, 34137–34141.
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05739.
Selected as Cover Picture

16．Water-Mediated Thermal Rearrangement of a Cage-Opened C₆₀ Derivative.

Hashikawa, Y.; Murata, Y.*
ChemPlusChem 2021, 86, 2021, 1559–1562.
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202100421

15．An Androsterone-H₂@C₆₀ hybrid: Synthesis, Properties and Molecular Docking Simulations with SARS-Cov-2

Suarez, M.; Makowski, K.; Lemos, R.; Almagro, L.; Rodriguez, H.; Herranz, M. A.: Molero, D.; Ortiz, O.; Mroto, E.; Albericio, F.; Murata, Y.; Martin, N.
ChemPlusChem 2021, 86, 972–981.
DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000770 .
Selected as Cover Picture (Chem.–Eur. J. 2021, 27, 4756. DOI: doi/epdf/10.1002/cplu.202100184.)

14．Mechanism of 2,6-Dichloro-4,4'-Bipyridine-Catalyzed Diboration of Pyrazines Involving a Bipyridine-Stabilized Boryl Radical.

Toshimichi Ohmura,* Yohei Morimasa, Tomoya Ichino, Yusuke Miyake, Yasujiro Murata, Michinori Suginome,* Kunihiko Tajima, Tetsuya Taketsugu, Satoshi Maeda*
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2021, 94, 1894–1902.
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20210145.

13．Cage-Expansion of Fullerenes.

Sheng Zhang, Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Yasujiro Murata*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 12450–12454.
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05778.

12．Pressure-Induced Annulative Orifice Closure of a Cage-Opened C₆₀ Derivative.

Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Kazuro Kizaki, Yasujiro Murata*
Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 5322–5325.
DOI: 10.1039/D1CC01662H.

11．Dynamics and Magnetic Properties of NO Molecules Encapsulated in Open-Cage Fullerene Derivatives Evidenced by Low Temperature Heat Capacity.

Yoji Horii,* Hal Suzuki,* Yuji Miyazaki,* Motohiro Nakano, Shota Hasegawa, Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Yasujiro Murata
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2021, 23, 10251–10256.
DOI: 10.1039/D1CP00482D.
Selected as a Themed Collection: 2021 PCCP HOT Articles

10．Photochemical Orifice Expansion of a Cage-Opened C₆₀ Derivative.

Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Shota Hasegawa, Yasujiro Murata*
Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 3854–3858.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c00990.
Selected as Journal Cover

9．Reactions of C₆₀ with Pyridazine and Phthalazine.

Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Hui Li, Yasujiro Murata*
Chem.–Eur. J. 2021, 27, 7507–7511.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202100711.

8．Reactions on a 1,2-Dicarbonyl Moiety of a Fullerene Skeleton.

Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Jiayue Li, Shu Okamoto, Yasujiro Murata*
Chem.–Eur. J. 2021, 25, 7235–7238.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202100640.

7．Infrared spectroscopy of an endohedral water in fullerene.

Shugai, A.; Nagel, U.; Murata, Y.; Li, Y.; Mamone, S.; Krachmalnicoff, A.; Alom, S.; Whitby, R. J.; Levitt, M. H.; Rõõm, T.
J. Phys. Chem. 2021, 154, 124311.
DOI: 10.1063/5.0047350.

6．Non-Classical Abramov Products Formed on Orifices of Cage-Opened C₆₀ Derivatives.

Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Shu Okamoto, Yasujiro Murata*
Chem.–Eur. J. 2021, 27, 4864–4868.
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202004035.
Selected as Cover Picture (Chem.–Eur. J. 2021, 27, 4756. DOI: 10.1002/chem202005346.)

5．Precise Fixation of an NO molecule inside Carbon Nanopores: A Long-Range Electron-Nuclear Interaction.

Yoshifumi Hashikawa, Shota Hasegawa, Yasujiro Murata*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 2866–2870.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202012538.

4．Donor-Acceptor Type [5]Helicene Derivative with Strong Circularly Polarized Luminescence.

Hiromu Kubo, Takashi Hirose*, Daiki Shimizu, Kenji Matsuda*
Chem. Lett. 2021, 50, 804–807.
DOI: 10.1246/cl.200913.

3．Tuning Transition Electric and Magnetic Dipole Moments: [7]Helicenes Showing Intense Circularly Polarized Luminescence.

Hiromu Kubo, Takashi Hirose*, Takuya Nakashima, Tsuyoshi Kawai, Jun-ya Hasegawa, Kenji Matsuda*
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2021, 12, 686–695.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03174.

2．Arylene–Hexaynylene and –Octaynylene Macrocycles: Extending the Polyyne Chains Drives Self-Association by Enhanced Dispersion Forces.

Shin-ichiro Kato*, Ryo Kumagai, Tsukasa Abe, Chisa Higuchi, Yoshihito Shiota, Kazunari Yoshizawa, Nobutaka Takahashi, Koji Yamamoto, Md Zakir Hossain, Kazuhiro Hayashi, Takashi Hirose, Yosuke Nakamura*
Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 576–579.
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC07540J.

1．HOMO–LUMO Energy-Gap Tuning of π-Conjugated Zwitterions Composed of Electron-Donating Anion and Electron-Accepting Cation.

Akihiro Shimizu*, Yu Ishizaki, Shun Horiuchi, Takashi Hirose, Kenji Matsuda, Hiroyasu Sato, Jun-ichi Yoshida*
J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 770–781.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02343.