153. “Conformational Dynamics of Monomeric- versus Dimeric-like Features in a Naphthalenediimide-based Conjugated Cyclophane”

S. K. Keshri, A. Takai, T. Ishizuka, T. Kojima, M. Takeuchi

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59(13), 5254-5258. (Inside Back Cover)


 

                                 

 

152. “Iron Complex of a Quadruply Fused Porphyrin: Synthesis, Structure and Redox Properties”

T. Ishizuka, K. Komamura, Y. Saegusa, S. Tanaka, Y. Shiota, K. Yoshizawa,

T. Kojima

J. Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 2020, 24(1-3), 252-258.



                                 

 

154. “Efficient Near-Infrared Light-Driven Hydrogen Evolution Catalyzed by a Saddle-Distorted Porphyrin as a Photocatalyst”

H. Kotani, T. Miyazaki, E. Aoki, H. Sakai, T. Hasobe, T. Kojima

ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3(4), 3193-3197.



                                 

 

155. “Development of functionality of metal complexes based on proton-coupled electron transfer”

T. Kojima

Dalton Trans. 2020, 49(22), 7284-7293.


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156. “A Mechanistic Dichotomy in Two-Electron Reduction of Dioxygen Catalyzed by N,N’-Dimethylated Porphyrin Isomers”

W. Suzuki, H. Kotani, T. Ishizuka, T. Kojima

Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26(46), 10480-10486 (selected as a VIP paper) (Cover Feature)


    

                                   

 

157. “Discrete π–Stack of a Tweezer-Shaped Naphthalenediimide-Anthracene Conjugate”

S. K. Keshri, W. Nakanishi, A. Takai, T. Ishizuka, T. Kojima, M. Takeuchi

Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26(58), 13288-13294.



                                 

 

158. “Cooperative Effects of Hetero-Dinuclear IrIII-MII Complexes on Catalytic H2 Evolution from Formic Acid Dehydrogenation in Water”

D. Hong, Y. Shimoyama, Y. Ohgomori, R. Kanega, H. Kotani, T. Ishizuka, Y. Kon, Y. Himeda, T. Kojima

Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59(17), 11976-11985. (Cover Picture)

  

                                 

 

159. “Selective catalytic 2e-oxidation of organic substrates by an FeII complex having an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand in water”

H. Fujisaki, T. Ishizuka, Y. Shimoyama, H. Kotani, Y. Shiota, K. Yoshizawa, T. Kojima

Chem. Commun 2020, 56(68), 9783-9786.

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160. “Redox Properties of a Bipyrimidine-Bridged Dinuclear Ruthenium(II) Complex”

T. Ishizuka, M. Itogawa, H. Shimomura, Y. Shiota, H. Kotani, K. Yoshizawa, T. Kojima

Inorg. Chem. Commun 2020, 120, 108150.



                                 

 

161. “Study on Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Transition Metal Complexes”

T. Kojima

Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2020, 93(12), 1571-1582. (Inside Cover)

Account (The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work for 2019)


  

                                 

 

162. “Mechanistic Insight into Concerted Proton-Electron Transfer of a Ru(IV)-Oxo Complex: A Possible Oxidative Asynchronicity”

H. Kotani, H. Shimomura, K. Ikeda, T. Ishizuka, Y. Shiota, K. Yoshizawa, T. Kojima

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142(40), 16982-16989.



                                 

 

163. “Selective Convergence to Atropisomers of a Porphyrin Derivative Having Bulky Substituents at the Periphery”

T. Ishizuka, S. Tanaka, S. Uchida, L. Wei, T. Kojima

J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85(20), 12856-12869.

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164. “Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Using a Ru(II)-Bound Heteroaromatic Ligand as a Reactive Site”

T. Sawaki, T. Ishizuka, N. Namura, D. Hong, M. Miyanishi, Y. Shiota, H. Kotani,

K. Yoshizawa, J. Jung, S. Fukuzumi, T. Kojima

Dalton Trans. 2020, 49(47), 17230-17242.

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