Heteroleptic C^N Cyclometalated Iridium Complexes Enabling Photochemical Isomerization To Remarkably Enhance Luminescent Performance Using 2-(Diphenylphosphino)phenol Auxiliary Ligand,  Yuji Koga, Kaori Torii, Yuji Yamada, Satoshi Kawata, and Kouki Matsubara, Organometallics 2024, 43, 764-773. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.organomet.4c00007 ) 

Possibility of Nickel(I) Complex in Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Using Pincer-Type 1,2,3-Triazolylidene Nickel(II) Complex,  Kanta Tomomatsu, Yuji Yamada, Yuji Koga, Kouki Matsubara, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan 2024, 97, uoad015. (https://doi.org/10.1093/bulcsj/uoad015 ) 

「アルミニウム錯体を用いたラセミ体ラクチドの開環重合　－　ポリ乳酸の生産・成形加工・高機能化技術」,  松原公紀、監修：宇山浩、徐于懿、CMC出版、第Ⅰ編第三章 pp. 37-47, 2024, ISBN 978-4-7813-1764-9. (https://www.cmcbooks.co.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=9368) 

A 1,2,3-Triazole-Derived Pincer-Type Mesoionic Carbene Complex of Iron(II): Carbonyl Elimination and Hydrosilylation of Aromatic Aldehydes via A Concerted Reaction with Hydrosilane and Base,  Kouki Matsubara, Yuji Yamada, Haruka Iwasaki, Hayao Ikeda, Yuki Kanetsugu, Satoshi Kawata and Yuji Koga, Dalton Transactions 2023, 52, 572-582. (https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2022/DT/D2DT03617G) Selected as an Inside Front Cover Article.

Formation of Nickel(II) Cyanomethyl Complex Bearing Tridentate 1,2,3-Triazolylidene, Kanta Tomomatsu ,Yuji Yamada ,Yuji Koga , Kouki Matsubara, Chemistry Letters 2022, 51, 836-839.  (https://www.journal.csj.jp/doi/abs/10.1246/cl.220232) 

8.11 - Monovalent Group 10 Organometallic Complexes, Kouki Matsubara, in "Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV", Eds. By G. Parkin, K. Meyer and D. O’hare, Elsevier, vol. 8, pp. 733-782 (2022). (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128202067001463) 

Pincer-type Mesoionic Carbene Nickel(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Properties, Reactions, and Catalytic Application to the Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling Reaction of Aryl Bromides, Kouki Matsubara, Kanta Tomomatsu, Ayame Tajiri, Arisa Watanabe, Yuji Koga, Ryuta Ishikawa, Yuji Yamada, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2022, e202100870 .  (http://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejic.202100870 ) Highlighted as a Cover Feature Article

Well-Defined NHC-Ni Complexes as Catalysts: Preparation, Structures and Mechanistic Studies in Cross-Coupling Reactions, Kouki Matsubara, The Chemical Record 2021, 21, 3925-3952.  (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/tcr.202100204) Invited Paper for a Special Issue, "Recent Advances in Transition-Metal Catalysis."

Homoleptic Cobalt(II) Phenoxyimine Complexes for Hydrosilylation of Aldehydes and Ketones without Base Activation of Cobalt(II), Kouki Matsubara, Tomoaki Mitsuyama, Sayaka Shin, Momoko Hori, Ryuta Ishikawa, and Yuji Koga, Organometallics 2021, 26, 1379-1387. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00151) 

Phenoxyimine Ligand Molecular Structure Influence on Reversible Magnesium Electrode Reaction in a Magnesium Chloride Complex, Minato Egashira, Kouki Matsubara, Electrochemistry 2021, 89, 377-381. (https://doi.org/10.5796/electrochemistry.21-00041) 

ニッケル１価錯体による触媒的クロスカップリング反応機構の解明（総説） , 松原公紀, Bull. Jpn. Soc. Coord. Chem. 2020, 75, 66-75. (https://doi.org/10.4019/bjscc.75.66)   

N-ヘテロ環状カルベン(NHC) - ニッケル錯体の合成と立体・電子構造（総説） , 松原公紀、古賀裕二、山田勇治、仁部芳則、石川立太、川田知, Fukuoka Univ. Sci. Rep. 2020, 50, 27-35. (http://id.nii.ac.jp/1316/00004987/)   

Fluorine-Substituted Arylphosphine for an NHC-Ni(I) System, Air-Stable in a Solid State but Catalytically Active in Solution, Kouki Matsubara, Takahiro Fujii, Rion Hosokawa, Takahiro Inatomi, Yuji Yamada, Yuji Koga, Molecules 2019, 24(18), 3222-3232. (https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/24/18/3222)   Published in a Special Issue, "Nickel Complexes for Catalysis"

Ni(I)-Ni(III) Cycle in Buchwald-Hartwig Amination of Aryl Bromide Mediated by NHC-ligated Ni(I) Complexes, Takahiro Inatomi, Yukino Fukahori, Yuji Yamada, Ryuta Ishikawa, Shinji Kanegawa, Yuji Koga, Kouki Matsubara, Catalysis Science & Technology 2019, 9, 1784-1793. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8CY02427H)   Highlighted As a Front-Cover Article, and Selected as 'Editor's Choice'

Multi-dentate Phenoxyimine Magnesium Chloride Complex for Magnesium Battery Electrolyte, Minato Egashira,* Kaori Hiratsuka, Kouki Matsubara, Yasuhi1016/j.mtro Akita, Hirokazu, Munakata, Kiyoshi Kanamura, Materials Today Energy 2018, 9, 279-284. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2018.06.002 )  

Buchwald–Hartwig Amination of Phosphinines and the Effect of Amine Substituents on Optoelectronic Properties of the Resulting Coupling Products, Noriyoshi Nagahora,* Shoko Goto, Takahiro Inatomi, Hiroshi Tokumaru, Kouki Matsubara, Kosei Shioji, Kentaro Okuma, Journal of Organic Chemistry 2018, 83 (12), 6373–6381.  (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.joc.8b00592)  

Dinuclear Nickel(I) and Palladium(I) Complexes for Highly Active Transformations of Organic Compounds, Takahiro Inatomi, Yuji Koga, Kouki Matsubara, Molecules 2018, 23(1), 140-160. (http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/23/1/140) - Review in a Special Issue "Bimetallic Catalysis" 

Dinuclear Systems in the Efficient Nickel-Catalyzed Kumada-Tamao-Corriu Cross Coupling of Aryl Halides, Kouki Matsubara, Hitomi Yamamoto, Satoshi Miyazaki, Takahiro Inatomi, Keita Nonaka, Yuji Koga, Yuji Yamada, Luis F. Veiros, Karl Kirchner, Organometallics 2017, 36, 255-265. (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00451) - Selected as a Cover Art Paper

Field-Induced Slow Magnetic Relaxation of Mono-and Dinuclear Dysprosium(III) Complexes Coordinated by a Chloranilate with Different Resonance Forms , Ryuta Ishikawa,* Shoichi Michiwaki, Takeshi Noda, Keiichi Kato, Masahiro Yamashita, Kouki Matsubara, Satoshi Kawata, Inorganics 2017, 6(1), 7-19. (https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics6010007 ) 

Monomeric Three-Coordinate N-Heterocyclic Carbene Nickel(I) Complexes: Synthesis, Structures, and Catalytic Applications in Cross-Coupling Reactions, Kouki Matsubara, Yukino Fukahori, Takahiro Inatomi, Saeko Tazaki, Yuji Yamada, Yuji Koga, Shinji Kanegawa, Toshikazu Nakamura, Organometallics 2016, 35, 3281-3287. (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00419)

Aluminum Complex Initiated Copolymerization of Lactones and DL-Lactide to Form Crystalline Gradient Block Copolymers Containing Stereoblock Lactyl Chains, Kouki Matsubara, Kiyoka Eda, Yuki Ikutake, Misato Dan, Nao Tanizaki, Yuji Koga, and Munehisa Yasuniwa, Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2016, 54, 2536-2544.(http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pola.28131)

Synthesis and Structure of Homoleptic Iron Complex Bearing Pincer-Type 1,2,3-Triazol-5-ylidene, Haruka Iwasaki, Yuji Koga, Kouki Matsubara, Organic Chemistry Current Research 2016, S6, 1-5.

Isolation and Structures of 1,2,3-Triazole-Derived Mesoionic Biscarbenes with Bulky Aromatic Groups, Haruka Iwasaki, Yuji Yamada, Ryuta Ishikawa, Yuji Koga, Kouki Matsubara, European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2016, 1651-1654.(http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201501626)

Bimetallic Cu(I) Complex with a Pyridine-Bridged Bis(1,2,3-triazol-5-ylidene) Ligand, Haruka Iwasaki, Yuta Teshima, Yuji Yamada, Ryuta Ishikawa, Yuji Koga, Kouki Matsubara, Dalton Transactions 2016, 45, 5713-5719. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6dt00008h)

かさ高いＮ－ヘテロ環状カルベンをもつニッケル錯体触媒の開発とクロスカップリング反応への応用

松原公紀、有機合成化学協会誌 2014, 72(10), 1110-1119.

Syntheis and Structure of Cobalt(II) Iodide Bearing a Bulky NHC Ligand and Catalytic Activation of Bromoalkanes.Kouki Matsubara, Aya Kumamoto, Hitomi Yamamoto, Yuji Koga, Satoshi Kawata, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 2013, 727, 42-49. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.12.025)

Cobalt(II) Complexes Bearing a Bulky N-Heterocyclic Carbene for Catalysis of Kumada–Tamao–Corriu Cross-Coupling Reactions of Aryl Halides.Kouki Matsubara, Tsukasa Sueyasu, Mariko Esaki, Aya Kumamoto, Shinya Nagao, Hitomi Yamamoto, Yuji Koga, Satoshi Kawata, Taisuke Matsumoto, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2012, 3079-3086. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejic.201200095/abstract)

Stereoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of D,L-lactide, Initiated by Aluminum Isopropoxides Bearing Tridentate Nonchiral Schiff-Base Ligands.Kouki Matsubara, Chihiro Terata, Hiromichi Sekine, Kenji Yamatani, Tatsuo Harada, Kiyoka Eda, Misato Dan, Yuji Koga, Minehisa Yasuniwa, Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2012, 50, 957-966. (doi/10.1002/pola.25851/abstract)