2026
Optically Active 2-Azatriptycene Bearing a 1-Pyrenyl Unit Exhibiting Acid-induced CPL Switching with Sign Inversion
Hashimoto, Y.; Inoue, R.*; Gon, M.; Tanaka, K.; Aiga, N.; Takeuchi, S.; Kubo, K.; Agou, T.*
Asian. J. Org. Chem. 2026, accepted.
2025
Ryo Inoue (Introducing…)
Inoue, R.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202512191. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202512191
Synthesis and Optical Properties of Near-Ultraviolet-Emissive B–O-Containing Azaborines
Yang, P.; Nomura, H.; Nagata, M.; Takano, N.; Watanabe, E.; Fukumoto, H.; Morita, M.*; Yasuda, T.*; Agou, T.*
Asian J. Org. Chem. 2025, e00296. DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202500296.
Special Issue - In memory of Professor Masahiko Iyoda.
Chiral Diazatriptycene Exhibiting Acid-Induced Ternary Circularly Polarized Luminescence Switching and Crystal Morphology Changes
Inoue, R.; Aoki, A.; Agou, T.; Morisaki, Y.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202506733 . DOI: 10.1002/anie.202506733
Dicationic Dibenzo[1,4]azaborine with Open-Shell Electronic Structure
Yang, P.; Chen, Y.; Kuroda, T.; Morishita, H.; Fukumoto, H.; Morita, M.; Masada, K.; Sasamori, T.; Kubo, K.; Marumoto, K.; Inoue, R.; Kato, S.; Agou, T.
Chem. Commun. 2025, 61, 7847-7850. DOI: 10.1039/D5CC01762A
Synthesis and structural characterization of Sb(III) and Bi(III) complexes with an N2O2-type tetradentate dipyrrin ligand
Agou, T.; Kuroiwa, S.; Moriyama, R.; Kuroda, T.; Kubo, K.; Fukumoto, H.; Morita, M.; Inoue, R.; Nabeshima, T.
Chem. Commun. 2025, 61, 7141-7144. DOI: 10.1039/D5CC01037C.
Steric factors controlling highly regioselective and efficient N-methylation of β-tetrabromoporphyrins
Suzuki, W.; Tanaka, F.; Kizuki, Y.; Inoue, R.; Agou, T.; Umeyama, T. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2025, 23, 4686-4693. DOI: 10.1039/D5OB00212E
I2-mediated convenient ring-opening of simple gem-difluorocyclopropanes
Goto, T.; Shirai, S.; Kawasaki-Takasuka, T.; Agou, T.; Yamazaki, T. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2025, 23, 3163-3170. DOI: 10.1039/d5ob00128e.
Optically Active Cofacial ABCD-Pt(II)-Porphyrin Dimer Exhibits Bright Circularly Polarized Phosphorescence
Inoue, R.; Kobayashi, M.; Morisaki, Y.
Chem. Commun. 2025, 61, 957-960. DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05684A.
Control of the Electronic and Optical Properties of Aminoxyl Radicals via Boron Complexation
Kuroda, T.; Yang, P.; Nakamura, M.; Hyakutake, R.; Fukumoto, H.; Oshiki, T.; Nishina, Y.; Masada, K.; Sasamori, T.; Mizuhata, Y.; Kubo, K.; Inoue, R.; Agou, T.
Dalton Trans. 2025, 54, 951-956. DOI: 10.1039/D4DT02973A
Nominated as "HOT articles"!
2024
Stereoselective Synthesis of AB-5,15-Porphyrinquinone Platinum(II) Complexes
Inoue, R.; Yamada, I.; Yokoyama, M.; Morisaki, Y.
Asian. J. Org. Chem. 2024, 13, e202400375. DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202400375.
Facile preparation of fluorine-containing 2,3-epoxypropanoates and their epoxy ring-opening reactions with various nucleophiles
Miyashita, Y.; Someya, S.; Kawasaki-Takasuka, T.; Agou, T.;. Yamazaki, T. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2421-2433. DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.20.206.
Adsorption mechanism of Eu onto newly synthesized fluorous-compound-impregnating adsorbent
Arai, Y.; Watanabe, S.; Watanabe, M.; Arai, T.; Katsuki, K.; Agou, T.; Fujikawa, H.; Takeda, K.; Fukumoto, H.; Hoshina, H.; Seko, N.; Chikamatsu, Y.; Hagura, N. Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. B 2024, DOI: j.nimb.2024.165448.
Synthesis and Optical Properties of Tris(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)methyl-Type Luminescent Radicals Bearing Multiple Carbazole Substituents
Yang, P.; Nagata, M.; Fukumoto, H.; Nakashima, K.; Yasuda, T.; Agou, T.
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2024, DOI: 10.1093/bulcsj/uoae045.
Synthesis and Optical Properties of Antimony(V) Complexes of a N2O2-Type Tetradentate Dipyrrin Ligand
Agou, T.; Kuroiwa, S.; Fukumoto, H.; Nabeshima, T.
Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 4557-4560. DOI: 10.1039/D4CC00603E.
3-Perfluoroalkylated fluorescent coumarin dyes: Rational molecular design and photophysical properties
Ikemura, A.; Karuo, Y.; Uehashi, Y.; Agou, T.; Ebihara, M.; Kubota, Y.; Inuzuka, T.; Omote, M.; Funabiki, K. Mol. Syst. Des. Eng. 2024, 9, 332-344. DOI: 10.1039/D4Me00006D.
パーフルオロアルキレン基を有する芳香族化合物の製造方法
吾郷友宏、馬場智也、井上大輔、特願2023-216689.
Synthesis and Optical Properties of Dithieno-1,4-Thiaborins Bearing Electron-Donating Amino Groups
Agou, T.; Hayama, S.; Takano, N.; Yamada, S.; Konno, T.; Oshiki, T.; Komatsuzaki, H.; Fukumoto, H.
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. DOI: 10.1093/bulcsj/uoae014.
Effects of fluorine atoms introduced into flexible chains or mesogenic structures on their liquid-crystalline and photoluminescence characteristics
Yamada, S.; Yoshida, K.; Hara, M.; Agou, T.; Yasui, M.; Konno, T. J. Mol. Liq. 2024, 393, 123545. DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.123545.
Asymmetric Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquid Crystal with Enhanced Ionic Conductivity in Low-Temperature Smectic Phases
Yuna Kim, Alagan Jeevika, Tomoya Suwa, Kazuya Kubo and Ken-ichi Iimura Crystals 2024, 14, 1053 (13 pages).
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst14121053
2023
Development of Hydrogen-Bonded Dimer-Type Photoluminescent Liquid Crystals of Fluorinated Tolanecarboxylic Acid
Yamada, S.; Kataoka, M.; Yoshida, K.; Nagata, M.; Agou, T.; Fukumoto, H.; Konno, T. Crystals 2023, 13, 25. DOI: 10.3390/cryst13010025.
Evaluation of the remaining spent extraction solvent in vermiculite after leaching tests via PIXE analysis
Arai, Y.; Watanabe, S.; Hasegawa, K.; Okamura, N.; Watanabe, M.; Takeda, K.; Fukumoto, H.; Agou, T.; Hagura, N.; Tsukaraha, T. Nucl. Inistrum. Methods Phys. Res. B 2023, 542, 206-213. DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2023.07.003.
Synthesis and characterization of a polystyrene-type polymer bearing a cyclic perfluoroalkylene group
Hisa, T.; Kanno, Y.; Shirai, T.; Oshiki, T.; Mizuhata, Y.; Tokitoh, N.; Fukumoto, H.; Agou, T. Polymer 2023, 265, 125588. DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2022.125588.
Unique Thermal Structural Phase Transitions Exhibited by Unsymmetrical Organometallic Gold(III)-Dithiolene Complexes with Pentylthio and Hexylthio Groups
Sonomi Arata, Yuna Kim, Norihisa Hoshino, Keishiro Tahara, Kiyonori Takahashi, Tomofumi Kadoya, Tomonori Inoue, Takayoshi Nakamura, Tomoyuki Akutagawa, Jun-ichi Yamada, Kazuya Kubo European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2023, 26, e202300017 (11 pages). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202300017
Transition metal complexes for electrochromic and electrofluorochromic devices
Yuna Kim, Kazuya Kubo Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2023, 95, 707-731. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2023-0501
2022
Synthesis of perfluoroalkylene-vinylene-arylene copolymers via the Mizoroki-Heck co-polymerization of 1,4-divinylperfluorobutane and 1,6-divinylperfluorohexane with dihalogenated arylene monomers
Tsukada, H.; Hisa, T.; Shirai, T.; Oshiki, T.; Mizuhata, Y.; Tokitoh, N.; Fukumoto, H.; Agou, T.
J. Fluorine Chem. 2022, 261-262, 110033. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2022.110033.
Boron complexes of π-extended nitroxide ligands exhibiting three-state redox processes and near-infrared-II (NIR-II) absorption properties
Nakamura, M.; Hyakutake, R.; Nakashima, K.; Mizuhata, Y.; Tokitoh, N.; Morisako, S.; Sasamori, T.; Fukumoto, H.; Agou, T.
Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 13675-13680. DOI: 10.1039/D2DT02545K.
Aggregation-induced enhanced fluorescence by hydrogen bonding in π-conjugated tricarbocycles with a CF2CF2-containing cyclohexa-1,3-diene skeleton
Ohsato, H.; Morita, M.; Yamada, S.; Agou, T.; Fukumoto, H.; Konno, T. Mol. Syst. Des. Eng. 2022, 7, 1129-1137. DOI: 10.1039/D2ME00055E.
Catalytic aerobic photooxidation of triarylphosphines using dibenzo-fused 1,4-azaborines
Kondo, M.; Agou, T.
Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 5001-5004. DOI: 10.1039/D2CC00782G.
Design, Regioselective Synthesis, and Photophysical Properties of Perfluoronaphthalene-Based Donor-Acceptor-Donor Fluorescent Dyes
Funabiki, K.; Yamada, K.; Arisawa, Y.; Watanabe, A.; Agou, T.; Kubota, Y.; Inuzuka, T.; Miwa, Y.; Udagawa, T.; Kutsumizu, S. J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 11751-11765. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c01446.
典型元素を活用した有機EL用熱活性化遅延蛍光型発光体の開発
吾郷友宏,月刊機能材料,2022年,42巻,8号,pp. 11-18.
Regio- as well as Stereoselective Epoxide Ring Opening Reactions Using 3,3,3-Trifluoroprop-1-yne
Yamazaki, T.; Iida, M.; Kawasaki-Takasuka, T.; Agou, T. J. Fluorine Chem. 2022, 257-258, 109971. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2022.109971.