平成9年 (1997)　TOP

(1) Oda, M.; Kajioka, T.; Okujima, T.; Ito, S.; Morita, N.; Miyatake, R.; Kuroda, S.
"Generation, Characterization and Some Reaction of 1,1-Ethylene-1H-azulenium Ion."
Chem. Lett. 1997，1011-1012.

平成11年 (1999)　TOP

(2) Oda, M.; Kajioka, T.; Uchiyama, T.; Nagara, K.; Okujima, T.; Ito, S.; Morita, N.; Sato, T.; Miyatake, R.; Kuroda, S.
"1,1-Ethylene-1H-azulenium Ion and Its Alkyl Substituted Derivatives: Synthesis, Characterization, and Some Reactions Thereof."
Tetrahedron 1999, 55, 6081-6096.

平成12年 (2000)　TOP

(3) Ito, S.; Inabe, H.; Okujima, T.; Morita, N.; Watanabe, M.; Imafuku, K.
"Diels-Alder approach to the synthesis of azulene-substituted benzene derivatives. Synthesis and redox behavior of 1,2-di(6-azulenyl)tetraphenylbenzenes."
Tetrahedron Lett. 2000, 41, 8343-8347.

(4)Ito, S.; Inabe, H.; Okujima, T.; Morita, N.; Watanabe, M.; Harada, N.; Imafuku, K.
"Synthesis and redox behavior of 1,3,5- and 1,2,4-tri(6-azulenyl)benzene derivatives"
Tetrahedron Lett. 2001, 42, 1085-1089.

(5) Okujima, T.; Terazono, T.; Ito, S.; Morita, N.; Asao, T.
"Reaction of 2-Aminoazulenes with Aldehydes. One Pot Synthesis of Diazuleno[2,1-b:1,2-e]pyridines"
Heterocycles 2001, 54, 667-678.

(6)Ito, S.; Kikuchi, S.; Okujima, T.; Morita, N.; Asao, T.
"Synthesis, Properties, and Redox Behavior of Di(1-azulenyl)(2- and 3-thienyl)methyl Cations and Dications Composed of Two Di(1-azulenyl)methylium Units Connected with 2,5-Thiophenediyl and 2,5-Thienothiophenediyl Spacers"
J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 2470-2479.

(7)Ito, S.; Inabe, H.; Okujima, T.; Morita, N.; Watanabe, M.; Harada, N.; Imafuku, K.
"Synthesis and Redox Behavior of Azulene-Substituted Benzene Derivatives and (h⁵-Cyclopentadienyl)[tetra- and di(6-azulenyl)cyclobutadiene]cobalt Complexes"
J. Org. Chem. 2001, 66, 7090-7101.

平成14年 (2002)　TOP

(8)Okujima, T.; Ito, S.; Morita, N.
"Preparation and Stille cross-coupling reaction of the first organotin reagents of azulenes. An efficient Pd(0)-catalyzed synthesis of 6-aryl- and biazulenes"
Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 1261-1264.

(9)Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Morita, N.
"Preparation and Stille cross-coupling reaction of the first organotin reagents of azulenes. Easy access to poly(azulen-6-yl)benzene derivatives"
J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 2002, 1896-1905.

平成15年 (2003)　TOP

(10)Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Kabuto, C.; Morita, N.
"Preparation, characterization, and cycloaddition reaction of the heterocumulenes attached directly to azulenes. An efficient strategy for the preparation of azulene-substituted heterocycles"
Tetrahedron 2003, 59, 4651-4659.

(11)Ito, S.; Yokoyama, R.; Okujima, T.; Terazono, T.; Kubo, T.; Tajiri, A.; Watanabe, M.; Morita, N.
"Reaction of azulenes with 1-trifluoromethanesulfonylpyridinium trifluoromethanesulfonate (TPT) and synthesis of the parent azulene"
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2003, 1, 1947-1952.

(12)Yokoyama, R.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Kubo, T.; Yasunami, M.; Tajiri, A.; Morita, N.
"Synthesis of 2-aminoazulene derivatives. Nucleophilic and palladium-catalyzed amination of 2-substituted azulene"
Tetrahedron 2003, 59, 8191-8198.

平成16年 (2004)　TOP

(13)Shimizu, Y.; Shen, Z.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.
"First synthesis of a series of core-modified tetrabenzoporphyrins"
Chem. Commun. 2004, 374-375.

(14)Ito, S.; Terazono, T.; Kubo, T.; Okujima, T.; Morita, N.; Murafuji, T.; Sugihara, Y.; Fujimori, K.; Kawakami, J.; Tajiri, A.
"Efficient preparation of 2-azulenylboronate and Miyaura-Suzuki cross-coupling reaction with aryl bromides for easy access to poly(2-azulenyl)benzenes"
Tetrahedron 2004, 60, 5357-5366.

(15)Okujima, T.; Komobuchi, N.; Shimizu, Y.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.
"An efficient synthesis of conjugation-expanded carba- and azuliporphyrins using a bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene-fused tripyrrane"
Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 5461-5464.

平成17年 (2005)　TOP

(16)Uno, H.; Yamashita, Y.; Kikuchi, M.; Watanabe, H.; Yamada, H.; Okujima, T.; Ogawa, T.; Ono, N.
"Photo precursor for pentacene"
Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 1981-1983.

(17)Yamada, H.; Yamashita, Y.; Kikuchi, M.; Watanabe, H.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Ogawa, T.; Ohara, K.; Ono, N.
"Photochemical Synthesis of Pentacene and its Derivatives"
Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11, 6212-6220.

平成18年 (2006)　TOP

(18)Okujima, T.; Komobuchi, N.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.
"A New Synthesis of Acenaphthobenzoporphyrin and Fluoranthobenzoporphyrin"
Heterocycles 2006, 67, 255-267.

(19)Yamada, H.; Kushibe, K.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.
"Novel one-pot synthesis of 5-alkenyl-15-alkynylporphyrins and their derivatisation to a butadiyne-linked benzoporphyrin dimer"
Chem. Commun. 2006, 383-385.

(20)Xu, H.-J.; Shen, Z.; Okujima, T.; Ono, N.; You, X.-Z.
"Synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of meso-tetraarylporphyrins with fused phenanthrene rings"
Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47, 931-934.

(21)Xu, H.-Y.; Shen, Z.; Okujima, T.; Ono, N.
"Fluorescent Probe for Na+: Synthesis and Spectroscopic Studies of Exocyclic Ring-Fused Boron Dipyrromethene Dyes"
Chinese J. Inorg. Chem. 2006, 22, 801-807.

(22)Yamada, H.; Kawamura, E.; Sakamoto, S.; Yamashita, Y.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.
"Effective photochemical synthesis of an air-stable anthracene-based organic semiconductor from its diketone precursor"
Tetrahedron Lett. 2006, 47, 7501-7504.

(23)Okujima, T.; Kikuchi, M.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.
"A New Synthesis of Tetra(quinoxalino)tetraazaporphyrin by retro Diels-Alder Reaction of a Soluble Precursor"
J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2006, 10, 1197-1201.

(24)Okujima, T.; Jin, G.; Hashimoto, Y.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.
"Synthesis of 4,7-Dihydro-2H-isoindole Derivatives via Diels-Alder Reaction of Tosylacetylene"
Heterocycles 2006, 70, 619-626.

平成19年 (2007)　TOP

(25)Yu, Y.-H.; Shen, Z.; Xu, H.-Y.; Wang, Y.-W.; Okujima, T.; Ono, N.; Li, Y.-Z.; You, X.-Z.
"Synthesis, crystal structures and spectroscopic characterizations of two difluoroboradiaza-s-indacene dyes"
J. Mol. Struct. 2007, 827, 130-136.

(26)Yamada, H.; Kamio, N.; Ohishi, A.; Kawano, M.; Okujima, T.; Ono, N.
"Photocurrent generation by benzoporphyrin films prepared by a solution process"
J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2007, 11, 383-389.

(27)Akiyama, T.; Hirao, A.; Okujima, T.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.
"Synthesis of Phthalocyanine Fused with Bicyclo[2.2.2]octadienes and Thermal Conversion into Naphthalocyanine"
Heterocycles 2007, 74, 835-842.

平成20年 (2008)　TOP

(28)Uno, H.; Shimizu, Y.; Uoyama, H.; Tanaka, Y.; Okujima, T.; Ono, N.
"Thermal Behavior of Free-Base and Core-Modified Bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene-Fused Porphyrins"
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 87-98.

(29)Okujima, T.; Hashimoto, Y.; Jin, G.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.
"Synthesis of extremely soluble precursors of tetrabenzoporphyrins"
Tetrahedron 2008, 64, 2405-2411.

(30)Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Kikuchi, S.; Shoji, T.; Morita, N.; Asao, T.; Ikoma, T.; Tero-Kubota, S.; Kawakami, J.; Tajiri, A.
"Synthesis and Intramolecular Pericyclization of 1-Azulenyl Thioketones"
J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 2256-2263.

(31)Mack, J.; Bunya, M.; Shimizu, Y.; Uoyama, H.; Komobuchi, N.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Ito, S.; Stillman, M. J.; Ono, N.; Kobayashi, N.
"Application of MCD spectroscopy and TD-DFT to Nonplanar Core-Modified Tetrabenzoporphyrins: Effect of Reduced Symmetry on Nonplanar Porphyrinoids"
Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 5001-5020.

(32)Yamada, H.; Kushibe, K.; Mitsuogi, S.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.
"Selective synthesis of 5-alkenyl-15-alkynyl-porphyrin and 5,15-dialkynyl-porphyrin by 2+2 acid-catalyzed condensation of dipyrrylmethane and TMS propynal"
Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 4731-4733.

(33)Yamada, H.; Okujima, T.; Ono, N.
"Organic semiconductors based on small molecules with thermally or photochemically removable groups"
Chem. Commun. 2008, 2957-2974.

(34)Yamada, H.; Kuzuhara, D.; Takahashi, T.; Shimizu, Y.; Uota, K.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.
"Synthesis and Characterization of Tetraanthroporphyrins"
Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 2947-2950.

(35)Hirao, A.; Akiyama, T.; Okujima, T.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.; Sakai, Y.; Aramaki, S.; Ono, N.
"Soluble precursors of 2,3-naphthalocyanine and phthalocyanine for use in thin film transistors"
Chem. Commun. 2008, 4714-4716.(Application highlights in Chemical Technology 2008, 5, T92)

(36)Xue, Z.-L.; Shen, Z.; Mack, J.; Kuzuhara, D.; Yamada, H.; Okujima, T.; Ono, N.; You, X.-Z.; Kobayashi, N.
"A Facile One-Pot Synthesis of meso-Aryl-Substituted [14]Triphyrin(2.1.1)"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 16478-16479.

平成21年 (2009)　TOP

(37)Okujima, T.; Hashimoto, Y.; Jin, G.; Yamada, H.; Ono, N.
"Synthesis of mono-, di- and tribenzoporphyrins from their soluble precursors"
Heterocycles 2009, 77, 1235-1248.

(38)Shoji, T.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Higashi, J.; Yokoyama, R.; Toyota, K.; Yasunami, M.; Morita, N.
"Electrophilic ipso-Substitution and Some Unique Reaction Behavior of 1,3,6-Tri-tert-butylazulene"
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 1554-1563.

(39)Akiyama, T.; Uoyama, H.; Okujima, T.; Yamada, H.; Ono, N.; Uno, H.
"1-Aminoisoindole as a useful π-system elongation unit"
Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 4345-4350.

(40)Masumoto, A.; Yamashita, Y.; Go, S.; Kikuchi, T.; Yamada, H.; Okujima, T.; Ono, N.; Uno H.
"Organic Thin-Film Transistor from a Pentacene Photo Precursor"
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 2009, 48, 051505/1-5.

(41)Nakamura, J.; Ono, N.; Yamada, H.; Okujima, T.
"Absorption and emission properties of acenaphthoporphyrins"
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 2009, 505, 111/[349]-117/[355].

(42)Okujima, T.; Mifuji, A.; Nakamura, J.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.
"First Synthesis of Porphyrin-Fused 1,10-Phenanthroline-Ruthenium(II) Complexes"
Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 4088-4091.

(43)Kuzuhara, D.; Mack, J.; Yamada, H.; Okujima, T.; Ono, N.; Kobayashi, N.
"Synthesis, Structures, and Optical and Electrochemical Properties of Benzoporphycenes"
Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 10060-10069.

(44)Ito, S.; Iida, T.; Kawakami, J.; Okujima, T.; Morita, N.
"Towards the Preparation of Electrochromic Materials with Strong Absorption in the Near-Infrared Region: Synthesis and Redox Behavior of Azulene-Substituted Enediyne Scaffolds Connected by a 9,10-Anthracenediyl Spacer"
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5355-5364.

平成22年 (2010)　TOP

(45)Katsuta, S.; Yamada, H.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.
"Photochemical synthesis of tetraaryl-substituted pentacenes"
Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 1397-1400.

(46)Nakamura, J.; Okujima, T.; Tomimori, Y.; Komobuchi, N.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.
"Synthesis of Tetrabenzoporphyrins Fused with Fluoranthenes"
Heterocycles 2010, 80, 1165-1175.

(47)Uoyama, H.; Cai, C.; Tahara, H.; Shimizu, Y.; Hagiwara, H.; Hanasaki, Y.; Yamada, H.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.
"Thermal Behavior of Bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene-Installed Precursors for 2H-Anthra[2,3-c]pyrroles and Anthra[2,3-c]thiophene"
Heterocycles 2010, 80, 1187-1196.

(48)Uoyama, H.; Kim, K. S.; Kuroki, K.; Shin, J.-Y.; Nagata, T.; Okujima, T.; Yamada, H.; Ono, N.; Kim, D.; Uno, H.
"Highly Pure Synthesis, Spectral Assignments, and Two-Photon Properties of Cruciform Porphyrin Pentamers Fused with Benzene Units"
Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 4063-4074.

(49)Yamada, H.; Kuzuhara, D.; Ohokubo, K.; Takahashi, T.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.; Fukuzumi, S.
"Synthesis and photochemical properties of -diketoporphyrins as precursors for -expanded porphyrins"
J. Mater. Chem. 2010, 20, 3011-3024.

(50)Jin, G.; Okujima, T.;* Hashimoto, Y.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.
"Synthesis of 2,3-dihydrobenzo[1,4]dithiin-fused porphyrins"
Phosphorus, Sulfur Silicon Relat. Elem. 2010, 185, 1108-1116.

(51)Uoyama, H.; Yamada, H.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.*
"Pentacene precursors for solution-processed OFETs"
Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 6889-6894.

(52)Okujima, T.;* Tomimori, Y.; Nakamura, J.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.
"Synthesis of π-expanded BODIPYs and their fluorescent properties in the visible-near-infrared region"
Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 6895-6900.

(53)Okujima, T.;* Kikkawa, T.; Kawakami, S.; Shimizu, Y.; Yamada, H.; Ono, N.; Uno, H.*
"Synthesis and properties of BCOD-fused trithiasapphyrin and trithiabenzosapphyrins"
Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 7213-7218.

(54)Uno, H.*; Takiue, T.; Uoyama, H.; Okujima, T.; Yamada, H.; Masuda, G.
"Preparation of Highly Conjugated Oligoaza-PAHs Based on the Oxidative Intramolecular Coupling of Bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene-Fused Pyrrole"
Heterocycles 2010, 82, 791-802.

(55)Yamada, H.*; Ohkubo, K.; Kuzuhara, D.; Takahashi, T.; Sandanayaka, A. S. D.; Okujima, T.; Ohara, K.; Ito, O.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.; Fukuzumi, S.*
"Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Photodynamics of π-Expanded Porphyrin-Fullerene Dyads Synthesized by Diels-Alder Reaction"
J. Phys. Chem. B 2010, 114, 14717-14728.

平成23年 (2011)　TOP

(56)Kuzuhara, D.; Yamada, H.*; Xue, Z.; Okujima, T.; Mori, S.; Shen, Z.; Uno, H.
"New synthesis of meso-free-[14]triphyrin(2.1.1) by McMurry coupling and its derivatization to Mn(I) and Re(I) complexes"
Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 722-724.

(57)Shoji, T.*; Higashi, J.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Morita, N.
"Synthesis and Redox Behavior of Bis(3-methylthio-1-azulenyl)methyl Cations and Dications Connected by 2-Thienyl and 2,5-Thiophenediyl Spacers"
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2011, 584-592.

(58)Kuzuhara, D.; Yamada, H.*; Yano, K.; Okujima, T.; Mori, S.; Uno, H.
"First Synthesis of Dodecasubstituted Porphycenes"
Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 3376-3383.

(59)Katsuta, S.; Miyagi, D.; Yamada, H.*; Okujima, T.; Mori, S.; Nakayama, K.*; Uno, H.
"Synthesis, Properties and Ambipolar Organic Field-Effect Transistor Performances of Symmetrically Cyanated Pentacene and Naphthacene as Air-Stable Acene Derivatives"
Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 1454-1457.

(60)Tomimori, Y.; Okujima, T.*; Yano, T.; Mori, S.; Ono, N.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.
"Synthesis of π-expanded O-chelated boron-dipyrromethene as an NIR dye"
Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 3187-3193.

(61)Shoji, T.*; Higashi, J.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Yasunami, M.; Morita, N.
"Synthesis of Redox-Active Intramolecular Charge-Transfer Chromophores by the [2+2] Cycloaddition of Ethynylated 2H-cyclohepta[b]furan-2-ones with Tetracyanoethylene"
Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 5116-5129.

(62)Kim, P.; Sung, J.; Uoyama, H.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Kim, D.*
"Ultrafast Intramolecular Energy Relaxation Dynamics of Benzoporphyrins: Influence of Fused Benzo-rings on Singlet Excited States"
J. Phys. Chem. B 2011, 115, 3784-3792.

(63)Okujima, T.*; Jin, G.; Matsumoto, N.; Mack, J.; Mori, S.; Ohara, K.; Kuzuhara, D.; Ando, C.; Ono, N.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.; Kobayashi, N.*
"Cyclo[8]isoindoles: Ring-Expanded and Annelated Porphyrinoids"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 5699-5703.

(64)Katsuta, S.; Tanaka, K.; Maruya, Y.; Mori, S.; Masuo, S.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Nakayama, K.; Yamada, H.*
"Synthesis of pentacene-, tetracene- and anthracene bisimides using double-cyclization reaction mediated by bismuth(III) triflate"
Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 10112-10114.

(65)Shoji, T.*; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Morita, N.
"Synthesis and [2+2] Cycloaddition with Tetracyanoethylene of Ene-Diyne Scaffolds Bearing Ferrocenes at the Periphery"
Eur. J. Org. 2011, 5134-5140.

(66)Okujima, T.*; Jin, G.; Otsubo, S.; Aramaki, S.; Ono, N.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.
"Tetrabenzodiazaporphyrin: The semiconducting hybrid of phthalocyanine and tetrabenzoporphyrin"
J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2010, 15, 697-703.

(67)Kuzuhara, D.; Yamada, H.*; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.
"Synthesis, Structures and Properties of Benzoporphycenes and Naphthoporphycenes"
J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2011, 15, 930-942.

(68)Uno, H.*; Furukawa, M.; Fujimoto, A.; Uoyama, H.; Watanabe, H.; Okujima, T.; Yamada, H.; Mori, S.; Kuramoto, M.; Iwamura, T.; Hatae, N.; Tani, F.; Komatsu, N.
"Porphyrin Molecular Tweezers for Fullerenes"
J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2011, 15, 951-963.

平成24年 (2012)　TOP

(69)Shoji, T.*; Inoue, Y.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Morita, N.
"First Synthesis of 2-Heteroarylazulenes by the Electrophilic Substitution of Azulene with Triflate of N-Containing Heterocycles"
Heterocycles 2012, 85, 35-41.

(70) Aotake, T.; Ikeda, S.; Kuzuhara, D.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Yamada, H.*
"Synthesis, Structure, and Photochemistry of 5,14-Diketopentacene"
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 1723-1729.

(71) Nakae, T.*; Ohnishi, R.; Kitahata, Y.; Soukawa, T.; Sato, H.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Sakaguchi, H.
"Effective Synthesis of Diiodinated Picene and Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene by AuCl-Catalyzed Double Cyclization"
Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53, 1617-1619.

(72) Shoji, T.*; Higashi, J.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Yasunami, M.; Morita, N.
"Synthesis of donor-acceptor chromophores by the [2 + 2] cycloaddition of arylethynyl-2H-cyclohepta[b]furan-2-ones with 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane"
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 2431-2438.

(73) Liu, Q.; Kong, F.-T.; Okujima, T.; Yamada, H.*; Dai, S.-Y.*; Uno, H.; Ono, N.; You, X.-Z.; Shen, Z.*
"Synthesis and spectroscopic properties of ring-fused thiophene bridged push-pull dyes and their application in dye-sensitized solar cells"
Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53, 3264-3267.

(74) Nakamura, M.; Tahara, H.; Takahashi, K.; Nagata, T.*; Uoyama, H.; Kuzuhara, D.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.*
"π-Fused bis-BODIPY as a candidate for NIR dyes"
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 6840-6849.

(75) Okujima, T.*; Kikkawa, T.; Nakano, H.; Kubota, H.; Fukugami, N.; Ono, N.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.
"Retro-Diels-Alder Approach to The Synthesis of π-Expanded Azuliporphyrins and Their Porphyrinoid Aromaticity"
Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 12854-12863.

(76) Shoji, T.*; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Morita, N.
"Synthesis of push-pull chromophores by the sequential [2 + 2] cycloaddition of 1-azulenylbutadiynes with tetracyanoethylene and tetrathiafulvalene"
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 8308-8313.

(77) Yamada, H.*; Ohashi, C.; Aotake, T.; Katsuta, S.; Honsyo, Y.; Kawano, H.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.; Seki, S.*; Nakayama, K-i.*
"FET performance and substitution effect on 2,6-dithienylanthracene devices prepared by photoirradiation of their diketone precursors"
Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 11136-11138.

(78) Uoyama, H.; Yamada, H.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.*
"Synthesis of Bis-Naphthoporphyrins"
Heterocycles 2012, 86, 515-534.

(79) Okujima, T.*; Toda, A.; Miyashita, Y.; Nonoshita, A.; Yamada, H.; Ono, N.; Uno, H.
"Synthesis and Properties of Azulene-Substituted Thiophenes, Terthiophenes and Dithienothiphenes"
Heterocycles 2012, 86, 637-648.

平成25年 (2013)　TOP

(80) Seike, A.; Yamagami, K.; Kakitani, Y.; Kuwajima, M.; Uoyama, H.; Nagaoka, S.; Nakae, T.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.*
"Synthesis, structure and properties of ethyl naphth[2,3-f]isoindole-1-carboxylate"
RSC Adv. 2013, 3, 3006-3016.

(81) Shoji, T.*; Shimomura, E.; Maruyama, M.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Morita, N.
"Synthesis, Properties and Redox Behavior of Ene-Diyne Scaffolds Bearing 1- and 2-Azulenyl groups at the Periphery"
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 957-964.

(82) Aotake, T.; Yamashita, Y.; Okujima, T.; Shirasawa, N.; Jo, Y.; Fujimori, S.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.; Yamada, H.*
"Photochemical synthesis of naphthacene and its derivatives for irreversible photo-responsive fluorescent molecules"
Tetrahedron Lett. 2013, 54, 1790-1793.

(83) Shoji, T.*; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Morita, N.
"Synthesis of 2-Azulenyl-1,1,4,4-tetracyano-3-ferrocenyl-1,3-butadienes by the [2+2] Cycloaddition of (Ferrocenylethynyl)azulenes with Tetracyanoethylene"
Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 5721-5730.

(84) Kuzuhara, D.; Sakakibara, Y.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Yamada, H.*
"Thiatriphyrin(2.1.1): A Core-Modified Contracted Porphyrin"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 3360-3363.

(85) Xue, Z.; Kuzuhara, D.; Ikeda, S.; Okujima, T.; Mori, S.; Uno, H.; Yamada, H.*
"Synthesis and Characterization of New Platinum(II) and Platinum(IV) Triphyrin Complexes"
Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 1688-1690.

(86) Aotake, T.; Tanimoto, H.; Hotta, H.; Kuzuhara, D.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Yamada, H.*
"In Situ Preparation of Highly Fluorescent Pyrene-Dyes from Non-luminous Precursors Upon Photoirradiation"
Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 3661-3663.

(87) Shoji, T.*; Yamamoto, A.; Shimomura, E.; Maruyama, M.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Toyota, K.; Morita, N.
"Synthesis of 1,6'-Bi- and 1,6':3,6''-Terazulenes from 1-Pyridyl- and 1,3-Bis(pyridyl)azulenes by the Zieglar-Hafner's Method"
Chem. Lett. 2013, 42, 638-640.

(88) K. Tanaka, N. Aratani, D. Kuzuhara, S. Sakamoto, T. Okujima, N. Ono, H. Uno, H. Yamada*
"A soluble bispentacenequinone precursor for creation of directly 6,6'-linked bispentacenes and a tetracyanobipentacenequinodimethane"
RSC Adv. 2013, 3, 15310-15315.

(89) Hatae, N.*; Nakamura, J.; Okujima, T.; Ishikura, M.; Abe, T.; Hibino, S.; Choshi, T.; Okada, C.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.; Toyota, E.
"Effect of the orthoquinone moiety in 9,10-phenanthrenequinone on its ability to induce apoptosis in HCT-116 and HL-60 cells"
Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2013, 23, 4637-4640.

(90) Xue, Z.; Kuzuhara, D.; Ikeda, S.; Sakakibara, Y.; Ohkubo, K.; Aratani, N.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Fukuzumi, S.; Yamada, H.*
"η5-Cyclopentadienyliron(II)-[14]Triphyrin(2.1.1) Sandwich Compounds: Synthesis, Characterization, and Stable Redox Interconversion"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 7306-7309.

(91) Mack, J.; Nakamura, J.; Okujima, T.*; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.; Kobayashi, N.*
"MCD spectroscopy and TD-DFT calculations of low-symmetry acenaphthoporphyrins with dual fluorescence"
J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2013, 17, 996-1007.

(92) Kuzuhara, D.*; Xue, Z.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Aratani, N.; Yamada, H.*
"Synthesis and Properties of Boron Complexes of [14]Triphyrins(2.1.1)"
Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 8955-8957.

(93) Okujima, T.*; Ando, C.; Mack, J.; Mori, S.; Hisaki, I.; Nakae, T.; Yamada, H.; Ohara, K.; Kobayashi, N.*; Uno, H.
"Acenaphthylene-fused cyclo[8]pyrroles with intense NIR region absorption bands"
Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 13970-13978.

(94) Yamada, H.*; Yamaguchi, Y.; Katoh, R.; Motoyama, T.; Aotake, T.; Kuzuhara, D.; Suzuki, M.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Aratani, N.; Nakayama, K.*
"Solution-processed anthradithiophene-PCBM p-n junction photovoltaic cells fabricated by using the photoprecursor method"
Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 11638-11640.

(95) Shoji, T.*; Shimomura, E.; Maruyama, M.; Maruyama, A.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Toyota, K.; Morita, N.
"Synthesis and Properties of Azulene-Substituted Donor-Acceptor Chromophores Connected by Arylamine Cores"
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 7785-7799.

(96) Shoji, T.*; Maruyama, M.; Shimomura, E.; Maruyama, A.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Toyota, K.; Morita, N.
"Synthesis, Properties, and Redox Behavior of Tetracyanobutadiene and Dicyanoquinodimethane Chromophores Bearing Two Azulenyl Substituents"
J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 12513-12524.

平成26年 (2014)　TOP

(97) Okujima, T.*; Ando, C.; Mori, S.; Nakae, T.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.
"Synthesis and Molecular Structure of Cyclo[8](9,10-dihydro-9,10-anthraceno)pyrrole"
Heterocycles 2014, 88, 417-424.

(98) Tagawa, K.; Mori, S.; Nakae, T.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.*
"Study on Hinsberg Thiophene Synthesis of 4,8-Dihydro-4,8-ethanobenzo[1,2-c;4,5-c']dithiophene"
Heterocycles 2014, 88, 453-462.

(99) Shoji, T.;* Maruyama, A.; Maruyama, M.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Higashi, J.; Toyota, K.; Morita, N.
"Synthesis and Properties of 6-Methoxy- and 6-Dimethylamino-1-methylthio- and 1,3-Bis(methylthio)azulenes and Triflic Anhydride-Mediated Synthesis of Their Biaryl Derivatives"
Bull. Soc. Chem. Jpn. 2014, 87, 141-154.

(100) Nakamura, M.; Kitatsuka, M.; Takahashi, K.; Nagata, T.; Mori, S.; Kuzuhara, D.; Okujima, T.; Yamada, H.; Nakae, T.; Uno, H.*
"Yellow NIR dye: π-fused bisbenzoBODIPYs with electron-withdrawing groups"
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12, 1309-1317.

(101) Nakae, T.*; Kikuchi, T.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Murafuji, T.;* Uno, H.*
"Bisarylation of 1,1',3,3'-Tetrahalo-2,2'-biazulene under Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-coupling Conditions"
Chem. Lett. 2014, 43, 504-506.

(102) Shoji, T.*; Maruyama, A.; Yamamoto, A.; Fujiwara, Y.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Morita, N.
"Synthesis of 2,2'-Damino-1,1'-biazulenes by the Copper-Catalyzed Homocoupling Reaction of 2-Aminoazulenes"
Chem. Lett. 2014, 43, 1122-1124.

(103) Shoji, T.*; Maruyama, M.; Maruyama A.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Toyota, K.
"Synthesis of 1,3-Bis(tetracyano-2-azulenyl-3-butadienyl)azulenes by the [2+2] Cycloaddition-Retroelectrocyclization of 1,3-Bis(azulenylethynyl)azulenes with Tetracyanoethylene"
Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 11903-11912.

(104) *Okujima, T.; Shida, Y.; Ohara, K.; Tomimori, Y.; Nishioka, M.; Mori, S.; Nakae, T.; Uno, H.
"Synthesis of NIR-emitting O-chelated BODIPYs fused with benzene and acenaphthylene"
J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2014, 18, 752-761.

(105) *Shoji, T.; Maruyama, A.; Iso, S.; Okujima, T.; Yasunami, M. (the late); Higashi, J.; Morita, N.
"Synthesis of 2-Aryl- and 6-Heteroaryl-1,3-di(4-pyridiyl)azulenes by Katritzky's Pyridylation of 2-Aryl- and 6-Heteroarylazulenes"
Heterocycles 2014, 89, 2588-2603.

(106) *Uno, H.; Yoshino, M.; Seike, A.; Mori, S.; Nakae, T.; Okujima, T.
"Face- and Regioselectivity in Electrophilic Phenysulfenylation of 7-tert-Butoxybicyclo[2.2.1]hepta-2,5-dienes"
Heteroatom Chem. 2014, 25, 367-378.

平成27年 (2015)　TOP

(107) *Uno, H.; Nakamura, M.; Jodai, K.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.
"4,8-Dihydropyrrol[3,4-f]isoindole as a Useful Building Block for Near-Infrared Dyes"
Heterocycles 2015, 90, 252-260.

(108) *Shoji, T.; Maruyama, A.; Yaku, C.; Kamata, N.; Iso, S.; Okujima, T.; Toyota, K.
"Synthesis, Properties, and Redox Behavior of 1,1,4,4-Tetracycano-2-ferrocenyl-1,3-butadienes Connected by Aryl, Biaryl, and Teraryl Spacers"
Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 402-409.

(109) *Shoji, T.; Maruyama, A.; Shimomura, E.; Nagai, D.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Toyota, K.
"Synthesis, Properties, and Redox Behavior of Tris(1-azulenyltetracyanobutadiene) and Tris[1-azulenylbis(tetracyanobutadiene)] Chromophores Connected to a 1,3,5-Tri(1-azulenyl)benzene Core"
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 1979-1990.

(110) Shoji, T.*; Kamata, N.; Maruyama, A.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.
"Synthesis, Properties and Redox Behavior of Ferrocenyl-1,1,4,4-tetracyano-1,3-butadienes Connected by Arylamine and Azobenzene Spacers"
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2015, 88, 1338-1346.

(111) Shoji, T.*; Maruyama, A.; Araki, T.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.
"Synthesis of 2- and 6-thienylazulenes by palladium-catalyzed direct arylation of 2- and 6-haloazulenes with thiophene derivatives"
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, 13, 10191-10197.

平成28年 (2016)　TOP

(112) Shoji, T.*; Maruyama, A.; Tanaka, M.; Nagai, D.; Shimomura, E.; Fujimori, K.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Toyota, K.; Yasunami, M. (the late)
"Synthesis and Properties of (3-Phenyl-1-azulenyl)tetracyanobetadienes and Tris(aryltetracyanobetadiene)s Connected with 1,3,5-Tri(1-azulenyl)benzene Core"
Chemistry Select 2016, 1, 49-56.

(113) Okujima, T.*; Matsumoto, H.; Mori, S.; Nakae, T.; Takase, M.; Uno, H.
"Synthesis of cyclo[8]pyrrole-polyoxometalate double-decker complex"
Tetrahedron Lett. 2016, 57, 3160-3162.

(114) Okujima, T.*; Ando, C.; Agrawal, S.; Matsumoto, H.; Mori, S.; Ohara, K.; Hisaki, I.; Nakae, T.; Takase, M.; Uno, H.; Kobayashi, N.*
"Template Synthesis of Decaphyrin without Meso-Bridges: Cyclo[10]pyrrole"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 7540-7543.

(115) Shoji, T.*; Miyashita, K.; Araki, T.; Maruyama, A.; Sekiguchi, R.; Ito S.; Okujima, T.
"Syntheisi of 1,2'-Biazulenes by Palladium-Catalyzed Unusual Homocoupling Reaction of 1-Haloazulenes in the presence of Ferrocene"
Synthesis 2016, 48, 2438-2448.

(116) Okujima, T.*; Mack, J.*; Nakamura, J.; Kubheka, G.; Nyokong, T.; Zhu, H.; Komobuchi, N.; Ono, N.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.; Kobayashi, N.*
"Synthesis, Characterization and Electronic Structures of Porphyrins Fused with Polycyclic Aromatic Ring Systems"
Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 14730-14738.

(117) Tagawa, K.; Mori, S.; Takase, M.; Okujima, T.; Hisaki, I.; Uno, H.*
"Synthesis of hexagonal shape-persistent cyclophane with D2h symmetry"
Tetrahedron Lett. 2016, 57, 4079-4081.

平成29年 (2017)　TOP

(118) Oki, K.; Tagawa, K.; Mori, S.; Takase, M.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.*
"One-pot Synthesis of a Rice Ball-shaped Cyclophane with syn-Diethanoanthracene-fused Dipyrrole and Hexafluorobenzene"
Chem. Lett. 2017, 46, 243-244.

(119) Tagawa, K.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Takase, M.; Uno, H.*
"Protonation Behavior of Thiaporphyrin and Thiabenzoporphyrin"
Tetrahedron 2017, 73, 794-801.

(120) Hiraoka, S.; Tahara, H.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Takase, M.; Nakae, T.; Uno, H.*
"Diethyl N,N′-dimethylpyrrol[3,4-f]isoindole-1,7-dicarboxylate as a 14π-electronic aromatic compound with two azomethine-ylide moieties"
Tetrahedron 2017, 73, 957-963.

(121) Shoji, T.*; Araki, T.; Sugiyama, S.; Ohta, A.; Sekiguchi, R.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.; Toyota, K.
"Synthesis of 2-Azulenyltetrathiafulvalenes by Palladium-Catalyzed Direct Arylation of 2-Chloroazulenes with Tetrathiafulvalene and Their Optical and Electrochemical Properties"
J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 1657-1665.

(122) Shoji, T.*; Maruyama, M.; Maruyama, A.; Nagai, D.; Tanaka, M.; Sekiguchi, R.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.
"Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Azulene-Substituted Tetracyanobutadiene and Dicyanoquinodimethane Chromophores Connected with Naphthalene Cores"
Heterocycles 2017, 95, 353-369.

(123) Shoji, T.*; Nagai, D.; Tanaka, M.; Araki, T.; Ohta, A.; Sekiguchi, R.; Ito, S.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.
"Synthesis of 2-Aminofurans by Sequential [2+2] Cycloaddition-Nucleophilic Addition of 2-Propyn-1-ols with Tetracyanoethylene and Amine-Induced Transformation into 6-Aminopentafulvenes"
Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 5126-5136. (very important paper)

(124) Shoji, T.*; Sugiyama, S.; Araki, T.; Ohta, A.; Sekiguchi, R.; Ito, S.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Yasunami, M.
"Synthesis of 2-amino- and 2-arylazoazulenes via nucleophilic aromatic substitution of 2-chloroazuelenes with amines and arylhydrazines"
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2017, 15, 3917-3923.

(125) Shiotari, A.*; Nakae, T.*; Iwata, K.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Sakaguchi, H.; Sugimoto, Y.
"Strain-induced Skeletal Rearrangement of a Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon on a Copper Surface"
Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 16089/1-8.

(126) Shoji, T.*; Takagaki S.; Tanaka, M.; Araki, T.; Sugiyama, S.; Sekiguchi, R.; Ohta, A.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.
"Synthesis of Azulene-Substituted Tetraarylpyrroles by Reaction of 1-Azulenyl Ketones with Benzoin and Ammonium Acetate"
Heterocycles 2017, 94, 1870-1883.

(127) Uno, H.*; Tagawa, K.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Takase, M.; Nakae, T.
"Synthesis and Properties of Bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene- and Benzene-fused Bis(thiaporphyrin)s"
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2017, 1375-1381. (selected paper)

平成30年 (2018)　TOP

(128) Shiotari, A.*; Tanaka, K.; Nakae, T.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Sakaguchi, H.; Sugimoto, Y.
"Chiral Discrimination and Manipulation of Individual Heptahelicene Molecules on Cu(001) by Noncontact Atomic Force Microscopy"
J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122 (9), 4997-5003.

(129) Shoji, T.*; Araki, T.; Iida, N.; Kobayashi, Y.; Ohta, A.; Sekiguchi, R.; Ito, S.; Mori, S.; Okujma, T.; Yasunami, M.
"Molecular Transformation of 2-Methylazulenes: An Efficient and Practical Synthesis of 2-Formyl- and 2-Ethynylazulenes"
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 1145-1157. (very important paper)

(130) Uno, H.*; Honda, T.; Kitatsuka, M.; Hiraoka, S.; Mori, S.; Takase, M.; Okujima, T.; Nakae, T.
"Benzene-fused bis(acenaphthoBODIPY)s, stable near-infrared-selective dyes"
RSC Adv. 2018, 8 (25), 14072-14083.

(131) Shoji, T.*; Tanaka, M.; Takagaki, S.; Miura K.; Ohta, A.; Sekiguchi, R.; Ito, S.; Mori, S.; Okujma, T.
"Synthesis of Azulene-Substituted Benzofurans and Isocoumarins via Intramolecular Cyclization of 1-Ethynylazuelenes, and Their Structural and Optical Properties"
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2018, 16, 480-489.

(132) Shoji, T.*; Miura, K.; Araki, T.; Maruyama A.; Ohta, A.; Sekiguchi, R.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.
"Synthesis of 2-Methyl-1-azulenyl Tetracyanobutadienes and Dicyanoquinodimethanes: Substituent Effect of 2-Methyl Moiety on Azulene Ring toward the Optical and Electrochemical Properties"
J. Org. Chem. 2018, 83, 6690-6705.

(133) Okujima, T.*; Abe, T.; Mori, S.; Nakae, T.; Uno, H.
"Synthesis of Bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene-Fused Sapphyrins and Their Thermal Conversion"
Heterocycles 2018, 96, 1239-1247.

(134) Oki, K.; Takase, M.*; Mori, S.; Shiotari, A.; Sugimoto, Y.; Ohara, K.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.*
"Synthesis, Structures, and Properties of Core-Expanded Azacoronene Analogue: A Twisted π-System with Two N-Doped Heptagons"
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 10430-10434.

(135) Shoji, T.*; Sugiyama, S.; Miura, K.; Ohta, A.; Sekiguchi, R.; Ito, S.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.
"Synthesis of 2-Amino-1-cyanoazulenes: Substituent Effect on 2H-cyclohepta[b]furan-2-ones toward the Reaction with Malononitrile"
Heterocycles 2018, 97, 1068-1081.

(136) Shoji, T.;* Araki, T.; Iida, N.; Miura, K.; Ohta, A.; Sekiguchi, R.; Ito, S.; Okujima, T.
"Synthesis of Azulenophthalimides by Phosphine-Mediated Annulation of 1,2-Diformylazulenes with Maleimides"
Org. Chem. Front. 2019, 6, 195-204.

2019年　TOP

(137) Shoji, T.;* Sugiyama, S.; Takeuchi, M.; Ohta, A.; Sekiguchi, R.; Ito, S.; Yatsu, T.; Okujima, T.; Yasunami, M.
"Synthesis of 6-Amino- and 6-Arylazoazulenes: Via Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution and Their Reactivity and Properties"
J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 1257-1275.

(138) Sasaki, Y.; Takase, M.*; Okujima, T.; Mori, S.; Uno, H.*
"Synthesis and Redox Properties of Pyrrole- and Azulene-Fused Azacoronene"
Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 1900-1903

(139) Uno, H.*; Ishiwata, M.; Muramatsu, K.; Takase, M.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.
"Oxidation Behavior of 1,3-Dihydrothieno[3,4-a]HPHAC"
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2019, 92, 973-981.

(140) Uno, H.*; Hirose, M.; Honda, T.; Mori, S.; Takase, M.; Okujima, T.
"Di(acenaphtho)BODIPYs and Dipyrrins as Dyes With Deep-Red To NIR Absorptions"
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2019, 92, 1001-1007.

(141) Furuyama, T.*; Okujima, T.*; Muramatsu, K.; Takahashi, Y.; Mikami, A.; Fukumura, T.; Mori, S.; Nakae, T.; Takase, M.; Uno, H.; Kobayashi, N.*
"Synthesis, Structural and Optical Properties of Tetrabenzoporphyrin Complexes Bearing Four or Eight Peripheral Phenyl Groups"
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 3224-3235.

(142) Okujima, T.*; Muramatsu, K.; Mori, S.; Takase, M.; Uno, H.
"Synthesis of Di(3-thienyl)benzoporphyrin"
Heterocycles 2019, 99 (2), 1434-1443.

(143) Shoji, T.*; Miura, K. ; Ohta, A.; Sekiguchi, R.; Ito, S.; Endo, Y.; Nagahata, T.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.
"Synthesis of azuleno[2,1-b]thiophenes by cycloaddition of azulenylalkynes with elemental sulfur and their structural, optical and electrochemical properties"
Org. Chem. Front. 2019, 6 (15), 2801-2811.

(144) Okujima, T.*; Hashimoto, Y.; Furuta, T.; Yamanaka, R.; Jin, G.; Otsubo, S.; Aramaki, S.; Mori, S.; Yamada, H.; Uno, H.; Ono, N.
"Synthesis of the Soluble Precursors of Tetrabenzoporphyrin: Control of the Solubility and the Conversion Temperature"
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2019, 92 (8), 1370-1378.

2020年　TOP

(145) Shoji, T.*; Takagaki, S.; Ariga, Y.; Yamazaki, A.; Takeuchi, M.; Ohta, A.; Sekiguchi, R.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Ito, S.
"Molecular Transformation to Pyrroles, Pentafulvenes, and Pyrrolopyridines via [2+2] Cycloaddition of Propargylamines with Tetracyanoethylene"
Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26 (9), 1931-1935.

(146) Okujima, T.*; Inaba, H.; Mori, S.; Takase, M.; Uno, H.
"Synthesis of Azulitriphyrin(2.1.1)"
J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2020, 24 (1-3), 394-400.

(147) Uno, H.*; Muramatsu, K.; Hiraoka, S.; Tahara, H.; Hirose, M.; Tamura, E.; Shiraishi, T.; Mack, J.*; Kobayashi, N.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Takase, M.
"Synthesis and Aromaticity of Benzene-Fused Doubly N-Confused Porphyrins"
Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26 (25), 5701-5708.

(148) Shoji, T.*; Okujima, T.*; Ito, S.*
"Development of Heterocycles-Substituted and Fused Azulenes in the Last Decade (2010-2020)"
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21 (19), 7087/1-33.

(149) Shiotari, A.*; Hamada, I.; Nakae, T.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.; Sakaguchi, H.; Hamamoto, Y.; Morikawa, Y.; Sugimoto, Y.
"Manipulable Metal Catalyst for Nanographene Synthesis"
Nano Lett. 2020, 20 (11), 8339-8345.

2021年　TOP

(150) Sasaki, Y.; Takase, M.*; Kobayashi, N.*; Mori, S.; Ohara, K.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.*
"Radially π-Extended Pyrrole-Fused Azacoronene: A Series of Crystal Structures of HPHAC with Various Oxidation States"
J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86 (5), 4290-4295.

(151) Muramatsu, K.; Okujima, T.*; Mori, S.; Takase, M.; Uno, H.*
"Synthesis of C4h Symmetrical Octa(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)tetrabenzoporphyrins"
Chem. Lett. 2021, 50 (5), 841-843. (Editor's Choice)

(152) Matsumoto, H.; Okujima, T.*; Mori, S.; Bacilla, A. C. C.; Takase, M.; Uno, H.; Kobayashi, N.*
"Cyclo[9]pyrrole: Selective Synthesis of [34]Nonaphyrin(0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0)"
Org. Lett. 2021, 23 (9), 3442-3446.

(153) Okujima, T.*; Kozumi, R.; Mori, S.; Chino, Y.; Takase, M.; Uno, H.; Kobayashi, N.*
"Synthesis of antiaromatic tetrabenzodithiaamethyrin"
J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2021, 25 (10-12), 1055-1063.

2022年　TOP

(154) Okujima, T.*; Inaba, H.; Mori, S.; Takase, M.; Uno, H.; Chino, Y.; Okada, Y.; Kobayashi, N.*
"Synthesis of Non- or Antiaromatic Dicarbaamethyrin: [24]Diazulihexaphyrin(0.1.0.0.1.0)"
Org. Lett. 2022, 24 (1), 234-239.

(155) Takase, M.*; Ueno, A.; Oki, K.; Matsumoto, H.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.*
"Tropo(thio)ne-embedded homoHPHACs: does the tropylium cation induce global antiaromaticity in expanded hexapyrrolohexaazacoronene?"
Chem. Commun. 2022, 58 (11), 3366-3369.

(156) Shoji, T.*; Ando, D.; Yamazaki, A.; Ariga, Y.; Hamasaki, A.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Ito, S.
"Synthesis of 8-Aryl-2H-cyclohepta[b]furan-2-ones and Transformation into 4-Arylazulenes"
Chem. Lett. 2022, 51 (5), 533-537.

(157) Shoji, T.;* Yamazaki, A.; Katoh, R.; Shimamura, K.; Sakai, R.; Yasunami, M.; Okujima, T.; Ito, S.
"Synthesis, Reactivity, and Properties of Benz[a]azulenes via [8 + 2] Cycloaddition of 2H-cyclohepta[b]furan-2-ones with an Enamine"
J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87 (9), 5827-5845.

2023年　TOP

(158) Shoji, T.*; Sakata, N.; Ariga, Y.; Yamazaki, A.; Katoh, R.; Okujima, T.; Sekiguchi, R.; Ito, S.
"Construction of a 2,2'-biazulene framework via Br?nsted acid-promoted annulation of 2,3-di(1-azulenyl)benzofurans"
Chem. Commun. 2023, 59 (23), 3447-3450.

(159) Shoji, T.*; Uda, M.; Okujima, T.; Sekiguchi, R.; Ito, S.
"Synthesis of Maleimide-fused Aceheptylenes from Guaiazulene"
Heterocycles 2023, 106 (4), 641-648.

(160) Uno, H.*; Konishi, S.; Nakamura, J.; Mori, S.; Takase, M.; Okujima, T.*
"Serendipitous formation of meso-free corroles in the [3+1] porphyrin and [3+2] sapphyrin syntheses"
J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2023, 27 (01n04), 274-284.

(161) Okujima, T.*; Ueda, Y.; Inoue, M.; Mori, S.; Ohara, K.; Takase, M.; Uno, H.; Naito, T.
"Synthesis of bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene-fused 5,15-diazaporphyrin and 10-azacorrole with meso-imine bridges"
J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2023, 27 (01n04), 402-407.

(162) Muramatsu, K.; Okujima, T.*; Mori, S.; Kikuchi, S.; Ando, S.; Okada, Y.; Takase, M.; Uno, H.; Kobayashi, N.*
"Synthesis of Peripherally Annulated Phenanthroporphyrins"
Org. Lett. 2023 25 (17), 3049-3054.

(163) Takase, M.*; Sagawa, A.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Uno, H.*
"Pyrrole-Fused Azacoronene Analog with Sulfur Embedded in the Outer Periphery"
J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88 (13), 9413-9418.

(164) Matsumoto, H.; Matsumoto, N.; Mori, S.; Hisaki, I.; Nakae, T.; Takase, M.; Uno, H.; Okujima, T.*
"Synthesis of cyclo[8]pyrrole-phosphonate complexes by anion exchange"
J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2023, 27 (07n10), 1126-1130.

(165) Uno, H.*; Hata, S.; Hashimoto, K.; Muramatsu, K.; Nakano H.; Takiue, T.; Uoyama, H.; Tanioka, Y.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Takase, M.
"Benzene-crosslinked hexaphyrin: Molecules of benzene in hexaphyrin"
J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2023, 27 (07n10), 1382-1393.

(166) Shoji, T.*; Ariga, Y.; Sakata, N.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Segkiguchi, R.; Ito, S.
"Synthesis of 2-Perfluoroalkylazuleno[2,1-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones via Br?nsted Acid-Mediated Intramolecular Cyclization and Transformation into Pyrimidines"
Adv. Syn. Cat. 2023, 365 (21), 3648-3657.

(167) Shoji, T.*; Sasahara, N.; Hamasaki, A.; Mori, S.; Okujima, T.; Sekiguchi, R.; Ito, S.
"Synthesis, Structural and Optical Properties of Azuleno[1,2-c]pyran-1-ones: Brønsted Acid-mediated Cyclization of 2-Azulenylalkynes"
J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88 (22), 15739-15749.

2024年　TOP

(168) Ohara, K.*; Watanabe, T.; Ishi H.; Nakano, H.; Okujima, T.
"Di(acenaphtho)BODIPYs as deep red fluorescence probes for reactive oxygen species"
Dyes Pigm. 2024, 227, 112192(1-8).

(169) Shoji, Taku*; Ando, Daichi; Iwabuchi, M.; Okujima, T.; Sekiguchi, R.; Ito, S.
"Synthesis and Properties of 3,8-Diaryl-2H-cyclohepta[b]furan-2-ones"
Organics 2024, 5 (3), 252-262.