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2022　TOP

• Tropo(thio)ne-embedded homoHPHACs: does the tropylium cation induce global antiaromaticity in expanded hexapyrrolohexaazacoronene?
  Takase, Masayoshi*; Ueno, Atsushi; Oki, Kosuke; Matsumoto, Hiroki; Mori, Shigeki; Okujima, Tetsuo; Uno, Hidemitsu
  Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 3366-3369. (The Royal Society of Chemistry)
  
  
• Synthesis of Non- or Antiaromatic Dicarbaamethyrin: [24]Diazulihexaphyrin(0.1.0.0.1.0)
  Okujima, Tetsuo*; Inaba, Hayato; Mori, Shigeki; Takase, Masayoshi; Uno, Hidemitsu; Chino, Yoshiaki; Okada, Yusuke; Kobayashi, Nagao*
  Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 234-239. (American Chemical Society)
  
  
• Synthesis, Properties, and Packing Structures of Wing-Shaped N-Doped Nanographene in Various Oxidation States
  Wu, Fan; Oki, Kosuke; Xue, Jiaying; Mori, Shigeki; Takase, Masayoshi*; Shen, Zhen*; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 80-84. (American Chemical Society)
  
  

2021　TOP

• Black HPHAC: Synthesis and properties of dinitroHPHAC and its reduced global aromaticity in the dication state
  Sasaki, Yoshiki; Fujikawa, Yoshino; Takase, Masayoshi*; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2021, 25, 1072-1077. (Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines)
  
  
• Synthesis of antiaromatic tetrabenzodithiaamethyrin
  Okujima, Tetsuo*; Kozumi, Ryohei; Mori, Shigeki; Chino, Yoshiaki; Takase, Masayoshi; Uno, Hidemitsu; Kobayashi, Nagao*
  J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2021, 25, 1055-1063. (Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines)
  
  
• Cyclo[9]pyrrole: Selective Synthesis of [34]Nonaphyrin(0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0)
  Matsumoto, Hiroki; Okujima, Tetsuo*; Mori, Shigeki; Bacilla, Ana C. C.; Takase, Masayoshi; Uno, Hidemitsu; Kobayashi, Nagao*
  Org. Lett. 2021, 23, 3442-3446. (American Chemical Society)
  
  
• Synthesis of C_4h Symmetrical Octa(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)tetrabenzoporphyrins Editor's Choice
  Muramatsu, Kota; Okujima, Tetsuo*; Mori, Shigeki; Takase, Masayoshi; Uno, Hidemitsu* Open Access
  Chem. Lett. 2021, 50, 841-843. (The Chemical Society of Japan)
  
  
• Synthesis and Characterization of Peralkylated Pyrrole-Fused Azacoronene
  Oki, Kosuke; Takase, Masayoshi*; Kobayashi, Nagao;*; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  Cover of Issue 7
  J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 5102-5109. (American Chemical Society)
  
  
• Radially π-Extended Pyrrole-Fused Azacoronene: A Series of Crystal Structures of HPHAC with Various Oxidation States
  Sasaki, Yoshiki; Takase, Masayoshi*; Kobayashi, Nagao;* Mori, Shigeki; Ohara, Keishi; Okujima, Tetsuo; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  Cover of Issue 5
  J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 4290-4295. (American Chemical Society)
  
  

2020　TOP

• Development of Heterocycles-Substituted and Fused Azulenes in the Last Decade (2010-2020)
  Shoji, Taku*; Okujima, Tetsuo*; Ito, Shunji*
  Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 7087/1-33. (MDPI)
  
  
• Synthesis and Properties of NitroHPHAC: The First Example of Substitution Reaction on HPHAC
  Sasaki, Yoshiki; Takase, Masayoshi*; Mori, Shigeki; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  molecules 2020, 25, 2486/1-8. (MDPI)
  
  
• Synthesis and Aromaticity of Benzene-Fused Doubly N-Confused Porphyrins
  Uno, Hidemitsu*; Muramatsu, Kota; Hiraoka, Shogo; Tahara, Hiroyuki; Hirose, Mako; Tamura, Eidai; Shiraishi, Tatsumi; Mack, John*; Kobayashi, Nagao; Mori, Shigeki; Okujima, Tetsuo; Takase, Masayoshi
  Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 5701-5708. (Wiley-VCH)
  
  
• Synthesis of Azulitriphyrin(2.1.1)
  Okujima, Tetsuo*; Inaba, Hayato; Mori, Shigeki; Takase, Masayoshi; Uno, Hidemitsu
  J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2020, 24, 394-400. (Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines)
  
  

2019　TOP

• Synthesis and Isolation of Antiaromatic Expanded Azacoronene via Intramolecular Vilsmeier-Type Reaction
  Oki, Kosuke; Takase Masayoshi*; Mori, Shigeki; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 16255-16259. (American Chemical Society)
  
  
• Synthesis of the Soluble Precursors of Tetrabenzoporphyrin: Control of the Solubility and the Conversion Temperature
  Okujima, Tetsuo*; Hashimoto, Yusuke; Furuta, Tomoya; Yamanaka, Ritsuko; Jin, Guangnan; Otsubo, Saika; Aramaki, Shinji; Mori, Shigeki; Yamada, Hiroko; Uno, Hidemitsu; Ono, Noboru
  Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2019, 92, 1370-1378. (The Chemical Society of Japan)
  
  
• Synthesis, Structural and Optical Properties of Tetrabenzoporphyrin Complexes Bearing Four or Eight Peripheral Phenyl Groups
  Furuyama, Taniyuki*; Okujima, Tetsuo*; Muramatsu, Kota; Takahashi, Yuichi; Mikami, Akihiro; Fukumura, Tomoteru; Mori, Shigeki; Nakae, Takahiro; Takase, Masayoshi; Uno, Hidemitsu; Kobayashi, Nagao*
  Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 3224-3235. (Wiley-VCH)
  
  
• Synthesis and Redox Properties of Pyrrole- and Azulene-Fused Azacoronene
  Sasaki, Yoshiki; Takase, Masayoshi*; Okujima, Tetsuo; Mori, Shigeki; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 1900-1903. (American Chemical Society)
  
  
• Oxidation Behavior of 1,3-Dihydrothieno[3,4-a]HPHAC
  Uno, Hidemitsu*; Ishiwata, Misaki; Muramatsu, Kota; Takase, Masayoshi; Mori, Shigeki; Okujima, Tetsuo
  Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2019, 92, 973-981. (The Chemical Society of Japan)
  
  
• Di(acenaphtho)BODIPYs and Dipyrrins as Dyes With Deep-Red To NIR Absorptions BCSJ Award Article
  Uno, Hidemitsu*; Hirose, Mako; Honda, Takayuki; Mori, Shigeki; Takase, Masayoshi; Okujima, Tetsuo
  Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2019, 92, 1001-1007. (The Chemical Society of Japan)
  
  
• Synthesis of Di(3-thienyl)benzoporphyrin
  Okujima, Tetsuo*; Muramatsu, Kota; Mori, Shigeki; Takase, Masayoshi; Uno, Hidemitsu
  Heterocycles 2019, 99, 1434-1443. (The Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry)
  
  

2018　TOP

• Synthesis, Structures, and Properties of Core-Expanded Azacoronene Analogue: A Twisted π-System with Two N-Doped Heptagons
  Oki, Kosuke; Takase, Masayoshi*; Mori, Shigeki; Shiotari, Akitoshi; Sugimoto, Yoshiaki; Ohara, Keishi; Okujima, Tetsuo; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 10430-10434. (American Chemical Society)
  
  
• Synthesis of Bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene-Fused Sapphyrins and Their Thermal Conversion
  Okujima, Tetsuo*; Abe, Toshiki; Mori, Shigeki; Nakae, Takahiro; Uno, Hidemitsu
  Heterocycles 2018, 96, 1239-1247. (The Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry)
  
  
• Benzene-fused bis(acenaphthoBODIPY)s, stable near-infrared-selective dyes
  Uno, Hidemitsu*; Honda, Takayuki; Kitatsuka, Manami; Hiraoka, Shogo; Mori, Shigeki; Takase, Masayoshi; Okujima, Tetsuo; Nakae, Takahiro
  RSC Adv. 2018, 8, 14072-14083. (The Royal Society of Chemistry)
  
  

2017　TOP

• Synthesis and Properties of Bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene- and Benzene-fused Bis(thiaporphyrin)s
  Uno, Hidemitsu*; Tagawa, Kazunari; Mori, Shigeki; Okujima, Tetsuo; Takase, Masayoshi; Nakae, Takahiro
  Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2017, 1375-1381. (The Chemical Society of Japan)(Selected paper)
  
  
• Strain-induced skeletal rearrangement of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon on a copper surface
  Shiotari, Akitoshi*; Nakae, Takahiro*; Iwata, Kota; Mori, Shigeki; Okujima, Tetsuo; Uno, Hidemitsu; Sakaguchi, Hiroshi; Sugimoto, Yoshiaki
  Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 16089/1-8. (Springer Nature)
  
  
• Diethyl N,N'-dimethylpyrrol[3,4-f]isoindole-1,7-dicarboxylate as a 14π-electronic aromatic compound with two azomethine-ylide moieties
  Hiraoka, Shogo; Tahara, Hiroyuki; Mori, Shigeki; Okujima, Tetsuo; Takase, Masayoshi; Nakae, Takahiro; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  Tetrahedron, 2017, 73, 957-963. (Elsevier)
  
  
• Protonation Behavior of Thiaporphyrin and Thiabenzoporphyrin
  Tagawa, Kazunari; Mori, Shigeki; Okujima, Tetsuo; Takase, Masayoshi; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  Tetrahedron, 2017, 73, 794-801. (Elsevier)
  
  
• One-pot Synthesis of a Rice Ball-shaped Cyclophane with syn-Diethanoanthracene-fused Dipyrrole and Hexafluorobenzene
  Oki, Kosuke; Tagawa, Kazunari; Mori, Shigeki; Takase, Masayoshi; Okujima, Tetsuo; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  Chem. Lett. 2017,46, 243-244. (The Chemical Society of Japan)
  
  

2016　TOP

• Synthesis of hexagonal shape-persistent cyclophane with D2h symmetry
  Tagawa, Kazunari; Mori, Shigeki; Takase, Masayoshi; Okujima, Tetsuo; Hisaki, Ichiro; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  Tetrahedron Lett. 2016, 57, 4079-4081.(ELSEVIER)
  
  
• Synthesis, Characterization and Electronic Structures of Porphyrins Fused with Polycyclic Aromatic Ring Systems
  Okujima, Tetsuo*; Mack, John*; Nakamura, Jun; Kubheka, Gugu; Nyokong, Tebello; Zhu, Hua; Komobuchi, Naoki; Ono, Noboru; Yamada, Hiroko; Uno, Hidemitsu; Kobayashi, Nagao*
  Chem. Eur. J. 2016, 22, 14730-14738.(Wiley-VCH)
  
  
• Template Synthesis of Decaphyrin without Meso-Bridges: Cyclo[10]pyrrole
  Okujima, Tetsuo*; Ando, Chie; Agrawal, Saurabh; Matsumoto, Hiroki; Mori, Shigeki; Ohara, Keishi; Hisaki, Ichiro; Nakae, Takahiro; Takase, Masayoshi; Uno, Hidemitsu; Kobayashi, Nagao*
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 7540-7543.(American Chemical Society)
  
  
• Synthesis of cyclo[8]pyrrole-polyoxometalate double-decker complex
  Okujima, Tetsuo*; Matsumoto, Hiroki; Mori, Shigeki; Nakae, Takahiro; Takase, Masayoshi; Uno, Hidemitsu
  Tetrahedron Lett. 2016, 57, 3160-3162.(ELSEVIER)
  
  

2015　TOP

• 4,8-Dihydropyrrol[3,4-f]isoindole as a Useful Building Block for Near-Infrared Dyes
  *Uno, Hidemitsu; Nakamura, Mitsunori; Jodai, Kazuki; Mori, Shigeki; Okujima, Tetsuo
  Heterocycles 2015, 90, 252-260.(The Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry)
  
  

2014　TOP

• Face- and Regioselectivity in Electrophilic Phenysulfenylation of 7-tert-Butoxybicyclo[2.2.1]hepta-2,5-dienes
  *Uno, Hidemitsu; Yoshino, Masaki; Seike, Aya; Mori, Shigeki; Nakae, Takahiro; Okujima, Tetsuo
  Heteroatom Chem. 2014, 25, 367-378.(Wiley-VCH)
  
• Synthesis of NIR-emitting O-chelated BODIPYs fused with benzene and acenaphthylene
  *Okujima, Tetsuo; Shida, Yoichi; Ohara, Keishi; Tomimori, Yuya; Nishioka, Motoyoshi; Mori, Shigeki; Nakae, Takahiro; Uno, Hidemitsu
  J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2014, 18, 752-761. (Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines)
  
  
• Yellow NIR dye: π-Fused bisbenzoBODIPYs with electron-withdrawing groups
  Nakamura,　Mitsunori; Kitatsuka, Manami; Takahashi, Kohtaro; Nagata, Toshi; Mori, Shigeki; Kuzuhara, Daiki; Okujima, Tetsuo; Yamada, Hiroko; Nakae, Takahiro; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2014, 12(8), 1309-1317. (The Royal Society of Chemistry)
  
  

2013　TOP

• Acenaphthylene-fused cyclo[8]pyrroles with intense NIR region absorption bands
  Okujima, Tetsuo*; Ando, Chie; Mack, John; Mori, Shigeki; Hisaki, Ichiro; Nakae, Takahiro; Yamada, Hiroko; Ohara, Keishi; Kobayashi, Nagao*; Uno, Hidemitsu
  Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 13970-13978. (Wiley-VCH)
  
  
• Study on Hinsberg Thiophene Synthesis of 4,8-Dihydro-4,8-ethanobenzo[1,2-c;4,5-c']dithiophene
  Tagawa, Kazunari; Mori, Shigeki; Nakae, Takahiro; Okujima, Tetsuo; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  Heterocycles, 2014, 88(1), 453-462. (The Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry)
  
  
• Synthesis and Molecular Structure of Cyclo[8](9,10-dihydro-9,10-anthraceno)pyrrole
  Okujima, Tetsuo*; Ando, Chie; Mori, Shigeki; Nakae, Takahiro; Yamada, Hiroko; Uno, Hidemitsu
  Heterocycles, 2014, 88(1), 417-424. (The Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry)
  
  

2013　TOP

• Synthesis, structure and properties of ethyl naphth[2,3-f]isoindole-1-carboxylate
  Seike, Aya; Yamagami, Kaoru; Kakitani, Yoshimasa; Kuwajima, Miki; Uoyama, Hiroki; Nagaoka, Shin-ichi; Nakae, Takahiro; Mori, Shigeki; Okujima, Tetsuo; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 3006-3016. (The Royal Society of Chemistry)
  
  

2012　TOP

• Synthesis and Properties of Azulene-Substituted Thiophenes, Terthiophenes and Dithienothiphenes
  Okujima, Tetsuo*; Toda, Akiko; Miyashita, Yoko; Nonoshita, Ayumi; Yamada, Hiroko; Ono, Noboru; Uno, Hidemitsu
  Heterocycles 2012, 86, 637-648. (The Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry)
  
  
• Synthesis of Bis-Naphthoporphyrins
  Uoyama, Hiroki; Yamada, Hiroko; Okujima, Tetsuo; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  Heterocycles 2012, 86, 515-534. (The Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry)
  
  
• Retro-Diels-Alder Approach to The Synthesis of π-Expanded Azuliporphyrins and Their Porphyrinoid Aromaticity
  Okujima, Tetsuo*; Kikkawa, Tasuku; Nakano, Haruyuki; Kubota, Hiroshi; Fukugami, Nobumasa; Ono, Noboru; Yamada, Hiroko; Uno, Hidemitsu
  Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 12854-12863. (Wiley-VCH)
  
  
• π-Fused bis-BODIPY as a candidate for NIR dyes
  Nakamura, Mitsunori; Tahara, Hiroyuki; Takahashi, Kohtaro; Nagata, Toshi*; Uoyama, Hiroki; Kuzuhara, Daiki; Mori, Shigeki; Okujima, Tetsuo; Yamada, Hiroko; Uno, and Hidemitsu*
  Org. Biomol. Chem., 2012,10(34), 6840-6849. (The Royal Society of Chemistry)
  
  Selected as the front cover page.
  the top 10% of the most highly cited articles(2011-2012)
  

2011　TOP

• Porphyrin molecular tweezers for fullerenes
  Uno, Hidemitsu; Furukawa, Mina; Fujimoto, Akiko; Uoyama, Hiroki; Watanabe, Hajime; Okujima, Tetsuo; Yamada, Hiroko; Mori, Shigeki; Kuramoto, Makoto; Iwamura, Tatsunori; Hatae, Noriyuki; Tani, Fumito; Komatsu, Naoki
  J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2011, 15, 951-963.(Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines)
  
  
• Tetrabenzodiazaporphyrin: The semiconducting hybrid of phthalocyanine and tetrabenzoporphyrin
  Okujima, Tetsuo*; Jin, Guangnan; Otsubo, Saika; Aramaki, Shinji; Ono, Noboru; Yamada, Hiroko; Uno, Hidemitsu
  J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2011, 15, 697-703.(Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines)
  
  
• Cyclo[8]isoindoles: Ring-Expanded and Annelated Porphyrinoids
  Okujima, Tetsuo*; Jin, Guangnan; Matsumoto, Naoki; Mack, John; Mori, Shigeki; Ohara, Keishi; Kuzuhara, Daiki; Ando, Chie; Ono, Noboru;Yamada, Hiroko; Uno, Hidemitsu; Kobayashi, Nagao*
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 5699-5703.(Wiley-VCH)
  
  
• Synthesis of π-expanded O-chelated boron-dipyrromethene as an NIR dye
  Tomimori, Yuya; Okujima, Tetsuo*; Yano, Tomoko; Mori, Shigeki; Ono, Noboru; Yamada, Hiroko; Uno, Hidemitsu
  Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 3187-3193.(ELSEVIER)
  
  

2010　TOP

• Preparation of Highly Conjugated Oligoaza-PAHs Based on the Oxidative Intramolecular Coupling of Bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene-Fused Pyrrole
  Uno, Hidemitsu;* Takiue, Takahiro; Uoyama, Hiroki; Okujima, Tetsuo; Yamada, Hiroko; Masuda, Go
  Heterocycles 2010, 82, 791-802. (The Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry)
  
  
• Synthesis and properties of BCOD-fused trithiasapphyrin and trithiabenzosapphyrins
  Okujima, Tetsuo;* Kikkawa, Tasuku; Kawakami, Saori; Shimizu, Yusuke; Yamada, Hiroko; Ono, Noboru; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 7213-7218. (Elsevier)
  
  
• Synthesis of π-Expanded BODIPYs and Their Fluorescent Properties in the Visible-Near-Infrared Region
  Okujima, Tetsuo;* Tomimori, Yuya; Nakamura, Jun; Yamada, Hiroko; Uno, Hidemitsu; Ono, Noboru
  Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 6895-6900. (Elsevier)
  
  
• Pentacene precursors for solution-processed OFETs
  Uoyama, Hiroki; Yamada, Hiroko; Okujima, Tetsuo; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 6889-6894. (Elsevier)
  
  
• Synthesis of 2,3-dihydrobenzo[1,4]dithiin-fused porphyrins
  Jin, Guangnan; Okujima, Tetsuo;* Hashimoto, Yusuke; Yamada, Hiroko; Uno, Hidemitsu; Ono, Noboru
  Phosphorus, Sulfur Silicon Relat. Elem. 2010, 185, 1108-1116. (Taylor & Francis)
  
  
• Highly Pure Synthesis, Spectral Assignments, and Two-Photon Properties of Cruciform Porphyrin Pentamers Fused with Benzene Units
  Uoyama, Hiroki; Kim, Kil Suk; Kuroki, Kenji; Shin, Jae-Yoon; Nagata, Toshi;* Okujima, Tetsuo; Yamada, Hiroko; Ono, Noboru; Kim, Dongho;* Uno, Hidemitsu*
  Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 4063-4074. (Wiley-VCH)
  
  
• Thermal Behavior of Bicyclo[2.2.2]octadiene-Installed Precursors for 2H-Athra[2,3-c]pyrroles and Anthra[2,3-c]thiophene
  Uoyama, Hiroki; Cai, Chenxine; Tahara, Hiroyuki; Shimizu, Yusuke; Hagiwara, Hideki; Hanasaki, Yasuaki; Yamada, Hiroko; Okujima, Tetsuo; Uno, Hidemitsu*
  Heterocycles 2010, 80, 1187-1196. (The Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry)
  
  
• Synthesis of Tetrabenzoporphyrins Fused with Fluoranthenes
  Nakamura, Jun; Okujima, Tetsuo;* Tomimori, Yuya; Komobuchi, Naoki; Yamada, Hiroko; Uno, Hidemitsu; Ono, Noboru
  Heterocycles 2010, 80, 1165-1175. (The Japan Institute of Heterocyclic Chemistry)
  
  

2009　TOP

• First Synthesis of Porphyrin-Fused 1,10-Phenanthroline-Ruthenium(II) Complexes
  Okujima, Tetsuo;* Mifuji, Akihiro; Nakamura, Jun; Yamada, Hiroko; Uno, Hidemitsu; Ono, Noboru
  Org. Lett. 2009, 11, 4088-4091.(American Chemical Society)
  
  
  

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