Ehime University　Organic Chemistry Group

Publications

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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)

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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)
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)
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)