List of works - Munetaka Akita

"Doping" of Polyyne with an Organometallic Fragment Leads to Highly Conductive Metallapolyyne Molecular Wire

scientific article published on 05 July 2018

2-Dimensional molecular wiring based on toroidal delocalization of hexaarylbenzene.

scientific article published on 18 May 2010

A Fully Charge-Delocalized Two-Dimensional Porphyrin System with Two Different Class III States.

scientific article published on 26 October 2016

A Redox-Active Heterocyclic Capsule: Radical Generation, Oxygenation, and Guest Uptake/Release

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

A V-shaped polyaromatic amphiphile: solubilization of various nanocarbons in water and enhanced photostability.

scientific article published on 21 July 2015

A bowl-shaped organic host using bispyridine ligands: selective encapsulation of carbonyl guests in water.

scientific article published in February 2013

A fluorescent molecular capsule with a flexible polyaromatic shell for the detection of monoterpene compounds in water

scientific article published on 01 February 2016

A new method for the conversion of allyl alcohol into pi-allyl species promoted by nucleophilic interaction with a CO ligand.

scientific article

A pH-responsive molecular capsule with an acridine shell: catch and release of large hydrophobic compounds.

scientific article published on 12 January 2017

A photoswitchable molecular wire with the dithienylethene (DTE) linker, (dppe)(eta(5)-C(5)Me(5))Fe-C[triple bond, length as m-dash]C-DTE-C[triple bond, length as m-dash]C-Fe(eta(5)-C(5)Me(5))(dppe)

scientific article published on 19 December 2006

A polyaromatic molecular tube that binds long hydrocarbons with high selectivity

scientific article published on 17 October 2014

A polyaromatic receptor with high androgen affinity

scientific article published on 19 April 2019

A solvato-fluorochromic macrocycle of multiple anthracene fluorophores in close proximity

scientific article published on 30 January 2014

A tubular macrocycle from covalently linked anthracenes and meta-phenylene spacers.

scientific article published on 18 April 2012

An M2 L4 Molecular Capsule with a Redox Switchable Polyradical Shell

scientific article published on 28 October 2016

An M2L4 molecular capsule with an anthracene shell: encapsulation of large guests up to 1 nm

scientific article published on 08 July 2011

An aqueous molecular tube with polyaromatic frameworks capable of binding fluorescent dyes.

scientific article published on 12 September 2014

An aromatic micelle with bent pentacene-based panels: encapsulation of perylene bisimide dyes and graphene nanosheets

scientific article published on 05 June 2020

Anisotropic expansion of an M2L4 coordination capsule: host capability and frame rearrangement

scientific article published on 10 February 2015

Anti-Diastereoselective Synthesis of CF3-Containing Spirooxazolines and Spirooxazines via Regiospecific Trifluoromethylative Spirocyclization by Photoredox Catalysis

scientific article published on 16 July 2015

Atroposelective self-assembly of a molecular capsule from amphiphilic anthracene trimers.

scientific article published on 19 June 2013

Characterization of nickel(II)-acylperoxo species relevant to catalytic alkane hydroxylation by nickel complex with mCPBA.

scientific article published on 7 December 2012

Chemistry of polycarbon species: from clusters to molecular devices

scientific article published on 08 April 2008

Combination of organotrifluoroborates with photoredox catalysis marking a new phase in organic radical chemistry.

scientific article published on 10 June 2016

Combining photoredox-catalyzed trifluoromethylation and oxidation with DMSO: facile synthesis of α-trifluoromethylated ketones from aromatic alkenes

scientific article published on 26 May 2014

Diastereoselective Synthesis of CF3- and CF2H-Substituted Spiroethers from Aryl-Fused Cycloalkenylalkanols by Photoredox Catalysis

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Dinuclear ruthenium acetylide complexes with diethynylated anthrahydroquinone and anthraquinone frameworks: a multi-stimuli-responsive organometallic switch

scientific article published on 08 May 2019

Direct C-H trifluoromethylation of di- and trisubstituted alkenes by photoredox catalysis

scientific article published on 12 May 2014

Efficient Catalytic Epoxidation in Water by Axial N-Ligand-Free Mn-Porphyrins within a Micellar Capsule

scientific article published on 08 January 2016

Electronic coupling in dimetallic complexes with pi-conjugated bridge

scientific article published in November 2006

Encapsulation-induced emission enhancement (EIEE) of Eu(iii)-complexes by aromatic micelles in water

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

Engineering Stacks of V-Shaped Polyaromatic Compounds with Alkyl Chains for Enhanced Emission in the Solid State.

scientific article published on 28 April 2016

Engineering double to quintuple stacks of a polarized aromatic in confined cavities

scientific article published in January 2010

Enhanced photocatalytic activity of α-methylstyrene oligomerization through effective metal-to-ligand charge-transfer localization on the bridging ligand

scientific article published on 05 December 2011

Extended fluorochromism of anthracene trimers with a meta-substituted triphenylamine or triphenylphosphine core.

scientific article published on 11 June 2012

Facile catch and release of fullerenes using a photoresponsive molecular tube

scientific article published on 22 August 2013

Fine Design of Photoredox Systems for Catalytic Fluoromethylation of Carbon-Carbon Multiple Bonds.

scientific article published on 26 August 2016

Fluoroalkanesulfinate Salts as Dual Fluoroalkyl and SO2 Sources: Atom-Economical Fluoroalkyl-Sulfonylation of Alkenes and Alkynes by Photoredox Catalysis

scientific article published on 24 March 2020

Highly fluorescent M2L4 molecular capsules with anthracene shells

scientific article published on 28 June 2011

Highly regio- and diastereoselective synthesis of CF3-substituted lactones via photoredox-catalyzed carbolactonization of alkenoic acids

scientific article published on 14 January 2014

Highly selective photo-catalytic dimerization of alpha-methylstyrene by a novel palladium complex with photosensitizing ruthenium(II) polypyridyl moiety

scientific article published on 4 October 2005

Infrared Vibrational Spectroscopy of [Ru(bpy)2(bpm)]2+ and [Ru(bpy)3]2+ in the Excited Triplet State

scientific article published on 14 February 2014

Inorganic and Organometallic Molecular Wires for Single-Molecule Devices.

scientific article published on 21 December 2016

Intermolecular aminotrifluoromethylation of alkenes by visible-light-driven photoredox catalysis.

scientific article

Isostructural M2L4 molecular capsules with anthracene shells: synthesis, crystal structures, and fluorescent properties.

scientific article

Laser Flash Photolysis Studies on Radical Monofluoromethylation by (Diarylamino)naphthalene Photoredox Catalysis: Long Lifetime of the Excited State is Not Always a Requisite

scientific article published on 07 October 2020

Luminescence color alteration induced by trapped solvent molecules in crystals of tetrahedral gold(i) complexes: near-unity luminescence mixed with thermally activated delayed fluorescence and phosphorescence

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

M2L4 coordination capsules with tunable anticancer activity upon guest encapsulation.

scientific article published on 18 July 2016

Making organometallic molecular wires via oxidative ligand coupling

scientific article published on 18 July 2011

Manganese(II) semiquinonato and manganese(III) catecholato complexes with tridentate ligand: modeling the substrate-binding state of manganese-dependent catechol dioxygenase and reactivity with molecular oxygen

scientific article published on 19 March 2013

Metal-free di- and tri-fluoromethylation of alkenes realized by visible-light-induced perylene photoredox catalysis

scientific article published on 10 July 2017

Micelle-like molecular capsules with anthracene shells as photoactive hosts

scientific article published on 23 January 2013

Molecular recognition and self-assembly special feature: discrete stack of an odd number of polarized aromatic compounds revealing the importance of net vs. local dipoles

scientific article

Near-unity thermally activated delayed fluorescence efficiency in three- and four-coordinate Au(i) complexes with diphosphine ligands

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

Oxydifluoromethylation of Alkenes by Photoredox Catalysis: Simple Synthesis of CF2H-Containing Alcohols

scientific article published on 7 December 2015

Photo- and electro-chromic organometallics with dithienylethene (DTE) linker, L2CpM-DTE-MCpL2: dually stimuli-responsive molecular switch

scientific article published on 16 September 2011

Photocatalytic Oxygenation of Sulfide and Alkenes by Trinuclear Ruthenium Clusters

scientific article published on 25 March 2016

Photochromic metal complexes: photoregulation of both the nonlinear optical and luminescent properties

scientific article published on 30 April 2012

Photochromic organometallics with a dithienylethene (DTE) Bridge, [Y-C[triple bond]C-DTE-C[triple bond]C-Y] (Y={MCp*(dppe)}): photoswitchable molecular wire (M=Fe) versus dual photo- and electrochromism (M=Ru).

scientific article published in April 2010

Photoluminescent properties and molecular structures of dinuclear gold(I) complexes with bridged diphosphine ligands: near-unity phosphorescence from 3XMMCT/3MC

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Photoredox-Catalyzed Stereoselective Conversion of Alkynes into Tetrasubstituted Trifluoromethylated Alkenes.

scientific article published on 11 September 2015

Photoredox-catalyzed oxytrifluoromethylation of allenes: stereoselective synthesis of 2-trifluoromethylated allyl acetates.

scientific article

Photoswitching of the second-order nonlinearity of a tetrahedral octupolar multi DTE-based copper(I) complex

scientific article published on 17 September 2012

Polyaromatic Nanocapsules Displaying Aggregation-Induced Enhanced Emissions in Water

scientific article published on 26 December 2014

Polyaromatic molecular tubes with a subnanometer pore and the guest-induced emission enhancement behavior

scientific article published on 01 July 2015

Polycationic-Shelled Capsular and Tubular Nanostructures and Their Anionic-Guest Binding Properties

scientific article published on 20 October 2016

Preparation of Highly Fluorescent Host-Guest Complexes with Tunable Color upon Encapsulation.

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

Recent progress in photochemical radical di- and mono-fluoromethylation

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Recognition of Multiple Methyl Groups on Aromatic Rings by a Polyaromatic Cavity.

scientific article published on 16 August 2016

Redox-active polyiron complexes with tetra(ethynylphenyl)ethene and [2,2]paracyclophane spacers containing ethynylphenyl units: extension to higher dimensional molecular wire

scientific article published on 18 January 2007

Regiospecific Intermolecular Aminohydroxylation of Olefins by Photoredox Catalysis

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

Remarkable switching behavior of bimodally stimuli-responsive photochromic dithienylethenes with redox-active organometallic attachments

scientific article published on 02 October 2008

Revelation of the Photoactive Species in the Photocatalytic Dimerization of α-Methylstyrene by a Dinuclear Ruthenium–Palladium Complex

scientific article published on 21 June 2013

Safe storage of radical initiators within a polyaromatic nanocapsule.

scientific article

Selective host-guest interactions of a transformable coordination capsule/tube with fullerenes

scientific article published on 3 March 2014

Selective synthesis of isomeric heterodinuclear complexes with switched metal arrangements via proton-induced reversible metal migration

scientific article published on 21 October 2004

Single-Molecule Junction of a Cationic Rh(III) Polyyne Molecular Wire

scientific article published on 04 August 2020

Spin crossover by encapsulation

scientific article published in March 2009

Structural characterization and intramolecular aliphatic C-H oxidation ability of M(III)(mu-O)2M(III) complexes of Ni and Co with the hydrotris-(3,5-dialkyl-4-X-pyrazolyl)borate ligands TpMe2,X (X = Me, H, Br) and TpiPr2.

scientific article

Structural characterization and oxidation activity of a nickel(II) alkylperoxo complex

scientific article published in January 2009

Substituent Effect of the Bridging Ligand in the Trinuclear Ru Complexes on Photocatalytic Oxygenation of a Sulfide and Alkenes

scientific article published on 23 October 2017

Sunlight-driven synthesis of γ-diketones via oxidative coupling of enamines with silyl enol ethers catalyzed by [Ru(bpy)3]2+

scientific article published on 18 April 2012

Switchable trans-cis interconversion of an amphiphilic anthracene trimer

scientific article published on 3 September 2009

Syntheses of novel di- and trinucleating ligands having a triethylbenzene core with N,N-bidentate tethers: their complexation toward Pd and Rh organometallic fragments

scientific article published on 26 February 2008

Syntheses, photophysical properties, and reactivities of novel bichromophoric Pd complexes composed of Ru(II)-polypyridyl and naphthyl moieties

scientific article published on 01 May 2013

Synthesis and characterization of a series of (hydroperoxo)-, (alkylperoxo)-, and (mu-peroxo)palladium complexes containing the hydrotris(3,5-diisopropylpyrazolyl)borato ligand (Tp(iPr2)): (Tp(iPr2))(py)Pd-OO-X [X = H, t-Bu, Pd(Tp(iPr2))(py)] and (T

scientific article published in October 2002

Synthesis of Pd complexes combined with photosensitizing of a ruthenium(II) polypyridyl moiety through a series of substituted bipyrimidine bridges. Substituent effect of the bridging ligand on the photocatalytic dimerization of alpha-methylstyrene

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Synthesis of Pd complexes directly linked to the light-absorbing [(bpy)(3)Ru](2+) unit and their photochemical reactions toward styrenes

scientific article published on 15 October 2008

Three-component oxytrifluoromethylation of alkenes: highly efficient and regioselective difunctionalization of C=C bonds mediated by photoredox catalysts

scientific article

Tuning the stability and reactivity of metal-bound alkylperoxide by remote site substitution of the ligand.

scientific article published in September 2010

Visible-light-controlled homo- and copolymerization of styrenes by a bichromophoric Ir-Pd catalyst.

scientific article published in April 2015

Visible-light-induced hydroalkoxymethylation of electron-deficient alkenes by photoredox catalysis

scientific article published on 11 July 2013

Visible-light-induced synthesis of a variety of trifluoromethylated alkenes from potassium vinyltrifluoroborates by photoredox catalysis

scientific article published on 01 March 2013

Well-defined aqueous nanoassemblies from amphiphilic meta-terphenyls and their guest incorporation.

scientific article published on 9 June 2015

Wide-ranging host capability of a Pd(II)-linked M2L4 molecular capsule with an anthracene shell

scientific article published on 18 March 2013

Xenophilic complexes bearing a Tp(R) Ligand, [Tp(R)M--M'Ln] [Tp(R) = Tp(iPr2), Tp(#) (Tp(Me2,4-Br)); M=Ni, Co, Fe, Mn; M'Ln = Co(CO)4, Co(CO)3(PPh3), RuCp(CO)2]: the two metal centers are held together not by covalent interaction but by electrostati

scientific article published in April 2005

m x n stacks of discrete aromatic stacks in solution

scientific article published on 01 July 2010

mu4-Dicarbyne complex with a dimetallacyclobutatriene core: a new binding mode of C2 species

scientific article

List of works by Munetaka Akita

"Doping" of Polyyne with an Organometallic Fragment Leads to Highly Conductive Metallapolyyne Molecular Wire

2-Dimensional molecular wiring based on toroidal delocalization of hexaarylbenzene.

A Fully Charge-Delocalized Two-Dimensional Porphyrin System with Two Different Class III States.

A Redox-Active Heterocyclic Capsule: Radical Generation, Oxygenation, and Guest Uptake/Release

A V-shaped polyaromatic amphiphile: solubilization of various nanocarbons in water and enhanced photostability.

A bowl-shaped organic host using bispyridine ligands: selective encapsulation of carbonyl guests in water.

A fluorescent molecular capsule with a flexible polyaromatic shell for the detection of monoterpene compounds in water

A new method for the conversion of allyl alcohol into pi-allyl species promoted by nucleophilic interaction with a CO ligand.

A pH-responsive molecular capsule with an acridine shell: catch and release of large hydrophobic compounds.

A photoswitchable molecular wire with the dithienylethene (DTE) linker, (dppe)(eta(5)-C(5)Me(5))Fe-C[triple bond, length as m-dash]C-DTE-C[triple bond, length as m-dash]C-Fe(eta(5)-C(5)Me(5))(dppe)

A polyaromatic molecular tube that binds long hydrocarbons with high selectivity

A polyaromatic receptor with high androgen affinity

A solvato-fluorochromic macrocycle of multiple anthracene fluorophores in close proximity

A tubular macrocycle from covalently linked anthracenes and meta-phenylene spacers.

An M2 L4 Molecular Capsule with a Redox Switchable Polyradical Shell

An M2L4 molecular capsule with an anthracene shell: encapsulation of large guests up to 1 nm

An aqueous molecular tube with polyaromatic frameworks capable of binding fluorescent dyes.

An aromatic micelle with bent pentacene-based panels: encapsulation of perylene bisimide dyes and graphene nanosheets

Anisotropic expansion of an M2L4 coordination capsule: host capability and frame rearrangement

Anti-Diastereoselective Synthesis of CF3-Containing Spirooxazolines and Spirooxazines via Regiospecific Trifluoromethylative Spirocyclization by Photoredox Catalysis

Atroposelective self-assembly of a molecular capsule from amphiphilic anthracene trimers.

Characterization of nickel(II)-acylperoxo species relevant to catalytic alkane hydroxylation by nickel complex with mCPBA.

Chemistry of polycarbon species: from clusters to molecular devices

Combination of organotrifluoroborates with photoredox catalysis marking a new phase in organic radical chemistry.

Combining photoredox-catalyzed trifluoromethylation and oxidation with DMSO: facile synthesis of α-trifluoromethylated ketones from aromatic alkenes

Diastereoselective Synthesis of CF3- and CF2H-Substituted Spiroethers from Aryl-Fused Cycloalkenylalkanols by Photoredox Catalysis

Dinuclear ruthenium acetylide complexes with diethynylated anthrahydroquinone and anthraquinone frameworks: a multi-stimuli-responsive organometallic switch

Direct C-H trifluoromethylation of di- and trisubstituted alkenes by photoredox catalysis

Efficient Catalytic Epoxidation in Water by Axial N-Ligand-Free Mn-Porphyrins within a Micellar Capsule

Electronic coupling in dimetallic complexes with pi-conjugated bridge

Encapsulation-induced emission enhancement (EIEE) of Eu(iii)-complexes by aromatic micelles in water

Engineering Stacks of V-Shaped Polyaromatic Compounds with Alkyl Chains for Enhanced Emission in the Solid State.

Engineering double to quintuple stacks of a polarized aromatic in confined cavities

Enhanced photocatalytic activity of α-methylstyrene oligomerization through effective metal-to-ligand charge-transfer localization on the bridging ligand

Extended fluorochromism of anthracene trimers with a meta-substituted triphenylamine or triphenylphosphine core.

Facile catch and release of fullerenes using a photoresponsive molecular tube

Fine Design of Photoredox Systems for Catalytic Fluoromethylation of Carbon-Carbon Multiple Bonds.

Fluoroalkanesulfinate Salts as Dual Fluoroalkyl and SO2 Sources: Atom-Economical Fluoroalkyl-Sulfonylation of Alkenes and Alkynes by Photoredox Catalysis

Highly fluorescent M2L4 molecular capsules with anthracene shells

Highly regio- and diastereoselective synthesis of CF3-substituted lactones via photoredox-catalyzed carbolactonization of alkenoic acids

Highly selective photo-catalytic dimerization of alpha-methylstyrene by a novel palladium complex with photosensitizing ruthenium(II) polypyridyl moiety

Infrared Vibrational Spectroscopy of [Ru(bpy)2(bpm)]2+ and [Ru(bpy)3]2+ in the Excited Triplet State

Inorganic and Organometallic Molecular Wires for Single-Molecule Devices.

Intermolecular aminotrifluoromethylation of alkenes by visible-light-driven photoredox catalysis.

Isostructural M2L4 molecular capsules with anthracene shells: synthesis, crystal structures, and fluorescent properties.

Laser Flash Photolysis Studies on Radical Monofluoromethylation by (Diarylamino)naphthalene Photoredox Catalysis: Long Lifetime of the Excited State is Not Always a Requisite

Luminescence color alteration induced by trapped solvent molecules in crystals of tetrahedral gold(i) complexes: near-unity luminescence mixed with thermally activated delayed fluorescence and phosphorescence

M2L4 coordination capsules with tunable anticancer activity upon guest encapsulation.

Making organometallic molecular wires via oxidative ligand coupling

Manganese(II) semiquinonato and manganese(III) catecholato complexes with tridentate ligand: modeling the substrate-binding state of manganese-dependent catechol dioxygenase and reactivity with molecular oxygen

Metal-free di- and tri-fluoromethylation of alkenes realized by visible-light-induced perylene photoredox catalysis

Micelle-like molecular capsules with anthracene shells as photoactive hosts

Molecular recognition and self-assembly special feature: discrete stack of an odd number of polarized aromatic compounds revealing the importance of net vs. local dipoles

Near-unity thermally activated delayed fluorescence efficiency in three- and four-coordinate Au(i) complexes with diphosphine ligands

Oxydifluoromethylation of Alkenes by Photoredox Catalysis: Simple Synthesis of CF2H-Containing Alcohols

Photo- and electro-chromic organometallics with dithienylethene (DTE) linker, L2CpM-DTE-MCpL2: dually stimuli-responsive molecular switch

Photocatalytic Oxygenation of Sulfide and Alkenes by Trinuclear Ruthenium Clusters

Photochromic metal complexes: photoregulation of both the nonlinear optical and luminescent properties

Photochromic organometallics with a dithienylethene (DTE) Bridge, [Y-C[triple bond]C-DTE-C[triple bond]C-Y] (Y={MCp*(dppe)}): photoswitchable molecular wire (M=Fe) versus dual photo- and electrochromism (M=Ru).

Photoluminescent properties and molecular structures of dinuclear gold(I) complexes with bridged diphosphine ligands: near-unity phosphorescence from 3XMMCT/3MC

Photoredox-Catalyzed Stereoselective Conversion of Alkynes into Tetrasubstituted Trifluoromethylated Alkenes.

Photoredox-catalyzed oxytrifluoromethylation of allenes: stereoselective synthesis of 2-trifluoromethylated allyl acetates.

Photoswitching of the second-order nonlinearity of a tetrahedral octupolar multi DTE-based copper(I) complex

Polyaromatic Nanocapsules Displaying Aggregation-Induced Enhanced Emissions in Water

Polyaromatic molecular tubes with a subnanometer pore and the guest-induced emission enhancement behavior

Polycationic-Shelled Capsular and Tubular Nanostructures and Their Anionic-Guest Binding Properties

Preparation of Highly Fluorescent Host-Guest Complexes with Tunable Color upon Encapsulation.

Recent progress in photochemical radical di- and mono-fluoromethylation

Recognition of Multiple Methyl Groups on Aromatic Rings by a Polyaromatic Cavity.

Redox-active polyiron complexes with tetra(ethynylphenyl)ethene and [2,2]paracyclophane spacers containing ethynylphenyl units: extension to higher dimensional molecular wire

Regiospecific Intermolecular Aminohydroxylation of Olefins by Photoredox Catalysis

Remarkable switching behavior of bimodally stimuli-responsive photochromic dithienylethenes with redox-active organometallic attachments

Revelation of the Photoactive Species in the Photocatalytic Dimerization of α-Methylstyrene by a Dinuclear Ruthenium–Palladium Complex

Safe storage of radical initiators within a polyaromatic nanocapsule.

Selective host-guest interactions of a transformable coordination capsule/tube with fullerenes

Selective synthesis of isomeric heterodinuclear complexes with switched metal arrangements via proton-induced reversible metal migration

Single-Molecule Junction of a Cationic Rh(III) Polyyne Molecular Wire

Spin crossover by encapsulation

Structural characterization and intramolecular aliphatic C-H oxidation ability of M(III)(mu-O)2M(III) complexes of Ni and Co with the hydrotris-(3,5-dialkyl-4-X-pyrazolyl)borate ligands TpMe2,X (X = Me, H, Br) and TpiPr2.