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Publication List

• "Complexation by γ-cyclodextrin as a way of improving anticancer potential of sumanene"
  A. Kasprzak, A. Żuchowska, H. Sakurai
  Sci. Rep. 2024,14, 27158.
  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-78110-1 　　　　　　　
• "Exceptionally Short Tetracoordinated Carbon–Halogen Bonds in Hexafluorodihalocubanes"
  M. Sugiyama, Y. Uetake, N. Miyagi, M. Yoshida, K. Nozaki, T. Okazoe, M. Akiyama
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 30686–30697.
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c12732 　　　　　　　
• "Carrier doping in semiconducting carbon nanotubes with fluorosumanenes"
  H. Uchiyama, T. Nakano, Y. Yakiyama, H. Sakurai, Y. Gao, M. Maruyama, S. Okada, H. Kataura, Y. Ohno
  J. Phys. Chem. C 2024, 128, 17668–17673.
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c04543 　　　　　　　
• "Coronene-Based 2D Networks by On-Surface Skeletal Rearrangement of Sumanene Precursors"
  D. Ecija, E. Pérez-Elvira, A. Gallardo, J. Santos, C. Martín-Fuertes, K. Lauwaet, J. M. Gallego, R. Miranda, H. Sakurai, J. I. Urgel, J. Björk, N. Martín, A. Barragán
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202414583.
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.202414583 　　　　　　　
• "Corannulene Amino Acid Derived Water Soluble Amphiphilic Buckybowl as Broad-spectrum Membrane Targeting Antibacterial Agents"
  S. Maji, S. Akhtar, S. Halder, I. Chatterjee, D. P. Verma, N. K. Verma, J. Saroj, D. Saxena, R. Maitra, J Sharma, B. Sharma, H. Sakurai, K. Mitra, S. Chopra, J. K. Ghosh, G. Panda
  J. Med. Chem. 2024, 67, 15041–15060.
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00666 　　　　　　　
• "Dehydrosilylation of Alcohols Using Gold Nanoparticles Deposited on Citric Acid-modified Fibrillated Cellulose"
  B. Suwattananuruk, Y. Uetake, H. Sakurai
  Synlett 2024, accepted.
  DOI: 10.1055/a-2379-9191 　　　　　　　
• "Confinement effects on the structure and reactivity of encapsulated buckybowls in cycloparaphenylene"
  S. Li, Z.-Y. Qiu, J.-S. Dang, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 6451–6454.
  DOI: 10.1039/D4CC01662A 　　　　　　　
• "Amplification sensing manipulated by a sumanene-based supramolecular polymer as a dynamic allosteric effector"
  H. Mizuno, H. Nakazawa, A. Miyagawa, Y. Yakiyama, H. Sakurai, G. Fukuhara
  Sci. Rep. 2024, 14, 12534.
  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-63304-4 　　　　　　　
• "Dehydrogenative Oxidation of Hydrosilanes Using Gold Nanoparticle Deposited on Citric Acid-Modified Fibrillated Cellulose: Unveiling the Effect of Molecular Oxygen"
  B. Suwattananuruk, Y. Uetake, R. Ichikawa, R. Toyoshima, H. Kondoh, H. Sakurai
  Nanoscale 2024, 16, 12474–12481.
  DOI: 10.1039/D4NR01184H 　　　　　　　
• "Sumanene–carbazole conjugate with push–pull structure and its chemoreceptor application"
  D. Ufnal, J. S. Cyniak, M. Krzyżanowski, K. Durka, H. Sakurai, A. Kasprzak
  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2024, 22, 5117–5126.
  DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00539B 　　　　　　　
• "Enhanced reactivity of Li⁺@C₆₀ toward thermal [2 + 2] cycloaddition by encapsulated Li⁺ Lewis acid"
  H. Ueno, Y. Yamazaki, H. Okada, F. Misaizu, K. Kokubo, H. Sakurai
  Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 24, 653–660.
  DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.20.58 　　　　　　　
• "Strain-induced carbon-carbon bond cleavage of bowl-shaped sumanenone"
  M. Nishimoto, Y. Uetake, Y. Yakiyama, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 3982–3985.
  >DOI: 10.1039/D4CC00008K 　　　　　　　
• "Reversible Modulation of the Local Environment around Metal Centers Bearing Multifunctional Carbenes"
  Y. Yamauchi, S. Ogoshi, Y. Uetake, Y. Hoshimoto
  Chem. Lett. 2024, 53, upae042.
  DOI: 10.1093/chemle/upae042 　　　　　　　
• "Biased Bowl-Direction of Monofluorosumanene in the Solid State"
  Y. Yakiyama, M. Li, D. Zhou, T. Abe, C. Sato, K. Sambe, T. Akutagawa, T. Matsumura, N. Matubayasi, H. Sakurai
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 5224–5231.
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c11311 　　　　　　　
• "Expanding the library of sumanene molecular receptors for caesium-selective potentiometric sensors"
  J. Ażgin, M. Wesoły, K. Durka, H. Sakurai, W. Wróblewski, A. Kasprzak
  Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 2964–2972.
  DOI: 10.1039/D3DT03885H 　　　　　　　
• "Mechanistic Study in Gold Nanoparticle Synthesis through Microchip Laser Ablation in Organic Solvents"
  B. S. Hettiarachchi, Y. Takaoka, Y. Uetake, Y. Yakiyama, H. Y. Yoshikawa, M. Maruyama, H. Sakurai
  Metals 2024, 14, 155.
  DOI: 10.3390/met14020155 　　　　　　　
• "Uncovering gold nanoparticle synthesis using a microchip laser system through pulsed laser ablation in aqueous solution"
  B. S. Hettiarachchi, Y. Takaoka, Y. Uetake, Y. Yakiyama, H. H. Lim, T. Taira, M. Maruyama, Y. Mori, H. Y. Yoshikawa, H. Sakurai
  Ind. Chem. Mater. 2024, 2, 340–347.
  DOI: 10.1039/D3IM00090G 　　　　　　　
• "Oxidation-derived anticancer potential of sumanene-ferrocene conjugates"
  A. Kasprzak, A. Zuchowska, P. Romanczuk, A. Kowalczyk, I. P. Grudzinski, A. Malkowska, A. M. Nowicka, H. Sakurai
  Dalton Trans. 2024, 53, 56–64.
  DOI: 10.1039/d3dt03810f 　　　　　　　

• "Ultra-Rapid and Specific Gelation of Collagen Molecules for Transparent and Tough Gels by Transition Metal Complexation"
  T. Suezawa, N. Sasaki, Y. Yukawa, N. Assan, Y. Uetake, K. Onuma, R. Kamada, D. Tomioka, H. Sakurai, R. Katayama, M. Inoue, M. Matsusaki
  Adv. Sci. 2023, 10, 2302637.
  DOI: 10.1002/advs.202302637 　　　　　　　
• "Reversible Modulation of the Electronic and Spatial Environment around Ni(0) Centers Bearing Multifunctional Carbene Ligands with Triarylaluminum"
  Y. Yamauchi, Y. Mondori, Y. Uetake, Y. Takeichi, T. Kawakita, H. Sakurai, S. Ogoshi, Y. Hoshimoto
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 16938–16947.
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06267 　　　　　　　
• "Sumanene-stacked supramolecular polymers. Dynamic, solvation-directed control"
  H. Mizuno, H. Nakazawa, M. Harada, Y. Yakiyama, H. Sakurai, G. Fukuhara
  Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 9595–9598.
  DOI: 10.1039/D3CC02990E 　　　　　　　
• "A sumanene-containing magnetic nanoadsorbent for the removal of caesium salts from aqueous solutions"
  A. Kasprzak, M. Matczuk, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 9591–9594.
  DOI: 10.1039/D3CC02657D 　　　　　　　
• "Dihydroxyacetone Production by Glycerol Oxidation under Moderate Condition Using Pt Loaded on La_1−xBi_xOF Solids"
  N. Nunotani, M. Takashima, Y.-B. Choi, Y. Uetake, H. Sakurai, N. Imanaka
  Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 9533–9536.
  DOI: 10.1039/D3CC01734F 　　　　　　　
• "Radiation-induced synthesis of carbon-supported niobium oxide nanoparticle catalysts and investigation of heat treatment conditions to improve the oxygen reduction reaction activity"
  N. Shinyoshi, S. Seino, Y. Uetake, T. Nagai, R. Monden, A. Ishihara, T. Nakagawa
  J. Ceram. Soc. Jpn. 2023, 131, 575–580.
  DOI: 10.2109/jcersj2.23039 　　　　　　　
• "Collective bending motion of a two-dimensionally correlated bowl-stacked columnar liquid crystalline assembly under a shear force"
  Y. Shoji, R. Komiyama , M. Kobayashi, A. Kosaka, T. Kajitani, R. Haruki, R. Kumai, S. Adachi , T. Tada , N. Karasawa , H. Nakano , H. Nakamura , H. Sakurai , T. Fukushima
  Sci. Adv. 2023, 9, eadg8202.
  DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg8202 　　　　　　　
• "Fluorosumanenes as building blocks for organic crystalline dielectrics"
  Y. Yakiyama, M. Li, H. Sakurai
  Pure Appl. Chem. 2023, 95, 421–430.
  DOI: 10.1515/pac-2023-0211 　　　　　　　
• "Derivatization of sumanenetrione through Lewis acid-mediated Suzuki-Miyaura coupling and an unprecedented ring opening"
  J. Han, Y. Uetake, Y. Yakiyama, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 4632–4635.
  DOI: 10.1039/D3CC00394A 　　　　　　　
• "Application of Monoferrocenylsumanenes Derived from Sonogashira Cross-Coupling or Click Chemistry Reactions in Highly Sensitive and Selective Cesium Cation Electrochemical Sensors"
  A. Kasprzak, A. Gajda-Walczak, A. Kowalczyk, B. Wagner, A. M. Nowicka, M. Nishimoto, M. Koszytkowska-Stawińska, H. Sakurai
  J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 4199–4208.
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c02767 　　　　　　　
• "Synthesis of π-extended and bowl-shaped sumanene-ferrocene conjugates and their application in highly selective and sensitive cesium cations electrochemical sensors"
  J. Cyniak, Ł. Kocobolska, N. Bojdecka, A. Gajda-Walczak, A. Kowalczyk, B. Wagner, A. Nowicka, H. Sakurai, A. Kasprzak
  Dalton Trans. 2023, 52, 3137–3147.
  DOI: 10.1039/D3DT00084B 　　　　　　　
• "Size-selective Preparation of Gold Nanoparticles Stabilized on Chitosan Using the Matrix-Transfer Method"
  N. Assan, Y. Uetake, H. Sakurai
  J. Nanopart. Res. 2023, 25, 50.
  DOI: 10.1007/s11051-023-05700-x 　　　　　　　
• "Acceleration Effect of Bowl‐shaped Structure in Aerobic Oxidation Reaction: Synthesis of Homosumanene ortho‐Quinone and Azaacene‐Fused Homosumanenes"
  M. Nishimoto, Y. Uetake, Y. Yakiyama, A. Saeki, J. Freudenberg, U. H. F. Bunz, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202203461.
  DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203461 　　　　　　　
• "Synthesis of fully substituted sumanenes at the aromatic periphery through hexabromomethylation"
  H. Nakazawa, Y. Uetake, Y. Yakiyama, H. Sakurai
  Asian J. Org. Chem. 2023, 12, e202200585.
  DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202200585 　　　　　　　
• "Pentagon-fused sumanenes on the aromatic peripheries en route to the bottom-up synthesis of fullerenes"
  H. Nakazawa, Y. Uetake, Y. Yakiyama, H. Sakurai
  Synlett 2023, 34, 374–378.
  DOI: 10.1055/a-1992-0487 　　　　　　　
• "Thermodynamic differentiation of the two sides of azabuckybowl through complexation with square planar platinum(II)"
  M. Nishimoto, Y. Uetake, Y. Yakiyama, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Asian J. 2023, 18, e202201103.
  DOI: 10.1002/asia.202201103 　　　　　　　

• "Structural Symmetry and Spin Multiplicity of Sumanene Derivative Radical Molecules"
  Y. Baba, H. Sakurai, A. Muraoka
  J. Comput. Chem. Jpn. 2022, 21, 55–57.
  DOI: 10.2477/jccj.2022-0033 　　　　　　　
• "Intramolecular hydroamination catalysed by gold nanoparticles deposited on fibrillated cellulose"
  Y. Uetake, B. Suwattananuruk, H. Sakurai
  Sci. Rep. 2022, 12, 20602.
  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-24955-3 　　　　　　　
• "Sumanene-Functionalised Bis(terpyridine)-Ruthenium(II) Complexes Showing Photoinduced Structural Change and Cation Sensing"
  J. Han, Y. Yakiyama, Y. Takeda, H. Sakurai
  Inorg. Chem. Front. 2022, 10, 211–217.
  DOI: 10.1039/D2QI01801B 　　　　　　　
• "Synthesis of Sumanene-fused Acenes"
  H. Nakazawa, A. Ohya, Y. Morimoto, Y. Uetake, N. Ikuma, K. Okada, M. Nakano, Y. Yakiyama, H. Sakurai
  Asian J. Org. Chem. 2022, 11, e202200471.
  DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202200471 　　　　　　　
• "Infrared and Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectra of Sumanene Isolated in Solid para-Hydrogen"
  I. Weber, M. Tsuge, P. Sundararajan, M. Baba. H. Sakurai, Y.-P. Lee
  J. Phys. Chem. A 2022, 126, 5283–5293.
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c02906
• "Turning Dielectric Response by Co-crystallisation of Sumanene and Its Fluorinated Derivative"
  M. Li, X. Chen, Y. Yakiyama, J. Wu, T. Akutagawa, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 8950–8953.
  DOI: 10.1039/D2CC02766F
• "Radiation Induced Synthesis of Tin-based Nanoparticles and Investigation of the Generating Mechanism"
  N. Shinyoshi, S. Seino, N. Uegaki, S. Fujieda, Y. Uetake, T. Nakagawa
  RADIOISOTOPES 2022, 71, 171–177.
  DOI: 10.3769/radioisotopes.71.171
• "Room-Temperature Reversible Chemisorption of Carbon Monoxide on Nickel(0) Complexes"
  Y. Yamauchi, Y. Hoshimoto, T. Kawakita, T. Kinoshita, Y. Uetake, H. Sakurai, S. Ogoshi
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 8818–8826.
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c02870
• "Dielectric Response of 1,1-Difluorosumanene Caused by an In-Plane Motion"
  M. Li, J.-Y. Wu, K. Sambe, Y. Yakiyama, T. Akutagawa, T. Kajitani, T. Fukushima, K. Matsuda, H. Sakurai
  Mater. Chem. Front. 2022, 6, 1752–1758.
  DOI: 10.1039/D2QM00134A
• "Synthesis of the C₇₀ Fragment Buckybowl, Homosumanene and Heterahomosumanenes via Ring-Expansion Reactions from Sumanenone"
  M. Nishimoto, Y. Uetake, Y. Yakiyama, F. Ishiwari, A. Saeki, H. Sakurai
  J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 2508–2519.
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02416
• “Tuning the sumanene receptor structure towards the development of potentiometric sensors”
  A. Kasprzak, A. Tobolska, H. Sakurai, W. Wróblewski
  Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 468–472.
  DOI: 10.1039/d1dt03467g

• "Lewis acid-mediated Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction"
  T. Niwa, Y. Uetake, M. Isoda, T. Takimoto, M. Nakaoka, D. Hashizume, H. Sakurai, T. Hosoya
  Nature Catal. 2021, 4, 1080–1088.
  DOI: 10.1038/s41929-021-00719-6
• "Chemo- and regioselective cross-dehydrogenative coupling reaction of 3-hydroxycarbazoles with arenols catalyzed by a mesoporous silica-supported oxovanadium"
  K. Kasama, K. Kanomata, Y. Hinami, K. Mizuno, Y. Uetake, T. Amaya, M. Sako, S. Takizawa, H. Sasai, S. Akai
  RSC Adv. 2021, 11, 35342–35350.
  DOI: 10.1039/d1ra07723f
• "Synthesis of Benzoisoselenazolones via Rh(III)-Catalyzed Direct Annulative Selenation Using Elemental Selenium"
  Q.-F. Xu-Xu, Y. Nishii, Y. Uetake, H. Sakurai, M. Miura
  Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 17952–17959.
  DOI: 10.1002/chem.202103485
• "Synthesis and pyrolysis of fullerenol-stabilized Pt nanocolloids for unique approach to Pt-doped carbon"
  M. K. E. Cabello, Y. Uetake, Y. Yao, S. Kuwabata, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Asian J. 2021, 16, 2280–2285.
  DOI: 10.1002/asia.202100495
• "Pyridine Ring Modification of Indane-1,3-dione Dimers for Control of their Crystal Structure"
  Y. Yakiyama, T. Fujinaka, M. Nishimura, S. Ryotaro, H. Sakurai
  Asian J. Org. Chem. 2021, 10, 2690–2696.
  DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202100275
• "The Dawn of Sumanene Chemistry: My Personal History with π-Figuration"
  H. Sakurai
  Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2021, 94, 1579–1587.
  DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20210046
• "Theoretical study on the molecular stacking interaction and charge transport properties of triazasumanene crystals - from explanation to prediction"
  X. Chen, H. Sakurai, H. Wang, S. Gao, H.-D. Bi, F.-Q. Bai
  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2021, 23, 4681–4689.
  DOI: 10.1039/D0CP06102F
• "Volcano-Type Correlation between Particle Size and Catalytic Activity on Hydrodechlorination Catalyzed by AuPd Nanoalloy"
  Y. Uetake, S. Mouri, S. Haesuwannakij, K. Okumura, H. Sakurai
  Nanoscale Adv. 2021, 3, 1496–1501.
  DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00951B
• "Disaggregation of a sumanene-containing fluorescent probe towards highly sensitive and specific detection of caesium cations"
  A. Kasprzak, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 343–346.
  DOI: 10.1039/D0CC07226E

• "Size-Controlled Preparation of Gold Nanoparticles Deposited on Surface-Fibrillated Cellulose Obtained by Citric Acid Modification"
  T. Chutimasakul, Y. Uetake, J. Tantirungrotechai, T. Asoh, H. Uyama, H. Sakurai
  ACS Omega 2020, 5, 33206–33213.
  DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c04894
• "Application of cup-shaped trilactams for selective extraction of volatile compounds by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry"
  S. Sartyoungkul, I. Thaveesangsakulthai, M. K. E. Cabello, C. Kulsing, H. Sakurai
  Analyst 2020, 145, 6668–6676.
  DOI: 10.1039/d0an01061h
• "Theoretical Study on Singlet Fission Dynamics in Sumanene-Fused Acene Dimers"
  K. Okada, M. Nakano, H. Miyamoto, H. Nakazawa, Y. Uetake, H. Sakurai
  J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 19499–19507.
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c06215
• "Control by one drop of solvent: selective preparation of guest release/trap-triggered interconvertible molecular crystals"
  Y. Yakiyama, T. Fujinaka, M. Nishimura, R. Seki, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Commun. 2020, 56, 9687–9690.
  DOI: 10.1039/d0cc03408h
• "Dual role of cellulose monolith in the continuous-flow and support of gold nanoparticles for green catalyst"
  Z.-T. Xie, T. Asoh, Y. Uetake, H. Sakurai, H. Uyama
  Carbohydr. Polym. 2020, 247, 116723.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116723
• "Tris(ferrocenylmethidene)sumanene: Synthesis, photophysical properties and application for the efficient caesium cation recognition in water"
  A. Kasprzaka, A. Kowalczykb, A. Jagielskac, B. Wagnerc, A. M. Nowickab, H. Sakurai
  Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 9965–9971.
  DOI: 10.1039/D0DT01506G
• "Pt–Pd Nanoalloy for the Unprecedented Activation of Carbon–Fluorine Bond at Low Temperature"
  R. N. Dhital, K. Nomura, Y. Sato, S. Haesuwannakij, M. Ehara, H. Sakurai
  Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2020, 93, 1180–1185.
  DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20200112
• "Anisotropic Contraction of a Polyaromatic Capsule and Its Cavity-Induced Compression Effect"
  N. Kishida, K. Matsumoto, Y. Tanaka, M. Akita, H. Sakurai, M. Yoshizawa
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 9599–9603.
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c02932
• "Synthesis of C₇₀-fragment buckybowls bearing alkoxy substituents"
  Y. Yakiyama, S. Hishikawa, H. Sakurai
  Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 681–690.
  DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.16.66
• "Synthesis and Dimerization Properties of Cup- and Bowl-shaped Cyclic Trilactams"
  S. Sartyoungkul, Y. Yakiyama, H. Sakurai
  Asian J. Org. Chem. 2020, 9, 947–952.
  DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202000140
• "Gold Nanoparticles Stabilized by Molecular Fullerenols"
  K. Kokubo, M. K. E. Cabello, N. Sato, Y. Uetake, H. Sakurai
  ChemNanoMat 2020, 6, 524–528
  DOI: 10.1002/cnma.201900778
• "Time-dependent Density Functional Theory Investigation of Excited State Intramolecular Proton Transfer in Tris(2-hydroxyphenyl)triazasumanene"
  S. Sartyoungkul, M. Ehara, H. Sakurai
  J. Phys. Chem. A 2020, 124, 1227–1234
  DOI:10.1021/acs.jpca.9b10340
• "Selective Oxidative Hydroxylation of Arylboronic Acids by Colloidal Nanogold Catalyzed in Situ Generation of H₂O₂ from Alcohols Under Aerobic Conditions"
  Vinsen, Y. Uetake, H. Sakurai
  Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2020, 93, 299–301
  DOI:10.1246/bcsj.20190265
• "The Excimer Formation of Aryl Iodides Chemisorbed on Gold Nanoparticles for Significant Enhancement of the Photoluminescence"
  P. Maity, K. Sasai, R. N. Dhital, H. Sakai, T. Hasobe, H. Sakurai
  J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2020, 11, 1199–1203
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03557

• "Electronic and vibrational structure in the S₀ and S₁ states of corannulene"
  A. Kanaoka, H. Tohyama, S. Kunishige, T. Katori, A. Nishiyama, M. Misono, N. Nakayama, H. Sakurai, M. Tsuge, M. Baba
  J. Chem. Phys. 2019, 151, 234305 (9 pages).
  DOI: 10.1063/1.5129852
• "Formation of a Large Confined Spherical Space with a Small Aperture Using Flexible Hexasubstituted Sumanene"
  Y. Yakiyama, T. Hasegawa, H. Sakurai
  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 18099–18103.
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b07902
• "Site-selective cation–π interaction as a way of selective recognition of cesium cation with sumanene-functionalized ferrocenes"
  A. Kasprzak, H. Sakurai
  Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 17147–17152.
  DOI: 10.1039/C9DT03162F
• "Sumanene Hexaester: An Electron Deficient Buckybowl"
  H. Toda, Y. Uetake, Y. Yakiyama, H. Nakazawa, T. Kajitani, T. Fukushima, H. Sakurai
  Synthesis 2019, 51, 4576–4581.
  DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1690206
• "Dielectric and Sorption Responses of Hydrogen-Bonding Network of Amorphous C₆₀(OH)₁₂ and C₆₀(OH)₃₆"
  S. Uchikawa, A. Kawasaki, N. Hoshino, T. Takeda, S-i. Noro, K. Takahashi, T. Nakamura, N. Sato, K. Kokubo, H. Sakurai, T. Akutagawa
  J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 23545–23553.
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b06951
• "Molecular Packing and Solid‐state Photophysical Properties of 1,3,6,8‐Tetraalkylpyrenes"
  T. Iwasaki, S. Murakami, Y. Takeda, G. Fukuhara, N. Tohnai, Y. Yakiyama, H. Sakurai, N. Kambe
  Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 14817–14825.
  DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903224
• "Infrared spectrum of hydrogenated corannulene rim-HC₂₀H₁₀ isolated in solid para-hydrogen"
  P. Sundararajan, M. Tsuge, M. Baba, H. Sakurai, Y.-P. Lee
  J. Chem. Phys. 2019, 151, 044304 (10 pages).
  DOI: 10.1063/1.511169
• "Liquid Phase Pulsed Laser Ablation on Pyrite"
  Y. Motohashi, Y. Yakiyama, F. Mafuné, H. Okajima, A. Sakamoto, T. Shimizu, Y. Minami, N. Sarukura, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Lett. 2019, 48, 712–714.
  DOI: 10.1246/cl.190141
• "Generation of “Sumanenylidene”: A Ground-State Triplet Carbene on a Curved π-Conjugated Periphery"
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  Chem. Asian J. 2019, 14, 1844–1848.
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• "Sequential double C–H functionalization of 2,5-norbornadiene in flow"
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  React. Chem. Eng. 2018, 3, 635–639.
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• "Universality of Giant Seebeck Effect in Organic Small Molecules"
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  Mater. Chem. Front. 2018, 2, 1276–1283.
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• "Nucleophilic Substitution at the Internal Carbon of Sumanene Framework with Inversion of Configuration"
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• "Molecular Arrangements of Corannulene and Sumanene in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes"
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  ChemNanoMat 2018, 4, 557–561.
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• "Internal-peripheral diosmylation of sumanene overcoming the dearomatization hurdle by the distortion of curved π-system"
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  Chem. Lett. 2018, 47, 736–739.
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• "Triazasumanene: an Isoelectronic Heteroanalogue of Sumanene"
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  Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2018, 91, 531–537.
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• "Thermoelectric and Thermal Transport Properties in Sumanene Crystals"
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  Chem. Lett. 2018, 47, 524–527.
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• "Tris(2-hydroxyphenyl)triazasumanene: Bowl-shaped excited-state intramolecular proton transfer (ESIPT) fluorophore coupled with aggregation-induced enhanced emission (AIEE)"
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  Mater. Chem. Front. 2018, 2, 514–519.
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• "Intramolecular Hydroamination by a Primary Amine of an Unactivated Alkene on Gold Nanoclusters: A DFT Study"
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  ChemCatChem 2017, 9, 4490–4500.
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• "Hydrogen-bonded Hexagonal Buckybowl Network"
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  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 15294–15298.
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• "Hexathioalkyl sumanenes: An electron-donating buckybowl as a building block for supramolecular materials"
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  Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 8405–8410.
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• "Synthesis of a C₇₀ Fragment Buckybowl C₂₈H₁₄ from a C₆₀ Fragment Sumanene"
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  Chem. Lett. 2017, 46, 1556–1559.
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• "2,3,5,6,8,9-Hexabromosumanene: Synthesis and Its Application to Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling"
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  Chem. Lett. 2017, 46, 1368–1371.
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• "N-type Superconductivity in an Organic Mott Insulator induced by Light-driven Electron-doping"
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  Adv. Meter. 2017, 29, 1606833.
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• "The Impact of the Polymer Chain Length on the Catalytic Activity of Poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone)-supported Gold Nanoclusters"
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  Sci. Rep. 2017, 7, 9579.
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• "Partially Fluoride-Substituted Hydroxyapatite as a Suitable Support for the Gold-Catalyzed Homocoupling of Phenylboronic Acid: An Example of Interface Modification"
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  ACS Catal. 2017, 7, 2998–3003.
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• "Fe, Ru, and Os Complexes with the Same Molecular Framework: Comparison of Structures, Properties and Catalytic Activities"
  M. Yoshida, M. Kondo, M. Okamura, M. Kanaike, S. Haesuwannakij, H. Sakurai, S. Masaoka
  Faraday Discuss. 2017, 198, 181–196.
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• "Size-controlled Preparation of Gold Nanoclusters on Hydroxyapatite through Trans-deposition Method"
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  J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 2017, 17, 4649–4657.
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• "A Sumanene-Based Aryne, "Sumanyne""
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  Chem. Lett. 2017, 46, 446–448.
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• "Two-way Correspondence Between Carbon Nanotubes and Caps: Development of a Numerical Algorithm and a Tool for Organic Cap Synthesis"
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  Carbon 2017, 116, 678–685.
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• "Electronic and vibrational structures in the S₀ and S₁ states of coronene"
  S. Kunishige, A. Kanaoka, T. Katori, M. Kawabata, M. Baba, T. Yamanaka, S. Higashibayashi, H. Sakurai
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• "Sumanene Derivatives Functionalized at the Internal Carbon"
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  Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 697–700.
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• "Synthesis of Triaryltriazasumanenes"
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  Chem. Lett. 2017, 46, 146–148.
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• "Synthesis of Hydroxysumanene and Substituent Effect of Hydroxy Group on Bowl Inversion Dynamics and Electronic Structure"
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  J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 11978–11981.
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• "Bowl Inversion and Electronic Switching of Buckybowls on Gold"
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  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 12142–12149.
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• "Structure, Interaction, and Dynamics of Au/Pd Bimetallic Nanoalloys Dispersed in Aqueous Ethylpyrrolidone, a Monomeric Moiety of Polyvinylpyrrolidone"
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  J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 17454–17464.
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• "Mechanism of Ullmann Coupling Reaction of Chloroarene on Au/Pd Alloy Nanocluster: A DFT Study"
  J. Meeprasert, S. Namuangruk, B. Boekfa, R. N. Dhital, H. Sakurai, M. Ehara
  Organometalics 2016, 35, 1192–1201.
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• "Thermal stability, solubility, and fluorescence property of poly(arylene vinylene ketone)s bearing 1,1’-binaphthylene units"
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  React. Funct. Polym. 2016, 100, 123–129.
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• "Significant stabilization of palladium by gold in the bimetallic nanocatalyst leading to an enhanced activity in the hydrodechlorination of aryl chlorides"
  S. Karanjit, A. Jinasan, E. Somsook, R. N. Dhital, K. Motomiya, Y. Sato, K. Tohji, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 12724–12727.
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• "Gold/Palladium Alloy for Carbon–Halogen Bond Activation: An Unprecedented Halide Dependence"
  R. N. Dhital, K. Bobuatong, M. Ehara, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Asian J. 2015, 10, 2669–2676.
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• "Mechanism of the Aerobic Homocoupling of Phenylboronic Acid on Au₂₀^–: A DFT Study"
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  Chem. Asian J. 2015, 10, 2397–2403.
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• "Investigation on the Dynamic Behavior of Bisumanenyl"
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  Asian J. Org. Chem. 2015, 4, 62–68.
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• "C–Cl Bond Activation on Au/Pd Bimetallic Nanocatalysts Studied by Density Functional Theory and Genetic Algorithm Calculations"
  B. Boekfa, E. Pahl, N. Gaston, H. Sakurai, J. Limtrakul, M. Ehara
  J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 22188–22196.
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• "Sumanenetrione Anions Generated by Electrochemical and Chemical Reduction"
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  Chem. Lett. 2014, 43, 1297–1299.
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• "Eclipsed Columnar Packing in Crystal Structure of Sumanenetrione"
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  Chem. Lett. 2014, 43, 1294–1296.
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• "DFT Studies of Mechanism and Origin of Stereoselectivity of Palladium-Catalyzed Cyclotrimerization Reactions Affording syn-Tris(norborneno)benzenes"
  M. Yamanaka, M. Morishima, Y. Shibata, S. Higashibayashi, H. Sakurai
  Organometallics 2014, 33, 3060–3068.
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• "Synthesis of Thermally Stable, Wholly Aromatic Polyketones with 2,2'-Dimethoxy-1,1'-binaphthyl-6,6'-diyl Units through Nanosized-Palladium-Cluster-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling Polymerization"
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  React. Funct. Polym. 2014, 79, 24–28.
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• "Correlation between Bowl-Inversion Energy and Bowl Depth in Substituted Sumanenes"
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  Pure Appl. Chem. 2014, 86, 747–753.
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• "Columnar/Herringbone Dual Crystal Packing of Pyrenylsumanene and its Photophysical Properties"
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  Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 841–847.
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• "Beam-Induced Graphitic Carbon Cage Transformation from Sumanene Aggregates"
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  Appl. Phys. Lett. 2014, 104, 043107.
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• "Size-Controlled Preparation of Gold Nanoclusters Stabilized by Hydrophilic Polymers with High Viscosity Using Microflow Reactor"
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  Monatsch. Chem. 2014, 145, 23–28.
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• "Bimetallic Gold/Palladium Alloy Nanoclusters: An Effective Catalyst for Ullmann Coupling of Chloropyridines under Ambient Conditions"
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  Catal. Sci. Technol. 2013, 3, 3030–3035.
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• "Fluorinated and Trifluoromethylated Corannulenes"
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  Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 13872–13880.
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• "Sumanenylferrocenes and their solid state self-assembly"
  B. Topolinski, B. M. Schmidt, S. Higashibayashi, H. Sakurai, D. Lentz
  Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 13809–13812.
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• "Jet spectroscopy of buckybowl: Electronic and vibrational structures in the S₀ and S₁ states of triphenylene and sumanene"
  S. Kunishige, M. Kawabata, M. Baba, T. Yamanaka, Y. Morita, S. Higashibayashi, H. Sakurai
  J. Chem. Phys. 2013, 139, 044313. (8 pages)
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• "Stereoelectronic Effect of Curved Aromatic Structure Favouring the Unexpected endo Conformation of Benzylic Substituted Sumanene"
  S. Higashibayashi, S. Onogi, H. K. Srivastava, G. N. Sastry, Y.-T. Wu, H. Sakurai
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 28, 7314–7316.
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• "Nanosized Palladium-Catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling Polymerization: Synthesis of Soluble Aromatic Poly(ether ketone)s"
  K. Maeyama, T. Tsukamoto, M. Suzuki, S. Higashibayashi, H. Sakurai
  Polymer J. 2013, 45, 401–405.
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• "Synthesis of Substituted Sumanenes by Aromatic Electrophilic Substitution Reactions"
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  Chem. Lett. 2013, 42, 386–388.
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• "The Synthesis of Hexaflorosumanene and its Congeners"
  B. M. Schmidt, B. Topolinski, S. Higashibayashi, T. Kojima, M. Kawano, D. Lentz, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Eur. J. 2013, 19, 3282–3286.
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• "Aryl Iodides as Strong Inhibitor for Gold and Gold-Based Bimetallic quasi-Homogeneous Catalysis"
  R. N. Dhital, C. Kamonsatikul, E. Somsook, Y. Sato, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Commun. 2013, 49, 2542–2544.
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• "Mechanism of the aerobic oxidation of methanol to formic acid on Au₈^–: A DFT study"
  S. Karanjit, K. Bobuatong, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, H. Sakurai
  Int. J. Quant. Chem. 2013, 113, 428–436.
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• "Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy and Electronic Structures of C₃ Symmetry Buckybowls"
  J. Mack, Y. Morita, S. Higashibayashi, H. Sakurai, N. Kobayashi
  Chem. Phys. Lett. 2013, 556, 188–194.
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• "Bimetallic AuPd Nanocluster Catalysts with Controlled Atomic Gold Distribution for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Tetralin"
  A. Murugadoss, K. Okumura, H. Sakurai
  J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 26776–26783.
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• "Low-temperature Carbon−Chlorine Bond Activation by Bimetallic Gold/Palladium Alloy Nanoclusters: An Application to Ullmann Coupling"
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  J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 20250–20253.
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• "Electonic Properties of Trifluoromethylated Corannulenes"
  B. M. Schmidt, S. Seki, B. Topolinski, K. Ohkubo, S. Fukuzumi, H. Sakurai, D. Lentz
  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 11385–11388.
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• "Addition versus Oxygenative Cleavage: Two Contradictory Reactivities in the Reaction of N-Benzyl 4-Pentenylamine Catalyzed by Colloidal Nanogold under Aerobic Conditions"
  H. Kitahata, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Lett. 2012, 41, 1328–1330.
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• "Aerobic Oxygenation of Phenylboronic Acid Promoted by Thiol under Gold-free Conditions: A Warning against Gold Nanoparticle Catalysis"
  P. Kaewmati, E. Somsook, R. N. Dhital, H. Sakurai
  Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53, 6104–6106.
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• "Gold/Palladium Bimetallic Alloy Nanoclusters Stabilized by Chitosan as Highly Efficient and Selective Catalyst for Homocoupling of Arylboronic Acid"
  O. Sophiphun, J. Wittayakun, R. N. Dhital, S. Haesuwannakij, A. Murugadoss, H. Sakurai
  Aust. J. Chem. 2012, 65, 1238–1243.
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• "Emission Amplification by Sumanene Nanocrystals in an Onigiri-Type Organic–Organic Assembly"
  Y. Morita, S. Nakao, S. Haesuwannakij, S. Higashibayashi, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 9050–9052.
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• "Microwave-assisted synthesis of methyl (1S,2R,4S,5R)-7-aza-5-hydroxybicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-carboxylate through unexpected stereoselective substitution reaction"
  S. Onogi, S. Higashibayashi, H. Sakurai
  Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53, 3710–3712.
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• "Enantioselective synthesis of a chiral nitrogen-doped buckybowl"
  Q.-T. Tan, S. Higashibayashi, S. Karanjit, H. Sakurai
  Nature Commun. 2012, 3, 891.
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• "Anomalous Efficacy of Bimetallic Au/Pd Nanoclusters in C–Cl Bond Activation and Formal Metathesis-type C–B Bond Activation at Room Temperature"
  R. N. Dhital, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Lett. 2012, 41, 630–632.
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• "Palladium-catalyzed Arylation of Methylene-Bridged Polyarenes: Synthesis and Structures of 9-Arylfluorene Derivatives"
  J.-J. Chen, S. Onogi, Y.-C. Hsieh, C.-C. Hsiao, S. Higashibayashi, H. Sakurai, Y.-T. Wu
  Adv. Synth. Catal. 2012, 354, 1551–1558.
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• "Trimethylsumanene: Enantioselective Synthesis, Substituent Effect on Bowl Structure, Inversion Energy, and Electron Conductivity"
  S. Higashibayashi, R. Tsuruoka, Y. Soujanya, U. Purushotham, G. N. Sastry, S. Seki, T. Ishikawa, S. Toyota, H. Sakurai
  Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2012, 85, 450–467.
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• "Anti-Addition Mechanism in the Intramolecular Hydroalkoxylation of Alkene Catalyzed by PVP-Stabilized Nanogold"
  H. Kitahata, H. Sakurai
  Molecules. 2012, 17, 2579–2586.
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• "Experimental electron density of sumanene, a bowl shaped fullerene fragment; comparison with the related corannulene hydrocarbon"
  S. Mebs, M. Weber, P. Luger, B. M. Schmidt, H. Sakurai, S. Higashibayashi, S. Onogi, D. Lentz
  Org. Biomol. Chem. 2012, 10, 2218–2222.
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• "Aerobic oxidation of methanol to formic acid on Au₂₀^–: a theoretical study on the reaction mechanism"
  K. Bobuatong, S. Karanjit, R. Fukuda, M. Ehara, H. Sakurai
  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 3103–3111.
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• "Where to bind in buckybowls? The dilemma of a metal ion"
  D. Vijay, H. Sakurai, V. Subramanian, G. N. Sastry
  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 3057–3065.
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• "Synthesis of Bimetallic Gold–Silver Alloy Nanoclusters by Simple Mortar Grinding"
  A. Murugadoss, N. Kai, H. Sakurai
  Nanoscale 2012, 4, 1280–1282.
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• "Chiral Phenylazomethine Cage"
  R. Shomura, S. Higashibayashi, H. Sakurai, Y. Matsushita, A. Sato, M. Higuchi
  Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53, 783–785.
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• "Selective Synthesis of C₃ Symmetric Functionalized Sumanenes"
  S. Higashibayashi, Nasir Baig R. B., Y. Morita, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Lett. 2012, 41, 84–86.
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• "Dual Roles of Polyhydroxy Matrices for Homocoupling of Arylboronic Acid Catalysed by Gold Nanoclusters Under Acidic Conditions"
  R. N. Dhital, A, Murugadoss, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Asian J. 2012, 7, 55–59.
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• "Synthesis of Aromatic Polyketones Bearing 1,1’-Binaphthyl-2,2’-dioxy Units through Suzuki–Miyaura Coupling Polymerization"
  K. Maeyama, T. Tsukamoto, M. Suzuki, S. Higashibayashi, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Lett. 2011, 40, 1445–1446.
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• "Chitosan-Stabilized Gold, Gold–Palladium, and Gold–Platinum Nanoclusters as Efficient Catalysts for Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols"
  A. Murugadoss, H. Sakurai
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• "Aerobic Oxidation of Cyclic Amines to Lactams Catalyzed by PVP-stabilized Nanogold"
  P. Preedasuriyachai, W. Chavasiri, H. Sakurai
  Synlett 2011, 1121–1124.
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• "The Impact of Basis Set Superposition Error on the Structure of π–π Dimers"
  D. Vijay, H. Sakurai, G. N. Sastry
  Int. J. Quant. Chem. 2011, 111, 1893–1901.
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• "Gold- and gold–palladium/poly(1-vinylpyrrolidin-2-one) nanoclusters as quasi-homogeneous catalysts for aerobic oxidation of glycerol"
  S. Yudha S., R. N. Dhital, H. Sakurai
  Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 2633–2637.
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• "Magnetically Recoverable Magnetite/Gold Catalyst Stabilized by Poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) for Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols"
  H. W. Chen, A. Murugadoss, T. S. A. Hor, H. Sakurai
  Molecules 2011, 16, 149–161.
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• "Catalytic Activity of Gold Nanoclusters in Intramolecular Hydroamination of Alkenes and Alkynes with Toluenesulfonamide under Aerobic and Basic Conditions"
  H. Kitahara, H. Sakurai
  J. Organomet. Chem. 2011, 696, 442–449.
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• "N-formylation of Amines Catalyzed by Nanogold Under Aerobic Oxidation Conditions with MeOH or Formalin"
  P. Preedasuriyachai, H. Kitahara, W. Chavasiri, H. Sakurai
  Chem. Lett. 2010, 39, 1174–1176.
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• "Formal Lewis Acidic Character of Gold Nanocluster Catalyst"
  H. Sakurai, I. Kamiya, H. Kitahara
  Pure Appl. Chem. 2010, 82, 2005–2016.
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