Hokkaido University

Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery

2025

• From Learning Pericyclic Reactions to Classes, Automated Reaction Path Search, and Publication in JACS
  T. Mita, J. Syn. Org. Chem. Jpn., 2025, 83, 837-841
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• Nanoscale Dispersion of Maltooligosaccharides in Poly(ε-Caprolactone) for an Enhanced Mechanical Performance and Marine-Biodegradability Characteristics
  Y. Fujiwara, W. Kotcharoen, T. Kobayashi, Y. Tsuji, K. Suzuki, W. Lang, F. Li, T. Yamamoto, Y. Takeuchi, K. Takahashi, R. Borsali, K. Tajima, T. Satoh, T. Isono, POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY, 2025, 242,
  DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2025.111663
  
• Design of Molecular Crystals Toward Crystalline Molecular Machines: Rotors, Gears, and Motors
  P. Jiang, M. Jin, ACS NANOSCIENCE AU, 2025, ,
  DOI: 10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.5c00109
  
• Cyclic Porphyrin Dimers with a Slipped Cofacial Arrangement Through Coordination Linkage of Phosphine Oxide Substituents with Yb(III) and Lu(III) Complexes
  S. Shoji, K. Inage, S. Mori, Y. Kitagawa, Y. Hasegawa, K. Fushimi, Y. Mikata, T. Kitayama, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2025, ,
  DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202500318
  
• Deciphering Adsorbate-Adsorbate Interactions from Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Images: Integrated Topological, Statistical, and First-Principles Analysis of Methoxy Adsorbates on Pt/TiO₂(110)
  C. Liu, M. Gao, D. Kido, M. Kimura, K. Asakura, B. Lu, K. Takeyasu, S. Takakusagi, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2025, ,
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c03508
  
• Rapid Construction of a Tyr C6-Trp C5′ Linkage: Application in the Total Synthesis of Micitide 982, a Noncanonical Cyclic Peptide
  H. Ogawa, Y. Nagata, T. Chan, Y. Matsuda, H. Nakamura, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed., 2025, ,
  DOI: 10.1002/anie.202516053
  
• Silver-Catalyzed Asymmetric Aldol Reaction of Nonactivated Ketones with α-Isocyanocarboxylic Acid Derivatives Enabled by Prolinol-phosphine-sec-amine Chiral Ligand
  S. Sakai, K. Uchiyama, K. Imai, K. Yato, M. Onizawa, K. Higashida, H. Sato, Y. Aoyama, Y. Shimizu, M. Sawamura, Acs Catalysis, 2025, ,
  DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c04986
  
• Catalytic Asymmetric (ene-endo)-Carbonyl-Ene Type Cyclizations
  L. Shi, N. Tsuji, C. Zhu, M. Leutzsch, J. Grimm, B. List, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 38, 34225–34230
  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c11553
  
• Block Copolymer Architectures with Poly(ε-Caprolactone) for Modulating Interactions to Enhance Selectivity and Stability of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Dispersions
  M. Chen, R. Iwasaki, M. Ashiya, H. Zhao, Q. Hong, Y. Li, K. Chen, M. Mburu, W. Li, X. Gu, W. Chiang, T. Isono, T. Satoh, Y. Chiu, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 519,
  DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.165430
  
• Nonlinearity Tunes Crack Dynamics in Soft Materials
  F. Tian, J. Gong, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2025, 202,
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2025.106191
  
• Ligand Triplet Energy Escape in Lanthanide Complexes for Developing Luminescent Molecular Thermometers
  Y. Yamaguchi, T. Nakai, S. Omagari, M. Wang, Y. Hasegawa, Y. Kitagawa, Communications Chemistry, 2025, 8, Article number: 269
  DOI: 10.1038/s42004-025-01673-1
  
• Substituent Effects on Electrocyclic Reactions: Ultrafast Ring-Opening of α-Phellandrene Stimulated by Impulsively Excited Molecular Vibrations
  Z. Zhou, K. Saita, Y. Minegishi, T. Taketsugu, T. Sekikawa, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2025, 129, 38, 8733–8743
  DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5c03354