Nakamura Group

234. Electronic Structure of Stacked C₆₀ Shuttlecocks, S. Okada, R. Arita, Y. Matsuo, E. Nakamura, A. Oshiyama, and H. Aoki, Chem. Phys. Lett., 399, 157-161 (2004).

233. Kinetics of Copper(I)-Catalyzed Dimerization and Hydration of Acetylene in Water, Y. Tokita, A. Okamoto, K. Nishiwaki, M. Kobayashi, and E. Nakamura, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 77, 1395-1399 (2004).

232. Enantioselective Allylic Substitution of Cinnamyl Esters Catalyzed by Iridium-Chiral Aryl Phosphite Complex: Conspicuous Change in the Mechanistic Spectrum by a Counter Cation and Solvent, N. Kinoshita, K. H. Marx, K. Tanaka, K. Tsubaki, T. Kawabata, N. Yoshikai, E. Nakamura, and K. Fuji, J. Org. Chem., 69, 7960-7964 (2004).

231. Sequential Coupling of Zincated Hydrazone, Alkenylboronate, and Electrophile that Creates Several Contiguous Stereogenic Centers, M. Nakamura, T. Hatakeyama, K. Hara, H. Fukudome, and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 14344-14345 (2004).

230. Stereoselective Synthesis of Tetra-Substituted Olefins via Addition of Zinc Enolates to Unactivated Alkynes, M. Nakamura, T. Fujimoto, K. Endo, and E. Nakamura, Org. Lett., 6, 4837-4840 (2004).

229. Thermal and Palladium-Catalyzed [3 + 2] Synthesis of Cyclopentadienone Acetals from Cyclopropenone Acetals and Acetylenes, H. Isobe, S. Sato, T. Tanaka, H. Tokuyama, and E. Nakamura, Org. Lett., 6, 3569-3571 (2004).

228. Photoinduced Change in the Raman Spectrum of Buckyferrocene ((Fe(C₆₀(CH₃)₅)C₅H₅ ), T. Shimada, Y. Yamamoto, T. Kaji, K. Itaka, H. Koinuma, Y. Kuninobu, Y. Matsuo, E. Nakamura, and K. Saiki, Solid State Commun., 132, 197-201 (2004).

227. L-shaped Three-center Two-electron (C-C-C)⁺ Bonding Array, N. Yoshikai, S. C. Ammal, and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 12941-12948 (2004).

226. Mechanism of Substitution Reaction on sp²-Carbon Center with Lithium Organocuprate, N. Yoshikai and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 12264-12265 (2004).

225. α-Alkylation of Ketones by Addition of Zinc Enamide to Unactivated Olefins, M. Nakamura, T. Hatakeyama, and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 11820-11825 (2004).

224. Mechanism and Ligand-transfer Selectivity of 1,2-Addition of Organozincate Complexes to Aldehyde, M. Uchiyama, S. Nakamura, T. Ohwada, M. Nakamura, and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 10897-10903 (2004).

223. Creation of Hoop- and Bowl-Shaped Benzenoid Systems by Selective Detraction of [60]Fullerene Conjugation. [10]Cyclophenacene and Fused Corannulene Derivatives, Y. Matsuo, K. Tahara, M. Sawamura, and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 8725-8734 (2004).

222. Molecular Orientation and Electronic Structure of Epitaxial Bucky Ferrocene (Fe(C₆₀(CH₃)₅)C₅H₅) Thin Films, T. Kaji, T. Shimada, H. Inoue, K. Saiki, Y. Kuninobu, Y. Matsuo, E. Nakamura, and K. Saiki, J. Phys. Chem., 108, 9914-9918 (2004).

221. Zn(II)/Amine-Catalyzed Coupling Reaction of Alkylidenemalonates with Propargyl Alcohol: A One-Pot Synthesis of Methylenetetrahydrofurans, M. Nakamura, C. Liang, and E. Nakamura, Org. Lett., 6, 2015-2017 (2004). (correction: 6, 3017-3017 (2004)).

220. Selective Deposition of a One-atom to a Multi-atom Gadolinium(III) Cluster in a Hole Opening of Single-Wall Carbon Nanohorn, A. Hashimoto, H. Yorimitsu, K. Ajima, K. Suenaga, H. Isobe, J. Miyawaki, M. Yudasaka, S. Iijima, and E. Nakamura,Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 101, 8527-8530 (2004). [PDF]

219. Nickel, Palladium and Platinum Complexes of η⁵-Cyclopentadienide C₆₀R₅ Ligands. Kinetic and Thermodynamic Stabilization Effects of C₆₀Ph₅ Ligand, Y. Kuninobu, Y. Matsuo, M. Toganoh, M. Sawamura, and E. Nakamura, Organometallics, 23, 3259-3266 (2004).

218. Reaction Pathway and Stereoselectivity of Asymmetric Synthesis of Chrysanthemate with the Aratani C₁-Symmetric Salicylaldimine-copper Catalyst, K. Suenobu, M. Itagaki, and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 7271-7280 (2004).

217. Mechanism and Regioselectivity of Reductive Elimination of π-Allylcopper (III) Intermediates, M. Yamanaka, S. Kato, and E. Nakamura J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 6287-6293 (2004).

216. Multi-layer Vesicles and Vesicle Clusters Formed by Fullerene-based Surfactant C₆₀(CH₃)₅K, C. Burger, J. Hao, Q. Ying, H. Isobe, M. Sawamura, E. Nakamura, and B. Chu, J. Colloid and Interface Science, 275, 632-641 (2004).

215. Iron-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Primary and Secondary Alkyl Halides with Aryl Grignard Reagents, M. Nakamura, K. Matsuo, S. Ito, and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 3686-3687 (2004).

214. Synthesis of Functionalized Fullerene by Mono-alkylation of Fullerene Cyclopentadienide, R. Hamasaki, Y. Matsuo and E. Nakamura, Chem. Lett., 33, 328-329 (2004).

213. Mechanism of Addition of Organocuprates to Alkynyl Carbonyl Compounds. Mechanistic Bridge between Carbocupration and Conjugate Addition, S. Mori, E. Nakamura, and K. Morokuma, Organometallics, 23, 1081-1088 (2004).

212. Stacking of Molecules Possessing a Fullerene Apex and a Cup-shaped Cavity Connected by Silicon-Connection, Y. Matsuo, A. Muramatsu, R. Hamasaki, N. Mizoshita, T. Kato, and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 126, 432-433 (2004).

211. Synthesis and Reactivities of Bucky Ruthenocene Ru(η⁵-C₆₀Me₅)(η⁵-C₅H₅), Y. Matsuo, Y. Kuninobu, S. Ito, and E. Nakamura, Chem. Lett., 33, 328-329 (2004).

210. Doping Effects of Novel Fullerene Derivatives in Conducting Polymer, T. Shirakawa, T. Umeda, Y. Nishihara, A. Fujii, H. Isobe, E. Nakamura and K. Yoshino, Synth. Met., 137, 1415-1416 (2003).

209. Synthesis of Fullerene Glycoconjugates through Sulfide Connection in Aqueous Media, H. Isobe, H. Mashima, H. Yorimitsu, and E. Nakamura, Org. Lett., 5, 4461-4463 (2003).

208. Synthesis of Ferrocene/hydrofullerene Hybrid and Functionalized Bucky Ferrocenes, M. Toganoh, Y. Matsuo, and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 13974 – 13975 (2003).

207. Indium-catalyzed Addition of Active Methylene Compounds to 1-Alkynes M. Nakamura, K. Endo, and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 13002-13003 (2003).

206. Theoretical Studies on Structures and Aromaticity of Finite-Length Armchair Carbon Nanotubes, Y. Matsuo, K. Tahara, and E. Nakamura, Org. Lett., 5, 3181-3184 (2003).

205. Synthesis and [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of 2,2-Dialkoxy-1-methylenecyclopropane: 6,6-Dimethyl-1-methylene-4,8-dioxaspiro[2.5]octane, M. Nakamura, X. Q. Wang, M. Isaka, S. Yamago, and E. Nakamura, Org. Synth., 80, 144-159 (2003).

204. Theoretical Studies on Diastereo- and Enantioselective Rhodium-catalyzed Cyclization of Diazo Compound via Intramolecular C-H Bond Insertion (“Activation of Unactivated Bonds” special issue), N. Yoshikai and E. Nakamura, Adv. Synth. Catal., 345, 1159-1171 (2003).

203. Rhenium-templated Regioselective Polyhydrogenation of [60]Fullerene and Derivatives. η⁵-Re(CO)₃ Complexes of Hydrofullerenes, M. Toganoh, Y. Matsuo, and E. Nakamura, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 42, 3530-3532 (2003). (“Very Important Paper of the Journal”)

202. Theoretical Studies on Structures and Reactivities of Organocuprate(I) and Organocopper(III) Species, M. Yamanaka, A. Inagaki, and E. Nakamura, J. Comput. Chem., 24, 1401-1409 (2003).

201. Regioselective Synthesis of [60]Fullerene η⁵-Indenide R₃C₆₀– and η⁵-Cyclopentadienide R₅C₆₀– Bearing Different R Groups, M. Toganoh, K. Suzuki, R. Udagawa, A. Hirai, M. Sawamura, and E. Nakamura, Org. Biomol. Chem., 1, 2604-2611 (2003).

200. Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Rhodium Diene Complexes Bearing Indenyl-Type Fullerene η⁵-Ligand, M. Toganoh, Y. Matsuo, and E. Nakamura, J. Organomet. Chem. (Carbon-rich Organometallic special issue), 683, 295-300 (2003).

199. Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Substituted Ketones by Asymmetric Addition of Chiral Zinc Enamides to 1-Alkenes, M. Nakamura, T. Hatakeyama, K. Hara, and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 6362-6363 (2003).

198. Synthesis, Structure and Aromaticity of a Hoop-shaped Cyclic Benzenoid [10]Cyclophenacene, E. Nakamura, K. Tahara, Y. Matsuo, and M. Sawamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 2834-2835 (2003). (Essay by Roald Hoffmann: Roald Hoffmann, International Journal of Philosophy in Chemistry, 9, 7-10 (2003))

197. Ruthenium (II) Complexes of Pentamethylated [60]Fullerene. Alkyl, Alkynyl, Chloro, Isocyanide, Phosphine Complexes, Y. Matsuo and E. Nakamura, Organometallics, 22, 2554-2563 (2003).

196. Iron-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Ring Opening of [2.2.1] and [3.2.1] Oxabicyclic Alkenes with Grignard Reagent, M. Nakamura, K. Matsuo, T. Inoue, and E Nakamura, Org. Lett., 5, 1373-1375 (2003).

195. Reaction Pathways of the Simmons-Smith Reaction, M. Nakamura, A. Hirai and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 2341-2350 (2003).

194. Stacking of Conical Molecules with a Fullerene Apex into Polar Columns in Crystals and Liquid Crystals, M. Sawamura, K. Kawai, Y. Matsuo, K. Kanie, T. Kato, and E. Nakamura, Nature, 419, 702-705 (2002). [PDF]
(Reviewed in the News and Views section by Carlsten Tschierke, Nature, 419, 681-682 (2002)).

193. Density Functional Studies on Kinetic Reactivity of “Higher Order” Lipshutz Cuprate in Addition Reaction to Acetylene, M. Yamanaka, S. Mori and E. Nakamura, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 75, 1815-1818 (2002).

192. Hybrid of Ferrocene and Fullerene, M. Sawamura, Y. Kuninobu, M. Toganoh, Y. Matsuo, M. Yamanaka, and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 9354-9355 (2002).

191. Cu(I)-Mediated Regioselective Tri-addition of Grignard Reagent to [70]Fullerene. Synthesis of Indenyl-type Metal Ligand Embedded into Graphitic Structure, M. Sawamra, M. Toganoh, H. Iikura, Y. Matsuo, A. Hirai, and E. Nakamura, J. Mater. Chem. (Fullerene issue), 12, 2109-2115 (2002).

190. Mechanism of C-H Bond Activation/C-C Bond Formation Reaction between Diazo Compound and Alkane Catalyzed by Dirhodium Tetracarboxylate, E. Nakamura, N. Yoshikai, and M. Yamanaka, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 7181-7192 (2002).

189. Synthesis of Disubstituted Cucurbit[6]uril and Its Rotaxane Derivative, H. Isobe, S. Satoh, and E. Nakamura, Org. Lett., 4, 1287-1289 (2002).

188. Carbozincation of Dipolar Trimethylenemethane. A New Route to Functionalized Organozinc Reagents, M. Nakamura, N. Yoshikai, and E. Nakamura, Chem. Lett., (Mukaiyama Special Issue), 146-147 (2002).

187. Regioselective Penta-addition of 1-Alkenyl Copper Reagent to [60]Fullerene. Synthesis of Penta-alkenyl FCp Ligand, M. Sawamura, N. Nagahama, M. Toganoh, E. Nakamura, J. Organomet. Chem. (JOM Symposium Issue), 652, 31-35 (2002).

186. Doping Effects of Tetra(amino)fullerene Epoxide in Conducting Polymer Thin Film, A. Fujii, T, Umeda, H. Isobe, E. Nakamura, and K. Yoshino, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 40, L1390-L1393 (2001).

185. Synthesis and Transfection Capability of Multi-functionalized Fullerene Polyamine, H. Isobe, N. Tomita, S. Jinno, H. Okayama, and E. Nakamura, Chem. Lett., 1214-1215 (2001).

184. Theoretical Studies on Solvent and Substituent Effects of Cuprate Conjugate Addition, M. Yamanaka, and E. Nakamura, Organometallics, 20, 5675-5681 (2001).

183. Regioselective Allylzincation of Alkenylboronate, M. Nakamura, K. Hara, T. Hatakeyama, and E. Nakamura, Org. Lett., 3, 3137-3140 (2001).

182. Atomic Force Microscope Studies on Condensation of Plasmid DNA with Functionalized Fullerene, H. Isobe, S. Sugiyama, K. -i. Fukui, Y. Iwasawa, and E. Nakamura, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 40, 3364-3367 (2001).

181. 2+2-Cycloaddition Reaction of Styrene Derivatives Using a Fe(III) Salt Catalyst, H. Ohara, T. Itoh, M. Nakamura, and E. Nakamura, Chem. Lett., 624-625 (2001).

180. [3 + 3] Cycloaddition Reaction of Dipolar Trimethylenemethane with Active Methylene Compound, M. Nakamura, N. Yoshikai, M. Toganoh, and E. Nakamura, Synlett (Noyori Special Issue), 1030-1033 (2001).

179. Spherical Bilayer Vesicles of Fullerene Based Surfactants in Water: A Laser Light Scattering Study, S. Zhou, C. Burger, B. Chu, M. Sawamura, N. Nagahama, M. Toganoh, U. E. Hackler, H. Isobe, and E. Nakamura, Science, 291, 1944-1947 (2001).

178. Kinetic Reactivity of “Higher Order Cuprate” in S_N2 Alkylation Reaction, E. Nakamura, M. Yamanaka, N. Yoshikai, and S. Mori, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 40, 1935-1938 (2001).

177. Density Functional Studies on the Pauson-Khand Reaction, M. Yamanaka and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123, 1703-1708 (2001).

176. Epitaxial Growth and Electronic Structure of a C₆₀ Derivative Prepared by Solution Spray Technique, T. Shimada, H. Nakatani, K. Ueno, A. Koma, Y. Kuninobu, M. Sawamura, and E. Nakamura, J. Appl. Phys., 90, 209-212 (2001).

175. Synthesis of Substituted Cyclopropanone Acetal by Carbometalation and its Oxidative Cleavage with Manganese(IV) Oxide and Lead(IV) Oxide, M. Nakamura, T. Inoue, and E. Nakamura, J. Organomet. Chem. (J.-F. Normant issue), 624, 300-306 (2000).

174. Half-Sandwich Metallocene Embedded in Spherically Extended π-Conjugate System. Synthesis, Structure, and Electrochemistry of Rh(η⁵-C₆₀Me₅)(CO)₂, M. Sawamura, Y. Kuninobu, and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122, 12407-12408 (2000).

173. One-Step Multiple-Addition of Amine to [60]Fullerene. Synthesis of Tetra(amino)fullerene Epoxide under Photochemical Aerobic Conditions, H. Isobe, N. Tomita, and E. Nakamura, Org. Lett., 2, 3663-3666 (2000).

172. Mechanism of Addition of Allylmetal to Vinylmetal. Dichotomy between Allylmetalation and Metalla-Claisen Rearrangement, A. Hirai, M. Nakamura, and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122, 11791-11798 (2000).

171. Pentaorgano[60]fullerene R₅C₆₀^–. A Water Soluble Hydrocarbon Anion, M. Sawamura, N. Nagahama, M. Toganoh, U. E. Hackler, H. Isobe, E. Nakamura, S.-Q. Zhou, and B. Chu, Chem. Lett., 1098-1099 (2000).

170. Ternary Complexes between DNA, Polyamine and Cucurbituril, A Modular Approach to DNA Binding Molecules, H. Isobe, N. Tomita, J. W. Lee, H. -J. Kim, K. Kim, and E. Nakamura, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 39, 4257-4259 (2000).

169. Functionalized Fullerene as a New Artificial Vector for Transfection, E. Nakamura,H. Isobe, N. Tomita, M. Sawamura, S. Jinno, and H. Okayama, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 39, 4254-4257 (2000).

168. Asymmetric Construction of Quaternary Carbon Centers by Regio- and Enantiocontrolled Allylzincation, M. Nakamura, T. Inoue, A. Sato, and E. Nakamura, Org. Lett., 2, 2193-2196 (2000).

167. Stepwise Synthesis of Fullerene Cyclopentadienide R₅C₆₀^– and Indenide R₃C₆₀^–. An Approach to Fully Unsymmetrically Substituted Derivatives, M. Sawamura, M. Toganoh, K. Suzuki, A. Hirai, H. Iikura, and E. Nakamura, Org. Lett., 2, 1919-1921 (2000).

166. Intramolecular [3 + 2] Cycloaddition Reaction of Dipolar Trimethylenemethane, M. Nakamura, M. Toganoh, X. Q. Wang, S. Yamago, and E. Nakamura, Chem. Lett., 664-665 (2000).

165. Mechanism of S_N2 Alkylation Reactions of Lithium Organocuprate Clusters with Alkyl Halides and Epoxides. Solvent Effects, BF₃ Effects, and Trans-diaxial Epoxide Opening, S. Mori, E. Nakamura, and K. Morokuma, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122, 7294-7307 (2000).

164. Correlation of Reactivities of Organocuprate(I) and Zincate(II) with d-Orbital Energies of Ate Complexes, S. Mori, A. Hirai, M. Nakamura, and E. Nakamura, Tetrahedron, Symposium in Print, 56, 2805-2809 (2000).

163. Synthesis of Pentamethyl-monohydro[60]fullerene C₆₀Me₅H and Its Use as Cyclopentadienyl-type Ligand Precursor, M. Sawamura, M. Toganoh, Y. Kuninobu, S. Kato, and E. Nakamura, Chem. Lett., 270-271 (2000).

162. A Cage with Fullerene End Caps, H. Isobe, A. Ohbayashi, M. Sawamura, and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122, 2669-2670 (2000).

161. Complexation of Lewis Acid on Trialkylcopper(III) Species. On the Origin of BF₃ Effects on Cuprate Conjugate Addition, E. Nakamura, M. Yamanaka, and S. Mori, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122, 1826-1827 (2000).

160. Iron-Catalyzed Olefin Carbometalation, M. Nakamura, A. Hirai, and E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122, 978-979 (2000).

159. Single-Step Synthesis of Pentaaryl-monohydro[60]fullerenes through Five-Fold Addition of Organocopper Reagent to C₆₀, M. Sawamura, H. Iikura, T. Ohama, U. E. Hackler, and E. Nakamura, J. Organomet. Chem., 599/1, 32-36 (2000).

158. Fe(III)-Catalyzed Radical Cyclization of Cyclopropanone Thiocetal, H. Ohara, K. Kudo, T. Itoh, M. Nakamura, and E. Nakamura, Heterocycles (Mukaiyama Special Issue), 52, 505-510 (2000).