Publications | Nishibayashi Lab. The University of Tokyo

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Publications 2021-

1. Mechanochemical Nitrogen Fixation Catalysed by Molybdenum Complexes
   S. Suginome, K. Murota, A. Yamamoto, H. Yoshida, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Nature Synthesis, 3, 000-000 (2024). [Open Access]
   
2. Synthesis of Molybdenum Complexes Bearing Pyridine-Based PNP-Type Pincer Ligands with Pendent Pyridyl Unit and Their Catalytic Activity for Ammonia Formation 
   Y. Yamazaki, K. Nakaya, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Organometallics, 00, 0000-0000 (2024).
   
3. Synthesis and Reactivity of Iron-Oxocyclohexadienyl Complexes toward Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer 
   S. Kuriyama, Y. Zhang, H. Tanaka, A. Konomi, A. Egi, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Organometallics, 00, 0000-0000 (2024). [Highlighted at Cover Picture]
   
4. Catalytic Nitrogen Fixation Using Well-defined Molecular Catalysts under Ambient or Mild Reaction Conditions 
   Y. Tanabe and Y. Nishibayashi
   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 63, e202406404 (2024). [Open Access]
   
5. Computational Screening of PCP-Type Pincer Ligands for Mo-Catalyzed Nitrogen Fixation 
   A. Egi, H. Tanaka, T. Nakamura, K. Arashiba, Y. Nishibayashi, and K. Yoshizawa
   Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 97, uoae041 (2024). [Open Access] [優秀論文: Editor's Choice] [Highlight at Inside Cover Picture]
   
6. Electrochemical Ammonia Oxidation Catalyzed by Ruthenium Complexes: Investigation of Substituent Effect of Axial Pyridine Ligands 
   H. Toda, R. Kanega, T. Yano, T. Yoshikawa, S. Kuriyama, Y. Himeda, K. Sakata, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Chem. Lett., 53, upae040 (2024). [Open Access] [優秀論文: Editor's Choice] [Highlight at Inside Cover Picture]
   
7. Nitrogen Fixation 
   Y. Tanabe, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Redox-based Catalytic Chemistry of Transition Metal Complexes, –Coordination Chemistry Discovery Series No. 2, 180-197; Chapter 11, Edited by T. Kojima, The Royal Society of Chemistry (2024).​
8. 常温常圧アンモニア合成に関する研究進展
   田邊資明、西林仁昭
   日本エネルギー学会機関誌 えねるみくす, 5月号, 103, 328-335 (2024).
9. 常温常圧で進行する窒素固定法：新規分子触媒の開発と展望
   田邊資明、西林仁昭
   化学と教育, 2月号, 72, 62-65 (2024).
10. 錯体化学会選書「錯体触媒化学」（小島隆彦編集）
    窒素固定
    田邊資明、西林仁昭（分担）
    三共出版 (2024年).

1. Design, Synthesis and Reactivity of Dimolybdenum Complex Bearing Quaterphenylene-bridged Pyridine-Based PNP-type Pincer Ligand
   A. Eizawa, K. Arashiba, H. Tanaka, A. Konomi, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Dalton Transactions, 52, 14012-14016 (2023).​
   
2. Catalytic Ammonia Oxidation Using Ammonia Solution under Electrochemical Conditions: Investigation on Axial Ligand of Ruthenium Catalysts
   H. Toda, K. Kuroki, R. Kanega, T. Yano, T. Yoshikawa, S. Kuriyama, Y. Himeda, K. Sakata, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 96, 980-988 (2023). [Open Access] [優秀論文：Selected Paper] 
   
3. Catalytic Activity of Molybdenum Complexes Bearing PNP-Type Pincer Ligand toward Ammonia Formation
   T. Mitsumoto, Y. Ashida, K. Arashiba, S. Kuriyama, A. Egi, H. Tanaka, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 62, e202306631 (2023). [Open Access] [Highlight at Frontispiece]
   
4. Catalytic Production of Ammonia from Dinitrogen Employing Molybdenum Complexes Bearing N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Based PCP-Type Pincer Ligands
   Y. Ashida, T. Mizushima, K. Arashiba, A. Egi, H. Tanaka, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Nature Synthesis, 2, 635-644 (2023). [Open Access] [Highlighted at News & Views in Nature Synthesis]
   [ChemRxiv, preprint (2022)]
   
5. Interplay of Diruthenium Catalyst in Controlling Enantioselective Propargylic Substitution Reactions with Visible Light-generated Alkyl Radicals
   Y. Zhang, Y. Tanabe, S. Kuriyama, K. Sakata, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Nature Communications, 14, 859 (2023). [Open Access]
   [Highlighted at Nature Research Chemistry Community]
   [Research Square, preprint (2022)]
   
6. Coordination Structure of Samarium Diiodide in Tetrahydrofuran–Water Mixture
   A. Yamamoto, X. Liu, K. Arashiba, A. Konomi, H. Tanaka, K. Yoshizawa, Y. Nishibayashi, and H. Yoshida
   Inorg. Chem., 62, 5348-5356 (2023).​ [Highlight at Cover Picture]
   
7. Preparation and Reactivity of Rhenium–Nitride Complexes Bearing PNP-Type Pincer Ligands toward Nitrogen Fixation
   F. Meng, S. Kuriyama, A. Egi, H. Tanaka, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Organometallics (invitation for special issue “Early Transition Metals in Organometallic Chemistry"), 42, 1065-1076 (2023). [Highlighted at Cover Picture]
   
8. Direct Synthesis of Organonitrogen Compounds from Dinitrogen Using Transition Metal Complexes: Leap from Stoichiometric Reactions to Catalytic Reactions
   S. Suginome and Y. Nishibayashi
   ChemCatChem (Concept), 15, e202300850 (2023).​ [Open Access]
   
9. ハーバー・ボッシュ法を超えるアンモニア合成への挑戦
   西林仁昭
   希土類, 83, 7-10 (2023).
10. ルテニウム触媒による不斉プロパルギル位置換反応の最近の進展［特集 ルテニウム錯体による有機合成の最新研究］
    田邊資明、西林仁昭
    ファインケミカル, 11月号, 52, 38-46 (2023).
11. 「東京大学工学教程　無機化学Ⅱ（金属錯体化学）」
    石井和之、北條博彦、西林仁昭（分担）
    丸善出版 (2023年).
12. ドラマチック有機合成：感動の瞬間100
    94 アンモニア生成反応のブレークスルー 予想していなかった水との特異な反応性　西林仁昭
    有機合成化学協会編　化学同人 (2023年).
13. 可視光を利用したアンモニア生成反応の開発−太陽光と空気から地球にやさしいパンをつくる−
    西林仁昭、荒芝和也、栗山翔吾、山崎泰臣​
    化学, 78, No. 3, 12-17 (2023).​
14. 触媒的窒素固定反応の破壊的イノベーションを目指して
    −これまでの研究生活を振り返って
    西林仁昭​
    化学と工業, 76, 102-104 (2023).​

1. Catalytic Nitrogen Fixation Using Visible Light Energy
   Y. Ashida, Y. Onozuka, K. Arashiba, A. Konomi, H. Tanaka, S. Kuriyama, Y. Yamazaki, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Nature Communications, 13, 7263 (2022). [Open Access] [Top 25 Chemistry and Materials Sciences Articles of 2022]
   [ChemRxiv, preprint (2022)] 
   
   
2. Direct Synthesis of Cyanate Anion from Dinitrogen Catalysed by Molybdenum Complexes Bearing Pincer-Type Ligand
   T. Itabashi, K. Arashiba, A. Egi, H. Tanaka, K. Sugiyama, S. Suginome, S. Kuriyama, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Nature Communications, 13, 6161 (2022). [Highlighted at Nature Communications Editors’ Highlights webpage] [Open Access]
   [ChemRxiv, preprint (2022)]
   
3. Effect of Propargylic Substituents on Enantioselectivity and Reactivity in Ruthenium-Catalyzed Propargylic Substitution Reactions: A DFT Study
   K. Sakata, Y. Uehara, S. Kohara,T. Yoshikawa, and Y. Nishibayashi
   ACS Omega, 7, 36634-36642 (2022). [Open Access]
   
4. Nitrogen Reduction by the Fe Sites of Synthetic [Mo₃S₄Fe] Cubes
   Y. Ohki, K. Munakata, R. Hara, M. Kachi, K. Uchida, M. Tada, R. E. Cramer, W. M. C. Sameera, T. Takayama, Y. Sakai, S. Kuriyama, Y. Nishibayashi, and K. Tanifuji
   Nature, 607, 86-90 (2022). [Highlighted at News & Views in Nature] [Open Access]
   
5. Photoredox- and Nickel-Catalyzed Hydroalkylation of Alkynes with 4-Alkyl-1,4-dihydropyridines: Ligand-Controlled Regioselectivity
   Y. Zhang, Y. Tanabe, S. Kuriyama, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Chem. Eur. J., 28, e202200727 (2022). [Highlighted at Cover Picture] [Selected as Hot Topic: Photocatalysis]
   
6. Synthesis and Reactivity of Manganese Complexes Bearing Anionic PNP- and PCP-type Pincer Ligands toward Nitrogen Fixation
   S. Kuriyama, S. Wei, T. Kato, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Molecules (invitation for special issue), 27, 2373 (2022).  [Open Access]
   
7. Synthesis and Reactivity of Cobalt-Dinitrogen Complexes Bearing Anionic PCP-type Pincer Ligands toward Catalytic Silylamine Formation from Dinitrogen
   S. Kuriyama, S. Wei, H. Tanaka, A. Konomi, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Inorg. Chem., 61, 5190-5195 (2022). [Highlighted at Cover Picture]
   
8. Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia and Hydrazine Using Iron–Dinitrogen Complexes Bearing Anionic Benzene-Based PCP-type Pincer Ligands
   S. Kuriyama, T. Kato, H. Tanaka, A. Konomi, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 95, 683-692 (2022). [BCSJ Award Article] [Highlighted at Cover Picture] [Open Access]
   [ChemRxiv, preprint (2021)]
   
9. Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen into Ammonia and Hydrazine Using Chromium Complexes Bearing PCP-Type Pincer Ligand
   Y. Ashida, A. Egi, K. Arashiba, H. Tanaka, T. Mitsumoto, S. Kuriyama, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Chem. Eur. J., 28, e202200557 (2022). [Highlighted at Cover Picture]
   [ChemRxiv, preprint (2021)]
   
10. Reactivity of Molybdenum–Nitride Complex Bearing Pyridine-Based PNP-Type Pincer Ligand toward Carbon-Centered Electrophiles
    T. Itabashi, K. Arashiba, S. Kuriyama, and Y. Nishibayashi
    Dalton Transactions, 51, 1946-1954 (2022).
    
11. Hydroboration and Hydrosilylation of Molybdenum–Nitride Complex Bearing PNP-type Pincer Ligand
    T. Itabashi, K. Arashiba, H. Tanaka, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi
    Organometallics, 41, 366-373 (2022). [Highlighted at Cover Picture]
    
12. Recent Advances in Catalytic Nitrogen Fixation Using Transition Metal–Dinitrogen Complexes under Mild Reaction Conditions
    Y. Tanabe and Y. Nishibayashi
    Coord. Chem. Rev. (invitation for special issue “Current Coordination Chemistry in Japan"), 472, 214783 (2022).​
13. 分子触媒を用いた常温常圧下でのアンモニア合成の最先端研究
    田邊資明、西林仁昭​
    ペトロテック(公益社団法人 石油学会), 45, 768-773 (2022).

1. Ruthenium- and Copper-Catalyzed Propargylic Substitution Reactions of Propargylic Alcohol Derivatives with Hydrazones
   S. Liu, Y. Tanabe, S. Kuriyama, K. Sakata, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Chem. Eur. J., 27, 15650-15659 (2021). [Highlighted at Cover Picture] [Cover Profile] [Virtual Collection XXII International Symposium on Homogeneous Catalysis]
   
2. Enantioselectivity in Ruthenium-Catalyzed Propargylic Substitution Reactions of Propargylic Alcohols with Acetone: A DFT Study
   K. Sakata, Y. Goto, T. Yoshikawa, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Chem. Asian J., 16, 3760-3766 (2021).
   
3. Manganese-Catalyzed Ammonia Oxidation into Dinitrogen
   H. Toda, K. Kuroki, R. Kanega, S. Kuriyama, K. Nakajima, Y. Himeda, K. Sakata, and Y. Nishibayashi
   ChemPlusChem, 86, 1511-1516 (2021). [Highlighted at Cover Picture] [one of the most downloaded during its first 12 months of publication in ChemPlusChem]
   [ChemRxiv, preprint (2020)]
   
4. Cooperative Photoredox- and Nickel-Catalyzed Alkylative Cyclization Reactions of Alkynes with 4-Alkyl-1,4-dihydropyridines
   Y. Zhang, Y. Tanabe, S. Kuriyama, and Y. Nishibayashi
   J. Org. Chem., 86, 12577-12590 (2021). [Highlighted at Cover Picture]
   
5. Ammonia Formation Catalyzed by Dinitrogen-Bridged Dirhenium Complex Bearing PNP-Pincer Ligands under Mild Reaction Conditions
   F. Meng, S. Kuriyama, H. Tanaka, A. Egi, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 60, 13906-13912 (2021).
   [ChemRxiv, preprint (2020)]
   
6. Catalytic Ammonia Formation with Electrochemically Reduced Samarium Diiodide from Samarium Triiodide and Water from Dinitrogen 
   K. Arashiba, R. Kanega, Y. Himeda, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Chem. Lett., 50, 1356-1358 (2021). [Open Access]
   
7. Development of Asymmetric Propargylic Substitution Reactions Using Transition Metal Catalysts
   Y. Nishibayashi
   Chem. Lett. (highlight review, invitation for the CSJ Award for Creative Work), 50, 1282-1288 (2021). [Highlighted at Cover Picture] [Open Access] [Vol.50 Commemorative Highlight Review Collection] 
   
8. Synthesis and Characterization of Rhodium Complex Bearing Anionic CNC-Type Pincer Ligand with Pyrrolide and Imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine-3-ylidene Moieties
   S. Kuriyama, W. Zhao, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. (invitation for special issue), 647, 1408-1414 (2021).
   
9. Ruthenium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Propargylic Phosphinylation of Propargylic Alcohols with Phosphine Oxides
   S. Liu, Y. Tanabe, S. Kuriyama, K. Sakata, and Y. Nishibayashi
   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 60, 11231-11236 (2021).
   
10. Comprehensive Insights into Synthetic Nitrogen Fixation Assisted by Molecular Catalysts under Ambient or Mild Conditions
    Y. Tanabe and Y. Nishibayashi
    Chem. Soc. Rev., 50, 5201-5242 (2021). 
    
11. Development of Catalytic Nitrogen Fixation Using Transition Metal Complexes Not Relevant to Nitrogenase
    S. Kuriyama and Y. Nishibayashi
    Tetrahedron (Tetrahedron Report), 83, 131986 (2021). 
    
12. Development of Catalytic Conversion of Nitrogen Molecular into Ammonia Using Molybdenum Complexes under Ambient Reaction Conditions
    Y. Ashida and Y. Nishibayashi
    Chem. Commun. (Feature Article), 57, 1176-1189 (2021). [Highlighted at Cover Picture] [Selected as Hot Articles]
    
13. 有機合成のための新規触媒反応101（有機合成化学協会編）
    執筆分担
    栗山翔吾、西林仁昭
    東京化学同人(2021).
14. マメ科植物根粒菌のニトロゲナーゼ酵素を用いた反応
    脱ハーバーボッシュ・新規アンモニア合成法
    田邊資明、西林仁昭
    化学工学誌, 8月号, 437-440 (2021).
15. 遷移金属錯体触媒による常温常圧でのアンモニア合成
    田邊資明、西林仁昭
    有機ハイドライド/アンモニアの合成·脱水素プロセス (2021年).
16. 遷移金属触媒を用いた不斉プロパルギル位置換反応の開発
    西林仁昭
    The Chemical Times, 1, 20-25 (2021).
    関東化学株式会社