Electrochemical Reduction of Samarium Triiodide into Samarium Diiodide K. Arashiba, R. Kanega, Y. Himeda, and Y. Nishibayashi Chem. Lett., 49, 1171-1173 (2020). [Open Access]
Cycling between Molybdenum-Dinitrogen and -Nitride Complexes to Support Reaction Pathway for Catalytic Formation of Ammonia from Dinitrogen K. Arashiba, H. Tanaka, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi Chem. Eur. J., 26, 13383-13389 (2020). [Highlighted at Cover Picture][Cover Profile]
Preparation and Reactivity of Molybdenum Complexes Bearing Pyrrole-Based PNP-Type Pincer Ligand Y. Tanabe, Y. Sekiguchi, H. Tanaka, A. Konomi, K. Yoshizawa, S. Kuriyama, and Y. Nishibayashi Chem. Commun., 56, 6933-6936 (2020). [Highlighted at Back Cover Picture]
Ruthenium-Catalyzed Propargylic Reduction of Propargylic Alcohols with Hantzsch Ester H. Ding, K. Sakata, S. Kuriyama, and Y. Nishibayashi Organometallics, 39, 2130-2134 (2020).
Structural Characterization of Molybdenum-Dinitrogen Complex as Key Species toward Ammonia Formation by Dispersive XAFS Spectroscopy A. Yamamoto, K. Arashiba, S. Naniwa, K. Kato, H. Tanaka, K. Yoshizawa, Y. Nishibayashi, and H. Yoshida Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 22, 12368–12372 (2020). [Highlighted as 2020 PCCP Hot Article]
Iridium-Catalyzed Formation of Silylamine from Dinitrogen under Ambinet Reaction Conditions R. Kawakami, S. Kuriyama, H. Tanaka, A. Konomi, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi Chem. Lett., 49, 794–797 (2020). [Open Access]
Rhodium-Catalyzed Cyclization Reactions of Thiadiazoles with Phosphaalkynes to Prepare 1,3-Thiaphospholes W. Liang, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Eur. J. Org. Chem., 3879–3882 (2020).
Synthesis of 1,2,4-Azadiphospholes Derivatives Based on Vanadium-Catalyzed [2+2+1] Cycloaddition Reactions of Azobenzenes with Phosphaalkynes W. Liang, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi RSC Adv., 10, 12730–12733 (2020).
Nitrogen Fixation Catalyzed by Dinitrogen-Bridged Dimolybdenum Complexes Bearing PCP- and PNP-Type Pincer Ligands: A Short Cut Pathway Deduced from Free Energy Profiles A. Egi, H. Tanaka, A. Konomi, Y. Nishibayashi, and K. Yoshizawa Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. (invitation for special issue: Nitrogen Fixation), 1490-1498 (2020).
EurJIC's Nitrogen Fixation Special Issue – A Source of Insperation F. Tuczek and Y. Nishibayashi Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. (Guest Editorial: Nitrogen Fixation), 1351-1352 (2020). [Open Access]
遷移金属錯体による触媒的アンモニア生成反応の開発 西林仁昭 高機能性金属錯体が拓く触媒科学:革新的分子変換反応の創出をめざして(日本化学会 Current Review 37), 53-62 (2020).
Catalytic Redcution of Dinitrogen into Tris(trimethylsilyl)amine Using Rhdoium Complexes with Pyrrole-Based PNP-Type Pincer Ligand R. Kawakami, S. Kuriyama, H. Tanaka, K. Arashiba, A. Konomi, K. Nakajima, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi Chem. Commun., 55, 14886-14889 (2019). [Highlighted at Cover Picture]
Practical Ammonia Synthesis from Nitrogen Gas with Samarium Diiodide and Water Catalyzed by Molybdenum-PCP Pincer Complex Y. Ashida, S, Kondo, K. Arashiba, T. Kikuchi, K. Nakajima, S. Kakimoto, and Y. Nishibayashi Synthesis (PSP), 51, 3792–3795 (2019).
Molybdenum-Catalyzed Ammonia Formation Using Simple Monodentate- and Bidentate-Phosphines as Auxiliary Ligands Y. Ashida, K. Arashiba, H. Tanaka, A. Egi, K. Nakajima, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi Inorg. Chem., 58, 8927–8932 (2019).
Copper-Catalysed Enantioselective Intramolecular Etherification of Propargylic Esters: Synthetic Approach to Chiral Isochromans S. Liu, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi RSC Adv., 9, 18918–18922 (2019).
Synthesis and Catalytic Reactivity of Bis(molybdenum-trihalide) Complexes Bridged by Ferrocene Skeleton toward Catalytic Nitrogen Fixation T. Itabashi, K. Arashiba, H. Tanaka, A. Konomi, A. Eizawa, K. Nakajima, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi Organometallics, 38, 2863–2872 (2019). [Highlighted at Cover Picture]
Alkylation Reactions of Azodicarboxylate Esters with 4-Alkyl-1,4,-Dihydropyridines under Catalyst-Free Conditions K. Nakajima, Y. Zhang, and Y. Nishibayashi Org. Lett., 21, 4642–4645 (2019).
Catalytic Water Oxidation Reaction with Use of Triarylamine Radicals as Single-Electron Oxidants and Pyridines as Bases H. Toda, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Chem. Lett., 48, 1006–1008 (2019).
Molybdenum-Catalysed Ammonia Production with Samarium Diiodide and Alcohols or Water Y. Ashida, K. Arashiba, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Nature, 568, 536–540 (2019). [Highlighted at News & Views in Nature]
Catalytic C-H Borylation Using Iron Complexes Bearing 4,5,6,7-Tetrahydroisoindol-2-ide-Based PNP-Type Pincer Ligand T. Kato, S. Kuriyama, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Chem. Asian J., 14, 2097–2101 (2019).
Catalytic Reactivity of Molybdenum-Trihalide Complexes Bearing PCP-Type Pincer Ligands A. Eizawa, K. Arashiba, A. Egi, H. Tanaka, K. Nakajima, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi Chem. Asian J., 14, 2091–2096 (2019).
Synthesis and Catalytic Reactivity of Polystyrene-Supported Molybdenum Pincer Complexes toward Ammonia Formation K. Arashiba, T. Itabashi, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Chem. Lett., 48, 693–695 (2019).
Effect of Substituents on Molybdenum Triiodide Complexes Bearing PNP-Type Pincer Ligands toward Catalytic Nitrogen Fixation T. Itabashi, I. Mori, K. Arashiba, A. Eizawa, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Dalton Transactions, 48, 3182–3186 (2019). [Highlighted at Cover Picture]
Copper-Catalyzed [3+2] Cycloaddition Reactions of Isocyanoacetates with Phosphaalkynes to Prepare 1,3-Azaphospholes W. Liang, K. Nakajima, K. Sakata, and Y. Nishibayashi Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 58, 1168–1173 (2019).
Recent Advances in Catalytic Silylation of Dinitrogen Using Transition Metal Complexes Y. Tanabe and Y. Nishibayashi Coord. Chem. Rev., (invitation for special issue), 389, 73–93 (2019).
Recent Advances in Nitrogen Fixation upon Vanadium Complexes Y. Tanabe and Y. Nishibayashi Coord. Chem. Rev. (invitation for special issue), 381, 135–150 (2019).
Phosphine Oxidation with Water and Ferrocenium(III) Cation Induced by Visible Light Irradiation Y. Tanabe, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Chem. Eur. J., 24, 18618–18622 (2018). [Highlighted at Cover Picture][Cover Profile][Selected as Hot Paper]
Cross-Coupling Reactions of Alkenyl Halides with 4-Benzyl-1,4-Dihydropyridines Associated with E to Z Isomerization under Nickel- and Photoredox-Catalysis K. Nakajima, X. Guo, and Y. Nishibayashi Chem. Asian J., 13, 3653–3657 (2018).
Synthesis of Ruthenium Complexes Bearing PCP-Type Pincer Ligands and Their Application to Direct Synthesis of Imines from Amines and Benzyl Alcohol A. Eizawa, S. Nishimura, K. Arashiba, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Organometallics, 37, 3086–3092 (2018).
Development of Catalytic Nitrogen Fixation Using Transition Metal–Dinitrogen Complexes under Mild Reaction Conditions Y. Nishibayashi Dalton Transactions (Perspective, invitation), 47, 11290–11297 (2018).
Synthesis and Reactivity of Titanium– and Zirconium–Dinitrogen Complexes Bearing Anionic Pyrrole-Based PNP-type Pincer Ligands Y. Sekiguchi, F. Meng, H. Tanaka, A. Eizawa, K. Arashiba, K. Nakajima, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi Dalton Transactions, 47, 11322–11326 (2018).
Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide with Organic Base by PC(II)P-Ir Catalysts S. Takaoka, A. Eizawa, S. Kusumoto, K. Nakajima, Y. Nishibayashi, and K. Nozaki Organometallics, 37, 3001–3009 (2018). [Highlighted at Cover Picture]
Catalytic Reduction of Molecular Dinitrogen into Ammonia and Hydrazine Using Vanadium Complexes Y. Sekiguchi, K. Arashiba, H. Tanaka, A. Eizawa, K. Nakajima, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 57, 9064–9068 (2018).
Copper- and Borinic Acid-Catalyzed Propargylic Etherification of Propargylic Carbonates with Benzyl Alcohols K. Tsuchida, M. Yuki, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Chem. Lett., 47, 671–673 (2018).
Preparation and Reactivity of Iron Complexes Bearing Anionic Carbazole-Based PNP-Type Pincer Ligands toward Catalytic Nitrogen Fixation J. Higuchi, S. Kuriyama, A. Eizawa, K. Arashiba, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Dalton Transactions, 47, 1117–1121 (2018).
Practical Synthesis of PCP-type Pincer Ligand and its Metal Complexes K. Matoba, A. Eizawa, S. Nishimura, K. Arashiba, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Synthesis (PSP), 50, 1015–1019 (2018).
Mechanism and Reactivity of Catalytic Propargylic Substitution Reactions via Metal-Allenylidene Intermediates: A Theoretical Perspective K. Sakata, and Y. Nishibayashi Catal. Sci. Technol., 8,12–25 (2018). [Highlighted at Cover Picture]
Dicationic Thiolate-Bridged Diruthenium Complexes for Catalytic Oxidation of Molecular Dihydrogen M. Yuki, K. Sakata, K. Nakajima, S. Kikuchi, S. Sekine, H. Kawai, and Y. Nishibayashi Organometallics, 36, 4499–4506 (2017).
Synthesis and Reactivity of Iron–Dinitrogen Complexes Bearing Anionic Methyl- and Phenyl-Substituted Pyrrole-based PNP-Type Pincer Ligands toward Catalytic Nitrogen Fixation Y. Sekiguchi, S. Kuriyama, A. Eizawa, K. Arashiba, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Chem. Commun., 53, 12040–12043 (2017).
Catalytic Conversion of Dinitrogen into Ammonia under Ambient Reaction Conditions by Using Proton Source from Water Y. Tanabe, K. Arashiba, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Chem. Asian J., 12, 2544–2548 (2017). [Highlighted at Cover Picture]
Catalytic Nitrogen Fixation via Direct Cleavage of Nitrogen–Nitrogen Triple Bond of Molecular Dinitrogen under Ambient Reaction Conditions K. Arashiba, A. Eizawa, H. Tanaka, K. Nakajima, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 90, 1111–1118 (2017). [BCSJ Award Article] [Highlighted at Cover Picture]
Synthesis and Reactivity of Iron- and Cobalt-Dinitrogen Complexes Bearing PSiP-Type Pincer Ligand toward Nitrogen Fixation R. Imayoshi, K. Nakajima, J. Takaya, N. Iwasawa, and Y. Nishibayashi Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., in press (2017). [Highlighted at Cover Picture] [Cover Profile]
Remarkable Catalytic Activity of Dinitrogen-Bridged Dimolybdenum Complexes Bearing NHC-Based PCP-Pincer Ligands toward Nitrogen Fixation A. Eizawa, K. Arashiba, H. Tanaka, S. Kuriyama, Y. Matsuo, K. Nakajima, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi Nature Communications, 8, 14874 (2017).
Vanadium-Catalyzed Reduction of Molecular Dinitrogen into Silylamine under Ambient Reaction Conditions R. Imayoshi, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Chem. Lett.,46, 466–468 (2017). [Selected as Editor's Choice Paper]
Catalytic Activity of Thiolate-Bridged Diruthenium Complexes Bearing Pendent Ether Moieties toward Oxidation of Molecular Dihydrogen M. Yuki, K. Sakata, S. Kikuchi, H. Kawai, T. Takahashi, M. Ando, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Chemistry-A European Journal,23, 1007-1012 (2017). [Highlighted at Cover Picture] [Selected as Hot Paper]
Catalytic Transformations of Molecular Dinitrogen by Iron and Cobalt–Dinitrogen Complexes as Catalysts S. Kuriyama and Y. Nishibayashi Topics in Organometallic Chemistry – Nitrogen Fixation; Ed. Y. Nishibayashi, Springer, 215-234 (2017).
Nickel- and Photoredox-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions of Aryl Halides with 4-Alkyl-1,4-dihydropyridines as Visible Light-Mediated Formal Nucleophilic Alkylation Reagents K. Nakajima, S. Nojima, and Y. Nishibayashi Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.55, 14106–14110 (2016).
Iron-Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition Reactions of Diynes with Oxyphosphaethynes to Construct 2-Phosphaphenol Derivatives K. Nakajima, W. Liang, and Y. Nishibayashi Org. Lett.18, 5006–5009 (2016).
Azaferrocene-Based PNP-Type Pincer Ligand: Synthesis of Molybdenum, Chromium, and Iron Complexes and Reactivity toward Nitrogen Fixation S. Kuriyama, K. Arashiba, K. Nakajima, H. Tanaka, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 4856–4861 (2016).
Direct Transformation of Molecular Dinitrogen into Ammonia Catalyzed by Cobalt Dinitrogen Complexes Bearing Anionic PNP Pincer Ligands S. Kuriyama, K. Arashiba, H. Tanaka, Y. Matsuo, K. Nakajima, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.55, 14291–14295 (2016). [Highlighted at Cover Picture][Selected as Hot Paper]
Catalytic Transformation of Dinitrogen into Ammonia and Hydrazine by Iron-Dinitrogen Complexes Bearing Pincer Ligand S. Kuriyama, K. Arashiba, K. Nakajima, Y. Matsuo, H. Tanaka, K. Ishii, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi Nature Communications,7, 12181 (2016).
Construction of Chiral Tri- and Tetra-arylmethanes Bearing Quaternary Carbon by Using Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Propargylation of Indoles with Propargylic Esters K. Tsuchida, Y. Senda, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 55, 9728–9732 (2016). [Highlighted in Synfacts, 2016, 11]
Visible Light-Mediated Aromatic Substitution Reactions of Cyanoarenes with 4-Alkyl-1,4-dihydropyridines via Dual Carbon-Carbon Bonds Cleavage K. Nakajima, S. Nojima, K. Sakata, and Y. Nishibayashi ChemCatChem, 8, 1028–1032 (2016). [Highlighted at Cover Picture][Cover Profile]
Synthetic Utilization of α-Aminoalkyl Radicals and Related Species in Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis K. Nakajima, Y. Miyake, and Y. Nishibayashi Acc. Chem. Res.,49, 1946–1956 (2016).
Interplay between Theory and Experiment for Ammonia Synthesis Catalyzed by Transition Metal Complexes H. Tanaka, Y. Nishibayashi, and K. Yoshizawa Acc. Chem. Res., 49, 987–995 (2016).
Catalytic Dinitrogen Fixation to Form Ammonia at Ambient Reaction Conditions Using Transition Metal-Dinitrogen Complexes Y. Tanabe and Y. Nishibayashi Chemical Record, 16, 1549–1577 (2016).
Recent Progress in Transition Metal-Catalyzed Reduction of Molecular Dinitrogen under Ambient Reaction Conditions Y. Nishibayashi Inorg. Chem. (forum article for special issue), 54, 9234–9247 (2015).
Nitrogen Fixation Catalyzed by Ferrocene-Substituted Dinitrogen-Bridged Dimolybdenum-Dinitrogen Complexes: Unique Behavior of Ferrocene Moiety as Redox Active Site S. Kuriyama, K. Arashiba, K. Nakajima, H. Tanaka, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi Chem. Sci., 6, 3940–3951 (2015).
Synthesis of Phosphabenzenes by Iron-Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloaddition Reaction of Diynes with Phosphaalkynes K. Nakajima, S. Takata, K. Sakata, and Y. Nishibayashi Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54, 7597–7601 (2015).
Catalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen into Ammonia by Use of Molybdenum-Nitride Complexes Bearing Tridentate Triphosphine as Catalysts K. Arashiba, E. Kinoshita, S. Kuriyama, A. Eizawa, K. Nakajima, H. Tanaka, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 5666–5669 (2015). [Highlighted at ChemistryViews]
Cobalt-Catalyzed Transformation of Molecular Dinitrogen into Silylamine under Ambient Reaction Conditions R. Imayoshi, H. Tanaka, Y. Matsuo, M. Yuki, K. Nakajima, K. Yoshizawa, and Y. Nishibayashi Chemistry-A European Journal, 21, 8905–8909 (2015).
Thiolate-Bridged Dinuclear Ruthenium- and Iron-Complexex as Robust and Efficient Catalysts toward Oxidation of Molecular Dihydrogen in Protic Solvents M. Yuki, K. Sakata, Y. Hirao, N. Nonoyama, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 4173–4182 (2015).
Copper-Catalyzed Enantioselective Etherification of Propargylic Esters with Alcohols K. Nakajima, M. Shibata, and Y. Nishibayashi J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 2472–2475 (2015). [Highlighted in Synfacts, 2015, 5]
Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Molybdenum-Nitride Complexes Bearing Pincer Ligands E. Kinoshita, K. Arashiba, S. Kuriyama, A. Eizawa, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 1789–1794 (2015).
Radical Addition to Corannulene Mediated by Visible Light-Photoredox Catalysts K. Nakajima, Y. Ashida, S. Nojima, and Y. Nishibayashi Chem. Lett., 44, 545–547 (2015).
Cooperative Catalytic Reactions: Enantioselective Propargylic Alkylation of Propargylic Alcohols with Enecarbamates Using Ruthenium and Phosphoramide Hybrid Catalysts Y. Senda, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54, 4060–4064 (2015). [Highlighted in Synfacts, 2015, 5]
Synthesis and Reactivity of Molybdenum-Dinitrogen Complexes Bearing PNN-Type Pincer Ligand K. Arashiba, K. Nakajima, and Y. Nishibayashi Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. (invitation for special issue), 641, 100–104 (2015).
Molybdenum-Catalyzed Reduction of Molecular Dinitrogen under Ambient Reaction Conditions Y. Nishibayashi Comptes rendus Chimie (invitation for special issue),18, 776–784 (2015).
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