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"Thiourea as a “Polar Hydrophobic” Hydrogen-Bonding Motif: Application to Highly Durable All-Underwater Adhesion."
Kohei Kikkawa, Yosuke Sumiya, Kazuki Okazawa, Kazunari Yoshizawa, Yoshimitsu Itoh, and Takuzo Aida*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024. 146, 21168-21175.
[DOI:10.1021/jacs.4c07515]



"Supramolecular copolymerization of hydrophobic and hydrophilic monomers in liquid crystalline media."
Daiki Morishita, Yoshimitsu Itoh*, Ko Furukawa, Noriyoshi Arai, Xu-Jie Zhang, and Takuzo Aida*
Chem. Sci. 2024. 15, 4068-4074.
[DOI:10.1039/d3sc06341k]



"Development of electroresponsive functional soft materials by electroresponsive dopants."
Yoshimitsu Itoh*, Daiki Morishita
Polym. J. 2023. 55, 1035-1048.
[DOI:10.1038/s41428-023-00805-5]
*Account article for SPSJ Hitachi Chemical Award



"Pathway Complexity in Nanotubular Supramolecular Polymerization: Metal–Organic Nanotubes with a Planar-Chiral Monomer."
Yingluo Zhao, Hiroko Kawano, Hiroshi Yamagishi*, Saya Otake, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Hubiao Huang, E. W. Meijer, and Takuzo Aida*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023. 145, 13920-13928.
[DOI:10.1021/jacs.3c03385]



"Simulating Assembly Landscapes for Comprehensive Understanding of Supramolecular Polymer–Solvent Systems."
Stef A. H. Jansen, Elisabeth Weyandt, Tsubasa Aoki, Takayoshi Akiyama, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Ghislaine Vantomme, Takuzo Aida*, E. W. Meijer*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023. 145, 4231-4237.
[DOI:10.1021/jacs.2c12941]



"Blending to Make Nonhealable Polymers Healable: Nanophase Separation Observed by CP/MAS 13C NMR Analysis."
Yuta Fujisawa, Yiling Nan, Atsushi Asano, Yu Yanagisawa, Keiichi Yano, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Takuzo Aida*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 62, e202214444.
[DOI: 10.1002/anie.202214444]



"Supramolecular Polymerization of a Photo-Fluttering Chiral Monomer: A Temporarily Suspendable Chain Growth by Light."
Tsubasa Aoki, Michihisa Ueda, Takuzo Aida,* Yoshimitsu Itoh*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 7080-7084.
[DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c02176]



"Anomalous Chiral Transfer: Supramolecular Polymerization in a Chiral Medium of a Mesogenic Molecule."
Xu-Jie Zhang, Daiki Morishita, Tsubasa Aoki, Yoshimitsu Itoh,* Keiichi Yano, Fumito Araoka, Takuzo Aida*
Chem. Asian J. 2022, e202200223.
[DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200223]



"Ultrafast Water Permeation through Nanochannels with a Densely Fluorous Interior Surface."
Yoshimitsu Itoh,* Shuo Chen,# Ryota Hirahara,# Takeshi Konda,# Tsubasa Aoki, Takumi Ueda, Ichio Shimada, James J. Cannon, Cheng Shao, Junichiro Shiomi, Kazuhito V. Tabata, Hiroyuki Noji, Kohei Sato,* Takuzo Aida*
Science 2022, 376, 738–743. (#: Equal Contribution)
[10.1126/science.abd0966]



"Mechanically Robust, Self-Healable Polymers Usable under High Humidity: Humidity-Tolerant Noncovalent Cross-Linking Strategy."
Yuta Fujisawa, Atsushi Asano, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Takuzo Aida*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 15279–15285.
[DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06494]



"Alternating Heterochiral Supramolecular Copolymerization."
Michihisa Ueda,# Tsubasa Aoki,# Takayoshi Akiyama, Takayuki Nakamuro, Keitaro Yamashita, Haruaki Yanagisawa, Osamu Nureki, Masahide Kikkawa, Eiichi Nakamura, Takuzo Aida,* Yoshimitsu Itoh*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 5121-5126. (#: Equal Contribution)
[DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c00823]



"Bio-Adhesive Nanoporous Module : Toward Autonomous Gating."
Hyuna Jo, Takashi Kitao, Ayumi Kimura, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Takuzo Aida,* Kou Okuro*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 60, 8932–8937.
[DOI: 10.1002/anie.202017117]



"Anomalously Slow Conformational Change Dynamics of Polar Groups Anchored to Hydrophobic Surfaces in Aqueous Media."
Tengfei Fu, Hao Xing, Eric S. Silver, Yoshimitsu Itoh,* Shuo Chen, Takuya Masuda, Kohei Uosaki, Feihe Huang,* Takuzo Aida*
Chem. Asian. J. 2020, 15, 3321–3325.
[DOI: 10.1002/asia.202000742]




"Supramolecular Polymerization in Liquid Crystalline Media: Toward Modular Synthesis of Multifunctional Core-Shell Columnar Liquid Crystals."
Keiichi Yano, Takahiro Hanebuchi, Xu-Jie Zhang, Yoshimitsu Itoh,* Yoshiaki Uchida, Takuro Sato, Keisuke Matsuura, Fumitaka Kagawa, Fumito Araoka, Takuzo Aida*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 10033–10038.
[DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b03961]

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"Nematic-to-Columnar Mesophase Transition by In situ Supramolecular Polymerization."
Keiichi Yano, Yoshimitsu Itoh,* Fumito Araoka, Go Watanabe, Takaaki Hikima, Takuzo Aida*
Science 2019, 363, 161–165.
[DOI: 10.1126/science.aan1019]

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"An Electrochemical Cholesteric Liquid Crystalline Device for Quick and Low-Voltage Color Modulation."
Shoichi Tokunaga, Mengyan Zeng, Yoshimitsu Itoh,* Fumito Araoka, and Takuzo Aida*
J. Vis. Exp. 2019, 144, e59244.
[DOI: 10.3791/59244]



"Columnar Liquid Crystalline Assembly of a U-Shaped Molecular Scaffold Stabilized by Covalent or Noncovalent Incorporation of Aromatic Molecules."
Yoshiki Shibuya, Yoshimitsu Itoh,* and Takuzo Aida*
J. Polym. Sci. A, Polym. Chem. 2019, 57, 342–351.
[DOI: 10.1002/pola.29186]



"Redox-Responsive Chiral Dopant for Quick Electrochemical Color Modulation of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal."
Shoichi Tokunaga, Yoshimitsu Itoh,* Hiroyuki Tanaka, Fumito Araoka, and Takuzo Aida*
J. Am. Chem. Soc.2018, 140, 10946–10949.
[DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b06323]

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"Enhancement of Superconducting Transition Temperature in FeSe Electric-Double-Layer Transistor with Multivalent Ionic Liquids."
Tomoki Miyakawa, Junichi Shiogai,* Sunao Shimizu, Michio Matsumoto, Yukihiro Ito, Takayuki Harada, Kohei Fujiwara, Tsutomu Nojima, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Takuzo Aida, Yoshihiro Iwasa, and Atsushi Tsukazaki
Phys. Rev. Mater. 2018, 2, 031801.
[DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.031801]



"Exceptionally High Electric Double Layer Capacitances of Oligomeric Ionic Liquids."
Michio Matsumoto, Sunao Shimizu, Rina Sotoike, Masayoshi Watanabe, Yoshihiro Iwasa,* Yoshimitsu Itoh, and Takuzo Aida*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 8784–8787.
[DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b09156]



"Water Dynamics: Gliding and Trudging."
Yoshimitsu Itoh* and Takuzo Aida*
Nature Chem. 2017, 9, 934–936.
[DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2870]



"Energetics of Baird Aromaticity Supported by Inversion of Photoexcited Chiral [4n]Annulene Derivatives."
Michihisa Ueda, Kjell Jorner, Young Mo Sung, Tadashi Mori, Qi Xiao, Dongho Kim,* Henrik Ottosson,* Takuzo Aida,* and Yoshimitsu Itoh*
Nature Commun. 2017, 8, 346.
[DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00382-1]



"Jumping Crystals of Pyrene Tweezers: Crystal-to-Crystal Transition Involving π/π-to-CH/π Assembly Mode Switching."
Yoshiki Shibuya, Yoshimitsu Itoh,* and Takuzo Aida*
Chem. Asian J. 2017, 12, 811–815.
[DOI: 10.1002/asia.201700083]



"Electrophoretic Deposition for Cholesteric Liquid-Crystalline Devices with Memory and Modulation of Reflection Colors."
Shoichi Tokunaga, Yoshimitsu Itoh,* Yuya Yaguchi, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Fumito Araoka, Hideo Takezoe, Takuzo Aida*
Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 4077–4083.
[DOI: 10.1002/adma.201600258]

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"Theoretical Study on Radical Trifluoromethylation of Silyl Enol Ethers Accelerated via Complexation with Dialkylzinc."
Susumu Kawauchi, Yoshihiro Hayashi, Yuichi Tomita, Ryota Hashimoto, Kazuya Honda, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Koichi Mikami*
Heterocycles 2015, 90, 907–917.
[DOI: 10.3987/COM-14-S(K)105]



"Subnanoscale Hydrophobic Modulation of Salt Bridges in Aqueous Media."
Shuo Chen, Yoshimitsu Itoh,* Takuya Masuda, Seishi Shimizu, Jun Zhao, Jing Ma, Shugo Nakamura, Kou Okuro, Hidenori Noguchi, Kohei Uosaki, Takuzo Aida*
Science 2015, 348, 555–559.
[DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa7532]

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"A Rational Strategy for the Realization of Chain-Growth Supramolecular Polymerization."
Jiheong Kang, Daigo Miyajima,* Tadashi Mori, Yoshihisa Inoue, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Takuzo Aida*
Science 2015, 347, 646–651.
[DOI: 10.1126/science.aaa4249]



"A practical synthesis of enantiopure 4,4,4-trifluoro-allo-threonine from an easily available fluorinated building block."
Joonil Cho, Siho Irie, Nobutaka Iwahashi, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Kazuhiko Saigo, Yasuhiro Ishida*
Tetrahedron Lett. 2014, 56, 127–131.
[DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.11.041]



"C5-Symmetric Chiral Corannulenes: Desymmetrization of Bowl Inversion Equilibrium via “Intramolecular” Hydrogen-Bonding Network."
Jiheong Kang, Daigo Miyajima,* Yoshimitsu Itoh, Tadashi Mori, Hiroki Tanaka, Masahito Yamauchi, Yoshihisa Inoue, Soichiro Harada, and Takuzo Aida*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 10640–10644.
[DOI: 10.1021/ja505941b]



"No Catalyst, Radical Initiator, and Photochemical Irradiation Approach to Direct α-Trifluoromethylation of Lithium Enolates."
Yuichi Tomita, Toshiaki Iida, Ryota Hashimoto, Yoshimitsu Itoh, and Koichi Mikami*
Heterocycles 2014, 88, 961–968.
[DOI: 10.3987/COM-13-S(S)95]



"Homochiral Supramolecular Polymerization of Bowl-Shaped Chiral Macrocycles in Solution."
Kohei Sato, Yoshimitsu Itoh,* Takuzo Aida*
Chem. Sci.
2014, 5, 136–140.
[DOI: 10.1039/C3SC52449C]



"Cu-Catalyzed Trifluoromethylation of Aryl Iodides with Trifluoromethylzinc Reagent Prepared in situ from Trifluoromethyl Iodide."
Yuzo Nakamura, Motohiro Fujiu, Tatsuya Murase, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Hiroki Serizawa, Kohsuke Aikawa, Koichi Mikami*
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2404–2409.
[DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.9.277]



"Theoretical Study on the Regioselectivity of Baeyer–Villiger Reaction of α-Me-, -F-, -CF3-Cyclohexanones."
Yoshimitsu Itoh, Masahiro Yamanaka, Koichi Mikami*
J.Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 146–153.
[DOI: 10.1021/jo302151r]



"Columnarly Assembled Liquid Crystalline Peptidic Macrocycles Unidirectionally Orientable over a Large Area by Electric Field."
K. Sato, Y. Itoh,* T. Aida*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 13767–13769.
[DOI: 10.1021/ja203894r]



"Simple Formation of C60 and C60-Ferrocene Conjugated Monolayers Anchored onto Silicon Oxide with Five Carboxylic Acids and Their Transistor Applications."
Yoshimitsu Itoh,* B. Kim, R. I. Gearba, N. J. Tremblay, R. Pindak, Y. Matsuo, E. Nakamura, C. Nuckolls
Chem. Mater. 2011, 23, 970–975.
[DOI: 10.1021/cm1025975]



"Highly enantioselective synthesis of α-(perfluoroalkyl)amines via hydrogenation of enamide precursors in the presence of chiraphos-rhodium catalyst."
Koichi Mikami,* Tatsushi Murase, Lili Zhai, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Shigekazu Ito
Tetrahedron Asymmetry 2010, 21, 1158–1161.
[DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2010.05.021]



"Activation of C-F Bonds in Preference to C-I Bonds: Difluoromethylation of Lithium Enolates with Trifluoromethyl Iodide."
Koichi Mikami,* Yuichi Tomita, Yoshimitsu Itoh
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3819–3822.
[DOI: 10.1002/anie.201000435]



"Photovoltaic Universal Joints: Ball-and-Socket Interfaces in Molecular Photovoltaic Cells."
Noah J. Tremblay, Alon A. Gorodetsky, Marshall P. Cox, Theanne Schiros, Bumjung Kim, Rachel Steiner, Zachary Bullard, Aaron Sattler, Woo-Young So, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Michael F. Toney, Hirohito Ogasawara, Arthur P. Ramirez, Ioannis Kymissis,* Michael L. Steigerwald, Colin Nuckolls*
ChemPhysChem 2010, 11, 799–803.
[DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200900941]



"Sequential Perfluoroalkylation and Asymmetric Reduction of Nitriles Triggered with Perfluoroalkyl Titanates: Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Perfluoroalkyl Amines."
Koichi Mikami,* Tatsushi Murase, Lili Zhai, Susumu Kawauchi, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Shigekazu Ito
Tetrahedron Lett 2010, 51, 1371–1373.
[DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.12.140]



"Efficient Formation of Ring Structures Utilizing Multisite Activation by Indium Catalysis."
Yoshimitsu Itoh, Hayato Tsuji, Ken-ichi Yamagata, Kohei Endo, Iku Tanaka, Masaharu Nakamura, Eiichi Nakamura*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 17161–17167.
[DOI: 10.1021/ja805657h]



"Dialkylzinc-accelerated α-Trifluoromethylation of Carbonyl Compounds Catalyzed by Late-transition-metal Complexes."
Yuichi Tomita, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Koichi Mikami*
Chem. Lett. 2008, 37, 1080–1081.
[DOI:10.1246/cl.2008.1080]



"Modular Synthesis of Benzo[b]phosphole Derivatives via BuLi-Mediated Cyclization of (o-Alkynylphenyl)phosphine."
Hayato Tsuji,* Kosuke Sato, Laurean Ilies, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Yoshiharu Sato, and Eiichi Nakamura*
Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 2263–2265.
[DOI: 10.1021/ol800684x]



"Zncate-Type Enolate for Radical α-Trifluoromethylation."
Yuichi Tomita, Yoshiyuki Ichikawa, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Kosuke Kawada, Koichi Mikami*
Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 8922–8925.
[DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.10.041]



"Indium-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of ω-Alkynyl-β-ketoesters into Six- to Fifteen-Membered Rings."
Hayato Tsuji, Ken-ichi Yamagata, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Kohei Endo, Masaharu Nakamura, and Eiichi Nakamura*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 8060–8062.
[DOI: 10.1002/anie.200702928]



"Tandem Reductive Perfluoroalkylation of Esters with Perfluoroalkyl Titanate-Type Reagents."
Koichi Mikami,* Tatsushi Murase, Yoshimitsu Itoh
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 11686–11687.
[DOI: 10.1021/ja074642z]



"Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis and Anticancer Effects of the Novel Non-Calcemic Analog of Vitamin D, 2α-Fluoro-19-nor-22-oxa-1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in Metastatic Lung Carcinoma."
Kimie Nakagawa, Toshio Okano, Keiichi Ozono, Shigeaki Kato, Noboru Kubodera, Shiho Ohba, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Koichi Mikami*
J. Fluorine Chem. 2007, 128, 654–667.
[DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2007.03.002]



"Trifluoromethylation of Metal Enolates and Theoretical Guideline."
Koichi Mikami,* Yoshimitsu Itoh



In Current Fluoroorganic Chemistry. New Synthetic Directions, Technologies, Materials and Biological Applications V. A. Soloshonok, K. Mikami, T. Yamazaki, J. T. Welch, J. Honec, Eds.; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2007; p 2–24.



"Radical Trifluoromethylation of Ketone Silyl Enol Ethers by Activation with Dialkylzinc."
Kochi Mikami,* Yuichi Tomita, Yoshiyuki Ichikawa, Kazutoshi Amikura, Yoshimitsu Itoh
Org. Lett. 2006, 8, 4671–4673.
[DOI: 10.1021/ol0611301]



"Experimental and Theoretical Studies on Radical Trifluoromethylation of Titanium Ate and Lithium Enolates."
Yoshimitsu Itoh, K. N. Houk, Koichi Mikami*
J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 8918–8925.
[DOI: 10.1021/jo0616153]



"Radical Trifluoromethylation of Ketone Li Enolates."
Yoshimitsu Itoh, Koichi Mikami*
Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 7199–7203.
[DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2006.03.115]



"Nanoflow Microreactor for Dramatic Increase not only in Reactivity but also in Selectivity: Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation by Aqueous Hydrogen Peroxide using Lowest Concentration of a Fluorous Lanthanide Catalyst."
Koichi Mikami,* Masahiro Yamanaka, Md. Nazrul Islam, Takayuki Tonoi, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Masaki Shinoda, Kenichi Kudo
J. Fluorine Chem. 2006, 127, 592–596.
[DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2006.03.012]



"Radical Trifluoromethylation of Ti Ate Enolate: Possible Intervention of Transformation of Ti(IV) to Ti(III) for Radical Termination."
Yoshimitsu Itoh, Koichi Mikami*
J. Fluorine Chem. 2006, 127, 539–544.
[DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2006.03.011]



"Metal Enolates of α-CF3 Ketones: Theoretical Guideline, Direct Generation, and Synthetic Use."
Koichi Mikami,* Yoshimitsu Itoh
Chem. Rec. 2006, 6, 1–11.
[DOI: 10.1002/tcr.20066]



"Radical Trifluoromethylation of Titanium Ate Enolate."
Yoshimitsu Itoh, Koichi Mikami*
Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 649–651.
[DOI: 10.1021/ol047565a]



"Fluorinated Synthon: Asymmetric Catalytic Reactions."
Koichi Mikami,* Yoshimitsu Itoh, Masahiro Yamanaka
In Fluorine-Containing Synthons; V. A. Soloshonok Ed.; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2005; p 356–367.



"Direct Generation of Ti-Enolate of α-CF3 Ketone: Theoretical Study and High-Yielding and Diastereoselective Aldol Reaction."
Y. Itoh, M. Yamanaka, K. Mikami*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 13174–13175.
[DOI: 10.1021/ja046518a]



"Hybrid Reagent of Ammonium Hydrogen Fluoride and Scandium Triflate: Highly Efficient Catalyst for Ring-Opening Fluorination of 2,3-Epoxyalcohols."
Yoshimitsu Itoh, Sejin Jang, Shiho Ohba, Koichi Mikami*
Chem. Lett. 2004, 33, 776–777.
[DOI: 10.1246/cl.2004.776]



"Nanoflow System for Perfect Regiocontrol in the Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation by Aqueous Hydrogen Peroxide using Lowest Concentration of a Fluorous Lanthanide Catalyst"
Koichi Mikami,* Md. Nazrul Islam, Masahiro Yamanaka, Yoshimitsu Itoh, Masaki Shinoda, Kenichi Kudo
Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 3681–3683.
[DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2004.02.157]



"Fluorinated Carbonyl and Olefinic Compounds: Basic Character and Asymmetric Catalytic Reactions."
Koichi Mikami,* Yoshimitsu Itoh, Masahiro Yamanaka
Chem. Rev. 2004, 104, 1–16.
[DOI: 10.1021/cr030685w]



"Dipole Interaction-Controlled Stereoselectivity in Aldol Reaction of α-CF3 Enolate with Fluoral."
Yoshimitsu Itoh, Masahiro Yamanaka, Koichi Mikami*
Org. Lett.2003, 5, 4807–4809.
[DOI: 10.1021/ol0358307]



"Complete Reversal in Regioselectivity in the Baeyer-Villiger Reaction of an α-CF3-Ketone and Theoretical Rationale for Axial Orientation of Sterically Demanding CF3 group at the Transition State."
Yoshimitsu Itoh, Masahiro Yamanaka, Koichi Mikami*
Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 4803–4806.
[DOI: 10.1021/ol0358298]



"Organic Fluorine Compounds with Full of Character: Their (Catalytic) Asymmetric Synthesis (2)."
Koichi Mikami,* Yoshimitsu Itoh, Masahiro Yamanaka
Fine Chemical 2003, 32 (2), 11–20.



"Organic Fluorine Compounds with Full of Character: Their (Catalytic) Asymmetric Synthesis (1)."
Koichi. Mikami,* Yoshimitsu Itoh, Masahiro Yamanaka
Fine Chemical2003, 32 (1), 35–50.