Original papers, accounts, and reviews

2024

「集まれ，分子！　水-THF混合溶媒中における疎水性有機分子の凝集構造と発光特性」
辻　勇人
波紋（日本中性子科学会誌）, 2024, 34 (3), 102-105.

"Post-formation of Fused Pentagonal Structure on Fjord Region of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons under Hydrothermal Conditions"
N. Hamaguchi, T. Kubota, M. Yamada, H. Kimura, H. Tsuji
Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 30(38), e202400987. [Link, Inside cover, press release]

"Circularly Polarized Luminescence and High Photoluminescence Quantum Yields from Rigid 5,10-Dihydroindeno[2,1-a]indene and 2,2’-Dialkoxy-1,1’-binaphthyl Conjugates and Copolymers"
K. Iwata, M. Tsurui, K. Itaya, N. Hamaguchi, Y. Egawa, Y. Kitagawa, Y. Hasegawa, H. Tsuji
RSC Adv. 2024, 14 (11), 7251-7257. [Link]

「分子内環化によるジブロモインデンおよびテトラブロモインダセンの合成と新規光機能性COPV誘導体の開発」
岩田啓佑、辻　勇人
有機合成化学協会誌, 2024, 82(6), 605-612. [Link]

"Giant Seebeck effect in an undoped single crystal of 2,5,8-triphenylbenzo[1,2-b:3,4-b':5,6-b'']trifuran"
K. Okayama, H. Kojima, T. Kawauchi, M. Yamagishi, M. Nakamura, H. Tsuji
Chem. Lett. 2024, 53 (2), upad054. [Link]

2023

"Water Fraction Dependence of the Aggregation Behavior of Hydrophobic Fluorescent Solutes in Water-Tetrahydrofuran"
H. Tsuji, M. Nakahata, M. Hishida, H. Seto, R. Motokawa, T. Inoue, Y. Egawa
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2023, 14 (49), 11235–11241. [Link, Supplementary Cover, Press release]

"Solvent-Dependent Growth of Rigid Styrylstilbene Dicarboxylic Acid Microcrystals as Bent Waveguides and Microlasers"
D. Venkatakrishnarao, S. Hasebe, Y. Egawa, J. Tapar, R. Paniagua-Domínguez, C. S. Lau, H. Yamagishi, H. Tsuji, Y. Yamamoto
Adv. Photonics Res. 2023, 2200357. [Link]

2022

"Preparation of 2,3-Dibromo-1H-indenes and Tetrabromodihydro-s-indacenes as Synthetic Building Block"
K. Iwata, Y. Egawa, K. Yamanishi, H. Tsuji
J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87 (21), 13882–13890. [Link]

"Carbon-Bridged Oligo(phenylenevinylene)s that Reveal Cryogenic Phenomena at Room Temperature"
H. Tsuji
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2022, 95(4), 657-662.[Link]

2021

"Violet-Emitting Distributed-Feedback Laser using a Naphtho[2,1-b:6,5-b']difuran Derivative"
H. Tsuji, A. Shitomi, N. Hamaguchi, Y. Egawa, V. Bonal, P. G. Boj, J. M. Villalvilla, J. A. Quintana, M. A. Díaz-García
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9 (48), 17287-17290. [Link]

「ラダー型π共役分子」
辻　勇人, 中村栄一
高分子, 2021, 70 (9), 493-495. [Link]

"Long-wavelength Visible to Near Infrared Photoluminescence from Carbon-bridged Styrylstilbene and Thiadiazole Conjugates in Organic and Aqueous Media"
T. Inoue, M. Tsurui, H. Yamagishi, Y. Nakazawa, N. Hamaguchi, S. Watanabe, Y. Kitagawa, Y. Hasegawa, Y. Yamamoto, H. Tsuji
RSC Adv. 2021, 11 (11), 6008-6013. [Link]

"Non-Aufbau Spiro-Conjugated Quinoidal & Aromatic Charged Radicals"
S. Medina Rivero, R. Shang, H. Hamada, Q. Yan, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura, J. Casado
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2021, 94 (3), 989-996. [Link]

2020

"Blue and deep-blue emitting organic lasers with top-layer distributed feedback resonators"
V. Bonal, J. M. Villalvilla, J. A. Quintana, P. G. Boj, N. Lin, S. Watanabe, K. Kazlauskas, O. Adomeniene, S. Jursenas, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura, M. A. Díaz-García
Adv. Opt. Mater. 2020, 8, 2001153. [Link]

「剛直平面構造をもつ炭素架橋オリゴフェニレンビニレン（COPV）の合成、物性、応用」
辻　勇人, 中村栄一
有機合成化学協会誌, 2020, 78 (8), 782-791. [Link]

"Single-crystalline Optical Microcavities from Luminescent Dendrimers"
K. Iwai, H. Yamagishi, C. Herzberger, Y. Sato, H. Tsuji, K. Albrecht, K. Yamamoto, F. Sasaki, H. Sato, A. Asaithambi, A. Lorke, Y. Yamamoto
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59 (31), 12674-12679. [Link]

"Kinetically Protected Carbon-bridged Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) Derivatives for Blue Color Amplified Spontaneous Emission"
V. Bonal, M. Morales-Vidal, P. G. Boj, J. M. Villalvilla, J. A. Quintana, N. Lin, S. Watanabe, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura, M. A. Díaz-García
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2020, 93 (6), 751-758. [Link]

2019

"Carbon-Bridged Oligo(phenylenevinylene)s: A de novo Designed Flat, Rigid, and Stable pi-Conjugated System"
H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura
Acc. Chem. Res. 2019, 52(10), 2939-2949. [Link]

"Conformational Control and Photophysical Properties of Methylene-Tethered Bis[(naphthalene-2-yl)vinyl]benzenes"
S. Watanabe, K. Yamanishi, H. Tsuji
ChemPhotoChem, 2019, 3 (8), 605-608. [Link]

"Carbon‐bridged Oligo(phenylenevinylene)s as Light‐harvesting Antenna for Porphyrins"
H. Tsuji, A. Ichimura. M. Kudo, J. Sukegawa, E. Nakamura
Chem. Asian J. 2019, 14 (10), 1672-1675. [Link]

2018

"2,7-Dioctylbenzofuro[3,2-b]benzofuran: An Organic Semiconductor with Two-dimensional Transport Channels"
D. Chen, J. Li, W. Ma, B. Li, Y. Zhen, X. Zhu, W. Hu, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura
Asian J. Org. Chem. 2018, 7 (11), 2228–2232. [Link]

"π-Electronic Co-crystal Microcavities with Selective Vibronic-Mode Light Amplification: Toward Förster Resonance Energy Transfer Lasing"
D. Okada, S. Azzini, H. Nishioka, A. Ichimura, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura, F. Sasaki, C. Genet, T. W. Ebbesen, Y. Yamamoto
Nano Lett. 2018, 18 (7), 4396–4402. [Link]

"Coherent Resonant Tunneling Electron Transport at 9 K and 300 K through a 4.5 nm Long, Rigid, Planar Organic Molecular Wire"
C. Ouyang, K. Hashimoto, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura, Y. Majima
ACS Omega, 2018, 3 (5), 5125–5130. [Link]

"Magnetic Circular Dichroism of an Unaromatic Planar [8]Annulene"
J. Wen, T. Uto, J. Chalupský, D. L. Casher, G. Raabe, J. Fleischhauer, T. Yanai, H. Tsuji, K. Komatsu, J. Michl
J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2018, e3854. [Link]

"Homo- and Co-polymers Based on Carbon-Bridged Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)s for Efficient Fluorescence over the Entire Visible Region"
H. Nishioka, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura
Macromolecules, 2018, 51 (8), 2961–2968. [Link]

"Carbon-bridged p-phenylenevinylene polymer for high-performance solution-processed distributed feedback lasers"
M. Morales-Vidal, J. A. Quintana, J. M. Villalvilla, P. G. Boj, H. Nishioka, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura, G. L. Whitworth, G. A. Turnbull, I. D. W. Samuel and M. A. Díaz-García
Adv. Opt. Mater. 2018, 6 (13), 1800069. [Link]

"Aggregation-responsive ON–OFF–ON Fluorescence-switching Behaviour of Twisted Tetrakis(benzo[b]furyl)ethene Made by Hafnium-mediated McMurry Coupling"
H. Hamada, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura
Mater. Chem. Front. 2018, 2 (2), 296-299. [Link]

2017

"Carbon-Bridged Phenylene-Vinylenes: On the Common Diradicaloid Origin of Their Photonic and Chemical Properties"
R. C. González-Cano, S. di Motta, X. Zhu, J. T. López Navarrete, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura, F. Negri, J. Casado
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2017, 121 (41), 23141–23148. [Link]

"An Efficient and Color-tunable Solution-processed Organic Thin Film Laser with a Polymeric Top-layer Resonator"
J. A. Quintana, J. M. Villalvilla, M. Morales-Vidal, P. G. Boj, X. Zhu, N. Ruangsupapichat, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura, M. A. Díaz-García
Adv. Opt. Mater. 2017, 5 (19), 1700238. [Link]

"Design and Functions of Semiconducting Fused Polycyclic Furans for Optoelectronic Applications"
H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura
Acc. Chem. Res. 2017, 50 (2), 396–406. [Link]

"Bis(Aminoaryl) Carbon-Bridged Oligo(phenylenevinylene)s Expand the Limits of Electronic Couplings"
P. M. Burrezo, N.-T. Lin, K. Nakabayashi, S.-i. Ohkoshi, E. M. Calzado, P. G. Boj, M. A. Díaz García, C. Franco, C. Rovira, J. Veciana, M. Moos, C. Lambert, J. T. López Navarrete, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura, J. Casado
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56 (11), 2898–2902. [Link]

2016

"Three-Dimensionally Homoconjugated Carbon-Bridged Oligophenylenevinylene for Perovskite Solar Cells"
Q. Yan, Y. Guo, A. Ichimura, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138 (34), 10897–10904. [Link]

"Electronic Transitions in Conformationally Controlled Peralkylated Hexasilanes"
Y. Kanazawa, H. Tsuji, M. Ehara, R. Fukuda, D. L. Casher, K. Tamao, H. Nakatsuji, J. Michl
ChemPhysChem, 2016, 17 (19), 3010-3022. [Link]

2015

"Carbon-bridged Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) for Photostable and Broadly Tunable, Solution-Processable Thin Film Organic Lasers"
M. Morales-Vidal, P. G. Boj, J. M. Villalvilla, J. A. Quintana, Q. Yan, N.-T. Lin, X. Zhu, N. Ruangsupapichat, J. Casado, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura, M. A. Díaz-García
Nature Commun. 2015, 6, 8458. [Link, JST Press Release (Japanese)]

"Single-crystal Organic Field-effect Transistors of Naphthodifurans"
C. Mitsui, J. Soeda, K. Miwa, K. Shoyama, Y. Ota, H. Tsuji, J. Takeya, E. Nakamura
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2015, 88 (6), 776–783. [Link, BCSJ Award Article]

"Planarization, Fusion, and Strain of Carbon-Bridged Phenylenevinylene Oligomers Enhance p-Electron and Charge Conjugation: A Dissectional Vibrational Raman Study"
P. M. Burrezo, X. Zhu, S.-F. Zhu, Q. Yan, J. T. López Navarrete, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura, J. Casado
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137 (11), 3834–3843. [Link]

"Hexaaryl-Benzodipyrroles: Properties and Application as Amorphous Carrier-Transporting Materials"
H. Tsuji, Y. Yokoi, S.Furukawa, E. Nakamura
Heterocycles,2015, 90 (1), 261–270. [Link]

2014

"Synthetic Strategy for Multisubstituted Fused Furan Compounds using Main Group Metal Reagents" (Invited Account)
H. Tsuji, L. Ilies, E. Nakamura
Synlett,2014, 25 (15), 2099-2110. [Link]

"The Hydrogen/deuterium Isotope Effect of the Host Material on the Lifetime of Organic Light-emitting Diodes"
H. Tsuji, C. Mitsui, E. Nakamura
Chem. Commun. 2014, 50 (94), 14870–14872. [Link]

"Electron Transfer through Rigid Organic Molecular Wires Enhanced by Electronic and Electron-vibration Coupling"
J. Sukegawa, C. Schubert, X. Zhu, H. Tsuji, D. M. Guldi, E. Nakamura
Nature Chem. 2014, 6 (10), 899-905. [Link]
[Highlighted in News & Views (by. J. R. Miller, Nature Chem., 2014, 6 (10), 854–855.), Chemistryworld (RSC), JST Press Release (Japanese)]

"Electronic Transitions in Conformationally Controlled Tetrasilanes with a Wide Range of SiSiSiSi Dihedral Angles"
H. Tsuji, H. A. Fogarty, M. Ehara, R. Fukuda, D. Casher, K. Tamao, H. Nakatsuji, J. Michl
Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20 (30), 9431–9441. [Link, erratum]

"Synthesis and Characterization of Diphosphenes Bearing Fused-Ring Bulky Rind Groups"
B. Li, S. Tsujimoto, Y. Li, H. Tsuji, K. Tamao, D. Hashizume, T. Matsuo
Heteroatom Chem. 2014, 25 (6), 612–618. [Link]

"Synthesis, Crystal Packing and Ambipolar Carrier Transport Property of Twisted Dibenzo[g,p]chrysene"
Y. Ueda, H. Tanaka, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura
Chem. Asian J. 2014, 9 (6), 1623–1628. [Link]
[Highlighted in ChemistryViews (Wiley)]

"Large Electronic Coupling in a Homoconjugated Donor–Acceptor System Involving Carbon-Bridged Oligo-p-Phenylenevinylene and Triazine"
J. Sukegawa, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura
Chem. Lett. 2014, 43 (5), 699–701. [Link]

"Synthesis of Triphosphatruxene via Sextuple Aromatic Nucleophilic Substitution and Simple Isolation of Stereoisomers"
T. Kojima, S. Furukawa, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura
Chem. Lett. 2014, 43 (5), 676–677. [Link]

2013

"Synthesis of Benzotrifuran and Benzotripyrrole Derivatives and Molecular Orientations on the Surface and in the Solid"
H. Tsuji, G. Cantagrel, Y. Ueda, T. Chen, L.-J. Wan, E. Nakamura
Chem. Asian J. 2013, 8 (10), 2377–2382. [Link]
[Highlighted in SYNFACTS 2014, 10 (1), 0036.

"New Sensitizers for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells featuring a Carbon-bridged Phenylenevinylene"
X. Zhu, H. Tsuji, A. Yella, A.-S. Chauvin, M. Grätzel, E. Nakamura
Chem. Commun. 2013, 49 (6), 582–584. [Link]

2012

"Carbon-Bridged Oligo(phenylenevinylene)s: Stable π-Systems with High Responsiveness to Doping and Excitation"
X. Zhu, H. Tsuji, J. T. López Navarrete, J. Casado, E. Nakamura
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134 (46), 19254–19259. [Link]

"Anthradifuran, a Furan Analogue of Pentacene, and its Isomers, Exhibiting Solid-State Photoluminescence"
H. Tsuji, K. Shoyama, E. Nakamura
Chem. Lett. 2012, 41 (9), 957–959. [Link]

"Tripyridyltruxenes: Thermally Stable Cathode Buffer Materials for Organic Thin-Film Solar Cells"
H. Tsuji, Y. Ota, S. Furukawa, C. Mitsui, Y. Sato, E. Nakamura
Asian J. Org. Chem. 2012, 1 (1), 34–37. [Link]
[Highlighted in Spotlights on our sister journals in Angewandte Chemie]

"Naphtho[2,1-b:6,5-b‘]difuran: a Versatile Motif Available for Solution-processed Single-crystal Organic Field-effect Transistors with High Hole Mobility"
C. Mitsui, J. Soeda, K. Miwa, H. Tsuji, J. Takeya, E. Nakamura
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134 (12), 5448–5451. [Link]

"Carbazolyl Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b‘]difuran: An Ambipolar Host Material for Full-color Organic Light-emitting Diodes"
C. Mitsui, H. Tsuji, Y. Sato, E. Nakamura
Chem. Asian J. 2012, 7 (6), 1443–1450. [Link]

"The First Observation of Electroluminescence from Di(2-naphthyl)disilene, an Si=Si Double Bond-Containing π-Conjugated Compound"
K. Tamao, M. Kobayashi, T. Matsuo, S. Furukawa, H. Tsuji
Chem. Commun. 2012, 48 (7), 1030–1032. [Link]

2011

"Air- and Heat-stable Planar Tri-p-quinodimethane with Distinct Biradical Characteristics"
X. Zhu, H. Tsuji, K. Nakabayashi, S.-i. Ohkoshi, E. Nakamura
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133 (41), 16342-16345. [Link]

"Synthesis and Structures of a Series of Size-Controllable Bulky “Rind-Br” Based on a Rigid Fused-Ring s-Hydrindacenyl Skeleton"
T. Matsuo, K. Suzuki, T. Fukawa, B. Li, M. Ito, Y. Shoji, T. Otani, L. Li, M. Kobayashi, M. Hachiya, Y. Tahara, D. Hashizume, T. Fukunaga, A. Fukazawa, Y. Li, H. Tsuji, K. Tamao
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2011, 84 (11), 1178-1191. [Link, BCSJ Award Article]

"Bis(carbazolyl)benzodifuran has a High Triplet Energy Level for Application in Blue Phosphorescent OLED"
C. Mitsui, H. Tanaka, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura
Chem. Asian J. 2011, 6 (9), 2296-2300. [Link]

"Bis-cinnolines as n-Type Semiconducting Material with High Electron-mobility and Thermal Stability and their Application to Organic Photovoltaic Cells"
H. Tsuji, Y. Yokoi, Y. Sato, H. Tanaka, E. Nakamura
Chem. Asian J. 2011, 6 (8), 2005-2008. [Link]

"Mechanochromic and Color-change Properties of 2,6-Di(2-pyridyl)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’]difuran in Solid and Solution"
H. Tsuji, G. Favier, C. Mitsui, S. Lee, D. Hashizume, E. Nakamura
Chem. Lett. 2011, 40 (6), 576-578. [Link]

"Indium-catalyzed synthesis of furans and pyrroles via cyclization of α-propargyl-β-ketoesters"
H. Tsuji, K.-i. Yamagata, Y. Ueda, E. Nakamura
Synlett2011, (7), 1015-1017. [Link]

"Modular Synthesis and Photophysical and Electrochemical Properties of 2,3,5,6-Tetraaryl-Substituted Benzo[1,2-b:5,4-b ‘]difurans"
H. Tsuji, C. Mitsui, Y. Sato, E. Nakamura
Heteroatom Chem. 2011, 22 (3/4), 316-324. [Link]

2010

"Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Alkenes by Stereo- and Regioselective Stannyllithiation of Diarylacetylenes"
H. Tsuji, Y. Ueda, L. Ilies, E. Nakamura
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132 (34), 11854-11855. [Link]
[Highlighted in SYNFACTS 2010, (11), 1257, and Selected to "SYNFACT of the month"]

"Modular Synthesis of Polybenzo[b]silole Compounds for Hole-Blocking Material in Phosphorescent Organic Light Emitting Diodes"
L. Ilies, Y. Sato, C. Mitsui, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura
Chem. Asian J. 2010, 5 (6), 1376-1381. [Link]

"Benzophosphole Oxide and Sulfide for Thermally Stable Cathode Buffer Layers in Organic Thin-Film Photovoltaic Devices"
H. Tsuji, K. Sato, Y. Sato, E. Nakamura
Chem. Asian J. 2010, 5 (6), 1294-1297. [Link]

「共役電子系機能性物質のモジュラー合成」（受賞論文, Japanese）
辻　勇人
有機合成化学協会誌, 2010, 68 (10), 1057–1066. [Link]

2009

"Modular Synthesis of 1H-Indenes, Dihydro-s-Indacene, and Diindenoindacene- a Carbon-bridged p-Phenylenevinylene Congener"
X. Zhu, C. Mitsui, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131 (38), 13596-13597. [Link]

"Synthesis of Benzo[b]siloles via KH-Promoted Cyclization of (2-Alkynylphenyl)silanes"
L. Ilies, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura
Org. Lett. 2009, 11 (8), 3966-3968. [Link]

"Benzo[b]phosphole Sulfides. Highly Electron-transporting and Thermally Stable Molecular Materials for Organic Semiconductor Devices"
H. Tsuji, K. Sato, Y. Sato, E. Nakamura
J. Mater. Chem. 2009, 19 (21), 3364-3366. [Link]

"Bis(carbazolyl)benzodifuran: A High-mobility Ambipolar Material for Homojunction Organic Light-emitting Diode Devices"
H. Tsuji, C. Mitsui, Y. Sato, E. Nakamura
Adv. Mater. 2009, 21 (37), 3776-3779. [Link]

"Indium-Catalyzed [1 + n] Annulation Reaction between of β-Ketoester and 1,ω-Diyne"
H. Tsuji, I. Tanaka, K. Endo, K.-i. Yamagata, M. Nakamura, E. Nakamura
Org. Lett. 2009, 11 (8), 1845-1847. [Link]

"Mechanistic Study of the Manganese-Catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] Annulation of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds and Terminal Alkynes"
N. Yoshikai, S.-L. Zhang, K.-i. Yamagata, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131 (11), 4099-4109. [Link]

"Tetraaryl-substituted Benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b‘]dipyrroles: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications to Hole-injection Materials in OLED Devices"
H. Tsuji, Y. Yokoi, C. Mitsui, L. Ilies, Y. Sato, E. Nakamura
Chem. Asian J. 2009, 4 (5), 655-657. [Link]

"Time-Resolved EPR Characterization of a Folded Conformation of Photoinduced Charge-Separated State in Fullerene-Porphyrin Dyad Bridged by Diphenyldisilane"
Y. Kobori, Y. Shibano, T. Endo, H. Tsuji, H. Murai, K. Tamao
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131 (5), 1624-1625. [Link]

2008

"Efficient Formation of Ring Structure Utilizing Multisite Activation by Indium Catalysis"
Y. Itoh, H. Tsuji, K.-i. Yamagata, K. Endo, I. Tanaka, M. Nakamura, E. Nakamura
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130 (50), 17161-17167. [Link]

"Synthesis and Electronic Spectra of Disilatriptycene Oligomers: Evidence for Electronic Delocalization along the One-Dimensional Arrangement of Bridge-Head Disilanes"
S. Sase, Y.-S. Cho, A. Kawachi, A. Wakamiya, S. Yamaguchi, H. Tsuji, K. Tamao
Organometallics2008, 27 (21), 5441-5445. [Link]

"Manganese-Catalyzed Benzene Synthesis by [2 + 2 + 2] Coupling of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compound and Terminal Acetylene"
H. Tsuji, K.-i. Yamagata, T. Fujimoto, E. Nakamura
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130 (25), 7792-7793. [Link]
[Highlighted in SYNFACTS 2008, 982; ChemInform 2008, 39 (44).]

"Modular Synthesis of Benzo[b]phosphole Derivatives via BuLi-Mediated Cyclization of (o-Alkynylphenyl)phosphine"
H. Tsuji, K. Sato, L. Ilies, Y. Itoh, Y. Sato, E. Nakamura
Org. Lett. 2008, 10 (11), 2263-2265. [Link]

"Modular Synthesis of Functionalized Benzosiloles by Tin-Mediated Cyclization of (o-Alkynylphenyl)silane"
L. Ilies, H. Tsuji, Y. Sato, E. Nakamura
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130 (13), 4240-4241. [Link]
[Highlighted in SYNFACTS 2008, (7), 702.]

"Construction of Chiral Quaternary Carbon Center by Indium-Catalyzed Asymmetric α-Alkenylation of β-Ketoesters"
T. Fujimoto, K. Endo, H. Tsuji, M. Nakamura, E. Nakamura
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130 (13), 4492-4496. [Link]

"Stereoselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted E-Iodoalkenes by Indium-catalyzed syn-Addition of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds to 1-Iodoalkynes"
H. Tsuji, T. Fujimoto, K. Endo, M. Nakamura, E. Nakamura
Org. Lett. 2008, 10 (6), 1219-1221. [Link]
[Highlighted in SYNFACTS 2008, 618.]

2007

"Coplanar Oligo(p-phenylenedisilenylene)s Based on the Octaethyl-substituted s-Hydrindacenyl Groups"
A. Fukazawa, Y.-M. Li, S. Yamaguchi, H. Tsuji, K. Tamao
J. Am. Chem. Soc.2007, 129 (46), 14164–14165. [Link]

"Indium-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of ω-Alkynyl-β-ketoesters into Six- to Fifteen-Membered Rings"
H. Tsuji, K.-i. Yamagata, Y. Itoh, K. Endo, M. Nakamura, E. Nakamura
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46 (42), 8060–8062. [Link]
[Highlighted in SYNFACTS2008, (1), 0077. Selected for “SYNFACTS of the month”]

"Synthesis and Properties of 2,3,6,7-Tetraarylbenzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’]difurans as Hole-Transporting Material"
H. Tsuji, C. Mitsui, L. Ilies, Y. Sato, E. Nakamura
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129 (39), 11902–11903. [Link]
[Highlighted in Nachrichten aus der Chemie2008, 56 (3), 269–294.]

"Intramolecular Singlet Excited Energy Transfer in a Zinc Porphyrin-Free-base Porphyrin Dyad Linked with an Si–Si σ-Bond"
Y. Shibano, M. Sasaki, Y. Kawanishi, Y. Araki, H. Tsuji, O. Ito, K. Tamao
Chem. Lett. 2007, 36 (9), 1112–1113. [Link]

"Oligosilane Chain-Length Dependence of Electron Transfer of Zinc Porphyrin-Oligosilane-Fullerene Molecules"
M. Sasaki, Y. Shibano, H. Tsuji, Y. Araki, K. Tamao, O. Ito
J. Phys. Chem. A2007, 111 (16), 2973–2979. [Link]

"Conformation Effect of Oligosilane Linker on Photoinduced Electron Transfer of Tetrasilane-Linked Zinc Porphyrin–[60]Fullerene Dyads"
Y. Shibano, M. Sasaki, H. Tsuji, Y. Araki, O. Ito, K. Tamao
J. Organomet. Chem. 2007, 692 (1–3), 356–367. [Link]

"Skeletal Rearrangement of a Bicyclic 1,3-Diphenyltrisilane during Acid-induced Dephenylation Reactions"
A. Fukazawa, H. Tsuji, K. Tamao
Silicon Chemistry2007, 3 (3–4), 157–163. [Link]

Selected articles published before 2007

"Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of 9-Phospha-10-silatriptycenes and their Derivatives"
H. Tsuji, T. Inoue, Y. Kaneta, S. Sase, A. Kawachi, K. Tamao
Organometallics2006, 25 (26), 6142–6148. [Link]

"All-anti-Octasilane: Conformation Control of Silicon Chains Using the Robust Bicyclic Trisilane as the Building Block"
A. Fukazawa, H. Tsuji, K. Tamao
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128 (21), 6800–6801. [Link]

"All-anti-Pentasilane: Conformation Control of Oligosilanes Based on Bis(tetramethylene)-tethered Trisilane Unit"
H. Tsuji, A. Fukazawa, S. Yamaguchi, A. Toshimitsu, K. Tamao
Organometallics2004, 23 (14), 3375–3377. [Link]

"UV Absorption and Mass Spectra of n-Alkylsilyl End-Capped Anti,Cisoid-Alternating Oligosilanes up to Docosasilane (Si22)"
H. Mallesha, H. Tsuji, K. Tamao
Organometallics2004, 23 (7), 1639–1642. [Link]

"Recent Experimental and Theoretical Aspects of the Conformational Dependence of UV Absorption of Short Chain Peralkylated Oligosilanes" (mini-Review)
H. Tsuji, J. Michl, K. Tamao
J. Organomet. Chem. 2003, 685 (1–2), 9–14. [Link]

"σσ* Transition in anti,cisoid Alternating Oligosilanes: Clear-Cut Evidence for Suppression of Conjugation Effect by a cisoid Turn"
H. Tsuji, M. Terada, A. Toshimitsu, K. Tamao
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125 (25), 7486–7487. [Link]

"The Disilane Chromophore: Photoelectron and Electronic Spectra of Hexaalkyldisilanes and 1,(n+2)-Disila[n.n.n]propellanes"
D. L. Casher, H. Tsuji, A. Sano, M. Katkevics, A. Toshimitsu, K. Tamao, M. Kubota, T. Kobayashi, C. H. Ottosson, D. E. David, J. Michl
J. Phys. Chem. A2003, 107 (18), 3359–3566. [Link]

"Peralkylated Tetrasilanes: Conformational Dependence of the Photoelectron Spectrum"
H. A. Fogarty, H. Tsuji, D. E. David, C. H. Ottosson, M. Ehara, H. Nakatsuji, K. Tamao, J. Michl
J. Phys. Chem. A2002, 106 (10), 2369–2373. [Link]

"UV, MCD, and LD Spectra of a Conformationally Constrained ortho-Tetrasilane: Support for the Avoided Crossing Model of Conformational Effects on Excited States"
H. Tsuji, A. Toshimitsu, K. Tamao, J. Michl
J. Phys. Chem. A2001, 105 (45), 10246–10248. [Link]

"Conformation Control of Oligosilanes Based on Configurationally Constrained Bicyclic Disilane Units"
K. Tamao, H. Tsuji, M. Terada, M. Asahara, S. Yamaguchi, A. Toshimitsu
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2000, 39 (18), 3287–3290. [Link]

"Cyclization of o-Allylstyrene via Hydrosilylation: Mechanistic Aspects of Hydrosilylation of Styrenes Catalyzed by Palladium-Phosphine Complexes"
Y. Uozumi, H. Tsuji, T. Hayashi
J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63 (18), 6137–6140. [Link]