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MURATA, Yasujiro

Division of Synthetic Chemistry - Organic Structural Chemistry -
（Laboratory in the Faculty of Engineering）
Professor
Doctor Engineering
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E-mail: yasujiro@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Tel: 0774-38-3172
Fax: 0774-38-3178
Academic career
    1998.3 Graduated from Dr. Course, Kyoto University
    1998.3 D. Eng., Kyoto University
    1998.4-1999.6 JSPS Post Doctoral Fellow, Kyoto University
    1999.7 - Assistant Professor, Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research
    2006.7- Associate Professor, Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research
    2009.1- Professor, Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research
Research field
    Structural Organic Chemistry, Fullerene Chemistry, Physical Organic Chemistry
Current research
  1. Chemistry on Novel Fullerene Derivatives
  2. Solid-State Chemistry Using the HSVM Technique
  3. Development of Novel Functional pi-Conjugated Systems
Selected publications
  1. Komatsu K, Tsuji R, Murata Y, Takeuchi K, Synthesis of Tris[5-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-thienyl]cyclopropenylium Ion and Its Transformation into the Fullyp-Conjugated Dianion Chem. Lett. , 911-912 (1993)
  2. Komatsu K, Murata Y, Miyabo A, Takeuchi K, Wan T. S. M, Chemical Transformation of C60.Addition of Carbenes and Cycloaddition of Anthracene Fullerene Science and Technology 1, 231-238 (1993)
  3. Komatsu K, Murata Y, Sugita N, Takeuchi K, Wan T. S., Use of Naphthalene as a Solvent for Selective Formation of the 1:1 Diels-Alder Adduct of C60 with Anthracene Tetrahedron Lett. 34, 8473-8476 (1993)
  4. Komatsu K, Kagayama A, Murata Y, Sugita N, Kobayashi K, Nagase S, Wan T. S. M, Reaction of C60 with Chlorophenyldiazirine.Spectral and Electronic Properties of the C60-Chlorophenylcarbene 1:1 Adduct Chem. Lett. , 2163-2166 (1993)
  5. Komatsu K, Murata Y, Sugita N, Wan T. S. M, Ene Reaction as a New Method for Functionalization of Fullerene C60 Chem. Lett. , 635-636 (1994)
  6. Komatsu K, Murata Y, Takimoto N, Mori S, Sugita N, Wan T. S. M, Synthesis and Properties of the First Acetylene Derivatives of C60 J. Org. Chem. 59, 6101-6102 (1994)
  7. Wan T. S. M, Leung G. N. W, Tso T. S. C, Komatsu K, Murata Y, Non-Aqueous Capillary Electrophoresis as a New Method for the Separation of Fullerenes Fullerenes: Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials, R. S. Ruoff and K. M. Kadish Eds; Electrochemical Society, Pennington, N.J. , 1474-1487 (1995)
  8. Murata Y, Motoyama K, Komatsu K, Wan T. S. M, Synthesis, Properties, and Reactions of a Stable Carbanion Derived from Alkynyldihydrofullerene: 1-Octynyl-C60 Carbanion Tetrahedron 52, 5077-5090 (1996)
  9. Prassides K, Keshavarz-K M, Hummelen JC, Andreoni W, Giannozzi P, Beer E, Bellavia C, Cristofolini L, González R, Lappas A, Murata Y, Malecki M, Srdanov V, Wudl F, Isolation, Structure, and Electronic Calculations of the Heterofullerene Salt K6C59N Science 271, 1833-1835 (1996)
  10. Pressides K, Keshavartz-K M, Beer E, Bellavia C, González R, Murata Y, Wudl F, Cheetham AK, Zhang JP, Spheres of Spheres of Azafullerene in the Solid State Chem. Mater. 8, 2405-2408 (1996)
  11. Komatsu K., Murata Y, Wang G-W, Wan T. S. M, Novel Nucleophilic Addition Reactions Leading to New Derivatives of Fullerene C60 Fullerens: Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials, R. S. Ruoff and K. M. Kadish Eds; Electrochemical Society, Pennington, N.J. , 1200-1211 (1996)
  12. Kaneta N, Mitamura F, Uemura M, Murata Y, Komatsu K, Electronic Interaction of Tricarbonylchromium-Complexed Benzene with a Facing Aryl Ring in the 1,8-Diarylnaphthalene System Tetrahedron Lett. 37, 5385-5388 (1996)
  13. Wang G-W, Murata Y, Komatsu K, Wan T. S. M, The Solid-Phase Reaction of [60]Fullerene: Novel Addition of Organozinc Reagents Chem. Commun. , 2059-2060 (1996)
  14. Komatsu K, Takimoto N, Murata Y, Wan T. S. M, Wong T, Synthesis and Properties of Dialkyl Derivatives of Di[60]fullerenylbutadiyne and Di[60]fullerenylacetylene: the Buckydumbbells Tetrahedron Lett. 37, 6153-6156 (1996)
  15. Murata Y, Komatsu K, Wan T. S. M, The Reaction of [60]Fullerene with Lithium Fluorenide: Formation of a Novel 1,4-Adduct of [60]Fullerene Tetrahedron Lett. 37, 7061-7064 (1996)
  16. Okamura H, Murata Y, Minoda M, Komatsu K, Miyamoto T, Wan T. S. M, Synthesis of Disubstituted 1,2-Dihydro[60]fullerenes with Well-defined Structure by Addition of 1-Alkoxy-1-chloroethanes to 2-(1-Octynyl)-1,2-dihydro[60]fulleren-1-ide Ion J. Org. Chem. 61, 8500-8502 (1996)
  17. Wang G-W, Komatsu K, Murata Y, Shiro M, Synthesis and X-Ray Structure of Dumb-bell-shaped C120 Nature 387, 583-586 (1997)
  18. Murata Y, Shiro M, Komatsu K, Synthesis, X-Ray Structure, and Properties of the First Tetrakisadduct of Fullerene C60 Having a Fulvene-Typep-System on the Spherical Surface J. Am. Chem. Soc. 119, 8117-8118 (1997)
  19. Komatsu K, Wang G-W, Murata Y, Shiro M, Synthesis of the Fullerene Dimer C120 by a Solid State Reaction Fullerens: Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials, R. S. Ruoff and K. M. Kadish Eds; Electrochemical Society, Pennington, N.J. , 290-297 (1997)
  20. Komatsu K, Murata Y, Synthesis and Electrochemical Behavior of a Fullerenyl Anion Having Five Organic Addends Around the cyclopentadienide Ring on the C60 Surface Fullerens: Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials, R. S. Ruoff and K. M. Kadish Eds; Electrochemical Society, Pennington, N.J. , 199-208 (1997)
  21. Fujiwara K, Murata Y, Wan T. S. M, Komatsu K, Synthesis of a Propargyl Alcohol Having a C60 Cage, Its Transformation into C60 Derivatives with Polar Functional Groups, and the Solubility Measurements Tetrahedron 54, 2049-2058 (1998)
  22. Komatsu K, Wang G-W, Shiro M, Murata Y, Tanaka T, Synthesis and Structural Determination of Fullerene Dimer C120; Creation of Bucky Dumbbell Kagaku to Kougyou (Chemistry and Chemical Industry) 51, 774-776 (1998)
  23. Komatsu K, Wang G-W, Murata Y, Tanaka T, Fujiwara K, Yamamoto K, Saunders M, Mechanochemical Synthesis and Characterization of the Fullerene Dimer C120 J. Org. Chem. 63, 9358-9366 (1998)
  24. Komatsu K, Murata Y, Wang G.-W, Tanaka T, Kato N, Fujiwara K, The Solid-State Mechanochemical Reaction of Fullerene C60 Fullerene Sci. Tech. 7, 609-620 (1999)
  25. Tsubaki K, Murata Y, Komatsu K, Kinoshita T, Fuji K, The Supramolecular Structure of 1,4-Bis(9-fluorenyl)-1,4-dihydro[60]fullerene with Hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene in the Solid State Heterocycles 51, 2553-2556 (1999)
  26. Fujitsuka M, Luo C, Ito O, Murata Y, Komatsu K, Triplet Properties and Photoinduced Electron-Transfer Reactions of C120, the [2+2] Dimer of Fullerene C60 J. Phys. Chem. A. 103, 7155-7160 (1999)
  27. Murata Y, Kato N, Fujiwara K, Komatsu K, Solid-State [4+2] Cycloaddition of Fullerene C60 with Condensed Aromatics Using a High-Speed Vibration Milling Technique J. Org. Chem. 64, 3483-3488 (1999)
  28. Wan T. S. M, Leung G. N. W, Tso T. S. C, Komatsu K, Murata Y, Separation of Fullerenes with Non-aqueous Capillary Electrophoresis Separation of Fullerenes by Liquid Chromatography, Ed. K. Jinno, the Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge , 161-176 (1999)
  29. Komatsu K, Fujiwara K, Murata Y, Braun T, AqueousSolubilizationof Crystalline Fullerenes by Supramolecular Complexation withg-Cyclodextrin and Sulfocalix[8]arene under Mechanochemical High-Speed Vibration Milling J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1 , 2963-2966 (1999)
  30. Murata Y, Komatsu K, Mechanochemistry: Application to the Chemistry of Fullerenes Kikan Fullerene 8 (No. 2), 137-151 (2000)
  31. Komatsu K, Fujiwara K, Murata Y, The Mechanochemical Synthesis and Properties of the Fullerene Trimer C180 Chem. Lett. , 1016-1017 (2000)
  32. Komatsu K, Fujiwara K, Murata Y, The Fullerene Cross-Dimer C130: Synthesis and Properties Chem. Commun. , 1583-1584 (2000)
  33. Komatsu K, Fujiwara K, Tanaka T, Murata Y, The Fullerene Dimer C120 and Related Carbon Allotropes Carbon 38, 1529-1534 (2000)
  34. Komatsu K, Murata Y, Kato N, Solid-State Reaction of C60 with N-Containing Aromatics to Give Novel Addition Products Fullerenes 2000: Functionalized Fullerenes, N. Martin, M. Maggini, and D. M. Guldi Eds; Electrochemical Society, Pennington, N.J. 9, 20-27 (2000)
  35. Komatsu K, Murata Y, Organic Chemistry of Fullerenes: A Fascinating Molecule, C60 Chemistry Today No. 351, 46-53 (2000)
  36. Fujitsuka M, Fujiwara K, Murata Y, Uemura S, Kunitake M, Ito O, Komatsu K, Properties of Photoexcited States of C180, a Triangle Trimer of C60 Chem. Lett. , 384-385 (2001)
  37. Murata Y, Kato N, Komatsu K, The Reaction of Fullerene C60 with Phthalazine: The Mechanochemical Solid-State Reaction Yielding a New C60 Dimer versus the Liquid-Phase Reaction Affording an Open-Cage Fullerene J. Org. Chem. 66, 7235-7239 (2001)
  38. Murata Y, Komatsu K, Photochemical Reaction of the Open-Cage Fullerene Derivative with Singlet Oxygen Chem. Lett. , 896-897 (2001)
  39. Murata Y, Murata M, Komatsu K, The Reaction of Fullerene C60 with 4,6-Dimethyl-1,2,3-Triazine: Formation of an Open-Cage Fullerene Derivative J. Org. Chem. 66, 8187-8191 (2001)
  40. Murata Y, Suzuki M, Komatsu K, Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Novel Dimeric Fullerenes Incorporated in a 2,3-Diazabicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-ene Framework Chem. Commun. , 2338-2339 (2001)
  41. Kunitake M, Uemura S, Ito O, Fujiwara K, Murata Y, Komatsu K, First Structural Analysis of C60 Trimers by Direct Observation with STM Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 41, 969-972 (2002)
  42. Murata Y, Ito M, Komatsu K, Synthesis and Properties of Novel Fullerene Derivatives Having Dendrimer Units and the Fullerenyl Anions Generated Therefrom J. Materials Chem. 12, 2009-2020 (2002)
  43. Kunieda R, Fujitsuka M, Ito O, Ito M, Murata Y, Komatsu K, Photochemical and Photophysical Properties of C60 Dendrimers Studied by Laser Flash Photolysis J. Phys. Chem.B 106, 7193-7199 (2002)
  44. Fujitsuka M, Fujiwara K, Murata Y, Ito O, Komatsu K, Photophysical and Photochemical Properties of Decakis-Adduct of C120 and Related Compounds Chem. Lett. , 512-513 (2002)
  45. Kwak Y, Goto A, Tsujii Y, Murata Y, Komatsu K, Fukuda T, A Kinetic Study on the Rate Retardation in Radical Polymerization of Styrene with Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Macromolecules 35, 3026-3029 (2002)
  46. Cheng F, Murata Y, Komatsu K, Synthesis, X-Ray Structure, and Properties of the Singly Bonded C60 Dimer Having Diethoxyphosphorylmethyl Groups Utilizing the Chemistry of C602– Org. Lett. 4, 2541-2544 (2002)
  47. Fujitsuka M, Luo H, Murata Y, Kato N, Ito O, Komatsu K, Effective Energy Transfer Process in a Dyad Molecule of Pyrene and C60 Chem. Lett. , 968-969 (2002)
  48. Yoshimoto S, Narita R, Tsutsumi E, Matsumoto M, Itaya K, Ito O, Fujiwara K, Murata Y, Komatsu K, Adlayers of Fullerene Monomer and [2+2]-Type Dimer on Au(111) in Aqueous Solution Studied by In Situ STM Langmuir 18, 8518-8522 (2002)
  49. Komatsu K, Murata Y, Fujiwara K, Suzuki M, Murata M, Synthesis of New Fullerene Dimers and Open-Cage Fullerenes by Solid-State and Liquid-Phase Reaction of C60 with N-Containing Aromatics and with Organosilicon Compounds Fullerenes 12, 291-297 (2002)
  50. Wang G-W, Zhang T-H, Hao E. H, Jiao L-J, Murata Y, Komatsu K, Solvent-Free Reactions of Fullerenes with N-Alkylglycines and Aldehydes or without Aldehydes Under High-Speed Vibration Milling Tetrahedron 59, 55-60 (2003)
  51. Murata Y, Murata M, Komatsu K, Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Novel Open-Cage Fullerenes Having Heteroatom(s) on the Rim of the Orifice Chem. Eur. J. 9, 1600-1609 (2003)
  52. Murata Y, Murata M, Komatsu K, 100% Encapsulation of a Hydrogen Molecule into an Open-Cage Fullerene Derivative and Gas-Phase Generation of H2@C60 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 7152-7153 (2003)
  53. Murata Y, Suzuki M, Rubin Y, Komatsu K, Structure of the Hydration Product of the C60-Di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4,5-tetrazine Monoadduct Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 76, 1669-1672 (2003)
  54. Wang G-W, Zhang T-H, Li Y-J, Lu P, Zhan H, Liu Y-C, Murata Y, Komatsu K, Novel solvent-free reaction of C60 with active methylene compounds in the presence of NaCO3 under high-speed vibration milling Tetrahedron Lett. 44, 4407-4409 (2003)
  55. Murata Y, Suzuki M, Komatsu K, Synthesis and electropolymerization of fullerene-terthiophene dyads Org. Biomol. Chem. 1, 2624-2625 (2003).
  56. Murata Y, Han A-H, Komatsu K, Mechanochemical Synthesis of a Novel C60 Dimer Connected by a Germanium Bridge and a Single Bond Tetrahedron Lett. 44, 8199-8201 (2003).
  57. Komatsu K, Murata Y, Encapsulation of Molecular Hydrogen in Fullerene by the Technique of Organic Chemistry Bio Medical Quick Review Net 002, 1-6 (2003).
  58. Komatsu K, Murata Y, Murata M, Synthesis of Open-Cage Fullerene Derivatives and Encapsulation of Small Molecules Fullerenes 13, 252-257 (2003).
  59. Murata Y, Suzuki M, Yamazaki T, Komatsu K, Synthesis and Electrolytic Polymerization of Fullerene-Terthiophene Dyads Fullerenes 13, 316-322 (2003).
  60. R-F. Peng, G-W. Wang, Y-B. Shen, Y-J. Li, T-H. Zhang, Y-C. Liu, Y. Murata, and K. Komatsu, Solvent-Free Reactions of Fullerenes with Diethyl Bromomalonate in the Presence of Inorganic Bases under High-Speed Vibration Milling Conditions Synth. Commun. 34, 1309-1318 (2004).
  61. M. Matsumoto, J. Inukai, E. Tsutsumi, S. Yoshimoto, K. Itaya, O. Ito, K. Fujiwara, M. Murata, Y. Murata, and K. Komatsu, Adlayers of C60-C60 and C60-C70 Fullerene Dimers Formed on Au(111) in Benzene Solutions Studied by STM and LEED Langumur 20, 1245-1250 (2004).
  62. Carravetta, M.; Murata, Y.; Murata, M.; Heinmaa, I.; Stern, R.; Tontcheva A.; Samoson, A.; Rubin, Y.; Komatsu, K.; Levitt, M. H., Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy of Molecular Hydrogen Trapped Inside an Open-Cage Fullerene J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 4092-4093 (2004).
  63. Yoshimoto, S.; Tsutsumi, E.; Honda, Y.; Murata, Y.; Murata, M.; Komatsu, K.; Ito, O.; Itaya, K., Controlled Molecular Orientation in an Adlayer of a Supramolecular Assembly Consisting of an Open-Cage C60 Derivative and Zn(II) Octaethylporphyrin on Au(111) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 43, 3044-3047 (2004).
  64. Luo, H.; Araki, Y.; Fujitsuka, M.; Ito, O.; Cheng, F.; Murata, Y.; Komatsu, K., Dissociative Electron Attachment of Singly Bonded [60]Fullerene Dimer Studied by Laser Flash Photolysis J. Phys. Chem. B 108, 11915-11920 (2004).
  65. Zhang, T.-H.; Wang, G.-W.; Lu, P.; Li, Y.-J.; Peng, R.-F.; Liu, Y.-C.; Murata, Y.; Komatsu, K., Solvent-free Reactions of C60 with Active Methylene Compounds, Either With or Without Carbon Tetrabromide, in the Presence of Bases under High-Speed Vibration Milling Conditions Org. Biomol. Chem. 2, 1698-1702 (2004).
  66. Murata, Y.; Cheng, F.; Kitagawa, T.; Komatsu, K., Generation of Fullerenyl Cation (EtO)2P+(OH)CH2-C60+ from RC60-H and from RC60-C60R (R = CH2P(O)(OEt)2) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126, 8874-8875 (2004).
  67. Tumanskii, B. L.; Kalina, O. G.; Sokolov, V. I.; Chistyakov, A. L.; Stankevich, I. V.; Han, A.; Murata, Y.; Komatsu, K., EPR Study of Radical Reactions of C60 Dimer Connected by a Silicon Bridge and single bond (C60SiPh2C60) Chem. Phys. Lett. 395, 157-160 (2004).
  68. Komatsu, K.; Murata, Y., Synthesis of Fullerene Derivatives with Novel Structures -Liquid-Phase versus Solid-State Reactions- J. Synth. Org. Chem. Jpn. 62, 1138-1147 (2004)
  69. Yamazaki, T.; Murata, Y.; Komatsu, K.; Furukawa, K.; Morita, M.; Maruyama, N.; Yamao, T.; Fujita, S., Synthesis and Electrolytic Polymerization of the Ethylenedioxy-Substituted Terthiophene-Fullerene Dyad Org. Lett. 6, 4865-4868 (2004)
  70. Murata, Y.; Maeda, S.; Murata, M.; Komatsu, K., Synthesis and Properties of Open-Cage Fullerene C70 Derivatives Fullerenes 14, 267-274 (2004)
  71. Organic Functionalization of C60 Toward the Synthesis of Endohedral Fullerene Complexes, Komatsu, K.; Murata, Y.; Murata, M.; Sawa, H. Fullerenes 14, 275-281 (2004)
  72. Stanisky C M, Cross R J, Saunders M, Murata M, Murata Y, Komatsu K., Helium Entry and Escape through a Chemically Opened Window in a Fullerene J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 299-302 (2005).
  73. Komatsu K, Murata M, Murata Y, Encapsulation of Molecular Hydrogen in Fullerene C60 by Organic Synthesis Science 307, 238-240 (2005).
  74. Frankevich V E, Dashtiev M, Zenobi R, Kitagawa T, Lee Y, Murata Y, Yamazaki T, Gao Y, Komatsu K, Oliva J M, MALDI-Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometric and Theoretical Studies of Donor-Accepto and Donor-Bridge-Acceptor Fullerenes Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 7, 1036-1042 (2005).
  75. Sawa H, Wakabayashi Y, Murata Y, Murata M, Komatsu K, Floating Single Hydrogen Molecule in an Open-Cage Fullerene Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 44, 1981-1983 (2005).
  76. Wang G-W, Chen Z-X, Murata Y, Komatsu K, [60]Fullerene Adducts with 9-Substituted Anthracenes: Mechanochemical Preparation and Retro Diels-Alder Reaction Tetrahedron 61, 4851-4856 (2005).
  77. Yoshimoto S, Honda Y, Murata Y, Murata M, Komatsu K, Ito O, Itaya K, Dependence of Molecular Recognition of Fullerene Derivative on the Adlayer Structure of Zinc Octaethylporphyrin Formed on Au(100) Surface J. Phys. Chem. B 109, 8547-8550 (2005).
  78. Haino T, Seyama J, Fukunaga C, Murata Y, Komatsu K, Fukazawa Y, Calix[5]arene-Based Receptor for Dumb-Bell-Shaped C120 Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 78, 768-770 (2005).
  79. Komatsu K, Murata Y, A New Route to an Endohedral Fullerene by Way of σ-Framework Transformations Chem. Lett. 34, 886-891 (2005).
  80. Sato H, Tashiro K, Shinmori H, Osuka A, Murata Y, Komatsu K, Aida T, Positive Heterotropic Cooperativity for Selective Guest Binding via Electronic Communications through a Fused Zinc Porphyrin Array J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 13086-13087 (2005).
  81. Cheng, X; Wang, G.-W.; Murata, Y; Komatsu, K, Solvent-Free Synthesis of Dihydrofuran-Fused [60]Fullerene Derivatives by High-Speed Vibration Milling Chin. Chem. Lett. 16, 1327-1329 (2005)
  82. Matsuo, Y.; Isobe, H.; Tanaka, T.; Murata, Y.; Murata, M.; Komatsu K.; Nakamura, E., Organic and Organometallic Derivatives of Dihydrogen-encapsulated [60]Fullerene J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 17148-17149 (2005)
  83. Nakamura, T.; Araki, Y.; Ito, O.; Murata, Y.; Komatsu, K., Photoinduced Charge Separation and Charge Recombination in Terthiophene-Acetylene-Fullerene Linked Dyads J. Photochem. Photobiol. A 178, 242-250 (2006).
  84. Margetic, D.; Murata, Y.; Komatsu, K.; Eckert-Maksic, M., Synthesis, X-ray, and DFT Study of the Double-Bond Pyramidalization in 1,7,8,9-Tetraphenyl-4,10,10-trimethyl-4-aza-10-silatricyclo[5.2.1.0.2,6]deca-8-ene-3,5-dione and Its Germanium Analogue Organometallics 25, 111-117 (2006)
  85. Kitagawa, T.; Murata, Y.; Komatsu, K. , Fullerene Reactivity - Fullerene Cations and Open-Cage Fullerenes In Carbon-Rich Compounds; Haley, M. Tykwinski, R., Eds. 383-420 (2006)
  86. Carravetta, M.; Johannessen, O. G.; Levitt, M. H.; Heinmaa, I.; Stern, R.; Samoson, A.; Horsewill, A. J.; Murata, Y.; Komatsu, K., Cryogenic NMR Spectroscopy of Endohedral Hydrogen-Fullerene Complexes J. Chem. Phys. 124, 104507 (2006)
  87. Murata, M.; Murata, Y.; Komatsu, K., Synthesis and Properties of Endohedral C60 Encapsulating Molecular Hydrogen J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 8024-8033 (2006)
  88. Murata, Y., Organic Synthesis of H2@C60 by Molecular Surgery Approach NEW DIAMOND 82, 28-29 (2006)
  89. Sartori, E.; Ruzzi, M.; Turro, N. J.; Decatur, J. D.; Doetschman, D. C.; Lawler, R. G.; Buchachenko, A. L.; Murata, Y.; Komatsu, K., Nuclear Relaxation of H2 and H2@C60 in Organic Solvents J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128, 14752-14753 (2006)
  90. Chuang, S.-C.; Murata, Y.; Murata, M.; Mori, S.; Maeda, S.; Tanabe, F.; Komatsu, K., Fine Tuning of the Orifice Size of an Open-Cage Fullerene by Placing Selenium in the Rim: Insertion/Release of Molecular Hydrogen Chem. Commun. 1278-1280 (2007).
  91. Watanabe, K.; Komatsu, M.; Niidome, Y.; Murata, M.; Murata, Y.; Komatsu, K.; Nakashima, N., Electrochemistry of an Open-Cage Fullerene Embedded in a Film of Hydrophobic Ammonium Ion on an Electrode J. Phys. Chem. 111, 6500-6504 (2007).
  92. Yoshimoto, S.; Tsutsumi, E.; Narita, R.; Murata, Y.; Murata, M.; Fujiwara, K.; Komatsu, K.; Ito, O.; Itaya, K., Epitaxial Supramolecular Assembly of Fullerenes Formed by Using a Coronene Template on a Au(111) Surface in Solution J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 4366-4376 (2007).
  93. Chuang, S.-C.; Murata, Y.; Murata, M.; Komatsu, K., The outside knows the difference inside: trapping helium by immediate reduction of orifice size of an open-cage fullerene and the effect of encapsulated helium and hydrogen upon the NMR of proton directly attached to the outside Chem. Commun. 1751-1753 (2007).
  94. 小松紘一、村田靖次郎 , 分子手術法による内包フラーレン合成 Electrochemistry 75, 824-829 (2007).
  95. Chuang, S.-C.; Murata, Y.; Murata, M.; Komatsu, K., An Orifice-Size Index for Open-Cage Fullerenes J. Org. Chem. 72, 6447-6453 (2007).
  96. Roubelakis, M. M.; Murata, Y.; Komatsu, K.; Orfanopoulos, M., Efficient Synthesis of Open-Cage Fullerene Derivative Having 16-Membered-Ring Orifices J. Org. Chem. 72, 7042-7045 (2007).
  97. Lopez-Gejo, J.; Marti, A. A.; Ruzzi, M.; Jockusch, S.; Komatsu, K.; Tanabe, F.; Murata, Y.; Turro, N. J., Can H2 inside C60 Communicate with the Outside World? J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, in press (2007).
  98. Margetic, D.; Murata, Y.; Komatsu, K. , X-Ray Structural Analyses and DFT Study of 7-Thianorbornenes: 4-Aza-4-Phenyl-10-Thiatricyclo[5.2.1.0.(2,6)]deca-8-Ene-3,5-Dione and 4-Aza-1,4,7-Trimethyl-10-Thiatricyclo[5.2.1.0.(2,6)]deca-8-Ene-3,5-Dione Struct. Chem. 18, 279-286 (2007)
  99. Murata, M.; Ochi, Y.; Tanabe, F.; Komatsu, K.; Murata, Y. , Internal Magnetic Fields of Dianions of Fullerene C60 and Its Cage-Opened Derivatives Studied by Encapsulated H2 as an NMR Probe Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47, 2039-2041 (2008)
  100. Sartori, E.; Ruzzi, M.; Turro, N. J.; Komatsu, K.; Murata, Y.; Lawler, R. G.; Buchachenko, A. L., Paramagnet Enhanced Nuclear Relaxation of H2 in Organic Solvents and in H2@C60 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 2221-2225 (2008)
  101. Murata, Y.; Maeda, S.; Murata, M.; Komatsu, K., Encapsulation and Dynamic Behavior of Two H2 Molecules in an Open-Cage C70 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 6702 - 6703 (2008)
  102. Murata, M.; Ochi, Y.; Kitagawa, T.; Komatsu, K.; Murata, Y., NMR Studies on Monofunctionalized Fullerenyl Cation and Anion Encapsulating a H2 Molecule Chem. Asian J. 3, 1336-1342 (2008)
  103. Turro, N. J.; Marti, A. A.; Chen, J. Y.-C.; Jockusch, S.; Lawler, R. G.; Ruzzi, M.; Satori, E.; Chuang, S.-C.; Komatsu, K.; Murata, Y., Demonstration of a Chemical Transformation Inside a Fullerene. The Reversible Conversion of the Allotropes of H2@C60 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 10506-10507 (2008)
  104. Murata, M.; Murata, Y.; Komatsu, K., Surgery of Fullerenes Chem. Commun. 6083-6094 (2008).
  105. Murata, M.; Maeda, S.; Morinaka, Y.; Murata, Y.; Komatsu, K., Synthesis and Reaction of Fullerene C70 Encapsulating Two Molecules of H2 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 15800-15801 (2008).
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