Professor of chemistry at Nagoya University. Organic chemistry, pi-conjugated systems, porphyrin, aromaticity, foods, cooking, wine & beer, classic music
Our new paper on antiaromatic Pt(II) norcorroles is published (open access). A bowl-shaped molecule becomes planar when sandwiched between two bowl-shaped molecules
Preparation, Spectroscopic Characterization and Theoretical Study of a Three-Dimensional Conjugated 70 p-Electron Thiophene 6-mer Radical Cation p-Dimer
Our new work on antiaromatic norcorrole complexes is out! A micellar nanocapsule composed of Yoshizawa’s polyaromatic amphiphiles captures norcorroles and enables them to take close π-stacking in the capsule. Open-access.
We had another good dinner with
@FuchterMatt
Today he gave us a really stimulating lecture about property, function, and application of chiral materials.
福井チームの新しい論文です。福井先生が着任したときのプロポーザルが形を変え、曲折を経てこんな面白い分子になりました。レフリーとのやりとりも御覧ください。as -Indaceno[3,2,1,8,7,6- ghijklm ]terrylene as a near-infrared absorbing C 70 -fragment
Synthesis of a Black Dye with Absorption Capabilities Across the Visible-to-Near-Infrared Region: A MO-Mixing Approach via Heterometal Coordination of Expanded Porphyrinoid
We have published our paper in ChemRxiv. A novel C70 fragment, a curved pi-system, achieves NIR absorption until 1300 nm with only carbon and hydrogen. This is a new work by Dr. Fukui.
meso-Oxoisocorroles: Tunable Antiaromaticity by Metalation and Coordination of Lewis Acids as Well as Aromaticity Reversal in the Triplet Excited State