8. Ken-ichiro Sugawara, Shiro Hikichi, and Munetaka Akita
Di- and Trivalent Chlorochromium Complexes Bearing Hydrotris(3,5-diisopropylpyrazolyl)borato
Ligand (TpiPr2), TpiPr2CrCln(L) (n= 1,2) and [TpiPr2Cr(m-Cl)]2:
Flexible Coordination Behavior of the TpiPr2 Ligand and Reduction
Features of Cr(II) Species.
Dalton Trans. 2002, 4514 - 4524.
7. Kazuhiro Uehara, Shiro Hikichi, and Munetaka Akita
Reactivity Control of a Dinuclear Xenophilic Species, Tp#Ni-RuCp(CO)2,
via Spin Crossover across a Metal-metal Bond [Tp#: Hydrotris(3,5-dimethyl-4-bromopyrazolyl)borato]
Chem. Lett. 2002, 1198 - 1199.
6. Takakazu Yamamoto, Takayuki Sasaki, Tomoaki Yanagida, Takahisa
Shimizu, Isao Yamaguchi, Munetaka Akita, Shintaro Sasaki, Takashi
Fukuda and Hiro Matsuda
New Soluble p-Conjugated Tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) Polymers Bearing
Long Alkyl Side Chains: Preparation by Organometallic Polycondensation,
Structure and Chemical Properties of the Polymers
Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 2002, 381, 101 -
112.
5. Taichi Miyaji, Masato Kujime, Shiro Hikichi, Yoshihiko Moro-oka,
and Munetaka Akita
Synthesis and Characterization of a Series of Hydroperoxo-, Alkylperoxo-
and m-Peroxo-palladium Complexes Containing Hydrotris(3,5-diisopropylpyrazolyl)borato
Ligand (TpiPr2), (TpiPr2)(py)Pd-OO-X [X= H, t-Bu, Pd(TpiPr2)(py)]
and (TpiPr2)(py)Pd-(m-k1:k2-OO)-PdTpiPr2.
Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 5286 - 5295.
4. Kazuhiro Uehara, Shiro Hikichi, and Munetaka Akita
Highly Labile Cationic Tris-acetonitrile complexes, [TpRM(NCMe)3]OTf (M= Ni, Co; TpR: Hydrotrispyrazolylborato, R= Ph,Me and iPr2): Versatile Precursors for TpR-containing Nickel and Cobalt Complexes.
Dalton Trans. 2002, 3529 - 3538.
3. Shin-ichi Yoshimitsu, Shiro Hikichi, and Munetaka Akita
Synthesis and Characterization of Coordinatively Unsaturated Alkynyl-
and Aryl-cobalt Complexes with 15 Valence Electrons, TpiPr2Co-R,
Bearing Hydrotris(3,5-diisopropylpyrazolyl)borato Ligand (TpiPr2).
Organometallics 2002, 21, 3762-3773.
2. Shiro Hikichi, Yasuyuki Sasakura, Michito Yoshizawa, Yoshiko
Ohzu, Yoshihiko Moro-oka, and Munetaka Akita
Selective Synthesis, Characterization, and Configurational Flexibility
of the Coordinatively Unsaturated Metal Center of Half-sandwich
Type Complexes with the Less-Hindered Hydrotris(3,5-dimethyl-4-X-1-pyrazolyl)borate
Ligands [TpMe2,XMII(k2-O,O-L)] (M = Ni, Co; L = NO3, OAc; X =
Me, H, Br)
Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 2002, 75, 1255 - 1262.
1. Munetaka Akita and Shiro Hikichi
Inorganic Chemistry Based on Tp Ligands - From Dioxygen Complexes to Organometallic Systems -
Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 2002, 75, 1657-1679 (invited Account).