Recent publications (2007)

Akita Group


7.Kazunori Uchida, Akiko Inagaki and Munetaka Akita

Preparation and Photochemical Behavior of Organoruthenium Derivatives of Photochromic Dithienylethene (DTE): DTE-(RMLm)n (RMLm= (h6-C6H5)Ru(h5-C5Me5), (h6-C6H5)RuCl2(PPh3), (h5-C5Me4)Ru(CO)2; n= 1, 2).

Organometallics 2007, 26, 5030 - 5041.

6. Akiko Inagaki, Shinichi Yatsuda, Shinichi Edure, Akiko Suzuki, Takeshi Takahashi, and Munetaka Akita
Synthesis of Pd Complexes Combined with Photosensitizing Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Moiety through a Series Bipyrimidine Bridges. Substituent Effect of the Bridging Photocatalytic Dimerization of r-Methylstyrene

Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 2432 - 2445.

5. Hidetada Nagai, Munetaka Akita, and Masahisa Osawa

Photo-activation of Pd-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling using a Ru/bpyridine complex as energy transfer agent

Dalton Trans. 2007, 827 - 829.

4. Yuya Tanaka, Takehiro Ozawa, Akiko Inagaki, and Munetaka Akita
Redox-active Polyiron Complexes with Tetra(ethynylphenyl)ethene and [2,2]Paracyclophane Spacers Containing Ethynylphenyl Units: Extension to Higher Dimensional Molecular Wires.
Dalton Trans. 2007, 928 - 933.

3. Yuya Tanaka, Akiko Inagaki, and Munetaka Akita
A photoswitchable molecular wire with the dithienylethene (DTE) linker, (dppe)(h5-C5Me5)Fe-CºC-DTE-CºC-Fe(h5-C5Me5)(dppe).
Chem. Commun. 2007, 1169 - 1171.

2. Gou Higashihara, Masako Terada, Akiko Inagaki and Munetaka Akita
C-C Coupling of Permetallated Ethene, (m4-C=C)Ru2(FeCp*)2(CO)10, with Alkynes, and Isolation of Labile MeCN Adduct, (m4-C=C)Ru2(FeCp*)2(CO)8(NCMe)2.
Organometallics 2007, 26, 439 - 444.

1. Miyuki Hirasa, Akiko Inagaki and Munetaka Akita
Ruthenium and Chromium Complexes Bearing pH-indicators as the _6-Arene Ligand: Synthesis, Characterization, and Protonation Behavior
J. Organomet. Chem. 2007, 692, 93 - 110.


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