10.
Y. Yamauchi, M. Yoshizawa, and M. Fujita
Engineering Stacks of Aromatic Rings by the Interpenetration of Self-Assembled Coordination Cages
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130, 5832-5833 (highlighted in Nature Chemistry 2008: "Research Highlights")

9.
K. Ono, M. Yoshizawa, T. Kato, and M. Fujita
Three-Metal-Center Spin Interactions through the Intercalation of Metal Azaporphines and Porphines
into an Organic Pillared Coordination Box
Chem. Commun. 2008, 2328-2330 (selected as "Hot Paper").

8.
M. Fujita, and M. Yoshizawa
New Properties and Reactions in Self-assembled M6L4 Coordination Cages
Modern Supramolecular Chemistry: Strategies for Macrocycle Synthesis, Wiley-VCH, 2008, 277-313.

7.
S. Arita, T. Koike, Y. Kayaki, and T. Ikariya
Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols with Bifunctional Transition Metal Catalysts Bearing C-N Chelate Ligands
Chem. Asian J., 2008, 3, 1479-1485.

6.
S. Arita, T. Koike, Y. Kayaki, and T. Ikariya
Synthesis and Reactivities of Cp*Ir Amide and Hydride Complexes Bearing C-N Chelate Ligands
Organometallics, 2008, in press.

5.
S. Arita, T. Koike, Y. Kayaki, and T. Ikariya
Aerobic Oxidative Kinetic Resolution of Racemic Secondary Alcohols with Chiral Bifunctional Amido Complexes
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2008, 47, 2447-2449 (selected as Very Important Papers).

4.
Akiko Inagaki, Hiroki Nakagawa, and Munetaka Akita
Synthesis of Pd Complexes Directly Linked to the Light-Absorbing [(bpy)3Ru]2+ Unit and Their Photochemical Reactions toward Styrenes
Dalton Trans. 2008, in press.

3.
Keiko Motoyama, Takashi Koike, and Munetaka Akita
Remarkable Switching Behavior of Bimodally Stimuli-responsive Photochromic Dithienylethenes with
Redox-active Organometallic Attachements
Chem. Commun. 2008, in press.

2.
Munetaka Akita and Takashi Koike
Organometallic Chemistry of Polycarbon Species: From Clusters to Molecular Devices
Dalton Trans. 2008, 3523-3530. (invited Perspective; cover) Dalton top 10 / July 2008

1.
Gou Higashihara, Akiko Inagaki and Munetaka Akita
Syntheses of Dovel Di- and Trinucleating Ligands having a Triethylbenzene Core with N,N-bidentate Tethers:
Their Complexation toward Pd and Rh Organometallic Fragments.
Dalton Trans. 2008, 1888-1898.

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-CｺC-DTE-CｺC-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.

Hydrogen bonding interaction between imidazolyl N−H group
and peroxide: Stabilization of Mn(III)-peroxo complex
TpiPr2Mn(g2-O2)(imMeH) (imMeH = 2-methylimidazole)

Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2006, 359, 4407−4411.

4. Christian Dubs, Toshiki Yamamoto, Akiko Inagaki, and Munetaka Akita

A New Method for the Conversion of Allyl Alcohol into pi-Allyl Species Promoted by Nucleophilic Interaction with a CO Ligand

Chem. Commun. 2006, 1962 - 1964.

3. Kaori Takano, Akiko Inagaki, and Munetaka Akita

Chelation-Assisted Facile C-N Bond Oxidative Addition of Spironaphthoxazines
by Ru(h4-cycloocta-1,5-diene)(h6-naphthalene)
Chem. Lett. 2006, 35, 434 - 435.

2. Christian Dubs, Toshiki Yamamoto, Akiko Inagaki, and Munetaka Akita

Synthesis of a Library of Ir-Containing Dinuclear Complexes with Bridging PNNN and PNNP Ligands (BL), [LM(mu-BL)M'L']BF4, II.: Preparation, Basic Coordination Properties and Reactivity of the Carbonyl Complexes.

Organometallics 2006, 25, 1359 - 1367.

1. Christian Dubs, Toshiki Yamamoto, Akiko Inagaki, and Munetaka Akita

Synthesis of a Library of Ir-Containing Dinuclear Complexes with Bridging PNNN and PNNP Ligands (BL), [LM(mu-BL)M'L']BF4, I.: Specific Synthesis of Isomeric Heterodinuclear Complexes with Switched Metal Arrangements.

Organometallics 2006, 25, 1344 - 1358.

Photochromic Behavior and Diastereomeric Isomerism in [(h6-Spirobenzopyran)RuCp*]PF6

Organometallics 2005, 24, 6382-6392.

5. Akiko Inagaki, Shinichi Edure, Shinichi Yatsuda and Munetaka Akita

Highly Selective Photo-Catalytic Dimerization of a-Methylstyrene by Novel Palladium Complex with Photosensitizing Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Moiety

Chem. Commun. 2005, 5468 - 5470. !! the debut paper of Dr. Inagaki !!

4. Munetaka Akita

Polynuclear Iron Compounds: Compounds without Hydrocarbyl Ligands (Vol. 6, Chapter 3.1)

Polynuclear Iron Compounds: Compounds with Hydrocarbyl Ligands (Vol. 6, Chapter 3.2)
in "Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry III", Elsevier, in press.

3. Kazuhiro Uehara, Shiro Hikichi, Akiko Inagaki, and Munetaka Akita
Xenophilic Complexes Bearing a TpR Ligand, TpRM-MﾕLn [TpR= TpiPr2, Tp# (TpMe2,4-Br); M= Ni, Co, Fe, Mn; MﾕLn= Co(CO)4, Co(CO)3(PPh3), RuCp(CO)2]: The Two Metal Centers are Held Together not by Covalent Interaction but by Electrostatic Attraction.
Chem. A Eur. J., 2005, 11, 2788 - 2809.

2. Masahisa Osawa, Mikio Hoshino, Munetaka Akita, and Tatsuo Wada

Synthesis and Characterization of Phenanthrylphosphine Gold Complex: Observation of Au-Induced Blue-Green Phosphorescence at Room Temperature

Inorg. Chem. 2005, 44, 1157 - 1159.

1. Shukichi Tanaka, Christian Dubs, Akiko Inagaki and Munetaka Akita

Polynuclear Rhodium Complexes with Dinucleating PNNP Ligand: Dynamic and Diverse M--M Interactions in [(m-X)Rh2(PNNP)(CO)2]n+ and [(m4-X)Rh4(PNNP)2(CO)4]n+ [X= H, O, CｺC-R, R-CｺC-R, CｺC, CH=CH2, SMe2; n= 0, 1: PNNP= 3,5-bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)pyrazolato].

Organometallics 2005, 24, 163 - 184.

Selective synthesis of isomeric heterodinuclear complexes with switched metal arrangements: Proton-induced reversible metal migration on an iridium complex with a novel dinucleating PNNN ligand (3-diphenylphosphinomethyl-5-pyridylpyrazolate)

Chem. Commun. 2004, 2760 - 2761.

5. Munetaka Akita

Coordinatively Unsaturated Organometallic System Based on Tp ligand: Tetrahedral TpRM-Rﾕ and TpRM-M'Ln Species

J. Organomet. Chem. 2004, 689, 4540 - 4551.. （special issue "40th Anniversary of J. Organomet. Chem.")

4. Takehiro Ozawa and Munetaka Akita

Tetrakis(trimethylsilylbutadiynyl)ethene, C18(SiMe3)4: An Extended Two-dimensional p-Conjugated System Consisting of Eighteen Carbon Atoms

Chem. Lett.. 2004, 1180 - 1181.

3. Shukichi Tanaka, Christian Dubs, Akiko Inagaki and Munetaka Akita

Tetranuclear Complexes Based on Dynamic Metal-metal Linkage, [(m4-X)Rh4(CO)4(PNNP)2]n+ [X / n= R-CｺC / 1 (Acetylide), C2 / 0 (Dicarbide)]

Organometallics, 2004, 23, 317 - 319.

2. Yoshiaki Takahashi, Mariko Hashimoto, Shiro Hikichi, Yoshihiko Moro-oka, and Munetaka Akita

Oxygenation of a Low Valent Rhodium Complex, TpiPr2Rh(dppe): Sequential Conversion of Molecular Oxygen into Peroxo and Hydroperoxo Complexes and Characterization of the Peroxo Species.
Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2004, 357, 1711 - 1724. (Prof. Hemut Werner special issue)

1. Yoshiaki Takahashi, Shiro Hikichi, Yoshihiko Moro-oka and Munetaka Akita

Oxygenation of a Series of Cationic Aquoruthenium Complexes, TpiPr2Ru(OH2)nL3-nCF3SO3?(THF)x, Leading to Mono- and Dinuclear Aquo-hydroxo Complexes Supported by Unique Hydrogen Bonding Networks

Polyhedron, 2003, 23, 225 - 234. (ACS Tp symposium special issue)

12. Masako Terada, Gou Higashihara, Akiko Inagaki and Munetaka Akita

m4-Dicarbyne Complex with a Dimetallacyclobutatriene Core: A New Binding Mode of C2 Species
Chem. Commun. 2003, 2984 - 2985.

11. Toshiro Takao, Akiko Inagaki, Eisuke Murotani, Tsubomi Imamura, and Hiroharu Suzuki

Bimetallic Reductive C-C Coupling Reaction Induced by Chemical Oxidation: Formation of a mu3-C3 Ring on a Triruthenium Cluster

Organometallics, 2003, 22,1361-1363.

10. Akiko Inagaki, Djamaladdin G. Musaev, Takemori Toshifumi, Hiroharu Suzuki, Keiji Morokuma

Skeletal Rearrangement in the Trinuclear nido-Ruthenacyclopentadiene Complexes: Theoretical and Experimental Studies

Organometallics, 2003, 22, 1718-1727.

9. Akiko Inagaki, Toshiro Takao, Makoto Moriya, Hiroharu Suzuki

Thermal Skeletal Rearrangement of a nido-Ruthenacyclopentadiene Complex Involving Reversible Rupture and Formation of a Ruthenium-Ruthenium Bond

Organometallics, 2003, 22, 2196-2198.

8. Masahiro Yamanaka, Akiko Inagaki, Eiichi Nakamura

Theoretical Studies on Structures and Reactivities of Organocuprate(I) and Organocopper(III) Species

Journal of Computational Chemstry, 2003, 24, 1401-1409.

7. Dmitry V. Khoroshun, Akiko Inagaki, Hiroharu Suzuki, Sergei F. Vyboishchikov, Djamaladdin G. Musaev, Keiji Morokuma

Versatile and cooperative reactivity of a triruthenium polyhydride cluster. A computational study.

J. Am. Chem. Soc, 2003, 125, 9910-9911.

6. Ken-ichiro Sugawara, Shiro Hikichi, and Munetaka Akita
A Peroxochromium Complex, TpiPr2Cr(O2)2, Obtained by Oxidative Dehydrative Condensation Between a Dihydroxochromium Complex and H2O2 [TpiPr2= hydrotris(3,5-diisopropylpyrazolyl)borato].
Dalton Trans. 2003, 4346 - 4355.　

5. Masato Kujime, Shiro Hikichi and Munetaka Akita
Interaction of Hydroperoxopalladium Complexes, (TpR)(py)Pd-OOH, with Hydroxonickel and -cobalt Complexes, [(m-OH)(MTpRﾕ)]2 (M= Ni, Co), Leading to Oxidative Dehydrogenation of the Saturated Hydrocarbyl Moiety in the Ancillary Ligand (TpiPr2).
Dalton Trans, 2003, 3506 - 3515.

4. Masato Kujime, Shiro Hikichi and Munetaka Akita

Conversion of a Hydroperoxo Complex, (TpiPr2)(py)Pd-OOH,
into a Cyclic Alkylperoxo Complex Catalyzed by Cu(II) Species [TpiPr2: Hydrotris(3,5-diisopropylpyrazolyl)borato]
Chem. Lett., 2003, 32, 486 - 487.

3. Masako Terada and Munetaka Akita
Formal Hydrogenation of a Permetalated Ethene, (m4-C=C)Fe2Ru2(h5-C5Me5)2(CO)8(dppm), via Successive Protonation-Hydride Reduction Leading to C2Hn Cluster Compounds
Organometallics 2003, 22, 355 - 364.

2. Munetaka Akita, Aizoh Sakurai, Min-Chul Chung and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Cluster Compounds Containing a Linear Carbon Chain Derived from Polyynediyl and Polyynyl Complexes, Fp*-(CｺC)n-X [X= Fp*, H; Fp*=Fe(h5-C5Me5)(CO)2]
J. Organomet. Chem. 2003, 670, 2 - 10. （special issue "Recent Developments in metal alkynyl organometallic chemistry")

1. Masato Kujime, Shiro Hikichi, and Munetaka Akita

Enolato-cobalt and -nickel Complexes Bearing TpiPr2 Ligand, [TpiPr2M(XCHY)]n [TpiPr2= Hydrotris(3,5-diisopropylpyrazolyl)borato; n= 1, 2], Obtained from Hydroxometal Complexes, (m-OH)2(MTpiPr2)2, and Active Methylene Compounds, CH2XY.

Inorg. Chim. Acta 2003, 350, 163. (Braunstein issue).

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).

10. Kazuhiro Uehara, Shiro Hikichi and Munetaka Akita

Rational Synthesis and Reversible Metal-metal Bond Scission of Heterobimetallic Xenophilic Complexes Containing an Unsupported, Polar Metal-metal Bond, TpiPr2M-Co(CO)3L (M= Ni, Co, Fe, Mn; L= CO, PPh3)

Organometallics 2001, 20, 5002-5004. Reprint (pdf file)

9. Ken-ichiro Sugawara, Shiro Hikichi and Munetaka Akita

Dichloromethane Activation by Chlorochromium(II) Complexes with TpiPr2: Generation of an Electrophilic Cr-Methylene Species without the Action of an External Cl-Abstraction Reagent

Chem. Lett. 2001, 1094-1095.

8. Shiro Hikichi, Michito Yoshizawa, Yasuyuki Sasakura, Hidehito Komatsuzaki, Yoshihiko Moro-oka and Munetaka Akita

Structural Characterization and Intramolecular Aliphatic C-H Oxidation Ability of M(III)(m-O)2M(III) Complexes of Ni and Co with Hydrotris(3,5-diaklylpyrazolyl)borate Ligands TpMe2,X (X= Me, H, Br) and TpiPr2

Chemistry - A European Journal 2001, 7, 5011-5028..

7. Masato Kujime, Shiro Hikichi and Munetaka Akita

C- and N/O-bound Enolatopalladium Complexes with Hydrotrispyrazolylborato Ligands (TpR: R= iPr2 and Me2) Obtained via Dehydrative Condensation Between the Hydroxo Complexes, TpRPd(py)-OH, and Active Methylene Compounds: Factors Determining the Isomer Distribution and Dimerization of Cyano Compounds
Organometallics 2001, 20, 4049-4060. Reprint (pdf file)

6. Nobuhiko Shirasawa, Trieu Thi Nguyet, Shiro Hikichi, Yoshihiko Moro-oka, and Munetaka Akita

Tetrahedral, Highly Coordinatively Unsaturated 14e(Fe) and 15e(Co) Hydrocarbyl Complexes Bearing Hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borato Ligands (TpR'), TpR'M-R (M= Fe, Co, Ni)

Organometallics 2001, 20, 3582-3598. Reprint (pdf file)

5. Shukichi Tanaka and Munetaka Akita

[(m4-H)[Rh4(PNNP)2(CO)4]+ A Novel Hydride Bridging Mode.

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. in Engl. 2001, 40, 2865-2867.

4. Munetaka Akita, Satoshi Kakuta, Shuichiro Sugimoto, Masako Terada, Masako Tanaka, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Nucleophilic Addition to the h2-Alkyne Ligand in [CpFe(CO)2(h2-R-CｺC-R)]+. Dependence of the Alkenyl Product Stereochemistry on the Basicity of the Nucleophile

Organometallics 2001, 20, 2736 - 2750. Reprint (pdf file)

3. Munetaka Akita, Shuichiro Sugimoto, Hideki Hirakawa, Shin-ichi Kato, Masako Terada, Masako Tanaka, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka

Higher Nuclearity Fe,Ru-Mixed Metal Dicarbide Cluster Compounds Derived from Ethynediyldiiron Complex, (h5-C5Me5)(CO)2Fe-CｺC-Fe(h5-C5Me5)(CO)2

Oganometallics 2001, 20, 1555 - 1568. Reprint(pdf file)

2. Munetaka Akita, Hideki Musashi, Sadahiro Nakanishi, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Photochemical C-H bond activation of diruthenium bridging alkylidene complexes: Interligand H-exchange on Cp2Ru2(m-CH2)(m-CHR)(CO)2 (R= H, Me)

J. Organomet. Chem. 2001, 617-618, 254 - 260.

1. Munetaka Akita, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Shiro Hikichi and Yoshihiko Moro-oka

Synthesis and Dehydrative Condensation of Monomeric Hydroxoruthenium Complexes with Hydrotris(3,5-diisopropylpyrazolyl)borate Ligand, TpiPr2Ru(L2)-OH (L2= dppe, bipy)

Inorg. Chem. 2001, 40, 169 - 172.　Reprint(pdf file)

Characterization of a dinuclear Mn(II) tri(m-carboxylato) complex with the hindered hydrotris(3,5-diisopropyl-1-pyrazolyl)borate (= TpiPr2) ligand: intramolecular hydrogen bonding interaction between the protonated TpiPr2 and Mn-coordinating carboxylate ligands

Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2000, 310, 273 - 278.

Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39, in press.
7. Munetaka Akita, Min-Chul Chung, Aizoh Sakurai, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Formation of novel conjugated polycarbon-metal systems via metal migration on a M-CｺC-CｺC-M linkage
J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 2000, 1285 - 1286.

6. Munetaka Akita, Mariko Hashimoto, Shiro Hikichi, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Synthesis and Structural Comparison of TpiPr2Rh[cis-1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethene]: Factors Determining Hapticity (k2 vs. k3) of the TpiPr2 Ligand in TpiPr2Rh(diphosphine) Complexes
Oganometallics 2000, 19, 3744 - 3747. Reprint (pdf file)

5. Koyu Fujita, Shiro Hikichi, Munetaka Akita, Yoshihiko Moro-oka

Synthesis and structural characterization of a new class of organoborato ligands containing imidazolyl functional groups [MeB(ImN-Me)2(X)]-
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2000, 1255-1260.

4. Munetaka Akita, Taichi Miyaji, Nobuyuki Muroga, Cordula Mock-Knoblauch, Shiro Hikichi, Waldemar Adam, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Synthesis and Dehydrative Condensation of Square-planar Mono- and Dinuclear Hydroxopalladium Complexes with the Hydrotris(3,5-diisopropylpyrazolyl)borato Ligand (TpiPr2), TpiPr2 (py)Pd-OH and (m-OH)2{PdTpiPr2(H2O)}2
Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39, 2096 - 2102. Reprint (pdf file)

3. De-qiang Ma, Shiro Hikichi, Munetaka Akita, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
An entry to half-sandwich complexes of first row transition metals (Ni, Co, Mn) containing the Klaeui tripodal ligand, LOMe: Synthesis and crystal structures of oligomeric, [LOMeM(m-X)(L)]n (n= 2, 4), and monomeric complexes, LOMeM(L2)(X)
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2000, 1123 - 1134.

2. Koyu Fujita, Shiro Hikichi, Munetaka Akita, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Novel monoanionic tripodal ligands methylbis(1-methyl-2-imidazolyl)(1-pyrazolyl)borate (= [MeB(ImN-Me)2(PzR)]-): Synthesis and structural characterization of their nickel complexes and carboxylate shift from nickel to boron
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 2000, 117 - 120.

1. Tamako Ogihara, Shiro Hikichi, Munetaka Akita, Takeshi Uchida, Teizo Kitagawa, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka

An approach to the O2 activating mononuclear non-heme Fe enzymes: Structural characterization of Fe(II)-acetato complex and formation of alkylperoxoiron(III) species with the highly hindered hydrotris(3-tert-butyl-5-isopropyl-1-pyrazolyl)borate
Inorg. Chim. Acta 2000, 297, 162 - 170.

16. Takashi Hashihayata, T. Punniyamurthy, Ryo Irie, Tsutomu Katsuki, Munetaka Akita, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Conformational Analysis of Cationic (R,S)- and (R,R)-(Salen)manganese Complexes Possessing Axial Chirality as a Chiral Element Based on X-ray Crystallography: An Explanation of the Effect of Apical Ligand on Enantioselection by (Salen)managenese Catalyst
Tetrahedron 1999, 55, 14599 - 14610.

15. Min-Chul Chung, Aizoh Sakurai, Munetaka Akita,* and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Synthesis and Characterization of Fe,Co-Mixed Metal Polynuclear Complexes with C4H and C4 Ligands Derived From Butadiynyl (X= H) and Butadiynediyl Iron Complexes (X= Fp*), Fp*-CｺC-CｺC-X [Fp*= (h5-C5Me5)Fe(CO)2]: Transformation of the C4(H) Cluster Frameworks via Valence Isomerization and 1,2-H shift of the Carbon Linkages
Organometallics 1999, 18, 4684 - 4691. Reprint (pdf file)

14. Shiro Hikichi, Michito Yoshizawa, Yasuyuki Sasakura, Hidehito Komatsuzaki, Munetaka Akita, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Oxygenation of Saturated Hydrocarbyl Groups in the Dinuclear Ni(III) Bis(m-oxo) Complexes with the Hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate Ligands TpR (R= Me3 and iPr2)
Chem. Lett. 1999, 979 - 980.

13. Yoshiaki Takahashi, Shiro Hikichi, Munetaka Akita, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Oxidative C(sp3)-C(sp3) bond cleavage reaction of an isopropyl group to give an acetyl group via O2-treatment of a labile cationic ruthenium species, [TpiPrRu(dppene)(OH2)]+
J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1999, 1491 - 1492.

12. T. Punniyamurthy, R. Irie, T. Katsuki, M.Akita, and Y. Moro-oka
Why Do (R,R)- and (R,S)-(Salen)manganese(III) Complexes Show Different Substrate-Specificity ? The Role of an Apical Ligand
Synlett 1999, 1049 -1052.

11. Yoshiaki Takahashi, Mariko Hashimoto, Shiro Hikichi, Munetaka Akita, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Conversion of Molecular Oxygen into a Hydroperoxo Species via Ring Opening Protonation of a Cyclic h2-Peroxide Intermediate: Characterization of the h2-Peroxide and Hydroperoxo Complexes Obtained by Oxygenation of a Rhodium(I) Complex, TpiPrRh(dppe) [TpiPr= hydrotris(3,5-di-iso-propylpyrazolyl)-borato], in the Presence of Pyrazoles
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. in Engl. 1999, 38, 3074 - 3077.

10. Munetaka Akita, Taichi Miyaji, Shiro Hikichi, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
A Transition Metal-Hydroperoxo Complex Stabilized by Hydrogen-Bonding Interaction: The First Example of a Hydroperoxopalladium Species Characterized by X-Ray Crystallography, (k2-TpiPr)Pd(PPh3)(OOH) [TpiPr= hydrotris(3,5-diisopropylpyrazolyl)borato]
Chem. Lett. 1999, 813 - 814.

9. Aizoh Sakurai, Munetaka Akita, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Synthesis and Characterization of the Dodecahexaynediyldiiron Complex, Fp*-(CｺC)6-Fp* [Fp*= Fe(h5-C5Me5)(CO)2], the Longest Structurally Characterized Polyynediyl Complex
Organometallics 1999, 18, 3241 - 3244. Reprint (pdf file)

8. Yoshiaki Takahashi, Shiro Hikichi, Munetaka Akita, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
A Coordinatively Unsaturated Species with Agostic C-H Interaction, [(k4-TpiPr)Ru(dppe)]OSO2CF3, and its Addition Reaction
Organometallics 1999, 18, 2571 - 2573. Reprint (pdf file)

7. Masahiro Kosugi, Shiro Hikichi, Munetaka Akita, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
The first evidence for activation of exogenous O2 on a vanadium(IV) center: Synthesis and characterization of a peroxo vanadium(V) complex with hydrotris(3,5-diisopropyl-1-pyrazolyl)borate
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1999, 1369 - 1372.

6. Masahiro Kosugi, Shiro Hikichi, Munetaka Akita, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Inter- and Intramolecular Hydrogen-bonding Interaction of Hydroxo Groups and Steric Effect of Alkyl Substituents on Pyrazolyl Rings in TpR Ligands: Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Chloro-, Acetylacetonato- and Hydroxo Complexes of VO2+ with TpPri2 and TpMe2 Ligands
Inorg. Chem. 1999, 38, 2567-2578. Reprint (pdf file)

5. Keisuke Ohta, Mariko Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Shiro Hikichi, Munetaka Akita, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Synthesis of a Series of Rhodium Complexes, TpiPrRhIL2 and TpiPrRhIII(X)(Y)(MeCN), with Hydrotris(3,5-diisopropyl-pyrazolyl)borato Ligand (TpiPr) from the Versatile Precursor, (k3-TpiPr)Rh(coe)(MeCN), and Dependence of the k2-k3 Interconversion Rate of the TpiPr Ligand on the Chelate Ring Size.
Organometallics 1999, 18, 3234 - 3240. Reprint (pdf file)

4. Munetaka Akita, De-qiang Ma, Shiro Hikichi, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Synthesis and crystal structures of mononuclear half-sandwich Ni and Co complexes containing the Klaeui's tripodal ligand, [k3-(h5-C5H5)Co{P(=O)(OCH3)2}3]M(k2-NO3)(L) (M= Ni, Co)
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1999, 987 - 996.

3. Nobuhiko Shirasawa, Munetaka Akita, Shiro Hikichi, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Thermally stable coordinatively unsaturated alkyl complexes resistant to b-hydride elimination: TpiPrM-CH2CH3 (M= Co, Fe)
J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1999, 417 - 418.

2. Munetaka Akita, Sadahiro Nakanishi, Hideki Musashi, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Photochemical C-H bond activation of the diruthenium bridging methylene complex, Cp2Ru2(m-CH2)2(CO)2: insertion of norbornadienes into the methylene C-H bond and unprecedented intramolecular H-D exchange between the two methylene units
J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun. 1999, 145-146.

1. Munetaka Akita, Aizoh Sakurai and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Facile CｺC bond cleavage of polyynediyldiiron complexes, Fp*-(CｺC)n-Fp* [Fp*= Fe(h5-C5Me5)(CO)2; n= 3, 4], with Fe2(CO)9 leading to bis(m3-alkylidyne) complexes, Fp*-CｺC-m3-C-Fe3(CO)9-m3-C-(CｺC)n-2-Fp*.
J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1999, 101 - 102.

1998

11. Munetaka Akita, Min-Chul Chung, Masako Terada, Masanori Miyauti, Masako Tanaka, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Reaction of Ethynediyl, Butadiynediyl and Ethynyl Iron Complexes, Fp*-(CｺC)n-X [X= Fp*, H; n= 1, 2; Fp*= Fe(h5-C5Me5)(CO)2], with Fe2(CO)9 Leading to Polynuclear C2 and C4 Complexes
J. Organomet. Chem. 1998, 565, 49 - 62.

10. Yoshiaki Takahashi, Munetaka Akita, Shiro Hikichi, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Two Isomeric Structures of Hydridoruthenium Complexes Supported by Hydrotrispyrazolylborates, TpRRu(H)(1.5-cyclooctadiene): An Octahedral Structure with Additional 3-center-2-electron Ru-H-B Interaction is More Stable Than a Square-pyramidal Structure with a k2-TpR Ligand
Organometallics 1998, 17, 4884 - 4888.

9. Shiro Hikichi, Michito Yoshizawa, Yasuyuki Sasakura, Munetaka Akita, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
First Synthesis and Structural Characterizartion of Dinum-Aqua Complexes with the Hydrotris(3,5-diisopropylpyrazolyl)borate Ligand, TpiPrRu(OH2)n(L)3-n(CF3SO3)(THF)x, and Their Structures Supported by Hydrogen-Bonding Networks
Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 3186 - 3194.

2. Tamako Ogihara, Shiro Hikichi, Munetaka Akita, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Extradiol Oxygenation of Iron-Catecholato Complexes with Hydrotris(pyrazolyl)borate Ligands
Inorg. Chem. 1998, 37, 2614 - 2615.

1. Hidehito Komatsuzaki, Yuichi Nagasu, Kantaro Suzuki, Takao Shibasaki, Minoru Satoh, Fujio Ebina, Shiro Hikichi, Munetaka Akita, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Dioxygen activation via a novel manganese(II) thiolate complex with hydrotris(3,5-diisopropylpyrazolyl)borate ligand
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1998, 511 - 512.

1997

9. Yoshiaki Takahashi, Munetaka Akita and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Synthesis and structural characterization of a tetrahedral sp3-carbide cluster compound
J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1997, 1557 - 1558.

8. Munetaka Akita, Masako Terada and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Photochemical C-C Coupling Reaction of an Iron Acetylide Complex, (h5-C5Me5)Fe(CO)2-CｺC-Ph, with 1-Alkynes (R-CｺC-H) Leading to Cyclic Compounds Including Paramagnetic Fe(I)-cyclopentadienone Complexes, (h5-C5Me5)Fe(h4-2-Ph-5-R-C5H2O)
J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1997, 265 - 266.

7. Munetaka Akita, Ruimao Hua, Selby A. R. Knox, Yoshihiko Moro-oka, Sadahiro Nakanishi, and Michael I. Yates
Specific alkylidene coupling of the labile diruthenium bridging methylene complex, Cp2Ru2(m-CH2)(CO)2(MeCN), with diazoalkanes (N2=CR2) giving olefinic products
J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., 1997, 51 - 52.

6. Munetaka Akita, Ruimao Hua, Sadahiro Nakanishi, Masako Tanaka, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Synthesis and Reactivity of Labile MeCN Adducts of Diruthenium Bis(m-methylene) Species, Cp2Ru2(m-CH2)2(CO)n(MeCN)2-n (n= 1, 2): Reaction with H-sources, H-X (X= SiR3, SnR3, H), and C-C Coupling with Alkyne and Diazoalkane.
Organometallics 1997, 16, 5572 - 5584.

5. Munetaka Akita, Min-Chul Chung, Aizoh Sakurai, Shuichiro Sugimoto, Masako Terada, Masako Tanaka, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Synthesis and Structure Determination of Linear Conjugated Polyynyl and Polyynediyl Iron Complexes, Fp*-(CｺC)n-X [X= H (n= 1, 2); X= Fp* (n= 1, 2, 4); Fp*= (h5-C5Me5)Fe(CO)2]
Organometallics 1997, 16, 4882 - 4888.

4. Munetaka Akita, Keisuke Ohta, Yoshiaki Takahashi, Shiro Hikichi, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Synthesis and Structure Determination of Rh-diene Complexes with the Hydrotris(3,5-diisopropylpyrazolyl)borate Ligand, TpiPrRh(diene) (diene= cod, nbd): Dependence of the n(B-H) Values on the Hapticity of the TpiPr ligand (k2 vs. k3)
Organometallics 1997, 16, 4121 - 4128.

3. Munetaka Akita, Shin-ichi Kato, Masako Terada, Yoshiko Masaki, Masako Tanaka, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Synthesis of Diiron Bridging Allenylidene Complexes Cp*2Fe2(m-C=C=CR1R2)(m-CO)(CO)2 (Cp*= h5-C5Me5) via Nucleophilic Addition to Diiron Ethynediyl Complex (m-CｺC)[FeCp*(CO)2]2 and Their Conversion to Cationic m-Vinylcarbyne and m-Vinylidene Complexes
Organometallics 1997, 16, 2392 - 2412.

2. Shiro Hikichi, Tamako Ogihara, Kiyoshi Fujisawa, Nobumasa Kitajima, Munetaka Akita, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Synthesis and Characterization of the Benzoylformato Ferrous Complexes with the Hindered Trispyrazolylborate Ligand as a Structural Model for Mononuclear Non-Heme Iron Enzymes
Inorg. Chem. 1997, 36, 4539 - 4547.

1. Shiro Hikichi, Hidehito Komatsuzaki, Nobumasa Kitajima, Munetaka Akita, Masahiro Mukai, Teizo Kitagawa, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Characterization of a m-h2:h2-Peroxo Dinuclear Cobalt(II) Complex
Inorg. Chem. 1997, 36, 266 - 267.

1996

3. Munetaka Akita, Ruimao Hua, Tomoharu Oku, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Conversion of A Diruthenium Bridging Methylene Complexes Cp2Ru2(m-CH2)(m-CO)(CO)2 into Methane: Reactivity of Silyl-m-methylene Intermediates Cp2Ru2(m-CH2)(SiR3)(X)(CO)2 (X= H, SiR3) Relevant to Catalytic CO Hydrogenation and Activation of Si-H, C-H, and C-Si Bonds.
Organometallics 1996, 15, 4162 - 4177.

2. Munetaka Akita, Ruimao Hua, Tomoharu Oku, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
Deoxygenative Reduction of Diruthenium Carbonyl Complexes (h5-C5H4R)2Ru2(m-CO)(CO)2 with Hydrosilanes Leading to Bridging Methylene Complexes (h5-C5H4R)2Ru2(m-CH2)n(m-CO)2-n(CO)2 (n= 1, 2; R= H, CH3)
Organometallics 1996, 15, 2548 - 2553.

1. Ruimao Hua, Munetaka Akita, and Yoshihiko Moro-oka
C-H and Si-C Bond Activation on Diruthenium Bridging Methylene Complexes: Evidence for Reversible Oxidative Addition of Si-C(sp3) Bonds.
J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1996, 541 - 542.