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  1. Ru(0)-catalysed cross-dimerisation and -trimerisation of alkynyl- with butadienylheteroarenes

    Article • Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  2. Cobalt-Catalyzed Divergent Cycloadditions of Alkynes with Conjugated Dienes Yielding 3-Vinylcyclobutenes, Bicyclo[3.1.0]hexenes, and Cyclohexa-1,4-dienes

    Article • Organic Letters, October 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  3. Ru(0)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Conjugated Iminotrienes and Subsequent Intramolecular Cyclization Giving Polysubstituted Pyrroles

    Article • Organic Letters, April 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  4. Ru(0)-Catalyzed Regioselective Synthesis of Borylated-1,4- and -1,5-Diene Building Blocks

    Article • Organometallics, February 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  5. Dibenzo[d,d′]benzo[2,1-b:3,4-b′]difurans with extended π-conjugated chains: synthetic approaches and properties

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  6. La(iii)-Catalysed degradation of polyesters to monomers via transesterifications

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2022, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  7. Cross-Dimerization of 2,5-Dihydrofuran with Conjugated Dienes Catalyzed by (Chiral Diene)ruthenium(0) Complexes and Origins of the Enantioselectivity

    Article • Organometallics, August 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  8. New strategy for synthesising conjugated hexatrienylferrocenes via cross-dimerisation

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  9. Ligand-Controlled Regiodivergent Hydrosilylation of Conjugated Dienes Catalyzed by Mono(phosphine)palladium(0) Complexes

    Article • Organometallics, December 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  10. Pd/Cu-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Coupling of Dimethyl Phthalate: Synchrotron Radiation Sheds Light on the Cu Cycle Mechanism

    Article • ACS Catalysis, May 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  11. An insight into regioselectivity in the transformation through a ruthenacycle

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  12. Recent advances of achiral and chiral diene ligands in transition-metal catalyses

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, September 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  13. Recent Advances in the Catalytic Linear Cross-Dimerizations

    Article • ACS Catalysis, January 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  14. Catalytic cross-dimerisation giving reactive borylated polyenes toward cross-coupling

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  15. Synthesis of and Catalytic Linear Cross-Dimerizations by an Electron-Deficient Cyclic Diene Complex of Ruthenium(0)

    Article • Organometallics, November 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  16. Mechanistic Insights on Pd/Cu-Catalyzed Dehydrogenative Coupling of Dimethyl Phthalate

    Article • ACS Catalysis, May 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  17. In Situ Routes to Catalytically Active Ru(0) Species by Reduction of Readily Available, Air-Stable Precursors

    Article • Organometallics, March 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  18. Ru(0)-Catalyzed Straightforward Synthesis of Conjugated Tetraenes: An Approach using Two Internal Alkynes with 1,3-Butadiene

    Article • Organometallics, January 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  19. Selective Alkene Insertion into Inert Hydrogen–Metal Bonds Catalyzed by Mono(phosphorus ligand)palladium(0) Complexes

    Article • Organometallics, October 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  20. Ru(0)-Catalyzed C3-Selective Coupling Reactions of Unsaturated 5-Membeted Heterocycles with Methyl Methacrylate and Methacryl Amide

    Article • Chemistry Letters, August 2017, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  21. Regioselectivity Control by Added MeCN in Ru(0)-catalyzed Cross-dimerization of Internal Alkynes with Methyl Methacrylate

    Article • Chemistry Letters, July 2017, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  22. E -Selective dimerization of phenylacetylene catalyzed by cationic tris(μ-hydroxo)diruthenium(II) complex and the mechanistic insight: The role of two ruthenium centers in catalysis

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  23. Ru(0)-Catalyzed Direct Coupling of Internal Alkynes with Conjugated Dienes: An Efficient Access to Conjugated Trienes

    Article • Organometallics, December 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  24. Synthesis of and catalytic nitrile hydration by a cationic tris(μ-hydroxo)diruthenium(II) complex having PMe3 ligands

    Article • Polyhedron, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  25. Oxidative coupling reactions at ruthenium(0) and their applications to catalytic homo- and cross-dimerizations ¶

    Article • Coordination Chemistry Reviews, May 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  26. Mechanisms and applications of oxidative coupling catalyzed by a ruthenium(0) complex

    Article • ChemInform, April 2016, Wiley

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  27. Ru(0)-Catalyzed C3-Selective Cross-Dimerization of 2,5-Dihydrofuran with Conjugated Dienes

    Article • Organometallics, February 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  28. Mechanistic insights into catalytic linear cross-dimerization between conjugated dienes and styrenes by a ruthenium(0) complex

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, November 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  29. Synthesis of heterodinuclear hydride complexes by oxidative addition of a transition-metal hydride to Pt(0) and Pd(0) complexes

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, September 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  30. Markovnikov-Selective Hydrosilylation of Electron-Deficient Alkenes with Arylsilanes Catalyzed by Mono(phosphine)palladium(0)

    Article • Organometallics, January 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  31. モノ（ホスフィン）パラジウム（0）錯体触媒による高活性Markovnikov型ヒドロメタル化反応：ヘテロ二核ヒドリドパラジウム中間体の合成と反応性

    Article • Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan, January 2015, The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  32. Regio- and Enantioselective Linear Cross-Dimerizations between Conjugated Dienes and Acrylates Catalyzed by New Ru(0) Complexes

    Article • Organometallics, November 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  33. Direct Access to Fluorene by Successive C–O/C–H Bond Activations of 2-Phenylbenzyl Ester

    Article • Organometallics, April 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  34. Alkene and Alkyne Insertion into Hydrogen-Transition Metal Bonds Catalyzed by Palladium(0) Complex

    Article • Topics in Catalysis, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  35. Multiple C–H Bond Cleavage of the Alkyl Group in (2,6-Dialkylphenoxo)ruthenium(II) Complexes

    Article • Organometallics, March 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  36. Stoichiometric formation of conjugated dienyl ketones from 1,3-dienes and ketenes at a ruthenium(0) centre

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  37. Stereoselective thiirane desulfurization controlled by a bridging or terminal acyl ligand: Concerted vs. SN2 pathways

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, September 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  38. Asymmetric Cross-Dimerization between Methyl Methacrylate and Substituted Alkene by Ru(0)–Bicyclononadiene Complex

    Article • Organic Letters, May 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  39. Stoichiometric CH Bond Cleavage Reaction in a Bis(carboxylato)ruthenium(II) Complex and Its Application to the Catalytic H-D Exchange Reaction of Carboxylic Acids

    Article • ChemCatChem, March 2013, Wiley

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  40. Cross-dimerisation between different cisoid- and transoid-1,3-dienes at a ruthenium(0) centre

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  41. Stoichiometric Carbon–Carbon Bond Forming Reaction of 1,3-Diene with 1,2-Diene in a Ruthenium(0) Complex

    Article • Organometallics, July 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  42. Synthesis of conjugated diene complexes of ruthenium(0) derived from Ru(η6-naphthalene)(η4-1,5-COD): Z to E isomerisation of coordinated 1,3-pentadiene

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, June 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  43. Stoichiometric and Catalytic Cross Dimerization between Conjugated Dienes and Conjugated Carbonyls by a Ruthenium(0) Complex: Straightforward Access to Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds by an Oxidative Coupling Mechanism

    Article • Organometallics, May 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  44. Acid-Promoted sp 3 C–H Bond Cleavage in a Series of (2-Allylphenoxo)ruthenium(II) Complexes. Mechanistic Insight into the Aryloxo–Acid Interaction and Bond Cleavage Reaction

    Article • Organometallics, January 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  45. Catalytic Linear Coupling Reactions of Substituted Alkenes and Dienes Promoted by a Ruthenium (0) Complex: Chemo-, Regio- and Diastereoselective Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation Reactions by an Oxidative Coupling Mechanism

    Article • Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan, January 2012, The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  46. Carbon–Hydrogen Bond Cleavage Reaction in Four-Coordinate (2,6-Dimethylbenzenethiolato)platinum(II) Complexes. Dramatic Acceleration by Thiolato Hydrogen Acceptor

    Article • Organometallics, October 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  47. ChemInform Abstract: Branch Selective Allylation of Acetylacetone Catalyzed by Water-Soluble Rhodium Complex Catalyst.

    Article • ChemInform, August 2011, Wiley

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  48. Branch selective allylation of acetylacetone catalyzed by Water-soluble rhodium complex catalyst

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, May 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  49. Prostereogenic Face and Orientation Selective Oxidative Coupling Reaction between Methyl Methacrylate and 2,5-Dihydrofuran Catalyzed by a Ruthenium(0) Compound

    Article • Organometallics, March 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  50. Stoichiometric Regio- and Stereoselective Oxidative Coupling Reactions of Conjugated Dienes with Ruthenium(0). A Mechanistic Insight into the Origin of Selectivity

    Article • Organometallics, February 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  51. Synthesis of heterodinuclear ruthenium–manganese complex having μ-benzylidene ligand

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  52. Stoichiometric and Catalytic Cross Dimerization between Butadiene and Methyl Acrylate Promoted by a Ruthenium(0) Complex

    Article • Organometallics, November 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  53. Catalytic Tail-to-Tail Selective Dimerization of Methyl Methacrylate Promoted by a Ruthenium(0) Complex

    Article • Organometallics, September 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  54. Carbon−Hydrogen Bond Cleavage Reaction in 5-Coordinate Bis(2,6-dimethylbenzenethiolato)ruthenium(II) Complexes

    Article • Organometallics, July 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  55. ChemInform Abstract: Water-Soluble Iridium and Rhodium Complexes with Tris(hydroxymethyl)phosphine and Their Catalysis in Biphasic Hydrogenation and Hydroformylation.

    Article • ChemInform, June 2010, Wiley

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  56. ChemInform Abstract: Selective Isomerization of 2-Allylphenol to (Z)-2-Propenylphenol Catalyzed by Ru(cod)(cot)/PEt3.

    Article • ChemInform, June 2010, Wiley

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  57. Molecular Transformation of 2, 6-Xylenol to Benzopyran Derivatives from Reaction of Oxaruthenacycle Complex with Dimethyl Acetylenedicarboxylate

    Article • Journal of Applied Sciences, December 2009, Science Alert

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  58. Synthesis of Heterodinuclear (Carbene)platinum (or palladium) Complex That Gives μ-Alkenyl-Type Complex by Deprotonation

    Article • Organometallics, September 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  59. Isolation of trans- 2,5-Bis(methoxycarbonyl)ruthenacyclopentane by Oxidative Coupling of Methyl Acrylate on Ruthenium(0) as an Active Intermediate for Tail-to-Tail Selective Catalytic Dimerization

    Article • Organometallics, September 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  60. Visible Light Enhanced Selective Reductive Elimination of a Methylmanganese Complex from a Heterodinuclear Dimethylphenyl(4,4′-di- tert -butyl-2,2′-bipyridine)platinum−Pentacarbonylmanganese Complex

    Article • Organometallics, July 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  61. Reaction of an oxaruthenacycle with DMAD. Stoichiometric transformations of 2,6-xylenol to allylic phenols and benzopyrans via sp3 C–H bond cleavage reaction

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  62. Synthesis and organic group transfer of organodiplatinum complex with a 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane ligand

    Article • Canadian Journal of Chemistry, January 2009, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  63. Acid-Promoted Hydrogen Migration in (2-Allylphenoxo)ruthenium(II) To Form an η3-Allyl Complex

    Article • Organometallics, August 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  64. E-Selective Allyl Transfer Reaction in a μ-η1:η2-Crotylplatinum−Cobalt Complex

    Article • Organometallics, May 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  65. Mechanical Stirring Speed in Water/Hexane Biphasic Catalyst Controls Regioselectivity of Pd-catalyzed Allylation Reaction

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 2008, Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  66. Synthesis and reactions of heterodinuclear organopalladium complex having an unsymmetrical PN ligand

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, October 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  67. Synthesis of di-, tri-, tetra- and pentacyclic arene complexes of ruthenium(II):[Ru(η6-polycyclic arene)-(1-5-η5-cyclooctadienyl)]PF6 and their reactions with NaBH4

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, May 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  68. Carbon−Oxygen and Carbon−Hydrogen Bond Cleavage Reactions ofortho-Substituted Phenols by Ruthenium(II) Complexes

    Article • Organometallics, April 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  69. Synthesis and reactions of heterodinuclear organopalladium–cobalt complexes acting as copolymerization catalyst for aziridine and carbon monoxide

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, January 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  70. Synthesis and structures of heterodinuclear organoplatinum(or -palladium)–molybdenum(or -tungsten) complexes: Unexpected structural deformation of heterodinuclear propionylplatinum–tungsten complex having 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane ligand

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, August 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  71. Synthesis of Mono-, Di-, and Triruthenium(0) Complexes Having a Triphenylene Ligand†

    Article • Organometallics, January 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  72. Palladium-Assisted Regioselective Olefin Insertion into and β-Hydrogen Elimination of Hydrogen−Molybdenum and −Tungsten Bonds. Synthesis and Reactions of Heterodinuclear Hydrido Complexes of Palladium and Platinum with Molybdenum and Tungsten

    Article • Organometallics, January 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  73. Enhanced Reductive Elimination of Dialkylgold(III) Complexes in Water

    Article • Chemistry Letters, December 2005, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  74. Ruthenium-Catalyzed Bond Cleavage Reactions

    Article • ChemInform, September 2005, Wiley

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  75. Stoichiometric and Catalytic sp 3 C-H/D 2 Exchange Reactions of o rtho- Substituted Benzenethiol and Phenols by a Ruthenium(II) Complex. Effect of a Chalcogen Anchor on the Bond Cleavage Reaction

    Article • Organometallics, September 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  76. Selective Allylation of Arenethiols Using Water-Soluble Palladium Complex Catalyst in Recyclable Water/Hexane Biphasic Media.

    Article • ChemInform, July 2005, Wiley

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  77. Ruthenium-Catalyzed Bond Cleavage Reactions

    Article • June 2005, Wiley

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  78. Dehydrogenative Formation of a (η 4 -Enone)ruthenium(0) Complex as a Key Intermediate in the Catalytic Isomerization of Allylic Alcohol to Ketone

    Article • Organometallics, March 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  79. Selective Allylation of Arenethiols Using Water-soluble Palladium Complex Catalyst in Recyclable Water/Hexane Biphasic Media

    Article • Chemistry Letters, February 2005, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  80. Synthesis, Structure, and Fluxional Behavior of κ1-O-Enolatoiron(II) Complexes Derived from 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 2005, Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  81. Copolymerization of Aziridines and Carbon Monoxide Catalyzed by a Heterodinuclear Organopalladinum–Cobalt Complex

    Article • Chemistry Letters, July 2004, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  82. Bond Activation by Low Valent Ruthenium Complexes

    Article • ChemInform, January 2004, Wiley

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  83. Enhanced C−C Bond Formation of Heterodinuclear Methylplatinum−Molybdenum Complexes Having a Hemilabile Ligand with Dialkyl Acetylenedicarboxylate

    Article • Organometallics, January 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  84. Catalytic Synthesis of Thiobutyrolactones via CO Insertion into the C—S Bond of Thietanes in the Presence of a Heterodinuclear Organoplatinum—Cobalt Complex.

    Article • ChemInform, November 2003, Wiley

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  85. Synthesis and Reactions of Heterodinuclear Organoplatinum Complexes Having an Unsymmetrical PN Ligand

    Article • Organometallics, October 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  86. Regioselective CH or NH bond cleavage reactions of heterocyclic compounds by [Ru(1,5-COD)(1,3,5-COT)]/monodentate phosphine

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, August 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  87. Ligand Displacement Reaction of Ru(η4-1,5-COD)(η6-1,3,5-COT) with Lewis Bases

    Article • Organometallics, June 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  88. Selective Bond Cleavage Reactions by Low-Valent Ruthenium Complexes

    Article • ChemInform, May 2003, Wiley

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  89. Bond activation by low valent ruthenium complexes

    Article • Dalton Transactions, March 2003, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  90. Catalytic synthesis of thiobutyrolactones via CO insertion into the C–S bond of thietanes in the presence of a heterodinuclear organoplatinum–cobalt complex

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2003, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  91. Activation of Substrates with Polar Single Bonds

    Article • January 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  92. Synthesis and β-Hydrogen Elimination of Water-Soluble Dialkylplatinum(II) Complexes in Water

    Article • Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, January 2003, Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  93. Synthesis of and Stereospecific Hydride Migration in Cationic (Tricyclic arene)(cyclooctadiene)ruthenium(II) Complexes

    Article • Organometallics, December 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  94. Synthesis and Reactions of Water-soluble Diorganoplatinum(II) Complexes

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 2002, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  95. Crystal and Solution Structures of Photochromic Spirobenzothiopyran. First Full Characterization of the Meta-Stable Colored Species

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, January 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  96. Selective Bond Cleavage Reactions by Low-valent Ruthenium Complexes.

    Article • Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan, January 2002, The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  97. Enhancement of CO Insertion into a Pd−C Bond in a Pd−Co Heterodinuclear Complex

    Article • Organometallics, May 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  98. Preferential Bond Activation of sp3 C-H over sp2 C-H in .ALPHA.,.BETA.-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids by Ruthenium Complex.

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 2001, Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  99. Article • Journal of Materials Science Letters, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  100. Oxidative Addition of Organocobalt(I) and -molybdenum(II) Complexes to Palladium(0) Complexes To Give Heterodinuclear Organometallic Complexes

    Article • Organometallics, December 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  101. CSi bond cleavage of trihalomethyltrimethylsilane by alkoxo- and aryloxogold or -copper complexes

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, November 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  102. Versatile Coordination Modes and Transformations of the Cyclooctatriene Ligand in Ru(C8H10)L3(L = Tertiary Phosphine)

    Article • Organometallics, October 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  103. Synthesis of hydridoplatinum–molybdenum (or tungsten) heterodinuclear complexes by β-hydrogen elimination of (dppe)EtPt–MCp(CO)3. Selective hydride transfer from Pt to Mo (or W)

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, September 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  104. Successive OH and sp3 CH bond activation of ortho-substituted phenols by a ruthenium(0) complex

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, August 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  105. Carbon–oxygen and carbon–sulfur bond activation of vinyl esters, ethers and sulfides by low valent ruthenium complexes †

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  106. Michael addition of N-bonded enolato ligands to acrylonitrile in iron and ruthenium complexes

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2000, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  107. Regio- and Stereoselective Insertion Reactions of Thiiranes into Pt−Mn (or Re) Bond in Organoplatinum−Manganese or −Rhenium Heterodinuclear Complexes as Intermediates toward Desulfurization Reaction

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  108. Synthesis of organo(siloxo)platinum and -palladium complexes and preparation of supported nanoclusters by facile ligand reduction

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, November 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  109. C–O and C–S bond activation of allyl esters, ethers, and sulfides by low valent ruthenium complexes

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, November 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  110. Synthesis and Ligand Exchange Control of Ru(η2-C2H3YPh)(cod)(depe) (Y = O, S)

    Article • Chemistry Letters, September 1999, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  111. C–S, C–H, and N–H bond cleavage of heterocycles by a zero-valent iron complex, Fe(N2)(depe)2 [depe=1,2-bis(diethylphosphino)ethane]

    Article • Inorganica Chimica Acta, August 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  112. Selective Isomerization of 2-Allylphenol to (Z)-2-Propenylphenol Catalyzed by Ru(cod)(cot)/PEt3

    Article • Chemistry Letters, May 1999, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  113. Polymerization of Alkyl Methacrylate Catalyzed by Hydridorhenium Complexes

    Article • Chemistry Letters, April 1999, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  114. Synthesis of N-bonded enolatoruthenium(II) by oxidative addition of alkyl cyanocarboxylate to a ruthenium(0) complex

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1999, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  115. Water-soluble iridium and rhodium complexes with tris(hydroxymethyl)phosphine and their catalysis in biphasic hydrogenation and hydroformylation

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 1999, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  116. Regioselective 1,2-insertion of Ru into the C–S bond in 3-substituted thiophenes

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 1999, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  117. Ring opening reactions of thiiranes by alkoxo- and aryloxo-gold(I) complexes

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1999, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  118. Synthesis and structure of thiolato bridged Pt–Ti heterobimetallic complexes with methyl group

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, January 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  119. An Organometallic approarch to synergistic effect in catalysis; synthesis and reactions of heterodinuclear organotransition metal complexes

    Article • January 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  120. Effect of Pt Precursors on N2/N2O Selectivity for Selective Reduction of NO by ydrocarbon on Supported Pt Catalysts.

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 1999, Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  121. N-bonded enolatorhenium(I) complexes having dimethylphenylphosphine ligands as active key intermediates in catalytic Knoevenagel and Michael reactions

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, October 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  122. Michael reactions promoted by η1-O-enolatoruthenium(II) complexes derived from Ru(cod)(cot), diphosphine, and dimethyl malonate

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, July 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  123. Synthesis, structure and reactivity of an (η6-naphthalene)iron(0) complex having a 1,2-bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane ligand

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, April 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  124. C-S Bond Cleavage of Allyl Thioethers by Zerovalent Ru Complexes

    Article • Chemistry Letters, February 1998, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  125. Successive O−C/O−H and sp 3 C−H Bond Activation of ortho Substituents in Allyl Phenyl Ethers and Phenols by a Ruthenium(0) Complex

    Article • Organometallics, February 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  126. Hydrogen Transfer in Pt-Mo Heterodinuclear Hydride Complexes Promoted by Alkynes

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 1998, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  127. Tail-to-Tail Dimerization of Acrylonitrile Catalyzed by Low-Valent Ruthenium Complexes.

    Article • Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, January 1998, Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  128. Hydrogen Abstraction from Transition Metal Hydrides by Gold Alkoxides Giving Gold-Containing Heterodinuclear Complexes

    Article • Chemistry Letters, October 1997, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  129. Activation of Coordinated Carbon Dioxide in Fe(CO2)(depe)2by Group 14 Electrophiles

    Article • Organometallics, September 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  130. Enhancement ofβ-Hydrogen Elimination Reaction on Platinum-containing Heterodinuclear Complexes

    Article • Chemistry Letters, April 1997, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  131. Unexpected Ligand Displacement of Ru(cod)(cot) with Trimethylphosphine to Givefac-Ru(6-η1:1-3-η3-C8H10)(PMe3)3

    Article • Chemistry Letters, April 1997, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  132. Insertion of CO into a CH3-Pd Bond in a Heterodinuclear Complex (dpe)MePd-Co(CO)4. Preferential Insertion of Coordinated CO on a Cobalt Moiety

    Article • Chemistry Letters, April 1997, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  133. Synthesis, structure and reactions of a dinitrogen complex of iron(0), [Fe(N2)(depe)2] (depe = Et2PCH2CH2PEt2)

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions, January 1997, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  134. Synthesis and Diastereoselective Structural Change of a Photochromic Transition Metal Complex, (.ETA.6-Spirobenzopyran) (tricarbonyl) chromium.

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 1997, Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  135. Condensation reactions of benzaldehyde catalysed by gold alkoxides

    Article • Gold Bulletin, December 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  136. Synthesis and reactivity of organoplatinui-rhenium heterobimetallic complexes having sulfur ligands

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, May 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  137. Ruthenium-catalyzed aldol and Michael reactions of nitriles. Carbon-carbon bond formation by .alpha.-C-H activation of nitriles.

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, December 1995, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  138. Homogeneous Bimetallic Catalysts for Production of Carboxylic Acids from Carbon Dioxide, Hydrogen, and Organic Iodides.

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 1995, Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  139. Synthesis and Structure of Novel Organo(siloxo)platinum Complexes. Facile Reduction by Dihydrogen

    Article • Chemistry Letters, September 1994, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  140. CO bond cleavage and oxidative addition of allyl carboxylate to ruthenium(0) complex. Isolation of (π-allyl)(trifluoroacetato)tris(triethylphosphine)ruthenium(II)

    Article • Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, May 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  141. Synthesis, structure and reactions of a carbon dioxide complex of iron(0) containing 1,2-bis(diethylphosphino)ethane ligands

    Article • Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications, January 1994, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  142. Novel Catalytic Metathesis of Substituted Olefins Promoted by Rhenium(I) Enolate Complexes

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 1994, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  143. Negative Photochromic Polymers. Synthesis and Photochemical Properties of Poly(methyl methacrylate) Having Spirobenzoselenazolinobenzopyran Side Groups

    Article • Chemistry Letters, March 1993, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  144. Diode-laser susceptible photochromic polymers: synthesis and photochemical properties of poly(methyl methacrylate) with spirobenzothiopyrans as side-groups

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 1993, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  145. Synthesis of Novel Rhenium(I) Enolate Complexes as Active Key Intermediates in the Catalytic Aldol Type Reaction.

    Article • Chemistry Letters, January 1993, Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  146. Synthesis and Photochemical Properties of Novel Spirobenzoselenazolinobenzopyrans

    Article • Chemistry Letters, November 1991, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano

  147. Synthesis and Metastable Structure of New Photochromic Spiroindolinobenzothiopyrans

    Article • Chemistry Letters, February 1991, The Chemical Society of Japan

    Professor Masafumi Hirano