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Ferrocenyl PNNP Ligands-Controlled Chromium Complex-Catalyzed Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to Formic Acid

Taku Wakabayashi, Yohei Kametani, Eimi Tanahashi, Yoshihito Shiota, Kazunari Yoshizawa, Jieun Jung,* Susumu Saito*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. ASAP (2024). (DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03683) [PDF]

 

Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Using an Osmium Complex as a Panchromatic Self-Photosensitized Catalyst: Utilization of Blue, Green, and Red Light

Kenji Kamada, Jieun Jung,* Chihiro Yamada, Taku Wakabayashi, Keita Sekizawa, Shunsuke Sato, Takeshi Morikawa, Shunichi Fukuzumi, Susumu Saito*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 63, e202403886 (2024). (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202403886) [PDF]

 

Hydrogenation of CO2 to MeOH Catalyzed by Highly Robust (PNNP)Ir Complexes Activated by Alkali Bases in Alcohol

Bendik Grømer, Susumu Saito*

Inorg. Chem. 62, 14116–14123 (2023). (DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02412) [PDF]

 

Metal-Loaded Semiconductor-Photocatalysis of Alcohols for Selective Organic Synthesis: A Personal Account

Shogo Mori,* Shu Sakurai, Hiroshi Naka,* Susumu SAITO*

Synlett 34, 2361–2373 (2023). (DOI: 10.1055/a-2124-4037) [PDF]

 

N-Methylation of Twenty Different α-Amino Acid Motifs Using Methanol under Metal-Loaded Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysis

Yuki Hashiba, Shogo Mori, Ivven Huang, Yuna Morioka, Hiroshi Naka, Susumu Saito*

Asian J. Org. Chem. 12, e202300230 (2023). (DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202300230) [PDF]

 

Machine-Learning Classification for the Prediction of Catalytic Activity of Organic Photosensitizers in the Nickel(II)-Salt-Induced Synthesis of Phenols

*Naoki Noto, Akira Yada, Takeshi Yanai, *Susumu Saito

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62, e20221910 (2023). (DOI: 10.1002/anie.202219107) [PDF]

 

Arylamines as More Strongly Reducing Organic Photoredox Catalysts than fac-[Ir(ppy)3]

*Naoki Noto, *Susumu Saito

ACS Catal. 12, 15400 (2022). (DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c05034) [PDF]

 

Sustainable Organic Synthesis Promoted on Titanium Dioxide Using Coordinated Water and Renewable Energies/Resources

*Miho Yamauchi, Hikaru Saito, *Toshiki Sugimoto, Shogo Mori, *Susumu Saito

Coord. Chem. Rev. 472, 214773 (2022). (DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2022.214773) [PDF]

 

Importance of Steric Bulkiness of Iridium Photocatalysts with PNNP Tetradentate Ligands for CO2 Reduction

Kenji Kamada, *Jieun Jung, Yohei Kametani, Taku Wakabayashi, Yoshihito Shiota, Kazunari Yoshizawa, Seong Hee Bae, Manami Muraki, Masayuki Naruto, Keita Sekizawa, Shunsuke Sato, Takeshi Morikawa, *Susumu Saito

Chem. Commun., 58, 9218–9221 (2022). (DOI: 10.1039/d2cc01701f) [PDF]

 

Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Using an Iron–Bipyridyl Complex Supported by Two Phosphines for Improving Catalyst Durability

Taku Wakabayashi, Kenji Kamada, Keita Sekizawa, Shunsuke Sato, Takeshi Morikawa, *Jieun Jung, *Susumu Saito

Organometallics, 41, 1865 (2022). (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00171) [PDF]

 

Selective Reduction of Carboxylic Acids to Alcohols in the Presence of Alcohols by a Dual Bulky Transition-Metal Complex/Lewis Acid Catalyst

Bendik Grømer, Shota Yoshioka, *Susumu Saito

ACS Catal. 12, 1957 (2022). (DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c04392) [PDF]

 

Phosphorus-Based Organocatalysis for the Dehydrative Cyclization of N-(2-Hydroxyethyl)amides into 2-Oxazolines

Farzaneh Soleymani Movahed, Siong Wan Foo, Shogo Mori, Saeko Ogawa, *Susumu Saito

J. Org. Chem., 87, 1, 243 (2022). (DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02318) [PDF]

 

A Highly Durable, Self-Photosensitized Mononuclear Ruthenium Catalyst for CO2 Reduction

Kenji Kamada, Hiroko Okuwa, Taku Wakabayashi, Keita Sekizawa, Shunsuke Sato, Takeshi Morikawa, *Jieun Jung, *Susumu Saito

Synlett, 33, 1137 (2022). (DOI: 10.1055/a-1709-0280) [PDF]

 

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