A. Katayama, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of zinc bacteriochlorophyll-d analogs bearing an alkoxyimino group at the 131-position and their self-aggregation in an aqueous micelle solution," Tetrahedron Lett., 61, 151386 (2020). [Selected as “2020 Editor’s Choice Collection”]
D. Funakoshi, Y. Nomura, S. Shoji, H. Tamiaki, "Synthetic substituted boronates of dihydroxy-bacteriochlorin absorbing and emitting far-red to near-infrared light as bacteriopheophytin-a analogs," Dyes Pigments, 175, 108155 (2020).
S. Sasaki, S. Duan, W. Hu, X.-F. Wang, H. Tamiaki, "Evaluation of covalently linked (bacterio)chlorophyll-fullerenes as components for organic solar cells," J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 24, 200–210 (2020).
M. Doi, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of sedimentary porphyrin-like chlorophyll-a derivatives lacking the 3-substituent," Chem. Lett., 49, 287–289 (2020).
Y. Kawamoto, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of tin(IV) complexes of chlorophyll-a derivatives with two halides as axial ligands and their optical properties in solution," Tetrahedron, 76, 130948 (2020). [Front cover of issue 8]
H. Tamiaki, K. Fukai, S. Nakamura, "Folded conformers of synthetic chlorophyll hetero-dyads with different π-skeletons," Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 19, 332–340 (2020).
S. Matsubara, H. Tamiaki, "Photoactivated supramolecular assembly using "caged chlorophyll" for the generation of nanotubular self-aggregates having controlling lengths," ACS Applied Nano Materials, 3, 1841–1847 (2020).
T. Takahashi, S. Ogasawara, Y. Shinozaki, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of cationic pyridinium–chlorophyll conjugates with various counter anions and effects of the anions on their photophysical properties," Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 93, 467–476 (2020).
Y. Li, Y. Sun, X. Meng, Y. Dall'Agnese, G. Chen, C. Dall'Agnese, S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, X.-F. Wang, "Chlorosome-like molecular aggregation of chlorophyll derivative of Ti3C2Tx nanosheets for efficient noble metal-free photocatalytic hydrogen evolution," Adv. Mater. Interfaces, 7, 1902080 (2020).
S. Shoji, Y. Nomura, H. Tamiaki, "Covalent heterodyads of synthetic chlorophyll derivatives linked with linear rigid substituents at the 20-positions constructing photoexcited energy transfer systems," Tetrahedron, 76, 131130 (2020).
M. Hirose, M. Teramura, J. Harada, H. Tamiaki, "BciC-catalyzed C132-demethoxycarbonylation of metal pheophorbide a alkyl esters," ChemBioChem, 21, 1473–1480 (2020).
H. Watanabe, S. Nakamura, H. Tamiaki, "Sterically controlled and pH-dependent self-aggregation of synthetic zinc 3-(alkylamino)methylated chlorophyll-a derivatives in aqueous micellar solution," J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 24, 685–692 (2020).
H. Yamamoto, T. Mizoguchi, Y. Tsukatani, H. Tamiaki, G. Kurisu, Y. Fujita, "Chlorophyllide a oxidoreductase preferentially catalyzes 8-vinyl reduction over B-ring reduction of 8-vinyl chlorophyllide a in late steps of bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis," ChemBioChem, 21, 1760–1766 (2020).
T. Nakano, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis and self-aggregation of chlorophyll-a derivatives inserting ethylene and phenylene groups between hydroxymethyl group and chlorin π-skeleton," ChemPhotoChem, 4, 338–346 (2020). [Cover feature of issue 5]
Y. Shinozaki, C. Uragami, H. Hashimoto, H. Tamiaki, "A synthetic dimer appending fullerene: effect of chlorophyll pairing on (photo)redox properties," Chem. Eur. J., 26, 8897–8906 (2020). [Cover picture of issue 41]
A. Katayama, H. Tamiaki, "Stereoselective self-aggregation of zinc bacteriochlorophyll-d analogs possessing an O-substituted oxime moiety at the 13-position," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 400, 112554 (2020).
T. Nakano, H. Tamiaki, "Self-aggregation abilities of synthetic bacteriochlorophyll-d analogs bearing a propargyl- and benzyl-type alcohol," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 397, 112556 (2020).
S. Duan, Q. Zhou, A. Li, X.-F. Wang, S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, "Semisynthetic chlorophyll derivatives toward solar energy applications," Solar RRL, 4, 2000162 (2020).
C. Zhang, W. Zhao, S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, X.-F. Wang, "A chlorophyll derivatives-based bio-solar energy conversion and storage device," Electrochim. Acta, 347, 136283 (2020).
M. Kishi, Y. Nakamura, H. Tamiaki, "Effect of additional hydroxy group on self-aggregation of synthetic zinc bacteriochlorophyll-c analogs," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 400, 112592 (2020).
B. Wang, L. Yang, C. Dall'Agnese, A. K. Jena, S. Sasaki, T. Miyasaka, H. Tamiaki, X.-F. Wang, "Photoactive Zn-chlorophyll hole transporter-sensitized lead-free Cs2AgBiBr6 perovskite solar cells," Solar RRL, 4, 2000166 (2020).
T. Takeda, A. Katayama, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of zinc oxime-functionalized chlorophyll-a derivatives and their (131E/Z)-dependent self-aggregation," Tetrahedron, 76, 131300 (2020).
T. Miyatake, K. Okada, Y. Yamamoto, R. Hirai, R. Inoue, T. Imai, H. Tamiaki, "Amphiphilic zinc chlorin as an effective gelator in methanol–water mixtures," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 400, 112683 (2020).
S. Matsubara, H. Tamiaki, "Growth model of chlorosome antenna by the environment-dependent stepwise assembly of a zinc chlorophyll derivative," Photosynth. Res., 145, 129–134 (2020).
Y. Fujiwara, T. Takeda, S. Ogasawara, H. Tamiaki, "Facile 132-methylation of chlorophyll-a derivative and (132R/S)-stereoselective self-aggregation of zinc bacteriochlorophyll-d analogs," Tetrahedron Lett., 61, 152167 (2020).
M. Hirose, M. Teramura, J. Harada, S. Ogasawara, H. Tamiaki, "In vitro C132-dealkoxycarbonylations of zinc chlorophyll a derivatives including C132-substitutes by a BciC enzyme," Bioorg. Chem., 102, 104111 (2020).
S. Sasaki, Y. Hashimoto, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki, S. Duan, X-F. Wang, M. Yamashita, Y. Saga, H. Yamamoto, T. Ikeuchi, N. Shishioh, "Synthesis of C3/C13-substituted semi-synthetic bacteriochlorophyll-a derivatives and their properties as functional dyes," ChemPhotoChem, 4, 5399–5407 (2020).
S. Ogasawara, K. Nakano, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of fluorinated chlorophyll-a and their bio/physico-chemical properties," Eur. J. Org. Chem., 5537–5543 (2020).
S. Matsubara, H. Tamiaki, "Supramolecular chlorophyll aggregates inspired from specific light-harvesting antenna "chlorosome": Static nanostructure, dynamic construction process, and versatile application," J. Photochem. Photobiol. C: Photochem. Rev., 45, 100385 (2020).
D. Funakoshi, Y. Nomura, S. Shoji, H. Tamiaki, "Zinc 7,8-dihydroxylated chlorophyll-a derivative as a synthetic model of natural bacteriochlorophyll-a," Chem. Lett., 49, 1403–1405 (2020).
S. Naka, T. Shoji, S. Fujii, K. Ueno, Y. Wakisaka, K. Murakoshi, T. Mizoguchi, H. Tamiaki, Y. Tsuboi, "Thermo-plasmonic trapping of living cyanobacteria on a gold nanopyramidal dimer array: Implication of plasmonic biochips," ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 3, 10067–10072 (2020).
S. Ogasawara, K. Nakano, H. Tamiaki, "Site-selective C20-fluorination of chlorophyll-a derivatives using N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide and their optical properties," Tetrahedron, 76, 131722 (2020).
Y. Saga, Y. Otsuka, D. Funakoshi, Y. Masaoka, Y. Kihara, T. Hidaka, H. Hatano, H. Asakawa, Y. Nagasawa, H. Tamiaki, "In situ formation of photoactive B-ring reduced chlorophyll isomer in photosynthetic protein LH2," Sci. Rep., 10, 19383 (2020).
M. Hirose, J. Harada, H. Tamiaki, "In vitro hydrolysis of zinc chlorophyllide a homologues by a BciC enzyme," Biochemistry, 59, 4622–4626 (2020).
Y. Kawamoto, Y. Nagano, Y. Kitagawa, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of N-methylated unsymmetric porphyrinoids with restricted N-centered chirality from natural chlorophyll-a," Org. Biomol. Chem., 18, 9800–9804 (2020).
S. Duan, L. Wang, W. Zhao, J. Du, L. Pan, N. Tamai, S. Sasaki, H, Tamiaki, X.-F. Wang, "Charge-transfer mechanism in chlorophyll derivative-based biosolar cells with hole-transporting P3HT revealed by sub-picosecond transient absorption spectroscopy," J. Phys. Chem. C, 124, 27900–27906 (2020).
J. Harada, T. Mizoguchi, Y. Kinoshita, K. Yamamoto, H. Tamiaki, "Over-expression of C82-methyltransferase BchQ in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobaculum limnaeum mutant strains of synthesis of C8-hyper-alkylated chlorosomal pigments," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 404, 112882 (2021).
D. Funakoshi, S. Matsubara, H. Tamiaki, "Self-aggregation of zinc bacteriochlorophyll-d analog bearing B-ring reduced chlorin and 17-acrylate residue," Tetrahedron, 81, 131853 (2021).
W. Xu, X. Zhao, J. Tang, C. Zhang, Y. Gai, S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, A. Li, X.-F. Wang, "Synthesis of Chl@Ti3C2 composites as an anode material for lithium storage," Front. Chem. Sci. Engineer., 15, in press (2021).
Y. Li, Y. Sun, Y. Dall'Agnese, C. Dall'Agnese, X. Meng, S. Sasaki, H, Tamiaki, X.-F. Wang, "Chlorophyll-based organic heterojunction on Ti3C2Tx MXenes nanosheets for efficient hydrogen production," Chem. Eur. J., 27, 5277–5282 (2021).
B. Wang, N. Li, L. Yang, C. Dall'Agnese, A. K. Jena, S. Sasaki, T. Miyasaka, H, Tamiaki, X.-F. Wang, "Chlorophyll derivative-sensitized TiO2 electron transport layer for record efficiency of Cs2AgBiBr6 double perovskite solar cells," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 143, 2207–2211 (2021).
S. Ogasawara, T. Takahashi, Y. Kitagawa, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of highly fluorescent cationic chlorophyll-a derivatives possessing a p-aminopyridino group at the 31-position," Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 94, 1201–1203 (2021).
D. Funakoshi, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of 18-formylated B-ring reduced chlorophyll derivative as a heme A analog and effect of the 18-substituents on optical properties," Tetrahedron Lett., 68, 152921 (2021).
S. Matsubara, H. Tamiaki, "Supramolecular nanofibers constructed by hydrogen bonding of chlorophyll dimer," Chem. Lett., 50, 999–1001 (2021).
M. Hirose, J. Harada, H. Tamiaki, "Detection of 132-carboxy-chlorin produced by the in vitro BciC enzymatic hydrolysis of zinc chlorophyllide," Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 88, 127931 (2021).
K. Sakaguchi, M. Kishi, H. Tamiaki, "Self-aggregation of synthetic 20-O-substituted bacteriochlorophyll-d analogs," Chem. Lett., 50, 1416–1418 (2021).
M. Hirose, J. Harada, H. Maeda, H. Tamiaki, "Physicochemical and biochemical properties of synthetic zinc 131-(un)substituted chlorophyll-a derivative," Tetrahedron, 88, 132151 (2021).
M. Shiozaki, T. Miyanishi, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of 20-deuterated bacteriochlorophyll-d homolog and its 31-epimerically controlled self-aggregation," Chem. Lett., 50, 1539–1542 (2021).
S. Tani, S. Kanehisa, H. Tamiaki, "31-Substituent-dependent self-aggregation of bacteriochlorophyll-d analogs in aqueous micelle," Chem. Lett., 50, 1551–1554 (2021).
Y. Takarada, M. Doi, S. Ogasawara, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of 20-substituted chlorophyll derivatives with F-ring and optical properties of their less distorted chlorin π-systems," Tetrahedron, 93, 132260 (2021).
Y. Li, Y. Liu, X. Sun, T. Zheng, Y. Dall'Agnese, C. Dall'Agnese, S. Sasaki, H, Tamiaki, X.-F. Wang, "Aggregate-forming semi-synthetic chlorophyll derivatives / Ti3C2Tx MXene hybrids for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution," Dyes Pigments, 194, 109583 (2021).
M. Shiozaki, T. Miyanishi, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of deuterated chlorophyll derivatives and their physical properties," Dyes Pigments, 194, 109618 (2021).
S. Duan, C. Uragami, K. Horiuchi, K. Hino, X.-F. Wang, S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, H. Hashimoto, "Hydroquinone redox mediator enhances the photovoltaic performances of chlorophyll-based bio-inspired solar cells," Commun. Chem., 4, 118 (2021): doi: 10.1038/s42004-021-00556-5
Y. Kinoshita, A. Demise, H. Ishikawa, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of 132,173-cyclopheophorbides and their optical properties," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 420, 113490 (2021).
S. Jun, C. Yang, M. Isaji, H. Tamiaki, H. Ihee, K. Kim, "Exciton delocalization length in chlorosome investigated by lineshape dynamics of 2D electronic spectra," Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 23, 24111–24117 (2021). [selected as a 2021 HOT PCCP article]
K. Sakaguchi, M. Kishi, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki, "Self-aggregation of synthetic zinc 3-hydroxymethyl-chlorophyll-a derivatives possessing electron-withdrawing groups at the 20-position in aqueous micellar solution," J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 25, 1104–1110 (2021).
T.-F. Xiang, S. Duan, H. Tamiaki, Y. Sun, Z. Liu, S. Sasaki, X.-F. Wang, "Charge generation and transfer mechanism of bilayer organic photovoltaics with unconventional energy alignment," J. Phys. Chem. C, 125, 25680–25686 (2021).
T. Nakano, Y. Liu, X.-F. Wang, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of chlorophyll-a derivatives inserting an ethynylene group between the carboxylic acid moiety and chlorin π-skeleton and its photosensitizing efficiency in dye sensitized solar cell," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 424, 113633 (2022).
T. Zheng, Y. Li, Y. Sun, Y. Dall’Agnese, C. Dall’Agnese, S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, X.-F. Wang, "Effect of the Fabrication Method of Chlorophyll-Ti3C2Tx-Based Photocatalysts on Noble Metal-Free Hydrogen Evolution," Energy Technology, 10, 2100713 (2022).
Y. Li, Y. Dall’Agnese, C. Dall’Agnese, C.-L. Liu, S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, X.-F. Wang, "Chlorophyll Derivatives/MXene Hybrids for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution: dependence of performance on the central coordinating metals," Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 47, 3824–3833 (2022).
H. Ishikawa, A. Demise, Y. Kitagawa, Y. Shinozaki, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki, "Difluoroboron complexes of peripheral π-diketonates in cyclopheophorbides: their syntheses and optical properties," Tetrahedron, 104, 132596 (2022).
R. Sato, H. Okajima, S. Sugiura, Y. Haketa, Y. Kinoshita, H. Tamiaki, A. Sakamoto, H. Maeda, Y. Kobayashi, “Excited-state dynamics of dipyrrolyldiketone difluoroboron complexes,” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 24, 1685–1691 (2022).
Y. Hashimoto, H. Suzuki, T. Kondo, N. Hara, R. Abe, H. Tamiaki, "Visible-light-induced hydrogen evolution from water on hybrid photocatalysts consisting of synthetic chlorophyll-a derivatives with a carboxy group in the 20-substituent adsorbed on semiconductors," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 426, 113750 (2022).
Y. Li, Y. Liu, T. Zheng, S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, X.-F. Wang, “Chlorophyll derivative sensitized monolayer Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution,” J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 427, 113792 (2022).
X. Qi, W.-X. Xu, J.-L. Tang, Y.-T. Xu, Y. Gao, L. Li, S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, X.-F. Wang, "Chlorophyll derivative intercalation into Nb2C MXene for lithium-ion energy storage," J. Mater. Sci., 57, 9971–9979 (2022).
Y. Tsukatani, J. Harada, K. Kurosawa, K. Tanaka, H. Tamiaki, "Incomplete hydrogenation by geranylgeranyl reductase from a proteobacterial phototroph Halorhodospira halochloris, resulting in the production of bacteriochlorophyll with a tetrahydrogeranylgeranyl tail," J. Bacteriol., 204, e00605-21 (2022).
T. Takeda, Y. Kitagawa H. Tamiaki, "Substituted methylenation at the 132-position of a chlorophyll-a derivative via mixed aldol condensation, their optical properties of the synthetic bacteriochlorophyll-d analogs, and self-aggregation of their zinc complexes," Photochem. Photobiol., 98, 1059–1067 (2022).
S. Duan, J. Song, E. Zhou, K. Yang, S. Lu, D. Li, S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, X.-F. Wang, “Quasi-bilayer All-small-molecule Solar Cells Based on a Chlorophyll Derivative and Non-fullerene Materials with Untraditional Energy Alignments,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 126, 4807–4814 (2022).
X. Qi, W.-X. Xu, C. Zhang, Y.-Q. Miao, Y.-T. Xu, S.-Y. He, D. Zhang, L. Li, S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, X.-F. Wang, "Improved Li storage capacity of 2D MoS2 upon chlorophyll derivative composition," Mater. Today Commun., 31, 103465 (2022).
R. Ataka, Y. Kawamoto, H. Tamiaki, “Regioselective alkylation at the inner nitrogen atom of a chlorophyll-a derivative and optical properties of the synthetic N-centered stereoisomers,” Tetrahedron, 117-118, 132829 (2022).
S. Shoji, V. Stepanenko, F. Würthner, H. Tamiaki, “Self-assembly of a zinc bacteriochlorophyll-d analog with a lipophilic tertiary amide group in the 17-substituent,” Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 95, 1083–1085 (2022).
M. Hirose, Y. Tsukatani, J. Harada, H. Tamiaki, “Characterization of regioisomeric diterpenoid tails in bacteriochlorophylls produced by geranylgeranyl reductase from Halorhodospira halochloris and Blastochloris viridis,” Photosynth. Res., 154, 1–12 (2022).
K. Oyagi, S. Ogasawara, H. Tamiaki, “Intramolecular axial α/β-coordination of the 132-terminal pyridyl group to the central zinc atom in chlorophyll-a derivatives,” Org. Biomol. Chem., 20, 6339–6350 (2022). [Front cover in issue 32]
Y. Li, T. Zheng, Y. Liu, G. G. Levchenko, W. Han, A. V. Pashchenko, S. Sasaki, H. Tamiak, X.-F. Wang. “Biohybrid organic heterostructure based on chlorophyll-bacteriochlorophyll aggregates for ecofriendly hydrogen production,” Chem. Eur. J., 28, e202201855 (2022).
K. Sakaguchi, H. Tamiaki, “31-Arylation of a chlorophyll-a derivative through Friedel-Crafts alkylation,” Tetrahedron, 123, 132981 (2022).
T.-F. Xiang, H. Tamiaki, Z. Liu, S. Sasaki, N. Gao, X.-F. Wang, “Direct Z-Characteristic Observation and Efficiency Improvement in Organic Solar Cells with Ethylenediamine Regulating the Unconventional Energy-Level Alignment,” Solar RRL, 6, 2200751 (2022).
T. Hisayasu, N. Hara, H. Tamiaki, "Acidic devinylation of nickel chlorophyll derivatives," Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 95, 1553–1560 (2022).