Reports (2001-2004)

  1. Y. Kureishi, H. Shiraishi & H. Tamiaki, "Self-Aggregates of Synthetic Zinc Chlorins as the Photosensitizer on Carbon Paste Electrodes for a Novel Solar Cell," J. Electroanal. Chem., 496, 13-20 (2001).


  2. S. Yagai, T. Miyatake, Y. Shimono & H. Tamiaki, "Supramolecular Structure of Self-Assembled Synthetic Zinc-131-Oxo-Chlorins a Possessing Primary, Secondary or Tertiary Alcoholic 31-Hydroxyl Group: Visible Spectroscopic and Molecular Modeling Studies," Photochem. Photobiol., 73, 153-163 (2001).


  3. H. Tsukube, M. Hosokubo, M. Wada, S. Shinoda & H. Tamiaki, "Specific Recognition of Chiral Amino Alcohols via Lanthanide Coordination Chemistry: Structural Optimization of Lanthanide Tris(β-diketonates) Toward Effective Circular Dichroism/Fluorescence Probing," Inorg. Chem., 40, 740-745 (2001).


  4. H. Tamiaki, T. Obata, Y. Azefu & K. Toma, "A Novel Protecting Group for Constructing Combinatorial Peptide Libraries," Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 74, 733-738 (2001).


  5. T. Oba & H. Tamiaki, "Effect of C7-Substituent on Self-Assembly of Chlorosomal Chlorophylls," Supramol. Chem., 12, 369-378 (2001).


  6. T. Miyatake, T. Oba & H. Tamiaki, "Pure and Scrambled Self-Aggregates Prepared with Zinc Analogues of Bacteriochlorophylls c and d," ChemBioChem, 2, 335-342 (2001).


  7. H. Tsukube, M. Wada, S. Shinoda & H. Tamiaki, ""Conjugate Strategy" of Lanthanide Porphyrinate with Crown Ether Toward Synergistic Binding and Chirality Sensing of Biological Substrates," J. Alloys Compounds, 323, 133-137 (2001).


  8. Y. Saga, K. Matsuura & H. Tamiaki, "Spectroscopic Studies on Self-aggregation of Bacteriochlorphyll-e in Non-polar Organic Solvents: Effects of Stereoisomeric Configuration at the 31-position and Alkyl Substituents at the 81-position," Photochem. Photobiol., 74, 72-80 (2001).


  9. S. Yagai & H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis and Self-aggregation of Zinc Chlorophylls Possessing an ω-Hydroxyalkyl Group: Effect of Distance Between Interactive Hydroxy Group and Chlorin Moiety on Aggregation," J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans., 1, 3135-3144 (2001).


  10. Y. Saga, T. Wazawa, T. Nakada, Y. Ishii, T. Yanagida & H. Tamiaki, "Fluorescence emission spectroscopy of a single light harvesting chlorosome from green filamentous photosynthetic bacteria," In PS2001 Proceedings, S1-023, pp. 1-4, Csiro, Australia (2001).


  11. S. Yagai & H. Tamiaki, "Self-aggregation of Synthetic Zinc-Chlorophylls Possessing an Interactive ω-Hydroxyalkyl Group," In PS2001 Proceedings, S1-030, pp. 1-4, Csiro, Australia (2001).


  12. H. Tamiaki & T. Nishiyama, "Self-aggregation of synthetic zinc perfluoroalkylated bacteriopheophorbides-d in fluorous organic solvents," In PS2001 Proceedings, S2-014, pp. 1-2, Csiro, Australia (2001).


  13. T. Miyatake & H. Tamiaki, "Heating changed suprastructure of self-assembled zinc methyl bacteriopheophorbide-c," In PS2001 Proceedings, S2-016, pp. 1-4, Csiro, Australia (2001).


  14. Y. Saga, T. Nakada & H. Tamiaki, "Atomic Force Microscope Observation of Light-Harvesting Complexes from Green Photosynthetic Bacteria," Memoirs Institute Sci. Eng., Ritsumeikan Univ., 60, 1-6 (2001).


  15. S. Yagai, T. Miyatake & H. Tamiaki, "Regio- and Stereoisomeric Control of the Aggregation of Zinc-Chlorins Possessing Inverted Interactive Hydroxyl and Carbonyl Groups," J. Org. Chem., 67, 49-58 (2002).


  16. Y. Saga, T. Wazawa, T. Nakada, Y. Ishii, T. Yanagida & H. Tamiaki, "Fluorescence Emission Spectroscopy of Single Light-Harvesting Complex from Green Filamentous Photosynthetic Bacteria," J. Phys. Chem. B, 106, 1430-1433 (2002).


  17. H. Kawakami, K. Toma, M. Takagi, T. Yoshida & H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Peptide-Lipid," Peptide Science 2001, 381-384 (2002).


  18. Y. Saga, T. Miyatake & H. Tamiaki, "Self-Assembly of Zinc Chlorins in a Silcate Micelle Preppared by Sol-Gel Process," Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 12, 1229-1231 (2002).


  19. Y. Saga, T. Wazawa, T. Mizoguchi, Y. Ishii, T. Yanagida & H. Tamiaki, "Spectral Heterogeneity in Single Light-Harvesting Chlorosomes from Green Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacterium Chlorobium tepidum," Photochem. Photobiol., 75, 433-436 (2002).


  20. H. Tamiaki, M. Amakawa, A. R. Holzwarth & K. Schaffner, "Aggregation of synthetic metallochlorins in hexane. A model of chlorosomal bacteriochlorophyll self-assemblies in green bacteria," Photosynth. Res., 71, 59-67 (2002).


  21. H. Tsukube, S. Shinoda & H. Tamiaki, "Recognition and Sensing of Chiral Biological Substrates via Lanthanide Coordination Chemistry," Coord. Chem. Rev., 226, 227-234 (2002).


  22. V. I. Prokhorenko, M. Katterle, A. R. Holzwarth, K. Schaffner, T. Miyatake & H. Tamiaki, "Energy Transfer from Supramolecular Assemblies of Synthetic Zinc Chlorins to Attached Energy Traps," In Femtochemistry and Femtobiology (Ed. by A. Douhal and J. Santamaria), pp. 782-788, World Scientific, Singapore (2002).


  23. V. I. Prokhorenko, A. R. Holzwarth, M. G. Mόller, K. Schaffner, T. Miyatake & H. Tamiaki, "Energy Transfer in Supramolecular Artificial Antenna Units of Synthetic Zinc Chlorins and Co-Aggregated Energy Traps. A Time-Resolved Fluorescence Study," J. Phys. Chem. B, 106, 5761-5768 (2002).


  24. T. Mizoguchi, Y. Saga & H. Tamiaki, "Isolation and Structure Determination of a Complete Set of Bacteriochlorophyll-d Homologs and Epimers from a Green Sulfur Bacterium Chlorobium vibrioforme and Their Aggregation Properties in Hydrophobic Solvents," Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 1, 780-787 (2002).


  25. Y. Azefu, H. Tamiaki, R. Sato & K. Toma, "Facile synthesis of stable lipid analogues possessing a range of alkyl groups: application to artificial glycolipids," Bioorg. Med. Chem., 10, 4013-4022 (2002).


  26. H. Tsukube, N. Tameshige, S. Shinoda, S. Unno, H. Tamiaki, "A Specific Receptor of Biological Polyion: Distance-Selective Extraction and Efficient Chirality Sensing with Ytterbium Porphyrinate Tweezer," Chem. Commun., 2574-2575 (2002).


  27. T. Oba & H. Tamiaki, "Which side of π-macrocycle plane of (bacterio)chlorophylls is favored for binding of the fifth ligand?," Photosynth. Res., 74, 1-10 (2002).


  28. T. Miyatake, H. Tamiaki, H. Shinoda, M. Fujiwara & T. Matsushita, "Synthesis of Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Zinc Chlorins Posesssing a 31-Hydroxy Group," Tetrahedron, 58, 9989-10000 (2002).


  29. Y. Saga, H. Oh-oka & H. Tamiaki, "Detection of bacteriochlorophyll-c containing species of green sulfur photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobium vibrioforme," J. Photoscience, 9, 66-69 (2002).


  30. T. Mizoguchi, Y. Saga, H. Tamiaki, "Isolation and Structural Determination of a Complete Set of Intact Bacteriochlorophyll-d Homologs and Isomers from Green Sulfur Bacterium Chlorobium vibrioforme and Their Aggregation Properties in Hydrophobic Solvents," J. Photoscience, 9, 341-343 (2002).


  31. T. Miyatake, S. Kato, H. Tamiaki, M. Fujiwara & T. Matsushita, "Self-assembly of amphiphilic zinc chloirns in an aqueous medium as a model for chlorosome of green photosynthetic bacteria," J. Photoscience, 9, 344-346 (2002).


  32. M. Kunieda, T. Mizoguchi & H. Tamiaki, "Self-aggregation of synthetic magnesium bacteriochlorins as a photosynthetic antenna model," J. Photoscience, 9, 347-349 (2002).


  33. H. Morishita & H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis and vibrational spectroscopic study of selectively 31-18O-labelled chlorophyll derivatives," J. Photoscience, 9, 353-355 (2002).


  34. T. Oba & H. Tamiaki, "Coordination chemistry of chlorophylls: Which side of the chlorin macrocycle is favored for the ligand coordination?," J. Photoscience, 9, 356-358 (2002).


  35. H. Tamiaki & S. Yagai, "Design of the artificial antenna system in photosynthesis," J. Photoscience, 9, 362-363 (2002).


  36. H. Tamiaki, M. Omoda, Y. Saga & H. Morishita, "Synthesis of Homologously Pure Bacteriochlorophyll-e and f Analogues from BChls-c/d via Transformation of the 7-Methyl to Formyl Group and Self-Aggregation of Synthetic Zinc Methyl Bacteriopheophorbides-c/d/e/f in Non-Polar Organic Solvent," Tetrahedron, 59, 4337-4350 (2003).


  37. H. Morishita & H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of Specifically 18O-Labelled Chlorophyll Derivatives," Bioorg. Med. Chem., 11, 4049-4057 (2003).


  38. H. Tamiaki, S. Kimura & T. Kimura, "Self-aggregation of synthetic zinc 21-hydroxy-121/131-oxo-porphyrins," Tetrahedron, 59, 7423-7435 (2003).


  39. I. de Boer, J. Matysik, M. Amakawa, S. Yagai, H. Tamiaki, A. R. Holzwarth, H. J. M. de Groot, "MAS NMR Structure of a Microcrystalline Cd-bcterioclorophyll d Analog," J. Am. Chem. Soc., 125, 13374-13375 (2003).


  40. Y. Azefu, H. Tamiaki, R. Sato & K. Toma, "Lectin-Induced Agglutination of Liposomes Composed of Synthetic Glycolipid Analogues Possessing an Oligomethylene Spacer," In BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY- A Bridge for the Future - (Ed by Scientific Program Committee of ISBC 2003), pp. 106-107, Maruzen, Tokyo (2003).


  41. H. Tamiaki & Y. Shimamura, "Self-Aggregation of Synthetic Chlorophylls Possessing an Isocyclic Six-Membered Ring," In BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY- A Bridge for the Future - (Ed by Scientific Program Committee of ISBC 2003), pp. 182-183, Maruzen, Tokyo (2003).


  42. H. Tamiaki, H. Kitamoto, A. Nishikawa T. Hibino & R. Shibata, "Diastereoselective Self-Aggregation of Synthetic Zinc Bacteriochlorophyll-d Homologs," In BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY- A Bridge for the Future - (Ed by Scientific Program Committee of ISBC 2003), pp.184-187, Maruzen, Tokyo (2003).


  43. H. Tamiaki, S. Unno, E. Takeuchi, S. Shinoda & H. Tsukube, "Stereochemical Differentiation of Dipeptides by Use of Chiral Gadolinium(III) Porphyrinate as a Circular Dichroism Probe," In BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY- A Bridge for the Future - (Ed by Scientific Program Committee of ISBC 2003), pp. 188-189, Maruzen, Tokyo (2003).


  44. Y. Saga, H. Oh-oka, T. Hayashi & H. Tamiaki, "Presence of Exclusively Bacteriochlorophyll-c Containing Substrain in the Culture of Green Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacterium Chlorobium vibrioforme Strain NCIB 8327 Producing Bacteriochlorophyll-d," Anal. Sci., 19, 1575-1579 (2003).


  45. H. Tamiaki, S. Unno, E. Takeuchi, N. Tameshige, S. Shinoda & H. Tsukube, "Induced circular dichroism by complexation of gadolinium(III) porphyrinates with chiral amino acids and dipeptides: Effects of axial β-diketonate ligands on chirality sensing and recognition," Tetrahedron, 59, 10477-10483 (2003).


  46. S. Sasaki, M. Omoda & H. Tamiaki, "Effects of C8-substituents on spectroscopic and self-aggregation properties of synthetic bacteriochlorophyll-d analogues," J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 162, 307-315 (2004).


  47. Y. Saga & H. Tamiaki, "Facile Synthesis of Chlorophyll Analog Possessing a Disulfide Bond and Formation of Self-Assembled Monolayer on Gold Surface," J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biol., 73, 29-34 (2004).


  48. M. Kunieda, T. Mizoguchi & H. Tamiaki, "Diastereoselective self-aggregation of synthetic 3-(1-hydroxyethyl)-bacteriopyrochlorophyll-a as a novel photosynthetic antenna model absorbing near the infrared region," Photochem. Photobiol., 79, 55-61 (2004).


  49. Y. Saga & H. Tamiaki, "Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Single Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Supramolecular Systems," Cell Biochem. Biophys., 40, 149-166 (2004); invited from the editor.


  50. H. Tamiaki, H. Kitamoto, A. Nishikawa, T. Hibino & R. Shibata, "Determination of 31-Stereochemistry in Synthetic Bacteriochlorophyll-d Homologs and Self-aggregation of Their Zinc Complexes," Bioorg. Med. Chem., 12, 1657-1666 (2004).


  51. S. Sasaki & H. Tamiaki, "Self-assembly of synthetic bacteriochlorophyll-f analogues possessing C8-formyl group," Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 77, 797–800 (2004).

  52. T. Miyatake, H. Tamiaki, M. Fujiwara & T. Matsushita, "Coaggregation of Amphiphilic Zinc Chlorins with Synthetic Surfactants in Aqueous Medium to an Artificial Supramolecular Light-Harvesting Antenna," Bioorg. Med. Chem., 12, 2173–2178 (2004).

  53. N. Kosaka, H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of a novel cyclic chlorophyll hetero-dyad as a model compound for stacked chlorophylls found in photosynthetic systems," Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2325–2330 (2004).[selected to the cover picture on issue 11]

  54. Y. Saga, S. Akai, T, Miyatake & H. Tamiaki, "Excitation Energy Transfer from Self-Aggregates of Zinc Chlorins to a Bacteriochlorin in a Silicate Nanocapsule," Chem. Lett., 33, 544–545 (2004).

  55. R. Sato, K. Toma, K. Nomura, M. Takagi, T. Yoshida, Y. Azefu & H. Tamiaki, "Synthesis of 3,4,5-Tris(alkyloxy)benzyl Glycosides as Glycolipid Analogues," J. Carbohydr. Chem., 23, 375–383 (2004).


  56. M. Kunieda, T. Mizoguchi, H. Tamiaki, "Syntheses of optical properties of stable 8-alkylidene-bacteriochlorins mimicking the molecular structures of natural bacteriochlorophyll-b and g," Tetrahedron, 60, 11349–11357 (2004).

  57. Y. Saga & H. Tamiaki, "Comparison between chlorosomes containing bacteriochlorophyll-c and chlorosomes containing bacteriochlorophyll-d isolated from two substrains of green sulfur photosynthetic bacterium Chlorobium vibrioforme NCIB 8327," J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biol., 75, 89–97 (2004).

  58. I. de Boer, J. Matysik, K. Erkelens, S. Sasaki, T. Miyatake, S. Yagai, H. Tamiaki. A. R. Holzwarth. H. J. M. de Groot, "MAS NMR structures of aggregated cadmium chlorins reveal molecular control of self-assembly of chlorosomal bacteriochlorophylls," J. Phys. Chem., B, 108, 16556–16566 (2004).


  59. S. Sasaki, H. Tamiaki, "Study on C8-substituent effects of synthetic bacteriochlorophyll-d/f analogues," In AIP Conference Proceedings 716, Portable Synchrotron Light Sources and Advanced Applications (Ed by H. Yamada, N. Mochizuki-Oda, M. Sasaki), pp. 196–197, American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY (2004).

  60. M. Kunieda, T. Mizoguchi, H. Tamiaki, "Diastereoselective Self-Assembly of Synthetic Bacteriochlorin Mimicking the Molecular Structure of Chlorosomal Bacteriochlorophylls," In AIP Conference Proceedings 716, Portable Synchrotron Light Sources and Advanced Applications (Ed by H. Yamada, N. Mochizuki-Oda, M. Sasaki), pp. 198–199, American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY (2004).

  61. J. Harada, H. Oh-oka, Y. Saga, H. Tamiaki, "Alterations of bacteriochlorophyll d to c in chlorosomes seemed to be induced in vitro by reverse mutations of the inactivated bchU gene in a photosynthetic green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium vibrioforme NCIB8327," In AIP Conference Proceedings 716, Portable Synchrotron Light Sources and Advanced Applications (Ed by H. Yamada, N. Mochizuki-Oda, M. Sasaki), pp. 200, American Institute of Physics, Melville, NY (2004).