Yoshio Hisaeda

The electrochemical trifluoromethylation and perfluoroalkylation of aromatic compounds mediated by a vitamin B₁₂ derivative as a cobalt-based catalyst has been developed. The Co(i) species of a vitamin B₁₂ derivative, prepared by controlled-potential electrolysis at -0.8 V vs. Ag/AgCl in methanol, reacted with R_fI (R_f = CF₃, n-C₃F₇, n-C₄F₉, n-C₈F₁₇, and n-C₁₀F<sub>2

A mini-sensor array based on side-chain engineering of NDI derivatives achieved unique vapochromic/vapofluorochromic behaviors for aromatic vapors.

New chiroptical chromophores, dinuclear triple-stranded helicates, composed of tetradentate ligands with aluminum(III) ions, are described. These are synthesized in two steps using inexpensive pyrrole derivatives, hydrazine, and aluminum chloride. These molecular architectures (ALPHY) show multi-color (cyan, yellow, and orange) photoluminescence in solution and in the solid-state, which depends on the substituents of the ligands. The photoluminescence quantum yields of helicates were up to 54 %.

Crystal engineering of three-component crystals with guest-dependent photoluminescence switching, including (i) crystallization-induced emission enhancement, (ii) intermolecular charge-transfer emission, and (iii) room-temperature phosphorescence under ultraviolet irradiation, was demonstrated. This strategy was based on the confinement of aromatic guests in a supramolecular host (denoted as EBPDI-TPFB) composed of 5,5'-(ethyne-1,2-diyl)bis(2-pyridin-3-yl-isoindoline-1,3-dione (EBPDI) with two t

A series of multi-color and white-light photoluminescence host/guest cocrystals were prepared by cooperative multi-molecular assemblies.

Abstract The distinct piezochromic luminescent responses of charge−transfer inclusion crystals, which consist of small aromatic guest molecules with naphthalenediimide derivatives, are reported. Reversible multichromism is observed over the entire visible region in response to high pressure, whereas a weak response to mechanical grinding is evident. High‐pressure single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction analysis and TD‐DFT calculations clearly suggest that high compression induces a closer arrangement w

The electrolytic reductive dechlorination of 1,1-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-2,2,2-trichloroethane (DDT) in the ionic liquid (IL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([bmim][BF(4)]) in the presence of a cobalamin derivative afforded 1,1'-(ethylidene)bis(4-chlorobenzene)(DDO) and 1,1'-(ethenylidene)bis(4-chlorobenzene)(DDNU) with 1,1'-(2-chloroethylidene)bis(4-chlorobenzene)(DDMS); the enhanced reactivity, as well as the recyclability of the cobalamin derivative catalyst in IL, makes the presen

Invited for the cover of this issue is Toshikazu Ono, Yoshio Hisaeda and co-workers at Kyushu University and their collaborators at Ochanomizu University, Chuo University, and Institute for Molecular Science. The image depicts a molecular assembly structure shining like a jewel, glowing in the red-to-near infrared region. Read the full text of the article at 10.1002/chem.202100906.

A new bio-inspired system composed of a vitamin B12 derivative and Rose Bengal, catalyzed the dehalogenations of various toxic alkyl halides such as 1,1-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2,2-trichloroethane (DDT) via a noble-metal-free and visible-light-driven process. This system also catalyzed radical-involved organic reactions such as the 1,2-migration of acyl groupvia a tin-free process.