2011

1. Control of peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence by nitrogen-containing ligand quenching: turning off and on by ligandemetal ion hosteguest interactions; Takayuki Maruyama, Yasuyuki Fujie, Noriyuki Oya, Eisuke Hosaka, Aki Kanazawa, Daisuke Tanaka, Yoshiyuki Hattori, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Tetrahedron 67 (2011) 6927-6933

2010

1. Lewis Acid-mediated Highly Regioselective Ring-expansion of Methl 2-Phenyl-1-(arylhydroxymethyl)cyclopropanecarboxylates; Yoshida, E.; Nishida, K.; Toriyabe, K.; Taguchi, R.; Motoyoshiya, J.; and Nishii, Y. Chem. Lett. 2010, 39, 194-195

2. First Total Synthesis of (±)-6'-Methoxyretrojusticidin B Using Regiocontrolled Benzannulation: structural Inconsistency with Procumphthalide A and Its Revision to 5'-Methoxyretrochinensin; Yoshida, E.; Yamashita, D.; Sakai, R.; Tanabe, Y.; and Nishii, Y. Synlett, 2010, 15, 2275-2278

2009

1. Toward a Chemiluminescent Molecular Device: Metal Ion-Enhanced Chemiluminescence of Benzylidenacridan with 15-Monoazacrown-5; Motoyoshiya, J.; Tanaka, T.; Kuroe, M.; and Nishii, Y. J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74 (3), 1014-1018

2. First total synthesis of theopederin B; Nishii, Y.; Hida, T.; Takahashi, S.; Nakata, T. Tetrahedron Lett, 2009, 50, 3597

3. Highly stereoselective C-Silylation and Alkylation of 1-Chlorocycropropanecarboxylic Ester Using SmI2; Yoshida, E.; Nagano, T.; Motoyoshiya, J.; Nishii, Y. Chem. Lett. 2009, 38, 1078.

2008

1. Chemiluminescence of 4-styrylphthalhydrazides with crown ether as ionophore; J. Motoyoshiya, M. Hotta, Y. Nishii, and H. Aoyama, Luminescence, 2008, 23, 37-41.
2. Fluorescence quenching of versatile fluorescent probes based on strongly electron-donating distyrylbenzenes responsive to aromatic chlorinated and nitro compounds, boronic acid and Ca2+ ; J. Motoyoshiya, Z. Fengqiang, Y. Nishii, H. Aoyama, Spectrochimica Acta part A: 2008, 69, 167-173.
3. Practical, general, and systematic method for optical resolution of gem-dihalo- and monohalo cyclopropanecarboxylic acids utilizing chiral 1,1’-binaphtholmonomethyl ethers: Application to the synthesis of three chiral pesticides; H. Yasukochi, T. Atago, A. Tanaka, H. Nakatsuji, E. Yoshida, A. Kakehi, Y. Nishii, Y. Yanabe, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2008, 6, 540-547.
4. SmI2-Promoted Reformatsky-Type Reaction and Acylation of Alkyl 1-Chlorocyclopropancarboxylates; T. Nagano, J. Motoyoshiya, A. Kakehi, and Y. Nishii, Org. Lett. 2008, 10, 5453-5456.

2007

1. Synthesis of Unsymmetrically and Highly Substituted Thiophenes Utilizing Regioselective Ring-expansion of gem-Dichlorocyclopropyl Ketones with Lawesson's Reagent; Takao Nagano, Hiroki Kimoto, Hidefumi Nakatsuji, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Hiromu Aoyama, Yoo Tanabe, Yoshinori Nishii, Chem. Lett. 2007, 36, 62-63.
2. Highly Stereoselective Radical Carbonylations of gem-Dihalocyclopropnane Derivatives with CO; Yoshinori Nishii, Takao Nagano, Hideki Gotoh, Ryohei Nagase, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Hiromu Aoyama, Yoo Tanabe, Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 563.
3. Synthesis of Hypericin via Emodin Anthrone Derived from a Two-fold Diels-Alder Reaction of 1,4-Benzoquinone; J. Motoyoshiya, Y. Masue, Y. Nishi and H. Aoyama, Natural Product Communications, 2007, 2, 67-70.
4. A 1,4-distyrylbenzene Bearing Donor-Acceptor Substituent as a fluorescence Probe Responsive to Protic Solvents; Jiro Motoyoshiya, Takehiko Yokozeki, Zhu Fengqiang, Yoshinori Nishii, and Hiromu Aoyama, ITE Letters, 2007, 7, 593-596.

2006

1. Different photochemical behavior of bis(biphenyl)ethylenes and ethenes in solution and in the solid-state. Structurally controlled E/Z-photoisomerization in the solid-state; Zhu Fengqiang, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Yoshinori Nishii, Hiromu Aoyama, Akikazu Kakehi, and Motoo Shiro; J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem. 2006,184, 44-49.
2. Unprecedented chemiluminescence behavior during peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence of oxalates with fluorescent or electron-donating aryloxy groups; Ryu Koike, Yuji Kato, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Yoshinori Nishii, and Hiromu Aoyama, Luminescence, 2006, 21, 164-173.
3. Photochemical Behavior of Some p-Styrylstilbenes and Related Compounds: Spectral Properties and Photoisomerization in Solution and in Solid-state; Y. Araki, R. Kunieda, M. Fujitsuka, O. Ito, J. Motoyoshiya, H. Aoyama, Y. Takaguchi, Comptes Rendus Chimie, 9, 1014-1021 2006
4. Photochemical Behavior of Some p-Styrylstilbenes and Related Compounds: Spectral Properties and Photoisomerization in Solution and in Solid-state; Z. Fengqiang, J. Motoyoshiya, J. Nakamura, Y. Nishii, H. Aoyama, Photochem. Photobiol., 2006, 82, 1645-1650.

2005

1. Poly(benzyl ether) dendrimers with strongly fluorescent distyrylbenzene cores as the fluorophores for peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence: insulating effect of dendritic structures on fluorescent sites; Ryu Koike, Yoshiaki Katayose, Akira Ohta, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Yoshinori Nishii, and Hiromu Aoyama, Tetrahedron, 2005, 61, 11020-11026.
2. Synthesis of 4-Styrylphthalhydrazides and Their Chemiluminescence Reaction. Emitters and Chemiluminescence Efficiency Highly Dependent on Electronic Nature of Styryl Goups; Jiro Motoyoshiya, Kazuya Yokota, Takuro Fukami, Shoji Konno, Aya Yamamoto, Masanori Hotta, Ryu Koike, Sachiko Yoshioka, Yoshinori Nishii, and Hiromu Aoyama, J. Heterocyclic Chem. 2005, 42, 1063-1068.
3. Regiocontrolled Benzannulation of Diaryl(gem-dichlorocyclopropyl)methanols for the Synthesis of Unsymmetrically Substituted alpha-Arylnaphthalenes: Application to Total Synthesis of Natural Lignan Lactones; Yoshinori Nishii, Taichi Yoshida, Hirofumi Asano, Kazunori Wakasugi, Jun-ichi Morita, Yoshifumi Aso, Eri Yoshida, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Hiromu Aoyama and Yoo Tanabe, J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 2667-2678.

2004

1. A Facile Synthesis of the Angucyclinone Antibiotic (+)-Rubiginone B2 Involving the BF3-Mediated Diels-Alder Reaction of Juglone; Jiro Motoyoshiya, Yusuke Masue, Gento Iwayama, Sachiko Yoshioka, Yoshinori Nishii, and Hiromu Aoyama, Synthesis, 2004, 2099-2102.
2. Chemiluminescent Autoxidation of alpha-Silyl Carbanios Derived From 9-Silyl-10-Methylacridanes; Jiro Motoyoshiya, Kunihiko Tokutake, Motoki Kuroe, Sachiko Yoshioka, Yoshinori Nishii, and Hiromu Aoyama, Heterocycles, 2004, 63, 1667-1672.
3. Chirality Exchange from sp3 Central Chirality to Axial Chirality: Benzannulation of Optically Active Diaryl-2,2-dichlorocyclopropylmethanols to Axially Chiral alpha-Arylnaphthalenes; Y. Nishii, K. Koga, and Y. Tanabe, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 5358-5359.

2003

1. Photoinduced Dithiolation of Fullerene[60] with Dendrimer Disulfide; Yutaka Takaguchi, Yoshiaki Katayose, Yasushi Yanagimoto Jiro Motoyoshiya, Hiromu Aoyama, Takatsugu Wakahara, Yutaka Maeda, and Takeshi Akasaka, Chem. Lett. 2003, 32, 1124-1125.
2. Reactions of 9-Phosphorylacridines with Aqueous Hydrogen Peroxide Accompained by Weak Chemiluminescence: Remarkable Substituent Effect on Emission Efficiency; Jiro Motoyoshiya, Rie Shima, Yutaka Takaguchi, Yoshinori Nishii, and Hiromu Aoyama, Heterocycles, 2003, 60, 2543-2549.
3. Relationship between Molecular Skeleton and Stimulated-emission Threshold in Dilute Thin Films of Liner-chain-structured Fluorescent Dyes; Ken-ichi Sakai, Takeo Tsuzuki, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Masamitsu Inoue, Yoshihiro Itoh, Musubu Ichikawa, Tetsuya Fujimoto, Iwao Yamamoto, Toshiki Koyama, Yoshio Taniguchi, Chem. Lett. 2003, 32, 968-969.
4. Intra- and Intermolecular Photochemical Properties of Poly(amidoamine) Dendrons with an Anthracence at Focal Point; Mamoru Fujitsuka, Osamu Ito, Yutaka Takaguchi, Tomoyuki Tajima, Kazuchika Ohta, Jiro Motoyoshiya, and Hiromu Aoyama, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2003, 76, 743-747.
5. Facile and reversible synthesis of an acidic water-soluble poly(amidoamine) fullerodendrimer; Yutaka Takaguchi, Yuuki Sako, Yasushi Yanagimoto, Sadao Tsuboi, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Hiromu Aoyama, Takatsugu Wakahara and Takeshi Akasaka, Tetrahedron Lett. 2003, 44, 5777-5780.
6. Chemiluminescence in Autoxidation of Phosphonate Carbanions. Phospha-1,2-dioxetanes as the Most Likely High-Energy Intermediates; Jiro Motoyoshiya, Tsuneaki Ikeda, Shuji Tsuboi, Tatsuya Kusaura, Yoshino Takeuchi, Satoko Hayashi, Sachiko Yoshioka, Yutaka Takaguchi, and Hiromu Aoyama, J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 5950-5955.
7. Self-Assembly and Regioselective Photodimerization of Anthracene Having a Dendritic Substituent; Yutaka Takaguchi, Tomoyuki Tajima, Yasushi Yanagimoto, Sadao Tsuboi, Kazuchika Ohta, Jiro Motoyoshiya, and Hiromu Aoyama, Org. Lett. 2003, 5, 1677-1679.
8. The Key Intermediates That Interact with the Fluorophores in the Peroxyoxalate Chemiluminescence Reaction of 2,4,6-Trichlorophenyl N-Aryl-N-Tosyloxamates; Ryu Koike, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Yutaka Takaguchi, and Hiromu Aoyama, Chem. Commun. 2003, 794-795.

2002

1. Photodimerization of Anthracene Having Dendritic Substituent within the Vaterite Crystal of CaCO3; Yutaka Takaguchi, Yasushi Yanagimoto, Tomoyuki Tajima, Kazuchika Ohta, Jiro Motoyoshiya, and Hiromu Aoyama, Chem. Lett. 2002, 1102-1103.
2. Peroxyoxalate Chemiluminescence of N,N'-Bistosyl-1H,4H-quinoxaline-2,3-dione (TsQD) and Related Compounds. Dependence on Electronic Nature of Fluorophores; Jiro Motoyoshiya, Nobuaki Sakai, Minoru Imai, Yuka Yamaguchi, Ryu Koike, Yutaka Takaguchi, Hiromu Aoyama, J. Org. Chem. 2002, 67, 7314-7318.
3. Reversible Binding of C60 to an Anthracene Bearing a Dendritic Poly(amidoamine) Substituent to give a Water-Soluble Fullerodendrimer; Yutaka Takaguchi, Tomoyuki Tajima, Kazuchika Ohta, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Hiromu Aoyama, T. Wakahara, Takeshi Akasaka, M. Fujitsuka, O. Ito, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2002, 817-819.
4. Chemiluminescent Autoxidation of Phosphonate Carbanions; Jiro Motoyoshiya, Yutaka Takaguchi, Hiromu Aoyama, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Silicon and the Rel. Elem. 2002, 177, 1977-1979.
5. Synthesis and Characterization of a Poly(amide amine) Dendrimer Disulfide Having Hydroxy Groups as the Terminals; Yutaka Takaguchi, Keiko Saito, Shinji Suzuki, Kunihiro Hamada, Kazuchika Ohta, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Hiromu Aoyama, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2002, 75, 1347-1351.
6. Autoxidation of acridanyl and benzhydryl carbanions adjacent to sulfur groups leading to C-S bond cleavage with weak chemiluminescence; Jiro Motoyoshiya, Hisashi Inoue, Yutaka Takaguchi, Hiromu Aoyama, Heteroatom Chem. 2002, 13, 252-257.

2001

1. Synthesis and characterization of a poly(benzyl ether) dendron sulfenyl iodide; Yutaka Takaguchi, Shinji Suzuki, Kazuchika Ohta, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Hiromu Aoyama, Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon, 2001, 176, 61-67.
2. The Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction of mixed phosphonoacetates and aromatic aldehydes: geometrical selectivity and computational investigation; Jiro Motoyoshiya, Tatsuya Kusaura, Keisuke Kokin, Sei-ichi Yokoya, Yutaka Takaguchi, Susumu Narita, Hiromu Aoyama, Tetrahedron, 2001, 57, 1715-1722.

2000

1. Synthesis and Characterization of N-Propylmorpholinetetraone; Hiromu Aoyama, Masataka Hasegawa, Yutaka Takaguchi, Jiro Motoyoshiya, ITE Letters, 2000, 1, 48-49.
2. Photosensitive dendrimers: syntheses and characterization of anthracences bearing dendritic substituents; Yutaka Takaguchi, Tomoyuki Tajima, Kazuchika Ohta, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Horomu Aoyama, Chem. Lett. 2000,1388-1389.
3. Synthesis, characterization, and controlling morphology of an aryl ether dendrimer containing a dichalcogenide bond as a core; Yutaka Takaguchi, Shinji Suzuki, Takahiro Mori, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Hiromu Aoyama, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2000, 73, 1857-1860.
4. Synthesis and structure of condensed-heterocycles derived from intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of transient and enantiomerically pure-allylamino nitrones and nitrile oxides in a high level of diastereo- selectivity; Md. Jashim Uddin, Minoru Kikuchi, Ken Takedatsu, Ken-Ichi Arai, Tetsuya Fujimoto, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Akikazu Kakehi, Ryozo Iriye, Hirofusa Shirai, Iwao Yamamoto, Synthesis, 2000, 365-374.

1999

1. In vitro and in vivo antitumor activity of YoshixolTR against murine L1210 leukemic cells; Satoshi Tanaka, Shozo Koyama, Hisao Haniu, Yoshihiro Yamaguchi, Jiro Motoyoshiya, General Pharmacology, 1999, 33, 179-186.
2. Yoshixol TR inhibits B16 melanoma cell growth in vivo and induces apoptosis-like (quantum thermodynamic) cell death; Shozo Koyama, Satoshi Tanaka, Hisao Haniu,Yoshihiro Yamaguchi, Jiro Motoyoshiya, General Pharmacology, 1999, 33, 161-172.
3. Tetraphenylporphine (TPP) Sensitized Photooxygenation of (E,E)- and (E,Z)-1-aryl-1,3-pentadienes Generating cis-Endoperoxides; Jiro Motoyoshiya,Yasuyuki Okuda, Ichiro Matsuoka, Sadao Hayashi, Yutaka Takaguchi, and Hiromu Aoyama, J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64, 493-497.

1998

1. Recent Development of Z-selective Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons Reaction. (Review); Jiro Motoyoshiya, Trends in Organic Chemistry, 1998, 7, 63-73.
2. Debromination of vic-Dibromides with 1,5-Dichalcogenacyclooctane Induced by Trasannular Chalcogen-Chalcogen Interaction: The First Example of The vic-Dibromide-alkene Functional Group Interconversion by Organic Selenide; Yutaka Takaguchi, Akira Hosokawa, Sachiko Yamada, Jiro Motoyoshiya, and Hiromu Aoyama, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1, 1998, 3147-3150.
3. Halogenovinyl sufones.6. Synthesis of condensed Heterocycles by diastereoselective intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions of sulfonyl-substituted trienes; Hideki Takeuchi, Tetsuya Fijimoto, Kenji Hoshino, Jiro Motoyoshiya, Akikazu Kakehi, and Iwao Yamamoto, J. Org. Chem. 1998, 63, 7172-7179.
4. Curing Reactions of Bismaleimidodiphenylmethane with Mono- or Di-functional Allyphenols by High Resolution Solid-State 13C-NMR; Sumio Shibahara, Takahisa Yamamoto, Jiro Motoyoshiya, and Sadao Hayashi, Polymer Journal 1998, 30, 410-413.
5. Thermal Reaction of N-Phenylmaleimide and Mono- or Di-functional Allyphenols; Sumio Shibahara, Takahisa Yamamoto, Takashi Yamaji, Jiro Motoyoshiya, and Sadao Hayashi, Polymer Journal 1998, 30, 404-409.
6. A Study on the Z-Selective Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons (HWE) Reaction of Methyl Diarylphosphonoacetates; Keisuke Kokin, Ken-ichiro Iitake, Yutaka Takaguchi, Hiromu Aoyama, Sadao Hayashi, and Jiro Motoyoshiya, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Silicon and the Rel. Elem., 1998, 133, 21-40.
7. A Relationship between Chemiluminescence and Reactivity of Wittig Type Reactions of phosphonate Carbanions; Jiro Motoyoshiya, Shuji Tsuboi, Keisuke Kokin, Yutaka Takaguchi, Sadao Hayashi, and Hiromu Aoyama, Heterocyclic Communications, 1998, 4, 25-29.