CHEMISTRY LETTER
No. 1 , January 1999




1 Increased Stability of Organically Modified
MCM-41 Synthesized by a Onc-step Proce-
dure
Naoko Igarashi, Yoshinori Tanaka, Shin-ichi
Nakata, and Takashi Tatsumi



3 Radical Cation of Dodecamethylcycio-
hexagermanc Generated by Pulse Radiolysis
Kunio Mochida, Naoko Kuwano, Haruka Nagao,
Shuhei Seki, Yohichi Yoshida, and Seiichi
Tagawa



5 Fabrication of Polymer/Inorganic
Nanoparticles Composite Films Based on
Coordinative Bonds
Encai Hao, Liyan Wang, Junhu Zhang, Bai Yang,
Xi Zhang, and Jiacong Shen



7 Elongated H-H in trans-{Os ((eta)(2)H(2)en(2)Cl}Cl
Tai Hasegawa, Zaiwei Li, and Henry Taube
Tai Hasegawa,Zaiwei Li , and Henry Taube

9 Synthesis of Ti-containing Porous Silica with
High Photocalalytic Activity
Katsunori Kosuge and Puyam S. Singh



11 Effect of ZnO Film Thicknesscs on the Adhe-
sive Strength of Electrolcss Cu Deposits
Ren-De Sun, Donald A. Tryk, Kazuhito
Hashimoto, andAkira Fujishima


13 Novel Phosphinite Capped Cyclodextrin-
Rhodium Catalysts in Substrate Selective
Hydroformylation
Raj M. Deshpande, Atsushi Fukuoka, and
Masaru Ichikawa



15 Surface-Enhanced IR Absorption (SEIRA) of
CO Adsorbed on Small Pt Particles Depos-
ited on An Island Au Film
Shinn Sato, Koji Kamada, and Masatoshi Osawa


17 Absolute Configuration of 8,8'- Dialkyl- 1,1'-
Biisoquinoline
Hirohito Tsue, Hideyuki Fujinami, Takeshi
Itakura, Ryuta Tsuchiya, Kimiko Kobayashi,
Hiroki Takahashi, and Ken-ichi Hirao


19 Ruthemum-Catalyzed Coupling of Aromatic
Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds in Aromatic
Imidates with Olefins
Fumitoshi Kakiuchi, Taisuke Sato, Masakazu
Yamauchi, Naoto Chatani, and Shinji Murai



21 Reaction of {Tris[2-(dimethylaimno)-
phenyl]germyl}lithium with Elemental Sele-
nium: Formation of 2,2,4,4-Tctrakisf2-
(dimethylamino)phcnyl]-l,3,2,4-disclena-
digermetane
Atsushi Kawachi, Yoko Tanaka, and Kohci
Tamao



23 Evidence for the Importance of a Cationic
Charge in the Formation of Hollow Fiber
Silica from an Organic Gel System
Yoshiyuki Ono, Yasumasa Kanekiyo, Kazuhiko
Inoue, Junichi Hojo, and Seiji Shinkai


25 Propane Oxidative Dehydrogenation over
Nickel Supported on Sulfated Zirconia
Shaobin Wang, Kazuhisa Murata, Takashi
Hayakawa, Satoshi Hamakawa, and Kunio
Suzuki



27 Novel Dehydrative Glycosylation by Using
Acid Anhydride and TMSCIO(4)
Masahiro Wakao, Yoshihiko Nakai, Koichi
Fukase, and Shoichi Kusurnoto

29 Lanthanide Ion-Mediated Hydrolysis of DNA
on Phosphate Bilayer Membrane
Nobuo Kirmzuka, Eiji Watanabe, and Toyoki
Kunitake


31 UV-visible Slab Optical Waveguide Spectros-
copy of Cytochrome c Adsorbed on a Liquid-
Solid Interface
Kenji Kato, Akiko Takatsu, and Naoki Matsuda


33 Photoinduced Intramolecular Proton Trans-
fer and Intcrmoiccular Hydrogen-Atom Ab-
straction of I-Piperidinoantraquinonc (PAQ)
Toshihiro Nakayama, Nobuaki Nagai, Yukiyoshi
Torii, and Kumao Hamanoue


35 Enhanced Luminescence of Lanthanide(III)
Complexes in Polymer Matrices
Yasuchika Hasegawa, Kensaku Sogabe, Yuji
Wada, Takayuki Kitamura, Nobuaki Nakashima,
and Shozo Yanagida



37 Three-dimensional Structure of J Aggregates
of Pseudoisocyaninc Chloride Dyes at a Mica/
Solution Interface Revealed by AFM
Shoko Sugiyania. Hiroshi Yao, Osainu
MaLsuoka, Ren Kawabala, Nobemi Kitamura,
and Sadaaki Yamamoto

39 Facile Synthesis ofPhosphotriester Interme-
diates for Solution-Phase Preparation of Oli-
gonucleotide Phosphorothioates
Takanori Miyashita, Kenya Mori, and Kazuo
Shinozuka


41 An Oxo- and Chloro-Bridged Dimeric
Molybdenum(lll) Ethylenediamme Complex
Shunji Kiyoda, Haruo Akashi, Tsukio Ohtani,
and Takashi Shibahara


43 Compositional and Carbon Isotopic Behav-
ior of C(19) and C(20) Isoprenoid Hydrocarbons
Produced by Laboratory Heating of Phytol:
A Study of Formation of Pristane and Phy-
tane from Chlorophylls on Diagenesis
Manko Ishiwatari, Keita Yamada, and Ryoshi
lsbiwatari



45 Synthesis of Pyrrole Derivatives by the Heck-
Type CycHzation of (gamma, delta)Unsaturated Ketone
O-PentafluorobenzovIoximes
Hironori Tsutsui and Koichi Narasaka



47 Enclathrated Solvent Effects on the Photo-
chromic Process of N-Salicylideneaniline in
the Crystal State
Toshio Kawato, Hajime Kanatomi, Kiichi
Amimoto, Hiroyuki Koyama, and Hideki
Shigemizu

49 Cydopropanation of Kctcnc Silyl Acetals with
Allylic Acetates Using (eta 3)-Allylpalladium-
Pyridinylimidazole Catalysts
Akiharu Satake, Hiroyuki Koshino, andTadashi
Nakata



51 Stereospecific Total Synthesis ofAniberketal
and a Homologue
Boonsong Kongkathip, Ngampong Kongkalhip,
Sirinan Janthorn, and Duangrnancc
Virarangsiyakorn



53 lntracellular Responses of Hybrid Liposomes
against Leukemia Cells Related toApoptosis
with Antitumor Activity
Yoko Matslimoto, Toshihiru Kato, Yoshinori
Kcniura, MakotoTsuchiya, Megumi Yamamoto,
and Ryuichi Ueoka


55 Catalytic C-H Bond Activation-Asymmetric
Olefin Coupling Reaction: The First Example
of Asymmetric Fujiwara-Moritani Reaction
Catalyzed by Chiral Palladinm(ll) Complexes
Koichi Mikami, Manabu Hatano, and Masahiro
Terada



57 Synthesis, X-Ray Structures, and Magnetic
Properties of {Cu(2)(piv)4(Et(3)N)2J and
[Cu(6)piv)6(EtO)(6)} (Hpiv = Pivalic Acid): Role
of Base for Dinuclear Adduct and
Oligonuclear Formation
Masahiro Mikuriya, Hiroshi Azurna, Ryoji
Nukada, and Makoto Handa


59 Pyrido[3,4-c]Thiazolcs through Combined
Palladium-Catalysed Coupling of 2-Substi-
tuted-5-acetyl-4-thiazolyltriflates with
Alkynes/Annulation Reactions
Antonio Arcadi, Orazio A. Attanasi, Barbara
Guidi, Elisabetta Rossi, and Stefania Santeusanio

61 Two New Sesterterpencs from the Marine
Sponge, Coscinoderma mathewsi
Junji Kimura and Mitsumasa Hyosu



63 Substitution EtTect on the Coloration Quan-
turn Yield of a Photochromic Bisbenzo-
thienylethene
Kingo Uchida, Eriko Tsuchida, Yoshjfumi Aoi,
Shinichiro Nakamura, and Masahiro Irie


65 The Effect of Humic Substances on Pb(ll)
Adsorption on Vermiculite
Ludek Jelinek, Katsutoshi Inoue, and Tohru
Miyajirna



67 Absolute Quantum Yields and Lifetimes of
Photosensitixed Phosphorescence of Singlet
Oxygen O(2) (1 (delta) g ) in Air-Saturated Aqueous
and Organic SoTutions ofPhenalenone
Okiyasu Shimizu, Jun Watanabe, Keiichi
Imakubo, and Shizuo Naito


69 Synthesis of Novel Cyclodextrin Derivatives
Having Oligosaccharide Cluster
Tetsuya Furuike and Seiichi Aiba


71 Chiral Lewis Acid Catalysis in Aqueous Me-
dia, Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol Reactions of
Silyl Enol Ethers with Aldehydes in a Protic
Solvent Including Water
Shu Kobayashi, Saloshi Nagayama, and
Tsuyoshi Busujima



73 DiastereoselectiveSpeciricity for the Hydroly-
sis of Dipeptide Esters in Aqueous Media
Ryuichi lJeoka, Kouichi Goto, Osamu Tanoue,
Atsushi Miki, Shinya Yoshimitsu, Chikara
Imamura, Yasuji lhara, and Yukito Murakarni



75 A Novel Rearrangement of Chromium
Allyloxy(aryl)carl)ene Complexes Catalyzed
by rd(0)
Hidehiro Sakurai, KatsuhikoTanabe, arid Kolchi
Narasaka



77 Direct Synthesis of Propionamide and
Propiononitrile from Ethylene, Carbon Mon-
oxide and Ammonia Using Supported Ru and
Rh Catalysts
Shu-Ping Zhao, Shu-lchi Sassa, Hideaki Jnoue,
Masato Yamazaki, Tohru Mori, Masahiro
Kobayashi, and Yutaka Morikawa


79 Oligomerization of Aromatic Tertiary Amines
Hisaya Sato, Aiko Kanegae, Ryoji Yamaguchi,
Kenji Ogino, and Jan Kurjata


81 Catalytic Hydrocarbon Oxygenation by a
Dinucicar Ruthenium(ll) Complex with Mo-
lecular Oxygen
Takahiko Kojima and Yoshihisa Matsuda

83 Methanoi Formation from Dichloromethanc
under Hydrothermal Conditions
Yuki Yamasaki, Heiji Enomoto, Nakamichi
Yamasaki, and Masaru Nakahara



85 Photochemistry Determined by Light Propa-
gation. Part 1 Three-dimensional Photoma-
nipuiation of Self-organized Azobenzenes in
Liquid-Crystalline Polymers
Kunihiro Ichimura, Mina Han, and Shin-ya
Morino



87 A Light Induced Change in Cholcsteric Pitch
by Photoracemization of a Chiral Pyrenyi
Sulfoxide
Yasuyuki Tsurutani, Shinjiro Machida, and
Kazuyuki Horic


89 Transient Attenuated Total Internal Reflec-
tion Spectroscopy to Measure the Relaxation
Kinetics of Triplet State of Tetra(N-
incthylpyridimuni-4-y l)porphine at Liquid-
Liquid Interface
Satoshi Tsukahara and Hitoshi Watarai



91 Electrochemical Measurement of Dissolved
Oxygen from Atmosphere under a Magnetic
Field Gradient
Shin-ya Kishioka and Ryoichi Aogaki


93 Optically Active Poly- and 01igo(biphenyl
carbonate)s as Stable Helical Molecules
Ken-ichi Murakawa, Yoshio Furusho, and
Toshikazu Takata


95 High Sensitive Oxygen Sensor Based on
Quenching of Triplet-triplet Absorption of
Fullerene C(60)-Polystyrene Film
YuLaka Amao, Keisuke Asai, and Ichiro Okura


97 Direct Imaging of Concentration Profile over
Interdigitated Dot Electrodes
Hashko S. Rashkov, Ryoichi Aogaki and
Sciichilo Nakabayashi




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Chemistry Letters

No. 2 , February 1999

 

 

99 Oxidation of Alcohols to Carbonyl Com-

pounds under Solvent-Free Conditions Using

Permanganate Supported on Alumina

Abdol Reza Hajipour, ShadpourE. Mallakpour,

and Gholamhasan Tmanzadeh

 

101 Intermolecular Energy-TransferDynamics in

{(delta)(Ru(bpy)(3)}{(delta)-(Os(bpy)(3)}(PF(6))(4) and rac-

[Os(bpy)(3)](PF6)(2) Crystals

Kazuteru Shinozaki, Yasutake Hotta, Takuhiro

Otsuka, and Youkoh Kaizu

 

103 Application of Polymer Supported Base in

Solid Phase Synthesis: Convenient Synthesis

of N-Aryl-N'-benzyl Piperazine Derivatives

Yasuo Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Tariabe, and Tsuneo

Okonogi

105 Reactions of Selenothioic Acid 5-Esters and

Diselenoic Acid Esters with Trialkyl Phosphi-

tes Leading to a-Phosphoryl Sulfides and Se-

Jenides

107 A Novel Synthesis oF Highly Branched-Aikyl

Aryl Ketoncs Using the Conjugate Addition

of the Gilman Lithio Cuprate to (beta)Mcthylthio-

(alfa),9beta)unsaturated Ketoncs: Abnormal Reactiv-

ity of the Intermediary Enolates toward Mo-

lecular Oxygen

Takayuki Arai, Molohiro Akazome, and

Katsuyliki Oglira

 

109 Conformational Switching in the Thermal

and Photochemical Synthesis of cis- and trans-

Ruthenium Bis(bipyridlne) Sulfoxide Com-

plexes

Dusan Hesek, Yoshihisa Inoue, and Simon R. L,

Everitt

 

111 Radically Polymerizable Pseudorotaxane

Monomers: Versatile Building Units for Side

Chain Polyrotaxane Synthesis

Toshikazu Takata, Hiroaki Kawasaki, Satoko

Asai, Nobuhiro Kihara, and Yoshio Furushu

 

113 A {3+2}-Photocycloaddition of 9,10-

Dicyanophcnanthreneto 1,3-Butadiene

Yasuo Kubo, Kouhei Kusunioto, Satoshi

Nakajima, and Isamu Inamura

 

115 Zinc Complexes ofArtificiai Histidine-

containing Dipeptides as Catalysts of

Hydrolysesof( pi )-Nitrophenyl Phosphates

Kazuhiko Ichikawa, M. Khabir Uddin, and Kou

Nakata

 

117 Mono- and Bilayer Equilibria ofStearate Self-

Assembly Formed in Hydrotaldte Interlayers

by Changing the Intercalation Temperature

Takamitsu Kanoh, Tetsuya Shichi, and Katsuhiko

Takagi

 

119 Formation of Acyliron Complexes

CpFe(CO){P(OR'(3)}COR' by Reaction of

Silyliron Complexes CpFe(CO2)SiR(3) with

Alkylphosphites P(OR')3

Hideki Kobayashi, Keiji Ueno, and Hiroshi

Ogino

 

121 A Clay-Metal Complex Ultrathm Film as Pro-

pared by the Langmulr-Blodgett Technique

Kenji Tamura, Hitoshi Setsuda, Masahiro

Taniguchi, Takayoshi Nakamura, and Akihiko

Yamagishi

 

123 Carbon-carbon Bond Forming Reactions of

(mo)Vinylcarbenedipalladlum Complexes

Sensuke Ogoshi, Ken Tsutsumi, Tsutoniu

Shinagawa, Kiyomi Kakiuchi, and Hideo

Kurosawa

 

125 Monitoring of Hydrothermal Reactions in 3

ms Using Fused-SilIca Capillary Tubing

Kunio Kawamura

 

 

127 Construction of a Multiple Porphyrin System

Using a de novo Designed Peptide Porphyrin

and Hemin

Masato lJshiyama, Furnio Arisaka, and Takeshi

Yamamura

 

129 Unusual Oxidation Reaction of an Over-

crowded Thiagermacyclohexcne Derivative

NorihiroTokitoh, lbrahimHI-Tantawy EI-Sayed,

and Renji Okazaki

131 Creation of Acid Sites on SBA-15 Mesoporous

Silica by Alumination

Mojie Cheng, Zhengbao Wang, Keiji Sakurai,

Flirnio Kumata, Takeshi Saito, Takayuki

Komatsu, and Tatsuaki Yashima

 

133 Electrical and Magnetic Properties of BKTS

Conductor with Modified (lambdal)-type Structure,

(lambdal)-(BETS)(2)GaBr(4)

Hisashi Tanaka, Akiko Kobayashi, and Hayao

Kobayashi

 

135 The Formation of a Hydrogencarhonato-

bridged Dinuclear Copper(ll) Complex by

Fixation and Activation of Atmospheric CO2

Yasuko Nishida, Akihiro Yatani, Yasuo Nakao,

Jyun-ichiro Taka, Sctsuo Kashino, Wasukc MorL

and Shinnichiro Suzuki

 

 

137 Synthesis and Structural Characterization of

Ln(III) Complexes (Ln == Eu, Gd, Th, Er, Tm,

Lu) of IHpodal Tris[2-(salicylideneamino)-

ethyljamine

Masatoshi Kanesato and Toshiro Yokoyama

 

 

139 Effective Trap of Zwitterionic Intermediate

during Oxygenation of Electron-Rich Naph-

thalenes with Singlet Oxygen by the Intramo-

Jecular Alcohol

Morifumi Fujita, Masaki Ohshiba, Yayoi

Yarnasaki, Takashi Sugimura, and Akira Tai

 

141 Synthetic Study of Zoanthamine Alkaloids:

The C-ring Model Possessing Three Consecu-

tive Quaternary Carbons

Go Hirai, Hiroki Oguri, and Masahiro Hirama

 

143 Selective Topochemical Photoreaction of

Crystallized 2,3-Bis(2-phenylethenyl)-4,5-

dicyanopyrazines

Jae Hong Kirn, Masani Matsuoka, and Koushi

Fukunishi

 

145 Inhibition of 2,7-Dideoxy-7- fluoro-2,3-

didehydrosialic Acid for Binding of Influenza

Virus HI Hemagglutimn to GM3

Toshinori Sato, Fuyuka Ohtake, Yutaka Ohira.

and Yoshio Okahata

 

 

147 Hydrogen Evolution from Glucose with the

Combination of Glucose Dehydrogenase and

Hydrogenase from A. eutrophus H16

Tomoyuki Inoue, Shrestha Niranjan Kumar,

Toshiaki Kamachi, and Ichiro Okura

 

149 Organosulfur Functionality as an Alternative

Enantiocontrollable Coordinating Element in

Chiral Phosphine Ligands for Palladiuin-

Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylations

Kunio Hiroi, Yoshio Suzuki, and lkukoAbe

151 Polymer-Mediated Extraction of

Porphirinato Chelates for a Spectrophotoniet-

ric Approach to Sub-ppt Level Detection of

Metal Ions

Tohru Saitoh, Satoko Ohkubo, and Chiyo

Matsubara

 

153 First Observation That Electroinactively

Bound Cations in Clay Can Participate in

Electrocatalytic Reaction

G. llangovan and J.-M. Zen

 

155 Reductive Degradation of a (2Fe-2S) Cluster

ofChlorella Ferredoxin Studied by Circular

Dichroism Spectroscopy

Katsuinko Nishiyama, Ryu Yamashita, Makoto

Ishida, and Isao Taniguchi

 

157 Alcohol-Induced Helix-Sheet TVansition of a

Sequential Alternating Amphiphilic Polypep-

tide

Yasumasa Fukushima

 

159 Synthesis and Spectral Properties of Novel Si-

Ru-Ru-Si-C(6)H(4) Polymers

Paul Nombel, Yasuo Hatanaka, Shigeru

Shimada, and Masato Tanaka

 

161 High-Spin Oxyphenylbenzo-Annelated

Dchydro[12]annulene

Yong-Jin Pu, Masahiro Takahashi, Eishun

Tsuchida, and Hiroyuki Nishide

 

163 Syntheses, Structures, and Fluxional Behav-

ior of Tricarbonylmolybdenum(O) and

Tyioxomolybdcnum(VI) Complexes of TVis(2-

pyridyhnethyl)arnine with One Free Arm

Li Xu, Yoichi Sasaki, and Masaaki Abe

 

165 Remarkable Electric Field Effect on the Ab-

sorption Intensity of a Molecular Aggregate

of Photomerocyaninc in a PMMA Polymer

Film

Shigeaki Abe, Yoshinobu Nishimura, lwao

Yamazaki, and Nobuhiro Ohta

 

167 Conlornialional and Intramolecular Hydro"

gen-Bonding Properties oF Substituted

Dithia (3.3)nictacyclophanes

Tetsuji Moriguchi, Kazunori Sakata, andAkihiko

Tsuge

 

169 Observation and Quantification of a Liquid

Motion under a Magnetic Field Gradient

Olivier Devos and Ryoichi Aogaki

171 One-way cis to irons Photoisonicrization in

Styryinaphthalene Derivative: Role of Sub-

stituents and Solvent

K. Mani Bushan, E. TemidayoAyodele, V Raj

Gopal, T. Soujanya, and V, Jayathirtha Rao

 

173 Resonance Raman Spectra of Ni(ll)-

Tetrakis(4'methylpyridyl)porphine Interact-

ing with Metaf-Phthalocyanine Tetrasulfonate

and -Phthalocyanine Derivatives Bound to

Silica Gels

Yutaka Saito, Masaki Mifune, Kenichiro

HayashL Akimasa lwado, Midori Onoda, and Jun

Haginaka

 

175 Photoreactions of N-Methyl-1,8-

naphthalimide with Methylbenzencs: [3+3]-

Additions and Water-Incorporated Additions

Yasuo Kubo, Nobuhiro Fuseya, and Satoshi

Nakajima

 

177 Preparation of a UV-ahsorbcd Transparent

Monolithic Titanium Oxide Gel by the Cata-

lytic Sol-Gel Process with a PhenanthroHne

Hydrochloride Catalyst

Taki Matsumoto, Yasushi Murakami, and Yoshio

Takasu

 

179 Regiocontrol ofDiels-Alder Reaction of Con-

jugate I-Trienol Ether in Chiral Tropilidene

withTCNE

Takashi Sugimura, Shinya Nagano, Harumi

Kohno, Morifumi Fujita, andAkira Tai

 

181 Peri-, Site- and Stereocontrolled

Photocycloaddition of4-Methoxy-6-methyl-2-

pyrone with Maleimide Induced by the Hy-

drogen Bond and CT Stacking in the Solid

State

Torn Obata, Tetsuro Shimo, Shigeyoshi

Yoshimoto, Kenichi Somekawa, and Masaru

Kawaminarm

 

183 A Novel Optical Oxygen Sensing Based on

Quenching of Photoexcited Triplet State of

C (70) in Polystyrene Film by Oxygen Using

Time-resolved Spectroscopy

YutakaAmao, KeisukeAsai, and Ichiro Okura

 

185 Photochemical Isomerization of trans-

Dichlorotetrakis(dimethylphenylphosphine)-

osmium(ll)

Akira lkuo, Kenichiro Otani.Tamiko Chijimatsu,

Jun Uzawa, Katsutosi Yasufuku, and Shousuke

Teratani

 

187 Ambident Rcactivitics of Carbenium Salts

Possessing a Thiocarbonyl Group at the (beta)-

Position

Juzo Nakayama, Taku Kitahara, Yoshiaki

Sugihara, and Akihiko Ishii

 

189 Cytochrome c Peroxidasc-Like Activity of

Metimyoglobin Modified with Uicthyicne-

triaminepenlaacetic Acid

Keiichi Tsukahara and Kimiko Kiguchi

 

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Chemistry Letters
No. 3, March 1999



191 Synthesis and Photoinduced Electron Trans-
fer of PyromeHitimide-Linked Porphyrin in
Constrained Hydrophobic Environment of
Unimer Micelle
Suguru Higashida, KatsuraNishiyama, Shin-ichi
Yusa, Yotaro Morishima, Hiroshi Imahori,
Takahiro Kaneda, and Yoshiteru Sakata


193 Syntheses and Biological Activities of
Dendnmeric Mastoparans
Takashi Kurita, Yoshiko Kosemura, Konosuke
Kumakura, Hisataka Kasai, and Hisashi lto



195 The Most Effective Packing of Layers: Syn-
thesis and Structure of [Ni(4,4'-
bipyridine)2(NCS)2]n
Yugen Zhang, Li Jianmin, Deng Wei, Masayoshi
Nishiura, and Tsuneo Imamoto


197 Isolation of Bright Blue Fluorescent Sub-
stances from Sonochemica) Hydroxylation of
Methyl P-Cyanobenzoate
Sachiko Yamada, Hajimc Hokari, Shinji
Akasaka, and Michiko lwamura

199 A New Approach to Organic/lnurganic Com-
posites. Thin Film Coating of CaCO(3) on a
Chitin Fiber in the Presence of Acid-Rich
Macromoleclilcs
Takashi Kato and Takahiro Aniaiinya


201 Synthesis, Characterization and Structure of
Mu-7, a New LayeredAluminophosphate with
a 4x8 Network
Loic Vidal, Volker Uramlich, Joel Patarin, and
Zeiimir Gabelica


203 Formation of Aluminum Nitride Using
Lithium Nitride as a Source of N(3)- in the
Molten Aluminum Chloride
Noriyuki Sonoyama, Yoichi Yasaki, and
Tadayoshi Sakata


205 Asymmetric Distribution of Artifkial Bound-
ary Lipid as Analysed by NMR Deconvolution
Takehiko Ueda, Zhe Zhou, and hmzo Sunamoto


207 Alkylation of Benzene with Ktbane over Plati-
num-loaded H-ZSM5 Catalyst
Shinjiro Kato, Kiyoharu Nakagawa, Na-oki
Ikenaga, and Toshimitsu Suzuki

209 DNA-ControUedPhotoisomcrizationof Bis(2-
(l-mcthyl-pyridinium-4-yl)vinyl)benzcne
Bernard Juskowiak, Shigeori Takenaka, and
Makoto Takagi



211 Magnetic Enhancement of Electrochemical
Current over Interdigitated Dot Electrodes
Rashko S. Rashkov, Ryoichi Aogaki, and
Seiichiro Nakabayashi


213 Development of a Hydrogen Selective Ce-
ramie Membrane and Its Application for the
Conversion of Greenhouse Gases
Anil K. Prabhu and S. Ted Oyama


215 Deactivation of External Acid Sites of H-
Mordenite with Ceria Modification in the
Isopropylation ofBiphenyl
Katsutoshi Nakajima, Shogo Tawada, Yoshihiro
Sugi, Yoshihiro Kubota, Taka-aki Hanaoka,
Takehiko Matsuzaki, and Kirnio Kunimori


217 Highly Sensitive Visual Fluorometry of Alu-
minium at ppb Level with Ring-like Solid
Phase ofPoly(vinyl alcohol)
Akihiko Ishida, Emiko Kancko, and Takao
Yotsuyanagi

219 Coordination of Epithio Groups of p-tert-
Butylthiacalh[4]arenc in a Zn (2+) Complex
Studied by X-Ray Crystallography
Nobuhiko lki, Naoya Morohashi, Chizuko
Kabuto, and Sotaro Miyano


221 ANovel Three-Dimensional Framework: Self-
Assembly of AgNO(3) and Pyrimidine
Hu CaL lluai-Ming Hu, Wan-Zhi Chen, Hao-
Guo Zhu, and Xiao-Zeng You



223 Conjugate Addition-Approach to End-Cap-
ping of Pseudorotaxanes for Rotaxane Syn-
thesis
Toshikazu Takata, Hiroaki Kawasaki, Satoko
Asai, Yoshio Funisho, and Nobuhiro Kibara



225 Facile Preparation of Robust Organic Gels by
Cross-link of a Sugar-integrated delator by
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate
Kazuhiko Inouc, Yoshiyuki Ono, Yasumasa
Kanekiyo, Shigeki Kiyonaka, Itaru Hamacin, and
Seiji Shinkai


227 Acceleration of Photoinduced Electron Trans-
fer in Porphyrin-Linked C(70)
Koichi Tamaki, Hiroshi imahori, Yoshinobu
Nishimura, lwau Yamazaki, Akihisa Shimomura,
Tadashi Okada, and Yoshiteru Sakata


229 Heteronucicar Fe(III) Mn(II) Fe(III) and Homo-
nuclear Fe(III) Fe(III) Fe(III) Complexes with a Tri-
podal Tetradentate Ugand
Masakazu Hirotsu, Masaaki Kojima, Wasuke
Mori, and Yuzo Yoshikawa


231 Formation of Trimethylpentancs from
Isobutane and I-Butene Catalyzed by Sul-
fated Metal Oxides
Kunihiko Satoh, Hiromi Matsuhashi, and
Kazushi Arata


233 A New Strategy for the Synthesis of Semicon-
ductor-Metal Hybrid Nanocomposites: Elec-
trostatic Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles
Sihai Chen and Keisaku Kimura


235 Self-Assembly of Zineporphyrin Dimer and
Pyromellitimide Using Two Coordination
Bonds and Photoinduced Intramolecular
Electron Transfer
Koji Yamada, Hiroshi Imahori, Eiichi
Yoshizawa, David Gosztola, Michael R.
Wasielewski, and Yoshiteru Sakata


237 C(60) Anion Radical Produced in (gamma)Irradiated
C(60) Powder at 77 K
Yuichiro Kitajima, Yoshiki Miyamoto, Kaom
Matsuura, and Hirotomo Hase

239 Synthesis and Structure of the Cationic Kx-
ternal Donor-Stabilized Silylenciroii Complex
{Cp(OC)(2)Fe=Si(p-Tol)(2).HMPA] PF6 by Hy-
dride Abstraction from a (HydrosilyDiron
Complex
Hidcki Kobayashi, Keiji Ueno, and Hiroshi
Ogino


241 Photochemical Doping of TCNQ by Photoln-
duced Electron Transfer and C-C Cleavage
of Radical Cation
HajilTie Yokoi, KaLsuya Ishiguro, and Yasuhiko
Sawaki


243 Perfect Control of Diastercomeric Coinplex-
ation of C(2)-Symmetric Chiral 1,1'-
Bis(oxazolinyl)fcrrocene Ligands
Yoshitane Imai, Wanbin Zhang, Toshlyuki Kida,
Yohji NakatsujL and Isao Ikeda


245 Highly Diastereoselective Reduction of Chiral
(Ferrocenylseleno)methyl Aryl and Alkyl Ke-
tones
Makulo Shirahata, Hiroshi Yamazaki, and Shin-
ichi Fukuzawa


247 Synthesis of DNA-Carhohydrate Conjugate
via Diazocoupling: A New Class of Modified
DNA with Enhanced Stability and Lectin-
Recognition Ability
Kazunori Matsuura, Tsukasa Akasaka, Miki
Hibino, and Kazukiyo Kobayashi

249 Enzymatic Preparation of Malatc-Based
Polycarboxylates Having Higher Molecular
Weights by Copolyinerization with Lactone
Shuichi Matsumura, Hideki Beppu. and
Kazunobu Toshima



251 2-(2-Pyridyl)ethylsilyl Group as a New Class
of Electroauxiliary. Fine lining of the Elec-
tron Transfer Driven Reactions by the Dy-
namic Coordination to Silicon
Jun-ichi Yoshida, Seiji Suga, Ken-ichi Puke, and
Mitsuru Watanabe


253 An Artificial Signal Transduction System.
Control of Lactate Dehydrogenase Activity
Performed by an Artificial Cell-surface Re-
ceptor
Jun-ichi Kikuchi, Katsuhiko Ariga. Tatsuo
Miyazaki, and Kouki Ikeda



255 General Synthesis of Useful Chelating Re-
agents Having a Sugar Unit, 1,3-Diamino-2-
propyl (beta)-D-Glucopyranoside and 1,3-
Diamino-2-propyl (alfa)-D-Mannopyranoside
Shigenobu Yano, Yoshie Shinohara, Kaoru
Mogarni, Mika Yokoyama, Tomoaki Tanase,
Toru Sakakibara, Fumiko Nishida, Kenichi
Mochida, Isamu Kinoshita, Matsumi Doe,
Kanako Ichihara, Yoshinori Naruta, Parisa
Mehrkhodavancli, Peter Bugly6, Bin Song, Chris
Orvig, and Yuji Mikata



257 The Enantioselective Chalcogeno-Baylis-
Hillman Reaction Vsing a Chiral Hydroxy
Chalcogenide-TiCl(4) Complex
Tadashi Kataoka, Tctsuo lwama, Shin-ichiro
Tsujiyama, Kiyoko Kaneniatsu, Tatsunon
lwamura, and Shin-ichi Watanabe

259 Syniheses and Properties of Sila-fundional
Oligosiloxanes: A Simple and Practical
Method for the Synthesis of 1,1,3,3-Tetra-
isocyanato-1,3-disuhstituted Disiloxanc
Yoshimoto Abe, Koji Abe, Miho Watanabe, and
Takahiro Gunji



261 Synthesis and Spectroscopk Characterization
of Heteroleptic Europlum(III) Double-deck-
ers Containing 2,3-Naphthalocyaninato and
Tetra(4-pyridyl)porphyrinato Ligands
Jianzhuang Jiang, Darning Du, Michael T. M .
Choi, Jinglei Xie, and Dennis K. P. Ng



263 Synthesis and Structure of a Stable Cyclic
Dialkylgermylene
Mitsuo KJra, Shintaro Ishida, Takeaki lwamoto,
Masaaki Ichinohe, Chizuko Kabuto, Lubov
Ignatovich, and Hideki Sakurai



265 Catalytic Asymmetric Acylation of Racemiv
Secondary Alcohols with Benzoyl Chloride in
the Presence of a Chiral Diamine
Toinohumi Sano, Kcisuke Imai, Kousaburo
Ohashi, and Takesili Oriyama


267 Structural and Kinetic Study on the Ligand
Rearrangement Reaction of 2-
Aminomethylpyridine on a Di(MO)-
acetato)dirhodmni(ll) Center
Takashi Yoshimura, Keisuke Umakoshi, and
Yoichi Sasaki

269 Supramolecular Electro- and Proto-
Photoswitch
Joe Olsuki, Kenkichi Harada, and Koji Araki


271 Sonochemical Preparation of Sizc-Controlled
Palladium Nanoparticles on Alumina Surface
Kenji Okitsu, Shinya Nagaoka, Shuji Tanabe,
Hiroshige Matsumoto, Yoshitem Mizukoshi, and
Yoshio Nagata


273 A Concise Synthesis of 5- cis- Hagen's-Gland
Lactones by Chiron Approach
Hari Babu Mereyala and Rajendrakumar Reddy
Gadikota




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No . 4 , April. 1999




275 Intercalation of Aliphatic Carboxylates in
Hydrotalcite Interlayers: Selective Photo-
chemical Hydrogen Abstraction by
Benzophenonecarboxylate
Katsuhiko Takagi, Naoya Saito, Tetsuya Shichi,
and Yasuhiko Sawaki



277 Selective Oxidative Decomposition ofAmmo-
nia in Water to Nitrogen Catalyzed by Plati-
num-supported Titania
Junji Taguchi, Teruyuki Nakato, and Toshio
Okubara


279 In situ STM Visualization of Fullerene Epi-
taxialAdlayersonAu(lll) Surfaces Prepared
by the Transfer of Langmuir Films
Shinobu Uemura, Akihiro Ohira, Takahiro
Ishizaki, Masayo Sakata, Masashi Kunitake, Isao
Taniguchi, and Chuichi Hirayama


281 Synthesis and Characterizations of
Heterometallic Lanthanide- Zinc Complexes
[La(2) Zn(2) (O(2)CEt)(8)(C(9) H( 7) N)( 2) (NO(3))(2)(H(2)O)(2)]
and [Yb(2)Zn(2)(O(2)CEt)8(C(9)H(7)N)2(NO3)2]
Yong Cui, Fakun Zheng, and Jinshun Huang


283 Effectivc Coordination oF Electron-Donating
Sidearitis of Douhk-Arme(l 15-Crown-5
Ethers toward AlkaU Metal Cations
Masahiro Muraoka, Hiroyuki Kajiya, Wanbin
Zhang.Toshiyuki Kida,Yohji Nakatsuji and Isao
Ikeda


285 Syntheses and Structures of Zn Coordination
Polymers with 4,4'-Bipyridine and 4,4-
Azopyridine, Effect ofCounterAnions on the
Network System
Mitsuru Kondo, Mariko Shimamura, Shin-ichiro
Noro, Tomomichi Yoshitomi, Seika Minakoshi,
and Susurnu Kitagawa


287 Noncatalytic Cannizzaro-type Reaction of
Formaldehyde in Hot Water
Yasuo Tsujino, Chihiro Wakai, Nobuyuki
Matubayasi, and Masaru Nakahara


289 Synthesis and Structure of a New Layered
Organic-inorganic Hybrid Compound Con-
taining Unique Chain of Cul
Hao-guo Zhu, Zhi Yu, Hu Cai, Xiao-zeng You,
Jagadese L Vittal, and Geoe-kheng Tan


291 Novel Extended Linear Structure of
Decavanadate Anions Linked hy Bis(4-
pyridinium) Disulfide (H(2)dpds),
{(H2dpds)2 {V(10)O(26)(OH)2)}.10H(2)O} (n)
Mitsuru Kondo, Kentaro Fujimoto, Takashi
Okubo,AkikoAsami, Shin-ichiro Nuru, Susumu
Kitagawa, Tomohiko Ishii, and Hiroyuki
Matsuzaka

293 Molecular Imprinting in Hydrogen Bonding
Networks of Polyamide Nylon for
Recongnition of Amino Acids
R Sreenivasulu Reddy, Takaorni Kobayashi, and
Nobuyuki Fujii


295 Superoxide Dismutase Mimetic Complex of
Mn(II) / N,N-Bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-(5)-histi-
dine
Kazuhiro Yamato, lkuko Miyahara, Akio
Ichimura, Ken Hirotsu, Yoshitane Kojima,
Hiromu Sakurai, Daisuke Shiomi, Kazunobu
Sato, and Takeji Takui


297 A Mercurated Azobenzene Complex for
Photoswitching between trans and cis Forms
Francesco Barigelletti, Mauro Ghedini, Daniela
Pucci, and Massimo La Deda



299 A Simple and Rapid Protocol for N-Methyl-
(alfa)-amino Acids
G. Vidyasagar Reddy and D,S. lyengar



301 The First Unequivocal Observation of Dy-
namic Solvent Effects in the Thermal Geo-
metrical Isomerization of 3,3'-
Diethyloxadicarbocyanine Iodide (DODCI)
jong chul ,Yasushi Ohga, and Tsutomu Asano

303 Hydmthcrrmil Synthesis oF Fe-inontmorillo-
nite in Si-Fc-Mg System
Takako Nagase, Takashi lwasaki, Takeo Ebina,
Hiromichi Hayashi, Yoshio Onodera, and
Niranjan Chandra Dutta



305 Dispersion Control oFNi Particles in Porous
Silica by Solution Exchange oF Wet Silica Gel
Ryoji Takahashi, Satoshi Sato, Toshiaki
Sodesawa, Masayuki Kato, and Takaaki Yoshii


307 Silver or Copper Triflate-Catalyzed
Animation ofSilyl Enol Ethers
Shu Kobayashi, Yasuhiro Yamasilita, and Haruro
Ishitani


309 Palladium Catalyzed Coupling Reaction of
Acylchroinate Complexes and Allylic Bro-
mides
Hidehiro Sakurai, KalsuhikoTanabe, and Koichi
Narasaka


311 Propagating Radicals in Photo-Initiated Po-
lymerization as Detected by Time-Resolved
CW- and FT-ESR Spectroscopy
Yukio Mizuta, Norio Morishita, and Keiji
Kuwata

313 Diethylaluminum Ethoxide Mediated
Stercosclective Diels-Alder Reaction of (alfa),(beta)-
unsaturated Ketones and Acetoxy-1,3-buta-
dienes as Diene Components
Jun Shibata, Isamli Shiina, and Teruaki
Mukaiyama



315 Construction of the Tetranuclear Complex
with Inter- and Intramolecular Stacking-Like
Arrangement Composed of Planar
Palladmm(ll) Units
Yasunori Yamada and Ken-ichi Okamoto


317 An ESR Study of a Tetrasilaspirobiindane
Anion Radical. Stereoclectronic Electron-Ac-
cepting Effects of Trialkylsilyl Groups
Wataru Setaka, Chizuko Kabuto, and Mitsuo
Kira


319 Study of the DNA Interaction with Water-
soluble Cationic Fullerene Derivatives
Shigeori Takenaka, Kenichi Yamashita, Makoto
Takagi, Taizo Hatta, Atsuo Tanaka, and Otohiko
Tsuge


321 Photo-induced DNA Cleavage by Water-
soluble Cationic Fullerene Derivatives
Shigeori Takenaka, Kenichi Yamashita, Makoto
Takagi, Taizo Hatta, and Otohiko Tsuge


323 Development oF Catalyst-Membrane System
for Oxidative Coupling of Methane by Water
Takami Terai, Xiaohong Li, Kelichi Tomishige,
and Kaoru Fujimoto



325 A Facile Procedure For the Conversion of
Nltroolefins into Carbonyl Compounds Using
AI-NiCI(2).(6)H(2)O-THF System
Maitreyee S.BezbaTua, Ghanashyam Bez, and
Nabin C.Barua



327 Synthesis and Properties of Novel Ru-Ni and
Ru-Cu Dinuclear Complexes
Nobuko Komatsuzaki, Yuichiro Himeda, Midori
Goto, Kazuyuki Kasuga, Hideki Sugihara, and
Hironori Arakawa



329 Tctrathiafulvaicno'quinoncmethides and
thioquinoneincthides
Masaki lwamatsu, Tsuyoshi Kominami,
Kazurnasa Ueda, Toyonari Sugimoto, Hideo
Fujita, and Tomohiro Adachi



331 Synthesis and Gas Occlusion of New
Micropore Substance Rhodium(II) Carboxy-
lates Bridged by Pyrazine
Wasuke Mori, Hiroyuki Hoshino, Yuko
Nishirnoto, and Satoshi Takamizawa


333 Donor-Acceptor Type Superconductor,
(BETS((2) (Cl(2)TCNQ)
Ryusuke Kondo, Tatsuo Hasegawa, Tomoyuki
Mochida, Seiichi Kagoshima, and Yoshihiro
Iwasa



335 Wurtz-type Coupling Reaction of pseudo-
Pentacoordinate Halodisilanes Using Magne-
sium: Enhanced Reactivity of the Silicon-
Halogen Bond by Intramolecular Aminc-co-
ordination to Silicon
Kohei Tamao, Masahiro Asahara, Tomoyuki
Saeki, andAkio Toshimitsu



337 New Photogeneration System of
Dibydronicotinamide and Viologen Radical
Using Ru(bpy)3(2+)
Masahiro Suzuki, Mutsumi Kimura, Kenji
Hanabusa, and Hirofusa Shirai



339 A Novel Versatility of Catalase I as a
Dioxygenase for Indole'ring-opening
Dioxygenation
Takashi Sagawa, Tetsuya Yorno, Shin-ichi
Tsugawa, Yuka Takeda, Hirotaka lhara, Eliza-
beth Ko Mitamura, Itaru Urabe, and Katsutoshi
Ohkubo


341 Immobilization of a C(2)-Symmetric ansa-
Zirconocene Complex on Silica Surfaces Us-
Ing a Si-CI Anchor: Catalysts for Isospecific
Propene Polymerization
Noriyuki Suzuki, Hayato Asami, Takashi
Nakamura, Thomas Uuhn, Atsushi Fukuoka,
Masaru Ichikawa, Masahiko Saburi, and Yasuo
Wakatsuki

343 Active Co/SiO(2) Catalysts Prepared from Mix-
ing Precursors for Slurry Phase Fischer-
Tropsch Synthesis
Shouli Sun, Li Fan, and Kaoru Fujimoto


345 Polytopic Coreceptor from Conformatlonally
Stabilized Calix[6]arene forAlkali IVIetal Ions
Jinwei Zhou, Yuji Kawanishi, Van Zhang,
Hushan Yuan, and Zhitang Huang



347 Polymerization of Alkyl Methacrylate Cata-
lyzed by Hydridorhenium Complexes
Sanshiro Kormya, Tomoko Chigira, Toru Suzuki,
and Masafumi Hirano



349 Self-Assembled Monolayers Derived from
Calix{4}resorcmarencs Exhibiting Excellent
Desorption-Resistance and Their Applicabil-
ity to Surface Energy Photocontrol
Sang-Keun Oh, Masarli Nakagawa, and Kunihiro
Ichimura



351 Field Screening Test for Iron Leached from
Well Bore Rock Samples by Using Color De-
velopment of lron(lll)-Xylenol Orange Sys-
tem
Akihiko Ishida, Emiko Kaneko, and Takao
Yotsuyanagi


353 Origin of TT-Facial Stercosclectivity in Nucleo-
philic Addition. Application of the Exterior
Frontier Orbital Extension Model to Substi-
tuted Bicyclo[2.2.1]hepUin-7'oiies
Shuji Tomoda and Takatoshi Senju



355 Isolation of Silk Degrading Microorganisms
and Its Poly(L-lactide) DegradabUity
Yutaka Tokiwa, Mariko Konno, and Haruo
Nishida



357 Photochemical Reduction of NADP+ by Zinc
Protoporphyrin Reconstituted Myoglobin as
a Simple Model of Photosystem I
Katsuhiko Nishiyama, Miho Uchlyama,
Yasubiro Mie, and Isao Taniguchi



359 Formation of Defects in Near-Surface Region
over Li or Mn-Doped MgO Studied by Mg
K-Edge XANES
Hirofumi Aritani, Hiroyuki Yamada, Takashi
Nishio, Seiichiro Imamura, Sadao Hasegawa,
Tsunehiro Tanaka, and Satchiro Yoshida


361 Synthesis of 2',5'Dideoxy-5'-Substituted Py-
rimidine Nucleosides via Intramolecular
Glycosylation
Hideyuki Sugimura and Yoshiko Katoh

363 Geminal Bond Participation in the Cope Re-
arrangements of Z- and E-Substituted 1,5-
licxadicnes and in the Reverse Reactions
Hirotaka Ikeda, Yuji Naruse. and Satoshi Inagaki



365 A Layer-by-Layer Deposition of Concanava-
lin A and Native Glucose Oxidase to Form
Multilayer Thin Films for Biosensor Appli-
cations
Jun-ichi Anzai, Yuka Kobayashi, Tomonori
Hoshi, and Hidekazu Saiki

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No. 5, May 1999




367 Microporous Structure of a Chain Compound
of Coppcr(ll) Benzoate Bridged by Pyrazinc
Ryoji Nukada, Wasuke Mori, Satoshi
Takamizawa, Masahiro Mikuriya, Makoto
Handa, and Hiromitu Naono



369 Ring-opening Metathesis Polymerization of
Norbornene in the Presence of Heteroatom-
substituted Vinylic Compounds: Highly Se-
lective Synthesis of End-functionalized
Poly(norbornene)s
Hiroyuki Katayama, Hideto Urushima, and
Fumiyuki Ozawa


371 Oxidation of Cyclopentene by H(2)O(2) to Glut-
araldehyde over the WO(3)/ SiO(2) Catalyst
Ronghua Jin, Xin Xia, Di Xue, and Jing-Fa Deng



373 Novel Direct Preparation of n-Butyl 2-Amino-
2-deoxy-(beta)-D- glucopyranoside from Chitosan
and n-Butano) Using Biocatalyst
Shuichi Matsumura, Eiya Yao, Kazuya
Sakiyama, and Kazunobu Toshima

375 FT-IR External Reflection Spectroscope
Study on Photochromic Monolayers at the
Air-Water Interface
Takeshi Kawai, Ryoichi Hane, Fumitoshi
Ishizaka, and Kijiro Kon-No



377 Hydrogen-Treated Active Carbon Supported
Palladium Catalysts for Wet Air Oxidation of
Ammonia
Hideki Takayama, Qin Jiang-Yaii, Koji Inazu,
and Ken-ichi Aika


379 Influences of Initial Particle Size on Prepara-
tion of Monodisperse CdS Nanoparticles with
Size-Selective Photoetching
Tsukasa Torimoto, Hironori Kontani, Takao
Sakata, Hirotaro Mori, and Hiroshi Yoncyama


381 Temperature-Induced Precipitation of Spe-
cific DNA Fragments Using DNA-Poly(N-
isopropylacrylamide) Conjugate
Daisuke Umeno and Mizuo Maeda


383 Facilitated Ion-Transfer of a Hydrophobic
Tetraalkylaminonium Ion in Nitrobenzene to
Aqueous Phase by HumicAcid
Keiko Ichihashi.Akio Ichimura, Hidekazu Doe,
and Kiyoshi Teranishi

385 Flyash as Support for Ni Catalysts in Carbon
Dioxide Reforming of Methane
Shaobin Wang, G,Q- Lu, and H,Y Zhu



387 Artificial Biocatalyst Prepared by the Surface
Molecular Imprinting Technique
Eiichi Toorisaka, Masahiro Yoshida, Kazuya
Uezu, Masahiro Goto, and Shintaro Furusaki



389 Synthesis and Structure of NLO-active 8,8-
Dicy a no-3-(4'-N,N-dimethyl a mi no)-
phenylheptafulvene
Hiroyuki Otani and Jin Mizuguchi


391 Synthesis, Structure and Catalytic Activity of
a Seven-Coordinate Titanium(IV)
Tris(pyridine-2-thiolate) Complex
Yuushou Nakayama, Kaoru Miyamoto, Norikazu
Ueyama, and Akira Nakamura


393 New Positive-Type Photosensitive
Poly(phenylene ether):
Poly(2-hydroxy-6-methyiphenoi-co-2,6-
dimethylphenol) with Diazonaphthoquinone
Kazurnasa Takeshi, Ken-ichi Okuyama,
Yoshihiro Ohba, and Mitsuru Ucda

415 Micropartidcs and Colloidal Dispersions of
Poly(3-hexylthiophenc)
HisaoTakeuchi and Masahiro Kubashi



417 Catalytic Decomposition of CF(4) overAIPO(4)-
Based Catalysts
Yusaku Takita, Chiharu Morita, Maiko
Ninomiya, Hironori Wakamatsu, Hiroyasu
Nishiguchi, andTatsumi Ishihara


419 Control of Reductive Elimination and
Addolysis of Diarylnickel(ll) Complexes by
the Kind of Bronsted Acid and the Presence
of Oxygen
Takakazu Yamamoto, Yasuharu Murakami, and
Mahmut Abia


421 ET (30) Values of AOT Reverse Micelles Pre-
pared in Supercritical Ethane
Zameer Shervani and Yutaka lkushima



423 Intramolecular Fluorescence Quenching in
Ferrocene-Naphthalimide Dyads
Zhaohui Wang, Kongchang Chen, and He Tian

425 Photochemical Generation of Radical Species
from (alfa)-Stannyl Ethers and Their Reaction
with Conjugate Enones
Tetsuhiro Mikami, Manabu Harada, and Koichi
Narasaka


427 Mechanical Properties of Poly(acrylamide-
sodium acrylate) Hydrogels Synthesized un-
der Direct Current Electric Fields with High
Voltages
Jim Shan, Jie Chen, Xu Shen, and Ronghua Chen



429 Preparation of New Robust Organic Gels by
in situ Cross-link of a Bis(diacetyiene) Gelator
Kazuhiko Inoue, Yoshiyuki Ono, Yasumasa
Kanekiyo, Kenji Hanabusa, and Seiji Shinkai



431 Syntheses of Novel Cyclotriveratrylenophanc
Capsules and Their Supramolecular Com-
plexes of Fullerenes
Hiroshi Matsubara, Shin-ya Oguri, Kaori Asano,
and Koji Yamamoto



433 One-Step Syntheses of Poiyhalogenometal
Complexes by Direct Dissolution of the Met-
als in Halogen-Halide-Acetonitrile Systems
Yukimichi Nakao

435 Novel Catalytic Oxidative Synthesis of SolubIc
Conductive Polymers of Poly(3-
butoxycarbonyl-4-inethylpyrrole)
Naonori Ohno and Naoki Toshima


437 Assembly of a Tetranuclear Mixed-Valence
Manganese(II,III) Complex frorn a Binuclear
Manganese(II) Complex by Photo-Irradiation
Shouichi Tomida, Hideaki Matsushima,
Masayuki Koikawa, and Tadashi Tokii


439 Photo-Regulation of RNA Hydrolysis by the
Zinc(II) Complex Carrying Azobenzene
Jun Sumaoka, Kentarao Kawata, and Makoto
Komiyama


441 Selective Isomerization of 2-Allylphenol to
(Z)-2-Propenylphenol Catalyzed by
Ru(cod)(cot)/PEt(3)
Takehiro Sato, Nobuyuki Komine, Masafumi
Hirano, and Sanshiro Komiya


443 Intramolecular Energy Transfer of
{60} Fullerene-linked Oligothiophenes
Takashi Yamashiro, YoshioAso, Tetsuo Otsubo,
Heqing Tang, Yutaka Harima, and Kazuo
Yamashita

445 Photochemical Isorncrization of trans-
Dichlorotetrakis(djmethylphenylphosphine)-
osmiurndi)
Akira lkuo, Kenichiro Otani, Tamiko Chijimatsu,
Jun Uzawa, Katsutosi Yasufuku, and Shousuke
Teratani


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No. 6, June 1999



447 Preparation and Characterization of a Zir-
conia Oxygen Sensor with an Internal Refer-
ence for Low-Temperature Operation
Hiroyuki Kaneko, Hiroaki Sato, and Hitoshi
Taimatsu



449 Synthesis of Carboxylic Acids through the
Formation of C-C Bond between Saturated
Hydrocarbons and CO in the Presence of Mg/
K(2) S(2) O(8) /TFA System
Mohammad Asadullah, Tsugio Kitamura, and
Yuzo Fujiwara


451 Mechanism of Photosensitized Chemilumi-
nescence of 2-Methyl-6-phenyHmidazo [1,2-
a] pyrazin-3 (7 H )-one (CLA) in Aqueous Solu-
tion
Norihiko Yasuta, Nobuo Takenaka, and Takeshi
Takemura


453 Chain Compound of Mixed-Valent Ruthe-
nimn Dimers Linked by Hydrogen-Bonding
between the Axially Coordinated Nitronyl
Nitroxide and Water Molecules
Yasuyoshi Sayama, Makoto Handa, Masahiro
Mikuriya, Ichiro Hiromitsu, and Kuninobu
Kasuga

455 A Convenient Synthesis ofAlkyl Substituted
p-Bcnzoquinones from Phenols and H(2)O(2)
over TiAPO-5 Molecular Sieve Catalyst
Rathinam L Mahalingam and Parsuraman
Selvarn


457 Rapid, Highly Linear-Selective
Dehydrocoupling of Phenylsilane with New
Group 4 Metallocene-Based Conihination
Catalysts
Hee-Gweon Woo and Sun-Jung Song



459 A Unique Chelating Effect of Se(OTf)(3) to
Organofluorine Conipounds
Uiroshi Kajiro, Atsunori Mori, Yasushi
Nishihara, and Tamejiro Hiyama


461 Determination of theAhsolute Configurations
of Norte's Obtusenyiics hy Total Syntheses of
(12R ,13R)-(-) and (12S,13R)-(+)-0btusenynes
Daisuke Awakura, Kenshu Fujiwara, and Akio
Murai


463 Preparation of Non-Stoichiometric Nd 1-
(x)MnO(3)-y by Coprecipitation Method
Motoki Uehara, Takuro Nagai, Atsushi
Yamazaki, Koichiro Takahashi, and Sadao
Tsutsumi

465 Synthesis of Tetrahydromdole Derivatives
UsingTitanium-Nitrogen Complexes Derived
from Molecular Nitrogen
MasayaAkashi, Mayumi Nishida, and Miwako
Mori


467 Electronic Factors in the C-Glycosidation
with Silylacetylene
Minoru Isobe, Rungnapha Saeeng, Rena
Nishizawa, Masato Konobe, and Toshio
Nishikawa


469 Efficient Photooxygenation of Olefins by a C(60)
Derivative Bearing an Organofluorine Tail
Hideo Nagashima, Koji Hosoda, Tomoaki Abe,
Shoichi lwamatsu, and Takaaki Sonoda


471 A Kinetic Assay for Cytochrome b(5) Based on
Electron Transfer to Cytochrome c
Hirofumi Tani, Toshifumi Akasaka, and Tarnio
Kamidate


473 The First Evidence for the Acceleration of
Dissolution Process of Oxygen into Water by
a Homogeneous Magnetic Field
Shin-ya Kishioka and Ryoichi Aogaki

475 Preparation of Novel Hollow Fiber Silica Us-
ing Collagen Fibers as a Template
Yoshiyuki Ono, Yasumasa Kanekiyo, Kazuhiko
lnouc, Junichi Hojo, Mamoru Nango, and Sciji
Shinkai


477 Green-Blue Photoluminescence from a Novel
Silicon-Containing Alternating Copolymer
Zhi-Kuan Chen, Yee-Hing Lai, Hardy Sze-On
Chan, Siu-Choon Ng, and Wei Huang


479 Cyanodibenzo[l,4Jdioxines: A New Family of
Synthons for Substituted
Dibenzo {1,4 }dioxines
Geoffrey C. Eastmond and Jerzy Paprotny


481 The Solve thermal Synthesis for
Nanocrystallinc Feln(2) S(4) at Low Temperature
Qingyi Lu, Junqing Hu, Kaibin Tang, Yitai Qian,
Guien Zhou, and Xjanrning Liu


483 Mixed Phthalocyaninato-Porphyrinato
Europium(lll) Triple-decker Sandwich Com-
plexes Containing a Conjugated Dimeric Por-
phyrin Ligand
Dennis R Arnold and Jianzhuang Jiang

485 Reaction of Primary Sclenoamides with
Bisacyl Chlorides: Syntheses of 6-Hydroxy-
1,3-selenazin-4-ones and Selenoanhydrides
Mamoru Koketsu, Sohma Hiramatsu, and
Hideharu Ishihara


487 A Rapid and Cheap Synthesis of Cephalospor-
ins
Mazaahir Kidwai, Kumar Ranjan Bhushan, and
Preeti Misra



489 Syntheses of Diruthenaborane Clusters,
[{Cp*Ru(mo-H) (2) B(3) H7], E{(Cp*Ru)2 (mo-
H)} B(4)H(9)], and [(Cp*Ru)2(mo-H)(PMe3)(mo-eta(4)-
B2H5)]
Yasuro Kawano, Hideyuki Matsumoto, and
Mamoru Shirnoi


491 Tissue Based Enzymatic Determination of
ATP in Human Erythrocyte Hemolysate
Combined with Spectrophotometric Method
Makoto Kataoka, Norio Teshima, Makoto
Kurihara, Katsuhiko Kuwa, and Takuji
Kawashima


493 Calix {4}arene Having a Convergent Carboxy-
licAcid Function: Synthesis and [on Binding
Properties of a New Cs+-selective lonophore
Hyun Jae Cho, Ji Young Kirn, and Suk-Kyu
Chang

495 Microcryoscopy of Water Employing Silver
Iodide to Break Supercooling
Tetsuya Ogura, Maria Lorenza Salinas, Cynthia
Genoveva Quiroz, Hiroyuki Miyake, and
Yoshitane Kojima


497 In vivo Simultaneous Monitoring by Pt-disk
Microelectrodes of Intraccrebral Hydrogen
Peroxide and Dopamine in Rats
Hidekatsu Yokoyama, Nahoko Kasai, Tomokazu
Matsue, Isamu Uchida, Hiroaki Ohya-
Nishiguchi, and Hitoshi Kamada


499 Synthesis of Linear Fullcrene-Containing
Polysiloxanes and Their Application to Cap-
illary Gas Chromatography
Chen Yuanyin, Fang Pengfei, Zeng Zhaoru,and
Fan Jianhong


501 Synthesis and Electroluminescence of Novel
Copolymers with Charges Transporting Moi-
eties
Weihong Zhu, He Tian, and Andreas Elschner



503 One-Pot Synthesis of 2,3-Disuhstituted
Naphtho[2,3-b]thiophene-4,9-diones from a 2-
Sulfenyl-1,4-naphthequinone and Enamines
Kazlihiro Kobayashi, Yoshihisa Furuta, Hideki
Matsuoka, Masaharu Uchida, Osamu Morikawa,
and Hisatoshi Konishi

505 Salt Formation in the Langmuir-Blodgett
Films of Arachidic Acid Mixed with
Amphiphilic Ammonium Ions and an
Amphiphilic Amine
Hisaaki Mutsuzaki, Rciko Azurni, Hiroaki
Tachibana, Hideki Sakai, Masahiko Abe, and
Mutsuyoshi Matsumoto



507 Large Flexibility of DihydrofolateReductase
as Revealed by Temperature Effects on the
Volume and Compressibility
Tadashi Karmyama, Fiji Ohmae, and Kunihiko
Gekko


509 New Catalyst of (gamma) -Al (2)O(3) Supported SO(4)(2)-/
ZrO(2) for n -Butane Isomerization
T. Lei, J, S, Xu, and Z. Gao


511 Synthetic Study of C-1027 Chromophore:
Enantioselective Synthesis of(beta)Tyrosine Moi-
ety and Effective Aryl Ether Formation
Itaru Sato, Tsukasa Kikuchi, and Masahiro
Hirama


513 Synthesis of a Novel Bismesoionic
Phenylsydnonyl-Munchnone System as an in
situ Intermediate Intended for the Prepara-
tion ofPhenylsydnonyl-Heterocycles
Chok Wah Lo, Wing Lai Chan, Yau Shan Szeto,
and Chiu Wing Yip

515 Effect of Pt Precursors on N(2)/N(2)O Selectivity
for Selective Reduction of NO by Hydrocar-
bon on Supported Pt Catalysts
Reiko Douineki, Masaharu Hatano, Hiroo
Kinoshita, Emi Yamashita, Masafumi Hirano,
Atsushi Fukuoka, and Sanshiro Komiya


517 A Convenient Synthesis of a Ru(bpy)3-based
Catenane-type Triad and Its Lncorparation
into a Protein Scaffold
Yi-Zhen Hu. Shinya Tsukiji, Seiji Shinkai, and
Itaru Hamachi


519 7,7,8,8-Tetra (2-thienyl) p-quinodimethanes,
New Electron-Donating p-Quinodinicthanes
HimyLiki Kurata, Maki Inase, and Masaji Oda


521 Successive Flow-injection Determination of
Iron(III) and Coppcr(ll) by Means of the Ef-
fect ofActivators
Tsuyako Watanabe, Norio Teshima, Makoto
Kurihara, Shigenori Nakano, and Takuji
Kawashima



523 Novel Approach to the Reaction Analysis of
Non-UV-Absorbing Crown Ether with Alkali
Metal Ions in Aqueous Solution by Capillary
Zone Electrophoresis Using Indirect Photo-
metric Detection
Toshio Takayanagi and Shoji Motomizu

525 Structures of Four Types of Novel High-Va-
lent Manganese Complexes Obtained by the
Reactions of KMnO(4) with Tridentate Schiff
Base Ligands
Hideyuki Asada, Minoru Ozeki, Manabu
FujiwaTa, and Takayuki Matsushita



527 Calcium Phosphate Formation on Highly-ori-
ented Collagen Fibrils
Yoshiyuki Yokogawa, Fukue Nagata, and
Motohiro Toriyama



529 A Facile Synthesis of Optically Active 1,1,1-
Trifluoro-3-alkyn-2-ols by Stereospecific Sub-
stitution of Optically Active I-Benzyloxy-
2,2,2-trifluoroethyl Tosylate with Lithium
Alkynyltriethylalunlinates
Hiroshi Matsutani, Tetsuo Kusumoto, and
Tamejiro Hiyama


531 Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel
Linear Conjugated Polymer, Poly(2,5-
didodecyloxy-l,4-phenyleneoctatetraynylene)
Masashi Kijima, lkuo Kinoshita, and Hideki
Shirakawa


533 Application of Polymer Supported Base in
Solid Phase Synthesis: Convenient Synthesis
of N -Aryl-N'-benzyl Piperazine Derivatives
Yasuo Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Tanabe, and Tsuneo
Okonogi

535 Additions and Corrections
In situ STM Visualization of Fullerene Epi-
taxial Adlayers on Au(III) Surfaces Prepared
by the Transfer of Langmuir Films
Shinobu Uemura, Akihiro Ohira, Takahiro
Ishizaki, Masayo Sakata, Masashi Kunitake, Isao
Taniguchi, and Chuichi Hirayama




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