Selected Publications @The Muraoka Group

1. Template-Free Synthesis of a Phenanthroline-Containing [2]Rotaxane: A Reversible pH-Controllable Molecular Switch
   Masahiro Muraoka,* Kakeru Aoyama, Sae Fujihara, Risa Yamane, Ichiro Hisaki, Mikiji Miyata, Michihisa Murata, Yohji Nakatsuji, Symmetry 2019, 11, 1137.
   

 

2. Formation of a pseudorotaxane, capable of sensing cations via dethreading molecular motion, from a cryptand and bipyridinium salts
   Masahiro Muraoka,* Mamoru Ohta, Yuko Mizutani, Mashio Takezawa, Ayuri Matsumoto, Yohji Nakatsuji, J. Incl. Phenom. Mol. Recognit. Chem. 2014, 78, 137-144.
   

 

3. Template-Free Synthesis of a Phenanthroline-Containing [2]Rotaxane: A Reversible pH-Controllable Molecular Switch
   Masahiro Muraoka,* Hiromitsu Irie, Yohji Nakatsuji, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2010, 8, 2408-2413.
   

 

Host-Guest Chemistry

1. Synthesis of C₂-symmetric chiral crown ethers by lipase-catalyzed reactions
   M. Nakamura, T. Taniguchi, N. Ishida, K. Hayashi, M. Muraoka, Y. Nakatsuji, Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 9298-9304.
   

 

2. Selective fluorometric sensing of calcium cation by C-pivot lariat monoaza-crown ether with two pyrene moieties
   Y. Nakatsuji, M. Nakamura, T. Oka, M. Muraoka, Chem. Lett. 2011, 40, 1226-1228.
   

 

3. Supported liquid membrane transport of alkali metal cations by monoazacryptand with a partially fluorinated sidearm and the corresponding monoazacrown ethers
   Y. Nakatsuji, S. Fujimoto, M. Nakamura, M. Muraoka, J. Oleo Sci. 2010, 59, 369-373.
   

 

Other Publications

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