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2. The role of oxygen-permeable ionomer for polymer electrolyte fuel cells
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Ryosuke Jinnouchi, Kenji Kudo, Kensaku Kodama, Naoki Kitano, Takahisa Suzuki, Saori Minami, Kazuma Shinozaki, Naoki Hasegawa, and Akihiro Shinohara
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Abstract In recent years, considerable research and development efforts are devoted to improving the performance of polymer electrolyte fuel cells. However, the power density and catalytic activities of these energy conversion devices are still far from being satisfactory for large-scale operation. Here we report performance enhancement via incorporation, in the cathode catalyst layers, of a ring-structured backbone matrix into ionomers. Electrochemical characterizations of single cells and microelectrodes reveal that high power density is obtained using an ionomer with high oxygen solubility. The high solubility allows oxygen to permeate the ionomer/catalyst interface and react with protons and electrons on the catalyst surfaces. Furthermore, characterizations of single cells and single-crystal surfaces reveal that the oxygen reduction reaction activity is enhanced owing to the mitigation of catalyst poisoning by sulfonate anion groups. Molecular dynamics simulations indicate that both the high permeation and poisoning mitigation are due to the suppression of densely layered folding of polymer backbones near the catalyst surfaces by the incorporated ring-structured matrix. These experimental and theoretical observations demonstrate that ionomer’s tailored molecular design promotes local oxygen transport and catalytic reactions.
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- 2021
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3. Synthesis and Properties of Fluorocarbon–Hydrocarbon Hybrid Block Copolymers with Perfluorosulfonimide Acid
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Naohiro Hoshikawa, Akihiro Shinohara, Yoichi Hosokawa, Naoki Hasegawa, and Masaya Kawasumi
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Chemistry ,QD1-999 - Published
- 2020
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4. Protease-Activated Receptor–Stimulated Interleukin-6 Expression in Endometriosis-Like Lesions in an Experimental Mouse Model of Endometriosis
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Akihiro Shinohara, Masahiko Kutsukake, Mirai Takahashi, Satoru Kyo, Eiichi Tachikawa, and Kazuhiro Tamura
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Therapeutics. Pharmacology ,RM1-950 - Abstract
The present study was undertaken to investigate the function of protease-activated receptor (PAR) in endometriotic lesions using a mouse model of endometriosis. Unilateral ovariectomy (uOVX) was performed on female nude mice followed by intraperitoneal transplantation of a suspension mixture of immortalized human endometrial epithelial cells (EM-1) and stromal cells (EtsT-499). Endometriosis-like lesions were observed mostly around the dissection site after transplantation. The expression of interleukin (IL)-6 and cyclooxygenase-2 in the lesions was enhanced in uOVX mice compared to non-uOVX animals. In non-uOVX mice, IL-6 mRNA levels were higher in lesions formed with cells that were pretreated with PAR1/2 agonists (thrombin, 10 U/ml and PAR2-activating peptide, 30 μM) compared to untreated, intact cells. Peritoneal IL-6 concentrations were also increased in the PAR1/2 agonists–treated group. IL-6 expression induced by PAR activation was blocked by the treatment of cells with serine protease inhibitors. In cultured endometrial cells, simultaneous treatment with PAR1 and PAR2 agonists significantly increased the expression of IL-6. These results suggest that peritoneal bleeding may accelerate IL-6 expression in endometriotic lesions in part through the activation of PAR. Keywords:: endometriosis, endometrial cell, interleukin (IL)-6, protease-activated receptor (PAR), thrombin
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- 2012
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5. Outcomes in Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type I Carriers after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation for Diseases Other than Adult T Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma
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Nobuaki Nakano, Hideki Nakasone, Shigeo Fuji, Akihiro Shinohara, Ritsuro Suzuki, Atae Utsunomiya, Tetsuya Eto, Satoko Morishima, Kazuhiro Ikegame, Yasutaka Kakinoki, Ken-ichi Matsuoka, Yasuo Mori, Youko Suehiro, Naoyuki Uchida, Ayumu Ito, Noriko Doki, Yukiyasu Ozawa, Junya Kanda, Yoshinobu Kanda, Takahiro Fukuda, Yoshiko Atsuta, and Masao Ogata
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- 2023
6. Dynamics of Water in a Catalyst Layer of a Fuel Cell by Quasielastic Neutron Scattering
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Shin-ichi Takata, Yukinobu Kawakita, Kanae Ito, Takeshi Yamada, and Akihiro Shinohara
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General Energy ,Materials science ,Chemical physics ,Quasielastic neutron scattering ,Dynamics (mechanics) ,Fuel cells ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Layer (electronics) ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Catalysis - Published
- 2021
7. Synthesis and Properties of Fluorocarbon–Hydrocarbon Hybrid Block Copolymers with Perfluorosulfonimide Acid
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Naoki Hasegawa, Naohiro Hoshikawa, Akihiro Shinohara, Masaya Kawasumi, and Yoichi Hosokawa
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,General Chemical Engineering ,Ether ,General Chemistry ,Electrolyte ,Conductivity ,Article ,Sulfone ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Chemistry ,Hydrocarbon ,chemistry ,Nafion ,Polymer chemistry ,Copolymer ,Fluorocarbon ,QD1-999 - Abstract
Novel fluorocarbon–hydrocarbon hybrid block copolymer electrolytes were synthesized. The block copolymer electrolytes consist of poly(perfluoropropyl sulfonimide) (PC3SI) as a perfluorinated hydrophilic segment and poly(ether ether sulfone) as a hydrocarbon hydrophobic segment. The sulfonimide group of poly(perfluoropropyl sulfonimide) has superacidity, very low equivalent weight (EW = 293 g/equiv), and a proton conductivity of 1.2 × 10–2 S/cm under dry conditions and 25 °C, although soluble in water. The proton conductivity of the block copolymer was 1.7 × 10–3 S/cm at 20% relative humidity and 25 °C, which is three times as high as that of Nafion 112.
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- 2020
8. Estimation of Cation Contamination Level in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
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Touru Morita, Shinobu Sekine, Takahiko Asaoka, Masao Shibata, Hideyuki Kumei, Akihiro Shinohara, Naoki Kitano, and Norimitsu Takeuchi
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Membrane ,Materials science ,chemistry ,Analytical chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Electrolyte ,Polymer ,Contamination ,Platinum ,Dimensionless quantity ,Catalysis ,Dielectric spectroscopy - Abstract
This paper proposes an in-situ method to estimate cation contamination level in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs). Results of experiments and theoretical analysis revealed that the dimensionless peak height in imaginary part of the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) at low frequency under H2-H2 condition is proportional to cation contamination level, independent of platinum loading, catalyst layer structure, gas diffusion layer thickness, ion exchange capacity of the PEM, and PEM thickness. From the dimensionless peak height, cation contamination level can be estimated without destruction of cells.
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- 2018
9. Effect of the Side-Chain Structure of Perfluoro-Sulfonic Acid Ionomers on the Oxygen Reduction Reaction on the Surface of Pt
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Naoki Hasegawa, Akihiro Shinohara, Masatoshi Osawa, Kenji Kudo, Yu Morimoto, Kenta Motobayashi, Kensaku Kodama, and Ryosuke Jinnouchi
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,020209 energy ,Ether ,02 engineering and technology ,General Chemistry ,Sulfonic acid ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Catalysis ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Sulfonate ,Adsorption ,chemistry ,Polymer chemistry ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Side chain ,Moiety ,0210 nano-technology ,Ionomer - Abstract
The effect of side-chain structures in perfluoro-sulfonic acid ionomers on the adsorption of the terminal sulfonate moiety on the surface of Pt is investigated with voltammetry and surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS). Analyses with low-molecular-weight model anions with and without an ether group in the perfluoro-alkyl chain indicate that the anions are adsorbed on Pt through one or two oxygen atom(s) of the terminal sulfonate group and that the oxygen atom of the ether group also interacts with the Pt surface, leading to stronger adsorption of the anions with an ether group. On the basis of the results obtained with the model anions, the adsorption of the terminal sulfonate moieties in perfluorinated sulfonic acid ionomers and its effect on oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is discussed. It is shown that the ionomers having longer side chains more strongly block ORR due to the flexibility of the side chains.
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- 2017
10. Dynamics of Water in a Catalyst Layer of a Fuel Cell by Quasielastic Neutron Scattering.
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Kanae Ito, Takeshi Yamada, Akihiro Shinohara, Shin-ichi Takata, and Yukinobu Kawakita
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- 2021
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11. (Invited) Promising Methods for Overcoming Trade-Offs Among Catalytic Activity, Durability, and Power Density By Controlling Pt/Ionomer Interfaces
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Shuhei Yoshino, Kenji Kudo, Haruhiko Yamada, Akihiro Shinohara, Takahisa Suzuki, Yu Morimoto, Ryosuke Jinnouchi, and Kensaku Kodama
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chemistry.chemical_compound ,Materials science ,chemistry ,Trade offs ,Nanotechnology ,Ionomer ,Durability ,Power density ,Catalysis - Abstract
For improving the efficiency and reducing Pt use in polymer electrolyte fuel cells, it is essential to improve the catalytic activity per Pt mass for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in the cathode. In addition, recent studies have demonstrated that a high surface area of the catalyst per Pt mass is necessary for reducing the oxygen transport resistance in the catalyst layer. Alloying inner cores of nanoparticles by introducing base metals and reducing particle sizes are established methods to increase the mass activity and the surface area, respectively. Both the methods are, however, disadvantageous for the catalyst durability. Thus, the activity, durability, and power density are generally in trade-off relations. A promising method for solving this problem is to change the properties of the surrounding rather than the catalyst itself. Ionomers adsorbed on Pt catalyst have been confirmed to inhibit ORR and oxygen permeation to the interface [1, 2]. In other words, both the reaction and permeation can be promoted without deteriorating the catalyst durability by mitigating the ionomer adsorption. We have indeed shown that the ionomer adsorption can be suppressed by modifying the molecular structure of ionomer [3]. The ionomer adsorption can be suppressed also by inserting a sub-nanometer thin porous carbon layer between the Pt surface and ionomer. The inserted carbon layer has been also shown to suppress the catalyst degradation during potential cycles [4]. In this talk, we first summarize our analytical works on Pt/ionomer interfaces, focusing on the mechanisms of the adsorption of anionic moieties in ionomers and its effect on ORR. Then, we discuss the effectiveness of various approaches for mitigating ionomer adsorption, as well as their limitations. The future direction of cathode catalyst developments is also discussed. [1] Subbaraman et al., ChemPhysChem 11, 2825 (2010). [2] Jinnouchi et al., Electrochim. Acta, 188, 767 (2016) [3] Kodama et al., ACS Catal. 8 694 (2018). [4] Yamada et al., J. Electrochem. Soc., in press.
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- 2020
12. Fabrication of catalyst layer with ionomer nanofiber scaffolding for polymer electrolyte fuel cells
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Akihiro Shinohara, Shuhei Yoshino, Yu Morimoto, and Kensaku Kodama
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Water transport ,Materials science ,Fabrication ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,Energy Engineering and Power Technology ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,Electrospinning ,0104 chemical sciences ,Catalysis ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,Nanofiber ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,0210 nano-technology ,Ionomer ,Layer (electronics) ,Power density - Abstract
Cathode catalyst layers for polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFC) with ionomer nanofiber scaffoldings (iNFS-CL) are fabricated by the electrospinning method, and their performances and elemental properties are comprehensively investigated. The cells with the iNFS-CLs exhibit higher performances than those with conventional cathode catalyst layers over the humidity range of 30%–165%RH. The higher robustness against the change in humidity is ascribed to improved oxygen and water transport properties by continuous pores in the catalyst layer. In addition, the fabrication method could reduce the ionomer densities near the catalyst surfaces, and as a result, catalyst poisonings by anionic groups from the ionomer are suppressed. Thus, the iNFS-CL structure is promising for improving the efficiency and power density of the PEFCs.
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- 2020
13. Catalyst Poisoning Property of Sulfonimide Acid Ionomer on Pt (111) Surface
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Yu Morimoto, Ryosuke Jinnouchi, Naoki Hasegawa, Takahisa Suzuki, Akihiro Shinohara, Kazuma Shinozaki, Kensaku Kodama, and Tatsuya Hatanaka
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Stereochemistry ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,Proton exchange membrane fuel cell ,Electrolyte ,Sulfonic acid ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Catalyst poisoning ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Catalysis ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,Nafion ,Materials Chemistry ,Electrochemistry ,Side chain ,Ionomer - Abstract
Introduction In catalyst layers of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC), a solid polymer electrolyte, called “ionomer” to be distinguishable from the electrolyte membrane, is used to form electrochemical interfaces on catalyst surfaces. Recent studies, however, showed that a perfluorinated sulfonic acid polymer (e.g. Nafion), which is almost exclusively used for the ionomer, blocks active sites on Pt catalyst and, therefore, slows down the kinetics of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) [1]. A plausible poisoning species is the sulfonic anion of the polymer molecule, the adsorption of which on Pt (111) surface is clearly seen in the cyclic voltammogram (CV) [1-3]. It is, therefore, expected to be effective for improving the ORR performance to use an ionomer with a functional group that is less adsorptive to Pt surface. Recently, Shinohara et al. developed a novel ionomer having two sulfonimide acid groups in its side chain ended with a hydrophobic group, instead of a sulfonic acid group, NBC4 (Fig. 1), which has higher protonic conductivity and O2 permeability than Nafion [4]. The new side chain likely has a stronger steric effect for anion adsorption, and NBC4 is expected to be lesspoisoning and have improved properties not only for the proton conduction and O2 transport but also for ORR kinetics. These expectations are examined experimentally in the present study.
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- 2014
14. (Invited) Recent Progress in PEFC Technology and Future Direction
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Yuji Kamitaka, Akihiro Shinohara, Takahisa Suzuki, Haruhiko Yamada, Kensaku Kodama, Ryosuke Jinnouchi, and Yu Morimoto
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Since the inventions in 1980s of the basic structure, i.e. a layered structure of a perfluorosulfonic acid membrane and gas diffusion electrodes including Pt on carbon and an ionomer, significant advancement has been achieved and finally, commercial products are now in the market for automobile and stationary applications. In this talk, key technologies established in this period were quickly reviewed and present status and issues were presented as well as on-going trends to address the issues. A part of this study was financially supported by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization.
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- 2019
15. Protease-Activated Receptor–Stimulated Interleukin-6 Expression in Endometriosis-Like Lesions in an Experimental Mouse Model of Endometriosis
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Eiichi Tachikawa, Satoru Kyo, Masahiko Kutsukake, Akihiro Shinohara, Kazuhiro Tamura, and Mirai Takahashi
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Serine Proteinase Inhibitors ,Stromal cell ,Indomethacin ,Receptors, Proteinase-Activated ,Endometriosis ,Mice, Nude ,Apoptosis ,Biology ,Dinoprostone ,Endometrium ,Mice ,Thrombin ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Protease-activated receptor ,RNA, Messenger ,Receptor ,Interleukin 6 ,Cells, Cultured ,Pharmacology ,Mice, Inbred BALB C ,Interleukin-6 ,lcsh:RM1-950 ,Interleukin ,Epithelial Cells ,medicine.disease ,Molecular biology ,Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 ,Transplantation ,Disease Models, Animal ,lcsh:Therapeutics. Pharmacology ,Endocrinology ,Cyclooxygenase 2 ,biology.protein ,Molecular Medicine ,Female ,Stromal Cells ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The present study was undertaken to investigate the function of protease-activated receptor (PAR) in endometriotic lesions using a mouse model of endometriosis. Unilateral ovariectomy (uOVX) was performed on female nude mice followed by intraperitoneal transplantation of a suspension mixture of immortalized human endometrial epithelial cells (EM-1) and stromal cells (EtsT-499). Endometriosis-like lesions were observed mostly around the dissection site after transplantation. The expression of interleukin (IL)-6 and cyclooxygenase-2 in the lesions was enhanced in uOVX mice compared to non-uOVX animals. In non-uOVX mice, IL-6 mRNA levels were higher in lesions formed with cells that were pretreated with PAR1/2 agonists (thrombin, 10 U/ml and PAR2-activating peptide, 30 μM) compared to untreated, intact cells. Peritoneal IL-6 concentrations were also increased in the PAR1/2 agonists–treated group. IL-6 expression induced by PAR activation was blocked by the treatment of cells with serine protease inhibitors. In cultured endometrial cells, simultaneous treatment with PAR1 and PAR2 agonists significantly increased the expression of IL-6. These results suggest that peritoneal bleeding may accelerate IL-6 expression in endometriotic lesions in part through the activation of PAR. Keywords:: endometriosis, endometrial cell, interleukin (IL)-6, protease-activated receptor (PAR), thrombin
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- 2012
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Akihiro SHINOHARA, Asami YOSHIDA, Katsuji YAMANAKA, Yukihiro MORIMOTO, Junichi IMANISHI, Tamao KOJIMA, and Minoru YONEDA
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- 2011
17. Estimation of Cation Contamination Level in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells By Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
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Masao Shibata, Naoki Kitano, Akihiro Shinohara, Takahiko Asaoka, Norimitsu Takeuchi, Touru Morita, and Hideyuki Kumei
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One of the fundamental hurdles for further commercialization of fuel cell vehicles (FCV) using polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) is their upper limitation of operating temperature. Operating temperature of current PEMFC is much lower than that of internal-combustion engines and it makes FCV require huge radiators for high power operation. Raising operating temperature is beneficial for downsizing and cost reduction for FCV system because it downsizes not only cooling system but also PEMFC stack. One of the root causes of this limitation is the decrease in proton conductivity of the membrane during long term operation. In order to avoid the decrease in proton conductivity, reducing the contamination of metal cations in the membrane is an effective way. Metal cations, which contaminate into the membrane during operation, reduce the proton conductivity of the membrane due to decrease in the proton path in the membrane. Proton conductivity loss by contamination of metal cations is critical for the high temperature performance. In order to reduce cation contamination into the membrane, it is necessary to understand its mechanism. An in-situ measurement for the amount of metal cations should be helpful to understand the phenomena. For this reason, we propose an in-situ quantitative measurement for cation contamination ratio in PEMFC. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) was adapted to the measurement because cation transport inside the membrane was expected to be detectable with EIS. Experimental results showed that EIS spectrum under a certain condition reflects metal cation contamination ratio strongly, which was proposed to be an indicator of cation contamination ratio. The mechanism of EIS spectrum change is explained theoretically by a numerical simulation using a simple model of cation and water transport. Detail of the measurement will be shown in the conference. Therefore this EIS measurement is proposed for the analysis of metal cation contamination mechanisms in PEMFC. Further study will elucidate the impact of catalyst layer, membrane and metal cation species against the EIS spectrum.
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- 2018
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Akihiro SHINOHARA, Minoru YONEDA, Toshihito KATAOKA, Takaaki OSAKA, Takafumi ARAI, and Tamao KOJIMA
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- 2010
19. A COEVOLUTIONARY GENETIC ALGORITHM APPROACH FOR THE MULTIPERIOD MANUFACTURING PLANNING PROBLEMS WITH FINANCIAL INVESTMENT
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Hideaki Yamashita and Akihiro Shinohara
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Microeconomics ,Genetic algorithm ,Manufacturing planning ,Economics ,Investment (macroeconomics) - Published
- 2009
20. Paramagnetic Vanadium Silyl Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity
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T. Don Tilley, Jennifer L. McBee, Rory Waterman, and Akihiro Shinohara
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Inorganic Chemistry ,Paramagnetism ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Silylation ,Organic Chemistry ,Inorganic chemistry ,Vanadium ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Reactivity (chemistry) ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Benzene ,Medicinal chemistry - Abstract
Vanadium silyl complexes of the type Cp(dmpe)VSiHRR′ are formed by reaction of Cp(dmpe)VMe (1) with RR′SiH2 (2, R, R′ = Ph; 3, R = Mes, R′ = H) in benzene at room temperature with concomitant relea...
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- 2008
21. Synthesis and Properties of a Kinetically Stabilized 9-Silaphenanthrene
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Yukio Furukawa, Takahiro Sasamori, Norihiro Tokitoh, Takeshi Matsumoto, Nobuhiro Takeda, and Akihiro Shinohara
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Steric effects ,Trimethylsilyl ,Stereochemistry ,Chemical shift ,Organic Chemistry ,Carbon-13 NMR ,Ring (chemistry) ,Lithium diisopropylamide ,Inorganic Chemistry ,Delocalized electron ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Crystallography ,chemistry ,Reactivity (chemistry) ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry - Abstract
Reaction of 9-bromo-9,10-dihydro-9-silaphenanthrene (6) with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) in THF at room temperature afforded kinetically stabilized 9-silaphenanthrene 1a bearing an efficient steric protection group, 2,4,6-tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl (Tbt). 9-Silaphenanthrene 1a was isolated as pale yellow crystals, and the structure of 1a was completely determined by spectroscopic and X-ray crystallographic analyses. The 1H and 13C NMR chemical shifts corresponding to the 9-silaphenanthrene ring of 1a were observed in a typical aromatic region, while the central silicon atom showed the characteristic signal at 86.9 ppm in the 29Si NMR in C6D6. The 9-silaphenanthrene ring of 1a showed completely planar geometry, indicating that 9-silaphenanthrene has a delocalized 14π-electron system as an aromatic compound. In spite of its high thermal stability, 1a still has high reactivity at the 9,10-position toward small reagents such as H2O.
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- 2007
22. Synthesis and Properties of η6-Silabenzene−M(CO)3 Complexes (M = Cr, Mo)
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Takahiro Sasamori, Nobuhiro Takeda, Norihiro Tokitoh, Takeshi Matsumoto, and Akihiro Shinohara
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Trimethylsilyl ,Ligand ,Stereochemistry ,Chemical shift ,Organic Chemistry ,Inorganic Chemistry ,Metal ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Crystallography ,Delocalized electron ,chemistry ,visual_art ,Silabenzene ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Absorption (chemistry) ,Benzene - Abstract
Synthesis of the first neutral η6-silabenzene complexes [M(η6-C5H5SiTbt)(CO)3] (M = Cr (2), Mo (3); Tbt = 2,4,6-tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl) was achieved by the ligand exchange reactions of [M(CH3CN)3(CO)3] (M = Cr, Mo) with the kinetically stabilized silabenzene 1. X-ray crystallographic analysis of 2 revealed that the η6-coordinated silabenzene rings of the complexes have almost planar geometries with delocalized π-electron structures. The structures of η6-silabenzene complexes 2 and 3 were fully characterized by NMR, UV/vis, and IR spectroscopic analysis. All the 1H, 13C, and 29Si NMR chemical shifts of the SiC5H5 rings of 2 and 3 were shifted to upper field relative to those for silabenzene 1, due to the π-coordination of the silabenzene ring to the metal center. The carbonyl stretching frequencies of 2 and 3 were observed in a region of lower wavenumber as compared to those of the corresponding group 6 metal complexes of benzene. In the UV/vis spectra of 2 and 3, the absorption maxima were ...
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- 2005
23. Voltammetric and Spectroscopic Analyses of the Effect of Ionomer on Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Pt Surface and Strategy for Developing Desirable Ionomers
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Kensaku Kodama, Kenta Motobayashi, Masatoshi Osawa, Ryosuke Jinnouchi, Akihiro Shinohara, Tomohiro Takeshita, and Yu Morimoto
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The performance of polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) is strongly affected by interfaces between the catalyst and ionomer in the cathode catalyst layer. While searching and synthesizing new catalysts have been major strategies for improving the catalytic activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) until recently, modifying the other side of the interface, i.e.the ionomer, is becoming another big challenge because recent studies have revealed its significance on both the activity and oxygen transport. One of the most important properties of ionomers is the strength of the interaction between the anionic groups and Pt surface as already confirmed for real and model catalysts [1 - 3], and therefore, detailed understandings of the adsorption mechanisms of the anionic groups on Pt is essential for developing desirable ionomers. Figure 1 shows the cyclic voltammograms and ORR Tafel plots in 0.1 M HClO4 for Pt (111) surfaces bare and coated with Nafion® film, which was confirmed to be uniform by scanning electron microscopy. The results indicate that ORR activity is suppressed significantly (by over 80%) by the ionomer, while the coverage of the sulfonate moieties adsorbed on the Pt surface is estimated to be small (0.08 ML) from the adsorption peak in the CV by assuming that the adsorption is a one-electron-transfer process (-SO3 – + Pt → -SO3 – Pt + e-). To further investigate the effect of ionomers, low-molecular-weight sulfonic acids were employed as model compounds for the side-chains of ionomers, and the interface was analyzed by in-situ surface enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS). Figure 2a shows the SEIRA spectrum of perfluoro-(2-ethoxyethane) sulfonic acid (PESA, C2F5OC2F4SO3H) adsorbed on polycrystalline Pt film. The spectrum reveals the presence of strong bands due to the asymmetric stretching modes of SO3 -and the absence of them due to the asymmetric stretching mode of COC. These observations and the surface selection rule in SEIRAS suggest that the perfluoroalkyl chain is almost parallel to the surface as depicted in Fig. 2b. The orientation of the molecule is presumably determined by the interaction between the ether group and surface and can elucidate the significant ORR suppression by the small coverage with the sulfonate; not only the sulfonate moiety but also the perfluoroalkyl chain blocks Pt sites for ORR. In the meeting, further analytical results as well as promising strategies for suppressing the catalyst poisoning with ionomers will be discussed. References [1] K. Shinozaki, J.W. Zack, S. Pylypenko, B.S. Pivovar, S.S. Kocha, J. Electrochem. Soc., 162F1384-F1396 (2015). [2] R. Subbaraman, D. Strmcnik, V. Stamenkovic, N.M. Markovic, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114 8414-8422 (2010). [3] K. Kodama, A. Shinohara, N. Hasegawa, K. Shinozaki, R. Jinnouchi, T. Suzuki, T. Hatanaka and Y. Morimoto, J. Electrochem. Soc. 161, F649 (2014). Figure 1
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- 2017
24. Synthesis and Properties of the First 1-Silanaphthalene
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Nobuhiro Takeda, and Akihiro Shinohara, and Norihiro Tokitoh
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Steric effects ,Trimethylsilyl ,Organic Chemistry ,Solid-state ,Aromaticity ,Vis spectra ,Inorganic Chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,symbols.namesake ,chemistry ,symbols ,Physical chemistry ,Organic chemistry ,Thermal stability ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Raman spectroscopy - Abstract
The first 1-silanaphthalene, 4, was successfully synthesized by taking advantage of an efficient steric protection group, 2,4,6-tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)-methyl]phenyl (Tbt), and the aromaticity of 4 was discussed on the basis of its 1 H, 1 3 C, and 2 9 Si NMR, Raman, and UV/vis spectra together with theoretical calculations. In contrast to the thermal stability of the Tbt-substituted 2-silanaphthalene 2, 1-Tbt-1-silanaphthalene (4) undergoes a ready [2 + 4] dimerization reaction in solution even at room temperature, despite its stability in the solid state.
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- 2002
25. The First Stable 9-Silaanthracene
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and Akihiro Shinohara, Norihiro Tokitoh, and Nobuhiro Takeda
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Steric effects ,Silylation ,Trimethylsilyl ,Organic Chemistry ,Aromaticity ,Photochemistry ,Medicinal chemistry ,Lithium diisopropylamide ,Inorganic Chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,symbols.namesake ,chemistry ,symbols ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Raman spectroscopy ,Trifluoromethanesulfonate - Abstract
The first stable 9-silaanthracene, 5, bearing an efficient steric protection group, 2,4,6-tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl (Tbt), was successfully synthesized by the reaction of the corresponding silyl triflate, 7, with a 1.0 M amount of lithium diisopropylamide. The aromaticity of 5 is discussed on the basis of the NMR, UV/vis, and Raman spectra, X-ray structural analysis, and theoretical calculations.
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- 2001
26. ChemInform Abstract: Asymmetric Synthesis of 1-Aryl-1,2-ethanediols from Arylacetylenes by Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrosilylation as a Key Step
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Kotaro Mukaide, Jin Wook Han, Tamio Hayashi, Toyoshi Shimada, and Akihiro Shinohara
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chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Silylation ,Trichlorosilane ,Hydrosilylation ,Aryl ,Polymer chemistry ,Enantioselective synthesis ,chemistry.chemical_element ,General Medicine ,Platinum ,Palladium ,Catalysis - Abstract
Double hydrosilylation of arylacetylenes with trichlorosilane catalyzed first by platinum and second by a chiral monophosphine−palladium complex generated the corresponding 1,2-bis(silyl)-1-arylethanes, the oxidation of which with hydrogen peroxide gave 1-aryl-1,2-diols of high enantiomeric purity (94−98% ee) in high yields.
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- 2010
27. Germylene and silylene complexes of molybdenum via E-H (E = Ge, Si) bond activations: steric influences on intramolecular MoH...E interactions
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Jennifer L. McBee, Akihiro Shinohara, and T. Don Tilley
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Steric effects ,Silicon ,Stereochemistry ,Silylene ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy ,Inorganic Chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Crystallography ,chemistry ,Molybdenum ,Intramolecular force ,Atom ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry - Abstract
Reactions of Cp*(dmpe)Mo(eta(3)-CH(2)Ph) with organogermanes (RR'GeH(2)) afforded germylene complexes Cp*(dmpe)Mo(H)GeRR' (RR' = Ph(2) (2), Et(2) (3), (Mes)H (4), ((t)Bu)H (5)). Compound 2 does not possess an intramolecular H...Ge interaction of the type exhibited by its silicon analogue and by 3. The existence of such interactions appears to depend on the steric properties of substituents on the Ge (or Si) atom. For comparison, a silylene complex was prepared by reaction of 9-silafluorene with 1, to give Cp*(dmpe)Mo(H)Si(C(12)H(8)), which on the basis of NMR spectroscopy does not possess a significant Si...H interaction.
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28. Cycloaddition reactions of kinetically stabilized 9-silaanthrancene with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
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Akihiro Shinohara, Yusuke Tanabe, Norihiro Tokitoh, and Yoshiyuki Mizuhata
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Silicon ,Chemistry ,Organic Chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Organic chemistry ,General Chemistry ,Photochemistry ,Catalysis ,Cycloaddition - Published
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29. Pt/Ionomer Interface Analyses with the Combination of Voltammetry and Spectroscopy
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Kensaku Kodama, Kenta Motobayashi, Akihiro Shinohara, Naoki Hasegawa, Kenji Kudo, Ryosuke Jinnouchi, Hajime Murata, Tatsuya Hatanaka, Yu Morimoto, and Masatoshi Osawa
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In catalyst layers of polymer electrolyte fuel cells, a solid polymer electrolyte, called “ionomer” for distinguishing it from the electrolyte membrane, is generally used to form good electrochemical interfaces on catalyst surfaces. However, model experiments using Pt single crystal electrodes covered with ionomer films suggested that sulfonate anion in perfluorinated sulfonic acid polymer (e.g. Nafion, with the side chain of OCF2CF(CF3)O(CF2)2SO3H) blocks active sites on Pt catalyst and therefore, slows down the kinetics of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) [1]. Recently, the catalyst poisoning was found to be weakened by using an ionomer with different anionic structure (NBC4, having two sulfonimide acid groups in its side chain ended with a perfluorobutane, instead of a sulfonic acid group), as shown by broader and smaller anion-related peaks (0.4 – 0.6 V) in the cyclic voltammogram (CV) of Pt (111) coated with NBC4 (black dashed curve in Fig. 1a) than that with Nafion (gray solid curve in Fig. 1a) [2]. In the present study, we report that the anion adsorptivity can be also controlled even by changing the structures of perfluorinated side chain of sulfonic acid ionomer. In Fig. 1a, the black solid curve is the CV for a sulfonic acid ionomer with short side chains (Aquivion, with the side chain of O(CF2)2SO3H). Although the peaks due to the adsorption and desorption of sulfonate anion are sharp, the peak potentials are higher and the peak intensities are weaker than those for the Nafion-coated Pt. Thus ionomer with the shorter side chain is less adsorptive on Pt surface. Fig. 1b shows the CVs for a bare Pt (111) single crystal electrode in low-molecular-weight perfluoro-sulfonic acids of C4F9SO3H (nonafluorobutane sulfonic acid, NFBSA) and C2F5OC2F4SO3H (Perfluoro (2-ethoxyethane) sulfonic acid, PES). The CVs show reduction current due to residual oxygen and ill-defined features probably due to impurities. The Pt (111)-like Hupd plateaus are, however, seen between 0.07 – 0.4 V and anion-related peaks are observed (dashed circles). The potentials of the anion adsorption/desorption peaks are lower and the peak areas are larger for PES than for NFBSA. In addition, the surface enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) spectra for a Pt polycrystalline film in the electrolyte of NFBSA showed the band for adsorbed sulfate anion on Pt at 0.4 – 0.7 V (Fig. 2a, the shaded region at ca. 1100 cm-1) and therefore, the anion adsorption peak in the CV of Pt (111) may be not due to the adsorption of NFBSA anion itself, but due to the adsorption of sulfate anion as impurity, which was found to be contained with non-negligible concentration, -1in the SEIRA spectra can be ascribed to the orientations of NFBSA molecules to more IR-active states, not to their adsorptions on the Pt surface.) In contrast, because the SEIRA spectra for PES do not show the clear band due to adsorbed sulfate anion (Fig. 2b), the anion adsorption peak in the CV can be ascribed to the adsorption of PES anion itself. Therefore, presumably, the PES anion is much more adsorptive on Pt than NFBSA anion is, and the presence or absence of the ether group in the perfluoro-sulfonate anions affects the adsorptivity of the anions. References [1]R. Subbaraman et al., ChemPhysChem, 11(2010) 2825. [2]K. Kodama et al., J. Electrochem. Soc. 161(2014) F649. Figure 1
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30. Coordination chemistry of a kinetically stabilized germabenzene: syntheses and properties of stable eta6-germabenzene complexes coordinated to transition metals
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Nobuhiro Takeda, Norihiro Tokitoh, Takahiro Sasamori, Norio Nakata, and Akihiro Shinohara
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chemistry.chemical_classification ,Trimethylsilyl ,Stereochemistry ,Ligand ,Organic Chemistry ,Center (category theory) ,chemistry.chemical_element ,General Chemistry ,Germabenzene ,Carbon-13 NMR ,Catalysis ,Coordination complex ,Ruthenium ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Crystallography ,chemistry ,Transition metal - Abstract
The first stable eta6-germabenzene complexes, that is, [M(CO)3(eta6-C5H5GeTbt)] {M=Cr (2), Mo (3), and W (4); Tbt=2,4,6-tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl}, have been synthesized by ligand-exchange reactions between [M(CO)3(CH3CN)3] (M=Cr, Mo, and W) and the kinetically stabilized germabenzene 1 and characterized by 1H and 13C NMR, IR, and UV/Vis spectroscopy. In the 1H and 13C NMR spectra of 2-4, all of the signals for the germabenzene rings were shifted upfield relative to their counterparts in the free germabenzene 1. X-ray crystallographic analysis of 2 and 4 revealed that the germabenzene ligand was nearly planar and was coordinated to the M(CO)3 group (M=Cr, W) in an eta6 fashion. The formation of complexes 2-4 from germabenzene 1 should be noted as the application of germaaromatics as 6pi-electron ligands toward complexation with Group 6 metals. On the other hand, treatment of 1 with [{RuCp*Cl}4] (Cp*=C5Me5) in THF afforded a novel eta5-germacyclohexadienido complex of ruthenium-[RuCp*{eta5-C5H5GeTbt(Cl)}] (9)-instead of the expected eta6-germabenzene-ruthenium cationic complex [RuCp*{eta6-C5H5GeTbt}]Cl (10). Crystallographic structural analysis of 9 showed that the five carbon atoms of the germacyclohexadienido ligand of 9 were coordinated to the Ru center in an eta5 fashion.
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31. Photophysical and photochemical processes of 9,10-dihydro-9-silaphenanthrene derivatives: photochemical formation and electronic structure of 9-silaphenanthrenes
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Norihiro Tokitoh, Kozaburo Nishiyama, Hikaru Watanabe, Seiji Tobita, Hiroaki Horiuchi, Tetsutaro Yoshinaga, Makoto Oba, Hiroshi Hiratsuka, Tetsuo Okutsu, Akihiro Shinohara, Akiko Ishihara, and Yasunari Furukawa
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Photolysis ,Free Radicals ,Molecular Structure ,Photochemistry ,Ultraviolet Rays ,Photodissociation ,Quantum yield ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Electronic structure ,Phenanthrenes ,Fluorescence ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Organosilicon Compounds ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Methylcyclohexane ,Phosphorescence ,Carbon - Abstract
Photophysical and photochemical processes of 9-methyl- and 9-phenyl-9,10-dihydro-9-silaphenanthrene derivatives have been studied at room temperature and 77 K in comparison with the carbon analogue, 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene. These 9,10-dihydro-9-silaphenanthrene derivatives show smaller fluorescence quantum yield and remarkably larger Stokes shifts than those of the carbon analogue. In contrast, their phosphorescence quantum yields are two times larger than those of the carbon analogue, although the absolute value is not so large (approximately 0.1). Reaction products and intermediates produced by the 266 nm light photolysis have been studied, and it has been confirmed that 9-methyl- and 9-phenyl-9-silaphenanthrenes have been photochemically formed in methylcyclohexane at 77 K, in addition to the formation of radical cations of 9,10-dihydro-9-silaphenanthrene derivatives and the carbon-centered radical: 9-hydro-9-silaphenanthrenyl radical.
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- 2006
32. Synthesis of Kinetically Stabilized 1-Silanaphthalenes and Their Properties
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Takahiro Sasamori, Nobuhiro Takeda, Norihiro Tokitoh, and Akihiro Shinohara
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Tris ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Trimethylsilyl ,Chemistry ,Group (periodic table) ,Organic chemistry ,General Chemistry ,General Medicine ,Medicinal chemistry - Abstract
The first kinetically stabilized 1-silanaphthalenes bearing a 2,4,6-tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl (Tbt) group or a 2,6-bis[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]-4-[tris(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl (B...
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33. Erythrocytosis due to an erythropoietin-producing large uterine leiomyoma
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Yuji Yokoyama, Mitsuyosi Hirokawa, Akihiro Shinohara, and Nobuhiko Maeda
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Gynecology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Uterine leiomyoma ,Leiomyoma ,business.industry ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Polycythemia ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,female genital diseases and pregnancy complications ,surgical procedures, operative ,Reproductive Medicine ,Smooth muscle ,Erythropoietin ,Uterine Neoplasms ,Medicine ,Humans ,Female ,business ,neoplasms ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Background: Various etiologies of myomatous erythrocytosis syndrome (erythrocytosis associated with a uterine leiomyoma), one of which is altered production of erythropoietin, have been proposed. We report a case of erythrocytosis associated with a large uterine leiomyoma in which erythropoietin activity and immunostaining for erythropoietin in the leiomyoma were found. Case: A 64-year-old woman, gravida 2, para 1, was referred to our department for treatment of a large uterine myoma and erythrocytosis with elevated levels of erythropoietin. Total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was performed, and the results of the pathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of leiomyoma of the uterus, which weighed 920 g. The patient’s postoperative course was satisfactory, and the levels of hemoglobin and erythropoietin were normalized and remained within normal ranges. The level of erythropoietin in the uterine leiomyoma measured by radioimmunoassay was elevated (372 mU/wet gram), and specific immunostaining for erythropoietin was found in the cytoplasm of leiomyoma cells. The levels of erythropoietin extracted from uterine leiomyomas of other patients who did not have erythrocytosis (control patients, n = 5) were lower (65 ± 15.3 mU/wet gram), but specific immunostaining for erythropoietin was also found in the cytoplasm of leiomyoma cells from those patients. Conclusions: Our case was typical of myomatous erythrocytosis syndrome in which uterine leiomyoma was proved to produce erythropoietin. Our results also suggest that erythropoietin is produced in uterine leiomyomas of patients with and without erythrocytosis. Leiomyoma of the uterus may affect the production of erythropoietin and may develop into myomatous erythrocytosis syndrome when the level of erythropoietin exceeds the normal range.
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34. Asymmetric synthesis of 1-aryl-1,2-ethanediols from arylacetylenes by palladium-catalyzed asymmetric hydrosilylation as a key step
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Kotaro Mukaide, Akihiro Shinohara, Toyoshi Shimada, Jin Wook Han, and Tamio Hayashi
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Silylation ,Hydrosilylation ,Aryl ,Enantioselective synthesis ,chemistry.chemical_element ,General Chemistry ,Biochemistry ,Catalysis ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,chemistry ,Trichlorosilane ,Polymer chemistry ,Organic chemistry ,Platinum ,Palladium - Abstract
Double hydrosilylation of arylacetylenes with trichlorosilane catalyzed first by platinum and second by a chiral monophosphine−palladium complex generated the corresponding 1,2-bis(silyl)-1-arylethanes, the oxidation of which with hydrogen peroxide gave 1-aryl-1,2-diols of high enantiomeric purity (94−98% ee) in high yields.
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35. Photochemical and Thermal Reactions of a Kinetically Stabilized 9-Silaanthracene: The First Spectroscopic Observation of a 9,10-Dewar-9-silaanthracene Isomer
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Nobuhiro Takeda, Akihiro Shinohara, and Norihiro Tokitoh
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Reaction mechanism ,Anthracene ,Dimer ,General Chemistry ,Vis spectra ,Kinetic energy ,Photochemistry ,Biochemistry ,Catalysis ,NMR spectra database ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Colloid and Surface Chemistry ,chemistry ,Thermal ,Molecule - Abstract
A kinetically stabilized 9-silaanthracene (1) underwent unique photochemical and thermal reactions to afford 9,10-Dewar-9-silaanthracene 2a and the head-to-tail [4 + 4] dimer 3, respectively. The structure of 2a was confirmed by 1H, 13C, and 29Si NMR spectra, and the kinetic parameters for the thermal reversion of 2a to 1 were obtained by the measurement of UV/vis spectra. The dimer 3 was thermally stable, and the molecular structure of 3 was determined by X-ray crystallographic analysis. It was experimentally demonstrated for the first time that 9-silaanthracene, as well as anthracene, can afford either the Dewar isomer or [4 + 4] dimer, depending on the reaction conditions.
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36. Contents Vol. 56, 2003
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Nasser Al-Busiri, Sharon Maslovitz, Nobuhiko Maeda, Maritta Hippeläinen, Ece Onur, Hassan Elsori, Kentaro Masuda, Lukman Thalib, Majed Al-Shemmari, Akinori Oki, Seppo Heinonen, Atef M. Darwish, Z. Appelman, Joseph B. Lessing, M. Dahan, Souei Sekiya, Ahmet Var, B. Sami Uyanik, Tunde Fatinikun, Guy Gutman, Nabeel Rashwan, Chang Hun Song, L. Lerner-Geva, Michael J. Kupferminc, Sami Taher, Yesim Guvenc, B. Caspi, Yoko Ainoya, Bum Chae Choi, Lubomir Diveky, Hajime Tsunoda, Mamiko Onuki-Tanabe, Alexander E. Omu, Sok Cheon Pak, Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, Tae Hun An, Z. Hagay, Ronni Gamzu, Izumi Goto Chihara, Maarit Anttila, George Flouret, Naoki Kita, Majeda S. Hammoud, Akihiro Shinohara, Hisao Osada, Kayhan Goktalay, B. Modan, Yuji Yokoyama, Michael F.E. Diejomaoh, Toyomi Satoh, Lakshami V. Devarajan, Naoki Yamada, Mitsuyosi Hirokawa, Saed Al-Othman, Noora Al-Sweih, Yoshinori Iitsuka, Yasemin Yildirim, A. Chetrit, N. Kemal Kuscu, Sanjit Fernandes, and Minna Kortelahti
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Reproductive Medicine ,Obstetrics and Gynecology - Published
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37. Subject Index Vol. 56, 2003
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Michael J. Kupferminc, L. Lerner-Geva, Yasemin Yildirim, Maarit Anttila, A. Chetrit, Mitsuyosi Hirokawa, Tunde Fatinikun, Sharon Maslovitz, Z. Hagay, Sami Taher, Joseph B. Lessing, Izumi Goto Chihara, B. Sami Uyanik, Z. Appelman, Naoki Kita, Sanjit Fernandes, Mamiko Onuki-Tanabe, Yesim Guvenc, Noora Al-Sweih, Saed Al-Othman, Souei Sekiya, Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, Alexander E. Omu, Nabeel Rashwan, B. Modan, Sok Cheon Pak, Lubomir Diveky, Kayhan Goktalay, Michael F.E. Diejomaoh, Ahmet Var, Kentaro Masuda, Minna Kortelahti, Majed Al-Shemmari, Naoki Yamada, Tae Hun An, Chang Hun Song, M. Dahan, Majeda S. Hammoud, Akihiro Shinohara, Guy Gutman, Hisao Osada, Yuji Yokoyama, Yoko Ainoya, Hajime Tsunoda, Ece Onur, George Flouret, Nasser Al-Busiri, B. Caspi, Akinori Oki, Maritta Hippeläinen, Hassan Elsori, Lukman Thalib, Atef M. Darwish, Nobuhiko Maeda, Toyomi Satoh, Lakshami V. Devarajan, Ronni Gamzu, N. Kemal Kuscu, Seppo Heinonen, Bum Chae Choi, and Yoshinori Iitsuka
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Index (economics) ,Reproductive Medicine ,Statistics ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Subject (documents) ,Mathematics - Published
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38. Catalyst Poisoning Property of Sulfonimide Acid Ionomer on Pt (111) Surface.
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Kensaku Kodama, Akihiro Shinohara, Naoki Hasegawa, Kazuma Shinozaki, Ryosuke Jinnouchi, Takahisa Suzuki, Tatsuya Hatanaka, and Yu Morimoto
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CATALYST poisoning ,IONOMERS ,IMIDES ,BUTANE ,SULFONIC acids ,ANIONS - Abstract
The catalyst poisoning property of a novel ionomer, NBC4, which has two sulfonimide acid groups in its side chain ended with a perfluorobutane, instead of sulfonic acid groups as Nafion does, was theoretically and experimentally compared with that of Nation. A density functional theory combined with a continuum electrolyte theory showed that the adsorption is weaker for sulfonimide anion than for sulfonate anion on Pt (111) surface. Electrochemical measurements using Pt (111) surfaced single crystal electrodes covered with the ionomer films showed the weaker anion adsorption and higher ORR activity by ca. 50% at 0.82 V vs the reversible hydrogen electrode for NBC4 than for Nafion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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39. Paramagnetic Vanadium Silyl Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity.
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Akihiro Shinohara, Jennifer McBee, Rory Waterman, and T. Don Tilley
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HYDROGEN-ion concentration , *ACIDITY function , *BUFFER solutions , *SOIL acidity - Abstract
Vanadium silyl complexes of the type Cp(dmpe)VSiHRR′ are formed by reaction of Cp(dmpe)VMe ( 1) with RR′SiH 2( 2, R, R′ = Ph; 3, R = Mes, R′ = H) in benzene at room temperature with concomitant release of CH 4gas. These complexes are paramagnetic, with high-spin d 3configurations, and exhibit broad 1H NMR resonances. They possess three-legged piano-stool geometries, and each silicon atom adopts a tetrahedral structure with no agostic V···HSi interaction. The V−Si bond length of 2is 2.5629(8) Å, and the V−P bond lengths are 2.4613(8) and 2.4621(8) Å. A KIE value of 2.1 ± 0.1 was observed for the reaction of Cp(dmpe)VCH 2Ph ( 4) with Ph 2SiH 2/Ph 2SiD 2at room temperature. The reaction of 2with Ph 2SiHCl in benzene resulted in silyl group exchange to give Cp(dmpe)VSiClPh 2( 5) in 82% yield. A vanadium(III) silyl complex was obtained by oxidation of 5with Ph 3CCl to give Cp(dmpe)V(Cl)SiClPh 2( 6). The V−Si and V−Cl bond lengths of 6are 2.573(1) and 2.388(1) Å, respectively. The Si−Cl bond length of 2.160(1) Å is longer than those typically observed (ca. 2.023 Å). Reaction of 2with CO afforded Cp(dmpe)V(CO) 2( 7) via homoleptic cleavage of the V−Si bond. The reaction of 5with Li(Et 2O) 3B(C 6F 5) 4generated what appears to be the silylene complex [Cp(dmpe)VSiPh 2]B(C 6F 5) 4, on the basis of elemental analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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40. Synthesis and Properties of a Kinetically Stabilized 9-Silaphenanthrene.
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Norihiro Tokitoh, Akihiro Shinohara, Takeshi Matsumoto, Takahiro Sasamori, Nobuhiro Takeda, and Yukio Furukawa
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GEOMETRY , *PARTICLES (Nuclear physics) , *NUCLEAR physics , *ANNIHILATION reactions , *ANYONS - Abstract
Reaction of 9-bromo-9,10-dihydro-9-silaphenanthrene (6) with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) in THF at room temperature afforded kinetically stabilized 9-silaphenanthrene 1abearing an efficient steric protection group, 2,4,6-trisbis(trimethylsilyl)methylphenyl (Tbt). 9-Silaphenanthrene 1awas isolated as pale yellow crystals, and the structure of 1awas completely determined by spectroscopic and X-ray crystallographic analyses. The 1H and 13C NMR chemical shifts corresponding to the 9-silaphenanthrene ring of 1awere observed in a typical aromatic region, while the central silicon atom showed the characteristic signal at 86.9 ppm in the 29Si NMR in C6D6. The 9-silaphenanthrene ring of 1ashowed completely planar geometry, indicating that 9-silaphenanthrene has a delocalized 14-electron system as an aromatic compound. In spite of its high thermal stability, 1astill has high reactivity at the 9,10-position toward small reagents such as H2O. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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41. Photophysical and Photochemical Processes of 9,10-Dihydro-9-silaphenanthrene Derivatives: Photochemical Formation and Electronic Structure of 9-Silaphenanthrenes.
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Hiroshi Hiratsuka, Hiroaki Horiuchi, Yasunari Furukawa, Hikaru Watanabe, Akiko Ishihara, Tetsuo Okutsu, Seiji Tobita, Tetsutaro Yoshinaga, Akihiro Shinohara, Norihiro Tokitoh, Makoto Oba, and Kozaburo Nishiyama
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- 2006
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