PJA Ser. B Reviews by Discipline

Chemistry

• Biomimetic polymers with phosphorylcholine groups as biomaterials for medical devices
  Kazuhiko ISHIHARA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 100, No. 10, 579-606 (2024) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Chemical characterization of heavy actinides and light transactinides – Experimental achievements at JAEA
  Yuichiro NAGAME and Tetsuya K. SATO
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 100, No. 3, 165-189 (2024) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Recent progress in the chemistry of heavy aromatics
  Shiori FUJIMORI, Yoshiyuki MIZUHATA and Norihiro TOKITOH
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 99, No. 10, 480-512 (2023) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Synthesis and applications of helical polymers with dynamic and static memories of helicity
  Eiji YASHIMA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 99, No. 10, 438-459 (2023) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Environmental catalysts advance focused on lattice oxygen for the decomposition of harmful organic compounds
  Nobuhito IMANAKA and Naoyoshi NUNOTANI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 99, No. 7, 198-212 (2023) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Chemical elucidation of acute encephalopathy by ingestion of angel-wing mushroom (Pleurocybella porrigens) —involvement of three constituents in onset —
  Hirokazu KAWAGISHI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 99, No. 7, 191-197 (2023) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Aromatic micelles: toward a third-generation of micelles
  Michito YOSHIZAWA, Lorenzo CATTI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 99, No. 1, 29-38 (2023) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Phenine design for nanocarbon molecules
  Koki IKEMOTO, Toshiya M. FUKUNAGA and Hiroyuki ISOBE
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 98, No. 8, 379-400 (2022) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Design and synthesis of biologically active carbaglycosylamines: From glycosidase inhibitors to pharmacological chaperones
  Seiichiro OGAWA, Shinichi KUNO and Tatsushi TOYOKUNI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 98, No. 7, 336-360 (2022) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Copolymerization of ethylene with non-vinyl polar monomers
  Kyoko NOZAKI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 98, No. 5, 222-226 (2022) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Sulfonium-aided coupling of aromatic rings via sigmatropic rearrangement
  Hideki YORIMITSU and Gregory J. P. PERRY
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 98, No. 4, 190-205 (2022) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Possibilities and challenges of small molecule organic compounds for the treatment of repeat diseases
  Kazuhiko NAKATANI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 98, No. 1, 30-48 (2022) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Mannose-binding analysis and biological application of pradimicins
  Yu NAKAGAWA and Yukishige ITO
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 98, No. 1, 15-29 (2022) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Synthesis and applications of high-performance P-chiral phosphine ligands
  Tsuneo IMAMOTO
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 97, No. 9, 520-542 (2021) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Insight into chemical mechanisms of sepal color development and variation in hydrangea
  Kumi YOSHIDA, Kin-ichi OYAMA and Tadao KONDO
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 97, No. 2, 51-68 (2021) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Heterologous production of fungal natural products: Reconstitution of biosynthetic gene clusters in model host Aspergillus oryzae
  Hideaki OIKAWA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 96, No. 9, 420-430 (2020) [Abstract and Full Text]
• “Dynamic” molecular recognition and chirality segregation utilizing concepts of molecular machines and molecular assemblies
  Seiji SHINKAI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 95, No. 10, 590-601 (2019) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Sialic acid derivatization for glycan analysis by mass spectrometry
  Takashi NISHIKAZE
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 95, No. 9, 523-537 (2019) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Discovery and development of pyrethroid insecticides
  Noritada MATSUO
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 95, No. 7, 378-400 (2019) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Asymmetric autocatalysis. Chiral symmetry breaking and the origins of homochirality of organic molecules
  Kenso SOAI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 95, No. 3, 89-110 (2019) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Are fairy chemicals a new family of plant hormones?
  Hirokazu KAWAGISHI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 95, No. 1, 29-38 (2019) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Design of high-performance chiral phase-transfer catalysts with privileged structures
  Keiji MARUOKA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 95, No. 1, 1-16 (2019) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Chemical kinetics study through observation of individual reaction events with atomic-resolution electron microscopy
  Eiichi NAKAMURA and Koji HARANO
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 94, No. 10, 428-440 (2018) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Studies on single-molecule bridging metal electrodes: development of new characterization technique and functionalities
  Manabu KIGUCHI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 94, No. 9, 350-359 (2018) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Development of chemical and chemo-enzymatic glycosylations
  Shin-ichiro SHODA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 93, No. 3, 125-145 (2017) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Total synthesis and related studies of large, strained, and bioactive natural products
  Masahiro HIRAMA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 92, No. 8, 290-329 (2016) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of chiral organic compounds of ultra-high purity of >99% ee
  Ei-ichi NEGISHI, Shiqing XU
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 91, No. 8, 369-393 (2015) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Precision synthesis, structure and function of helical polymers
  Yoshio OKAMOTO
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 91, No. 6, 246-261 (2015) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Chemical construction and structural permutation of neurotoxic natural product, antillatoxin: importance of the three-dimensional structure of the bulky side chain
  Masayuki INOUE
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 90, No. 2, 56-66 (2014) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Transition metal catalyzed borylation of functional π-systems
  Hiroshi SHINOKUBO
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 90, No. 1, 1-11 (2013) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Visualization of chemical reaction dynamics: Toward understanding complex polyatomic reactions
  Toshinori SUZUKI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 89, No. 1, 1-15 (2013) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Switchable molecular magnets
  Osamu SATO
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 88, No. 6, 213-225 (2012) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Bonding and structure of disilenes and related unsaturated group-14 element compounds
  Mitsuo KIRA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 88, No. 5, 167-191 (2012) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Development of biomimetic catalytic oxidation methods and non-salt methods using transition metal-based acid and base ambiphilic catalysts
  Shun-Ichi MURAHASHI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 87, No. 5, 242-253 (2011) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Transition metal catalyzed manipulation of non-polar carbon–hydrogen bonds for synthetic purpose
  Shinji MURAI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 87, No. 5, 230-241 (2011) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Studies on sea snake venom
  Nobuo TAMIYA and Tatsuhiko YAGI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 87, No. 3, 41-52 (2011) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Isolation of rotational isomers and developments derived therefrom
  Michinori ŌKI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 86, No. 9, 867-883 (2010) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Photochromism of diarylethene molecules and crystals
  Masahiro IRIE
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 86, No. 5, 472-483 (2010) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Lipase-catalyzed polyester synthesis — A green polymer chemistry
  Shiro KOBAYASHI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 86, No. 4, 338-365 (2010) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Key structures of bacterial peptidoglycan and lipopolysaccharide triggering the innate immune system of higher animals: Chemical synthesis and functional studies
  Shoichi KUSUMOTO, Koichi FUKASE and Tetsuo SHIBA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 86, No. 4, 322-337 (2010) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones: Tactics to achieve high reactivity, enantioselectivity, and wide scope
  Takeshi OHKUMA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 86, No. 3, 202-219 (2010) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Exploratory research on bioactive natural products with a focus on biological phenomena
  Daisuke UEMURA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 86, No. 3, 190-201 (2010) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Cytotoxic substances from two species of Japanese sea hares: chemistry and bioactivity
  Kiyoyuki YAMADA, Makoto OJIKA, Hideo KIGOSHI and Kiyotake SUENAGA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 86, No. 3, 176-189 (2010) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Polyamorphism in water
  Osamu MISHIMA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 86, No. 3, 165-175 (2010) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Recent development of two chitinase inhibitors, Argifin and Argadin, produced by soil microorganisms
  Tomoyasu HIROSE, Toshiaki SUNAZUKA and Satoshi ŌMURA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 86, No. 2, 85-102 (2010) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Rational design of dynamic ammonium salt catalysts towards more flexible and selective function
  Kazuaki ISHIHARA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 85, No. 8, 290-313 (2009) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Overview on the history of organofluorine chemistry from the viewpoint of material industry
  Takashi OKAZOE
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 85, No. 8, 276-289 (2009) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Theoretical studies of structure, function and reactivity of molecules—A personal account
  Keiji MOROKUMA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 85, No. 5, 167-182 (2009) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Raman Tensors and their application in structural studies of biological systems
  Masamichi TSUBOI, James M. BENEVIDES and George J. THOMAS, Jr.
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 85, No. 3, 83-97 (2009) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Nipponium as a new element (Z=75) separated by the Japanese chemist, Masataka Ogawa: a scientific and science historical re-evaluation
  H. Kenji YOSHIHARA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 84, No. 7, 232-245 (2008) [Abstract and Full Text]
• From designer Lewis acid to designer Brønsted acid towards more reactive and selective acid catalysis
  Hisashi YAMAMOTO
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 84, No. 5, 134-146 (2008) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Discovery and synthetic applications of novel silicon-carbon bond cleavage reactions based on the coordination number change of organosilicon compounds
  Kohei TAMAO
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 84, No. 5, 123-133 (2008) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Total synthesis and development of bioactive natural products
  Kuniaki TATSUTA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 84, No. 4, 87-106 (2008) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Polyborylated reagents for modern organic synthesis
  Masaki SHIMIZU and Tamejiro HIYAMA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 84, No. 3, 75-85 (2008) [Abstract and Full Text]
• New developments of polysaccharide synthesis via enzymatic polymerization
  Shiro KOBAYASHI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 83, No. 8, 215-247 (2007) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Chemistry of a Novel Zerovalent Ruthenium π-Acidic Alkene Complex, Ru(η6-1,3,5-cyclooctatriene)(η2-dimethyl fumarate)2
  Take-aki MiTSUDO, Yasuyuki URA and Teruyuki KONDO
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 83, No. 3, 65-76 (2007) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Amphiphilic polysilane-methacrylate block copolymers -Formation and interesting properties-
  Hideki SAKURAI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 82, No. 8, 257-269 (2006) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Total synthesis of borrelidin
  Tohru NAGAMITSU, Yoshihiro HARIGAYA and Satoshi ŌMURA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 81, No. 7, 244-256 (2005) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Organic-synthetic and supramolecular approaches to free radical-based magnets
  Hiizu IWAMURA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 81, No. 7, 233-243 (2005) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Invention of organotellurium and organostibine mediators for highly controlled degenerative transfer polymerization
  Shigeru YAMAGO
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 81, No. 5, 117-128 (2005) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells
  Akira FUJISHIMA and Xin-Tong ZHANG
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 81, No. 2, 33-42 (2005) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Organoborane coupling reactions (Suzuki coupling)
  Akira SUZUKI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 80, No. 8, 359-371 (2004) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Development of β-keto ester and malonate chemistry. Palladium-catalyzed new reactions of their allylic esters
  Jiro TSUJI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 80, No. 8, 349-358 (2004) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Antiparasitic agents produced by microorganisms
  Kazuro SHIOMI and Satoshi ŌMURA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 80, No. 6, 245-258 (2004) [Abstract and Full Text]
• In situ surface dynamics in heterogeneous catalysis
  Kenzi TAMARU
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 80, No. 3, 119-127 (2004) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Cell-based screening strategy in the search for bioactive microbial secondary metabolites. Utilization of microbial and animal cells with special functions
  Shigeo IWASAKI and Satoshi ŌMURA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 80, No. 2, 54-73 (2004) [Abstract and Full Text]
• π-Electron ferromagnetism of a purely organic radical crystal
  Minoru KINOSHITA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 80, No. 2, 41-53 (2004) [Abstract and Full Text]
• High spin chemistry underlying organic molecular magnetism. Topological symmetry rule as the first principle of spin alignment in organic open-shell systems of π-conjugation and their ions
  Koichi ITOH and Takeji TAKUI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 80, No. 2, 29-40 (2004) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Shear stress effects on electronic spectra on the one-dimensional bis(diphenylglyoximato)metal(II) complexes, M(dpg)2 [M = Ni and Pt] under high pressure
  Ichimin SHIROTANI, Junichi HAYASHI, Kouji HIRANO, Haruki KAWAMURA, Makoto INOKUCHI, Kyuya YAKUSHI and Hiroo INOKUCHI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 79, No. 9, 267-273 (2003) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Photoresponse of self-organizing chemical systems
  Ichiro HANAZAKI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 79, No. 9, 253-266 (2003) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of α-amino acid derivatives and peptides using chiral phase-transfer catalysts
  Keiji MARUOKA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 79, No. 7, 181-189 (2003) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Bis(iodozincio)methane as a synthetic tool
  Seijiro MATSUBARA and Koichiro OSHIMA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 79, No. 3, 71-77 (2003) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Microbial metabolites with inhibitory activity against lipid metabolism
  Hiroshi TOMODA, Ichiji NAMATAME and Satoshi ŌMURA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 78, No. 8, 217-240 (2002) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Chirality probe approach to reactive intermediates. Primary vinyl cation and cycloalkyne
  Tadashi OKUYAMA and Morifumi FUJITA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 78, No. 7, 167-172 (2002) [Abstract and Full Text]
• When does like like like? Microscopic inhomogeneity in homogeneous ionic systems
  Norio ISE
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 78, No. 6, 129-137 (2002) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Glycosyl fluoride. A superb glycosyl donor in glycosylation
  Teruaki MUKAIYAMA and Hideki JONA
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 78, No. 4, 73-83 (2002) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Nucleophilic addition of organochromium reagents to carbonyl compounds
  Kazuhiko TAKAI and Hitosi NOZAKI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 76, No. 8, 123-131 (2000) [Abstract and Full Text]
• On the solution viscosity of ionic polymers and their conformation in solutions
  Norio ISE
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 74, No. 8, 192-200 (1998) [Abstract and Full Text]
• Chemical Compositions and Lead Isotope Ratios of Ancient Lead-barium Glasses found in Japan
  Kazuo YAMASAKI
  Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Vol. 67, No. 3, 49-55 (1991) [Abstract and Full Text]