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Y. Akagi, H. Watanabe, T. Sakami, S. Furumatsu, S. Yamada, R. Maki, Y. Okuda, H. Akashi, K. Wakamatsu, Y. Kusano, and A. Orita*
Synthesis of (Z)-Enediynes via Stereoinvertive Nucleophilic Substitution of (E)-Sulfonylethenes with Arylethynide, and Their Aggregation-Induced Optical Properties.
J. Org. Chem., ASAP, (2024) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.4c01457 (Cover Picture)

Y. Okuda, T. Sato, S. Takebe, M. Mori, M. Fujimoto, K. Masuda, T. Sabato, K. Wakamatsu, H. Akashi, A. Orita*
Chemodivergent Synthesis of Polycyclic Aromatic Diarylamines and Carbazoles by Thermal/Photochemical Process-Controlled Dephosphinylative Functionalizations of Amino(phosphinyl)arenes.
J. Org. Chem. 2024, 89, 7747–7757 (Supplementary Cover Picture)

L. Peng, Y. Zhao, Y. Okuda, L. Le, Z. Tang, S.-F. Yin, R. Qiu*, A. Orita*
Process-Divergent Syntheses of 4- and 5-Sulfur-Functionalized 1,2,3-Triazoles via Copper-Catalyzed Azide−Alkyne Cycloadditions of 1-Phosphinyl-2-sulfanylethynes.
J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 3089 (Supplementary Cover Picture).

H. Watanabe, K. Ekuni, Y. Okuda, R. Nakayama, K. Kawano, T. Iwanaga, A. Yamaguchi, T. Kiyomura, H. Miyake, M. Yamagami, T. Tajima, T. Kitai, T. Hayashi, N. Nishiyama, Y. Kusano, H. Kurata, Y. Takaguchi*, A. Orita*
Composite Formation of Anthrylene- and Ferrocenoyl-Substituted Phenyleneethynylenes with Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs).
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2023, 96, 57 (Selected Paper).

K. Sun, K. Sagisaka, L. Peng, H. Watanabe, F. Xu, R. Pawlak, E. Meyer, Y. Okuda, A. Orita*, S. Kawai*
Head-to-Tail Oligomerization by Silylene-Tethered Sonogashira Coupling on Ag(111).
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 19598. (Hot Paper)

H. Watanabe, M. Takemoto, K. Adachi, Y. Okuda, A. Dakegata, T. Fukuyama, I. Ryu, K. Wakamatsu, A. Orita*
Syntheses of Diarylethenes by Perylene-catalyzed Photodesulfonylation from Ethenyl Sulfones.
Chem. Lett. 2020, 49, 409 (Editor’s Choice).

X. Yang, S. Kajiyama, J.-K. Fang, F. Xu, Y. Uemura, N. Koumura*, K. Hara, A. Orita*, J. Otera*
Synthesis and Properties of Anthrylene-Substituted Phenyleneethynylene Dyes Having Amino/Cyano Group(s) and Their Application to Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2012, 85, 687 (Selected Paper)