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Publications in 2025

1. Distinctive photomechanical shape change of p-phenylenediacrylic acid dimethyl ester single crystals induced by a spatially heterogeneous photoreaction
D. Kitagawa, R. Tomoda, S. A. Ramos, G. J. O. Beran, C. J. Bardeen, S. Kobatake
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 64(8), e202420243 (6 pages) (2025).
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202420243, published on February 17, 2025 (online: November 19, 2024).

2. The impact of dihedral angle in aryl groups on the photocyclization reactivity of inverse-type diarylethenes
M. Suganuma, D. Kitagawa, S. Hamatani, H. Sotome, C. Mittelheisser, M. Sliwa, S. Ito, H. Miyasaka, S. Kobatake
J. Mater. Chem. C, 13(10), 5259-5267 (2025).
DOI: 10.1039/D4TC04853A, published on March 14, 2025 (online: January 17, 2025).

3. Patterning of photochromic diarylethene crystals by sublimation for morphological controls
M. Isobe, D. Kitagawa, S. Kobatake
Small Methods, 9(3), 2401545 (8 pages) (2025).
DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202401545, published on March 20, 2025 (online: January 19, 2025).

4. Aggregation behavior of α-substituted dibenzoylmethanatoboron difluoride complex with various alkyl groups in water/acetone mixtures
K. Makabe, H. Koide, K. Moriya, N. Miyasaka, K. Minemura, K. Ichihara, Y. Fujimoto, D. Kitagawa, S. Kobatake, F. Ito
Chem. Lett., 54(2), upaf008 (Total 4 pages) (2025).
DOI: 10.1093/chemle/upaf008, published on February 2025 (online: January 27, 2025).

5. Effect of substitution position of aryl groups on the thermal back reactivity of aza-diarylethene photoswitches and prediction by density functional theory
M. Suganuma, D. Kitagawa, S. Hamatani, S. Kobatake
Beilstein J. Org. Chem., 21, 242–252 (2025).
DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.21.16, published on January 31, 2025.

6. Synthesis and photochromism of a turn-on fluorescent diarylethene having benzo[b]selenophene groups as the aryl units
Y. Watanabe, S. Kim, D. Kosumi, D. Kitagawa, S. Kobatake, T. Fukaminato
Chem. Commun., 61(34), 6304-6307 (2025).
DOI: 10.1039/D5CC00598A, published on April 30, 2025 (online: March 15, 2025).