International Symposium on Novel Carbon-Rich Organic Materials
NCROM Program
September 29 (Mon)
10:00-10:10
Opening Remark
Yoshito Tobe (Chairman)
Chair, Yoshito Tobe
10:10-10:55
Advanced Scaffolding in One, Two, and Three Dimensions
François Diederich (ETH, Zürich)
10:55-11:15
Complexation of Carbon Nanorings with Fullerenes
Takeshi Kawase and Masaji Oda (Osaka Univ.)
11:15-12:00
Shape-Persistent Macrocycles: From Molecules to Materials
Sigurd Höger (Univ. Karlsruhe)
12:00-13:20
Lunch
Chair, K. Peter C. Vollhardt
13:20-14:05
Cylindrical -Systems Directed towards Novel Carbon Networks
Masahiko Iyoda (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.)
14:05-14:25
Syntheses and Aggregation Behaviors of Chiral [3+3]Cycloalkynes
Containing Helicene
Yuto Saiki, Hiroki Sugiura, Keiichi Nakamura, Yasuko Nigorikawa, and
Masahiko Yamaguchi (Tohoku Univ.)
14:25-14:45
Syntheses and Structures of 1,8-Anthrylene-ethynylene Oligomers
Shinji Toyota, Michio Goichi, and Masashi Kotani (Okayama Univ.
Science)
14:45-15:05
Break
Chair, Sigurd Höger
15:05-15:25
Synthesis and Spectroscopic Properties of a Series of -Blocked Long
Oligothiophenes up to the 96-mer
Yoshio Aso, Tsuyoshi Izumi, Seiji Kobashi, Kazuo Takimiya, and Tetsuo
Otsubo (Osaka Univ. and Hiroshima Univ.)
15:25-16:10
Synthesis of Single- and Double-Stranded Shape-Persistent Macrocycles
A. Dieter Schlüter (Freie Univ. Berlin)
16:20-17:40
Poster Session
18:00-19:30
Banquet
September 30 (Tue)
Chair, Michael M. Haley
9:00-9:45
Carbon Particles as Grown from Matrix Isolated Linear Carbon Molecules
Tomonari Wakabayashi and Wolfgang Kärtschmer (Kyoto Univ. and
Max-Planck-Institut)
9:45-10:05
Synthesis and Characterization of [46]Paracyclophanedodecayne and
[48]Paracyclophanehexadecayne Derivatives
Masakazu Ohkita and Takashi Tsuji (Nagoya Institute Tech.)
10:05-10:35
An Open-Cage Fullerene Derivative That Encapsulates Molecular
Hydrogen in 100%
Koichi Komatsu, Yasujiro Murata, and Michihisa Murata (Kyoto Univ.)
10:35-10.55
Break
Chair, Yves Rubin
10:55-11:15
Double Elimination Protocol Access to Unsymmetrically Substituted
Aromatic Polyynes Starting from Sulfones and Aldehydes
Akihiro Orita, Fangguo Ye, and Junzo Otera (Okayama Univ. Science)
11:15-12:00
The Total Synthesis of Carbon
K. Peter C. Vollhardt (UC Berkeley)
12:00-13:20
Lunch
Chair, A. Dieter Schlüter
13:20-14:05
Dehydrobenzoannulenes Chemistry: Carbon-rich -Electronic Structures
for Novel Applications
Michael M. Haley (Univ. Oregon)
14:05-14:50
Chemistry of C60 and Approaches to Endohedral Metallofullerenes
Yves Rubin (UCLA)
14:50-15:10
Break
Chair, François Diederich
15:10-15:55
Developing Carbon-Rich Materials with New Structures and Functions
Yoshito Tobe (Osaka Univ.)
15:55-16:05
Closing Remark
Yoshito Tobe (Chairman)
Poster Session
September 29 (Mon)
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P02
P03
P04
16:20 – 17:40
A Set of Shape-Persistent Macrocycles with Terpyridine Units
Christian Grave, Dieter Lentz, Paolo Samorì, Jürgen P. Rabe, and A. Dieter Schlüter
(Freie Univ. Berlin and Humboldt Univ. Berlin)
Insulated Molecular Wires from Functionalised Cyclodextrins
Tatsuhiko Fujimoto, Asao Nakamura, Masateru Taniguchi, Takehiko Wada, Tomoji
Kawai, Yoshihisa Inoue, Reiko Kuroda, Takahiro Kaneda, and Harry L. Anderson
(Univ. Oxford, Osaka Univ., ICORP Entropy Control Project (JST), and Kuroda
Chiromorphology Project, ERATO (JST))
Shape-Persistent Macrocycles with Bipyridine Units: Progress in Accessibility and
Widening of Applicability
Dorina Opris and Dieter Schlüter (Freie Univ. Berlin)
Formation of Cyclictrimer from a Quinocumulene Derivative Extended with
Hexapentaene
Yuichiro Minami, Naoki Nishigaki, Takeshi Kawase, and Masaji Oda (Osaka Univ.)
P05
Short Conjugated Monodisperse Allene Oligomers from 1,3-Diethynylallenes
Severin Odermatt and François Diederich (ETH Zürich)
P06
Molecular Orbital Calculations of H2 Gas Storage in Carbon and Boron Nitride
Clusters
Naruhiro Koi and Takeo Oku (Kansai Univ. and Osaka Univ.)
In Pursuit of Superaromaticity: Circular [8]Phenylene
Ognjen Ŝ. Miljanić and K. Peter C. Vollhardt (UC Berkeley)
Generation of Highly Reactive All-Carbon and Carbon-Rich Species from Organic
Precursors
Rui Umeda, Motohiro Sonoda, Yoshito Tobe, and Tomonari Wakabayashi (Osaka
P07
P08
Univ., CREST (JST), and Kyoto Univ.)
P09
P10
P11
P12
Towards an Orifice in the C60 Shell via Trisisobenzofuran Macrocycle Addition
Eugene Rozumov, Michael Sander, Thibaut Jarrosson, and Yves Rubin (UCLA)
Photocurrent Generated with a Homoconjugated Bisfulleroid Polymer
Clifton Kwang-Fu Shen, Gursel Sonmez, Fred Wudl, and Yves Rubin (UCLA)
Double Elimination Protocol for Access to Unsymmetrically Halogen-substituted
Diphenylacetylenes Starting from Sulfones and Aldehydes
Akihiro Orita, Kazuhiko Miyamoto, and Junzo Otera (Okayama Univ. Science)
Synthetic [2+2+2] Approach to Opening [60]Fullerene by Modification of the Cage
P13
P14
P15
P16
P17
P18
P19
P20
P21
P22
P23
Electronic Structure
Shin-Ching Chuang, Michael Sander, Thibaut Jarrosson, Saeed Khan, Jane Strouse,
and Yves Rubin (UCLA)
Complexation of a Carbon Nanoring with C70 and its Derivatives
Masaki Tsutsumi, Naoki Fujiwara, Takeshi Kawase, and Masaji Oda (Osaka Univ.)
Radial Oligocyclopentadienyl Complexes
Philip W. Leonard and K. Peter C. Vollhardt (UC Berkeley)
Synthesis and Properties of Cyclic Phenylenevinylenes and Phenyleneacetylenes
Having Biphenyl Units
Keiichiro Utsumi, Takeshi Kawase, and Masaji Oda (Osaka Univ.)
Generation and Characterization of Highly Strained Dehydrobenzoannulenes
Ichiro Ohki, Takeshi Eda, Motohiro Sonoda, Hiroyuki Niino, Tadatake Sato,
Tomonari Wakabayashi, and Yoshito Tobe (Osaka Univ., CREST (JST), AIST, and
Kyoto Univ.)
Triazaphenylenyl Radicals
Ana Tontcheva, Shijun Zhang, and Yves Rubin (UCLA)
Development of Highly Sensitive Fluorescent Chiral Sensor Having Optically
Active Crown Ether
Yoshito Tobe, Yui Senda, Shintaro Miura, and Keiji Hirose (Osaka Univ. and
CREST (JST))
Self-Association Behavior of Diethynylbenzene Macrocycles Possessing Chiral Side
Chains
Yoshito Tobe, Toshiro Nagai, Akihiro Nomoto, Shunji Araki, Motohiro Sonoda, and
Keiji Hirose (Osaka Univ. and CREST (JST))
Synthesis of Rotaxanes via Prerotaxanes Consisting of a Ring Component and a
Stopper Unit
Keiji Hirose, Masami Araki, and Yoshito Tobe (Osaka Univ.)
Synthesis of a Rotaxane Having an Anthracene-based Photochromic 27-Crown-8
Type Ring Molecule and the Switching of its Rocking Motion
Keiji Hirose, Kazuaki Ishibashi, Yoshinobu Shiba, and Yoshito Tobe (Osaka Univ.)
Synthesis of Extensively Conjugated -Electronic Systems Consisting of
Dehydrobenzo[12]annulene Cores
Masutaka Shinmen, Daishi Yokoyama, Tsumoru Morimoto, Kiyomi Kakiuchi,
Motohiro Sonoda, Akiko Inaba, and Yoshito Tobe (Osaka Univ., CREST (JST), and
NAIST)
Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Bis(trisdehydrotribenzo[12]annulene)
Motohiro Sonoda, Yu Sakai, Takashi Yoshimura, and Yoshito Tobe (Osaka Univ. and
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P25
P26
P27
P28
P29
P30
P31
P32
P33
P34
P35
CREST (JST))
An Anthracene-Based Photochromic 24-Crown-8 Type Macrocycle as a Key Ring
Component to Switch a Frequency of Shuttling Motion Reversibly in Rotaxane
Supramolecular System
Keiji Hirose, Yoshinobu Shiba, and Yoshito Tobe (Osaka Univ.)
Synthesis of Novel Biindenylidene Derivatives via Palladium Catalyzed Tandem
Cyclization of Diaryldienynes
S. M. Abdur Rahman, Motohiro Sonoda, Kayo Itahashi, and Yoshito Tobe (Osaka
Univ. and CREST (JST))
The Electronic Properties of an Electron-beam-irradiated C60 Film
Jun Onoe, Tomonobu Nakayama, Masakazu Aono, and Toshiki Hara (Tokyo
Institute Tech., NIMS, and RIKEN)
Facile Construction of the Novel Holey Fullerene Derivatives by the Sequential
Carbon-Carbon Bond Scissions on C60 Cage
Sho-ichi Iwamatsu, Fumiaki Ono, Toshiki Kuwayama, and Shizuaki Murata
(Nagoya Univ. and CREST (JST))
B12@B12@B60 and B12@(B12)12 Giant Clusters with Doping Atoms Observed by
High-Resolution Electron Microscopy
Takeo Oku (Osaka Univ.)
Synthesis and Atomic Structures of Boron Nitride Cage Clusters and Nanotubes
Takeo Oku, Ichihito Narita, and Atsushi Nishiwaki (Osaka Univ.)
Molecular Orbital Calculations of Endohedral B36N36 Clusters with Doping
Elements
Atsushi Nishiwaki and Takeo Oku (Osaka Univ.)
Block-localizations of -conjugations in the Tube-like Fullerenes C60+10n
Yasushi Nomura, Susumu Narita, and Tai-ichi Shibuya (Shinshu Univ.)
Synthesis,
Structure,
and
Photophysical
Properties
of
Hexakis(9-anthrylethynyl)benzene and its Derivatives
Masakazu Ohkita, Chihaya Adachi, and Takanori Suzuki (Nagoya Institute Tech.)
Supramolecular Graphyne: A C-HN Hydrogen-bonded Unique Network Structure
of 2,4,6-Triethynyl-1,3,5-triazine
Masakazu Ohkita and Takanori Suzuki (Nagoya Institute Tech.)
Radical Cations and Dications of Oligothiophenes Stabilized by Annelation with
Bicyclo[2.2.2]octene Units
Tohru Nishinaga, Atsushi Wakamiya, Daisuke Yamazaki, and Koichi Komatsu
(Kyoto Univ.)
Syntheses of 1,8-Anthrylene-1,4-butadiynylene Oligomers
P36
P37
P38
P39
P40
P41
P42
P43
P44
P45
Michio Goichi and Shinji Toyota (Okayama Univ. Science)
Molecular Dynamics Studies on the Coalescence of Linear Carbon Molecules into
Nanoparticles
Yasutaka Yamaguchi and Tomonari Wakabayashi (Osaka Univ. and Kyoto Univ.)
The First Supramolecular Dual Piston-Cylinder System
Gaku Fukuhara, Tatsuhiko Fujimoto, Yoshiteru Sakata, and Takahiro Kaneda (Osaka
Univ.)
New Methods for the Synthesis of 2-Substituted Azulenes Based on the Metalation
Toshihiro Murafuji, Kei Kurotobi, A. F. M. Mustafizur Rahman, and Yoshikazu
Sugihara (Yamaguchi Univ.)
Direct Observation of Benzdiynes, Small Carbon-Rich Molecules, by Matrix
Isolation Technique
Tadatake Sato, Aiko Narazaki, Yoshizo Kawaguchi, and Hiroyuki Niino (AIST)
Synthesis and Spectral Properties of Triply-bridged [3.3.3](3,6,9)Carbazalophane
Naoki Sakumoto, Keita Tani, Kazushige Hori, Yasuo Tohda, Hideo Ohkita,
Shinzaburo Ito, and Masahide Yamamoto (Osaka Kyoiku Univ., Kyoto Univ., and
Ritsumeikan Univ.)
Synthesis and Spectral Properties of Carbazole-terephthalate Cyclophane and its
Application as a Fluorescent Probe for Local Polarity of Solvents
Keita Tani, Kazushige Hori, Yasuo Tohda, Hiroaki Benten, Hideo Ohkita,
Shinzaburo Ito, and Masahide Yamamoto (Osaka Kyoiku Univ., Kyoto Univ., and
Ritsumeikan Univ.)
Ruthenium(II) Complexes of Pentamethylated [60]Fullerene: Useful Starting
Materials of Carbon-Rich Organometallic Complexes
Yutaka Matsuo and Eiichi Nakamura (Univ. Tokyo)
Effective Synthesis of Optically Active Oligonaphthalenes
Kazunori Tsubaki, Masaya Miura, Hiroshi Morikawa, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Takumi
Furuta, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Takeo Kawabata, and Kaoru Fuji (Kyoto Univ., Univ. of
Shizuoka, and Kyoto Pharmaceutical Univ.)
Synthesis and Properties of Unsaturated Cyclophanes Containing Phenanthrene
Units
Yoshiyuki Kuwatani, Shin-ichi Hoshi, Jun-ichi Igarashi, and Masahiko Iyoda (Tokyo
Metropolitan Univ.)
Aggregation of Poly(tetrathiafulvalenylethynyl)benzenes in Neutral and Cationic
States
Masashi Hasegawa, Jun-ichi Takano, Yoshiyuki Kuwatani, and Masahiko Iyoda
(Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.)