MANABU ABE

Last Updated :2025/10/02

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Professor
Web Site
E-mail
mabehiroshima-u.ac.jp
Other Contact Details
1-3-1,Kagamiyama,Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
TEL : (+81)82-424-7432 FAX : (+81)82-424-7432
Self-introduction
Development of chemical reactions using light energy, which exists abundantly in nature. Development of drugs that deliver biologically active substances such as anticancer drugs by light irradiation. Elucidation of chemical reaction mechanisms based on direct observation of unstable chemical species intervening in chemical reactions.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2024/04/01, Kyoto University, Visiting Professor
  • 2021, 2021, Kwansei University, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Visiting Professor
  • 2021, Tokyo Insitute of Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Visiting Professor
  • 2021, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering, Visiting Professor
  • 2020, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Professor
  • 2018, 2018, Osaka Prefecture University, Faculty of Engineering, Visiting Professor
  • 2018, 2018, Osaka University, Faculty of Engineering Science, Visiting Professor
  • 2015, 2015, Osaka City University, Faculty of Science, Visiting Professor
  • 2012, 2012, Kyushu University, Faculty of Science, Visiting Professor
  • 2008, 2008, Gunma UNiversity, Faculty of Engineering, Visintg Professor
  • 2008, 2008, Mie University, Faculty of Engineering, Visiting Professor
  • 2007, 2020/03/31, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Science, Professor
  • 2006, 2007, Osaka University, Associate Professor
  • 2003, 2003, Gifu University, Faculty of Engineering, Visiting Professor
  • 2000, 2006, Osaka University, Lecturer
  • 1995, 2000, Osaka University, Assistant Professor

Educational Backgrounds

  • Kyoto Institute of Technology, Graduate School, Division of Engineering and Design Science, Deaprtment of Materials Chemistry, Japan, 1992/04, 1995/03
  • Kyoto Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Design, Department of Engineering Chemistry, Japan, 1986/04, 1990/03

Academic Degrees

  • PhD, Kyoto Institute of Technology
  • Master of Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology

Educational Activity

  • [Bachelor Degree Program] School of Science : Chemistry : Chemistry
  • [Master's Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Chemistry Program
  • [Doctoral Program] Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering : Division of Advanced Science and Engineering : Chemistry Program

Research Fields

  • Chemistry;Basic chemistry;Organic chemistry
  • Chemistry;Applied chemistry;Synthetic chemistry
  • Chemistry;Applied chemistry;Functional solid state chemistry
  • Complex systems;Biomolecular science;Chemical biology

Research Keywords

  • Quantum Chemical Calculations
  • Orbital Theory
  • Reaction Mechanism
  • Organic Photochemistry

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • The Chemical Society of Japan, 1990/10
  • The Society of Physical Organic Chemistry, Japan
  • The Japanese Photochemistry Association, 1995/04
  • The Society of Silicon Chemistry, Japan, 2006/10
  • The Society of Electron Spin Science and Technology, 2006/10

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 2Term, Modern Chemistry
  2. 2025, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Special Study for Graduation
  3. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Special Study for Graduation
  4. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Organic Reaction Chemistry
  5. 2025, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Organic Chemistry III
  6. 2025, Undergraduate Education, Year, Advanced Subject Research
  7. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 1Term, Organic Reaction Chemistry
  8. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Exercises in Chemistry A
  9. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Exercises in Chemistry B
  10. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Year, Master's Thesis in Chemistry
  11. 2025, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Year, Doctoral Thesis in Chemistry

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Synthesis and Physical Properties of [n]Cycloparaphenylene Ketone (n=6, 7, 8, and 10), ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 64(33), 20250811
  2. Click Chemistry-Aided Synthesis of Triazole-Tethered Benzothiazoles as Novel Multifunctional Agents Against Alzheimer's Disease, ARCHIV DER PHARMAZIE, 358(7), 202507
  3. Triazole-functionalized benzofuran and benzothiophene semicarbazides as novel VEGFR-2-targeted anti-cancer agents, BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 163, 202508
  4. Discovery of 1-phenyl-1,2,3-triazole ureas as dual VEGFR-2/JNK-1 type II kinase inhibitors targeting pancreatic cancer, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES, 308, 202505
  5. Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of BODIPY-Caged Resiquimod as a Dual-Acting Phototherapeutic, JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 68(4), 4561-4581, 20250217
  6. Photochemical transformations of glycosyl bromides in the presence of amines, CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH, 552, 202506
  7. Temperature-Dependent Photoreactivity of 2-Azidomethylbenzophenone: Insights into the Triplet Imine Biradical Pathway, JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 90(9), 3349-3358, 20250227
  8. Organophotocatalytic access to C-glycosides: multicomponent coupling reactions using glycosyl bromides, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 60(66), 20240813
  9. Photo- and Ca2+- induced acceleration of uncaging process from hemiacetal intermediate formed in the photolysis of an o-nitrobenzyl type of photoremovable protecting group (photocage), JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY, 462, 20250501
  10. Influence of Curvature on the Physical Properties and Reactivity of Triplet Corannulene Nitrene, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 146(51), 35064-35076, 20241210
  11. Impact of Transition-State Aromaticity on Selective Radical-Radical Coupling of Triarylimidazolyl Radicals, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 147(3), 2559-2570, 20241128
  12. Design and synthesis of a 2,5-Diarylthiophene chromophore for enhanced near-infrared two-photon uncaging efficiency of calcium ions, PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 23(10), 1811-1827, 202410
  13. Molecular engineering of coumarins for enhanced 2-photon absorption property, CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 53(7), 20240718
  14. Temporal-Focusing Multiphoton Excitation Single-Molecule Localization Microscopy Using Spontaneously Blinking Fluorophores, ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 63(27), 20240701
  15. CO2 Capture and Electrochemical Reduction of Low-Concentration CO2 Using a Re(I)-Complex Catalyst in Ethanol, ACS CATALYSIS, 14(13), 10403-10411, 20240625
  16. Study on factors affecting quantum yield for the design of improved ortho-nitrobenzyl photoremovable protecting groups, BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 97(6), 20240628
  17. Sulfur atom effect on the photochemical release of benzylamine from caged amines, CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 53(6), 20240628
  18. α-Cleavage of 2,2-Diazido-2,3-dihydroinden-1-one in Solution and Cryogenic Matrices, JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 89(10), 7125-7137, 20240508
  19. Sequential C-F Bond Transformation of the Difluoromethylene Unit in Perfluoroalkyl Groups: A Combination of Fine-Tuned Phenothiazine Photoredox Catalyst and Lewis Acid, ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 63(14), 20240402
  20. Optochemical control of slow-wave sleep in the nucleus accumbens of male mice by a photoactivatable allosteric modulator of adenosine A2A receptors, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 15(1), 20240430
  21. Generation and Characterization of a Tetraradical Embedded in a Curved Cyclic Paraphenylene Unit, CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 29(42), 20230726
  22. Photoinduced α-Aminoalkylation of Sulfonylarenes with Alkylamines, CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 29(68), 20231206
  23. Molecular and Crystal Structure, Spectroscopy, and Photochemistry of a Dispiro Compound Bearing the Tetraoxane Pharmacophore, CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 29(48), 20230825
  24. Formation of Sterically Congested C-N Bonds by Electrochemical Reductive Coupling of Amines and α-Bromocarboxamides, CHEMELECTROCHEM, 11(5), 20240301
  25. Bidirectional Neuronal Actuation by Uncaging with Violet and Green Light, ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 63(13), 20240322
  26. Development of a Two-Photon-Responsive Chromophore, 2-(p-Aminophenyl)-5,6-dimethoxy-1-(hydroxyinden-3-yl)methyl Derivative, as a Photoremovable Protecting Group, JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 89(7), 4691-4701, 20240319
  27. Crucial Roles of Leaving Group and Open-Shell Cation in Photoreaction of (Coumarin-4-yl)methyl Derivatives, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 146(15), 10993-11001, 20240405
  28. The isotopic signature of UV during bacterial reduction, GEOCHEMICAL PERSPECTIVES LETTERS, 29, 45-50, 20240409
  29. Substituent Effects on the Electronic Ground State (Singlet versus Triplet) of Indenyl Cations: DFT and CASPT2 Studies, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 27(7), 20240219
  30. Substituted effects on bonding characteristics of cyclopentane-1,3-diyl diradicals monitored by time-resolved infrared spectroscopy, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 37(2), 202402
  31. Photoexcitation of (diarylmethylene)amino benziodoxolones for alkylamination of styrene derivatives with carboxylic acids, CHEMICAL SCIENCE, 15(3), 1068-1076, 20240117
  32. Energetically More Stable Singlet Cyclopentane-1,3-diyl Diradical with π-Single Bonding Character than the Corresponding σ-Single Bonded Compound, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 145(49), 27089-27094, 20231115
  33. Photochemically Induced Hydrogen Atom Transfer and Intramolecular Radical Cyclization Reactions with Oxazolones, JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 88(23), 16435-16455, 20231120
  34. Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of a Cyclic Stilbene Derivative with Simultaneous Two-photon Absorption Character, CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 52(11), 846-849, 202311
  35. Development of Photoremovable Protecting Groups Responsive to Near-Infrared Two-Photon Excitation and Their Application to Drug Delivery Research, BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 96(9), 899-906, 202309
  36. Contribution of the nuclear field shift to kinetic uranium isotope fractionation, GEOCHEMICAL PERSPECTIVES LETTERS, 27, 43-47, 20230920
  37. Light-Mediated Synthesis of 2-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-1-pyrroline via Intramolecular Reductive Cyclization of a Triplet Alkylnitrene, ORGANIC LETTERS, 25(23), 4345-4349, 20230605
  38. Manipulation of an electron by photoirradiation in the electron-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction, SCIENCE ADVANCES, 9(22), 20230602
  39. One-Electron Injection-triggered Radical Reaction of Alkyl Benzoates Promoted by 1,4-Bis(diphenylamino)benzene Photocatalysis, CHEMCATCHEM, 15(3), 20230208
  40. Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Transfer in Salicylidene-?- Hydroxy Carboxylate Derivatives: Direct Detection of the Triplet Excited State of the cis-Keto Tautomer, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A, 127(12), 2765-2778, 20230330
  41. Tris(4?-Nitrobiphenyl)amine-An Octupolar Chromophore with High Two-Photon Absorption Cross-Section and Its Application for Uncaging of Calcium Ions in the Near-Infrared Region, JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 87(23), 15888-15898, 20221202
  42. DMPO Spin Trapping Study of the Photolysis of 2-(4-Nitrophenyl)-1H-indolyl-3-methyl Derivatives, CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 52(1), 10-12, 202301
  43. Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines as multitasking organophotocatalysts in chemical synthesis, CHEM CATALYSIS, 2(10), 2726-2749, 20221020
  44. Photolysis of 3-Azido-3-phenyl-3H-isobenzofuran-1-one at Ambient and Cryogenic Temperatures(dagger), PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY, 97(6), 1397-1406, 202111
  45. Assemblies of 1,4-Bis(diarylamino)naphthalenes and Aromatic Amphiphiles: Highly Reducing Photoredox Catalysis in Water, SYNLETT, 33(12), 1184-1188, 20220721
  46. Photoreaction of 4-(Bromomethyl)-7-(diethylamino)coumarin:Generation of a Radical and Cation Triplet Diradical during the C-BrBond Cleavage br, ORGANIC LETTERS, 24(15), 2804-2808, 20220422
  47. Thermal Reaction Behavior of Triphenylimidazolyl Radical with a Bulky Substituent, JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 87(10), 6877-6885, 20220520
  48. A stable silylborane with diminished boron Lewis acidity, DALTON TRANSACTIONS, 51(17), 6543-6546, 20220503
  49. Protonation-Enhanced Reactivity of Triplet State in Dearomative Photocycloaddition of Quinolines to Olefins, ORGANIC LETTERS, 23(16), 6257-6261, 20210820
  50. 2-(4-Nitrophenyl)-1H-indolyl-3-methyl Chromophore: A Versatile Photocage that Responds to Visible-light One-photon and Near-infrared-light Two-photon Excitations, CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 51(2), 153-156, 202202
  51. Impacts of Solvent and Alkyl Chain Length on the Lifetime of Singlet Cyclopentane-1,3-diyl Diradicaloids with pi-Single Bonding, JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 87(3), 1858-1866, 20220204
  52. Long-lived localised singlet diradicaloids with carbon-carbon pi-single bonding (C-pi-C), CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 57(86), 11301-11309, 20211028
  53. Impact of Five-membered Heterocyclic Rings on Photophysical Properties Including Two-photon Absorption Character, CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 50(10), 1810-1813, 202110
  54. SOMO-HOMO Conversion in Triplet Cyclopentane-1,3-diyl Diradicals, ACS OMEGA, 6(35), 22773-22779, 20210907
  55. Direct Detection of Singlet Cyclopentane-1,3-diyl Diradicals By Infrared and Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy at Cryogenic Temperature and Their Photoreactivity, JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 86(17), 12046-12053, 20210903
  56. Structural Investigation of Photochemical Intermediates in Solution by Cold UV Spectroscopy in the Gas Phase: Photosubstitution of Dicyanobenzenes by Allylsilanes, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A, 125(28), 6238-6245, 20210722
  57. New aspect of photophysics of 7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane and its solvated complexes: intra- vs. inter-molecular charge-transfer, RSC ADVANCES, 11(36), 22381-22389, 20210703
  58. SOMO-HOMO Conversion in Triplet Carbenes, ORGANIC LETTERS, 23(13), 4955-4959, 20210702
  59. 1,3-Diradicals Embedded in Curved Paraphenylene Units: Singlet versus Triplet State and In-Plane Aromaticity, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 143(19), 7426-7439, 20210519
  60. Discovery of 4-alkoxy-2-aryl-6,7-dimethoxyquinolines as a new class of topoisomerase I inhibitors endowed with potent in vitro anticancer activity, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 215, 20210405
  61. p-Nitroterphenyl units for near-infrared two-photon uncaging of calcium ions, JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY A-CHEMISTRY, 409, 20210315
  62. Simple generation of various alpha-monofluoroalkyl radicals by organic photoredox catalysis: modular synthesis of beta-monofluoroketones, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 57(21), 2609-2612, 20210314
  63. Light-triggered elimination of CO2 and absorption of O-2 (artificial breathing reaction) in photolysis of 2-(4-nitrophenyl)-1H-indole derivatives, PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 20(3), 421-434, 202103
  64. Chemistry of Tertiary Carbon Center in the Formation of Congested C-O Ether Bonds, ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 60(8), 4329-4334, 20210219
  65. Impact of the macrocyclic structure and dynamic solvent effect on the reactivity of a localised singlet diradicaloid with pi-single bonding character, CHEMICAL SCIENCE, 12(2), 613-625, 20210114
  66. Dynamic solvent effects in radical-radical coupling reactions: an almost bottleable localised singlet diradical, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 22(48), 20201228
  67. Conformation of K+(Crown Ether) Complexes Revealed by Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A, 124(48), 9980-9990, 20201203
  68. Structural Transformation of the 2-(p-Aminophenyl)-1-hydroxyinden-3-ylmethyl Chromophore as a Photoremovable Protecting Group, CHEMPHOTOCHEM, 4(12), 5392-5398, 202012
  69. Photoinduced alpha-Cleavage of 2-Azido-2-phenyl-1,3-indandione at Cryogenic Temperatures, ORGANIC LETTERS, 22(20), 7885-7890, 20201016
  70. Heavy-Atom Tunneling Processes during Denitrogenation of 2,3-Diazabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene and Ring Closure of Cyclopentane-1,3-diyl Diradical. Stereoselectivity in Tunneling and Matrix Effect, JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 85(14), 8881-8892, 20200717
  71. Photochemical [2+2] cycloaddition reaction of carbonyl compounds with Danishefsky diene, ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY, 18(26), 4962-4970, 20200714
  72. Reactivity and Product Analysis of a Pair of Cumyloxyl and tert-Butoxyl Radicals Generated in Photolysis of tert-Butyl Cumyl Peroxide, JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 85(13), 8627-8638, 20200702
  73. Photoinduced Reactivity in a Dispiro-1,2,4-trioxolane: Adamantane Ring Expansion and First Direct Observation of the Long-Lived Triplet Diradical Intermediates, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A, 124(21), 4202-4210, 20200528
  74. Duality of Reactivity of a Biradicaloid Compound with an o-Quinodimethane Scaffold, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 142(11), 5408-5418, 20200318
  75. Efficient Generation and Synthetic Applications of Alkyl-Substituted Siloxycarbenes: Suppression of Norrish-Type Fragmentations of Alkanoylsilanes by Triplet Energy Transfer, CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 26(6), 1249-1253, 20200127
  76. Direct Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling with Naphthalene-1,8-diaminato (dan)-Substituted Organoborons, ACS CATALYSIS, 10(1), 346-351, 20200103
  77. Insights into the photochemistry of 5-aminotetrazole derivatives with applications in coordination chemistry. Effect of the saccharyl moiety on the photostability, PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY, 92(1), 49-62, 202001
  78. Bulky Substituent Effect on Reactivity of Localized Singlet Cyclopentane-1,3-diyls with pi-Single Bonding (C-pi-C) Character, CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL, 14(23), 4223-4228, 20191202
  79. Photodecomposition of Thienylsulfonyl Azides: Generation and Spectroscopic Characterization of Triplet Thienylsulfonyl Nitrenes and 3-Thienylnitrene, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A, 123(43), 9311-9320, 20191031
  80. Transforming Triplet Vinylnitrene into Triplet Alkylnitrene at Cryogenic Temperatures, ORGANIC LETTERS, 21(18), 7194-7198, 20190920
  81. The Effect of Viscosity on the Diffusion and Termination Reaction of Organic Radical Pairs, CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 25(42), 9846-9850, 20190725
  82. Formation and Reactivity of Triplet Vinylnitrenes as a Function of Ring Size, JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 84(14), 9215-9225, 20190719
  83. Keto-Difluoromethylation of Aromatic Alkenes by Photoredox Catalysis: Step-Economical Synthesis of alpha-CF2H-Substituted Ketones in Flow, ACS CATALYSIS, 9(7), 6555-6563, 201907
  84. Separation of Spectroscopically Uniform Nanographenes, CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL, 14(10), 1786-1791, 20190515
  85. Generation of "Sumanenylidene": A Ground-State Triplet Carbene on a Curved -Conjugated Periphery, CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL, 14(10), 1844-1848, 20190515
  86. Generation of Extremely Long-lived Localized Singlet Diradicals: New Insights into Bond-homolysis Process and Discovery of Novel Bonding System (C-pi-C), JOURNAL OF SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY JAPAN, 77(5), 503-511, 201905
  87. Photochemical generation of the 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO) radical from caged nitroxides by near-infrared two-photon irradiation and its cytocidal effect on lung cancer cells, BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 15, 863-873, 20190410
  88. 1,2-Diazacyclopentane-3,5-diyl Diradicals: Electronic Structure and Reactivity, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 141(9), 3920-3933, 20190306
  89. Curve Effect on Singlet Diradical Contribution in Kekule-type Diradicals: A Sensitive Probe for Quinoidal Structure in Curved -Conjugated Molecules, MOLECULES, 24(1), 20190101
  90. Chloro- and Dichloro-methylsulfonyl Nitrenes: Spectroscopic Characterization, Photoisomerization, and Thermal Decomposition, MOLECULES, 23(12), 201812
  91. Methoxyphosphinidene and Isomeric Methylphosphinidene Oxide, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 140(42), 13604-13608, 20181024
  92. Extremely Long Lived Localized Singlet Diradicals in a Macrocyclic Structure: A Case Study on the Stretch Effect, CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 24(55), 14808-14815, 20181001
  93. Triplet States of Tetrazoles, Nitrenes, and Carbenes from Matrix Photolysis of Tetrazoles, and Phenylcyanamide as a Source of Phenylnitrene, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A, 122(37), 7276-7283, 20180920
  94. Anthranilamide (aam)-substituted diboron: palladium-catalyzed selective B(aam) transfer, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 54(67), 9290-9293, 20180828
  95. Sulfamoyl nitrenes: singlet or triplet ground state?, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 54(48), 6136-6139, 20180618
  96. Selective Probing of Potassium Ion in Solution by Intramolecular Excimer Fluorescence of Dibenzo-Crown Ethers, CHEMPHYSCHEM, 19(11), 1331-1335, 20180605
  97. Unusually Long-Wavelength Emissions of Cyclopropanes: New Insight into C-C Bond Homolysis, CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 24(30), 7595-7600, 20180528
  98. Direct Observation of an Imidoylnitrene: Photochemical Formation of PhC(=NMe)-N and Me-N from 1-Methyl-5-phenyltetrazole, ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 57(12), 3212-3216, 20180312
  99. Experimental Observation of Thermally Excited Triplet States of Heavier Group 15 Element Centered Diradical Dianions, CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 24(13), 3156-3160, 20180302
  100. Photochemically Induced Intramolecular Radical Cyclization Reactions with Imines, JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 83(4), 1867-1875, 20180216
  101. Magnetically Bistable Nitrenes: Matrix Isolation of Furoylnitrenes in Both Singlet and Triplet States and Triplet 3-Furylnitrene, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 140(1), 10-13, 20180110
  102. Photochemical [2+2] cycloaddition reaction of enone derivatives with 2-siloxy-1H-pyrrole derivatives, ARKIVOC, 192-204, 2018
  103. Fast Heavy-Atom Tunneling in Trifluoroacetyl Nitrene, ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 56(49), 15672-15676, 20171204
  104. Artocarmins G-M, Prenylated 4-Chromenones from the Stems of Artocarpus rigida and Their Tyrosinase Inhibitory Activities, JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS, 80(12), 3173-3179, 201712
  105. Contrasting Photolytic and Thermal Decomposition of Phenyl Azidoformate: The Curtius Rearrangement Versus Intramolecular C-H Amination, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A, 121(45), 8604-8613, 20171116
  106. Is pi-Single Bonding (C-pi-C) Possible? A Challenge in Organic Chemistry, CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 46(11), 1586-1592, 201711
  107. Two ring opened oxetane taxoids containing a C-20 benzoyloxy group from the roots of Taxus wallichiana Zucc., TETRAHEDRON LETTERS, 58(40), 3897-3900, 20171004
  108. Laser flash photolysis of nanocrystalline alpha-azidop-methoxy-p-acetophenone, ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY, 15(35), 7380-7386, 20170921
  109. N-Methylcarbamoyl azide: spectroscopy, X-ray structure and decomposition via methylcarbamoyl nitrene, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRONTIERS, 4(9), 1839-1848, 20170901
  110. Computational study on 1,3-disilacyclobutane-1,3-diylidene disilylenes: A synthetic strategy for cis-bent disilenes, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 30(9), 201709
  111. B(MIDA)-Containing Diborons, ACS OMEGA, 2(9), 5911-5916, 201709
  112. Design and Synthesis of Two-Photon Responsive Chromophores for Near-Infrared Light-Induced Uncaging Reactions, SYNTHESIS-STUTTGART, 49(15), 3337-3346, 201708
  113. Mechanistic study of stereoselectivity in azoalkane denitrogenations, PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY, 89(6), 759-764, 201706
  114. Design and Synthesis of a Caged Carboxylic Acid with a Donor-pi-Donor Coumarin Structure: One-photon and Two-photon Uncaging Reactions Using Visible and Near-Infrared Lights, ORGANIC LETTERS, 19(10), 2622-2625, 20170519
  115. Direct observation of methoxycarbonylnitrene, CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 53(35), 4783-4786, 20170501
  116. Suplatast tosilate protects the lung against hyperoxic lung injury by scavenging hydroxyl radicals, FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, 106, 1-9, 201705
  117. Photolysis of 3,5-diphenylisoxazole in argon matrices, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 30(4), 201704
  118. Paterno-Buchi photochemical [2+2] cycloaddition of aromatic carbonyl compounds with 2-siloxy-1H-pyrrole derivatives(dagger), JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 30(4), 201704
  119. Direct Detection of a Chemical Equilibrium between a Localized Singlet Diradical and Its sigma-Bonded Species by Time-Resolved UV/Vis and IR Spectroscopy, ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 56(11), 2984-2988, 20170306
  120. Control of the Termination Mechanism in Radical Polymerization by Viscosity: Selective Disproportionation in Viscous Media, CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 23(6), 1299-1305, 201701
  121. Light-harvesting organogel based on tris(phenylisoxazolyl)benzene, SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY, 29(6), 471-476, 2017
  122. The structure of electronically excited ,-unsaturated lactones, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, 29(12), 718-724, 201612
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  239. Studies on The Application of The Paterno-Buchi Reaction to The Synthesis of Novel Fluorinated Scaffolds, CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL, 27(63), 15722-15729, 20211111
  240. Singly Occupied Molecular Orbital-Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (SOMO-HOMO) Conversion, AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 74(12), 827-837, 2021
  241. 2-Arylquinolines as novel anticancer agents with dual EGFR/FAK kinase inhibitory activity: synthesis, biological evaluation, and molecular modelling insights, JOURNAL OF ENZYME INHIBITION AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 37(1), 349-372, 20220101

Publications such as books

  1. 2015, Chemical Science of π-Electron Systems, Localized Singlet 1,3-Diradicals, springer, 2015
  2. 2014, Methods and Applications of Cycloaddition Reactions in Organic Syntheses, [3+2] Cycloaddition of α,β-Unsaturated Metal-Carbene Complexes, wiley, 2014
  3. 2010, Handbook of Synthetic Photochemistry, (97) Formation of a 4-membered ring: Oxetanes, wiley, 2010

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Photochemical Release of 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO) Radical from Caged Nitroxides by Near Infrared Two-photon Irradiation and Its Cytocidal effect on Lung Cancer Cells, Manabu Abe, Asian Photochemistry Conference 2018, 2018/12/17, With Invitation, English, Asian Photochemistry Association, Taipei
  2. Design and synthesis of NIR two-photon responsive chromophores, Manabu Abe, 14th Korea-Japan Symposium on Frontier Photoscience: Photochemistry, Solar Cells, and Photocatalysts, 2018/10/26, With Invitation, Japanese
  3. Is π SIngle Bonding Possible?, Manabu Abe, 24th IUPAC International Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, 2018/06/06, With Invitation, Japanese
  4. Design and synthesis of NIR two-photon responsive chromophores, Manabu Abe, International Symposium on Caged Compounds, 2018/03/09, With Invitation, Japanese
  5. Unusually Long-wavelength Emissions of Bicyclo[2.1.0]pentanes: New Insight unto C–C Bond Homolysis, Manabu Abe, Molecular Biradicals: Structure, Properties, and Reactivity, 2018/03/01, With Invitation, Japanese
  6. Design and Synthesis of New Chromophores for Two-Photon Uncaging Reaction using Near IR Light, Manabu Abe, International Conference on Chemical Science and Technology, 2018/02/24, With Invitation, English
  7. Design and Synthesis of New Chromophores for Two-Photon Uncaging Reaction using Near IR Light, Manabu Abe, Korea-Japan Frontier PhotoSceince (KJFP-2017), 2017/10/26, With Invitation, English
  8. Is π SIngle Bonding Possible?, Manabu Abe, Japan-Taiwan Bilateral Conference on Molecular Architecture, 2017/10/15, With Invitation, Japanese
  9. Nitrogen Atom Effect on Reactivity of 1,3-Diradicals, Manabu Abe, European Symposium on Organic Reactivity, 2017/09/05, With Invitation, English
  10. Is π SIngle Bonding Possible?, Manabu Abe, Herbert Mayr’s 70th Birthday, 2017/08/03, With Invitation, English
  11. Localized Diradicals on Macrocyclic Ring Systems, Manabu Abe, 8th Pacific Symposium on Radical Chemistry, 2017/07/18, With Invitation, English, Prof. Steven Bottle, QUT, Queensland University of Technology, Localized Diradicals on Macrocyclic Ring Systems
  12. Localized Diradicals in Macrocyclic Ring Systems, Manabu Abe, International Symposium on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules (ISRIUM), 2017/06/18, With Invitation, English, Das Thamattoor Department of Chemistry Colby College, Sorrento, Localized Diradicals in Macrocyclic Ring Systems
  13. A Challenge in Organic Chemistry: Is -Single Bonding Possible?, Manabu Abe, International Symposium of SFB 749 on "Dynamics and Intermediates of Molecular Transformations", 2017/04/02, With Invitation, English, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, München, A Challenge in Organic Chemistry: Is -Single Bonding Possible?
  14. Design and Synthesis of New Chromophores for Two-Photon Uncaging Reaction using Near IR Light, Manabu Abe, WPI IIIS, 2016/11/26, With Invitation, English, WPI IIIS, Tsukuba, WPI IIIS, Tsukuba, Design and Synthesis of New Chromophores for Two-Photon Uncaging Reaction using Near IR Light
  15. Design and Synthesis of New Chromophores for Two-Photon Uncaging Reaction using Near IR Light, Manabu Abe, IBSC 2016, 2016/09/26, With Invitation, English, Design and Synthesis of New Chromophores for Two-Photon Uncaging Reaction using Near IR Light
  16. Chameleonic Character of 1,2-Diazacyclopentane-3,5-diyl Diradical, Manabu Abe, TSRC Radicals in the Rockies, 2016/08/01, With Invitation, English, Wolfram Sander, Telluride, USA, Chameleonic Character of 1,2-Diazacyclopentane-3,5-diyl Diradical
  17. Is pai-Single-bonding Possible?, Manabu Abe, The 23rd IUPAC Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry (ICPOC-23), 2016/07/03, With Invitation, English, Jason Harper, Sydney, Australia, Is pai-Single-bonding Possible?

Awards

  1. 2024/12/02, Asian Core Program Lectureship Award, Coordinator of Singapore, Is π-Single Bonding (C–π–C) Possible? A Challenge in Organic Chemistry
  2. 2010, Australian Journal of Chemistry, Lectureship Award, Australian Journal of Chemistry
  3. 2007, The Zimmer Award, Cincinnati University
  4. 2007, Nozoe Memorial Award for Young Organic Chemist (2007), 基礎有機化学会, Generation of Long-lived Singlet Biradicals: Studies on the Structure and Reactivity
  5. 2007, Chemistry Research Promotion Center, Taiwan Lectureship Award, Chemistry Research Promotion Center, Taiwan
  6. 2005, Incentive Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (2005)., 有機合成化学協会, 反応性中間体の反応挙動精査に基づく合成反応の開発
  7. 2004, The Award for the Best Presentation on the 1st International Symposium in Chemistry at Gumma (2004), 群馬国際化学会議実行委員長・西村淳, Heteroatom Effects on the Reactivity of Cyclopentane-1,3-Diyls

Patented

  1. Patent, 6366269, 2018/07/13
  2. Patent, 6797410, 2020/11/20

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)), 2021, 2023
  2. Strategic Basic Research Programs(CREST), 2018/10/01, 2024/03/31
  3. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)), 2020, 2021
  4. Strategic Basic Research Programs(CREST), 2018/10/01, 2020/03/31
  5. Strategic Basic Research Programs(CREST), 2018/10/01, 2021/03/31
  6. Strategic Basic Research Programs(CREST), 2018/10/01, 2023/03/31
  7. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)), 2017, 2019
  8. KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow), 2017, 2019
  9. KAKENHI, 2016, 2017
  10. KAKENHI, 2012, 2016
  11. KAKENHI, 2011, 2012
  12. Strategic Basic Research Programs(CREST), 2010/10/01, 2016/03/31
  13. KAKENHI, 2009, 2010
  14. KAKENHI, 2008, 2009
  15. KAKENHI, 2007, 2008
  16. KAKENHI, 2007, 2007
  17. KAKENHI, Development of Novel Molecular Transformation Reaction and Functionalization, Based on the Stabilization of Open-Shell Molecules, 2007, 2010
  18. 2006
  19. 2005
  20. KAKENHI, New Development of Biradical Chemistry : Construction of a Novel Structure, 2005, 2006
  21. 2003
  22. KAKENHI, 2000, 2001
  23. KAKENHI, 2000, 2000
  24. KAKENHI, 2000, 2001
  25. KAKENHI, 1999, 1999
  26. KAKENHI, 1999, 1999
  27. KAKENHI, 1999, 1999
  28. KAKENHI, 1998, 1999
  29. KAKENHI, 1998, 1998
  30. KAKENHI, 1998, 1998

Social Activities

History as Committee Members

  1. Editorial Board, 2016/09/10, Advanced of Physical Organic Chemistry
  2. Organizing Committee Member, 2016/05/01, IUPAC S/C on Structual and Mechanistic Chemistry
  3. Associate Editor, 2012/09/01, Australian Jouranal of Chemistry

Organizing Academic Conferences, etc.

  1. 24th International conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy
  2. 2007/08
  3. International Symposium on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, 2014/04, 2014/04
  4. 27th Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry, 2016/09, 2016/09
  5. International Symposium on Reactive Intermediates and Unusual Molecules, 2015/12, 2015/12
  6. Pre-symposium on IUPAC Photochemistry, 2016/04, 2016/04
  7. 2015/07, 2015/07
  8. Pre-Symposium of Fujihara Seminar, 2016/04, 2016/04
  9. International Symposium on Stimuli-responsive Chemical Species for the Creation of Functional Molecules, organizing committee member, 2017/03, 2017/03
  10. International Symposium on Stimuli-responsive Chemical Species for Young Chemists, organizing committee, 2016/12, 2016/12
  11. International Symposium on Stimuli-responsive Chemical Species for Young Chemists, organizing committee, 2016/03, 2016/03
  12. International Symposium on Stimuli-responsive Chemical Species for Young Chemists, organizing committee, 2014/12, 2014/12