Publications
2020~
- Ru(IV)–Ru(IV), Ru(III)–Ru(IV), and Ru(III)–Ru(III) complexes having a sulfato bridging ligand on the doubly oxido-/hydroxio-bridged core, and their crystallographic and electronic structures
T. Misawa-Suzuki*, Y. Kataoka, S. Mafune, T. Niwa, H. Nagao, Dalton Trans., 2025, 54, 2937-2949.
- Co(III)-Co(II)-Co(III) Edge-Sharing Trinuclear Complexes Having the Doubly Methoxido-Bridged Core Bridged by Acetato Ligand
R. Ito, T. Misawa-Suzuki*, H. Nagao,Inorg. Chem. Commun., 2024, 169, 113060.
- Pyrazine Coordinated Dinuclear and Mononuclear Ruthenium Complexes Formed via the Conversion of the Triply Chlorido-Bridged Diruthenium(II) Complex
K. Nakayama, T. Misawa-Suzuki*, H. Nagao*, Inorg. Chem., 2024, 63, 11209-11218.
- Syntheses of Ruthenium Complexes Bearing Asymmetric Tridentate Ethyl(2-pyridylmethyl)aminoacetate
T. Misawa-Suzuki, I. Okuda, K. Takeda, H. Nagao*, Inorg. Chimica Acta, 2024, 55, 122168.
- Water oxidation utilizing a ruthenium complex featuring a phenolic moiety inspired by the oxygen-evolving centre (OEC) of photosystem II
Y. Kumagai, R. Takabe, T. Nakazono, M. Shoji*, H. Isobe, K.Yamaguchi, T. Misawa-Suzuki, H. Nagao, T. Wada*, Sustainable EnergyFuels, 2024, 8, 905–913.
- Ru(IV)-Ru(IV) Complexes Having the Doubly Oxido-Bridged Core with a Bridging Carbonato or Hydrogencarbonato Ligand
T. Misawa-Suzuki*, H. Nagao*, Dalton Trans., 2023, 52, 2863–2871.
- Recognition of D-Glucose in Water with Excellent Sensitivity, Selectivity, and Chiral Selectivity Using γ-Cyclodextrin and Fluorescent Boronic Acid Inclusion Complex Having Pseudo-Diboronic Acid Moiety
Y. Suzuki*, Y. Mizuta, A. Mikagi, T. Misawa-Suzuki, Y. Tsuchido, T. Sugaya, T. Hashimoto, K. Ema, T. Hayashita*
ACS Sens., 2023, 8, 218–227.
- Characterization of the active species of methane monooxygenase
T. Misawa-Suzuki, Chemistry, Kagakudojin, 2022, vol. 8.

- Geometry and Electronic Structures of Cobalt(II) and Iron(III) Complexes Bearing Bis(2-pyridylmethyl)ether or Alkylbis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine
T. Misawa-Suzuki*, R. Ikeda, R. Komatsu, R. Toriba, R. Miyamoto, H. Nagao*,
Polyhedron, 2022, 218, 115735-115743.
- Structure and Functions of Dinuclear Ruthenium Complexes with the Oxido-Bridged Core
T. Misawa-Suzuki*, Bull. Jpn. Soc. Coord. Chem. 2021, 78, 40-43.
- N-C Bond Formation Between Two Anilines Coordinated to a Ruthenium Center in a Cis-form Affording a 3,5-Cyclohexadiene-1,2-diimine Moiety
N. Tomioka, S. Nanbu, T. Misawa-Suzuki, H. Nagao*,
RSC Adv., 2021, 11, 36644-36650.
- N-N Bond Cleavage upon Reduction and Protonation of Phenylazophenylate Coordinated to Ruthenium Complex
N. Tomioka, T. Misawa-Suzuki, H. Nagao*,
Polyhedron, 2021, 202, 115193-115201.
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- Life with the Oxido-Bridged Metal Complexes
T. Misawa-Suzuki, CanApple(Consortium of All Nippon Artificial Photosynthesis Project for Living Earth)Newsletter
184, 2021年。
- Material Conversion on the Global Nitrogen Cycle
H. Nagao, CanApple(Consortium of All Nippon Artificial Photosynthesis Project for Living Earth)Newsletter
182, 2021年。
- Synthesis of Carbonato- and Doubly Oxido-Bridged Diruthenium(III,IV) Complex and Reactions with Cations
T. Misawa-Suzuki*, S. Mafune, H. Nagao*,
Inorg. Chem., 2021, 60, 9996-10005.
- Preparation and antioxidant study of silver nanoparticles of Microsorum pteropus methanol extract
N. C. Chick, T. Misawa-Suzuki, Y. Suzuki, T. Usuki*,
Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2020, 30, 127526-127529.
- Interactions of ruthenium(III) complexes bearing bis(2-pyridylcarbonyl)aminate with cations at the carbonyl group
T. Misawa-Suzuki, M. Etoh, H. Nagao*,
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2020, 93, 1412-1418.
- Framework Conversion of Oxido-Bridged Dinuclear Ruthenium Complexes
T. Misawa-Suzuki*, T. Watanabe, M. Okamura, S. Nanbu, H. Nagao*,
Inorg. Chem., 2020, 59, 612-622.
2010 ~ 2019
- Halogeno Ligand-Substitution Reactions of Ruthenium Complexes Bearing Ethylbis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine to Synthesize New Complexes
T. Misawa-Suzuki*, N. Tomioka, Y. Osawa, H. Nagao*,
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2019, 4040-4047.
- Polymer synthesis with the use nitrosylruthenium complexes
H. Nagao, H. Ohno, M. Rikukawa, Patent #6562351, 2019。
- Triply Bridged Dinuclear Ruthenium Complexes Bearing Alkylbis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine in the Mixed-Valence State of Ru(II)-Ru(III)
T. Misawa-Suzuki, K. Matsuya, T. Watanabe, H. Nagao*,
Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 16182-16189.
- Nitrosylruthenium Complexes as Polymerization Catalysts for Acrylonitrile in DMF
H. Nagao*, T. Misawa-Suzuki, N. Tomioka, H. Ohno, M. Rikukawa,
Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 2018, 13, 3014-3017.
- Acetylacetonato-based pincer-type nickel(ii) complexes: Synthesis and catalysis in cross-couplings of aryl chlorides with aryl Grignard reagents
E. Asano, Y. Hatayama, N. Kurisu, A. Ohtani, T. Hashimoto, Y. Kurihara, K. Ueda, S. Ishihara, H. Nagao, Y. Yamaguchi*,
Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 8003-8012.
- Reactions of Azides Coordinated to Ruthenium(II) Centers with Haloalkanes To Afford Nitrogen-Containing Moieties
Y. Sumoge, S. Nanbu, H. Nagao*,
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2017, 2998-3007.
- Formation of doubly nitrosyl-bridged diruthenium complex bearing tridentate ethylbis(2-pyridylethyl)amine via conversion of nitrate
T. Suzuki, S. Hemmi, Y. Kazama, D. Oyama, H. Nagao*,
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2017, 90, 1067-1072.
- Dinuclear Ruthenium(III)-Ruthenium(IV) Complexes, Having a Doubly Oxido-Bridged and Acetato- or Nitrato-Capped Framework
T. Suzuki, Y. Suzuki, T. Kawamoto, R. Miyamoto, S. Nanbu, H. Nagao*,
Inorg. Chem., 2016, 55, 6830-6832.
- Synthesis and Structures of Mixed-Valence Oxido-Bridged Diruthenium Complexes Bearing Ethylbis(2-pyridylmethyl) amine
T. Suzuki, K. Matsuya, T. Kawamoto, H. Nagao*,
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2014, 722-727 Special Issue - Water Oxidation Chemistry.
- Formation of bis(2-pyridylcarbonyl)aminate by oxidation of ethylbis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine on the trichloridoruthenium(III) complex
H. Nagao*, N. Shimura, H. Yonezawa,
Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 15391-15397.
- Development of the Ruthenium Complex - Ionic Liquid Reaction System for CO2 Conversion
ENEOS Technical Review 56, 8-11, 2014年。
- Twisted coordination mode of bis(N-heterocyclic carbene) ligands in octahedral geometry of group 6 transition metal complexes: Synthesis, structure, and reactivity
K. Ogata, Y. Yamaguchi*, Y. Kurihara, K. Ueda, H. Nagao, T. Ito,
Inorg.Chimica.Acta, 2012, 390, 199-209.
- Characterization of the E Isomer of Tetrasubstituted [5]Cumulene and Trapping of the Z Isomer as a Zirconocene Complex
N. Suzuki*, N. Ohara, K. Nishimura, Y. Sakaguchi, S. Nanbu, S. Fukui, H. Nagao, Y. Masuyama,
Organometallics, 2011, 30, 3544–3548.
- Synthesis and Characterization of Ethylbis(2-pyridylethyl)amineruthenium Complexes and Two Different Types of C–H Bond Cleavage at an Ethylene Arm
S. Fukui, A. Kajihara, T. Hirano, F. Sato, N. Suzuki, H. Nagao*,
Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 4713–4724.
- Formation and Structure of an (Iminium ion)ruthenium Complex and Reaction of the Iminium Ion Moiety with Alcohols
S. Fukui, N. Suzuki, T. Wada, K. Tanaka, H. Nagao*,
Organometallics, 2011, 29, 1534–1536.
2000 ~ 2009
- Redox Reactions of Ruthenium Complexes Containing Pyridyl Ligands for Conversion of Nitrogen-Containing Compunds
H. Nagao,
Bull. Jpn. Soc. Coord. Chem. 2009, 54 22-37.
- A mixed-valence diruthenium complex, triply bridged by mixed-moieties of chloro and methoxo ligands
K. Matsuya, S. Fukui, Y. Hoshino, H. Nagao*,
Dalton Trans., 2009, 7876-7878.
- Reactions of Ruthenium Complexes Having Pyridyl-Containing Ligands, 2-Pyridinecarboxylato and 2,2′-Bipyridine, with an Azide Ion: Formation of Nitrido-Bridged Diruthenium Complexes
S. Matsumura, K. Shikano, T. Oi, N. Suzuki, H. Nagao*,
Inorg. Chem., 2008, 47 9125-9127.
- Synthesis and Characterization of Ruthenium Complexes Having Tridentate N-Ethyl-N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)amine Coordinating in a Facial or Meridional Fashion
Y. Shimizu, . Fukui, T. Oi, H. Nagao*,
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2008, 81, 1285-1295.
- cis-trans geometrical isomerization of bis(2-pyridinecarboxylato)nitrosylruthenium complex accompanying electrochemical one-electron reduction
S. Fukui, Y. Shimamura, Y. Sunamoto, T. Abe, T. Hirano, T. Oi, H. Nagao*,
Polyhedron, 2007, 16, 4645-4652.
- Synthesis of Nitrosylruthenium Complexes Containing 2,2':6',2"-Terpyridine by Reactions of Alkoxo Complexes with Acids
H. Nagao*, K. Enomoto, Y. Wakabayashi, G. Komiya, T. Hirano, T. Oi,
Inorg. Chem., 2007, 46, 1431–1439.
- Concerted proton-electron transfer in the oxidation of hydrogen-bonded phenols
I. J. Rhile, T. F. Markle, H. Nagao, A. G. DiPasquale, O. P. Lam, M. A. Lockwood, K. Rotter, J. M. Mayer*,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 46, 6075-6088.
- Formation of a Methyleneimine Moiety by Reaction of a RuII-Coordinated Azide Ion with Methyl Iodide
H. Nagao*, T. Kikuchi, M. Inukai, A. Ueda, T. Oi, N. Suzuki, M. Yamasaki,
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2006, 45, 3131-3133.
- Synthesis, electrochemistry and mixed-valence state of dinuclear tris(acetylacetonato)ruthenium(III) complexes bridged by sulfur atoms at the γ-position of acetylacetonate
A. Endo*, M. Sibasaki, H. Nagao, K. Shimizu,
Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2004, 357, 3443-3450.
- Regulation of geometry around the ruthenium center of bis(2-pyridinecarboxylato) complexes by the nitrosyl moiety: Syntheses, structures, and theoretical studies
T. Hirano, T. Oi, H. Nagao*, K. Morokuma,
Inorg. Chem., 2003, 42, 6575–6583.
- Reactions of acetonitrile coordinated to a nitrosylruthenium complex with H2O or CH3OH under mild conditions: Structural characterization of imido-type complexes
H. Nagao*, T. Hirano, N. Tsuboya, S. Shiota, M. Mukaida, T. Oi, M Yamasaki,
Inorg. Chem., 2002, 41, 6267–6273.
- Cis-trans isomerization of {RuNO}6-type nitrosylruthenium complexes containing 2-pyridinecarboxylate and structural characterization of a m-H3O2 bridged dinuclear nitrosylruthenium complex
T. Hirano, M. Kuroda, N. Takeda, M. Hayashi, M. Mukaida, T. Oi, H. Nagao*,
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2002, 2158-2162.
- Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of a series of dinuclear copper complexes bearing the ligand bis[3-(2-hydroxybenzylideneamino)phenyl] sulfone and derivatives
A.M. Guidote, K. Ando, K. Terada, Y. Kurusu, H. Nagao, Y. Masuyama*,
Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2001, 324, 203-211.
- Reactions of [RuCl2(NO)(terpy)]+ (terpy=2,2':6',2"-terpyridine) with mono anions such as NO2-, Br- and N3-, and structural studies on terpyridineruthenium having a nitrosyl ligand
T. Hirano, K. Ueda, M. Mukaida, H. Nagao*, T. Oi,
J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 2001, 2341-2345.
- Synthesis and characterization of polypyridineruthenium(II) complexes containing a linear ambidentate ligand, NCO− or NCS−, and reaction of isocyanato complexes under acidic conditions
H. Nagao*, D. Ooyama, T. Hirano, H. Naoi, M. Shimada, S. Sasaki, N. Nagao, M. Mukaida, T. Oi,
Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2001, 320, 60-66.
- Syntheses and characterization of homodinuclear manganese and cobalt complexes bridged by a hemiacetal or by an acetato group in a m-(h2:h1) bridging mode
A.M. Guidote, K. Ando, Y. Kurusu, H. Nagao, Y. Masuyama*,
Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2001, 314, 27-36.
- Behaviors of the One-Electron Reduction Species of {RuNO}6-Type Complexes. An Oxygen-Transfer Reaction Occurs in the Nitrosyl Site of cis-[Ru(NO·)X(bpy)2]n+ (X = ONO2 for n = 1, X = CH3CN, H2O for n = 2) ({RuNO}7-Type) to Give an Identical Nitro Species
M. Mukaida, Y. Sato, H. Kato, M. Mori, D.Ooyama, H. Nagao, F. S. Howell,
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 2000, 73, 85-95.