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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).

7. Tuning of thermal back reactivity of aza-diarylethene photoswitches by introducing benzazole groups
D. Kitagawa, T. Mori, H. Sawa, S. Hamatani, S. Kobatake
Chem. Eur. J., 31(30), e202501077 (9 pages) (2025).
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202501077, published on May 27, 2025 (online: April 14, 2025).

8. Twisting of aryl groups affects thermal back reactivity of diarylbenzene photoswitches
O. Fukata, D. Kitagawa, K. Mutoh, S. Kobatake
Chem. Commun., 61(59), 11057-11060 (2025).
DOI: 10.1039/D5CC02172C, published on July 28, 2025 (online: June 10, 2025)

9. Cooperative photochemical reactions in organic molecular crystals
D. Kitagawa, S. Kobatake
Advances in Organic Crystal Chemistry: Comprehensive Reviews 2025 on Crystal Functions, Eds.: S. Kobatake, H. Uekusa, Springer, Singapore, pp. 27-40 (2025).
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-4479-7_2, published on July 17, 2025

10. Acid-assisted thermal ring-opening reaction of photochromic diarylethene closed-ring isomers
S. Kobatake, D. Kitagawa, R. Kubo, M. Sakurai, H. Maemichi
J. Mater. Chem. C, 13(48), 23911-23921 (2025).
DOI: 10.1039/D5TC03204K], published on December 28, 2025 (online: October 27, 2025)

11. 空間的に不均一な光反応によって誘起されるp-フェニレンジアクリル酸ジメチルエステル単結晶の特異な結晶形状変化
友田 怜, 北川大地, 小畠誠也
有機結晶部会 News Letter, 62, 7-8 (2026).
Published on January 31, 2026