Publications

2025

 

Tomoki Nakajima, Shohei Tashiro, Masahiro Ehara, Mitsuhiko Shionoya

Entropic control of the helicity inversion rates of twisted metallomacrocycles by reversible and regioselective deprotonation 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, accepted. 

 

Shohei Tashiro, Kosuke Nakata, Ryunosuke Hayashi, Mitsuhiko Shionoya 

Shape sorting of two distinct amino acid residues at the multiple binding sites of a porous metal-macrocycle framework 

Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 12303–12308. DOI: 10.1039/D5SC00795J

 

2024

 

Shohei Tashiro, Yoshihiko Yamada, Lea A. Kringe, Yoshiki Okajima, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Intricate low-symmetry Ag6L4 capsules formed by anion-templated self-assembly of the stereoisomers of an unsymmetric ligand
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 34501–34509. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c11583


Yusuke Takezawa, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Enzymatic synthesis of ligand-bearing oligonucleotides for the development of metal-responsive DNA materials
Org. Biomol. Chem. 2024, 22, 7259–7270. DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00947A


Shohei Tashiro, Kyohei Kuwabara, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Porous supramolecular crystalline probe that detects non-covalent interactions involved in molecular recognition of furanic compounds
Small, 2024, 2405507. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202405570


Ruifeng Luo, Jinwei Liu, Qian Cheng, Mitsuhiko Shionoya, Cheng Gao, Ruibing Wang
Oral microsphere formulation of M2 macrophage-mimetic Janus nanomotor for targeted therapy of ulcerative colitis
Sci. Adv. 2024, 10, eado6798. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado6798


Xiao-Li Pei, Pei Zhao, Hitoshi Ube, Zhen Lei, Masahiro Ehara, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Single-gold etching at the hypercabon atom of C-centred hexagold(I) clusters protected by chiral N-heterocyclic carbenes
Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 5024. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49295-w


Yuske Takezawa, Naofumi Kudo, Nobuyuki Fuse, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
DNA Three-way Junction Structures with Amino Acid Side Chains Prepared via Post-synthetic Amide Condensation
Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids 2024, accepted. DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2024.2314645


Yusuke Takezawa, Hanci Zhang, Keita Mori, Lingyun Hu, M. Shionoya
Ligase-mediated Synthesis of CuII-responsive Allosteric DNAzyme with Bifacial 5-Carboxyuracil Nucleobases
Chem. Sci. 2024, 15(7), 2365–2370. DOI: 10.1039/d3sc05042d. (Inside Back Cover)


Yusuke Takezawa, Lingyun Hu, Takahiro Nakama, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Metal-dependent activity control of a compact-sized 8-17 DNAzyme based on metal-mediated unnatural base pairing
Chem. Commun. 2024, 60(3), 288–291. DOI: 10.1039/D3CC05520E (Back Cover)


2023

 

Tomoki Nakajima, Shohei Tashiro, Masahiro Ehara, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Selective synthesis of tightly- and loosely-twisted metallomacrocycle isomers towards precise control of helicity inversion motion
Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 7868. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43658-5


Foianesi-Takeshige L. Hayato, Xiao-Li Pei, Pei Zhao, Hitoshi Ube, Zhen Lei, Masahiro Ehara, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Reversible Luminochromism of an N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Protected Carbon-Centered Hexagold(I) Cluster by Solvent and Mechanical Stimuli
Adv. Opt. Mater. 2023, 11(23), 2301650. DOI: 10.1002/adom.202301650


Yuanfei Liu, Hitoshi Ube, Kenichi Endo, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Temperature-Dependent Spontaneous Resolution of a Tetrahedral Chiral-at-Nickel(II) Complex under Supramolecular Control
ACS Org. & Inorg. Au, 2023, 3(6), 371–376. DOI: 10.1021/acsorginorgau.3c00026


Yusuke Takezawa, Keita Mori, Kotaro Nishiyama, Tong Xing, Takahiro Nakama, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Metal-mediated DNA strand displacement and molecular device operations based on base-pair switching of 5-hydroxyuracil nucleobases
Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 4759. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40353-3


Ryunosuke Hayashi, Shohei Tashiro, Masahiro Asakura, Shinya Mitsui, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Effector-dependent structural transformation of a crystalline framework with allosteric effects on molecular recognition ability
Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 4490. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40091-6


Yuske Takezawa, Daisuke Kanemaru, Naofumi Kudo, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Phenanthroline-modified DNA three-way junction structures stabilized by interstrand 3:1 metal complexation
Dalton Trans. 2023, 52(32), 11025–11029. DOI: 10.1039/d3dt01508d


Zhen Lei, Pei Zhao, Xiao-Li Pei, Hitoshi Ube, Masahiro Ehara, M. Shionoya
Photoluminescence control by atomically precise surface metallization of C-centered hexagold(I) clusters using N-heterocyclic carbenes
Chem. Sci. 2023, 14(23), 6207–6215. DOI: 10.1039/d3sc01976d (Front Cover)


Koichi Nagata, Ayako Hino, Hitoshi Ube, Hiroyasu Sato, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Synthesis and molecular structural studies of racemic chiral-at-vanadium(v) complexes using an unsymmetric achiral phenolic bidentate ligand
Dalton Trans. 2023, 52(11), 3295–3299. DOI: 10.1039/d2dt03436k (Back Cover)


Keita Mori, Yuske Takezawa, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Metal-dependent base pairing of bifacial iminodiacetic acid-modified uracil bases for switching DNA hybridization partner
Chem. Sci. 2023, 14(5), 1082–1088. DOI: 10.1039/d2sc06534g (Back Cover)


Silpa C. Rajasree, Yuske Takezawa, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
CuII-mediated stabilisation of DNA duplexes bearing consecutive ethenoadenine lesions and its application to a metal-responsive DNAzyme
Chem. Commun. 2023, 59(8), 1006–1009. DOI: 10.1039/d2cc06179a


Lingyun Hu, Yuske Takezawa, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
CuII-mediated DNA base pairing of a triazole-4-carboxylate nucleoside prepared by click chemistry
Chem. Commun. 2023, 59(7), 892–895. DOI: 10.1039/d2cc06205d




2022

 

Mengying Han, Shohei Tashiro, Takafumi Shiraogawa, Masahiro Ehara, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Substrate-Specific Activation and Long-Range Olefin Migration Catalysis at the Pd Centers in a Porous Metal-Macrocycle Framework
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2022, 95(9), 1303–1307. DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.20220185


Zhen Lei, Mizuki Endo, Hitoshi Ube, Takafumi Shiraogawa, Pei Zhao, Koichi Nagata, Xiao-Li Pei, Tomoya Eguchi, Toshiaki Kamachi, Masahiro Ehara, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
N-Heterocyclic carbene-based C-centered Au(I)-Ag(I) clusters with intense phosphorescence and organelle-selective translocation in cells
Nat. Commun. 2022, 13, 4288. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31891-3


Wei He, Shohei Tashiro, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Highly selective acid-catalyzed olefin isomerization of limonene to terpinolene by kinetic suppression of overreactions in a confined space of porous metal-macrocycle frameworks
Chem. Sci., 2022, 13(30), 8752–8758. DOI: 10.1039/d2sc01561g (Inside Front Cover)


Lingyun Hu, Yuske Takezawa, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Metal-mediated DNA base pairing of easily prepared 2-oxo-imidazole-4-carboxylate nucleotides
Chem. Sci. 2022, 13(14), 3977–3983. DOI: 10.1039/d2sc00926a (Back Cover)


Xiao-Li Pei, Pei Zhao, Hitoshi Ube, Zhen Lei, Koichi Nagata, Masahiro Ehara, M. Shionoya
Asymmetric Twisting of C-Centered Octahedral Gold(I) Clusters by Chiral N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligation
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144(5), 2156–2163. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10450


Yutaro Yamashita, Shohei Tashiro, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Orientational isomerisation of guest molecules in equilibrium in a tubular host crystal formed via halogen and hydrogen bonding
CrystEngComm 2022, 24(8), 1518–1522. DOI: 10.1039/d1ce01654g (Back Cover)


Yutaro Yamashita, Shohei Tashiro, Yoshiki Ishii, Takayuki Uchihashi, Nobuyuki Matsushita, Ryou Kubota, Mitsuhiko Shionoya
Shape-selective one-step synthesis of branched gold nanoparticles on the crystal surface of redox-active PdII-macrocycles
Dalton Trans. 2022, 51(4), 1318–1324. DOI: 10.1039/d1dt03973c (Front Cover)