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Fumito Tani

Fumito Tani

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Chemistry

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44
Citations
6000
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16980
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1340

Overview

Fumito Tani is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan and is an active researcher primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their work spans subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their research topics cover a diverse range of areas, with notable focus on:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Helicene Radicals: Molecules Bearing a Combination of Helical Chirality and Unpaired Electron Spin (2020, ChemPlusChem)
  • Ordered carbonaceous frameworks: a new class of carbon materials with molecular-level design (2022, Chemical Communications)
  • Combined Experimental and Theoretical Studies on Planar Chirality of Partially Overlapped C2-Symmetric [3.3](3,9)Dicarbazolophanes (2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A)
  • Synthesis of Ordered Carbonaceous Framework with Microporosity from Porphyrin with Ethynyl Groups (2020, Chemistry Letters)
  • Force-responsive ordered carbonaceous frameworks synthesized from Ni-porphyrin (2021, Chemical Communications)

Frequent collaborators include Hirotomo Nishihara, Kenta Goto, Kazuhide Kamiya, Jun Maruyama, and Koki Chida. Collaboration with these researchers is reflected in multiple coauthored publications.

Fumito Tani's work has been published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemical Communications
  • Chemistry Letters
  • Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society
  • Catalysis Today

Their publications demonstrate a consistent contribution to the development and understanding of materials chemistry, especially with regard to carbonaceous frameworks, aromatic compound synthesis, and crystallographic studies. Their research incorporates both experimental and theoretical approaches to chemical and materials science challenges.

Best Publications

  • Characterization of a Dinuclear MnVO Complex and Its Efficient Evolution of O2 in the Presence of Water

    Yuichi Shimazaki;Taro Nagano;Hironori Takesue;Bao Hui Ye

  • One-electron oxidized nickel(II)-(disalicylidene)diamine complex: Temperature-dependent tautomerism between Ni(III)-phenolate and Ni(II)-phenoxyl radical states

    Yuichi Shimazaki;Fumito Tani;Kôichi Fukui;Yoshinori Naruta

  • Syntheses and Electronic Structures of One-Electron-Oxidized Group 10 Metal(II)−(Disalicylidene)diamine Complexes (Metal = Ni, Pd, Pt)

    Yuichi Shimazaki;Tatsuo Yajima;Fumito Tani;Satoru Karasawa

  • Catalytic and asymmetric epoxidation of olefins with iron complexes of twin-coronet porphyrins. A mechanistic insight into the chiral induction of styrene derivatives

    Yoshinori Naruta;Fumito Tani;Nobuo Ishihara;Kazuhiro Maruyama

  • Isolation and crystal structure of a peroxo-bridged heme-copper complex.

    Takefumi Chishiro;Yuichi Shimazaki;Fumito Tani;Yoshimitsu Tachi

  • Opioid antagonist peptides derived from κ-casein

    Hideo Chiba;Fumito Tani;Masaaki Yoshikawa

  • Extractive solubilization, structural change, and functional conversion of cytochrome c in ionic liquids via crown ether complexation.

    Kojiro Shimojo;Noriho Kamiya;Fumito Tani;Hirochika Naganawa

  • α-Linolenic acid-derived metabolites from gut lactic acid bacteria induce differentiation of anti-inflammatory M2 macrophages through G protein-coupled receptor 40.

    Ryuji Ohue-Kitano;Yumiko Yasuoka;Tsuyoshi Goto;Nahoko Kitamura

  • A Nanotube of Cyclic Porphyrin Dimers Connected by Nonclassical Hydrogen Bonds and Its Inclusion of C60 in a Linear Arrangement

    Hirofumi Nobukuni;Yuichi Shimazaki;Fumito Tani;Yoshinori Naruta

  • A Porphyrin‐Related Macrocycle with an Embedded 1,10‐Phenanthroline Moiety: Fluorescent Magnesium(II) Ion Sensor

    Masatoshi Ishida;Yoshinori Naruta;Fumito Tani

  • Influence of the chelate effect on the electronic structure of one-electron oxidized group 10 metal(II)-(disalicylidene)diamine complexes

    Yuichi Shimazaki;Natsumi Arai;Tim J. Dunn;Tatsuo Yajima

  • A Functional Model of the Cytochrome c Oxidase Active Site: Unique Conversion of a Heme–μ-peroxo–CuII Intermediate into Heme– superoxo/CuI†

    Jin Gang Liu;Yoshinori Naruta;Fumito Tani

  • Allosteric Binding of an Ag+ Ion to Cerium(IV) Bis-porphyrinates Enhances the Rotational Activity of Porphyrin Ligands.

    Masato Ikeda;Masayuki Takeuchi;Seiji Shinkai;Fumito Tani

  • Supramolecular structures and photoelectronic properties of the inclusion complex of a cyclic free-base porphyrin dimer and C60.

    Hirofumi Nobukuni;Yuichi Shimazaki;Hidemitsu Uno;Yoshinori Naruta

  • Synthetic models for the active site of cytochrome P450

    Fumito Tani;Mikiya Matsu-ura;Shinya Nakayama;Yoshinori Naruta

  • New insights into the electronic structure and reactivity of one-electron oxidized copper(II)-(disalicylidene)diamine complexes.

    Kazutaka Asami;Kazuaki Tsukidate;Satoshi Iwatsuki;Fumito Tani

  • Opioid Peptides from Milk Proteins

    Masaaki Yoshikawa;Fumito Tani;Takashi Yoshimura;Hideo Chiba

  • Synthesis and characterization of alkanethiolate-coordinated iron porphyrins and their dioxygen adducts as models for the active center of cytochrome p450: direct evidence for hydrogen bonding to bound dioxygen.

    Fumito Tani;Mikiya Matsu-ura;Shinya Nakayama;Mari Ichimura

  • One‐Electron Oxidized Copper(II) Salophen Complexes: Phenoxyl versus Diiminobenzene Radical Species

    Amélie Kochem;Olivier Jarjayes;Benoit Baptiste;Christian Philouze

  • Synthesis of ordered carbonaceous frameworks from organic crystals

    Hirotomo Nishihara;Hirotomo Nishihara;Tetsuya Hirota;Kenta Matsuura;Mao Ohwada

  • Asymmetric Epoxidation of Simple Olefins by Chiral Bitetralin-Linked "Twin-Coronet" Porphyrin Catalysts.

    Yoshinori Naruta;Nobuo Ishihara;Fumito Tani;Kazuhiro Maruyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshinori Naruta
Yoshinori Naruta Chubu University
Kazuhiro Maruyama
Kazuhiro Maruyama Kyoto University
Shunichi Fukuzumi
Shunichi Fukuzumi Osaka University
Takahiko Kojima
Takahiko Kojima University of Tsukuba
Kei Ohkubo
Kei Ohkubo Osaka University
Bunzo Mikami
Bunzo Mikami Kyoto University
Hirotomo Nishihara
Hirotomo Nishihara Tohoku University
Hiroko Yamada
Hiroko Yamada Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Masayuki Takeuchi
Masayuki Takeuchi National Institute for Materials Science
Shu Seki
Shu Seki Kyoto University

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