Kazushi Kinbara

Kazushi Kinbara, Ph.D.		Group Top Page Kazushi Kinbara in Japanese
	Education 1987–1991: The Univ. of Tokyo, Dept. of Industrial Chemistry, School of Engineering (B.Eng) 1991–1993: The Univ. of Tokyo, Dept. of Synthetic Chemistry, Grad. School of Engineering (M.Eng) 1993–1996: The Univ. of Tokyo, Dept. of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Grad. School of Engineering (Ph.D.) Professional Appointments 1995–1996: JSPS Researcher (Young Scientist Fellowship) 1996–1999: Research Associate, The Univ. of Tokyo, Grad. School of Engineering 1999–2001: Research Associate, The Univ. of Tokyo, Grad. School of Frontier Sciences 2001–2006: Lecturer, The Univ. of Tokyo, Grad. School of Engineering 2003–2007: JST PRESTO Researcher 2006–2008: Associate Professor, The Univ. of Tokyo, Grad. School of Engineering 2008–Present: Professor, Tohoku Univ., Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials
Original Papers High-Water-Content Mouldable Hydrogels by Mixing Clay and a Dendritic Molecular Binder Qigang Wang, Justin L. Mynar, Masaru Yoshida, Eunji Lee, Myongsoo Lee, Kou Okuro, Kazushi Kinbara, and Takuzo Aida Nature 2010, 463, 339–343. A Tubular Biocontainer: Metal Ion–Induced 1D Assembly of a Molecularly Engineered Chaperonin Shuvendu Biswas, Kazushi Kinbara, Nobuhiro Oya, Noriyuki Ishii, Hideki Taguchi, and Takuzo Aida J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 7556–7557. Template Sol-Gel Synthesis of Mesostructured Silica Composites Using Metal Complexes Bearing Amphiphilic Side Chains: Immobilization of a Polymeric Pt Complex Formed by a Metallophilic Interaction Wataru Otani, Kazushi Kinbara, and Takuzo Aida Faraday Discuss. 2009, 143, 335–343. Molecular Glues Carrying Multiple Guanidinium Ion Pendants via an Oligoether Spacer: Stabilization of Microtubules against Depolymerization Kou Okuro, Kazushi Kinbara, Kouhei Tsumoto, Noriyuki Ishii, and Takuzo Aida J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 1626–1627. Toward Long-Distance Mechanical Communication: Studies on a Ternary Complex Interconnected by a Bridging Rotary Module Hiroyuki Kai, Shinji Nara, Kazushi Kinbara, and Takuzo Aida J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 6725–6727. Toward Autonomously Operating Molecular Machines Driven by Transition-Metal Catalyst Kenichi Tanaka and Kazushi Kinbara Mol. BioSyst. 2008, 4, 512–514. [Emerging Investigators Issue, Highlighted in Chemical Science.] Reversible Operation of Chiral Molecular Scissors by Redox and UV Light Takahiro Muraoka, Kazushi Kinbara, and Takuzo Aida Chem. Commun. 2007, 1441–1443. Crystallographic and Chiroptical Studies on Tetraarylferrocenes for Use as Chiral Rotary Modules for Molecular Machines Takahiro Muraoka, Kazushi Kinbara, Atsushi Wakamiya, Shigehiro Yamaguchi, and Takuzo Aida Chem.–Eur. J. 2007, 13, 1724–1730. Catalysis of a Peptidic Micellar Assembly Covalently Immobilized within Mesoporous Silica Channels: Importance of Amphiphilic Spatial Design Wataru Otani, Kazushi Kinbara, Qingmin Zhang, Katsuhiko Ariga, and Takuzo Aida Chem.–Eur. J. 2007, 13, 1731–1736. A Self-Locking Molecule Operative with a Photoresponsive Key Takahiro Muraoka, Kazushi Kinbara, and Takuzo Aida J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 11600–11605. Mechanical Twisting of a Guest by a Photoresponsive Host Takahiro Muraoka, Kazushi Kinbara, and Takuzo Aida Nature 2006, 440, 512–515. [Highlighted in Angewandte Chemie, C&EN, Nanotechweb.org, Newscientist and Photonics.com.] "Hermaphroditic Chirality" of a D2-Symmetric Saddle-Shaped Porphyrin in Multicomponent Spontaneous Optical Resolution: Inclusion Cocrystals with Double-Helical Porphyrin Arrays Yukitami Mizuno, Md. Akhtarul Alam, Akihiko Tsuda, Kazushi Kinbara, Kentaro Yamaguchi, and Takuzo Aida Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 3786–3790. Semibiological Molecular Machine with an Implemented "AND" Logic Gate for Regulation of Protein Folding Shinichi Muramatsu, Kazushi Kinbara, Hideki Taguchi, Noriyuki Ishii, and Takuzo Aida J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 3764–3769. Synthesis, Absolute Configuration, and Application of Enantiopure trans-1-Aminobenz[f]indan-2-ol Yuka Kobayashi, Kazushi Kinbara, Masaaki Sato, and Kazuhiko Saigo Chirality 2005, 17, 108–112. Rational Design of CH–pi Interaction Sites in a Basic Resolving Agent Yuka Kobayashi, Toshie Kurasawa, Kazushi Kinbara, and Kazuhiko Saigo J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 7436–7441. Chaperonin-Mediated Stabilization and ATP-Triggered Release of Semiconductor Nanoparticles Daisuke Ishii, Kazushi Kinbara, Yasuhiro Ishida, Noriyuki Ishii, Mina Okochi, Masafumi Yohda, and Takuzo Aida Nature 2003, 423, 628–632. [Highlighted in Nature, C&EN, TRNmag.com, and Nanotechweb.org.] Light-Driven Open-Close Motion of Chiral Molecular Scissors Takahiro Muraoka, Kazushi Kinbara, Yuka Kobayashi, and Takuzo Aida J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 5612–5613. [Highlighted in Newscientist.] Synthesis and Structure of Macrocyclic Bis(hydroxynaphthoic amide)s Connected by an Achiral or Chiral Diamine Hiroaki Yoshida, Kazuhisa Hiratani, Tamako Ogihara, Yuka Kobayashi, Kazushi Kinbara, and Kazuhiko Saigo J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 5812–5818. Chiral Discrimination of 2-Arylalkanoic Acids by (1S,2S)-1-Aminoindan-2-ol and (1S,2S)-2-Aminoindan-1-ol: Correlation of the Relative Configuration of the Amino and Hydroxy Groups with the Pattern of a Supramolecular Hydrogen-Bond Network in the Less-Soluble Diastereomeric Salt Kazushi Kinbara, Yoshiyuki Katsumata, and Kazuhiko Saigo Chirality 2003, 15, 564–570. Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of a trans-4-[60]Fullerenobisacetic Acid Derivative by a Tether-Directed Biscyclopropanation: A Diacid Component Applicable for the Synthesis of Regio- and Stereo-regular [60]Fullerene Pearl-Necklace Polyamides Tetsuo Hino, Masahiro Hamada, Kazushi Kinbara, and Kazuhiko Saigo Chem. Lett. 2002, 728–729. Enantiopure trans- and cis-3-Aminoindan-1-ols: Preparation and Application as Novel Basic Resolving Agents Kazushi Kinbara, Yoshiyuki Katsumata, and Kazuhiko Saigo Chem. Lett. 2002, 266–267. Probability of Spontaneously Resolvable Conglomerates for Racemic Acid/Racemic Amine Salts Predicted on the Basis of the Results of Diastereomeric Resolutions Kazushi Kinbara, Yoshiyuki Tagawa, and Kazuhiko Saigo Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2001, 12, 2927–2930. Tether-Linked [60]Fullerene-Donor Dyads Jian-Yu Zheng, Shuichi Noguchi, Kenjo Miyauchi, Masahiro Hamada, Kazushi Kinbara, and Kazuhiko Saigo Fullerene Sci. Tech. 2001, 9, 467–475. Synthesis and Transformation of a Novel Methano[60]fullerene Having a Formyl Group Masahiro Hamada, Tetsuo Hino, Kazushi Kinbara, and Kazuhiko Saigo Tetrahedron Lett. 2001, 42, 5069–5071. Synthesis of Methano[60]fullerene Derivatives: the Fluoride Ion-Mediated Reaction of [60]Fullerene with Silylated Nucleophiles Tetsuo Hino, Kazushi Kinbara, and Kazuhiko Saigo Tetrahedron Lett. 2001, 42, 5065–5067. Cyclic Dimers of Metalloporphyrins as Tunable Hosts for Fullerenes: A Remarkable Effect of Rhodium(III) Jian-Yu Zheng, Kentaro Tashiro, Yusuke Hirabayashi, Kazushi Kinbara, Kazuhiko Saigo, Takuzo Aida, Shigeru Sakamoto, and Kentaro Yamaguchi Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2001, 40, 1857–1861. Chemical Modification of Amide-Based Catenanes and Rotaxanes II. Synthesis of Tertiary Amine [2]Catenanes and [2] Rotaxanes via N-Methylation Followed by Borane Reduction of Secondary Amide [2]Catenanes and [2]Rotaxanes and Mobility of Their Components Nobuhiro Watanabe, Yoshio Furusho, Nobuhiro Kihara, Toshikazu Takata, Kazushi Kinbara, and Kazuhiko Saigo Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2001, 74, 149–155. Azidoacetamide, a Neutral Small Organic Azide Mieko Kumasaki, Kazushi Kinbara, Yuji Wada, Mitsuru Arai, and Masamitsu Tamura Acta Crystallogr. Sect. E 2001, 1, o6–o8. Molecular Design of a Novel Dendrimer Porphyrin for Supramolecular Fullerene/Dendrimer Hybridization Tomoko Nishioka, Kentaro Tashiro, Takuzo Aida, Jian-Yu Zheng, Kazushi Kinbara, Kazuhiko Saigo, Shigeru Sakamoto, and Kentaro Yamaguchi Macromolecules 2000, 33, 9182–9184. Effect of a Substituent on an Aromatic Group in Diastereomeric Resolution Kazushi Kinbara, Koji Oishi, Yoshiko Harada, and Kazuhiko Saigo Tetrahedron 2000, 56, 6651–6655. A High-Performance, Tailor-Made Resolving Agent: Remarkable Enhancement of Resolution Ability by Introducing a Naphthyl Group to the Fundamental Skeleton Kazushi Kinbara, Yoshiko Harada, and Kazuhiko Saigo J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 2000, 1339–1347. Chiral Discrimination of 2-Arylalkanoic Acids by (1S,2R)-1-Aminoindan-2-ol through the Formation of a Consistent Columnar Supramolecular Hydrogen-Bond Network Kazushi Kinbara, Yuka Kobayashi, and Kazuhiko Saigo J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 2000, 111–119. A Cyclic Dimer of Metalloporphyrin Forms a Highly Stable Inclusion Complex with C60 Kentaro Tashiro, Takuzo Aida, Jiang-Yu Zheng, Kazushi Kinbara, Kazuhiko Saigo, Shigeru Sakamoto, and Kentaro Yamaguchi J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1999, 121, 9477–9478. Synthesis and Structure of [2]Catenated Tertiary Ocatamide and Octamine Nobuhiro Watanabe, Yoshio Furusho, Nobuhiro Kihara, Toshikazu Takata, Kazushi Kinbara, and Kazuhiko Saigo Chem. Lett. 1999, 915–916. A Novel Reaction of [60]Fullerene. A Formal [2+2] Cycloaddition with Aryloxy- and Alkoxyketenes Satoshi Matsui, Kazushi Kinbara, and Kazuhiko Saigo Tetrahedron Lett. 1999, 40, 899–902. Synthesis and Properties of Polyamides with [60]Fullerene in the Main Chain Masaki Ozawa, Jing Li, Kentaro Nakahara, Lixin Xiao, Hiroharu Sugawara, Koichi Kitazawa, Kazushi Kinbara, and Kazuhiko Saigo J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 1998, 36, 3139–3146. Reciprocal Resolution of 1-(4-Methylphenyl)ethylamine and 2-Hydroxy-4-phenylbutyric Acid, and Habit Modification of a Less-Soluble Diastereomeric Salt with a Chiral Additive Kenichi Sakai, Shinichi Yoshida, Yukihiko Hashimoto, Kazushi Kinbara, Kazuhiko Saigo, and Hiroyuki Nohira Enantiomer 1998, 3, 23–35. Systematic Study of Chiral Discrimination upon Crystallisation 2: Chiral Discrimination of 2-Arylalkanoic Acids by (1R,2S)-2-Amino-1,2-diphenylethanol Kazushi Kinbara, Yuka Kobayashi, and Kazuhiko Saigo J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 1998, 1767–1775. (2-Naphthyl)glycolic Acid: A Tailored Resolving Agent for p-Substituted 1-Arylalkylamines Kazushi Kinbara, Yoshiko Harada, and Kazuhiko Saigo Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 1998, 9, 2219–2222. Novel Copolyamides Containing [60]Fullerene in the Main Chain Jing Li, Toshiyuki Yoshizawa, Mari Ikuta, Masaki Ozawa, Kentaro Nakahara, Tetsuya Hasegawa, Koichi Kitazawa, Minoru Hayashi, Kazushi Kinbara, Masao Nohara, and Kazuhiko Saigo Chem. Lett. 1997, 1037–1038. Formation of Ketones from Alkyl Nitrites in the Solid State Kazushi Kinbara, Hiroshi Takezaki, Akiyoshi Kai, and Kazuhiko Saigo Chem. Lett. 1996, 217–218. Photochemical EZ-Isomerization of alpha,beta-Unsaturated Amides and Thioamides in the Solid State Kazushi Kinbara and Kazuhiko Saigo Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1996, 69, 779–784. Design of Resolving Reagents: p-Substituted Mandelic Acids as Resolving Reagents for 1-Arylalkylamines Kazushi Kinbara, Kenichi Sakai, Yukihiko Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Nohira, and Kazuhiko Saigo Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 1996, 7, 1539–1542. Photoisomerization of Ammonium alpha,beta-Unsaturated Carboxylates in the Solid State: Effect of the Hydrogen-Bonding Network on the Reactivity Kazushi Kinbara, Akiyoshi Kai, Yasunari Maekawa, Yukihiko Hashimoto, Shoji Naruse, Masaki Hasegawa, and Kazuhiko Saigo J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 1996, 247–253. Chiral Discrimination upon Crystallisation of the Diastereomeric Salts of 1-Arylethylamines with Mandelic Acid or p-Methoxymandelic Acid: Interpretation of the Resolution Efficiencies on the Basis of the Crystal Structures Kazushi Kinbara, Kenichi Sakai, Yukihiko Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Nohira, and Kazuhiko Saigo J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 1996, 2615–2622. Crystal Structures of the Salts of Chiral Primary Amines with Achiral Carboxylic Acids: Recognition of the Commonly-Occuring Supramolecular Assemblies of Hydrogen-Bond Networks and Their Role in the Formation of Conglomerate Kazushi Kinbara, Yukihiko Hashimoto, Makoto Sukegawa, Hiroyuki Nohira, and Kazuhiko Saigo J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 3441–3449. Formation of Topochemically Photoreactive Mixed Crystal by Grinding and Its Mechanistic Interpretation Kazushi Kinbara, Yutaka Adegawa, Kazuhiko Saigo, and Masaki Hasegawa Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1993, 66, 1204–1210. Optical Resolution of 1-(3-Methoxyphenyl)ethylamine with Enantiomerically Pure Mandelica Acid, and the Crystal Structure of Less-Soluble Diastereomeric Salt Kenichi Sakai, Yukihiko Hashimoto, Kazushi Kinbara, Kazuhiko Saigo, Hisamichi Murakami, and Hiroyuki Nohira Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1993, 66, 3414–3418. Optical Resolution and Absolute Configuration of anti Head-to-Head Umbelliferone Dimer Yutaka Adegawa, Yukihiko Hashimoto, Lan Fang, Masataka Nakamura, Kazushi Kinbara, Masaki Hasegawa, and Kazuhiko Saigo Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1993, 66, 900–905. Photoreactive Molecular Complex of 2,5-Distyrylpyrazine and Ethyl 4-[2-(2-Pyrazinyl)ethenyl]cinnamate. Formation of Perfectly Ordered Polymer Composite by Crystalline State Photopolymerization Masaki Hasegawa, Kazushi Kinbara, Yutaka Adegawa, and Kazuhiko Saigo J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993, 115, 3820–3821. Reviews and Commentaries Chiral Ferrocenes as Novel Rotary Modules for Molecular Machines Kazushi Kinbara, Takahiro Muraoka, and Takuzo Aida Org. Biomol. Chem. 2008, 1871–1876. [Selected as "Emerging Area" and "Front Cover"; The Top 10 Downloaded Articles in May 2008.] From Electron Pump to Proton Channel Kazushi Kinbara and Takuzo Aida Science 2006, 313, 51–52. Molecular Pliers Do the Twist Kazushi Kinbara The Japan Journal 2006, 9, 29. Toward Intelligent Molecular Machines: Directed Motions of Biological and Artificial Molecules and Assemblies Kazushi Kinbara and Takuzo Aida Chem. Rev. 2005, 105, 1377–1400. Design of Resolving Agents Based on Crystal Engineering Kazushi Kinbara Synlett 2005, 732–743. "Kaleidoscopic" Topochemical Photopolymerization Behavior of Diolefin Compounds Masaki Hasegawa, Chan–Moon Chung, and Kazushi Kinbara J. Photosci. 1997, 4, 147–160. EZ-Isomerization of alpha,beta-Unsaturated Acid Derivatives in the Solid State Kazushi Kinbara, Akiyoshi Kai, Yasunari Maekawa, Yukihiko Hashimoto, Shoji Naruse, Masaki Hasegawa, and Kazuhiko Saigo Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 1996, 276, 141–151. Molecular-Level Chiral Discrimination and Induction Kazuhiko Saigo, Yukihiko Hashimoto, Kazushi Kinbara, and Atsushi Sudo Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Chem. Sci.) 1996, 108, 555–573. Awards 2007: Prize for Young Scientists Awarded by Japan Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 2005: Arthur K. Doolittle Award (American Chemical Society)
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