Doctor of Pharmacy, Tohoku University(Japan)

Doctor of Science, Tohoku University(Japan)

Structural organic chemistry and physical organic chemistry, Physical organic chemistry

1978, Tohoku University, Guraduate School of Science, Chemistry

Preparation, Optical and Electrochemical Properties, and Molecular Orbital Calculations of Tetraaza- porphyrinato Ruthenium (II) Bis(4-methylpyridine) Fused with One to Four Diphenylthiophene Units.
T. Kimura, N. Murakami, E. Suzuki, T. Furuyama, T. Nakahodo, H. Fujihara, N. Kobayashi
J. Inorgbio. Chem., 158, 35-44, 2016

Pyrene-Bridged Subphthalocyanine Dimers: Combination of Planar and Bowl-Shaped -Conjugated Systems for Creating Uniquely Curved -Conjugated Systems.
S. Nakano, Y. Kage, H. Furuta, N. Kobayashi, S. Shimizu
Chem. Eur. J., 22, 7706-7710, 2016

Topological Control of Columnar Stacking Made of Liquid Crystalline Thiophene-Fused Metallonaphthalocyanines.
H. Suzuki, K. Kawano, K. Ohta, Y. Shimizu, N. Kobayashi, and M. Kimura
ChemistryOpen., 5, 150 – 156, 2016

Synthesis, Optical Property, and Electronic Structures of Tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)tetrathiaisophrorin Dioxide.
V. J. Mishra, T. Furuyama, N. Kobayashi, K. Goto, T. Miyazaki, J. –S. Yang, and T. Shinmyozu
Chem. Eur. J., 22, 9190-9197, 2016

Contorted Arens-fused Metallophthjalocyanines.
H. Suzuki, N. Kobayashi, M. Kimura
5, 506-512, 2016

Low-Symmetrical Zinc(II) Benzonaphthoporphyrazine Sensitizers for Light-Harvesting in Near-IR Region of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
T. Ikeuchi, N. Kobayashi, M. Kimura
Inorg. Chem., 55, 5014-5018, 2016

Sandwich-type Bis(tetradiazepinoporphyrazinato) Rare Earth Complexes: Crucial Role of Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding.
E. N. Tarakanova, S. A. Trashin, A. O. Shimakov, T. Furuyama, A. V. Dzuban, L. N. Inasaridze, P. A. Tarakanov, P. A. Troshin, V. E. Pushkarev, N. Kobayashi, L. G. Tomilova
Dalton Trans., 45, 12041–12052, 2016

Template Synthesis of Decaphyrin without Meso-Bridges: Cyclo[10]pyrrole.
T. Okujima, C. Ando, S. Agrawal, H. Matsumoto, S. Mori, K. Ohara, I. Hisaki, T. Nakae, M. Takase, H. Uno, N. Kobayashi
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 138, 7540-7543, 2016

Formation of a Trithia[5]helicene in an Unexpected Photoreaction of a Methyl-Substituted Bis(dithienylethenyl)thiophene through a Double Sequence of 6-Electrocyclization–Aromatization (Dehydrogenation/ Demethylation)
A. Yamamoto, Y. Matsui, E. Ohta, T. Ogaki, H. Sato, T. Furuyama, N. Kobayashi, K. Mizuno, H. Ikeda
J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chemistry, 331, 48-55, 2016

A Novel Isoindole-Containing Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon Unexpectedly Formed during the Synthesis of meso-2,6-Dichlorophenyl-Substituted Tribenzosubporphyrin.
Y. Shiina, H. Karasaki, S. Mori, N. Kobayashi, H. Furuta, S. Shimizu
J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 20, 1049-1054, 2016

Synthesis, Characterization and Electronic Structures of Porphyrins Fused with Polycyclic Aromatic Ring Systems.
T. Okujima, J. Mack, J. Nakamura, T. Nyokong, H. Zhu, N. Komobuchi, N. Ono, H. Yamada, H. Uno, N. Kobayashi
Chem. Eur. J., 22, 14730-14738, 2016

Simple Primary b-Amino Alcohol Catalyzed Enantioselective Diels-Alder Reaction of 3-Hydroxy-2- pyridones
T. Takahashi, S. Reddy, Y. Kohari, C. Seki, T. Furuyama, N. Kobayashi, Y. Okuyama, E. Kwon, K. Uwai, M. Tokiwa, M. Takeshita, H. Nakano
Tet. Lett., 57, 5771-5776, 2016

Low-Symmetrical Omega-shaped Zinc Phthalocyanine Sensitizers Having a Panchromatic Light Harvesting Property for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells.
S. Yamamoto, S. Mori, A. Zhang, M. J. Stillman, N. Kobayashi, M. Kimura
Chem. Eur. J., 22, 18760-18768, 2016

Synthesis of meta-Methoxyphenyl Substituted Tetraazaporphyrin and Corrolazine Phosphorus(V) Complexes.
T. Furuyama, Y. Sugiya, T. Yoshida, N. Kobayashi
J. Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 20, 1075-1081, 2016

Aggregation Control of Robust Water-Soluble Zinc(II) Phthalocyanine-based Photosensitizers.
T. Ikeuchi, J. Mack, T. Nyokong, N. Kobayashi, M. Kimura
LANGMUIR, 32, 11980-11985, 2016

Rational Molecular Design towards Vis/NIR Absorption and Fluorescence by Using Pyrrolopyrrole aza-BODIPY and Its Highly-Conjugated Structures for Organic Photovoltaics
S. Shimizu, T. Iino, A. Saeki, S. Seki, N. Kobayashi
Chem. Eur. J., 21, 2893-2904, 2015

Asymmetric Core-Expanded Aza-BODIPY Analogues: Facile Synthesis and Optical Properties.
H. Liu, H. Lu, Z. Zhou, S. Shimizu, Z. Li, N. Kobayashi, Z. Shen
Chem. Commun., 51, 1713-1716, 2015

Synthesis, Spectral Properties and TD-DFT Calculations of Nonclassical Binuclear Thienoporphyrazines.
T. V. Dubinina, N. E. Borisova, L. G. Tomilova, T. Furuyama, N. Kobayashi
Dyes & Pigm., 117, 1-6, 2015

Dinitriles Having AIE-Active Moieties: Synthesis, E/Z Isomerization and Fluorescence Properties.
T. T. Tasso, T. Furuyama, N. Kobayashi
Chem. Eur. J., 21, 4817-4824, 2015

Optical, Electrochemical, and Magnetic Properties of Pyrrole- and Thiophene-Bridged 5,15-Diazaporphyrin Dimers.
S. Omomo, H. Maruyama, K. Furukawa, T. Furuyama, H. Nakano, N. Kobayashi, Y. Matano
Chem. Eur. J., 21, 2003-2010, 2015

One-Step Reaction that Yields Highly Twisted and Fully π-Conjugated Porphyrinic Oligomers.
S. Ito, S. Hiroto, S. Lee, M. Son, I. Hisaki, T. Yoshida, D. Kim, N. Kobayashi, H. Shinokubo
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 142-145, 2015

Synthesis and Optical Properties of Tetraazaporphyrin Phosphorus(V) Complexes Substituted with Electron-Rich Heteroatoms.
T. Yoshida, T. Furuyama, N. Kobayashi
Tet. Lett., 56, 1671-1674, 2015

Metallophthalocyanin-ocenes: Scandium Phthalocyanines with An η5-Bound Cp Ring.
R. H. Platerl, T. T. Tasso, W. Zhou, T. Furuyama, N. Kobayashi, D. B. Leznoff
Chem. Commun., 51, 5986-5989, 2015

Cyclophanes Containing Bowl-Shaped Aromatic Chromophores: Three Isomers of anti-[2.2](1,4)Subphthalocyaninophane
Q. Liu, S. Shimizu, N. Kobayashi
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54, 5187-5191, 2015

Structural Changes in Non-planar Octaaryl Substituted Phthalocyanine Phosphorus Complexes.
T. Furuyama, R. Harako, N. Kobayashi
J. Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines,, 19, 500-509, 2015

Facile Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Properties, and Theoretical Calculations of Porphyrin Dimers with a Bridging Amide-bonded Xanthene Moiety.
X. Liang, L. Xi, J. Mack, J. Stone, T. Nyokong, Y. Jiang, N. Kobayashi, W. Zhu
J. Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 19, 819-829, 2015

Fluorescence Enhancement of Tetraazaporphyrins by the Use of Bulky Substituent Effects.
T. Yoshida, T. Furuyama, M. Asai, and N. Kobayashi
Chem. Lett., 44, 1056-1058, 2015

A Stable iso-Bachteriochlorin Mimics from Porpholactone: Design, Synthesis and Photophysical Property.
Y. Yu, T. Furuyama, J. Tang, Z. –Y. Wu, J. –Z. Chen, N. Kobayashi, J. –L. Zhang
Inorg. Chem. Frontiers, 2, 671-677, 2015

Ring-Fused Porphyrins: Extension of π-Conjugation Significantly Affects the Aromaticity and Optical Properties of the Porphyrin π-Systems and the Lewis Acidity of the Central Metal Ions.
Y. Saegusa, T. Ishizuka, K. Komamura, S. Shimizu, H. Kotani, N. Kobayashi, and T. Kojima
PCCP., 17, 15001-15011, 2015

Synthesis and Photophysical Investigation of Tetraazaporphyrins Substituted with AIE-Active Moieties.
T. T. Tasso, T. Furuyama, J. Mack, T. Nyokong, N. Kobayashi
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 5516-5522, 2015

Benzo[c,d]indole-Containing aza-BODIPY: Asymmetrization-Induced Solid-State Emission and Aggregation-Induced Emission Enhancement as New Properties Derived from the Well-Known Chromophore.
S. Shimizu, A. Murayama, T. Haruyama, T. Iino, S. Mori, H. Furuta, N. Kobayashi
Chem. Eur. J., 21, 12996-13003, 2015

Solution-Cast Monolayers of Cobalt Crown Ether Phthalocyanine on Highly Ordered Pyrolytic Graphite.
H. Lu, I. Kwak, J. H. Park, K. O'Neil, T. Furuyama, N. Kobayashi, A. Seabaugh, A. Kummel, S. F. Shirey
J. Phys. Chem., C 119, 21992-22000, 2015

An Extremely Air-stable 19 Porphyrinoid.
T. Yoshida, W. Zhou, T. Furuyama, D. B. Leznoff, N. Kobayashi
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 9258-9261, 2015

Silyloxy Amino Alcohol Organocatalyst for Enantioselective 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of Nitrones to -Unsaturated Aldehydes.
T. Otuki, J. Kumagai, Y. Kohari, Y. Okuyama, E. Kwon, C. Seki, K. Uwai, N. Kobayashi, T. Iwasa, M. Tokiwa, M. Takeshita, A. Maeda, A. Hashimoto, K. Turuga, H. Nakano
Eur. J. Org. Chem., 7292-7300, 2015

Reducing Zirconium(IV) Phthalocyanines and the Structure of a Pc4-Zr Complex.
W. Zhou, R. H. Platel, T. T. Tasso, T. Furuyama, N. Kobayashi, D. B. Leznoff
Dalton Trans., 44, 13955-13961, 2015

A Bottom-up Synthesis of Antiaromatic Expanded Phthalocyanines: Pentabenzotriazasmaragdyrins, i.e. Norcorroles of Superphthalosyanines.
T. Furuyama, T. Sato, N. Kobayashi
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 13788-13791, 2015

Modulation of the Molecular Spintronic Properties of Adsorbed Copper Corroles.
F. Wu, J. Liu, P. Mishra, T. Komeda, J. Mack, Y. Chang, N. Kobayashi, Z. Shen
Nature Commun., 6, 1-8, 2015

Optically Active Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Systems.
H. Lu, N. Kobayashi
Chem. Rev., 116, 6184-6261, 2016

Optically Active BODIPYs
H. Lu, J. Mack, T. Nyokong, N. Kobayashi, Z. Shen
Coord. Chem. Rev., 318, 1-15, 2016

Preface: The 5th Georgian Bay International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry
M. J. Stillman, N. Kobayashi, C. F. Shaw, J. Dawson
J. Inorg. Biochem., 158, 1-4, 2016

Organosilicon Compounds as Fluorescent Chemosensors for the Fluoride Anion Recognition.
L. Gai, J. Mack, H. Lu, T. Nyokong, Z. Li, N. Kobayashi, Z. Shen
Coord. Chem. Rev., 285, 24-51, 2015

Design, Synthesis, and Properties of Azaporphyrin Phosphorus Complexes
T. Furuyama, N. Kobayashi
Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, 73, 833-843, 2015

Properties of Phthalocyanines and Porphyrins Deduced from Their Molecular Orbitals.
N. Kobayashi
Chemistry of Present Days, 539, 30-35, 2015

Synthesis and Spectroscopic Properties of P(V) Phthalocyanines and Tetraazaporphyrins.
N. Kobayashi
SERMACS 2016, Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, Columbia, South Carolina, USA, Oct. 2016, Invited

Synthesis and Characterization of Spectroscopically Intriguing Phtghalocyanines.
N. Kobayashi
Unversite de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, 09 Sep. 2016, Invited

Synthesis, Applications, and Practical Use of Functional Metallophthalocyanines.
N. Kobayashi
Unversite de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, 08 Sep. 2016, Invited

Synthesis of TTF-annulated Silicon Phthalocyanine and Its μ-Oxo Oligomers and Redox Control of Molecular Alignment.
N. Kobayashi
Unversite de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, 07 Sep. 2016, Invited

CD Analysis of Optically Active Phthalocyanines, Natural Chlorophylls, and Poly(p-benzamide)s Systems.
N. Kobayashi
Unversite de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, 06 Sep. 2016, Invited

Synthesis and Properties of P(V) Phthalocyanines and Tetraazaporphyrins
N. Kobayashi
Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon, France, 02 Sep. 2016, Invited

Synthesis and Characterization of Spectroscopically Intriguing Phthalocyanines.
N. Kobayashi
ナノテク高機能テキスタイル基盤技術研究会, Shinsu Univ. Ueda, 19 Aug. 2016, Invited

Synthesis of Novel aza-BODIPY Analogues and Their Unique Optical and Electrochemical Properties.
N. Kobayashi, T. Iino, A. Murayama, M. Tamada, H. Karasaki, S. Shimizu, H. Furuta
2016 International Symposium for Metal Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Beijing, China, Jul. 2016, Invited

Investigation of the Dimerization Reaction of Phthalonitrile with Thiolate Anion and Its Application to the Synthesis of Expanded Phthalocyanines.
N. Kobayashi, T. Sato, T. Furuyama
The 9th International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Nanjing, China, Jul. 2016, Invited

An Air-stable 19p Azaporphyrinoid Radical
T. Furuyama, T. Yoshida, W. Zhou, D. B. Leznoff, N. Kobayashi
The 9th International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Nanjing, China, Jul. 2016, Invited

Modulation Spintronic Properties of Copper Corroles
Z. Shen, F. Wu, N. Kobayashi, T. Komeda
1st Dijon/Nanjing Symposium on Functional Macrocyclic Molecules, Nanjing, China, Jul. 2016, Invited

Synthesis and Specific Properties of P(V) Phthalocyanines and Tetraazaporphyrins
N. Kobayashi
1st Dijon/Nanjing Symposium on Functional Macrocyclic Molecules, Nanjing, China, Jul. 2016

Investigation of the Dimerization Reaction of Phthalonitrile with Thiolate Anion and Its Application to the Synthesis of Expanded Phthalocyanines.
N. Kobayashi
Symposium on “Phthalocyanines and Close Friends”, Instituto de Bioingeniería Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain, Jan. 2016, Invited

Synthesis, Applications, and Practical Use of Functional Metallophthalocyanines
N. Kobayashi
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland, Nov. 2015, Invited

Chemistry of Giant Aomatic Metal Complexes.
N. Kobayashi
Muroran Institute of Technology, Sep. 2015, Invited

Synthesis of Novel aza-BODIPY Analogues from a Schiff Base Formation Reaction of Lactams and Their Unique Optical and Electrochemical Properties.
S. Shimizu, T. Iino, A. Murayama, M. Tamada, H. Karasaki, N. Kobayashi, H. Furuta
The 16th ISNA, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain, Jul. 2015

Nanometer-thick Ion Conductors for 2D Crystal Memory.
S. F. Shirey, H. Lu, W. Wang, H. Kim, I. Kwak, T. Furuyama, N. Kobayashi, K. Cho, A. Kummel, A. Seabaugh
The 57th Electronic Materials Conference, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Jun. 2015

Development of Azaporphyrin Complexes with Main Group Elements.
N. Kobayashi
South African Chemical Institute, Inorganic Chemistry Conference 2015, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Jun. 2015

Synthesis and Unique Spectroscopic Properties of Phthalocyanine and Tetraazaporphyrin Complexes with Main Group Elements.
N. Kobayashi
The 5th Georgian Bay International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada, May 2015, Invited

Core-Modified Porphyrins Containing Novel Heterocyclic Moieties.
Z. Shen, Z. Zhou, Y. Chang, S. Shimizu, J. Mack, C. Schütt, R. Herges, N. Kobayashi
The 227th ECS Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, May 2015, Invited

Synthesis and Characterization of Spectroscopically Intriguing Phthalocyanines
N. Kobayashi
機能性高分子材料研究会、Shinsu Univ. Ueda, 18 Mar. 2015, Invited