| Prof. Hiroshi
Fujii'sBioinorganic Chemistry
Laboratory
 Nara Women's University
 
 
 
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                  | 2025 Rate
Limiting Step of the Sulfoxidation Reaction of Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrin Ξ-Cation
Radical Complex: Electron Transfer Coupled Bond Formation Mechanism
 Kaho Ueda, Masahiko Hada, Hiroshi Fujii*
 Inorg. Chem. 2025, in press
 DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem
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                  | 2024 Resonance Raman Study of Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrin Ξ-Cation Radical Complex: Porphyrin Ligand Effect on Λ(Fe=O) Frequency
 Kaho Ueda, Wataru Sato, Sachiko Yanagisawa, Minoru Kubo, Masahiko Hada, Hiroshi Fujii*
 J. Inorg. Biochem. 2024, 255, 112544.  published 2024. 4. 3
 (invited to the specual issue in celebration of Larry Que)
 DOI:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2024.112544
 https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1isnharcmbXwd       available until 2024. 5. 23.
 
 Photo-Electro-Biochemical
H2 Production Using the Carbon Material-Based Cathode Combined with
Genetically Engineered Esherichia coli Whole-Cell Biocatalysis
 Yuki Honda*, Risa Yuki, Reina Hamakawa, and Hiroshi Fujii
 ChemSusChem, 2024, 17, e202300958. published 2024. 1. 8.
 DOI:10.1002/cssc.202300958
 
 
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                  | 2023 Tuning Catalytic Activity with Steric and Electron-Withdrawing Effects of a Porphyrin Substituent
 Lulu Jiang, Yosuke Imanaka, and Hiroshi Fujii*
 Catalysis Science & Technology 2023, 13, 5280-5289.
 (invited to the specual issue in Integrated approaches for methane activation)
 DOI:10.1039/D3CY00
 
 Electric Field Effect of Postive and Negative Charges of Substituent on
Electric Structure and Reactivity of Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrin Ξ-Cation
Radical Complex
 Kanae Yanai, Masahiko Hada, and Hiroshi Fujii*
 J. Inorg. Biochem. 2023, 245, 112208-112217. published 2023. 4. 9
 (invited to the specual issue in memory of Prof. F. Ann Waler)
 DOI:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2023.112208
 
 Characterization and Reactivity of An Incredibly Reactive Intermediate
in the Protonation Reaction of Dioxo-Manganese(V) Porphyrin with Acid
 Yuri Katogi, Ayano Okamoto, Mashiko Hada, and Hiroshi Fujii*
 ACS Catalysis. 2023, 13, 4842-4852.  published 2023. 4. 7
 DOI:10.1021/acscatal.2c06122
 
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                  | 2022 How do the Axial and Equatrial Ligands Modulate Reactivity of
Metal-Bound Terminal Oxidant? An Answer from Hypochlorite Adduct of
Iron(III) Porphyrin
 Sawako Yokota, Yuna Suzuki, Sachiko Yanagisawa, Sunsuke Nozawa, Masahiko Hada, Hiroshi Fujii*
 ACS Catalysis. 2022, 12, 10857-10871. published 2022. 9. 2.
 DOI:10.1021/acscatal.2c01840
 
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| 2021 Rate
Limiting Step of Epoxidation Reaction of Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrin Ξ-Cation
Radical Complex: Electron Transfer Coupled Bond Formation Mechanism
 Yuri Ishimizu, Zhifeng Ma, Masahiko Hada, Hiroshi Fujii*
 Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 17687-17698. published 2021. 12. 5.
 DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02287
 This paper was selected as a Featured Artic
 
 Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrin
Ξ-Cation Radical Complexes bearing Cationic N-Methyl-2-pyridinium Group
 Yuna Suzuki, Masahiko Hada, Hiroshi Fujii*
 J. Inorg. Biochem. 2021, 223, 111542. published 2021. 10. 1.
 (invited to the specual issue in Ken Karlin: Celebrating his 2021 ACS award)
 DOI:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2021.111542
 
 Significant Solvent Effetc on Reactivity of Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrin Ξ-Cation Radical Complex: Activation in n-Alkane Solvent
 Kanako Ueno, Yuri Ishimizu, Hiroshi Fujii*
 Inorg. Chem. 2021, 9243-9247. published 2021. 7. 5.
 DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01018
 
 Meso-Substitution Activates Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrin Ξ-Cation Radical
Complex More Than Pyrrole-ß -Substitution for Atom Transfer Reaction
 Nami Fukui, Kanako Ueno, Masahiko Hada, and Hiroshi Fujii*
 Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 3207-3217. published 2020. 3.1.
 DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03548
 
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                  | 2020 Unique Electronic Structures of the Highly Ruffled Hemes in
Heme-Degrading Enzymes of Staphylococcus aureus, IsdG and IsdI, by
Resonance Raman and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopies .
 Satoshi Takahashi, Shusuke Nambu, Toshitaka Matsui, Hiroshi
Fujii, Haruto Ishikawa, Yasuhisa Mizutani, Kouhei Tsumoto, Masao
Ikeda-Saito
 Biochemistry 2020, 59, 3918-3928. published 2020. 10.13.
 DOI:10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00731
 
 Photo-biohydrogen Production by Photosensitization with Biologically
Precipitated Cadmium Sulfide in Hydrogen-Forming Recombinant
Escherichia coli
 Yuki Honda, Yuka Shinohara, Motonori Watanabe, Tatsumi Ishihara, and Hiroshi Fujii
 ChemBioChem. 2020, 21, 3389-3397. published 2020.12.1.
 DOI:10.1002/cbic.202000383
 
 Visible light-driven, external mediator-free H2 production by a
combination of a photosensitizer and a whole-cell biocatalyst:
Escherichia coli expressing [FeFe]-hydrogenase and muturase genes
 Yuki Honda, Yuka Shimonhara, and Hiroshi Fujii
 Catalysis Science & Technology 2020, 10, 6006-6012. published 2020.9.7.
 DOI:10.1039/D0CY01099E
 
 DFT insight into axial ligand effects on electronic structure and mechanistic reactivity of oxoiron(IV) porphyrin
 Zhifeng Ma, Naoki Nakatani, Hiroshi Fujii, and Masahiko Hada
 Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2020, 22, 12173-12179. published 2020.7.7.
 DOI:10.1039/D0CP01867H
 
 Spectroscopic Evidence for Acid-Catalyzed Disproportionation Reaction
of Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrin to Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrin Ξ-Cation Radical and
Iron(III) Porphyrin
 Kana Nishikawa, Yuki Honda, Hiroshi Fujii*
 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 4980-4984. published 2020/3/18
 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b13503
 
 Effect of External Electric Fields on the Oxidation Reaction of Olefins by Fe(IV)OClPorphyrin Complexes
 Zhifeng Ma, Naoki Nakatani, Hiroshi Fujii, and Masahiko Hada
 Bull. Chem Soc. Jpn. 2020, 93, 187-193. published 2020/2/15.
 DOI:10.1246/bcsj.20190293
 
 Dioxygen-Binding in Metalloproteins and Corresponding Models
 Shinobu Itoh* and Hiroshi Fujii*
 Comprehesive Coordination Chemsitry III 2020
 DOI:10.1016/B978-0-12-409547-2.14904-2
 
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                  | 2019 Small Reorganization Energy for Ligand-Centered Electron-Transfer Reduction of Compound I to Compound II in Heme Model Study
 Fukui Nami, Li Xiao-Xi, Nam Wonwoo,* Fukuzumi Shunichi,* Fujii Hiroshi*
 Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 8263-8266.  DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01051
 
 Direct
Observation of Primary C–H Bond Oxidation by An Oxido-iron(IV)
Porphyrin Ξ-Radical Cation Complex in a Fluorinated Carbon Solvent
 Yuma Morimoto,* Yuki, Shimaoka, Yuri, Ishimizu, Hiroshi Fujii,* and Shinobu Itoh*
 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 10863-10866.  DOI: 10.1002/anie.201901608
 
 Experimental
and Theoretical Studies of the Porphyrin Ligand Effect on the
Electronic Structure and Reactivity of Oxoiron(IV) porphyrin Ξ-Cation
Radical Complexes
 Yuri Ishimizu, 
Zhifeng Ma, Masahiko Hada, and Hiroshi Fujii*
 J. Biol. Inrog. Chem. 2019, 24, 483-494.  DOI: 10.1007/s00775-019-01664-3
 
 Substitution Effects on Olefin Epoxidation Catalyzed by Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrin Ξ-Cation Radical Complexes: A DFT Study
 Zhifeng Ma, Kasumi Ukaji, Naoki Nakatani, Hiroshi Fujii, and Masahiko Hada,
 J. Cmput. Chem. 2019, 40, 1780-1788.  DOI: 10.1002/jcc.25831
 
 Site-Selective Supramolecular Complexation Activates Catalytic
Ethane-Oxidation of m-Nitrido-Bridged Iron Porphyrinoid Dimer
 Yasuyuki Yamada, Nozomi Mihara, Hikaru Takaya, Yasutaka Kitagawa,
Kazunobu Igawa, Katsuhiko Tomooka Hiroshi Fujii, and Kentaro Tanaka
 Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 3369-3375.  DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805580
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| 2018 Coexpression of 5-aminolevulinic Acid Synthase
Gene Facilitates
Heterologous Production of Thermostable@Cytochrome P450, CYP119, in
Holo Form in Escherichia coli
 Yuki Honda, Ki Nanasawa, and Hiroshi Fujii
 ChemBioChem 2018, 19, 2156-2159.  DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800331
 
 Critical Factors in Determining the Heterolytic
versus Homolytic Bond Cleavage of Terminal Oxidants by Iron(III)
Porphyrin Complexes
 Sawako Yokota and Hiroshi Fujii*
 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 5127-5137.  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b13037
 
 Preparation, Characterization and Reactivity of
a Bis-Hypochlorite Adduct of a Chiral Manganese(IV)-Salen Complex
 Ikuko Araki, Kaoru Fukui, and Hiroshi Fujii*
 Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 1685-1688.  DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02661
 
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                  | 2016 Participation of Electron-Transfer Process in Rate-Limiting Step of
Aromatic Hydroxylation Reactions by Compound I Models of Heme Enzymes
 Maaya Asaka and Hiroshi Fujii*
 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 8048-8051.
 
 Unique coupling of mono- and dioxygenase chemistries in a single active
site promotes heme degradation
 Toshitaka Matsui, Shusuke Nambu, Celia W. Goulding, Satoshi Takahashi,
Hiroshi Fujii, and Masao Ikeda- Saito
 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2016, 113, 3779-3784.
 
 The Functional Role of the structure of the Dioxo-isobacteriochlorin
Structure in the Catalytic Site of Cytochrome cd1
for the Reduction of
Nitrite
 Hiroshi Fujii*, Daisuke Yamaki, Takashi Ogura, and Masahiko Hada
 Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 2896-2906.
 
 The Origin of Relative Stability of Di-Κ-oxo M-M Chiral Salen Complexes
[M-M = Ti (IV)-Ti(IV), V(IV)-V(IV), Cr(IV)-Cr(IV) and Mn(IV)-Mn(IV)]: A
Quantum-Chemical Analysis
 Radhika Narayanan, Archana Velloth, Takuya Kurahashi, Hiroshi Fujii,
Masahiko Hada*
 Bull. Chem. Soc. Jp. 2016, 89, 447-454.
 
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                  | 2015 Model Complexes of Heme Peroxidases
 Hiroshi Fujii
 "Heme Peroxidases", Ed. Emma Ravan and Brian Dunford, RSC 
Chapter 9, pp  181-217
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                  | 2014 Factors Affecting Hydrogen-Tunneling Contribution in Hydroxylation
Reactions Promoted by Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrin Ξ-Cation Radical Complexes
 Zhiqi Cong, Haruki Kinemuchi, Takuya Kurahashi, and Hiroshi Fujii*
 Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 10632-10641.
 
 Theoretical Study of One-Electron- Oxidized Mn(III)- and Ni(II)-Salen
Complexes: Localized vs. Delocalized Ground and Excited States in
Solution
 Shinji Aono, Masayuki Nakagaki, Takuya Kurahashi, Hiroshi Fujii, and
Shigeyoshi Sakaki
 J. Chem. Theory and Comput. 2014, 10, 1062-1073
 
 Di-µ-Oxo Dimetal Core of MnIV and TiIV
as a Linker Between Two Chiral
Salen Complexes Leading to the Stereoselective Formation of Different
M- and P-Helical Structure
 Takuya Kurahashi, Masahiko Hada, and Hiroshi Fujii*
 Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 1070-1079
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                  | 2013 Oxygen-Atom Transfer from Iodosylarene Adducts of a Manganese(IV) Salen
Complex:  Effect of Arenes and Anions on I(III) of the Coordinated
Iodosylarene
 Chunlan Wang, Takuya Kurahashi, Kensuke Inomata, Masahiko Hada, and
Hiroshi Fujii*
 Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 9557-9566.
 
 Unique Ligand-Radical Character of an Activated Cobalt Salen
Catalyst that is Generated by Aerobic Oxidation of a Cobalt(II) Salen
Complex
 Takuya Kurahashi and Hiroshi Fujii*
 Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 3908-3919.
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                  | 2012 Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Hypochloritoiron(III)
Porphyrin Complexes
 Zhiqi Cong, Sachiko Yanagisawa, Takuya Kurahashi, Takashi Ogura, Satoru
Nakashima, and Hiroshi Fujii*
 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 20617-20620.
 
 Comparative Spectroscopic Studies of Iron(III) and Manganese(III)
Salen Complexes Having a Weakly Coordinating Triflate Axial Ligand
 Takuya Kurahashi and Hiroshi Fujii*
 Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2012, 85, 940-947.
 (BCSJ Award Article)
 
 Structure and Reactivity of an Iodosylarene Adduct of a
Manganese(IV)-Salen Complex
 Chunlan Wang, Takuya Kurahashi, and Hiroshi Fujii*
 Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 7809-7811.
 
 Effect of the Axial Ligand on the Reactivity of the Oxoiron(IV)
Porphyrin Ξ-Cation Radical Complex: Higher Stabilization of the Product
State Relative to the Reactant State
 Akihiro Takahashi, Daisuke Yamaki, Kenichiro Ikemura, Takuya Kurahashi,
Takashi Ogura, Masahiko Hada, and Hiroshi Fujii*
 Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 7296-7305.
 
 Coordination and Electronic Structure of
Ruthenium(II)-tris-2,2'-bipyridine in the Triplet Metal-to-Ligand
Charge-Transfer Excited State Observed by Picosecond Time-Resolved Ru
K-Edge XAFS
 Tokushi Sato*, Shunsuke Nozawa, Ayana Tomita, Manabu Hoshino, Shin-ya
Koshihara, Hiroshi Fujii, and Sin-ichi Adachi
 J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116, 14232-14236.
 
 Formation of Iron(III) meso-Chloro-isoporphyrin as a Reactive
Chlorinating Agent from Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrin Ξ-Cation Radical
 Zhiqi Cong, Takuya Kurahashi, and Hiroshi Fujii*
 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 4469-4472.
 
 Solid-state 17O NMR and computational
studies of terminal transition
metal oxo compounds
 Jianfeng Zhu, Takuya Kurahashi, Hiroshi Fujii, and Gang Wu*
 Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 391-397.
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                  | 2011 Oxidation of Chloride and Subsequent Chlorination of Organic Compounds
by Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrin Ξ-Cation Radicals
 Zhiqi Cong, Takuya Kurahashi, and Hiroshi Fujii*
 Angew. Chemie. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 9935-9939.
 
 Redox Potentials of Oxoiron(IV) Porphyrin Ξ-Cation Radical
Complexes: Participation of Electron Transfer Process in Oxygenation
Reactions
 Akihiro Takahashi, Takuya Kurahashi, and Hiroshi Fujii*
 Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 6922-6928.
 
 One-Electron Oxidation of Electronically Diverse Manganese(III)
and Nickel(II) Salen Complexes: Transition from Localized to
Delocalized Mixed-Valence Ligand Radicals
 Takuya Kurahashi and Hiroshi Fujii*
 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 8307-8316.
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                  | 2010 Unique Properties and Reactivity of High-Valent Manganese-Oxo versus
Manganese-Hydroxo in the Salen Platform
 Takuya Kurahashi, Akihiro Kikuchi, Yoshitsugu Shiro, Masahiko Hada, and
Hiroshi Fujii*
 Inorg. Chem. 2010, 49, 6664-6672.
 
 Resonance Raman Study of a High-valent Fe=O Porphyrin Complex as a
Model for Peroxidase Compound II
 Hirohito Ishimaru, Hiroshi Fujii, and Takashi Ogura*
 Chemistry Letters 2010, 39, 332-333.
 
 Direct Probing of Spin State Dynamics Coupled with Electronic and
Structural Modifications by Picosecond Time-Resolved XAFS
 Shunsuke Nozawa*, Tokushi Sato, Matthieu Chollet, Kouhei Ichiyanagi,
Ayana Tomita, Hiroshi Fujii, Shin-ichi Adachi, and Shin-ya Koshihara
 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 61-63.
 
 Paramagnetic 13C and 15N
NMR Analyses of the Push and Pull
Effects in Cytochrome c Peroxidase and Coprinus cinereus Peroxidase
Variants: Functional Roles of Highly Conserved Amino Acids around Heme
 Daisuke Nonaka, Hiroyuki Wariishi, Karen G. Welinder, and Hiroshi Fujii*
 Biochemistry 2010, 49, 49-57.
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