Synthesis of low-molecular-weight polyether polyols by self-condensation of diols over Amberlyst® 15 Yusuke Kita, Eri Sugimoto, Mikiko Namba, Pengru Chen, Masazumi Tamura ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, in press (2026) DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c11708
学術論文・総説(2025年)
Direct synthesis of polycarbonate diols with tunable molecular weights from atmospheric flow CO2 and diols Pengru Chen, Hanghao Lin, Yusuke Kita, Kenji Nakao, Takahiro Arai, Akira Nakayama, Masazumi Tamura Energy & Fuels, 39 (2025) 20506-20516. (Selected as the Supplementary Cover) DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c03942
Highly selective 1,4-NADH regeneration via hydrogenated NAD+ analogs using Pt/SiO2 catalyst with low pressure hydrogen gas Makoto Hirano, Wataru Onodera, Masazumi Tamura, Yutaka Amao Chemical Communications, in press (2025). DOI: 10.1039/D5CC04253D
Chemical recycling of polyethylenes with low gas products by catalytic hydrogenolysis with heterogeneous CeO2-supported Cu-doped Ru catalyst Masazumi Tamura, Yuna Sasano, SMA Hakim Siddiki, Masato Akatsuka, Pengru Chen, Yusuke Kita Journal of Catalysis, 452 (2025) 116417. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2025.116417
Poisoning Effects of Impurities on Hydrogenolysis of Polyethylenes over Supported Ru Catalysts Yusuke Kita, Akiyo Fukuda, Pengru Chen, Masazumi Tamura Catalysis Today, 461 (2025) 115492. DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2025.115492
Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation of N-Benzyl Nicotinamide: A Comparative Study with Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Makoto Hirano, Wataru Onodera, Masazumi Tamura, Yutaka Amao Catalysis Science & Technology, 15 (2025) 3806-3815. DOI: 10.1039/D5CY00202H
Direct Synthesis of Diphenyl Carbonate from CO2 and Phenol with CeO2 and 2-Cyanopyridine Taichi Akiyama, Yusuke Kita, Pengru Chen, Masazumi Tamura Molecular Catalysis, 574 (2025) 114886. DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2025.114886
Lattice Oxygen Insertion Mechanism in CeO2-Catalyzed Reactions in Water: Nitrile Hydration Reaction Takaaki Endo, Tatsushi Ikeda, Koki Muraoka, Yusuke Kita, Masazumi Tamura, Akira Nakayama Chemical Science, 16 (2025) 939-951. DOI:10.1039/D4SC06294A
Catalytic Fe2+ Cation Pair Site for Base-free N-Alkylation of Aromatic Amines with Alcohols Yusuke Kita, Takato Fukuda, Masato Akatsuka, Pengru Chen, Masazumi Tamura ChemSusChem, 18 (2025) e202401987. (Selected as the Front Cover)DOI:10.1002/cssc.202401987
Utilisation of in-situ formed cyano-bridged coordination polymers as precursors of supported Ir–Ni alloy nanoparticles with precisely controlled compositions and sizes Yusuke Yamada, Miho, Nishida, Tatsuya Nakabayashi, Takashi Nakazono, Hanghao Lin , Pengru Chen, Masazumi Tamura Dalton Transactions, 53 (2024) 17620-17628. DOI:10.1039/D4DT02386B
Acid-base bifunctional catalysis of Lewis acidic isolated Co(OH)2 and basic N anion generated from CeO2 and 2-cyanopyridine Masazumi Tamura, Miyu Haga, Anchalee Junkaew, Daiki Asada, Rise Ichikawa, Ryo Toyoshima, Akira Nakayama, Hiroshi Kondoh, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Keiichi Tomishige ACS Catalysis, 14 (2024) 13015-13029. DOI:1021/acscatal.4c02378
Low-Temperature Hydrogenation of Carboxylic Acids to Alcohols over Heterogeneous FeOx-Modified Ru Catalyst Masazumi Tamura, Pengru Chen, Yumi Umehara, Wataru Onodera, Masato Akatsuka, Yusuke Kita ChemCatChem, 16 (2024) e202400708. DOI:1002/cctc.202400708
Hydrogenolysis of isosorbide to diols and triols over a heterogeneous SiO2-supported Rh catalyst Pengru Chen, Wataru Onodera, Masato Akatsuka, Yusuke Kita, Masazumi Tamura Catalysis Science & Technology, 14 (2024) 3001-3006. (Selected as the Front Cover)DOI:1039/D4CY00266K
Adsorption behavior of atmospheric CO2 with/without water vapor on CeO2 surface Masato Akatsuka, Akira Nakayama, Masazumi Tamura Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 343 (2024) 123538. DOI:1016/j.apcatb.2023.123538
Effect of flue gas impurities in carbon dioxide from power plants in the synthesis of isopropyl N-phenylcarbamate from CO2, aniline, and 2-propanol using CeO2 and 2-cyanopyridine Yu Gu, Masazumi Tamura, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Eiji Ando, Keiichi Tomishige Catalysis Today, 410 (2023) 19-35. DOI:1016/j.cattod.2022.03.033
Continuous Flow Synthesis of 2-Imidazolidinone from Ethylenediamine Carbamate in Ethylenediamine Solvent over the CeO2 Catalyst: Insights into Catalysis and Deactivation Ryotaro Fujii, Mizuho Yabushita, Daiki Asada, Masazumi Tamura, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Atsushi Takahashi, Akira Nakayama, Keiichi Tomishige ACS Catalysis, 13 (2023) 1562-1573. DOI:1021/acscatal.2c05721
Bifunctional Platinum-Incorporated Polyoxoniobate Derived Catalyst for N-formylation of Piperidine Using CO2 Vorakit Chudatemiya, Soichi Kikkawa, Jun Hirayama, Ryo Takahata, Toshiharu Teranishi, Masazumi Tamura, Seiji Yamazoe Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 12 (2023) e202200521. DOI:1002/ajoc.202200521
CeO2-catalyzed transformation of various amine carbamates into organic urea derivatives in corresponding amine solvent Jie Peng, Mizuho Yabushita, Yingai Li, Ryotaro Fujii, Masazumi Tamura, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Keiichi Tomishige Applied Catalysis A: General, 643 (2022) 118747. DOI:1016/j.apcata.2022.118747
Reaction Mechanism of Deoxydehydration by Ceria-Supported Monomeric Rhenium Catalysts: A Computational Study Ryu Hosaka, Daiki Asada, Ji Cao, Masazumi Tamura, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Keiichi Tomishige, Jun-ya Hasegawa, and Akira Nakayama. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126 (2022) 11566–11573. DOI:1021/acs.jpcc.2c02944
Hydrogenation of n-octanoic acid over the MoPt alloy of Mo-Pt/SiO2 catalyst under solvent-free conditions Masazumi Tamura, Kohei Yugeta, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Keiichi Tomishige Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 20 (2022) 6196-6200. DOI:1039/D2OB00824F
Deoxydehydration of Biomass-Derived Polyols Over Silver-Modified Ceria-Supported Rhenium Catalyst with Molecular Hydrogen Kosuke Yamaguchi, Ji Cao, Mii Betchaku, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Masazumi Tamura, Akira Nakayama, Mizuho Yabushita, Keiichi Tomishige ChemSusChem, 15 (2022) e202102663. DOI:1002/cssc.202102663
Dehydration of Amides to Nitriles over Heterogeneous Silica-Supported Molybdenum Oxide Catalyst Yo-hei Nagasaki, Masazumi Tamura, Mizuho Yabushita, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Keiichi Tomishige ChemCatChem, 14 (2022) e202101846. DOI:1002/cctc.202101846
One-pot production of dioctyl ether from 1,2-octanediol over rutile-titania-supported palladium-tungsten catalyst Yoshinao Nakagawa, Hiroki Hayasaka, Takehiro Asano, Masazumi Tamura, Kazu Okumura, Keiichi Tomishige Molecular Catalysis, 523 (2022) 111208. DOI:1016/j.mcat.2020.111208
Model and Terpenoid-Derived exo-Methylene Six-Membered Conjugated Dienes: Comprehensive Studies on Cationic and Radical Polymerizations of Substituted 3-Methylenecyclohexenes Takenori Nishida, Kotaro Satoh, Masazumi Tamura, Yingai Li, Keiichi Tomishige, Masami Kamigaito Macromolecules, 55 (2022) 2300-2309. DOI:1021/acs.macromol.2c00099
Porous nanographene formation on γ-alumina nanoparticles via transition-metal-free methane activation Masanori Yamamoto, Qi Zhao, Shunsuke Goto, Yu Gu, Takaaki Toriyama, Tomokazu Yamamoto, Hirotomo Nishihara, Alex Aziz, Rachel Crespo-Otero, Devis Di Tommaso, Masazumi Tamura, Keiichi Tomishige, Takashi Kyotani, Kaoru Yamazaki Chemical Science, 13 (2022) 3140-3146. DOI:1039/D1SC06578E
Titania-supported molybdenum oxide combined with Au nanoparticles as a hydrogen-driven deoxydehydration catalyst of diol compounds Schanth Hacatrjan, Lujie Liu, Jianxing Gan, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Ji Cao, Mizuho Yabushita, Masazumi Tamura, Keiichi Tomishige Catalysis Science and Technology, 12 (2022) 2146-2161. DOI:1039/D1CY02144C
Synthesis of Secondary Monoalcohols from Terminal Vicinal Alcohols over Silica-Supported Rhenium-Modified Ruthenium Catalyst Ben Liu, Naoyuki Sekine, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Masazumi Tamura, Mizuho Yabushita, Keiichi Tomishige ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering,10 (2022) 1220-1231. DOI:1021/acssuschemeng.1c07023
Heterogeneous Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Ketones by 2-Amino-2′-hydroxy-1,1′-binaphthyl-Modified CeO2-Supported Ir Nanoclusters Masazumi Tamura, Nao Hayashigami, Akira Nakayama, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Keiichi Tomishige ACS Catalysis, 12 (2022) 868-876. DOI:1021/acscatal.1c04427
Unique catalytic properties of Ni-Ir alloy for the hydrogenation of N-heteroaromatics Jia-qi Bai, Masazumi Tamura, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Keiichi Tomishige Catalysis Science and Technology, 12 (2022) 2420-2425. DOI:1039/D2CY00383J
Combination of hydrotalcite-like-compound-derived Ni-Fe/Mg/Al and ceria-supported Rh catalysts for fuel reforming in exhaust gas recirculation system of gasoline engine Mii Betchaku, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Masazumi Tamura, Mizuho Yabushita, Yasutomo Miura, Shinya Iida, Keiichi Tomishige Fuel Processing Technology, 225 (2022) 107061. DOI:1016/j.fuproc.2021.107061
Organic compound modification of CeO2 and 2-cyanopyridine hybrid catalyst in carbonate synthesis from CO2 and alcohols Masazumi Tamura, Daiki Hiwatashi, Yu Gu, Akira Nakayama, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Keiichi Tomishige Journal of CO2 Utilization, 54 (2021) 101744. DOI:1016/j.jcou.2021.101744
CeO2-Catalyzed Synthesis of 2-Imidazolidinone from Ethylenediamine Carbamate Jie Peng, Masazumi Tamura, Mizuho Yabushita, Ryotaro Fujii, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Keiichi Tomishige ACS Omega, 6 (2021) 27527-27535. DOI:1021/acsomega.1c04516
Effective Heterogeneous MoOx-Modified CeO2 Catalyst for Michael Addition of Dimethyl Malonate to 2-Cyclohexen-1-one Masazumi Tamura, Yamato Doi, Yingai Li, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Keiichi Tomishige ChemCatChem, 13 (2021) 4075-4079. DOI:1002/cctc.202100682
Hydrogen Atom Abstraction by Heterogeneous-Homogeneous Hybrid Catalyst of CeO2 and 2-Cyanopyridine via Redox of CeO2 for C-H Bond Oxidation with Air Masazumi Tamura, Eiji Sagawa, Akira Nakayama, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Keiichi Tomishige ACS Catalysis, 11 (2021) 11867-11872. DOI:1021/acscatal.1c03757
Structure and performance relationship of silica-supported platinum-tungsten catalysts in selective C-O hydrogenolysis of glycerol and 1,4-anhydroerythritol Lujie Liu, Takehiro Asano, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Minyan Gu, Congcong Li, Masazumi Tamura, Keiichi Tomishige Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 292 (2021) 120164. DOI:1016/j.apcatb.2021.120164
Direct synthesis of polycarbonate diols from atmospheric flow CO2 and diols without using dehydrating agents Yu Gu, Masazumi Tamura, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Kenji Nakao, Kimihito Suzukic, Keiichi Tomishige Green Chemistry, 23 (2021) 5786-5796. (Selected as the Inside back cover)DOI:1039/D1GC01172C
Adsorption of Keggin-Type Polyoxometalates on Rh Metal Particles under Reductive Conditions Yoshinao Nakagawa, Ayaka Kuwata, Kosuke Yamaguchi, Masazumi Tamura, Mizuho Yabushita, Keiichi Tomishige Inorganic Chemistry, 60 (2021) 12413-12424. DOI:1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01644
Hydrodeoxygenation of C4-C6 sugar alcohols to diols or mono-alcohols with the retention of the carbon chain over a silica-supported tungsten oxide-modified platinum catalyst Lujie Liu, Ji Cao, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Mii Betchaku, Masazumi Tamura, Mizuho Yabushita, Keiichi Tomishige Green Chemistry, 23 (2021) 5665-5679. DOI:1039/D1GC01486B
Catalytic performance of hydrotalcite-like-compound-derived Ni-metal alloy catalyst for toluene reforming with gasoline engine exhaust model gas as reforming agent Mii Betchaku, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Masazumi Tamura, Mizuho Yabushita, Yasutomo Miura, Shinya Iida, Keiichi Tomishige Fuel Processing Technology, 218 (2021) 106837. DOI:1016/j.fuproc.2021.106837
Comprehensive study on Ni- or Ir-based alloy catalysts in the hydrogenation of olefins and mechanistic insight Jia-qi Bai, Masazumi Tamura, Akira Nakayama, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Keiichi Tomishige ACS Catalysis, 11 (2021) 3293-3309. DOI:1021/acscatal.0c04615
Terpenoid-derived conjugated dienes with: Exo -methylene and a 6-membered ring: High cationic reactivity, regioselective living cationic polymerization, and random and block copolymerization with vinyl ethers Takenori Nishida, Kotaro Satoh, Masazumi Tamura, Yingai Li, Keiichi Tomishige, Sylvain Caillol, Vincent Ladmiral, Marylène Vayer, Frédéric Mahut, Christophe Sinturel, Masami Kamigaito Polymer Chemistry, 12 (2021) 1186-1198. DOI:1039/D1PY00035G
Detailed Characterization of MoOx-Modified Rh Metal Particles by Ambient-Pressure XPS and DFT Calculations Ryo Toyoshima, Jumpei Kawai, Kazuhisa Isegawa, Hiroshi Kondoh, Anchalee Junkaew, Akira Nakayama, Takehiro Asano, Masazumi Tamura, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Mizuho Yabushita, Keiichi Tomishige Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125 (2021) 4540-4549. DOI:1021/acs.jpcc.0c10380
Direct dimethyl carbonate synthesis from CO2 and methanol catalyzed by CeO2 and assisted by 2-cyanopyridine: A cradle-to-gate greenhouse gas emission study Hajime Ohno, Mahdi Ikhlayel, Masazumi Tamura, Kenji Nakao, Kimihito Suzuki, Kentaro Morita, Yuzuru Kato, Keiichi Tomishige, Yasuhiro Fukushima Green Chemistry, 23 (2021) 457-469. DOI:1039/D0GC03349A
Hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol to phenol over ceria-supported iron catalysts Congcong Li, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Masazumi Tamura, Akira Nakayama, Keiichi Tomishige ACS Catalysis, 10 (2020) 14624-14639. DOI:1021/acscatal.0c04336
Reforming of toluene with simulated automobile exhaust gas over hydrotalcite-like-compound-derived Ni catalyst Mii Betchaku, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Masazumi Tamura, Keiichi Tomishige Fuel Processing Technology, 209 (2020) 106545. DOI:1016/j.fuproc.2020.106545
An effective combination catalyst of CeO2 and zeolite for the direct synthesis of diethyl carbonate from CO2 and ethanol with 2,2-diethoxypropane as a dehydrating agent Tao Chang, Masazumi Tamura, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Norihisa Fukaya, Jun-Chul Choi, Takayoshi Mishima, Seiji Matsumoto, Satoshi Hamurad, Keiichi Tomishige Green Chemistry, 22 (22020) 7321-7327. DOI:1039/D0GC02717K
Mechanistic Study on Deoxydehydration and Hydrogenation of Methyl Glycosides to Dideoxy Sugars over a ReOx-Pd/CeO2 Catalyst Ji Cao, Masazumi Tamura, Ryu Hosaka, Akira Nakayama, Jun-ya Hasegawa, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Keiichi Tomishige ACS Catalysis, 10 (2020) 12040-12051. DOI:1021/acscatal.0c02309
Scope and reaction mechanism of CeO2-catalyzed one-pot imine synthesis from alcohols and amines Masazumi Tamura, Keiichi Tomishige Journal of Catalysis, 389 (2020) 285-296. DOI:1016/j.jcat.2020.05.031
Biobased cycloolefin polymers: Carvone-derived cyclic conjugated diene with reactive exo-methylene group for regioselective and stereospecific living cationic polymerization Takenori Nishida, Kotaro Satoh, Shusaku Nagano, Takahiro Seki, Masazumi Tamura, Yingai Li, Keiichi Tomishige, Masami Kamigaito ACS Macro Letters, 9 (2020) 1178-1183. DOI:1021/acsmacrolett.0c00479
Efficient production of adipic acid from 2-methoxycyclohexanone by aerobic oxidation with a phosphotungstic acid catalyst Kosuke Hatakeyama, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Masazumi Tamura, Keiichi Tomishige Green Chemistry, 22 (2020) 4962-4974. DOI:1039/D0GC01277G
Hydrogenolysis of tetrahydrofuran-2-carboxylic acid over tungsten-modified rhodium catalyst Takehiro Asano, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Masazumi Tamura, Keiichi Tomishige Applied Catalysis A: General, 602 (2020) 117723. DOI:1016/j.apcata.2020.117723
One-pot imine synthesis from methylarenes and anilines under air over heterogeneous Cu oxide-modified CeO2catalyst Masazumi Tamura, Yingai Lib, Keiichi Tomishige Chemical Communications, 56 (2020) 7337-7340. DOI:1039/D0CC02969F
Tungsten-zirconia-supported rhenium catalyst combined with a deoxydehydration catalyst for the one-pot synthesis of 1,4-butanediol from 1,4-anhydroerythritol Tianmiao Wang, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Masazumi Tamura, Kazu Okumura, Keiichi Tomishige Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, 5 (2020) 1237-1250. DOI:1039/D0RE00085J
One-pot synthesis of 1,3-butanediol by 1,4-anhydroerythritol hydrogenolysis over a tungsten-modified platinum on silica catalyst Lujie Liu, Takehiro Asano, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Masazumi Tamura, Keiichi Tomishige Green Chemistry, 22 (2020) 2375-2380. DOI:1039/D0GC00244E
Synthesis of Hexane-Tetrols and -Triols with Fixed Hydroxyl Group Positions and Stereochemistry from Methyl Glycosides over Supported Metal Catalysts Siddarth H. Krishna, Ji Cao, Masazumi Tamura, Yoshinao Nakagawa, Mario De Bruyn, Graeme S. Jacobson, Bert M. Weckhuysen, James A. Dumesic, Keiichi Tomishige, George W. Huber ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 8 (2020) 800-805. DOI:1021/acssuschemeng.9b04634