Aiko Fukazawa

Ryosuke’s PhD defense wrapped up successfully yesterday. As the first doctoral student in the Fukazawa Group at Kyoto University, he gave a fantastic presentation that really reflected five years of hard work here. Great job, Ryosuke👏 I’m proud of you!

A personal shout-out from me for this excellent cover image! I love that it represents the first author of the paper with his large and loving family. 😍

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Thank you, Jeff!

Front cover

Ryosuke’s paper was featured on the cover of the latest issue of @chemicalscience.rsc.org! With the support of his loving family, he is spreading the wings of a once-bent kite and sending it soaring into the sky💫 Congrats, Ryosuke!!
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Modular synthesis of benzothiophene-fused pentalene tells us that substituents matter to antiaromaticity! Check our latest manuscript, previously posted on ChemRxiv, now published on @chemicalscience.rsc.org.
Congrats, Ryosuke and Kosuke🎉
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Just accepted✨| Chemical Science
京都大学 深澤愛子先生らによるベンゾチオフェン縮合ペンタレンの新しい合成法🧪 @afukazawa79.bsky.social

Modular Synthesis of Benzothiophene-Fused Pentalene Reveals Substituent-Dependent Antiaromaticity pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

📖特集『Celebrating 200 Years of Benzene』に掲載：
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Modular Synthesis of Benzothiophene-Fused Pentalene Reveals Substituent-Dependent Antiaromaticity Antiaromatic π-electron systems provide unique electronic features arising from the cyclic conjugation of 4n π-electrons, yet synthetic access to strongly antiaromatic heteroarene-fused scaffolds rema...

Our latest article regarding modular synthesis of benzothiophene-fused pentalene and substituent-dependent antiaromatic character is now available on ChemRxiv👀
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Antiaromaticity versus Electron Affinity: Quantitative Insights into Metal–Ligand Interactions in Ni–Pentalene Complexes Transition metal complexation has long served as a strategy for stabilizing antiaromatic hydrocarbons. However, the underlying factors that govern their coordination behavior are not yet fully underst...

Excited to share our latest work on antiaromatic hydrocarbons, now up on ChemRxiv👩‍🔬
What happens when a physical organic chemist takes a closer look at transition metal complexes...?
We'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback!
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Seventy-year search for simpler route to valuable reactive intermediate ends Ortho-quinodimethane made under mild conditions from common reagents

For 70 years, researchers have struggled to find an efficient way to produce ortho-quinodimethane. A new method uses a palladium-catalysed multi-component reaction to make this reactive intermediate from readily available chemicals.

Check out our latest paper that presents a great example of how something we've qualitatively understood as "gaining aromaticity" turns out to be not quite the case when you actually dig into the details. Enjoy it along with some fun artwork of sushi plates🍣 #chemsky #pisky

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Spent an amazing week completely immersed in great chemistry with old friends and new ones in Mérida for Aromaticity 2025. Now, time to head back to mid-winter Japan on the other side of the world❄️

It’s really unusual that maple trees still have leaves in late December…🍁 I love the scenery though!

Love it! ❤️
Congratulations, Mike and the team! I was truly impressed by Bella’s presentation at ISNA-20!

Hello, world. Finally, I’m in 🦋- Let’s see how this goes.