-2001

<Original Papers>

  • Z. Hou, Y. Zhang, O. Tardif, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "(Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)samarium(II) Alkyl Complex with the Neutral "C5Me5K" Ligand: A Precursor to the First Dihydrido Lanthanide(III) Complex and a Precatalyst for Hydrosilylation of Olefins",
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 9216-9217.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, T. Koizumi, A. Fujita, H. Yamazaki, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "The Binuclear Iridium(II) Hydride Complex [(C5Me5)Ir(µ-H)]2: A Novel Base for Reversible Deprotonation of Acidic Organic Compounds and a Unique Catalyst for C-C Bond Cleavage of Aromatic 1,2-Diols and Michael Additions",
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2001, 123, 5812-5813.　<Link>
  • O. Tardif, Z. Hou, M. Nishiura, T. Koizumi, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Synthesis, Structures, and Reactivity of the First Silylene-Linked Cyclopentadienyl-Phosphido Lanthanide Complexes",
    Organometallics, 2001, 20, 4565-4573.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, T. Koizumi, M. Nishiura, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Lanthanide(II) Complexes Bearing Linked Cyclopentadienyl-Anilido Ligands: Synthesis, Structures, and One-Electron-Transfer and Ethylene Polymerization Reactions",
    Organometallics, 2001, 19, 3323-3328.　<Link>
  • S. Kaita, Z. Hou, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Random- and Block-Copolymerization of 1,3-Butadiene with Styrene Based on the Stereospecific Living System:
    (C5Me5)2Sm(µ-Me)2AlMe2/(Al(i-Bu)3/[Ph3C][B(C6F5)]",
    Macromolecules, 2001, 34, 1539-1541.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, Y. Zhang, H. Tezuka, P. Xie, O. Tardif, T. Koizumi, H. Yamazaki, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "C5Me5/ER-Ligated Samarium(II) Complexes with the Neutral "C5Me5M" Ligand (ER = OAr, SAr, NRR’, or PHAr; M = K or Na): A Unique Catalytic System for Polymerization and Block-Copolymerization of Styrene and Ethylene",
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2000, 122, 10533-10543.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, X. Jia, A Fujita, H. Tezuka, H. Yamazaki,and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Alkali and Alkaline-Earth Metal Ketyl Complexes. Isolation, Structural Diversity, and Hydrogenation/Protonation Reactions",
    Chem. Eur. J., 2000, 6, 2994-3005.　<Link>
  • M. Nishiura, Z. Hou, T. Koizumi, T. Imamoto, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Ring-Opening Polymerization and Copolymerization of Lactones by Samarium(II) Aryloxide Complexes",
    Macromolecules, 1999, 32, 8245-8251.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, A. Fujita, T. Koizumi, H. Yamazaki, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Transfer of Ketyls from Alkali Metals to Transition Metals. Formation and Diverse Reactivities of d-Block Transition-Metal Ketyls",
    Organometallics, 1999, 18, 1979-1985.　<Link>
  • S. Kaita, Z. Hou, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Stereospecific Polymerization of 1,3-Butadiene with Samarocene-Based Catalysts",
    Macromolecules, 1999, 32, 9078-9079.　<Link>
  • Y. Zhang, Z. Hou, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Polymerization of Styrene by Divalent Organolanthanide Catalysts under High Pressure",
    Macromolecules, 1999, 32, 939-941.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, H. Tezuka, Y. Zhang, H. Yamazaki, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "One-Step Block-Copolymerization of Ethylene with Styrene by C5Me5/ER-Ligated Samarium(II) Complexes (ER = OAr, SAr)",
    Macromolecules, 1998, 31, 8650-8652.　<Link>
  • Y. Zhang, Z. Hou, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Synthesis and X-Ray Structure of an Iridocenium(1+) Dichlorobis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)samarate(1-) Complex:
    [Ir(C5Me5)2][Sm(C5Me5)2Cl2]",
    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1998, 71, 1381-1384.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, A. Fujita, H. Yamazaki, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Isolation, Structure, and Iridium-Mediated Decarbonylation of a Sodium Fluorenone Dianion Complex",
    Chem. Commun., 1998, 669-670.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, A. Fujita, Y. Zhang, T. Miyano, H. Yamazaki, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "One-Electron Reduction of Aromatic Ketones by Low-Valent Lanthanides. Isolation, Structural Characterization, and Reactivity of Lanthanide Ketyl Complexes",
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120, 754-766.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, Y. Zhang, T. Yoshimura, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Novel Heteroleptic Samarium(II) Complexes Bearing both Aryloxide and Pentamethylcyclopentadienide Ligands",
    Organometallics, 1997, 16, 2963-2970.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, X. Jia, M. Hoshino, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "First Structural Characterization of a Benzophenone Ketyl Complex",
    Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 1997, 36, 1292-1294.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, Y. Zhang, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Molecular Structures of HMPA-Coordinated Samarium(II) and Ytterbium(II) Iodide Complexes. A Structural Basis for the HMPA Effects in SmI2-Promoted Reactions",
    Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn.,1997, 70, 149-153.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Trapping of Radicals in the Coordination Spheres of Metals",
    Chem. Eur. J., 1997, 3, 1005-1008.　<Link>
  • Y. Makioka, Y. Taniguchi, Y. Fujiwara, K. Takaki, Z. Hou, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "The First Isolation and Structural Characterization of a Lanthanoid-Imine Azametallacycopropane Complex,
    [Yb(η2-Ph2CNPh)(hmpa)3]",
    Organometallics, 1996, 15, 5476-5478.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, A. Fujita, T. Yoshimura, A. Jesorka, Y. Zhang, H. Yamazaki, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Heteroleptic Lanthanide Complexes with Aryloxide Ligands. Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Divalent and Trivalent Samarium Aryloxide/Halide and Aryloxide/Cyclopentadienide Complexes",
    Inorg. Chem., 1996, 35, 7190-7195.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, A. Fujita, H. Yamazaki, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "First Isolation of a Tris(ketyl) Metal Complex",
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 7843-7844.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, A. Fujita, H. Yamazaki, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "First Isolation of a Metal Ketyl in Aggregated Forms. X-Ray Structures of Dimeric and Tetrameric Sodium Fluorenone Ketyl Complexes: [Na(µ2-η1-ketyl)(HMPA)2]2and [Na(µ3-η1-ketyl)(HMPA)]4",
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1996, 118, 2503-2504.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, T. Miyano, H. Yamazaki, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Well-Defined Metal Ketyl Complex: Sm(ketyl)(OAr)2(THF)2 and Its Reversible Coupling to a Disamarium(III) Pinacolate",
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1995, 117, 4421-4422.　<Link>
  • T. Yoshimura, Z. Hou, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Protonation at the Aromatic Ring vs. at the Carbonyl Group of Lanthanide-Diaryl Ketone Dianion Species by Aryl Alcohols. Isolation, Structural Characterization, and Reactivity of Lanthanide Aryloxide, Mixed Aryloxide/Alkoxide and Aryloxide/Enolate Complexes",
    Organometallics, 1995, 14, 5382-5392.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, T. Yoshimura, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Protonation at the Aromatic Ring of Samarium Benzophenone Dianion Species. Isolation and Structural Characterization of a Samarium(III) Enolate Complex",
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1994, 116, 11169-11170.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    “Isolation and X-Ray Structures of the Hexamethyl-phosphoramide (HMPA)-coordinated Lanthanide(II) Diiodide Complexes [SmI2(HMPA)4] and [Yb(HMPA)4(THF)2]I2”,
    J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1994, 1205-1206.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, K. Aida, Y. Takagi, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    “Synthesis and X-Ray Structure of the Divalent and Trivalent Ytterbium-Molybdenum Complexes
    YbII(HMPA)4- (μ-OCMo(CO)2Cp)2 and [YbIII(HMPA)5(μ-OCMo(CO)2Cp)][CpMo(CO)3]2·THF”,
    J. Organomet. Chem., 1994, 473, 101-104. (a special issue)　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, T. L. Breen, and D. W. Stephan,
    "Formation and Reactivity of the Early Metal Phosphides and Phosphinidenes Cp*2Zr=PR, Cp*2Zr(PR)2, and Cp*Zr(PR)3",
    Organometallics, 1993, 12, 3158-3167.　<Link>
  • J. Ho, Z. Hou, R. J. Drake, and D. W. Stephan,
    "P-H and Cyclopentadienyl C-H Activation en Route to Homo- and Heterobinuclear Zirconocene Phosphide and Phosphinidene Complexes",
    Organometallics, 1993, 12, 3145-3157.　<Link>
  • D. G. Dick, Z. Hou, and D. W. Stephan,
    "Monophosphido-Bridged Early/Late Heterobimetallics: Synthesis, Structure, and Electrochemistry of
    Cp2Ti(µ-PEt2)(µ-η1:η2-OC)M(CO)Cp (M = Mo, W)",
    Organometallics,1992, 11, 2378-2382.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, H. Yamazaki, Y. Fujiwara, and H. Taniguchi,
    "Stepwise and Reversible Cleavage of the C-O Double Bond of Diaryl Ketones by Lanthanide Metals",
    Organometallics, 1992, 11, 2711-2714.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou and D. W. Stephan,
    "Generation and Reactivity of the First Mononuclear Early Metal Phosphinidene Complex, Cp*2Zr=P(C6H2Me3-2,4,6)",
    J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1992, 114, 10088-10089.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, H. Yamazaki, K. Kobayashi, Y. Fujiwara, and H. Taniguchi,
    "Novel Crystal Structure of Ytterbium(II)-Benzophenone Dianion Complex and its Reaction with 2,6-Di-tert -butyl-4-methylphenol",
    J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1992, 722-724.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, K. Kobayashi, and H. Yamazaki,
    "Lanthanoid Complexes with Hexamethyl-phosphoramide (HMPA) Ligand. Preparation and Crystal Structure of Ytterbium Complex of HMPA, [Yb(H2O)5(HMPA)2]Cl3・H2O・HMPA and YbCl3(HMPA)3",
    Chem. Lett., 1991, 20, 265-268.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, Y. Wakatsuki, and H. Yamazaki,
    "Diene Derivatives of Hexarhodium Hexadecacarbonyl. Molecular Structures of Rh6(CO)14
    (η4-CH2C(Me)C(Me)CH2) and Rh6(CO)12( η4-CH2C(Me)C(Me)CH2)2and their Substitution Reactions with Bis(diphenylphosphino)methane",
    J. Organomet. Chem., 1990,399, 103-114.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, Y. Ozawa, and K. Isobe,
    "Synthesis and Structure of Thiolate Complexes Containing (η5-C5Me5)RhIIIGroups",
    Chem. Lett., 1990, 1863-1866.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, K. Takamine, O. Aoki, H. Shiraishi, Y. Fujiwara, and H. Taniguchi,
    "Nucleophilic Addition of Lanthanoid Metal-Umpoled Diaryl Ketones to Electrophiles",
    J. Org. Chem., 1988, 53, 6077-6084.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, K. Takamine, O. Aoki, H. Shiraishi, Y. Fujiwara, and H. Taniguchi,
    "Ytterbium Metal Promoted Novel Cross-coupling Reaction between Diaryl Ketones and Electrophiles",
    J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1988, 668-670.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, Y. Fujiwara, and H. Taniguchi,
    "Lanthanides in Organic Synthesis. Samarium Metal Promoted Selective Formation of Azoxy Compounds",
    J. Org. Chem.,1988, 53, 3118-3120.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, K. Takamine, Y. Fujiwara, and H. Taniguchi,
    "Ytterbium Metal Mediated Synthesis of Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical Pinacols from Carbonyl Compounds",
    Chem. Lett., 1987, 16, 2061-2064.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, Y. Fujiwara, T. Jintoku, N. Mine, K. Yokoo, and H. Taniguchi,
    "Chemistry of Organolanthanoids. Lanthanoid-Mediated C-C Bond Formation and Cleavage and C-C Double Bond Reduction",
    J. Org. Chem., 1987, 52, 3524-3528.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, H. Taniguchi and Y. Fujiwara,
    "Convenient Reduction of C-C Multiple Bonds Conjugated with Aromatic Rings by PhYbI Complex or Yb Metal",
    Chem. Lett., 1987, 16, 305-308.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou, N. Mine, Y. Fujiwara, and H. Taniguchi,
    "C-C Bond Cleavage and Deoxygenation of Chalcone by the Organoytterbium -Complex PhYbI",
    J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun.,1985, 1700-1702.　<Link>


<Reviews>

  • 侯 召民,
    "新規希土類錯体の合成と高選択的重合反応への応用",
    有機合成化学協会誌, 2001, 59, 82-91.
  • Z. Hou, S. Kaita, and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Novel Polymerization and Copolymerization of Ethylene, Styrene, and Butadiene by New Organolathanide-Based Catalysts",
    Pure Appl. Chem.,2001, 73, 291-294.　<Link>
  • Z. Hou and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "C5Me5/ER-Ligated Samarium(II) Complexes (ER = OAr, SAr, NR1R2): A New Type of Olefin Polymerization Catalysts",
    J. Alloys Compd, 2000, 303, 75-82.　<Link>
  • 侯 召民, 若槻 康雄,
    "希土類金属錯体によるスチレンの重合及び共重合",
    均一系遷移金属触媒によるリビング重合, アイピーシー, pp 337-347 (1999).
  • Z. Hou and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Reactions of Ketones with Low-Valent Lanthanides. Isolation and Reactivity of Lanthanide Ketyl and Ketone Dianion Complexes",
    Top. Organomet. Chem., 1999, 2, 233-253.　<Link>
  • 侯 召民, 若槻康雄,
    "シクロペンタジエニルなどを配位子とする二価ランタノイド錯体の合成と反応",
    季刊化学総説, 1998, No. 37, 53-62.
  • Z. Hou and Y. Wakatsuki,
    "Trapping of Radicals in the Coordination Spheres of Metals",
    Chem. Eur. J., 1997, 3, 1005-1008.　<Link>
  • 侯 召民, 若槻 康雄,
    "有機合成反応に関連したサマリウム及びイッテルビウム錯体",
    有機合成化学協会誌, 1995, 53, 906-916.

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