平井 正人

Dr. Masato Hirai

> Curriculum Vitae

学歴

2010年5月　　Texas A&M University at College Station,

　　　　　　　 B.Sc. in Chemistry (Magna Cumma Laude)  卒業

2016年3月　　Texas A&M University at College Station,

　　　　　　　 Ph.D. in Chemistry 修了

2016年8月　　Texas A&M University at College Station,

　　　　　　　 Ph.D. in Chemistry 卒業 (Advisor: Prof. François P. Gabbaï)

職歴

2016.6-2017.3   名古屋大学物質科学国際研究センター 博士研究員

2017.4- 　　　　 日本学術振興会  特別研究員 (PD)

> Awards

2009年　ACS Chemistry Award in Inorganic Chemistry

2010年　The Connie G. and Otto F. (Pete) Schumm Endowed Scholarship in Chemistry

2010年　Hypercube Scholar Award

2014年　Phi Lambda Upsilon Scholarship Award

2015年　First place in Student Research Week at Texas A&M University

2015年　Dow Symposium poster award

2016年　Sharon Dabney Award (Excellence in academic and service)

> List of Publications

7. Donor-π-Acceptor Type Unsymmetrical Triarylborane-based Fluorophores: Synthesis, Fluorescence Properties, and Photostability

Masato Ito, Emi Ito, Masato Hirai, Shigehiro Yamaguchi

J. Org. Chem., 83, 8449-8456 (2018).

[DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b01015]

6. Antiaromatic Dithieno-1,2-dihydro-1,2-diborin Splits Diatomic Hydrogen

Takafumi Araki, Masato Hirai, Atsushi Wakamiya. Warren E. Piers, Shigehiro Yamaguchi

Chem. Lett., Advance Publication.

[DOI: 10.1246/cl.170812]

5. Steric Shielding vs Structural Constraint in a Boron-Containing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon

Valentin M. Hertz, Naoki Ando, Masato Hirai, Michael Bolte, Hans-Wolfram Lerner, Shigehiro Yamaguchi, Matthias Wagner

Organometallics, 36, 2512-2519 (2017).

[DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00800]

4. 1-Pyrenyl- and 3-perylenyl-antimony(V) derivatives for the fluorescence turn-on sensing of fluoride ions in water at sub-ppm concentrations

Masato Hirai, Mykhaylo Myahkostupov, Felix N. Castellano, François P. Gabbaï

Organometallics, 35, 1854-1860 (2016).

[DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00233]

3. Promoting the Hydrosilylation of Benzaldehyde by Using a Dicationic Antimony‐Based Lewis Acid: Evidence for the Double Electrophilic Activation of the Carbonyl Substrate

Masato Hirai, Junsang Cho, François P. Gabbaï

Chem. Eur. J., 22, 6537-6541 (2016).

[DOI: 10.1002/chem.201600971]

2. Squeezing Fluoride out of Water with a Neutral Bidentate Antimony(V) Lewis Acid

Masato Hirai, François P. Gabbaï

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54, 1205-1209 (2015).

[DOI: 10.1002/anie.201410085]

1. Lewis acidic stiborafluorenes for the fluorescence turn-on sensing of fluoride in drinking water at ppm concentration

Masato Hirai, François P. Gabbaï

Chem. Sci., 5, 1886-1893 (2014).

[DOI: 10.1039/C4SC00343H]