2004-2012 Publications

Photoinduced Dynamics of Oxyluciferin Analogues: Unusual Enol “Super”photoacidity and Evidence for Keto−Enol Isomerization
Solntsev, Kyril M.*; Laptenok, Sergey P.; Naumov, Panče*
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2012) 134, 16452—16455.

Templated Deposition of Porous Fullerene-C60 in the Interior of Siliceous Sponge Spicules as a Biogenic Microvessel
Dericioglu, Arcan F.*; Naumov, Panče; Yoshihisa, Tanaka
Journal of Materials Research (2012) 27, 2851—2857.

Glucosamine Salts: Resolving Ambiguities Over the Market-Based Compositions
Sahoo, Subash Chandra; Tharalekshmy, Anjana; Ng, Seik Weng; Naumov, Panče*
Crystal Growth & Design (2012) 12, 5148–5154. (invited article as part of the special issue in honor of Prof. G. R. Desiraju)

Spectrochemistry and Artificial Color Modulation of Cypridina Luminescence: Indirect Evidence for Chemiexcitation of a Neutral Dioxetanone and Emission From a Neutral Amide
Naumov, Panče*; Wu, Chun; Liu, Ya-Jun; Ohmiya, Yoshihiro
Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences (2012) 11, 1151—1155.

Low-temperature structural phase transition in synthetic libethenite Cu₂PO₄OH
Alexei A.;* Naumov, Panče; Kim, Jungeun; Tsuda, Shunsuke
Journal of Solid State Chemistry (2011) 184, 3128–3133.

Intermolecular and Intracomplex Photoinduced Electron Transfer from Planar and Nonplanar Metalloporphyrins to p-Quinones
Kanematsu, Masanori; Naumov, Panče; Kojima, Takahiko;* Fukuzumi, Shunichi*,
Chemistry – A European Journal (2011) 17, 12372—12384.

Making the Golden Connection: Reversible Mechanochemical and Vapochemical Switching of Luminescence from Bimetallic Gold–Silver Clusters Associated through Aurophilic Interactions
Lasanta, Tania; Olmos, M. Elena; Laguna, Antonio; López-de-Luzuriaga, Jóse M.,* Naumov, Panče*
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2011) 133, 16358—16361. (highlighted in Science (2011) 334, 18)

Solid-State Thermochromism and Phase Transitions of Charge Transfer 1,3-Diamino-4,6-Dinitrobenzene Dyes
Lee, Jong Hoon; Naumov, Panče;* Chung, Ihn Hee; Lee, Sang Cheol*
Journal of Physical Chemistry (2011), A115, 10087—10096.

On the Origin of the Solid-State Thermochromism and Thermal Fatigue of Polycyclic Overcrowded Enes
Naumov, Panče;* Ishizawa, Nobuo; Wang, Jun; Pejov, Ljupčo; Pumera, Martin; Lee, Sang Cheol
Journal of Physical Chemistry (2011), A115, 8563—8570.

Photoinduced Rearrangement of Aromatic N-Chloroamides to Chloroaromatic Amides in the Solid State. Inverted P(N)–S(N) Occupational Stability of Amidyl Radicals
Naumov, Panče;* Topcu, Yildiray; Eckert-Maksić, Mirjana;* Glasovac, Zoran; Pavošević, Fabijan; Kochunnoonny, Manoj, Hara, Hideyuki
Journal of Physical Chemistry (2011) A115, 7834—7848.

Effects of a Self-Assembled Molecular Capsule on the Ultrafast Photodynamics of a Photochromic Salicylideneaniline Guest
Sliwa, Michel;* Naumov, Panče;* Choi, Heung-Jin; Nguyen, Quoc-Thiet; Debus, Bruno; Delbaere, Stéphanie; Ruckebusch, Cyril
ChemPhysChem (2011) 12, 1669—1672.

Chemical X-Ray Photodiffraction: Principles, Examples, and Perspectives (review)
Naumov, Panče
Advanced X-Ray Crystallography: The New Frontiers (K. Rissanen, ed.) Topics in Current Chemistry,2011, DOI:10.1007/128_2011_156.

The Thermosalient Phenomenon. "Jumping Crystals" and Crystal Chemistry of the Anticholinergic Agent Oxitropium Bromide
Skoko, Željko; Zamir, Sharona; Naumov, Panče;* Bernstein, Joel*
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2010) 132, 14191—14202. (The article was highlighted in both the on-line and printed version of Nature Chemistry (2010) 2, 1003, and in the Crystal Growth & Design Network (ACS), where it reached a record of >500 visits in one week, and it was one of the most accessed sites of the ACS; https://communities.acs.org/docs/DOC-3662/version/2)

Spectra-Structural Effects of the Keto-Enol-Enolate and Phenol-Phenolate Equilibria of Oxyluciferin
Naumov, Panče;* Kochunnoonny, Manoj
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2010) 132, 11566—11579.

Visualization of a Discrete Solid-State Process with Steady-State X-ray Diffraction: Observation of Hopping of Sulfur Atoms in Single Crystals of Realgar
Naumov, Panče;* Makreski, Petre; Petruševski, Gjorgji; Runčevski, Tomče; Jovanovski, Gligor
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2010) 132, 11398—11401.

Crystal Structure of a Metal Ion-Bound Oxoiron(IV) Complex and Implications for Biological Electron Transfer
Fukuzumi, Shunichi;* Morimoto, Yuma; Kotani, Hiroaki; Naumov, Panče; Lee, Yong-Min; Nam, Wonwoo*
Nature Chemistry (2010) 2, 756—759. (highlighted in Nature Chemistry (2010) 2, 711)

Vibrational Spectra of Calcium, Strontium and Barium Valproates. Self-Assembly of Valproate Nanostrands in Aqueous Solution and in the Solid State
Naumov, Panče;* Petruševski, Gjorgji; Jovanovski, Gligor
CrystEngComm (2010) 12, 2325—2331.

Topochemistry and Photomechanical Effects in Crystals of Green Fluorescent Protein-like Chromophores. Effects of Hydrogen Bonding and Crystal Packing
Naumov, Panče;* Kowalik, Janusz; Solntsev, Kyril M.; Baldridge, Anthony; Moon, Jong-Seok; Kranz, Christine; Tolbert, Laren M.*
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2010) 132, 5845—5857.

Combining Aurophilic Interactions and Halogen Bonding to Control the Luminescence from Bimetallic Gold—Silver Clusters
Laguna, Antonio; Lasanta, Tania; Lopez-de-Luzuriaga, Jose M.;* Monge, Miguel; Naumov, Panče; Olmos, M. Elena
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2010) 132, 456—457.

New Type of Dual Solid-State Thermochromism: Modulation of Intramolecular Charge Transfer by Intermolecular π−π Interactions, Kinetic Trapping of Aci-Nitro Group and Reversible Molecular Locking
Naumov, Panče;* Lee, Sang Cheol; Ishizawa, Nobuo; Jeong, Young Gyu; Chung, Ihn Hee; Fukuzumi, Shunichi
Journal of Physical Chemistry (2009) A113, 11354—11366.

Structure and Spectroscopy of Oxyluciferin, the Light Emitter of the Firefly Bioluminescence
Naumov, Panče;* Ozawa, Yutaka; Ohkubo, Kei; Fukuzumi, Shunichi
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009) 131, 11590—11605.

Topochemical Limits for Solid-State Photoreactivity by Fine Tuning of the π−π Interactions
Yang, Shi-Yao; Naumov, Panče;* Fukuzumi, Shunichi
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009) 131, 7247—7249.

The 'Azaryphos' Family of Ligands for Ambifunctional Catalysis: Synthesis and Use in Ruthenium-Catalyzed anti-Markovnikov Hydration of Terminal Alkynes
Hintermann, Lukas;* Thanh Dang, Tuan; Labonne, Aurélie; Kribber, Thomas; Xiao, Li; Naumov, Panče
Chemistry – A European Journal (2009) 15, 7167—7179.

Hybrid Hard- and Soft-Modelling Applied to Analyze Ultrafast Processes by Femtosecond Transient Absorption Spectroscopy: Study of the Photochromism of Salicylidene Anilines
Ruckebusch, C.;* Sliwa, M.; Réhault, J.; Naumov, P.; Huvenne, J. P.; Buntix, G.
Analytica Chimica Acta (2009) 642, 228—234.

Electronic Tera-Order Stabilization of Photoinduced Metastable Species: Structure of the Photochromic Product of Spiropyran Determined with In Situ Single Crystal X-ray Photodiffraction
Naumov, Panče;* Yu, Pei; Sakurai, Kenji
Journal of Physical Chemistry (2008) A112 (26) 5810—5814.

Solid-State Forms of Sodium Valproate, Active Component of the Anticonvulsant Drug Epilim®
Petruševski, Gjorgi; Naumov, Panče;* Jovanovski, Gligor; Bogoeva-Gaceva, Gordana; Ng, Seik Weng
ChemMedChem (2008) 3, 1377—1386.

Effects of Secondary Ligand and Excitation on the Thermally Induced and Photoinduced Valence Tautomerism Semiquinonate - Catecholate
Naumov, Panče;* Belik, A. Alexei
Inorganic Chemistry Communications (2008) 11(5), 465—469.

Unilateral Exclusion of Jahn-Teller-Inactive d⁵ Mn(H₂O)₄(C₇H₄NO₃S)₂²⁺ Guests by Strongly Distorted Host d⁹ Cu(H₂O)₄(C₇H₄NO₃S)₂²⁺ Lattice
Naumov, Panče;* Pejov, Ljupčo; Jovanovski, Gligor; Stafilov, Trajče; Taseska, Milena; Stojanovska; Emilija,
Crystal Growth & Design (2008) 8(4), 1319—1326.

Direct Observation of Aminyl Radical Intermediate During Single-Crystal to Single Crystal Photoinduced Orton Rearrangement
Naumov, Panče;* Sakurai, Kenji; Tanaka, Masahiko; Hara, Hideyuki
Journal of Physical Chemistry (2007) B111, 10373—10378.

Structural study of the thermally induced and photoinduced phase transitions of the 1,3,5-trithia-2,4,6-triazapentalenyl (TTTA) radical
Naumov, Panče;* Hill, P. Jonathan; Sakurai, Kenji; Tanaka, Masahiko; Ariga, Katsuhiko
Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2007)  111, 6449—6455.

Direct Atomic-Scale Observation of Linkage Isomerization of As₄S₄ Clusters During the Photoinduced Transition of Realgar to Pararealgar
Naumov, Panče;* Makreski, Petre; Jovanovski, Gligor
Inorganic Chemistry (2007) 46, 10624—10631.

Magnetic Properties of Synthetic Libethenite Cu₂PO₄OH: A New Spin-Gap System
Belik, A. Alexei;* Koo, Hyun-Joo; Whangbo, Myung-Hwan; Tsuji, Naohito; Naumov, Panče; Takayama-Muromachi, Eiji 
Inorganic Chemistry (2007) 46(21), 8684—8689.

Increased Crystal Porosity and Enhanced Gas Adsorption by Intracolumnar Gliding for Broadband Gas Detection
Naumov, Panče;* Sakurai, Kenji; Nukui, Akihiko; Tanaka, Masahiko
Chemical Communications (2007) 4, 347—349. (featured on the journal cover)

Structural Basis for the Phase Switching of Bisaminecopper(II) Cations at the Thermal Limits of Lattice Stability
Naumov, Panče;* Sakurai, Kenji; Asaka, Toru; Belik, A. Alexei; Adachi, Shin-ichi; Takahashi, Junichi; Koshihara, Shin-ya
Inorganic Chemistry (2006) 45(13), 5027—5033.

Photoinduced Phase Transition of Coordinationally Unsaturated d⁹ Metal Centers Within the Thermal Hysteresis of the Spin Exchange Interaction
Naumov, Panče;* Sakurai, Kenji; Asaka, Toru; Belik, A. Alexei; Adachi, Shin-ichi; Takahashi, Junichi; Koshihara, Shin-ya
Chemical Communications (2006) 14, 1491—1493. (featured on the journal cover)

Photoinduced Phase Transition of the Coordinationally Unsaturated d⁹ Metal Centers of Bis(N,N-diethylethylenediamine)copper(II) Perchlorate Within the Thermal Hysteresis of the Spin-Exchange Interaction
Naumov, Panče;* Sakurai, Kenji; Asaka, Toru; Belik, A. Alexei; Adachi, Shin-ichi; Takahashi, Junichi; Koshihara, Shin-ya
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (2006) 7, 1345—1347.

Thermally Induced Saccharinate Ligand Flips Close to Ambient Temperature
Naumov, Panče;* Jovanovski, Gligor; Sakurai, Kenji
Crystal Growth & Design (2006) 6, 815—817.

Photochromism of Ortho-nitrobenzylpyridines: A Brief Overview
Naumov, Panče*
Journal of Molecular Structure (2006) 783(1—3), 1—8.

Intramolecular Nitro-Assisted Proton Transfer in Photoirradiated 2-(2^,,4^,-Dinitro­benzyl)pyridine: Polarized Optical Spectroscopic Study and Electronic Structure Calculations
Naumov, Panče;* Sakurai, Kenji; Ishikawa, Tadahiko; Takahashi, Junichi; Koshihara, Shin-ya; Ohashi, Yuji
Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2005) 109, 7264—7275.

Solid-State Structure and Temperature/Evacuation-Induced Dehydration of Sodium Saccharinate 1.875 Hydrate.
Naumov, Panče;* Jovanovski, Gligor; Grupče, Orhideja; Kaitner, Branko; Rae, David A.; Ng, Seik Weng
Angewandte Chemie, International Edition in English (2005), 44, 1251—1254. (highlighted in X-ray Spectrometry, (2007) 36, 141)

Bifunctional Photochromism Based on Photoindu­ced Nitro-Assisted Proton Transfer
Naumov, Panče;* Sakurai, Kenji; Ohashi, Yuji; Ng, Seik Weng
Chemistry of Materials (2005), 17, 5395—5397.

Reversible Thermal Gating of the Photochromic Properties of 3-methyl-2-(2',4'-dinitrobenzyl)pyridine in a Single Crystal
Naumov, Panče;* Sakurai, Kenji
Crystal Growth & Design (2005) 5, 1699—1701.

Latent Photochromism (pseudothermochromism) and Photofatigue of Crystalline 2-(2^,,4^,-dinitrobenzyl)pyridine.
Naumov, Panče;* Ohashi, Yuji
Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry (2004) 17, 865—875.

Panče Naumov,  Chemical X-Ray Photodiffraction: Principles, Examples, and Perspectives. In "Advanced X-Ray Crystallography: The New Frontiers" (editor: K. Rissanen).   Topics in Current Chemistry 2011, 315, 111—131

Panče Naumov, Direct Observation of Dynamic Solid-State Processes with X-ray Diffraction. In "Ideas in Chemistry and Molecular Sciences", "Advances in Nanotechnology, Materials and Devices" (editor: B. Pignataro). Wiley-VCH: Weinheim 2010, pp. 207—224