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NMR Basics: Guide for Analysis and Interpretation

10 September, 2024 / by Naka Research Group / in Blog

This post introduces NMR basics, focusing on the analysis and interpretation of the 1-D 1H and 13C NMR spectra. An overview of NMR basics, including principles, is available on the JEOL website. ...

How “good” can the synthetic route be? SMART-PMI: Predicting Process Mass Intensity from Molecular Structure

28 August, 2024 / by Naka Research Group / in Blog

In the industrial production of pharmaceuticals, there is a strong demand to realize synthetic routes that are economical to produce and consider their environmental impact. From the perspective of ...

Solvent Isotope Effect

27 April, 2024 / by Naka Research Group / in chemglossary

solvent isotope effect An isotope effect that appears when a solvent labeled with an isotope (especially deuterium) is utilized. In chemical research, there are many opportunities to investigate the ...

NMR Basics: Guide for Analysis and Interpretation

10 September, 2024

This post introduces NMR basics, focusing on the analysis and interpretation of the 1-D 1H and 13C NMR spectra. An overview of NMR basics, including principles, is available on the JEOL website. ...

How “good” can the synthetic route be? SMART-PMI: Predicting Process Mass Intensity from Molecular Structure

28 August, 2024

IR Basics: Guide for Analysis and Interpretation

16 April, 2024

Overview Infrared absorption spectrometry (IR) is an analytical method that measures the absorption spectrum obtained by exposing a sample to infrared light. IR is especially useful for determining ...

#12: Professor Hajime Ito: Chemistry that sprouts from metal complexes

10 July, 2014 / by webmaster / in Interviews

For this 12th installment, we are interviewing Professor Hajime Ito from the Faculty of Engineering at Hokkaido University, who was introduced to us by Professor Jun Terao (interview #5). Professor ...

#11: Professor Motomu Kanai: From catalysts to life

05 July, 2014 / by webmaster / in Interviews

In the second interview of this new year, we will interview someone who was recommended to us by Professor Kenichiro Itami (interview #2): Professor Motomu Kanai from the Graduate School of ...

#10: Professor Atsushi Wakamiya: Toward an efficient transformation of solar energy

26 June, 2014 / by webmaster / in Interviews

Happy New Year everybody! I would like to take this opportunity to thank our loyal readers, and I hope you continue reading this interview series as well as Chem-Station this year. Starting this year ...

Grignard Reaction

16 April, 2024 / by Naka Research Group / in Reactions

General Characteristics Grignard reagents are the most popular among organometallic reagents. Alkyl groups can be introduced into carbonyl compounds to give the corresponding alcohols. The ...

Wittig Reaction

06 April, 2024 / by Naka Research Group / in Reactions

General Characteristics Compounds in which the adjacent anion is stabilized by a heteroatom with a positive formal charge are generally called ylides. The synthesis of alkenes from carbonyl compounds ...

Condensation Reagent

27 January, 2024 / by Naka Research Group / in Reactions

General Characteristics Esters and amides (peptides) can be obtained by condensing carboxylic acids with alcohols and amines under strongly acidic conditions (Fischer method). However, epimerization ...