This Spotlight Research is presented by Dr. Satoshi Okada from Nakamura group at the Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo. Currently, Dr. Satoshi Okada is a researcher at the R&D Center ...
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Extremely Biocompatible Solvent for Biomass: The Development of Carboxylate-type Zwitterionic Liquid
Spotlight Research is delivered by Dr. Kousuke Kuroda, assistant professor from the Laboratory for Bioactive Substances Engineering, Kanezawa University. Waste biomass is a prospective energy source ...
World’s First Organic Long-persistent Luminescence
For Spotlight Research, we had the pleasure of interviewing Prof. Ryota Kabe from Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA), Kyushu University. OPERA is a leading research ...
Open Faculty Positions in Chemistry@OIST
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (www.oist.jp) invites applications for at least 2 new faculty positions as part of its planned expansion. Targeted areas for the ...
C–H β-Sulfornyloxylation of Alcohols
Sp3 C–H β-Sulfornyloxylation of Alcohols Carbon–hydrogen bond activation (C–H activation) allows for the transformation of inherent C–H bonds within a molecule to various functional groups without ...
Cross-coupling of functionalized olefins
Carbon-carbon bond formation is a basic reaction in organic chemistry, which builds the carbon skeleton in organic molecules. A vast number of carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions have been developed ...
Fine-tuned Supramolecular Polymerization
A class of polymeric materials called supramolecular polymers is drawing an attention in recently years. In contrast to “conventional” polymers, which consist of covalently linked monomeric units, ...
The Progress of Olefin Metathesis: Can It Handle Every Functional Group Now?
In January 2015, Yves Chauvin, the French chemist who was the first to propose the reaction mechanism of olefin metathesis, passed away. For his contribution, he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry ...
Hexaarylbenzenes (HAB) can be prepared at will through programmed synthesis
2015 marks the 150th anniversaries of seminal discovery by Kekulé that benzene nucleus are cyclic. [1] This year is also 190th since the first report of benzene by Faraday in 1825. Benzene ...
The Divide Between Science and Education (Part 1 of 2)
Jingle bells, jingle bells… Yep, Christmas is approaching. In sunny (well, mainly rainy these days) Singapore, I am dreaming of a white Christmas. The dream will probably not come true but it ...