News

April, 14th, 2025 New!
Our paper "Triarylmethyl Cations as Photocatalysts for Radical-Mediated Cycloaddition Reactions" was published in Org. Lett.
April, 2nd, 2025 New!
Our paper "Platinum-Catalyzed Regioselective Dehydrogenative Homocoupling of Dimethyl Phthalate for the Direct Synthesis of Sym-BPTT" was published in Sus. Circ. Now
March, 29th, 2025 New!
Our paper "Enhanced Photocatalytic Alkylation using Mg(SPh)2: The Role of Lewis Acidity in Catalyst Activity" was published in Helv. Chim. Acta
March, 25th, 2025 New!
Our paper "Efficient low-temperature depolymerization of polycarbonate catalyzed by lanthanum β-diketonate complexes" was published in Green Chem.
March, 10th, 2025 New!
Mr. Takashi Uemura (M2 student) received the Encouragement Award in the master's thesis presentation.
January, 14th, 2025 New!
Our paper "Photoinduced Catalytic Alkylation of Active Methine Compounds with Nonactivated Alkenes Using Yttrium Triflate as a Lewis Acid Catalyst" was published in Adv. Synth. Catal..
January, 14th, 2025 New!
Our paper "Mg(SPh)2 as a Catalyst for Efficient Photocatalytic Alkylation Reactions of Active Methylene Compounds with Nonactivated Alkenes" was published in Adv. Synth. Catal..
December, 5th, 2024 New!
Our paper "Continuous-flow synthesis of carboxylic acids from alcohols via platinum and silicon dioxide-catalyzed hydrogen peroxide oxidation" was published in Org. Biomol. Chem..
December, 1st, 2024 New!
Dr. Tetsu Tsubogo joined our group.
November, 29th, 2024 New!
Our paper "Development of Continuous-Flow Reactions for the Synthesis of Anti-Alzheimer Drug Memantine" was published in Chem. Eur. J..
October, 30th, 2024 New!
Our paper "Continuous-flow synthesis of cyclic carbonates with polymer-supported imidazolium-based ionic liquid (Im-PSIL) catalysts" was published in Green Chem..
October, 24th, 2024 New!
Research on was featured on Science Japan: "The University of Tokyo succeeds in sequential synthesis of an anti-Alzheimer's drug using hydrogen with water a sole byproduct".
September, 25th, 2024
Mr. Taisei Senzaki (D1 student) received Student Oral Presentation Award 2024 in the 134th CATSJ Meeting.
September, 25th, 2024
Our paper "Structure-Directed Quaternary Ammonium Hydroxide Resins: High-Performance Heterogeneous Base Catalysts for Continuous-Flow Carbon–Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions" was published in J. Org. Chem..
September, 17th, 2024
Our paper "Solid-Acid Catalyzed Continuous-Flow Aminolysis of Epoxides" was published in Chem. Eur. J..
September, 6th, 2024
A press release was issued regarding "Anti-Alzheimer's Drugs Produced with Hydrogen --The only byproduct is water. To the future of pharmaceutical production--".
September, 6th, 2024
Our paper "Sequential-Flow Synthesis of Donepezil: A Green and Sustainable Strategy Featuring Heterogeneous Catalysis and Hydrogenation" was published in Chem. Eur. J..
September, 2nd, 2024
Our paper "TEMPO-Catalyzed Continuous-flow Aerobic Oxidations of Alcohols on Silica" was published in ChemCatChem.
August, 17th, 2024
Our paper "Vigorously Stirred La2O3 Suspensions for Michael Additions in Water" was published in Chem. Commun..
August, 6th, 2024
A press release was issued regarding "Small-Molecule-Based Strategy for Mitigating Deactivation of Chiral Lewis Acid Catalysis".
August, 6th, 2024
Our paper "Small-Molecule-Based Strategy for Mitigating Deactivation of Chiral Lewis Acid Catalysis" was published in J. Am. Chem. Soc..
June, 26th, 2024
Our paper "Direct Aromatic Nitrosation Using 2-Methoxyethyl Nitrite as a NO Cation Source" was published in Org. Lett..
June, 25th, 2024
Our paper "Continuous-flow Directed C–H Amidation Reactions Using Immobilized Cp*Rh(III) Catalysts" was published in Green Chem..
June, 24th, 2024
Our paper "Selective Hydrogenation of Quinizarins to Leuco-quinizarins and Their Direct Derivatization Using Flow-Batch-Separator Unified Reactors under Continuous-Flow Conditions" was published in ACS Catal..
June, 20th, 2024
Our paper "Catalytic Activation of Bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl) phosphite with Hf(IV) for the Synthesis of Mixed Dialkyl Phosphites" was published in Adv. Synth. Catal..
May, 21st, 2024
A press release was issued regarding "A new platform for highly selective reactions in vivo--Chiral Lewis acid catalysts based on nanoscale metal-organic frameworks (MOFs)--".
May, 17th, 2024
An editorial issue "Flow Chemistry and Continuous Processing: More Mainstream than Ever!" was published in Org. Process Res. Dev..
May, 6th, 2024
Our paper "Nanoscale and chiral metal–organic frameworks for asymmetric reactions in water: bridging Lewis acid catalysis and biological systems" was published in Chem. Sci..
April, 26th, 2024
Our review "Efficient Radical-mediated Intermolecular α-Alkylation Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds with Nonactivated Alkenes" was published in Chem. Asian J..
April, 26th, 2024
Our paper "Reductive N-Alkylation of Amines with Ketones Using Heterogeneous Polysilane–Palladium Catalysts under Continuous-Flow Conditions" was published in Org. Lett..
April, 25th, 2024
A press release was issued regarding "Innovative technology for highly efficient production of oligonucleotide therapeutics!--catalytic phosphite esterification reaction developed--".
April, 23rd, 2024
Mr. Airu Hashidoko (D2 student) received CSJ Student Presentation Award 2023 in The 104th CSJ Annual Meeting.
April, 17th, 2024
Our paper "A Highly Efficient Catalytic Method for the Synthesis of Phosphite Diesters" was published in Chem. Sci..
April, 1st, 2024
"Green Material Conversion" Lab. launched.