From People - School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Research Field

有機化学，有機合成

Research Subject

ユビキタス金属触媒による新規合成反応の開発と応用

Current Research

Important challenges for modern science are energy, resources and environment. 
Our group believes that chemistry has a central role in addressing these challenges.
Creation of new molecules is the central task or chemistry, and we are developing 
new ways to create them: more efficiently, cheaper and greener. For example, instead 
of expensive and toxic metals, we use the ubiquitous iron as a catalyst, to create new 
molecules by direct activation of inert bonds. Ultimately, we aim of utilizing these
inexpensive and benign methods to create target functional molecules for medicine or 
materials science.

Keywords

有機合成、反応開発、有機金属、触媒化学、鉄触媒、ユビキタス金属

Links

• Laboratory website