Advanced Elements Chemistry Research Team

Team Leader

Masanobu Uchiyama

  • D.Pharm.
  • Masanobu Uchiyama
  • Brief resume
    1995
    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University
    1998
    D.Pharm., University of Tokyo
    2001
    Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo
    2001
    Researcher, PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation
    2003
    Lecturer, University of Tokyo
    2006
    Associate Chief Scientist, Advanced Elements Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN
    2007
    Associate Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
    2010
    Team Leader, Advanced Elements Chemistry Research Team, RIKEN (-current)
    2010
    Professor, University of Tokyo (-current)

Outline

Advanced Elements Chemistry Research Team

Our team focuses on advanced element chemistry based on the development and synthesis of novel organic ligands and functional metal complexes. Our main research aims include (1) development of innovative synthetic processes; (2) applications of organic-metallic hybrid chemistry to materials science; and (3) evaluation of the biological activities of organic-metallic hybrid complexes (bioorganometallics). We are conducting fundamental and applied research in these areas not only by means of experimental approaches based on synthetic organic chemistry and spectroscopy, but also from a theoretical viewpoint based on computational chemistry.

Recent Research Topic

Design of novel near-IR absorbing organic dyes by the combination of blue dyes
Fig. 1: Design of novel near-IR absorbing organic dyes by the combination of blue dyes

Selected Publications

  1. A. Muranaka, et al. [18]/[20]pi Hemiporphyrazine: A Redox Switchable Near- infrared Dye, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 133, 190.
  2. O. Matsushita, et al. Rectangular-Shaped Expanded Phthalocyanines with Two Central Metal Atoms, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 133, 3411.
  3. S. Maeda, S. Komagawa, M. Uchiyama, K. Morokuma, Finding reaction pathways for multicomponent reactions: The passerini reaction is a four-component reaction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 644.
  4. M. Sada, et al. Reaction pathway of methylenation of carbonyl compounds with bis(iodozincio)methane, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 17452.
  5. A. Muranaka, M. Yonehara, M. Uchiyama, Azulenocyanine: A new family of phthalocyanines with intense near-IR absorption, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 7844.
  6. J. C. Ribierre, et al. Direct laser writing of complementary logic gates and lateral p-n diodes in a solution-processible monolithic organic semiconductor, Adv. Mater. 2010, 22, 1722.
  7. J. C. Ribierre, T. Fujihara, T. Muto, T. Aoyama, Control of the charge transport properties in a solution-processible ambipolar quinoidal oligothiophene derivative by direct laser writing, Appl. Phys. Lett. 2010, 96, 233302.
  8. A. Muranaka, et al. Effect of Periodic Replacement of the Heteroatom on the Spectroscopic Properties of Indole and Benzofuran Derivatives, J. Phys. Chem. A 2009, 113, 464.
  9. Y. Ohta, et al. Synthesis of Well-Defined Hyperbranched Polyamides by Condensation Polymerization of AB2 Monomer through Changed Substituent Effects, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 5942.
  10. M. Uchiyama, et al. Generation and Suppression of 3-/4-Functionalized Benzynes Using Zinc Ate Base (TMP-Zn-ate): New Approaches to Multisubstituted Benzenes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 472.
  11. H. Naka, et al. Mixed alkylamido aluminate as a kinetically controlled base, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 16193.
  12. S. Usui, Y. Hashimoto, J. V. Morey, A. E. H. Wheatley, M. Uchiyama, Direct ortho cupration: a new route to regioselectively functionalized aromatics, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 15102.

Core Members

Principal Investigator add delete
Masanobu Uchiyama Team Leader    
Staff Scientist add delete
Atsuya Muranaka Deputy Team Leader    
Tetsuya Aoyama Senior Research Scientist    
Postdoctoral Fellow add delete
Chao Wang Foreign Postdoctoral Researcher    
Kazuto Takaishi Postdoctoral Researcher   2012.3.31
Xuan Wang Postdoctoral Researcher    
Shino Ohira Postdoctoral Researcher   2012.3.31
Maki Tokumoto Postdoctoral Researcher   2012.3.31
Student Trainee add delete
Technical Assistant add delete
Kengo Yoshida Technical Staff I    
Administrative Assistant add delete
Visiting Research Staff add delete
Other Staff add delete
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