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Comprehensive Analysis Center Lab
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A shared facility that supports materials analysis and also conducts research on asymmetric catalysts and more.
AboutAbout the lab
Supporting materials analysis and developing new reactions.
The Comprehensive Analysis Center is a shared facility of SANKEN (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research) for comprehensive compositional analysis and structural characterization of various materials spanning organic, polymer, inorganic, and metallic materials.
Dedicated faculty and staff, divided into compositional analysis, spectroscopic analysis, electron microscopy, and state analysis groups, manage and operate the instruments, supporting the materials research of each lab through contract analysis and analytical advice.
The center's Functional Molecular Analysis division is a cooperating division of the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, and works on developing asymmetric catalysts and environmentally benign reactions.
The research of the Project Associate Professor likewise builds on synthetic organic chemistry and heterocyclic chemistry, working on developing asymmetric catalysts and creating new reactions that use them.
Key terms
- Asymmetric catalyst
- A catalyst that controls the three-dimensional configuration (enantiomers) of molecules. It is used to obtain a single enantiomer.
- Optically active compound
- A compound in which one of a pair of enantiomers is in excess. It is used in products such as pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals.
- Heterocyclic compound
- A cyclic compound containing heteroatoms such as nitrogen or oxygen. It is commonly found in pharmaceuticals.
ResearchResearch themes
The Comprehensive Analysis Center consists of the Division of Fundamental Analytical Technology Research and Education and the Division for Promoting Interdisciplinary Research. The former manages and operates the university's shared scientific analytical instruments, provides technical support, and performs instrumental analysis, while also pursuing research on the synthesis, analysis, and characterization of functional materials.
*Illustrative imageAsymmetric catalysts and environmentally benign synthesis
The center studies asymmetric catalysts in order to precisely synthesize molecules with the specific stereochemistry needed for drug action. It aims to develop reactions that produce no waste during synthesis and show high stereoselectivity.
*Illustrative imageElucidating reaction mechanisms and developing analytical methods
To understand the essence of phenomena and universal principles, the center places importance on elucidating the reaction mechanisms and intermediates of chemical reactions. It also develops new analytical methods using advanced analytical instruments and the latest analytical techniques.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping new asymmetric catalysts and applying them to synthesis
The center develops new asymmetric catalysts to innovate catalytic asymmetric synthesis, a technique that can produce large amounts of optically active compounds from a small amount of chiral source. It also works on designing catalyst molecules with computational chemistry and elucidating reaction mechanisms.
*Illustrative imagePolycyclic heterocyclic compounds made by sequential reactions
Aiming to create small-molecule drugs, the center synthesizes new polycyclic heterocyclic compounds from compounds whose structures show unique reactivity. It is also developing synthetic processes based on sequential reactions that excel in efficiency and environmental friendliness.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Comprehensive Analysis Center consist of the center director, faculty members, visiting professors, project researchers, staff of the Technical Office, staff of the Core Facility Organization, administrative assistants, graduate students in the doctoral and master's programs, and research students.As of 2026
- Professor (Center Director, Concurrent)Yutaka Ie
- Associate ProfessorTakeyuki Suzuki
- Project Associate ProfessorMakoto Sako
- Assistant ProfessorKaori Asano
- Associate Professor (Concurrent)Mitsuko Nishino
- Assistant Professor (Concurrent)Soichi Yokoyama
- Assistant Professor (Concurrent)Yasunobu Yamashita
- Assistant Professor (Concurrent)Yoshifumi Kondo
- Project Assistant Professor (Organization for Core Facilities)Yusuke Onishi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Scanning electron microscope-01” میثم / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Asymmetric catalysts and environmentally benign synthesis: “Fume hood MB” Miha Bukleski / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Elucidating reaction mechanisms and developing analytical methods: “Solutions of organic substances for NMR analysis” Ryabitskii / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Developing new asymmetric catalysts and applying them to synthesis: “NMR tubes2” Edgar181 at English Wikipedia / Public domain (cropped)
- Polycyclic heterocyclic compounds made by sequential reactions: “Column chromatography - Feb. 2014” Максим Фомич / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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