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Functional Organic Chemistry Lab
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An organic chemistry lab that aims to create functional materials through the development of organic synthesis reactions and catalysts.
AboutAbout the lab
Creating functional materials from catalysts and synthetic reactions
The Functional Organic Chemistry Lab studies the creation of high-performance catalysts, the development of practical organic synthesis reactions, and the creation of highly functional organic materials.
Through this research, the lab aims to solve energy and environmental problems.
The lab studies methods that use noncovalent interactions, such as hydrogen bonding and Lewis acid-base interactions, to carry out C-H bond functionalization at a targeted position.
On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Kuninobu Lab."
Key terms
- C-H bond functionalization
- A reaction that converts the carbon-hydrogen bonds of an organic molecule into other bonds
- Noncovalent interactions
- Attractive forces between atoms or molecules that are distinct from covalent bonds, such as hydrogen bonding and Lewis acid-base interactions
- π-conjugated molecules
- Molecules with a structure in which double bonds and similar bonds are linked in a row, so that electrons are spread across the molecule
NewsLab news
A paper by students, Professor Kuninobu, and others was accepted by Chem. Commun.
A student won the Best Poster Presentation Award at the 63rd Joint Kyushu Conference of Chemistry-Related Branches
A paper by Professor Kuninobu and others was accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.
A student won a Poster Award at the 29th Symposium of the Society of Silicon Chemistry, Japan
A paper by students, Assistant Professor Sekine, and Professor Kuninobu was accepted by Chem. Commun.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to solve energy and environmental problems by creating high-performance catalysts, developing practical organic synthesis reactions, and creating highly functional organic materials. Its research makes use of noncovalent interactions such as hydrogen bonding and Lewis acid-base interactions.
*Illustrative imageCatalysts that react at a targeted position
The lab studies methods that use hydrogen bonding and Lewis acid-base interactions to control the position at which C-H bond functionalization occurs. Using catalysts with ligands that have a substrate-recognition site, it develops meta-selective reactions.
*Illustrative imageDevelopment of practical organic synthesis reactions
Focusing on C-H bond functionalization, the lab develops practical reactions that other researchers will actually want to use, for example by avoiding directing groups that are not needed in the product. It also synthesizes π-conjugated molecules and carries out regioselective introduction of fluorine-containing functional groups.
*Illustrative imageNew π-conjugated molecules and polymers
The lab synthesizes new π-conjugated molecules with noncovalent interactions such as Lewis acid-base interactions, aiming to build a group of compounds with properties that compounds held together only by covalent bonds do not have. It also develops high-performance polymers such as polyimides.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Functional Organic Chemistry Lab are faculty, secretaries, doctoral and master's students, and non-degree research students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYoichiro Kuninobu
- Assistant ProfessorKohei Sekine
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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: “Round-bottom flasks” H Padleckas created this image file, completing it on September 15, 2006 especially for use in the article "Round-bottom flask" in Wikimedia. / CC BY-SA 2.5 (cropped)
- Catalysts that react at a targeted position: “Catalytic converter ( )” Oak Ridge National Laboratory / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Development of practical organic synthesis reactions: “Chemical traffic light reaction” Jakkapan Wannam / CC0 (cropped)
- New π-conjugated molecules and polymers: “Conjugated Microporous Polymer” Mofchem / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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