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Murahashi-Yamamoto Lab
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A lab that links metal atoms together to create new forms of metal complexes.
AboutAbout the lab
Giving metal assemblies new forms.
The Murahashi-Yamamoto Lab focuses on the d-block transition metal elements of the periodic table and advances the chemistry of transition metal complexes that makes use of their properties.
Transition metal complexes are studied and used in a wide range of fields, including not only inorganic chemistry but also organic chemistry, catalytic chemistry, and materials chemistry.
The lab elucidates fundamental properties such as bonding, three-dimensional structure, reactivity, and physical properties.
On that basis, it aims to develop new fundamental functional metal complexes that could have broad ripple effects.
Key terms
- Complex
- A compound formed when molecules called ligands bind to a metal atom or ion.
- Metal cluster
- A very small assembly in which several metal atoms are bound together.
- Sandwich structure
- A structure in which a metal atom is held between two parallel unsaturated hydrocarbons.
NewsLab news
Research results were published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
Research results were published in Chem. Eur. J.
An undergraduate student received the Okakai Award at the graduation research presentation
ResearchResearch themes
The lab focuses on the d-block transition metal elements of the periodic table and advances the chemistry of transition metal complexes that makes use of the properties of these elements. It aims to elucidate fundamental properties of complexes, such as bonding, three-dimensional structure, reactivity, and physical properties, and to develop and apply fundamental functional metal complexes that could have broad ripple effects.
*Illustrative imageThree-Dimensional Nano Metal Clusters
The lab found that cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbons can wrap around compact sub-nano metal clusters to form stable complexes. In one complex, a cluster of 13 close-packed metal atoms is bridged by six seven-membered-ring ligands, and this is expected to make it possible to study nano metal clusters with few ligands.
*Illustrative imageMetals Arranged in a Single Sheet
The lab showed that a single-layer metal sheet can be built within a sandwich structure, in which metal atoms are held between two parallel unsaturated hydrocarbons. Using molecules from five-membered to nine-membered rings as bridging ligands, it has created triangular, square, and pentagonal sheets.
*Illustrative imageMetal Chains Linked in One Dimension
The lab found that pi-conjugated polyenes, in which double bonds are linked in one dimension, sandwich a one-dimensional metal chain to form stable compounds. It has also become clear that these molecules act as molecular switches whose bonding structure changes in response to light or electrons.
*Illustrative imageDinuclear Complexes with Metal-Metal Bonds
The lab developed a method to isolate highly reactive dinuclear palladium complexes whose only ligands are solvent molecules. These complexes react with unsaturated hydrocarbons such as dienes and alkynes, and the lab applies reactions unique to dinuclear complexes to isomerize 1,3-dienes in the direction opposite to the usual one, without irradiating them with light.
MembersFaculty
The Murahashi-Yamamoto Lab consists of faculty members, students in the doctoral, master's, and undergraduate programs, and secretaries.As of 2026
- ProfessorTetsuro MurahashiPublications ↗
- Associate ProfessorKoji YamamotoPublications ↗
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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: “Palladium (Element - 46) 1” James St. John / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Three-Dimensional Nano Metal Clusters: “Close-packed spheres” Greg L / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Metals Arranged in a Single Sheet: “Quantum Hydrogen on Graphene ( )” UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences from London, UK / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Metal Chains Linked in One Dimension: “Polyacetylene-3D-balls” Ben Mills and Jynto / Public domain (cropped)
- Dinuclear Complexes with Metal-Metal Bonds: “Palladium(II)-acetate-chain-from-xtal-2004-CM-3D-balls” Ben Mills / Public domain (cropped)
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