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Hata Lab
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An organic chemistry lab that creates new reactions to synthesize natural products and pharmaceuticals.
AboutAbout the lab
Whoever can freely manipulate molecules will also command the cutting edge.
The Hata Lab develops new synthetic methods to synthesize and transform organic molecules exactly as desired.
Using these methods, the lab synthesizes molecules with diverse functions, such as natural organic compounds and artificial pharmaceuticals.
It emphasizes making them efficiently in few steps, and using safe reagents to reduce unnecessary waste.
The lab aims to contribute to next-generation "manufacturing" that is essential for a sustainable society.
Key terms
- Bioactive compound
- A small molecule that acts directly on large molecules such as proteins and DNA and alters their function
- Molecular transformation
- A chemical reaction that converts the form or properties of one molecule into those of another molecule
- Reaction mechanism
- The pathway describing in what order and how a chemical reaction proceeds
NewsLab news
A master's student received the Excellent Presentation Award at the 127th Symposium on Organic Synthesis, Japan
A master's student received the Excellent Poster Presentation Award at CSJ Chemistry Festa 2025
A master's student received the Poster Award at the 71st Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry, Japan
A master's student received the Excellent Presentation Award at the 88th Symposium of the Kanto Branch of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
A master's student received the Excellent Presentation Award at the 86th Symposium of the Kanto Branch of the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
ResearchResearch themes
The lab works on developing new synthetic methods to synthesize and transform organic molecules, the subjects of bio research, exactly as desired. Using these methods, it has made bioactive compounds such as natural organic compounds and artificial pharmaceuticals physically available.
*Illustrative imageExciting Synthetic Organic Chemistry
In developing organic synthetic reactions, "unconventional" phenomena beyond imagination often occur. The lab's research is grounded in not missing such phenomena, systematizing them, pioneering new concepts and reaction mechanisms, and creating novel molecular transformations.
*Illustrative imageSynthesis of Bioactive Compounds
Using new organic compounds born from novel molecular transformations, the lab takes on the synthesis of bioactive compounds and pharmaceuticals that are efficient, economical, and environmentally friendly. The lab expects that obtaining compounds once thought impossible to synthesize will lead to the discovery of unexpected new functions.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Hata Lab consist of faculty members, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and assistant staff.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorHata TakeshiPublications ↗
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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: “Rotary evaporator 2” Adimora chidinma / CC0 (cropped)
- Exciting Synthetic Organic Chemistry: “Chalcone (1,3-Diphenyl-2-propen-1-one) crystals” Alit Variatos / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds: “Paclitaxel-from-hydrate-xtal-Mercury-3D-bs” Ben Mills / Public domain (cropped)
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