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Shibata Lab
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The lab uses transition metal catalysts to create carbon–carbon bonds that have never been made before.
AboutAbout the lab
Borrowing the power of metals to build new bonds.
The Shibata Lab develops new chemical reactions using organometallic complexes, which are made of a metal and organic compounds.
With the help of metals, especially transition metals, it is possible to create reagents and catalysts with reactivity and selectivity that cannot be reached without a metal.
By swapping the ligands attached to the metal, the reactivity of these reagents and catalysts can also be finely controlled.
The lab aims to develop new carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions that serve as a foundation of organic synthesis, especially asymmetric reactions that generate new chirality.
Key terms
- Transition metals
- A group of metals found in the middle of the periodic table. Rhodium and iridium are examples, and they are often used as catalysts
- Ligands
- Organic compounds that bind to a metal. Swapping them allows the behavior of a catalyst to be finely tuned
- Chirality
- The property of a shape that cannot be superimposed on its mirror image. It is like the relationship between a right hand and a left hand
NewsLab news
A doctoral student received the Doctoral Degree Award of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
A master's student received the Yoshiro Sekine Award of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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Successful asymmetric synthesis of a novel, extremely stable cannabinoid bioisostere
ResearchResearch themes
With the help of metals, especially transition metals, it is possible to create reagents and catalysts with reactivity and selectivity that cannot be achieved without a metal. Taking advantage of the properties of organometallic complexes, the lab aims to develop new carbon–carbon bond-forming reactions that serve as a foundation of organic synthesis.
*Illustrative imageAsymmetric Cycloaddition of Triynes
The lab aims to build new aromatic compounds by using the cyclization of triynes, which have three triple bonds. This reaction creates axial chirality, which arises from twisting around an axis.
*Illustrative imageBuilding Chiral Quaternary Carbons from Enynes
The lab is investigating how to efficiently synthesize the skeletons of various heterocycles through catalytic asymmetric [2+2+2] cycloaddition reactions starting from enynes. What this reaction creates is chiral quaternary carbons.
*Illustrative imageC–H Bond Activation Reactions
Using a cationic iridium catalyst, the lab activates C–H bonds, which normally do not react easily. Building on this, it is developing highly efficient reactions for molecular transformation.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Shibata Lab consist of faculty, visiting researchers, and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakanori Shibata
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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: “Three Schlenk flasks” Ichwarsnur / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Asymmetric Cycloaddition of Triynes: “Spiral staircase in the Vatican Museums from bottom 02” Wilfredor / CC0 (cropped)
- Building Chiral Quaternary Carbons from Enynes: “Prentice Hall Molecular Model Set for General Organic Chemistry 8139” Bin im Garten / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- C–H Bond Activation Reactions: “Iridium foil” Dschwen / CC BY 2.5 (cropped)
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