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Catalytic Organic Chemistry Lab
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The lab uses carbon dioxide as a raw material to make useful molecules.
AboutAbout the lab
New organic synthesis through the power of catalysts
The Catalytic Organic Chemistry Lab (Fujihara Lab) uses transition metal complex catalysts to develop a variety of organic synthesis reactions that use carbon dioxide as a carbon source.
The lab also aims to pioneer new catalytic reactions that form the basis of chemical transformation and the development of new materials, to develop catalytic reactions with higher efficiency and selectivity than existing reactions, and to improve catalyst function by modifying the periphery of ligands.
Key terms
- Transition metal complex
- A compound in which molecules called ligands are bound to a metal such as iron or copper
- Ligand
- A molecule that binds to a metal and influences how the catalyst works
- Diene
- A molecule that has two carbon–carbon double bonds
ResearchResearch themes
The lab develops new, efficient organic synthesis reactions catalyzed by transition metal complexes.
*Illustrative imageSynthesis using carbon dioxide as a raw material
Carbon dioxide is the final oxidized form of hydrocarbons. Catalytic methods for transforming organic molecules that use it as a carbon source benefit society, alongside emissions reduction. The lab develops a variety of reactions using transition metal complex catalysts.
*Illustrative imageHighly efficient, highly selective catalytic reactions
The lab aims to develop catalytic reactions with higher efficiency and selectivity than existing transformations. Recently, it has been advancing copper-catalyzed reactions that convert dienes while introducing boron or silicon functional groups.
*Illustrative imageModifying the periphery of ligands
Ligand design has traditionally focused on optimizing the region near the metal. The lab is studying how modifying the periphery of the ligand, away from the catalytic center, can enhance catalyst function, synthesizing new ligands and exploring reaction systems.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorTetsuaki Fujihara
- LecturerKazuhiko Semba
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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: “Catalyst nanoparticles” Luca Silvioli / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Synthesis using carbon dioxide as a raw material: “Reaction of carbon dioxide with zirconocene bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene pyridine” Jdk22 / CC0 (cropped)
- Highly efficient, highly selective catalytic reactions: “CopperHydroxideCarboxylicAcidCatalyst” Choij / Public domain (cropped)
- Modifying the periphery of ligands: “Asymmetric hydrogenation ligands” Mfomich / CC0 (cropped)
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