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Organometallic Chemistry Lab
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The lab uses the power of light to create reactions that do not yet exist.
AboutAbout the lab
Finding the "seeds" of new technologies.
The Organometallic Chemistry Lab (Ishida Lab) is an organic chemistry research group.
The lab takes on the challenge of developing types of reactions never seen before, using light energy and other forms of energy as the driving force.
It aims to create new groups of compounds and, in collaboration with researchers in neighboring fields, contribute to the advancement of science and technology.
Students from other universities and other fields who wish to join the lab are also welcome.
Key terms
- Endergonic reaction
- A reaction that does not proceed on its own and occurs only when energy is added from outside
- π-conjugation
- A linkage that lets electrons move widely within a molecule, making it easier for the molecule to absorb light
- Photocatalyst
- A substance that drives chemical reactions using the energy of the light it absorbs
NewsLab news
Published a review article on hydrogen-evolving coupling reactions driven by light energy in the Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
A student in the lab won a Poster Award at the 72nd Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry
A student in the lab won the Graduate School of Engineering Mazume Research Encouragement Award
Assistant Professor Shintaro Okumura was selected as a recipient of the 75th CSJ Award for Young Chemists of the Chemical Society of Japan
A paper on the photocatalytic oxidation of amides with hydrogen evolution was published in Chem. Commun.
ResearchResearch themes
Products such as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, plastics, and electronic materials contain organic compounds with many different structures. Building on the history of organic synthetic chemistry that produces them, the lab conducts research to find the "seeds" of new technologies: developing entirely new types of reactions, synthesizing compounds with novel structures, and investigating their properties to search for innovative functions.
*Illustrative imageEndergonic Reactions Driven by Light
Most reactions in ordinary organic synthesis proceed in the direction in which they occur spontaneously. Using light as the driving force to run endergonic reactions, the lab opens up unprecedented synthetic routes and unique compounds, leading to the use of unwanted compounds as resources and to circular synthetic chemistry.
*Illustrative imageNew π-Conjugated Compounds and Photocatalysts
Compounds with extended π-conjugation absorb visible light and can drive reactions with that energy. The lab synthesizes π-conjugated compounds with a new skeleton, "diazabenzoacenaphthenium," and studies how they function as photocatalysts.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Organometallic Chemistry Lab consist of faculty and students.As of 2026
- ProfessorNaoki Ishida
- Assistant ProfessorShintaro Okumura
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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: “Photoreactor Sun Tracking LERF Timisoara RO 1” Mihai-Cosmin Pascariu / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Endergonic Reactions Driven by Light: “Photocatalyst Cycle” Organicoboist / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- New π-Conjugated Compounds and Photocatalysts: “Acenaphthylene-3D-balls” Jynto (talk) / CC0 (cropped)
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