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Fujita Lab
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A lab that uses iridium catalysts to remake molecules in an environmentally friendly way.
AboutAbout the lab
Building catalysts for molecular transformations in harmony with the environment.
Building on organic synthetic chemistry and organometallic chemistry, the Fujita Lab designs and develops molecular transformation reactions that are in harmony with the environment.
By combining metals and organic molecules, the lab discovers new reactions and catalytic functions, and aims to produce organic molecules with a wide range of functions in high selectivity.
Each graduate student has their own research topic and acquires skills such as the synthesis of complexes, catalytic reactions, and single-crystal X-ray structure analysis.
Undergraduates are assigned to the Materials Science Division and carry out their graduation research there (at the graduate level, the Materials Science Division of the Department of Human and Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies).
Key terms
- Coordination complex
- A compound in which molecules or ions called ligands are bound around a metal atom. Often used as catalysts.
- Ligand
- A molecule or ion that binds to a metal atom and tunes its properties and function.
- Hydrogen transfer reaction
- A reaction in which hydrogen atoms are exchanged between organic molecules, driving oxidation or reduction.
ResearchResearch themes
Centering on Group 9 metals such as iridium, the lab designs new organotransition metal complexes and uses them to develop environmentally benign chemical transformations and catalytic systems for hydrogen storage.
*Illustrative imageGreen molecular transformations through hydrogen transfer reactions
The lab discovered that iridium complexes show high catalytic activity in hydrogen transfer between organic molecules, and has developed syntheses of amines and nitrogen-containing heterocycles that avoid highly toxic reagents and produce only water as a byproduct.
*Illustrative imageHighly active catalysts and new ligands
The lab synthesizes new complexes by considering the electronic and steric properties of ligands, determines their structures by X-ray analysis, and uses them as catalysts. It has created complex catalysts that oxidize alcohols without oxidants and release hydrogen gas.
*Illustrative imageStoring hydrogen with complex catalysts
The lab develops catalytic systems that hydrogenate and dehydrogenate organic molecules efficiently and reversibly, aiming for an organic hydride hydrogen storage system that can store and release hydrogen repeatedly.
MembersFaculty
The Fujita Lab consists of faculty members and doctoral and master's students (including international students).
- ProfessorKenichi Fujita
- Assistant ProfessorTakuya Shimbayashi
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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: “Iridium element” W. Oelen / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Green molecular transformations through hydrogen transfer reactions: “Iridium acetylacetonate hydrate complex ball” Jynto (more from this user) / CC0 (cropped)
- Highly active catalysts and new ligands: “Freezed XRD” Kaspar Kallip / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Storing hydrogen with complex catalysts: “Hydrogen supply system at DLR Cologne” DLR / CC BY 3.0 de (cropped)
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