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Minoru Ueda, Professor
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The Organic Chemistry I Lab focuses on plant hormones and aims to integrate traditional natural product chemistry with cutting-edge chemical biology. Most physiological functions in plants are regulated by small organic molecules called plant hormones. From the viewpoint of organic chemistry, the lab considers plants to be remarkably interesting organisms. Its research goals are to modulate the activity of plant hormones, to search for new plant hormones, and to solve the mystery of how plant hormones evolved. On the lab's website, it is presented as the Organic Chemistry I Lab in the Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, and as the Natural Product Chemical Biology group in the Department of Molecular and Chemical Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences.
Takeaki Iwamoto, Professor
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The Synthetic and Structural Organic Chemistry Lab studies organic main group element compounds, which contain main group elements such as silicon and phosphorus. These compounds show unique structures, reactivity, and properties not found in carbon-centered organic compounds, and have attracted attention as a "treasure trove of properties and functions." The lab synthesizes substances with new structures and pursues drawing out their excellent properties and reactivity. It also aims to build a comprehensive concept for systematically understanding the structures and reactions of main group element compounds.
Yujiro Hayashi, Professor
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The Hayashi Lab studies the development of new asymmetric reactions using organocatalysts and the total synthesis of biologically active natural products. The lab also works on producing, by chemical synthesis, natural products that can be obtained from nature only in small amounts. On the lab's website, it is presented under the name "Hayashi Lab."
Tienan Jin, Professor
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The Interdisciplinary Fundamental Chemistry Lab creates organic functional molecules with π electrons through the fundamental development of original organic synthetic methods. Its research rests on three pillars: new principles of molecular transformation, the precise construction of π-extended structures, and the exploration of properties and functions. The lab aims to create π-electron materials that combine new structures with new functions, and to contribute to the advancement of organic electronics. The lab has also long been engaged in the synthesis of organophosphorus compounds, and it is responsible for running the undergraduate student laboratory courses.
Fuminori Misaizu, Professor
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The Theoretical Chemistry Lab aims to clarify the structures and reaction mechanisms of molecules and their small assemblies (clusters). The lab was established together with the inorganic and organic chemistry labs when the Department of Chemistry was founded at Tohoku Imperial University. At that time, "theoretical chemistry" referred to what is now called physical chemistry. Today, the lab combines experiments with quantum chemical calculations to pursue cutting-edge research in physical chemistry. The lab has a system in which senior members lecture newly assigned students in turn on basics such as collision reactions, vacuum technology, lasers, and quantum chemical calculations.
Asuka Fujii, Professor
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The Quantum Chemistry Lab studies molecular clusters, groups of anywhere from two to several hundred molecules, by observing them with lasers. Many well-known properties and functions of materials are not found in a single isolated molecule; they appear only when multiple molecules come together. The lab aims to clarify how the microscopic behavior of molecules leads to the properties and functions of materials. On the lab's website, it is also introduced under the name "Fujii Lab."
Shen Ye, Professor
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The Organic Physical Chemistry Lab uses cutting-edge measurement techniques to capture, with high sensitivity, how chemical reactions proceed at the surfaces and interfaces of materials. Building on classical electrochemistry, the lab uses sum-frequency generation (SFG) nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy, single-molecule spectroscopy, microspectroscopy, scanning probe microscopy, and more. The lab investigates the relationship between the structure of surfaces and interfaces and how readily reactions occur, aiming to create new materials whose surface structures are designed. It also works on developing electrocatalysts for secondary batteries, enhancing the functionality of soft matter, and elucidating the mechanisms of light-driven reactions in living organisms, centered on photosynthesis.
Akihiro Morita, Professor
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The Computational Molecular Science Lab is the only lab in Tohoku University's Department of Chemistry, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, that specializes in theoretical and computational chemistry. The lab does no experiments; it studies how molecules behave in solutions and at interfaces through theoretical calculations on computers. Using quantum chemistry, which solves the motion of electrons, and molecular simulation, which solves the motion of atoms and molecules, the lab investigates liquid interfaces at the molecular level. Because the research uses physics at the same level as in a physics department, students study it intensively after joining the lab.
Masahiro Terada, Professor
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The Organic Reaction Chemistry Lab designs catalysts that exploit the properties of organic molecules and metal complexes, and develops new methods for molecular transformation. The lab aims to realize reactions that selectively produce only the desired molecule, as well as asymmetric synthesis, which produces only one of a pair of enantiomers, while keeping environmental impact low. Its research leads to the creation of biologically active and functional substances. The lab belongs to the Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of Science and the Department of Chemistry in the Graduate School of Science at Tohoku University.
Itaru Nakamura, Professor
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The Molecular Transformation Lab aims to expand chemical space by developing new molecular transformation reactions. Its research centers on rearrangement reactions, metal catalysts, and heterocyclic compounds. The lab conducts joint research with the Terada Lab in the same Department of Chemistry.
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