[Research] ⚗️💡 Nagoya University researchers have developed an iron-based photocatalyst that reduces the need for costly chiral ligands by two-thirds, enabling chemical reactions under energy-efficient blue LED light. Read more: https://t.co/N39HjUKQSn
The artwork illustrates the redesign of chiral iron(III) photoredox catalysts. Akao, H.; Ohmura, S. Ishihara, K. JACS 2026, 148, 5, 4867-4872 (Communication)
https://t.co/2DsHLLj9xd
A Rational Design of Chiral Iron(III) Complexes for Photocatalytic Asymmetric Radical Cation (4 + 2) Cycloadditions and the Total Synthesis of (+)-Heitziamide A
Hayato Akao, Shuhei Ohmura,* Kazuaki Ishihara*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, ASAP.
https://t.co/5ICKak6Ufr
[M2 Seminar on 12th Dec., 2025] Efficient Racemization and Dynamic Resolution of High Rotational Barrier Atropisomers: Strategies and Synthetic Applications (by Sho AKAGAWA)
https://t.co/vdzYbe99zV
November MVR awardees:Shunsuke Minabe (D2) & Cheng-Hsun Huang (D3)
受賞理由:独自に開発したキラルヨウ素(III)触媒による不斉酸化的カップリング反応を鍵反応に、国際共同研究により2種類の天然物の不斉全合成を達成した成果を讃え、ここに表彰する。