前田化学反応創成知能プロジェクト JST-ERATO

Professor Tsuyoshi Mita and Professor Satoshi Maeda’s ERATO research group has developed a synthesis method for γ-butyrolactone using CO₂ radical anions. This research has been published online in Precis. Chem. and has been selected for the cover picture. They elucidated the reaction mechanism using reaction path network.

2024-02-16 Topics

“Exploring Downhill Bifurcations in [3,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangement by Finding Transitions from an Uphill Bifurcation to a Downhill Bifurcation” has been published in J. Chem. Theory Comput. and has been selected for the cover picture.

2024-02-05 Topics

Project Assistant Professor, Hiroki Hayashi won the Asian Core Program (ACP) Lectureship Award at the 16th International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia (ICCEOCA-16)held in Singapore on December 1-4th.

2023-12-14 Topics

“Quantum Chemical Calculations for Reaction Prediction in the Development of Synthetic Methodologies” has been selected as the Inside Front Cover of Chem. Sci.

2023-11-14 Topics

The review titled “Quantum Chemical Calculations for Reaction Prediction in the Development of Synthetic Methodologies” which summarizes reaction development driven by calculations has been published in Chem. Sci.

2023-09-30 Topics

The ERATO Special Session was held at Theory and applications in computational chemistry 2023 in Sapporo from September 4 to 9, Professor Satoshi Maeda, Professor Satoru Iwata, Professor Tsuyoshi Mita, Associate Professor Yu Harabuchi, and Assistant Professor Wataru Matsuoka presented the research results of the ERATO project.

2023-09-09 Topics

ERATO research on the prediction of retrosynthetic pathways selected for inaugural JACS Au Outstanding Paper Award

2023-09-07 Topics

Prof. Keisuke Takahashi, Prof. Satoshi Maeda and their research group have developed a platform called “Searching Chemical Actions and Networks (SCAN),” which enables users to search, visualize, explore, and design chemical reaction pathways generated by the Artificial Force Induced Reaction (AFIR) method on the web with just a click. Their paper was published online in Digital Discovery, a journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and a press release was issued.

2023-07-05 Topics

Dr. Taihei Oki was awarded the Best Presentation Award at The Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

2023-06-23 Topics

Professor Tsuyoshi Mita’s ERATO research group has developed a selective monocarboxylation reaction of naphthalene by electrolytic reduction. The research has been published online in Org. Lett. and has also been selected as the cover picture.

2023-06-02 Topics

Synthesis of Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane (BCP)-Based Straight-Shaped Diphosphine Ligands has been selected as the Frontispiece of the Agnew. Chem. Int. Ed.

2023-05-23 Topics

Prof. Tsuyoshi Mita and Prof. Satoshi Maeda’s ERATO research group has succeeded in developing a synthetic method for linear diphosphine ligand using [1.1.1]propellane and published their findings in Agnew. Chem. Int. Ed. The research was also featured in a press release.

2023-04-03 Topics

Dr. Hiroki Hayashi was awarded the “Special Lecture Award for Younger Generations” at the 103rd Spring Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan.

2023-03-22 Topics