Development of new reactions over cluster catalysts

B. Sci., The University of Tokyo, 2001
M. Sci., The University of Tokyo, 2003
D. Sci., The University of Tokyo, 2006

Contract Researcher, RIKEN, 2006-2008
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 2008-

Coordination Chemistry
Experiments in Applied Chemistry I

Catalytic Activity of Molecular Rhenium Sulfide Clusters [Re6S8(OH)6-n(H2O)n](4-n)- (n = 0, 2, 4, 6)
with Retention of the Octahedral Metal Frameworks: Dehydrogenation and Dehydration of 1,4-Butanediol, Journal of Cluster Science Catalysis, in press.
S-Acylation of Aliphatic and Aromatic Thiols with Carboxylic Acids and Their Esters over Solid Acid Catalysts in the Gas Phase at Temperatures above 200 ºC, Applied Catalysis A: Genetal, 464-465, 332-338 (2013).
Gas-Phase S-Alkylation of Benzenethiol with Aliphatic Alcohols, Ethers, Esters, Alkyl Halides, and Olefins over Halide Cluster Catalysts of Group 5 and 6 Transition Metals, Applied Catalysis A: Genetal, 450, 50-56 (2013).
Vapor-phase Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime over halide cluster catalysts, Catalysis Today, 164, 135-138 (2011).