Naoki ARATANI (Assistant Professor)

Field of Expertise:

Organic Chemistry (Synthesis, Structures, Functions, Photochemistry)

Research Interests:

1. Creation of new functional molecules
2. Exploration of giant monodisperse molecules

Recent Representative Publications:

1. J. Song, N. Aratani, H. Shinokubo, A. Osuka, A Porphyrin Nanobarrel That Encapsulates C₆₀, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 16356.
2. J. Song, N. Aratani, J. H. Heo, D. Kim, H. Shinokubo, A. Osuka, Directly Pd(II)-Bridged Porphyrin Belts with Remarkable Curvatures, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 11868.
3. J. Song, N. Aratani, P. Kim, D. Kim, H. Shinokubo, A. Osuka, Porphyrin "Lego Block" Strategy To Construct Directly meso-β Doubly Linked Porphyrin Rings, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 3617.(Highlighted in SYNFACT, 2010).
4. J. Song, P. Kim, N. Aratani, D. Kim, H. Shinokubo, A. Osuka, Strategic Synthesis of 2,6-Pyridylene-Bridged β-to-β Porphyrin Nanorings through Cross-Coupling, Chem. Eur. J., 2010, 16, 3009. (Inside Cover Picture).
5. N. Aratani, A. Osuka, A meso-meso directly linked octameric porphyrin square, Chem. Commun., 2008, 4067. (Highlighted in Nature Chem. web edition).

Research Experience:

B.S. (1999) and Ph.D. (2005) from Kyoto Univ. (Supervisor: Professor Atsuhiro Osuka)
Assistant Professor (2003-present) at Kyoto Univ. (Dept. Chem., Osuka Group)
PRESTO Researcher (JST) (2009-present)

Awards and Fellowships:

2009 The Japanese Photochemistry Association Award for Young Chemists
2008 The PCCP Award for Young Chemists
2005 Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists
JSPS Research Fellowship DC1, 2001—2003

Contact Information:

Phone: +81-75-753-4007
Fax: +81-75-753-3970
E-mail: aratani@kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Link:

Organic Chemistry of Molecular Assembly Laboratory (Internal link)
Research Group Website

This page was last modified on 03 October 2011.