Seminar/Symposium Schedule

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<Seminars>
Prof. Dongmei Cui
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences
Title: Immortal Polymerization and its Applications for Constructuring Topological and Functional Polymers
Prof. Bo Liu
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences
Title: 1,4-Butadiene and 3,4-Isoprene Copolymer with Different Sequence Distribution Prepared by Sole Yttrium Cationic Species
Prof. Zuowei Xie
Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Title: Transition Metal Mediated Functionalization of C-H/B-H Bonds of Carboranes

Date: 10 July, 2014(Thu.) 14 : 00 〜 17 : 20
Place: Seminar Room, 5F Chemistry and Material Physics Building



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2014
<Seminars>
Prof. Slawomir SZAFERT
Department of Chemistry, University of Wroclaw, POLAND
Title: An overview of Szafert Group Research on Polyynes
Date: 3 July, 2013(Thu.) 15 : 00 〜 16 : 30
Place: Seminar Room, 5F Chemistry and Material Physic Building

Prof. Michael C W CHAN
Associate Professor of Department of  Biology and Chemistry, City University of  Hong Kong
Title: Chelating sigma-Aryl Post-Metallocenes: Probing [C-H…F-C] Contacts as Synthetic Models of Weak Attractive Ligand-Polymer Interactions
Date: 11 June, 2013(Wed.) 16 : 00 〜 17 : 20
Place: Seminar Room, 5F Chemistry and Material Physics Building

Prof. Georg Süss-Fink
Laboratoire de Chimie Organométallique et de Catalyse Moléculaire INSTITUT DE CHIMIE, Université de Neuchâtel Switzerland
Title: Catalytic Hydrogenations Involving Ruthenium Nanopaticles: A Case Study of Trial and 
Error
Date: 17  Feb., 2014(Mon.) 15 : 00 〜 16: 00
Place: Seminar Room, 5F Chemistry and Material Physics Building



2013
<Seminars>
Prof. Ning Jiao
State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, China
Title: Highly Efficient Methodologies via C-H/C-C Bond Ntrogenation
Date:  13 Dec., 2013(Fri.) 15 : 00 〜 16: 00
Place: Seminar Room, 5F Chemistry and Material Physics Building

Prof. Suzanne Blum
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, USA
Title: Microscopy for Synthetic Chemists and Dual-Metal Catalysis with Gold
Date: 10 Dec.,  2013(Tue.)15 : 00 〜 16: 00
Place: Seminar Room, 6F Chemistry and Material Physics Building

Prof. Todd B. Marder
Institut für Anorganische Chemie Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Germany
Title: Transition Metal Catalyzed Borylation of C-H and C-X Bonds: Synthesis of Aryl and 
Alkyl Boronates
Date: 5 Nov., 2013(Tue.) 15 : 00 〜 16: 00
Place: Seminar Room, 5F Chemistry and Material Physics Building

Prof. John H. K. Yip
Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore
Title: Developing Metal-Polycyclic-Aromatic-Hydrocarbons Into a New Class of Organometallic Emitters and Photosensitizerss
Date: 9 Aug., 2013(Fri.) 15 : 00 〜 16: 00
Place: Seminar Room, 5F Chemistry and Material Physics Building

Dr. Guosheng Liu
State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry & Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China
Title: Transition-Metal Catalyzed Fluorination Reactions
Date:  3 June, 2013(Mon.) 15 : 00 〜 16: 00
Place: Seminar Room, 5F Chemistry and Material Physics Building

Prof. Jwu-Ting CHEN 
Department of Chemistry National Taiwan University
Title: Mechanism of Alternating Ethylene/Norbornene Copolymerization Catalyzed by Organopalladium Complexes Bearing Aminopyridines: An unusual example of ligand design leading to the control of geometric isomerism-reactivity relationship
Prof. Sanshiro KOMIYA 
Department of Chemistry, Gakushuin University
Title: Synthesis and Cooperative Reactions of Heterodinuclear Organoplatinum and -palladium Complexes

Date: 20 May, 2013(Mon.) 15 : 00 〜 17 : 30
Place: Seminar Room, 5F Chemistry and Material Physics Building

Prof. Wai-Yeung Wong
Department of Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Hong Kong Baptist University
Title: Metallopolymers and Metallophosphors: Multifunctional Materials with Emerging Applications
Date:  7 Jan., 2013(Mon.) 15 : 00 〜 16: 00
Place: Seminar Room, 5F Chemistry and Material Physics Building



2012
<Symposium>
8th RIKEN International Symposium  "Frontiers of Organometallic Chemistry"
(1)Shu Kobayashi (Tokyo University)
(2)Tetsuro Murahashi( Institute of Molecular Science)
(3)Michinori Suginome(Kyoto University)
(4)Makoto Yamashita( Chuo University)
(5)Rai-Shung Liu(National Tsing Hua University)
(6)Masanori Takimoto(RIKEN)
(7) Liang Zhang(RIKEN)
(8)Rai Virendra Kumar(RIKEN)
Date: Nov. 30, 2012 (Fri) 10 : 30 - 17 : 20
Place: Suzuki Umetaro Hall, RIKEN
Organizer: Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN
Support: The Chemical Society of Japan, The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Catalysis Society of Japan, Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry
<Seminars>
Prof. Zhang-Jie Shi
College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, China
Title: Innovation of Organic Transformations: Unactivated Bond Activation
Date: 9 Jul., 2012(Mon.)　15：00〜16：00
Place: Conference Room(S-507) 5F Chemistry and Materials Physics Building

Prof. Gerhard Erker
Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Muenster-Westfaelische Wilhelms, Germany
Title: Reactions of Unsaturated Functional Groups at the Zirconocene Framework
Date: 27 Apr., 2012(Fri.)　15：00-16：30
Place: Conference Room(S-507) 5F Chemistry and Materials Physics Building

Prof. Thomas Wirth
School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
Title: Advanced Concepts for Catalysis in Synthesis and Flow Chemistry
Date: 27 Apr., 2012(Fri.)　16:30-18:00
Place: Conference Room(S-507) 5F Chemistry and Materials Physics Building

Prof. Laurent Maron
Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Toulouse-Paul Sabatier, France
Title: An Overview of the Theoretical Treatment of the f-elements Reactivity
Date: 17 Apr., 2012(Tue.)　15：00-16：00
Place: Conference Room(S-507) 5F Chemistry and Materials Physics Building

Prof. Reiner Anwander
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany
Title: Aspects of Rare-Earth Metal Alkyl Chemistry
Date: 21 Mar., 2012(Wed.)　15：00-16：00
Place: Conference Room(S-507) 5F Chemistry and Materials Physics Building

Prof. Aiwen Lei
College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, China
Title: Oxidative coupling, Chemistry between two "nucleophiles"
Date: 9 Mar., 2012(Fri.)　15：00-16：30
Place: Conference Room(S-507) 5F Chemistry and Materials Physics Building

Prof. Shunsuke Chiba
Division of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Title: Copper-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation and Oxygenation for Synthesis of Azaheterocycles
Date: 24 Jan., 2012(Tue.)　15：00-16：00
Place: Conference Room(S-507) 5F Chemistry and Materials Physics Building

Dr. Shixuan Xin
PetroChina Co. Ltd.
Title: Design of Transition Metal Catalysts for Specialty Polyolefins
Date: 23 Jan., 2012(Mon.)　15：00-16：00
Place: Conference Room(S-507) 5F Chemistry and Materials Physics Building

Prof. Iwao Ojima
Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, U.S.A.
Title: Exploration of the Chemistry-Biology-Medicine Interface through Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Date: 19 Jan., 2012(Thu.)　15：00-16：00
Place: Meeting room, Ikenohata Building 3F

2011
<Symposium>
Symposium on Frontiers of Organometallic Chemistry 2011
(1) William J. Evans（University of California, Irvine）
(2) Masayoshi Nishiura (RIKEN)
(3) Xiaobing Lu (Dalian University of Technology)
(4) Yoshiaki Nakao (Kyoto University)）
(5) Zi-Chen Li (Peking University)
(6) Ken Sakai (Kyushu University)
(7) Kazuyuki Tatsumi (Nagoya University)
Date: Nov. 4, 2011 (Fri) 10 : 30 - 17 : 45
Place: Suzuki Umetaro Hall, RIKEN
Organizer: Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN
Support: The Chemical Society of Japan, The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Catalysis Society of Japan, Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry
<Seminars>
Prof. Hong Fan
Institute of Polymerization and Polymer Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, China
Title: Olefin polymerization with supported single-site catalysts and strategy for polyolefin composition and morphology control
Date: Monday, Feb. 7, 2011 14 : 00 - 15 : 00
Place: Seminar Room, 5F Chemistry and Material Physics Building

Dr. Nicolas Mezailles
Heteroelement Coordination Chemistry Laboratory, UMR 7653, National Center for Scientific Research, Department of Chemistry, Ecole Polytechnique, France
Title: Geminal dianions as precursors of carbene complexes in group 3, 4 and actinide chemistry
Date: Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011 16 : 00 - 17 : 00
Place: Conference Room (S-507), 5F Chemistry and Material Physics Building

2010
<Symposium>
Symposium on Frontiers of Organometallic Chemistry 2010
(1) Takanori Shima (RIKEN)
(2) Tamotsu Takahashi (CRC, Hokkaido University)
(3) Shiggeki Matsunaga (Tokyo University)
(4) Daisuke Takeuchi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
(5) Munetaka Akita (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
(6) Akihiko Ishii (Saitama University)
(7) Mitsuo Sawamoto (Kyoto University)
Date: Nov. 12, 2010 (Fri) 10 : 30 - 17 : 20
Place: Suzuki Umetaro Hall, RIKEN
Organizer: Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN
Support: The Chemical Society of Japan, The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Catalysis Society of Japan, Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry
<Seminars>
Prof. Zhenfeng Xi
College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Pekin University, China
Title: Synthesis of Cyclooctatetraene, Semibullvalene and Azasemibullvalene
Date: Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 15 : 00 - 16 : 00
Place: Conference Room (S-507), 5F Chemistry and Material Physics Building

Prof. Andy Hor
Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Title: Connecting structural organometallic chemistry to catalytic materials through hybrid ligands and carbenes
Date: Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 16 : 00 - 17 : 00
Place: Conference Room (S-507), 5F Chemistry and Material Physics Building

Prof. James Darkwa
Department of Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Title: Pyrazolyl-based ligands: New nitrogen donors in carbon-carbon formation catalysis
Date: Monday, Oct. 4, 2010 14 : 00 - 15 : 00
Place: Seminar Room, 4F Chemistry and Material Physics Building

Prof. Jun Okuda
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Title: Stereoselective ring-opening polymerization of lactide using Lewis acidic metal initiators
Date: Monday, Oct. 4, 2010 15 : 30 - 16 : 30
Place: Seminar Room, 4F Chemistry and Material Physics Building

2009
<Symposium>
RIKEN International Symposium on Chemistry and Material Sciences
Speakers:
Douglas W. Stephan (Univ. of Toronto)
Philip P. Power (Univ. of California)
Timothy M. Swager (MIT)
Gregory H. Robinson (Univ. of Georgia)
Guy Bertrand (Univ. of California)
Robert West (Univ. of Wisconsin)
Zhihua Gan (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Deqing Zhang (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Zichen Li (Pekin Univ.)
Haiqing Guo (Pekin Univ.)
Jianbo Wang (Pekin Univ.)
Zhangjie Shi (Pekin Univ.)
Chuanfeng Chen (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Yuguo Ma (Pekin Univ.)
Akira Sekiguchi (Tsukuba Univ.)
Shigehiro Yamaguchi (Nagoya Univ.)
Reizo Kato(RIKEN)
Mikiko Sodeoka (RIKEN)
Zhaomin Hou (RIKEN)
Takanori Fukushima (RIKEN)
Hsiao-hua Yu (RIKEN)
Tsukasa Matsuo(RIKEN)
Date:  November 5th, 2009 (Thu) 9:00 - November 6th, 2009 (Fri), 17:50
Place: Suzuki Umetaro Hall, RIKEN
Organizer: RIKEN
Support: The Chemical Society of Japan; The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan; The Society of Polymer Science, Japan; Catalysis Society of Japan; The Society of Polymer Science, Japan; Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry
<Seminars>
Prof. Zhengguo Cai
Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University
Title: Precise synthesis of block copolymers based on hydrocarbon monomers
Date: Nov. 27th, 2009 (Fri) 15:00 - 16:30
Place: Seminar Room, 65th Floor, Chemistry and Material Physics Building
Prof. Jun Okuda
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Title: Molecular alkyl and hydride complexes of the rare earth metals
Date: Jul. 29th, 2009 (Wed) 15:00 - 16:30
Place: Conference Room (S507), 5th Floor, Chemistry and Material Physics Building

2008
<Symposium>
4th Symposium on Frontiers of Organometallic Chemistry
Speakers:
1. Eiich Nakamura (10:35-11:30)
   The University of Tokyo
2. Yasuhiro Uozumi (11:30-12:25)
   Institute of Molecular Scienece / RIKEN
3. Masayoshi Nishiura (13:30-14:25)
   RIKEN
4. Takeshi Shiono (14:25-15:20)
   Hiroshima University
5. Shigeru Yamago (15:40-16:35)
   Kyoto University
6. Nobuharu Iwasawa (16:35-17:30)
   Tokyo Institute of Technology
Date:  Nov. 14, 2008 (Fri) 10 : 30 - 17 : 30
Place: Suzuki Umetaro Hall, RIKEN
Organizer: Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN
Support: The Chemical Society of Japan, The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Catalysis Society of Japan, Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry
<Seminars>
Prof. Chao-Jun Li
Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Canada
Title: Our future challenges in chemical synthesis
Date: Feb. 13th, 2008 (Wed) 14:00 - 15:30
Place: Conference Room (S507), 5th Floor, Chemistry and Material Physics Building

2007
<Symposium>
2007 Workshop on Organometallic Chemistry (Riken Symposia)
(1) Kenichiro Itami (Nagoya University)
  "Catalytic Direct Functionalization of Aromatics"
(2) Seung Uk Son (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)
  "Organometallic Building Block for Supramolecules or Nanomaterials"
(3) Peter Jutzi (University of Bielefeld, Germany)
  "Dynamic Covalent Chemistry with Organometallic Compounds: Examples from Gallium Chemistry"
(4) Masanori Takimoto (RIKEN)
  "Scandium-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Carboalumination of Alkynes and Alkenes"
(5) Yi-Chou Tsai (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
  "Chemistry of Low-Valent Vanadium and Chromium Complexes Supported by β-Diketiminates"
(6) Takahiro Sasamori (Kyoto University)
  "Chemistry of Low-coordinated Species of Heavier Group 15 Elements”
(7) Yugen Zhang (ASTAR, Singapore)
  "N-Heterocyclic Carbene Related Catalysts: from Homogeneous to Heterogeneous"
(8) Hisako Hashimoto (Tohoku University)
  "Neutral Silylene Complexes Having Functional Groups"
(9) Makoto Yamashita (The University of Tokyo)
  "Transmetallation of Boryllithium to Form New Borylmetal Species"
(10) Zhiping Li (Renmin University of China)
  "C-C Bond Formation via Oxidative Activation of C-H Bond"
(11) Yukihiro Motoyama (Kyushu University)
  "Nanometal Particles on Nano-Carbon Supports: Preparation, Characterization, and Catalysis"
(12) Ken-ichiro Kanno (Hokkaido University)
  "Zirconium-Mediated Selective Linear Oligomerization of Alkynes"
(13) Jun Terao (Osaka University)
  "Cross-Coupling Reaction Using Anionic Transition Metal Complexes"
(14) Michael C. W. Chan (City University of Hong Kong)
  "Synthetic Models of Weak Attractive Ligand.Polymer Interactions in Olefin Polymerization Catalysts"
(15) Daisuke Takeuchi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
  "Novel Cyclopolymerization of Dienes by Late Transition Metal Complexes"
Date and Time: November 8th, 2007 (Thu) 13:30 - November 9th, 2007 (Fri), 18:10.
Place: Suzuki Umetaro Hall in the Bioscience Building and Main Conference Room (3F) in the BSI Ikenohata Research Building (Poster session)
Organizers: WOMC executive committee and RIKEN
Suponsor: Osaka University, Kyoto University, and Grant-in-Aid for Science Research on Priority Areas "Synergy of Elements"
Support: The Chemical Society of Japan; The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan; The society of Polymer Science, Japan; Catalysis Society of Japan; The Society of Polymer Science, Japan; Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry
<Seminars>
Prof. Xue Long Hou
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Title: Towards selectivities in asymmetric catalysis
Date: Sept 21st, 2007 (Fri.) 16:00 - 17:00
Place: Conference Room (S507), 5th Floor, Chemistry and Material Physics Building
Prof. Kuiling Ding
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Title: Self-supported chiral catalysts for heterogeneous enantioselective reactions
Date: Sept 21st, 2007 (Fri.) 15:00 - 16:30
Place: Conference Room (S507), 5th Floor, Chemistry and Material Physics Building
Prof. Mark Lautens
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada
Title: Synthesis of Heterocycles via Metal Catalyzed Processes
Date: August 1st, 2007 (Wed.) 15:00 - 16:30
Place: Conference Room (S507), 5th Floor, Chemistry and Material Physics Building
Prof. Yuanhong Liu
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Title: Highly regio- and stereoselective reactions mediated by functionalized zirconacycles
Date: April 02, 2007 (Mon.) 15:00 - 16:30
Place: Conference Room (S507), 5th Floor, Chemistry and Material Physics Building
Prof. Jwu-Ting Chen
Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Title: Olefin Polymerization Catalyzed by Transition Metal Complexes Bearing Bidentate Ligands with Hetero Functionalities
Date: March 19, 2007 (Mon.) 15:00-16:30
Place: Conference Room (S507), 5th Floor, Chemistry and Material Physics Building
Prof. Jun Okuda
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Date: March 12, 2007 (Mon.) 15:00 - 16:30
Place: Conference Room (S507), 5th Floor, Chemistry and Material Physics Building
Prof. Albert Sun-Chi Chan
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Title: Catalytic asymmetric C-H bond formation
Date: February 16, 2007 (Fri.) 10:30 - 12:00
Place: Conference Room (S507), 5th Floor, Chemistry and Material Physics Building
2006
<Symposium>
3rd Symposium on Frontiers of Organometallic Chemistry
Speakers:
1. Masanobu Uchiyama (10:35-11:30)
   Associate Chief Scientist, Advanced Elements Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN
2. Kyoko Nozaki (11:30-12:25)
   Professor, Grad. School of Engineering, The UniVersity of Tokyo
3. Masanori Takimoto (13:30-14:25)
   Research Scientist, Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN
4. Kohtaro Osakada (14:25-15:20)
   Professor, Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology
5. Zhenfeng Xi (15:40-16:35)
   Prodfessor, Peking University
6. Fumiyuki Ozawa (16:35-17:30)
   Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
Date: Oct. 6, 2006 (Fri.) 10 : 30 - 17 : 30
Place: Suzuki Umetaro Hall, RIKEN
Organizer: Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN
Support: The Chemical Society of Japan, The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Catalysis Society of Japan, Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry, The Kinki Chemical Society Japan (Division of Organometallic Chemistry)
<Seminars>
Prof. Boping Liu
East China University of Science and Technology, China
Title: Heterogeneous olefin polymerization catalysis and polyolefin-based nanocomposites
Date: September 13, 2006 (Wed.) 15 : 00 - 16 : 15
Place: Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Chemistry and Material Physics Building
Ms. Wei Xia
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)
Title: Study on ethylene and cyclopentene copolymerization behavior using Phillips catalyst in the presence of Al-alkyl cocatalysts
Date: September 13, 2006 (Wed.) 16 : 15 - 17 : 00
Place: Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Chemistry and Material Physics Building
Prof. Ei-ichi Negishi
Purdue University, USA
Title: ZACA reaction: Zr-catalyzed asymmetric carboalumination of alkenes. Its discovery, development, and synthetic applications.
Date: June 15, 2006 (Thu.) 15 : 00 - 16 : 30
Place: Suzuki Umetaro Hall
Prof. Jun Okuda
RWTH Aachen University,Germany
Title: Homogeneous catalysts based on cationic organolanthanides
Date: Apr. 12, 2006 (Wed.) 15 : 00 - 16 : 30
Place: Conference Room (S507), 5th Floor, Chemistry and Material Physics Building
Prof. Zhiqiang Fan
The Institute of Polymer Science, Zhejiang University, China
Title: Regulation of Olefin coordination polymerization by cocatalyst
Date: Mar. 18, 2006 (Tue.) 15 : 00 - 16 : 30
Place: Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Chemistry and Material Physics Building
Prof. Christophe Darcel
University of Bourgogne, LSEO, France
Title: Dissecting the role of P-Chirogenic ligands in asymmetric Pd- and Rh-catalyzed reactions
Date: Jan. 18, 2006 (Wed.) 15 : 00 - 16 : 30
Place: Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Chemistry and Material Physics Building

2005
<Symposium>
2nd Symposium on Frontiers of Organometallic Chemistry (Riken Symposia)
Speakers:
1. Toshiaki Suzuki
   Senior Research Scientist, Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN
2. Akira Sekiguchi
   Professor, Dep. of Chemistry, University of Tsukuba
3. Takao Ikariya
   Professor, Grad. School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
4. Kotohiro Nomura
   Associate Professor, Grad. School of Material Science
   Nara Institute of Science and Technology
5. Reizo Kato
   Chief Scientist, Condensed Molecular Materials Laboratory, RIKEN
6. Masaharu Nakamura
   Associate Professor, School of Science, The University of Tokyo
7. Kohei Tamao
   Director, Frontier Research System, RIKEN
Date: Nov. 4, 2005 (Fri.) 10 : 50 - 17 : 30
Place: Suzuki Umetaro Hall, RIKEN
Organizer: Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN
Support: The Chemical Society of Japan, The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Catalysis Society of Japan, Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry, The Kinki Chemical Society Japan (Division of Organometallic Chemistry)
<Lectures>
Prof. Zhenfeng Xi
Faculty of Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Peking University, China
Title: Metal-mediated synthesis of semibullvalene-A COT derivative
Date: Nov. 17, 2005 (Thu.) 15 : 00 - 16 : 30
Place: Room S-507, 5th Floor, Material Chemistry and Material Physics Building
Prof. Lixin Dai
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China
Title: Towards the control of selectivity in asymmetric catalysis
Date: Nov. 9, 2005 (Wed.) 15 : 00 - 16 : 30
Place: 6F Seminar Room, Chemistry and Material Physics Building
Prof. Yonggui Zhou
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Title: Asymmetric hydrogenation of quinolines and isoquinolines
Date: Nov. 9, 2005 (Wed) 15 : 00 - 16 : 30
Place: 6F Seminar Room, Chemistry and Material Physics Building
Prof. Pierre Dixneuf
Rennes University Rennes Chemistry Institute Organometallic and Catalysis Laboratory
Title: Metal carbene intermediates : New keys to make C-C bonds
Date: Oct. 19, 2005 (Wed.) 15 : 00 - 16 : 30
Place: Room S-507, 5th Floor, Chemistry and Material Physics Building
2004
<Symposium>
1st Symposium on Frontiers of Organometallic Chemistry (Riken Symposia)
Speakers:
1. Mikiko Sodeoka
   Chief Scientist, Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN
2. Shigehiro Yamaguchi
   Professor, Grd. School of Science, Nagoya University
3. Hiroharu Suzuki
   Professor, Grad. School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
4. Masayoshi Nishiura
   Research Scientist, Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN
5. Motonu Kanai
   Associate Professor, Grad. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
6. Yasuhiro Ohki
   Assistant Professor, Grad. School of Science, Nagoya University
Date: Dec. 17, 2004 (Fri.) 13:00 - 17 : 30
Place: Suzuki Umetaro Hall, RIKEN
Organizer: Organometallic Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN
Support: The Chemical Society of Japan, The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, Catalysis Society of Japan, Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry, The Kinki Chemical Society Japan (Division of Organometallic Chemistry)