Silver Medalists

Silver Medalists

(Fiscal year)
2024

Prof. Masayuki Inoue (The University of Tokyo)

Total Synthesis of Highly Oxygenated Natural Products

2020

Prof. Motomu Kanai (The University of Tokyo)

Hybrid catalysis in flasks and living organisms

2018

Prof. Chihaya Adachi (Kyushu University)

Advanced Molecular Design in Organic Semiconductors: Towards New Generation of OLEDs and Organic Lasers

2017

Prof. Hiroaki Suga (The University of Tokyo)

Revolutionizing the discovery process of bioactive peptides

2016

Prof. Masaya Sawamura (Hokkaido University)

Ligand Design for Efficient Organic Synthesis

2015

Prof. Zhaomin Hou (RIKEN)

Rare Earth and Group 4 Metal Complexes for Novel Chemical Transformations

2014

Prof. Itaru Hamachi (Kyoto University)

Protein organic chemistry under live cell conditions

2013

Prof. Naoto Chatani (Osaka University)

New Chelation-Assisted Transformation of C-H Bonds

2012

Prof. Masahiro Terada (Tohoku University)

Enantioselective Catalysis by Chiral Brønsted Acids and Bases

2012

Prof. Takahiko Akiyama (Gakushuin University)

Control of Stereochemistry by Chiral Brønsted Acid Catalyst

2011

Prof. Keiji Tanino (Hokkaido University)

Design, Tactics, and Findings in Natural Product Synthesis

2009

Prof. Kyoko Nozaki (The University of Tokyo)

Ligand Design for Metal-catalyzed Polymerization of Polar Monomers

2008

Prof. Masahiro Murakami (Kyoto University)

Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming and Cleaving Reactions by Rhodium Catalysis

2007

Prof. Mikiko Sodeoka (RIKEN)

Bioactive Molecules : Methodology, Synthesis, and Chemical Biology

2006

Prof. Jun-ichi Yoshida (Kyoto University)

Flash Chemistry: Fast Chemical Synthesis in Microsystems

2005

Prof. Michinori Suginome (Kyoto University)

New Boron-and Silicon-Based Reactions for Organic Synthesis

2004

Prof. Keiji Maruoka (Kyoto University)

Chiral Designer Phase Transfer Catalysts for Practical Asymmetric Synthesis

2003

Prof. Makoto Fujita (The University of Tokyo)

Molecular Self-Assembly through Coordination

2002

Prof. Shu Kobayashi (The University of Tokyo)

Toward Truly Efficient and Powerful Organic Synthesis

2001

Prof. Eiichi Nakamura (The University of Tokyo)

Synthetic Organic Chemistry of Carbon Cluster Complexes
– A Challenge for Synthetic Chemists –

2000

Prof. Takuzo Aida (The University of Tokyo)

Novel Nanostructured Polymeric Materials

1999

Prof. Keisuke Suzuki (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Synthetic Studies on Hybrid Natural Products-Toward Ravidomycin and Pradimicins