Construction of the Pd11 nanosheet

• The largest Pd nanosheet, Pd11 nanosheet, were prepared by the reaction of ladder polysilane with palladium isocyanide complex (press release).

Encapsulation of molecular catalysts into organometallic polymers and applications to polymer supported catalysts

• Self-Encapsulation of Homogeneous Catalyst Species into Polymer Gels: Access to a Facile and Efficient Separation System for Amine Products in Ru-Catalyzed Reductions of Carboxamides with Polymethylhydrosiloxane (PMHS).

Highly efficient and selective catalytic reactions catalyzed by molecular catalysts

• Silane-induced reductions of organic substrates catalyzed by a triruthenium carbonyl cluster, (Ace)Ru3(CO)7.
• Silane-induced polymerizations of vinyl ethers and cyclic ethers catalyzed by a triruthenium carbonyl cluster, (Ace)Ru3(CO)7.
• Mononuclear copper complexes and coordinatively unsaturated ruthenium complexes, [Cp*Ru(i-Pr-amidinate)RuCp*]+ and [Cp*Ru(OMe)]2, for Atom-Transfer Radical Reactions.

Development of new olefin polymerization catalysts

• Synthesis of novel nickel(II) complexes bearing substituted phenyl isocyanides and their catalytic activity toward ethylene polymerization.
• Monometallic and heterobimetallic azanickellacycles as ethylene polymerization catalysts.

Development of novel reactive organometallic complexes

• Construction of Early-Late Heterobimetallic Complexes (ELHB) and examination of dynamic behaviors.
• Synthesis and characterization of heteropolymetallic complexes: thermally and photochemically induced reversible rearrangements.