Hajime Ito

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Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 57, Issue 23 p. 6733-6733 Author ProfileFree Access Hajime Ito First published: 05 January 2018 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201712526AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Graphical Abstract “I can never resist the temptation of spicy food. The best advice I have ever been given is love what you do, and do your best ...” This and more about Hajime Ito can be found on page 6733. Hajime Ito The author presented on this page has recently published his 10th article in Angewandte Chemie in the last 10 years: “Synthesis of Acylborons by Ozonolysis of Alkenylboronates: Preparation of an Enantioenriched Amino Acid Acylboronate”: J. Taguchi, T. Ikeda, R. Takahashi, I. Sasaki, Y. Ogasawara, T. Dairi, N. Kato, Y. Yamamoto, J. W. Bode, H. Ito, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 13847; Angew. Chem. 2017, 129, 14035. Date of birth: March 11, 1968 Position: Professor, Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University E-mail: hajito@eng.hokudai.ac.jp Homepage: http://labs.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/labo/organoelement/?lang=en ORCID: 0000-0003-3852-6721 Education: 1991 BS (Eng) Kyoto University 1996 PhD with Prof. Yoshihiko Ito, Kyoto University 2001 Research Associate with Prof. Kim D. Janda, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla Awards: 2011 The President's Research Award, Hokkaido University; 2014 The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work; 2016 Fujifilm Corporation Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan Current research interests: Development of new reactions for organic synthesis; design of molecular crystalline materials and their phase transitions; mechanoresponsive materials If I were not a scientist, I would be a historian. My favorite place on earth is my home, Sapporo. My top three films of all time are Gladiator, Castle in the Sky, and Seven Samurai. My favorite food is Tonkatsu (Japanese deep-fried pork cutlets). My favorite quote is “Do your best in your research. Do not think your students are bad when their research did not go well” (the late Professor Yoshihiko Ito). The most significant scientific advance of the last 100 years has been the development of semiconductors and computers. If I could have dinner with three famous scientists from history, they would be Archimedes, Alexander Fleming, and Michael Faraday. My best investment was when I was a student, I tried to maintain a broad sense of curiosity. I think that was an important investment that helps my current research. My worst nightmare was a dream in which I was chased by a horde of zombies who used to be my neighbors in my hometown. Guaranteed to make me happy is talking with students about their new findings and future ideas. My 5 top papers: 1“Boration of an α,β-enone using a diboron promoted by a copper(I)–phosphine mixture catalyst”: H. Ito, H. Yamanaka, J. Tateiwa, A. Hosomi, Tetrahedron Lett. 2000, 41, 6821. (The first reported copper(I)-catalyzed borylation, which later turned to be a very powerful tool in organoboron synthesis.) 2“Mechanical stimulation and solid seeding trigger single-crystal-to-single-crystal molecular domino transformations”: H. Ito, M. Muromoto, S. Kurenuma, S. Ishizaka, N. Kitamura, H. Sato, T. Seki, Nat. Commun. 2013, 4, 2009. (A small mechanical stress can induce an entire single-crystal phase change, as well as a variation in luminescent properties.) 3“Controlling Mechano- and Seeding-Triggered Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Phase Transition: Molecular Domino with a Disconnection of Aurophilic Bonds”: T. Seki, K. Sakurada, H. Ito, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 12828; Angew. Chem. 2013, 125, 13062. (Mechanical picking can induce a molecular-level structural change in a crystal.) 4“Synthesis of Optically Active Boron-Silicon Bifunctional Cyclopropane Derivatives through Enantioselective Copper(I)-Catalyzed Reaction of Allylic Carbonates with a Diboron Derivative”: H. Ito, Y. Kosaka, K. Nonoyama, Y. Sasaki, M. Sawamura, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 7424; Angew. Chem. 2008, 120, 7534. (These borylative cyclization and carboborylation reactions provide access to cyclopropane structures, which are important for drug discovery.) 5“Enantioselective Synthesis of Chiral Piperidines via the Stepwise Dearomatization/Borylation of Pyridines”: K. Kubota, Y. Watanabe, K. Hayama, H. Ito, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 4338. (This borylation reaction can be used to form many optically active boron compounds from readily available pyridine derivatives.) Volume57, Issue23June 4, 2018Pages 6733-6733 ReferencesRelatedInformation