Research Interests:
1. Mechanism of Organic/Organometallic
Reactions
2. New Functionalized Organometallics
and Their Application to Materials
Science
3. Science of Functional Carbon Clusters

Recent publications:
1.“Electron Microscopic Imaging of a Single Group 8 Metal Atom Catalyzing C-C Bond Reorganization of
Fullerenes”, E. Nakamura, M. Koshino, T. Saito, Y. Niimi, K. Suenaga, Y. Matsuo, J. Am. Chem. Soc.
2011, 133, 14151-14153.
2. “Molecular Photoelectric Switch Using a Mixed SAM of Organic [60]Fullerene and [70]Fullerene Doped
with a Single Iron Atom”, Y. Matsuo, T. Ichiki, E. Nakamura. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 9932-9937.
3. “Iron-Catalyzed Stereospecific Activation of Olefinic C-H Bonds with Grignard Reagent for Synthesis of
Substituted Olefins”, L. Ilies, S. Asako, E. Nakamura. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 7672-7675.
4. “Phenanthrene Synthesis by Iron-Catalyzed [4 + 2] Benzannulation between Alkyne and Biaryl or 2-
Alkenylphenyl Grignard Reagent”, A. Matsumoto, L. Ilies, E. Nakamura.J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133,
6557-6559.
5. “Cobalt-Catalyzed Chemoselective Insertion of Alkene into the Ortho C－H Bond of Benzamide”, L. Ilies,
Q. Chen, X. Zeng, E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc.2011, 133, 5221-5223.