Ø Innovative Methodologies in Organic Synthesis
ØNucleophilic Substitution Reactions at sp2 Atoms
ØCatalytic Electron Transfer Reactions for Organic Synthesis
Research Honors and Awards:
The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemist, 1979
The Chemical Society of Japan Award, 2000
Louis Pasteur Medal (France), 2001
Merck Schuchardt-Lectureship (Germany), 2002
IAP Lectureship (Columbia University, USA), 2002
Boehringer Ingelheim Lecture Award (University of Toronto, Canada), 2003
Visiting Lecturer of the Chemistry Research Promotion Center (Taiwan), 2003
Toray Science and Technology Prize, 2005
Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo, 2007
The Fellow of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2008
