Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Nagoya University

Name

Keigo E. Yamada
Ph D. course student
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan

E-mail
yamada.keigo.v2@s.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Education
2015, Apr.:           Undergraduate student, Kanazawa Univ., Japan
2019, Mar.:          B.Sc. in Chemistry (supervisor: Prof. Masahito Segi)
2019, Apr.:           Master course student, Dep. of Chem., Grad. Sch. of Sci., Nagoya Univ., Japan (supervisor: Prof. Kenichiro Itami)
2021, Mar.:          M.Sc.in Chemistry, (supervisor: Prof. Kenichiro Itami)
2021, Apr.–:         Ph.D. course student, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Nagoya University, Japan (supervisor: Prof. Kenichiro Itami)

Employment & Experiment
2021, Apr. – 2024, Mar.: JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientist (DC1)
2020, Apr. – 2024, Mar.: GTR Research Assistant Fellowship, Nagoya University

Awards
Poster Award (GTR Annual Meeting 2019, January 9, 2020, Nagoya University, Japan)

Experimental Skills
Synthesis of organic compounds, Measurements of absorption and fluorescence, DFT calculations, X-ray single crystal structural analysis

Research Interests
The development of catalytic reaction for efficient synthesis of polycyclic aromatic compounds containing non-hexagonal rings

Oral Presentations
1. ○Keigo Yamada, Iain A. Stepek, Wataru Matsuoka, Hideto Ito, and Kenichiro Itami　“Development of catalytic reaction for efficient synthesis of polycyclic aromatic compounds containing seven-membered ring” The 100st CSJ Annual Meeting (2020), 4H8-33, TOKYO, Japan, Mar, 25th, 2020
2. ○Keigo Yamada, Iain A. Stepek, Wataru Matsuoka, Hideto Ito, and Kenichiro Itami “Rational design and efficient synthesis of seven-membered ring-containing nanocarbon” The 101st CSJ Annual Meeting (2021), A10-1am-08, Virtual symposium by Zoom, Mar, 19th, 2021
3. ○Keigo Yamada, Iain A. Stepek, Wataru Matsuoka, Hideto Ito, and Kenichiro Itami “Efficient synthesis of seven-membered ring-containing nanocarbons by Pd catalyzed intramolecular cyclization” 19th International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds (ISNA), P228, Warsaw, Poland (Online), Jul. 3rd, 2022.

Poster Presentations
1. ○Keigo Yamada, Wataru Matsuoka, Maciej Krzeszewski, Hideto Ito, and Kenichiro Itami “Synthesis of. Various Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Annulative π-Extension Reactions” IRCCS The 5th Symposium, P-01, HOKKAIDO, Japan, Nov. 18th, 2019
2. ○Keigo Yamada, Wataru Matsuoka, Hideto Ito, and Kenichiro Itami “Efficient synthesis of seven-membered ring-containing nanocarbon” Exciting Organic Chemistry with Light – GTR/ITbM Chemistry Workshop 2019, P-10, NAGOYA, Japan, Dec. 2nd, 2019
3. ○Keigo Yamada, Wataru Matsuoka, Hideto Ito, and Kenichiro Itami “Development of novel synthetic. methods for non-hexagonal nanocarbons” GTR Annual Meeting 2019, P-307, NAGOYA, Japan, Jan. 9th, 2020
4. ○Keigo Yamada, Wataru Matsuoka, Maciej Krzeszewski, Hideto Ito, and Kenichiro Itami “Synthesis of Various Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Annulative π-Extension Reactions” The 3rd IRCCS – The 2nd Reaction Infography Joint International Symposium: “Reaction Imaging Meets Materials Science”, P-61, NAGOYA, Japan, Jan. 31th, 2020
5. ○Keigo Yamada, Iain A. Stepek, Wataru Matsuoka, Hideto Ito, and Kenichiro Itami “Development of novel synthetic methods for polycyclic aromatic compounds containing seven-membered ring” GTR Annual Meeting 2020, P-308, NAGOYA, Japan, Jan. 8th, 2021
6. ○Keigo Yamada, Iain A. Stepek, Wataru Matsuoka, Hideto Ito, and Kenichiro Itami “Rational design and efficient synthesis of seven-membered ring-containing nanocarbons” The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem) 2021, Virtual symposium by Zoom, Dec. 18th, 2021 JST
7. ○Keigo Yamada, Iain A. Stepek, Wataru Matsuoka, Hideto Ito, and Kenichiro Itami “Construction of seven-membered rings having polyaromatics by palladium-catalyzed intramolecular C-H/C-Br coupling” GTR Annual Meeting 2021, P-209, NAGOYA, Japan, Jan. 7th, 2022

Publications
1. “Construction of Heptagon‐Containing Molecular Nanocarbons” (Review)
Chaolumen, Iain A. Stepek, Keigo E. Yamada, Hideto Ito,* Kenichiro Itami*
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 23508–23532. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202100260

2. “Synthesis of Heptagon-Containing Polyarenes by Catalytic C–H Activation”
Keigo E. Yamada, Iain A. Stepek, Wataru Matsuoka, Hideto Ito,* Kenichiro Itami*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, in press, e202311770. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202311770. [detail]

2. “Synthesis of seven-membered ring-containing polyarenes by Pd-catalyzed intramolecular C–H/C–Br coupling”
Keigo E. Yamada, Iain A. Stepek, Wataru Matsuoka, Hideto Ito,* Kenichiro Itami*
To be submitted to Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.