Education: 1973 B.S. Faculty of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Professor Teruaki Mukaiyama) 1978 Ph.D in chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Professor Isao Kuwajima) 1978-1980 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York (Professor Gilbert Stork) Academic Experience 1980-1984 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology 1984-1993 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology 1989-1991 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Applied Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science 1993-1995 Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology 1995-2016 Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo 2016-present Molecular Technology Innovation Chair Professor, The University of Tokyo 2004-2010 ERATO Nakamura Functional Carbon Cluster program research director, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) 2007-2012 The University of Tokyo, Chemistry Innovation Gobal COE Program Leader 2008-2009 Chairman, Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo

Physical Organic Chemistry/Synthetic Chemistry/Nano-science

Major Research Interest Physical organic chemistry directed toward creation of new reactions, new molecules and materials, and new functions. Exploration of methodologies for physical organic chemistry such as high-resolution electron microscopy.

Homocoupling-free Iron-catalysed Twofold C–H Activation/Cross-couplings of Aromatics via Transient Connection of Reactants, T. Doba, T. Matsubara, L. Ilies, R. Shang, E. Nakamura, Nat. Catal., in press. (Commentary by Prof. Eiichi Nakamura) (Highlighted in EurekAlert)　(Highlighted in Alpha Galileo) Preparation of Hierarchically Assembled Silver Nanostructures based on the Morphology of Crystalline Peptide‐Silver(I) Complexes, R. Miyake, Y. Nitanai, Y. Nakagawa, J. Xing, K. Harano, E. Nakamura, J. Okabayashi, T. Minamikawa, K. Uruma, K. Kanaizuka, M. Kurihara, ChemPlusChem, 84, 295–301 (2019). (Highlighted in ChemistryViews) Carbon‐bridged Oligo(phenylenevinylene)s as Light‐harvesting Antenna for Porphyrins, H. Tsuji, A. Ichimura, M. Kudo, J. Sukegawa, E. Nakamura, Chem. Asian J., in press. Iron-Catalyzed Directed Alkylation of Carboxamides with Olefins via a Carbometalation Pathway, L. Ilies, Y. Zhou, H. Yang, T. Matsubara, R. Shang, E. Nakamura, ACS Catal., 8, 11478–11482 (2018). 2,​7-​Dioctylbenzofuro[3,​2-​b]​benzofuran: An Organic Semiconductor with Two-​dimensional Transport Channels, D. Chen, J. Li, W. Ma, B. Li, Y. Zhen, X. Zhu, W. Hu, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura, Asian J. Org. Chem., 7, 2228-2232 (2018). Synthesis of Esomeprazole and Related Proton Pump Inhibitors through Iron-Catalyzed Enantioselective Sulfoxidation, S. Nishiguchi, T. Izumi, T. Kouno, J. Sukegawa, L. Ilies, E. Nakamura, ACS Catal., 8, 9738–9743 (2018). Neutron Scattering Reveals Water Confined in a Watertight Bilayer Vesicle, W. Abuillan, A. S. Becker, B. Demé, T. Homma, H. Isobe, K. Harano, E. Nakamura, M. Tanaka, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140, 11261–11266 (2018). π-Electronic Cocrystal Microcavities with Selective Vibronic-Mode Light Amplification: Toward FRET Lasing, D. Okada, S. Azzini, H. Nishioka, A. Ichimura, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura, F. Sasaki, C. Genet, T. W. Ebbesen, Y. Yamamoto, Nano Lett., 18, 4396–4402 (2018). Coherent Resonant Electron Tunneling at 9 and 300 K through a 4.5 nm Long, Rigid, Planar Organic Molecular Wire, C. Ouyang, K. Hashimoto, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura, Y. Majima, ACS Omega, 3, 5125-5130 (2018). Hierarchical Assembly of siRNA with Tetraamino Fullerene in Physiological Conditions for Efficient Internalization into Cells and Knockdown, K. Minami, K. Okamoto, K. Harano, E. Noiri, E. Nakamura, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 10, 19347–19354 (2018). Silylation of Aryl Halides with Monoorganosilanes Activated by Lithium Alkoxide, T. Yoshida, L. Ilies, E. Nakamura, Org. Lett., 20, 2844-2847 (2018). Iron-Catalyzed Synthesis of Indenones through Cyclization of Carboxamides with Alkynes, L. Ilies, Y. Arslanoglu, T. Matsubara, E. Nakamura, Asian J. Org. Chem., 7, 1327-1329 (2018). Carbon‐Bridged p‐Phenylenevinylene Polymer for High‐Performance Solution‐Processed Distributed Feedback Lasers, M. Morales-Vidal, J. A. Quintana, J. M. Villavilla, P. G. Boj, H. Nishioka, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura, G. L. Whitworth, G. A. Turnbull, I. D. W. Samuel, M. A. Díaz-García, Adv. Opt. Mater., 6, 1800069 (2018). Disodium Benzodipyrrole Sulfonate as Neutral Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells, R. Shang, Z. Zhou, H. Nishioka, H. Halim, S. Furukawa, I. Takei, N. Ninomiya, E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140, 5018-5022 (2018). Homo- and Copolymers Based on Carbon-Bridged Oligo(p-phenylenevinylene)s for Efficient Fluorescence over the Entire Visible Region, H. Nishioka, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura, Macromolecules, 51, 2961-2968 (2018). Flexibility of Components Alters the Self-assembly Pathway of Pd2L4 Coordination Cages, S. Kai, S. P. Maddala, T. Kojima, S. Akagi, K. Harano, E. Nakamura, S. Hiraoka, Dalton Trans., 47, 3258-3263 (2018). (Selected as Front cover) Acid-Responsive Conductive Nanofiber of Tetrabenzoporphyrin Made by Solution Processing, Y. Zhen, K. Inoue, Z. Wang, T. Kusamoto, K. Nakabayashi, S. Ohkoshi, W. Hu, Y. Guo, K. Harano, E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140, 62-65 (2018). (Selected as Cover picture) Aggregation-responsive ON–OFF–ON fluorescence-switching behaviour of twisted tetrakis(benzo[b]furyl)ethene made by hafnium-mediated McMurry coupling, H. Hamada, H. Tsuji, E. Nakamura, Mater. Chem. Front., 2, 296-299 (2018). Iron-Catalyzed Remote Arylation of Aliphatic C-H Bond via 1,5-Hydrogen Shift, B. Zhou, H. Sato, L. Ilies, E. Nakamura, ACS Catal., 8, 8-11 (2018). Direct Microscopic Analysis of Individual C60 Dimerization Events: Kinetics and Mechanisms, S. Okada, S. Kowashi, L. Schweighauser, K. Yamanouchi, K. Harano, E. Nakamura, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139, 18281-18287 (2017).