This July saw the occasion of The 68th Conference of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (JSCC), held in Sendai. The event was a great success, featuring over 200 talks in both English and Japanese spread over six sessions as well as almost 300 posters.
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| Professor Takahiko Kojima (right) receiving his JSCC Award for Creative Work from Professor Hiroshi Nishihara, JSCC president (left). |
Dalton Transactions is pleased to sponsor the JSCC Award for Creative Work. This year the award was won by Professor Takahiko Kojima, who gave an excellent award lecture entitled Development of Functionality of Metal Complexes Based on Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer. Professor Kojima has been at the University of Tsukuba and has published over 150 works, including a recent review on the Characteristics and reactivity of ruthenium-oxo species.
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| Graphical Abstract,
T. Ishizuka, H. Kotani and T. Kojima, Dalton Trans., 2016, |
Dalton Transactions‘ Deputy Editor, Mike Andrews, and the RSC’s Editorial Development Manager for Japan, Hiromitsu Urakami, were on-hand to award poster prizes for the best student poster presentations.
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The Dalton Transactions Award went to Yuta Ohtsubo of Kyushu University, for his poster:
多孔性金属錯体を利用した水素分子の核スピン変換の促進 (Promotion of nuclear spin conversion of molecular hydrogen using a porous metal complex) Yuto Ohtsubo (right) receiving his award from Mike Andrews (centre) and Hiro Urakami (left) |
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The CrystEngComm award went to Tomohiro Fujimoto of Osaka University, for his poster:
オスミウム錯体を触媒とするアルケンの1,2-アミノアルコール化反応における反応活性種の同定と反応性 (Identification and Reactivity of Active Species in the 1,2-Aminohydroxylation of Alkenes Catalyzed by an Osmium Complex) Tomohiro Fujimoto (right) receiving his award from Mike Andrews (left) |
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The Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers award went to Aoyama Tomokazu of Tokyo Metropolitan University for his poster:
水素生成を目指した新規水溶性超分子システムの調製と触媒機能 (Preparation and catalytic activity of a novel water-soluble supramolecular system aimed at hydrogen production) Aoyama Tomokazu (right) receiving his award from Mike Andrews (centre) and Hiro Urakami (left) |
The poster prize winners received a journal certificate and a colour changing RSC mug!
The RSC offers a hearty congratulations to prize winners at the JSCC!
