MATSUOKA Wataru
Assistant Professor
Development of novel catalysts enabled by quantum chemical calculation
Department of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
| Theme | Development of virtual ligands and their application to design of novel transition metal catalysis |
| Field | Theoretical chemistry, Computational chemistry, Organometallic chemistry, Organic chemistry |
| Keyword | Transition metal catalysis, Virtual ligand, in silico catalyst design |
Representative Achievements
Virtual Ligand-Assisted Screening Strategy to Discover Enabling Ligands for Transition Metal Catalysis,
Matsuoka, W.; Harabuchi, Y.; Maeda, S. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 3752–3766.
Matsuoka, W.; Harabuchi, Y.; Maeda, S. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 3752–3766.
Virtual Ligand Strategy in Transition Metal Catalysis Toward Highly Efficient Elucidation of Reaction Mechanisms and Computational Catalyst Design,
Matsuoka, W.; Harabuchi, Y.; Maeda, S. ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 5697–5711.
Matsuoka, W.; Harabuchi, Y.; Maeda, S. ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 5697–5711.
Highly Chemoselective Ligands for Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction based on Virtual Ligand-Assisted Screening,
Matsuoka, W.; Harabuchi, Y.; Nagata, Y.; Maeda, S. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2023, 21, 3132–3142.
Matsuoka, W.; Harabuchi, Y.; Nagata, Y.; Maeda, S. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2023, 21, 3132–3142.
Diversity-Oriented Synthesis of Nanographenes Enabled by Dearomative Annulative π-Extension,
Matsuoka, W.; Ito, H.; Sarlah, D.; Itami, K. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 3940.
Matsuoka, W.; Ito, H.; Sarlah, D.; Itami, K. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 3940.
π-Extended Rubrenes via Dearomative Annulative π-Extension Reaction,
Matsuoka, W.; Kawahara, K. P.; Ito, H.; Sarlah, D.; Itami, K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 658–666.
Matsuoka, W.; Kawahara, K. P.; Ito, H.; Sarlah, D.; Itami, K. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 658–666.
Related industries
Chemical industry, Pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, Organic electronics industry
| Academic degree | Ph. D. |
| Academic background | 2016 B. S., Department of Science, Nagoya University 2018 M. S., Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University 2021 Ph.D., Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University 2021 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University 2022- Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University |
| Affiliated academic society | The Chemical Society of Japan, Japan Society of Theoretical Chemistry |
| Project | Artificial Intelligence in Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery Project |
| Room address | Creative Research Building, 3-317 |
