Dr. Kento
Iwai joined us as Assistant Professor from Apr. 1st, 2024!!!
Prof. Tomoaki Tanase gave his final lecture on 30 March 2022.
Our Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. paper by T. Nakajima is
features as an Outside Front Cover Picture
T. Nakajima, K. Nakamae, Y. Ura, T. Tanase, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 23, 2211-2226 (2020).  
“Multinuclear Copper Hydride Complexes Supported by Polyphosphine Ligands”
Our Chem. Lett. paper by T. Nakajima is
features as an Outside Back Cover Picture
T. Nakajima, T. Tanase, Chem. Lett. 49, 386-394 (2020). 
“Transition Metal Clusters Constrained by Linear Tetradentate Phosphine Ligands”
Our Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. paper by Dr. K. Nakamae is is features as a Front Cover Picture
K. Nakamae, T. Nakajima, Y. Ura, Y. Kitagawa, T. Tanase, 
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 2262-2267 (2020).   
“Facially Dispersed Polyhydride Cu9 and Cu16 Clusters Comprising Apex-Truncated Supertetrahedral and Square-Face-Capped Cuboctahedral Copper Frameworks”
Our Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. paper  is
is features as a Front Cover Picture
T. Tanase, R. Otaki, A. Okue, K. Nakamae, T. Nakajima, 
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. (2019) 3993-4005.    
“Dinuclear Copper Complexes Triply Bridged by a Tetraphosphine, rac-Ph2PCH2P(Ph)CH2P(Ph)CH2PPh2”
Our paper by Dr. T. Nakajima is
published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
T. Nakajima, Y. Kamiryo, M. Kishimoto, K. Imai, K. Nakamae, Y. Ura, T. Tanase, 
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 8732-8736 (2019).  
“Synergistic Cu2 Catalysts for Formic Acid Dehydrogenation”
Our Chem. Eur. J. paper is features as a Front Cover Picture
T. Tanase, M. Tanaka, M. Hamada, Y. Morita, K. Nakamae, Y. Ura, T. Nakajima, Chem. Eur. J. 25, 8219-8244 (2019)
 
“Alloyed Tetranuclear Metal Chains of Pd4-nPtn (n = 0-3) Scaffolded by a New Linear Tetraphosphine Containing a PNP Bridge”
Tomoaki Tanase (Keynote), The 43rd International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC2018) 
 August 3, 2018, Sendai, Japan. “Multinuclear Metal Centers 
Constrained by Linear Polyphosphines, Focusing on Metal Atom Chains”
Ex-group member Dr. Merii Kato is awarded JWEF Incentive Award to young woman engineer. 
Ms. Miho Tanaka (M1) is awarded a prize of poster presentation from 4th Japan-Taiwan-Singapore-Hong Kong Quadrilateral Symposium on Coordination Chemistry
(10 - 12 December, 2017, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
 
"A Fluxional Cu8H6 Cluster Supported by Bis(diphenylphosphino)methane and Its Facile Reaction with CO2”
Tomoaki Tanase (Invited Lecture), 4th Japan-Taiwan-Singapore-Hong Kong Quadrilateral Symposium on Coordination Chemistry 
 December 10-13, 2017, Hong Kong, China. “Self-Alignment of Low-Valent Palladium Chains with meso/rac-tetraphosphine, Self-Chiral Recognition of Pd4 Units”
Tomoaki Tanase (Invited Lecture),4th Japan-Canada Joint Symposium on Coordination Chemistry 
 November 26-30, 2017, Fukuoka-Miyazaki, Japan. “Self-Alignment of Low-Valent Palladium Chains with meso/rac-tetraphosphine, Self-Chiral Recognition of Pd4 Units”
 Prof. Masaharu Nakamura(Kyoto Univ.)visits us and has a Special Lecture
Nov. 22, 2017 (16:30-18:00) 
“Innovation of Organic Reactions by Utilization of Chemical Resources”
Tomoaki Tanase (Invited Lecture),Special Seminar at Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto Univ. 
 Nov. 10, 2017,Uji, Japan. “Multinuclear Metal Centers Constrained by Linear Polyphosphines”
 Associate Prof. Sung, Hui-Ling(National Taiwan Normal Univ.)visits us and has a Special Lecture
Oct. 20, 2017 (16:00-17:30) 
“Metal Ions Dominated the Conformation of Flexible Organo-Phosphonate Ligands”
Tomoaki Tanase (Invited Lecture),11th Japan-China Joint Symposium on Metal Cluster Compounds. 
 October 7-10, 2017, Nagoya, Japan. “Multinuclear Metal Centers Constrained by Linear Polyphosphines”
Tomoaki Tanase (Invited Lecture),Special Seminar at Gifu Univ. 
 Sep. 26, 2017,Gifu, Japan. “Multinuclear Metal Centers Constrained by Linear Polyphosphines”
Tomoaki Tanase (Invited Lecture), 50th Summer Seminar for Young Organometallic Chemists 
 Aug. 8, 2017,Sappoto, Japan. “Multinuclear Metal Centers Constrained by Linear Polyphosphines”
Associate Prof. Shigeyuki Masaoka(Insttitute for Molecular Science)visits us and has a Special Lecture
Jul. 5, 2017 (16:00-17:30) 
“Oxgen Evolution Reaction catalyzed by Metal Complexes”
Takayuki Nakajima (Invited Lecture), International Symposium on Pure &
Applied Chemistry 2017 (ISPAC2017) 
 Jun. 8-10, 2017, Vietnam, “Synthesis and Reactivity of Dinuclear Complexes Supported by Tetradentate Phosphine Ligands”
Our Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. paper by Dr. B. Kure is features as a Front Cover Picture
B. Kure, M. Sano, N. Watanabe, T. Nakajima, Y. Ura, T. Tanase, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2017,4094-4109. 
“Synthesis and Reactivity of Thiolate-Bridged NiIIMI Heterodinuclear Complexes (M = Rh, Ir) with an S-Bidentate NiP2S2 Metalloligand”
Our Chem. Eur. J. paper by Kanako Nakamae and Miho Tanaka is
features as an Inside Cover Picture
K. Nakamae, M. Tanaka, B. Kure, T. Nakajima, Y. Ura, T. Tanase, Chem. Eur. J. 2017, in press, 
“A Fluxional Cu8H6 Cluster Supported by Bis(diphenylphosphino)methane and Its Facile Reaction with CO2”
Our Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. paper by Kana Yamamoto is features as a Front Cover Picture
T. Tanase, K. Yamamoto, R. Hatano, K. Nakamae, B. Kure, Y. Ura, T. Nakajima, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 1422-1426, 
“Linear Triplatinum Tetrahydride Complex Supported by Triphosphine Ligands, [Pt3(µ-H)2(H)2(µ-dpmp)2](BF4)2 {dpmp = bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)phenylphosphine}2”
Our Chem. Eur. J. paper by Konomi Morita is features as a Back Cover Picture
T. Tanase, K. Morita, R. Otaki, K. Yamamoto, Y. Kaneko, K. Nakamae, B. Kure, Y. Ura, T. Nakajima, Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 523-528. 
“Chiral Self-Recognition between Stereogenic Tetrapalladium Units Affording
Pd8 Chains Supported by Homochiral Tetraphosphines”
 Tomoaki Tanase (Invited Lecture), 3rd Japan-Taiwan-Singapore-Hong Kong Quadrilateral Symposium on Coordination Chemistry 
 Aug. 4-5, 2016, Taiwan, “Multinuclear Metal Centers Constrained by Linear Polyphosphines”
Prof. Yoshiaki Nishibayashi(Univ. of Tokyo)visits us and has a Special Lecture
Jun. 29, 2016 (16:00-17:30) 
“Challenge to development of ammonia synthesis exceeding Haber-Bosch process”
Prof. Koji Tanaka(Kyoto Univ.)visits us and has a Special Lecture
Apr. 13, 2016 (16:00-17:30) 
"Devlopment of Complex Catalysts for Sustainable Energy Society"
Dr. Kanako
Nakamae joined us as Assistant Professor from Apr. 1st, 2016!!!
 Prof. Kazuyuki Tatsumi (Nagoya University)visits us and has a Special Lecture 
Jan 20, 2016, 16:30-18:00 “Chemistry of Cluster Active Sites of Metalloenzymes”
 Tomoaki Tanase (Invited Lecture), Pacifichem 2015 
 Dec. 16-20, 2015, Hawaii, USA “Self-alignment of Low-Valent Palladium Chains”
Prof. Masahito Kodera(Doshisha University)visits us and has a Special Lecture
Nov 11, 2015, 16:30-18:00 “Development of Dinuclear Iron Catalysts with
High Oxidative Activity and High Selectivity”
Tomoaki Tanase (Invited Lecture), 10th Chaina-Japan Joint Symposium on
Metal Cluster Compounds
Oct. 23-26, 2015, Fuzhou, China “Low-Valent Extended Metal Atom Chains
Supported by Polyphosphines”
Ms. Haruka Miyano (M1) is awarded a prize of poster presentation from 65th Japan Society of Coordination
Chemistry at Nara Women's University
Haruka Miyano, Kanako Nakamae, Bunsho Kure, Takayuki Nakajima, Tomoaki
Tanase, "Synthesis and Properties of Linear Octanuclear Palladium
Clusters 
with Bisisocyanides and Isocyanides with Long Alkyl Chains" (1PA-54)
Tomoaki Tanase (Invited Lecture), The 2nd Japan-Singapore-Taiwan Trilateral
Symposium in Coordination Chemistry 
Aug. 8, 2015, National University of Singapore, Singapore “Low-Valent Extended
Metal Atom Chains Supported by Polyphosphines”
Prof. Trevor W. Hayton (UC Santa Barbara)visits us and has a Special Lecture
Mar 17, 2015, 16:00-17:30 “Synthesis and Characterization of Copper Hydride
Nanoclusters”
Bunsho Kure (Invited Lecture), 
51th Young Coordination Chemistry Symmposium in Kinki Area
Dec. 13, 2014, Osaka “Development of Novel Aqueous Hydrogenation Catalysts
Inspired from Hydrogenases"
Our Chem. Asian J. paper by Kanako Nakamae and Dr. Takayuki Nakajima is
features as an Back Cover Picture
K. Nakamae, B. Kure, T. Nakajima, U. Ura, T. Tanase, Chem. Asian J. 2014,
9, 3106-3110, 
“Facile Insertion of Carbon Dioxide into Cu2(m-H) Dinuclear Units Supported by Tetraphosphine Ligands”
Tomoaki Tanase (Invited Lecture), The 2nd Japan-UK Joint Symmposium on Coordination Chemistry
Sep. 16-18, 2014, Tokyo “Low-Valent Extended Metal Atom Chains Supported
by Polyphosphines, A Possibility of Self-Alignment"
Tomoaki Tanase (Invited Lecture), 41th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry
Jul. 21-25, 2014, Singapore “Low-Valent ExtendedMetal Atom Chains Supported by Polyphosphines"
Prof. Andreas A Danopoulos(Univesite de Strasbourg)visits us and has a Special Lecture 
Jul. 4, 2014 (16:00-17:30) "N-Heterocyclic Carbene Ligands for 3d-Transition
and Electropositive Metals"
Dr. Shin Takemoto (Osaka Prefecture University)visits us and has a Special
Lecture
May 14, 2014, 16:00-17:30 “Synthesis and Reactivity of a Dinuclear Ruthenium
Carbide Complex”
Our Organometallics paper by Dr. Eri Goto and Dr. Takayuki Nakajima is
features as an Front Cover Picture
E. Goto, R. A. Begum, C. Ueno, A. Hosokawa, C. Yamamoto, K. Nakamae, B. Kure, T. Nakajima, T. Kajiwara, T. Tanase, Organometallics 2014, 33, 1893-1904, 
“Electron-Deficient Pt2M2Pt2 Hexanuclear Metal Strings (M = Pt, Pd) Supported by Triphosphine Ligands”
Tomoaki Tanase (Invited Lecture), International Symposium 
 on Coordination Programming 2014
Jan. 20-24, 2014, Tokyo, Japan “self-Alignment of Low-Valent Extended Metal
Atom Chains" 2014.2.20 Tomoaki Tanase
【PRESS RELEASE】The joint research project with Prof. Tsuyoshi Kawai (NAIST, Japan) on
”Systematic Conversion of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes into n-type Thermoelectric
Materials by Molecular Dopants (SREP-13-03106B)” by Y. Nonoguchi, K. Ohashi, R. Kanazawa, K. Ashiba, K. Hata, T. Nakagawa,
C. Adachi, T. Tanase, and T. Kawai was published in an online journal of
Nature Publishing Group “Scientific Reports” and press released on 26th
Nov, 2013 at NAIST.
Ms. Kanako Nakamae (D2) is awarded a prize of poster
presentation at International Symposium on Catalysis and Fine Chemicals 2013(Dec.
1-5, 2013, Beijing, China)
『Reduction of Carbon Dioxide with Copper Hydride Complexes Supported by Tetraphosphine
Ligand』
Tomoaki Tanase (Invited Lecture), International
Symposium on Catalysis and Fine Chemicals 2013
Dec. 1-5, 2013, Beijing, China “Low-Valent Extended Metal Atom Chain” 2013.12.4
Tomoaki Tanase
Ms. Miyuki Sakamoto (M2) is awarded a prize of poster
presentation at The 2nd Japan-France Coordination Chemistry Symposium
Nov. 24-28, 2013, Nara, Japan『Reversible Dioxygen Binding on Asymmetric Dinuclear
Rhodium Centers Supported by a Tetraphosphine Ligand dpmppp』
Ms. Kanako Nakamae (D2) is awarded a prize of poster
presentation at The 2nd Japan-France Coordination Chemistry Symposium
Nov. 24-28, 2013, Nara, Japan『Reduction of Carbon Dioxide with Copper Hydride
Complexes Supported by Tetraphosphine dpmppm』
Tomoaki Tanase (Invited Lecture), The 2nd Japan-France
Coordination Chemistry Symposium
Nov. 24-28, 2013, Nara, Japan “Low-Valent Extended Metal Atom Chain” 2013.11.27
Tomoaki Tanase
Our Dalton paper by Satoko Hatada and Dr. Takayuki
Nakajima is features as an Inside Cover Picture.
T. Tanase, S. Hatada, A. Mochizuki, K. Nakamae, B. Kure, and T. Nakajima,
Dalton Trans. 2013, 42, 15941-15952, “Flexible, linear, tetranuclear palladium
complexes supported by tetraphosphine ligands with electron-withdrawing groups”
Prof. Odile Eisenstein(Research Director CNRS, France)visits
us and has a Special Lecture
July 12, 2013, 16:00-17:30 “Hydrogenation, Dehydrogenation, Hydrogen Transfer
Reactions, Some Mechanistic Issues”
Tomoaki Tanase (Invited Lecture), The 1st Japan-Taiwan-Singapore
Joint Symposium on Coordination Chemistry
June 29, 2013, Osaka, Japan “Low-Valent Extended Metal Atom Chain”
Prof. Zhaomin Hou(Research Director CNRS, France)visits
us and has a Special Lecture
June 12, 2013, 16:00-17:30 “Synthesis and Novel Reactivity of Early Transition-Metal
Hydride Clusters”.
Our ChemCommun paper by Miyuki Sakamoto and Dr.
Takayuki Nakajima is features as an Outside Cover Picture.
T. Nakajima, M. Sakamoto, S. Kurai, B. Kure, and T. Tanase, Chem. Commun.
2013, 49, 5250-5252, “Reversible dioxygen binding on asymmetric dinuclear
rhodium centres
Ms. Kanako Nakamae (D1) is awarded 
a prize of student oral  presentation from Chemical Society of Japan
 2013.4 .18 "Synthesis and Characterization of Linear Octapalladium 
Complexes with Anionic Terminal Ligands" 
93th Spring Symposium of CSJ   (Kusatsu, Japan) 2013.3.22-25
Prof. Tamotsu Takahashi(Hokkaido University, Catalysis Research Center)visits
us and has a Special Lecture
 Nov. 7th, 2012 16:00  『Challenge
to Develop Carbon-Carbon Cleavage Reactions』
Tomoaki Tanase(Invited Lecture), 
Japanese-German Symposium on Coordination Programming  Program
 25-27, 10, 2012 (Munster University, 
Germany)『Low-Valent Extended Metal Atom Chains』2012.10.27 Tomoaki Tanase
Ms. Miyuki Sakamoto (M1)is awarded a prize of poster presentation 
from Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry 62nd at Toyama University
 「Dinuclear Rhodium Complexes with 
Tetraphosphine Ligands dpmppp and Their Reactions with Dioxygen」
Prof. Kuang-Lieh Lu(Academia Sinica, Taiwan)visits us and has a Special
Lecture
 July 10, 2012, 16:00-17:30 『Self-assembly 
of Functional Materials
Chem. Eur. J. paper by Dr. Takemura and 
Tanase is featured as an Inside Cover Picture.
 Y. Takemura, T. Nishida, B. Kure, 
T. Nakajima, M. Iida, and T. Tanase, Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 
17, 10528-10532, "Stepwise Construction of Au4Ag2Cu2
Coinage Rings Supported by Linear Tetraphosphine Ligands"
Prof. Satomi Niwayama 
(Texas Tech University) visits us and has a Special Lecture 
 August 9, 2011, 15:00 『Interplay 
of Chemistry and Biology: (1) Development of a methodology for quantitative 
analysis of proteins/peptides, (2) Discovery of a new selective monohydrolysis 
reaction of symmetric diesters』
Prof. Fumiyuki Ozawa 
(Kyoto University) visits us and has a Special Lecture
  May. 
11, 2011 16:00 "New Synthesis pf pi-Conjugated Polymers by C-H Bond Arylation"
Prof. Yasushi Tsuji 
(Kyoto University) visits us and has a Special Lecture
  Dec. 
8, 2010 16:00 "Development of Catalytic Reactions 
Including Additions of Functional Groups" (photo)
Prof. Ken Sakai
(Kyushu University) visits us and has a Special Lecture
  Nov. 
10, 2010 16:00 "Photochemical Formation of Dihydrogen 
from Water Catalyzed by Platinum Complexes" 
Ms. Kanako Nakamae (M1) received
 the Best Oral Presentation Award for Students at 60th Symposium of Coordination
 Chemistry, Osaka, September 27-30, 2010. 
  Kanako Nakamae, Yukie Takemura,
Bunsho Kure, Takayuki Nakajima, Tomoaki Tanase, "Mtal-metal Bonded, Linear
Octanuclear Palladium Complexes Supported by Tetraphosphine Ligands" (1A-21) 
Ms. Kanako Nakamae (M1) received
 the Best Poster Award at 24th International Conference on Organometallic
Chemistry, Taipei, July 18-23, 2010. 
  Kanako Nakamae, Yukie Takemura,
Bunsho Kure, Takayuki Nakajima, Tomoaki Tanase, "Linear Octanuclear Palladium
Complexes Supported by Tetraphosphine Ligands" (PS2-044) 
Our Dalton paper by Dr. Yukie
Takemura is selected as Hot Paper 
  Y. Takemura, T. Nakajima, and T. 
Tanase, Dalton 2009, "Interconversion between ladder-type octanuclear and 
linear tetranuclear copper(I) complexes supported by tetraphosphine ligands"
Prof. Yasuhiro Oki (Nagoya University)
 visits us and has a Special Lecture 
  Nov.
 18, 2009 16:00 "Artificial Construction for
Active Site of Nitrogenase" 
Dr. Bunsho
 KURE joined us as Assistant Professor from Nov. 1st, 2009!!!
Ms. Yukie Takemura (Ph.D) is awarded 
a prize of student oral  presentation from Chemical Society of Japan
 2009.4 "Au(I)4Ag(I)2Cu(I)2 Octanuclear Cyclic Complexes Supported 
by Tetraphosphine Ligands" 89th Spring Symposium of CSJ (Chiba, Japan)
Prof. Yasushi Mizobe (The University
 of Tokyo) visits us and has a Special Lecture 
  May 
20, 2009 15:00 "Reactivity of Low-valent Mo Complexes
Supported by Tetraphosphine Ligands" 
Prof. Mark G. Humphrey  (The Australian 
National University) visits us and has a Special Lecture
   April 
15, 2009 13:15 "Metal Alkynyl Complex-Based
NLO Switches" 
T. Tanase visits Taiwan March
15-22, 2009 with 
Lectureship Programs supported Chemistry 
Research Promotion Center, National Science Council of Taiwan, China: 'Molecular 
Metallic Chains with Redox-active Linear Hexa-platinum Clusters' at Institute 
of Chemistry, Academia Sinica (Nankang) on March 16, 2009; at National Tsinghua 
University (Hsinchu) on March 18, 2009; at National Taiwan University (Taiwan) 
on March 20, 2009 (photo)
Prof. Kiyoshi Isobe (Kanazawa
University) visits us and has a Special Lecture 
  Dec. 
10, 2008 15:30 "Crystal Phase Photochromic Reaction 
of Organorhodium Complexes and its Dynamics" 
Prof. Sensuke Ogoshi (Osaka University) 
visits us and has a Special Lecture 
  Nov. 
26, 2008 13:30 "Versatile Intermediates of Catalytic 
Reactions: Generation and Reaction of Heteronickelacycles"
Prof. Ken Kamikawa (Osaka Prefecture
 University) visits us and has a Special Lecture 
  Nov. 
12, 2008 15:30 "New Approach for Stereocontrol
 of Axially Chiral Compounds" 
Prof. Hiroyuki Kawaguchi (Tokyo
 Institute of Technology) visits us and has a Special Lecture
  Oct. 
29, 2008 15:30 "Synthesis of Electron Deficient 
Metal Complexes and Activation of Small Molecules" 
Prof. Shie-Ming Peng (National
Taiwan University) visits us and has a Special Lecture
  Oct. 
15, 2008 15:00 "Molecular Metal Wires and Molecular 
Switches" (photo1, photo2)
Prof. Nicolai Lehnert (University
 of Michigan) visits us and has a Special Lecture 
  June 
25, 2008 14:30 "The Copper(I)-NO Intermediate
 of Copper Nitrite Reductase" 
Prof. Jacques Bonvoisin (CEMES/CNRS,
 Nano Science Group, France) visits us and has a Special Lecture
  June 
11, 2008 15:30 "On the Role of the Dicyanamidobenzene
 Bridging Ligand in a Dinuclear Ruthenium Complex" 
Society of Catalytic Chemistry
Japan, Regional Seminar in Nara 
 June 6, 2008, 15:00, Nara city 'ASUNARA' 
hall 
 T. Tanase "Development of Metal Molecular Wires with Lineary 
Assembled Transition Metal Clusters" 
Prof. Kotaro Osakawa (Tokyo Institute 
of Technology) visits us and has a Special Lecture 
  May 
22, 2008 15:30 "Pd-Si Complexes with New Bondings 
and Structures" 
Dr. Takayuki
 NAKAJIMA joined us as Associate Professor from April 1st, 2007.
Our Dalton Paper is festured on 
Cover Page (inside) of the Issue 
August 21, 2006; A. K. Sah and T. Tanase, Dalton Transaction (Royal Society 
of Chemistry) 2006, No. 31, 3742-3751. "Amine Mediated Proton Transfer Reaction 
and C-Cl Bond Activation of Solvent Chloroform by Trinuclear Copper(II) Complex
 of a Glucopyranosylamine Derived Ligand" 
Ms. Hiroe Takenaka (M.Sc) is awarded 
a prize of poster presentation from Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry
2004.9 "Synthesis of Multinuclear Transition Metal Complexes with 
Linear PNNP ligand" 54th Symposium of Coordination Chemistry (Kumamoto, Japan)
2nd Symposium of Reaction Control
 of Dynamic Complexes 
June 25-26, 2004 Okayama University
"Dynamic Chemistry of Linearly Ordered 
Low-valent Platinum Clusters" Tomoaki Tanase 
Professor Ken Karlin visits us 
and has a Special Lecture 
April 3, 2004, 15:00 Nara Women's
University 
"Bioinorganic Copper-Dioxygen Chemistry:
 Copper-Dioxygen Complex Formation, Properties and Substrate Reactivity"
Dr. Kenneth D. Karlin (Johns Hopkins University, USA) 
International Symposium by Graduate
 School of Science, Hokkaido University 
for Second Generation of Octahedral
 Metal Compounds: New Developments and Prospects 
March 18-19, 2004 Hokkaido University
"Redox-Active Linear Hexaplatinum
Clusters" Tomoaki Tanase 
Ms. Eri Goto (Ph.D) is awarded
a prize of student oral  presentation from Chemical Society of Japan
2004.4 "New Linear Hexaplatinum Cluster Containing Coordinatively 
Unsaturated Terminals" 84th Spring Symposium of CSJ (Kobe, Japan)
Ms. Eri Goto (Ph.D) is awarded
a prize of poster presentation from Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry
2003.9 "Synthesis and Characterization of Pt3Au Tetranuclear Complexes
 Supported by Triphosphine Ligand" 53th Symposium of Coordination Chemistry
 (Yamagota, Japan) 
Ms. Merii Kato (Ph.D) is awarded
 a prize of student oral  presentation from Chemical Society of Japan
2003.3 "Synthesis and Reactivity of Multinuclear Copper(II) Complexes 
with Glucose Phosphate Esters" 83rd Spring Symposium of CSJ (Tokyo, Japan)
Tanase Research Group Web Site
is largely revised in January 2003 
Our group web site http://www.chem.nara-wu.ac.jp/~tanase/TanaseGroup/
is largely revised and updated in January 2003.
Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Resource Research Center, Seminar 
December 13, 2002, 15:00, TIT (Nagatsuda
 Camp.) 
"Approach to Nano Science Based on Transition Metal Clusters"
 Tomoaki Tanase 
Chemical
 Society Japan, Kinki Regional Seminar  in Nara 
November 15, 2002, 15:00, Nara Women' 
University (Kinen-kan) 
"Approach to Nano Science Based on Transition Metal Clusters"
Tomoaki Tanase  http://www.chem.nara-wu.ac.jp/~tsukahara/CSJ/CSJNara.html
Kinki Regional Seminar of Electrochemical
 Analysis (using SCS) 
November 9, 2002, 13:30, Nara 
Women's University 
"Assembly and Functions of Linear
Transition Metal Clusters" Eri Goto (Tanase Group D1) 
Chianti Electrochemistry Meeting
 for Metal-containing Molecules 
July 13-18, 2002, Sciena, Italy
"Redox-active Hexaplatinum Clusters"
 Eri Goto and Tomoaki Tanase 
Organometallic Seminar XXVI, 
Society of Catalytic Chemical Japan 
June 7, 2002, 15:20, Nara Women'
University (Kinen-kan) 
"Assembly and Functions of Transition Metal Clusters" Tomoaki 
Tanase 
Ms. Eri Goto (M.Sc) is awarded
a prize of poster  presentation from Chemical Society of Japan
2001.3 "Linearly Ordered Tri- and hexanuclear Platinum Clusters 
with Triphosphine Ligands" 79th Spring Symposium of CSJ (Kobe, Japan)