Dr. Hideto ITO, Associate Professor
名古屋大学大学院理学研究科理学専攻、准教授
Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
E-mail: ito.hideto.p4[at]f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp
2003年4月–2007年3月:学部学生
北海道大学理学部化学科 (澤村正也教授)
2007.4–2009.3: 修士課程学生
北海道大学大学院理学院化学専攻 (澤村正也教授)
2009.4–2012.3: 博士課程学生
北海道大学大学院理学院化学専攻 (澤村正也教授)
2010.3, 2010,10–12: Visiting Researcher
Albert-Lüdwig Universitüt Freiberg (Prof. Barnhard Breit)
2009年4月–2012年3月: 日本学術振興会特別研究員 (DC1)
2012年4月–2013年3月: 日本学術振興会特別研究員 (PD)、名古屋大学大学院理学研究科物質理学専攻(化学系) (伊丹健一郎教授)
2013年4月–2018年8月: 講師 名古屋大学教養教育院
2018年8月–現在: 准教授 名古屋大学大学院理学研究科理学専攻
職歴 Professional Experience
2013年4月–現在: 協力教員
名古屋大学大学院理学研究科物質理学専攻(化学系)
2013年7月–現在: 共同研究者 トランスフォーマティブ生命分子研究所(WPI-ITbM), 名古屋大学
2013年10月–2017年10月: 共同研究者 伊丹分子ナノカーボンプロジェクト(JST-ERATO), 名古屋大学
2017年11月–2020年3月: サブグループリーダー
伊丹分子ナノカーボンプロジェクト(JST-ERATO), 名古屋大学
2018年8月–2019年3月: 協力教員
名古屋大学教養教育院
2009: ベストディスカッション賞, (第21回万有札幌シンポジウム)
2010: 大津会議アワードフェロー(Otsu Conference Award Fellow) (No.001)
2012: 第二回育志賞, (日本学術振興会)
2015: 名古屋大学教養教育院 全学教育担当教員顕彰 (名古屋大学)
2015: 昭和電工研究企画賞, (有機合成化学協会)
2016: 第11回わかしゃち奨励賞 最優秀賞、(愛知産業科学技術部、 科学技術交流財団、日比科学技術振興財団)
2017: Synlett Best Paper Award 2016
2017: Verder-Scientific Award (IRMAIL Science Grant)
2018: 第32回若い世代の特別講演会 講演証(日本化学会)
2018: The PCCP prize 2018 (英国王立化学会&日本化学会)
2019: 第68回日本化学会進歩賞、(日本化学会)
2019: 赤崎賞(名古屋大学)
2020: The 2020 Early Career Advisory Board of ACS Catalysis
2023: Banyu Chemist Award (BCA賞), MSD生命科学財団
2023: 第28回ケイ素化学協会 奨励賞
2024: 2024 Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
2025: Organic Chemistry Frontiers Outstanding Paper Award 2014-2023 (RSC & CCS)


愛車: TOYOTA CELICA GT-FOUR
愛カメラ: PENTAX K-1, PENTAX K-3, PENTAX K-5IIs, PENTAX K-x
愛化合物: アルキン、ナノグラフェン
愛触媒: 金触媒
愛員環: 7, 8, 9員環, マクロサイクル
愛ラーメン:白樺山荘(札幌)、油そば(御器所店)、英吉家(塩釜店)、空王士(今池店)、まっち棒(千種店)、ラ王、まるちゃん製麺
嫌いなもの:のびたラーメン、冷めたスープ、日清ラ王に劣っているお店のラーメン、携帯や漫画を見ながらラーメン食べる人、ドアを閉めない客、並んでいるのに居座る客
こだわり:ラーメンを食べる前に水を飲まない
夢:新しい機能をもった新しい分子を新しい触媒でつくること、カメラと写真で化学を盛り上げること
インタビュー(Thieme Chemistry):https://www.thieme.de/statics/dokumente/thieme/final/en/dokumente/tw_chemistry/CFZ-Awardee-Interview-Hideto-Ito.pdf (Thieme Chemistry Journals Award 2024)
研究紹介動画:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAu7KVNViQs&t=3s
有機合成化学、有機金属化学、構造有機化学、メカノケミストリー、ラダーポリマー科学
[16] Birch Reductive Arylation by Mechanochemical Anionic Activation of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds
Yoshifumi Toyama, Akiko Yagi, Kenichiro Itami,* Hideto Ito*
ChemRxiv. Aug 30th, 2024. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-ts4vf
Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 5044.
Press release (JP): https://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/researchinfo/result/2025/06/post-841.html
Press release (EN): https://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/researchinfo/result-en/2025/06/20250618-01.html
[15] Rh-catalyzed mechanochemical transfer hydrogenation for the synthesis of periphery-hydrogenated polycyclic aromatic compounds
Yoshifumi Toyama, Takumu Nakamura, Yushin Horikawa, Yuta Morinaka, Yohei Ono, Akiko Yagi, Kenichiro Itami,* Hideto Ito*
ChemRxiv. Feb. 25th, 2025. DOI: XXXX.
Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 9117–9124. DOI: 10.1039/D5SC01489A. [detail]
Press Release (JP): https://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/researchinfo/result/2025/04/post-811.html
Selected as an Inside Cover Picture: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/sc/d5sc90115d
[14] Functionalization and solubilization of polycyclic aromatic compounds by sulfoniumization
Johannes E. Erchinger,# Tsubasa Okumura,# Kanami Nakata, Daisuke Shimizu, Constanstin G. Daniliuc, Kazuma Amaike,* Frank Glorius, Kenichiro Itami* and Hideto Ito*
Chem. Sci. 2025, 16, 8262–8267. DOI: 10.1039/D5SC01415H. [detail]
# Equally contributions.
Selected as a back inside cover picture: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/sc/d5sc90107c
Press Release (JP): https://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/researchinfo/result/2025/04/post-810.html
[13] 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, 62, e202311770. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202311770. [detail]
Highlighted in Synfacts 2024, 20, 0255. DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1773027
[12] Expanded [2,1][n]Carbohelicenes with 15- and 17-Benzene Rings
Michihisa Toya, Takuya Omine, Fumitaka Ishiwari, Akinori Saeki, Hideto Ito,* Kenichiro Itami*
Submitted to ChemRxiv. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-k9pzj
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 11553–11565. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c00109 [detail]
[11] Lithium-mediated mechanochemical cyclodehyrogenation
Kanna Fujishiro, Yuta Morinaka, Yohei Ono, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Lawrence T. Scott, Hideto Ito,* and Kenichiro Itami*
Submitted to ChemRxiv. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-k4z34
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 8163–8175. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01185 [detail]
Nagoya University Press Release: https://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/researchinfo/result/2023/04/post-482.html
[10] One-step synthesis to polycyclic thianthrenes from unfunctionalized aromatics by thia-APEX reaction
Kou. P. Kawahara, Hideto Ito,* Kenichiro Itami*
Org. Chem. Front., 2023, 10, 1880–1889. Open Access. DOI: 10.1039/D2QO02058K [detail]
Organic Chemistry Frontiers Emerging Investigator Series, 2023.
Selected as a cover art picture in vol. 10, issue 8 in Org. Chem. Front.
[9] Rapid access to polycyclic thiopyrylium compounds from unfunctionalized aromatics by thia-APEX reaction
Kou. P. Kawahara, Hideto Ito,* Kenichiro Itami*
Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 1157–1160. DOI: 10.1039/D2CC06706D. [detail]
[8] π-Extended Rubrenes via Dearomative Annulative π-Extension Reaction
Wataru Matsuoka, Kou P. Kawahara, Hideto Ito,* David Sarlah, Kenichiro Itami*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 658-666. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11338.[detail]
[7] Infinitene: A Helically Twisted Figure-Eight [12]Circulene TopoisomerMaciej Krzeszewski, Hideto Ito,* Kenichiro Itami*
Submitted. ChemRxiv DOI: 10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-pcwcc [link] [detail]
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 862–871. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10807
Highlighted in Chemistry Views [link], C&En News [link]
Selected as “The Molecules of The Year 2021” by C&En News, ACS [link] [detail]
Selected as a Supplementary Cover Picture in vol 144 issue 2.
One of most cited publications from 2021–2022 (Sep. 14th, 2023).[detail]
[6] Diversity-oriented synthesis of nanographenes enabled by dearomative annulative π-extension
Wataru Matsuoka, Hideto Ito,* David Sarlah,* Kenichiro Itami*
Nature Commun., 2021,12, 4940. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24261-y [Detail]
[5] Synthesis of Nitrogen‐Containing Polyaromatics by Aza‐Annulative π‐Extension of Unfunctionalized Aromatics
Kou P. Kawahara, Wataru Matsuoka, Hideto Ito*, Kenichiro Itami*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 6383-6388. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201913394 【detail】
[4] C-H Arylation of Phenanthrene with Trimethylphenylsilane by Pd/o-Chloranil Catalysis: Computational Studies on the Mechanism, Regioselectivity, and Role of o-Chloranil
Mari Shibata, Hideto Ito,* Kenichiro Itami*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 2196–2205. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b11260【detail】
[3] Oxidative Homocoupling Reaction of Aryltrimethylsilanes by Pd/o-chloranil Catalysis
Mari Shibata, Hideto Ito,* Kenichiro Itami*
Chem. Lett.2017, 46, 1701–1704. DOI: 10.1246/cl.170723.【detail】
[3] Rapid Access to Nanographenes and Fused Heteroaromatics by Palladium-Catalyzed Annulative π-Extension Reaction of Unfunctionalized Aromatics with Diiodobiaryls
Wataru Matsuoka, Hideto Ito,* Kenichiro Itami*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 12224–12228. DOI:10.1002/anie.201707486 【detail】
[2]Construction of Covalent Organic Nanotubes by Light-Induced Cross-Linking of Diacetylene-Based Helical Polymers
Kaho Maeda, Liu Hong, Taishi Nishihara, Yusuke Nakanishi, Yuhei Miyauchi, Ryo Kitaura, Naoki Ousaka, Eiji Yashima, Hideto Ito,* and Kenichiro Itami*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 11001–11008. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b05582 【detail】【press release (JP)】[press release(EN)]
[1]. One-shot K-region-selective Annulative π-Extension for Nanographene Synthesis and Functionalization
Kyohei Ozaki, Katsuaki Kawasumi, Mari Shibata, Hideto Ito, and Kenichiro Itami
Nature Commun. 2015, 6, 6251. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7251.【detail】
Highlighted in News Papers (Chunichi Shinbun, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Zaikeishinbun)
Highlighted in Science Portal, Scicasts, Phys Org, AZO NANO, nano werk, Science Daily, Asia Research News, Eurek Alert.
[4] Heteroatom-Embedding Annulative π-Extension (Hetero-APEX) Reactions – An Overview
Hideto Ito,* Kou. P. Kawahara, Kenichiro Itami*
Synthesis, in press. DOI: 10.1055/a-2169-4078 [detail]
[3] Construction of Heptagon‐Containing Molecular Nanocarbons
Chaolumen, Iain A. Stepek, Keigo E. Yamada, Hideto Ito,* Kenichiro Itami*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 23508–23532. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202100260
[2] Polycyclic Arene Synthesis by Annulative π-Extension
Hideto Ito, Yasutomo Segawa, Kei Murakami, Kenichiro Itami*J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 3-10. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b09232 【detail】
[1] Annulative π-Extension (APEX): An Enabling Reaction for Rapid Access to Fused Aromatics, Heteroaromatics, and Nanographenes
Hideto Ito,* Kyohei Ozaki, and Kenichiro Itami*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 11144–11164. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201701058.【detail】
Grant Name (Grant Number), Foundation, Direct Cost
Principle Investigator:
FY2009-2011 Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (JP09J01922), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2,100,000 JPY
FY2012 Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (JP12J30002), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1,300,000JPY
FY2014-2016 Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Young Scientists (B) (JP26810057), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 3,100,000JPY
FY2014-2015 Grant for Japan-Related Research Project, Sumitomo Foundation, 1,300,000JPY
FY2016-2017 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (JP16H00907), Science of Atomic Layer Systems, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 3,200,000 JPY
FY2016 Showa Denko Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, 500,000 JPY
FY2017 Wakashachi Incentive Award Grand Prize, 300,000JPY
FY2018 Daiko Foundation, 4,000,000 JPY
FY2017-2019 Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory) (JP17K19155), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5,000,000JPY
FY2018–2020 Grant- in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (18H02019), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 13,700,000JPY
FY2020-2021 Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory) (JP20K21192), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5,00,000JPY
FY2021 Grant- in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (21HXXXX), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 4,500,000JPY
Co-Investigator
FY2020-2021 Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research (PI: Hirokazu Kawagishi) (JP20H05620), Science of fairy chemicals and their application developement
FY2019-2021 CREST (PI: Hajime Ito), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
2020-現在: 理学研究科 准教授
春学期:月曜2限 有機化学3(化学科3年生)、火曜3限 化学講究I(分担、化学科2年生)
水曜3限 基礎セミナーA(全学1年生) 化学でひもとくニセ科学
有機化学実験(分担、化学科3年生)、Current Organic Chemistry(分担、G30)
秋学期:有機化学特論II(化学科3年生)
通年:有機化学講究I-IV
2019: 理学研究科 准教授
春学期:月曜2限 有機化学3(化学科3年生)、Current Organic Chemistry(分担)
秋学期:金曜2限 物質と化学(分担、理系学部1年生)
2013-2018: 教養教育院化学実験実験担当講師
理系基礎科目化学実験 春学期:水曜3、4限(G30)、木曜4、5限(工学部)、金曜4、5限(工学部)
秋学期:火曜3、4限(理学部)、金曜4、5限(農学部)

