AsiaChem 2/1 December 2021

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Chemistry in Japan
Page 4
Ehud Keinan

Chemical Society of Japan: Striving for Chemical Sciences and Technology
for a Sustainable Human Society
Page 6-11
Ehud Keinan

Peptide Cyclization Methodologies Amenable to in Vitro Display
Page 12-19
Hiroaki Suga and Ata Abbas

Supramolecular Polymerization: Personal History and Outlook Towards a Sustainable Future
Page 20-25
Takuzo Aida and Kiyoshi Morishita

Cooperative Catalysis for Organic Synthesis
Page 26-31
Yoshiaki Nakao

New Insights into Bond Homolysis Process and Discovery of Novel Bonding System (C–π–C)
Page 32-41
Manabu Abe, Zhe Wang, and Rikuo Akisaka

From structural to functional materials: a green way to produce functional biopolymers based on polypeptides
Page 42-47
Keiji Numata and Kousuke Tsuchiya

Nanoporous Chemical Plants: MOFs as Polymer Manufacturers
Page 48-55
Takashi Uemura and Keat Beamsley

Reactivity prediction through quantum chemical calculations
Page 56-63
Satoshi Maeda, Yu Harabuchi, Taisuke Hasegawa, Kimichi Suzuki, and Tsuyoshi Mita

Therapeutic in vivo synthetic chemistry by glycosylated artificial metalloenyzmes for innovative biomedical modality
Page 64-71
Katsunori Tanaka and Tsung-Che Chang

Pillar-Shaped Macrocyclic Hosts Pillar[n]arenes: From Simple Receptors to Supramolecular Assemblies
Page 72-79
Tomoki Ogoshi

Two-Electrode Solar Water Splitting Permitting H2 Separation at a Dark Cathode
Page 80-87
Ken Sakai and Hironobu Ozawa

“Think Globally, Act Locally” An interview with Prof. Ryōji Noyori
Page 88-95
Ehud Keinan

“A Scientist and A Musician:” Tête-à-tête with Eiichi Nakamura
Page 96-103
Ehud Keinan

A History of Chemistry in Japan, 1820-1955
Page 104-113
Yoshiyuki Kikuchi and Yona Siderer

Science Diplomacy: where chemistry is crucial
Page 114-118
John M Webb, Thomas H Spurling, and Gregory W Simpson