Announcement from The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, JapanMukaiyama Award
Administered by The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, JapanMukaiyama Award was launched in 2005 by The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan (SSOCJ), tocelebrate the 77th birthday of Professor Teruaki Mukaiyama who received the Order of Culture in 1997 from theJapanese government for his outstanding contributions to synthetic organic chemistry and to commemorate his election
in 2004 to the National Academy of Science, U.S.A., as a foreign associate.
The purpose of the award is to recognize and encourage outstanding contributions to synthetic organic chemistry.
The award, which consists of $3,000, a medallion, and a certificate, is bestowed every year upon an individual of 45years old or younger as of April 1 in the year concerned, who has made outstanding contrbutions to synthetic organicchemistry. The awardee, selected by the award committee, shall deliver an award lecture at the Seminar on Synthetic
Organic Chemistry where the award will be presented.

The Winners of the Award for the award year 2024 are Professor Ryan A. Shenvi and Professor Junichiro Yamaguchi.

Professor Ryan A. Shenvi

Professor Junichiro Yamaguchi

Department of Chemistry,Scripps Research, La Jolla, CA, USA

Department of Applied Chemistry,
Waseda University, Japan

Contributions: The Shenvi group is
known for its innovations in complex
synthesis and catalysis, especially thehypothesis that metal hydride hydrogen
atom transfer (MHAT) is morewidespread among base metal catalyzed
reactions than previously appreciated.
Research in Shenvi’s laboratory spansmechanistic study, method development
and total synthesis, as well as biologicalinvestigation via collaboration with othergroups. The Shenvi group has also
introduced a different view of the field of
natural product synthesis, where they areconsidered leaders.

Contributions: Towards create complex
molecules, Yamaguchi focused on thecommonly used functional groups andaromatic rings found in organic
compounds and developed catalytictransformations to break them. The
research directed by Yamaguchi has
created a new trend in synthetic organic
chemistry, including common functionalgroup-cleavage couplings, bond exchange
reactions, and catalytic dearomatization
functionalization using unique molecularcatalysts.

The members of the Mukaiyama Award Committee for the award year 2024 are as follows:
Takeshi Sugai*
Yujiro Hayashi
Motomu Kanai
Seijiro Matsubara
Hidetoshi Tokuyama*Chairman

Call for Nominations for the Award Year 2025
(Deadline: July 1, 2024)
Any individual may nominate one individual
for the award year 2025. The nomination
form can be downloaded from the SSOCJ
web site at https://www.ssocj.jp/en/
The pertinent documents are retained on file forthree award years. The nominations deadline
for the award year 2025 is July 1, 2024.
While submission of the nomination form by
e-mail to support@ssocj.or.jp is preferred,submission by regular mail is also accepted.

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