Curriculum Vitae
Kenta Rakumitsu Ph.D.
Assistant Prosessor
Department of Materials and Life Science,
Faculty of Science and Technology, Seikei University

Phone: 0422-37-3705 E-mail: k_rakumitsu@st.seikei.ac.jp
Date of Birth: Sep 19, 1993
Education
Apr. 2012-Mar. 2016

B.Sc. in Organic Chemistry, Kumamoto University (Prof. Hayato Ishikawa)

Apr. 2016-Mar. 2018

M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry, Kumamoto University (Prof. Hayato Ishikawa)

Apr. 2018-Mar. 2021

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Kumamoto University (Prof. Hayato Ishikawa)
Thesis title: Bioinspired Collective Total Syntheses of Secologanin andGlycosylated Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloids

Academic Career
Arp. 2021-Mar. 2024

Assistant Professor, Department of Materials and Life Science,
Faculty of Science and Technology, Seikei University
working with Professor Akihiro Yokoyama

Arp. 2024-present

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Chiba University
working with Professor Hayato Ishikawa

Publications(11) Theoretical and Experimental Studies on the Effect of the 1,2-Diketone Group on Geometry
Distortion for Phenacene-type Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds
Nobutsugu Hamamoto,* Kenta Rakumitsu, Sotaro Kusumoto, Akihiro Yokoyama, Makoto
InokuchiBulletin Chemical Society Japan, 2024, in press(10) One-step synthesis of [15]paracyclophane and [16]paracyclophane via Pd-catalyzed C(sp2)–C(sp3)coupling and the cyclohexane-encapsulating crystal structure of [16]paracyclophane
Kenta Rakumitsu,* Daichi Takahashi, Sotaro Kusumoto, Akihiro Yokoyama*
Chemistry Letters 2024, 53, 184. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/chemle/upae184(9)Photosalient Effect and Photodimerization of Mono- and Dicationic Organic Salts Incorporated
in 4-Styrylpyridine
Sotaro Kusumoto,* Kaede Wakabayashi, Kenta Rakumitsu, Yang Kim, Yoshihiro Koide*CrystEngComm 2024, 26, 3791-3794. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CE00538D

(8)Photo- and Stress-induced Bending of (E)-1,2-Bis(pyridinium-4-yl)ethene Dinitrate Crystals
Sotaro Kusumoto,* Kaede Wakabayashi, Kenta Rakumitsu, Jack Harrowdield, Yang Kim, Yoshihiro
Koide*
Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 30, e202401564. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202401564(7)

Photodimerization and photosalient effects of 4-styrypyridine cocrystals using aromatic
polycarboxylic acids as hydrogen bonding templates
Akihiro Yokoyama,* Ayaka Chino, Kenta Rakumitsu
Chem. Pharm. Bull., 2024, 7, 294-297. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1248/cpb.c24-00023(6)Photodimerization and photosalient effects of 4-styrypyridine cocrystals using aromatic
polycarboxylic acids as hydrogen bonding templates
Sotaro Kusumoto,* Kei Sato, Kenta Rakumitsu, Yang Kim, Yoshihiro Koide*
Crystal Growth & Ddesin, 2023, 23, 8972-8977. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.3c01014

(5)Photosalient ionic cocrystal composed of trimesic acid and 4-styrylpyridine
Sotaro Kusumoto,* Kei Sato, Kouki Muraie, Shunya Masuda, Kenta Rakumitsu, Yang Kim,
Yoshihiro Koide*
CrystEngComm, 2023, 25, 909-912. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CE01592G(4)

Synthesis, crystal structure, and properties of methyl-substituted coronene amide analogue
Kenta Rakumitsu, Miho Fujii, Sotaro Kusumoto, Shoko Kikkawa, Isao Azumaya, Akihiro
Yokoyama*
RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 26411-26417. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RA04035B(3)

Secorubenine, a Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloid Glycoside from Adina rubescens: Isolation,Structure Elucidation, and Enantioselective Total Synthesis
Nanako Nakashima, Jukiya Sakamoto, Kenta Rakumitsu, Mariko Kitajima, L. D. Juliawaty, Hayato
Ishikawa*

Chem. Pharm. Bull. 2022, 70, 187-191. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1248/cpb.c21-00931(2)

Total Syntheses of (-)-Strictosidine and Relate Indole Alkaloid Glycosides
Jukiya Sakamoto, Yuhei Umeda, Kenta Rakumitsu, Michinori Sumimoto, Hayato Ishikawa*Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 13414-13422. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202005748(1)

Total Syntheses of (-)-Secologanin, (-)-5-Carboxystrictosidine and (-)-Rubenine
Kenta Rakumitsu, Jukiya Sakamoto, Hayato Ishikawa*Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 8996-9000. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201902073

Honor, Award and Fellowships(3)

Promotion of Science Research Fellowship (DC2) for Arp. 2020- Mar. 2021

(2)

Outstanding Poster Presentation Award, 9th. The Chemical Society of Japan Festa in 2019(1)

Best Poster Presentation Award, 29th Banyu-Fukuoka Symposium in 2019Japan Society for theGrant(1) KAKENHI, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (2023-2025)「スマネンの新規合成法の開発およびアザスマネン類の合成」