Contact

Division of Frontier Materials Science,
Department of Materials Engineering Science,
Graduate School of Engineering Science,
Osaka University
1-3 Machikaneyama Toyonaka
Osaka 560-8531, Japan
Phone: +81-(0)6-6850-6225
Fax: +81-(0)6-6850-6229
E-mail: tobe#chem.es.osaka-u.ac.jp

Education

1979	Ph. D. Department of Petroleum Chemistry, Osaka University (Professor Yoshinobu Odaira)

Professional Positions

1979-1984	Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, Osaka University
1984-1992	Lecturer, School of Engineering, Osaka University
1992-1998	Associate Professor, School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
1998-2017	Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
2003-2007	Member of University Council, Osaka University
2007-2011	Dean, Graduate School & School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
2014-2017	Director, Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry
2015-2017 2017.3 2017.4	Director, Institute for Nanoscience Design Retired from Osaka University and became Emeritus Visiting Research Professor at The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research of Osaka University

Honors and Awards

1986	Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists
1987-1988 2000-2006	Visiting Professor, The University of Chicago. Host Professor: Philip E. Eaton Project Leader of CREST (Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
2012 2013	Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award, Japan The 2013 Award for the Japanese Association for Organic π-Eloctron Systems
2015 2017	The Chemical Society of Japan Award The Nozoe Lectureship Award (The 17th International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds)

Professional Service

2001-present	Member of International Advisory Board, International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds
2007	Chair, 12th International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds Organizer and Co-organizer of Symposia at Pacifichem 2000, 2005, and 2010

Major Research Interest

Physical organic chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry

Selected Publications

1. Nobusue, S.; Miyoshi, H.; Shimizu, A.; Hisaki, I.; Fukuda, K.; Nakano, M.; Tobe, Y. Tetracyclopenta[def,jkl,pqr,vwx]tetraphenylene: A Potential Tetraradicaloid Hydrocarbon. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 2090-2094.

2. Shimizu, A.; Kishi, R.; Nakano, M.; Shiomi, D.; Sato, K.; Takui, T.; Hisaki, I.; Miyata, M.; Tobe, Y. Indeno[2,1,-b]fluorene: A 20π Electron Hydrocarbon with Very Low Energy Light Absorption. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 6076-6079.

3. Tahara, K.; Yamaga, H.; Ghijsens, E.; Inukai, K.; Adisoejoso, J.; Blunt, M. O.; De Feyter, S.; Tobe, Y. Control and Induction of Surface Confined Homochiral Porous Molecular Networks. Nature Chem. 2011, 3, 714-719.

4. Tahara, K.; Furukawa, S.; Uji-i, H.; Uchino, T.; Ichikawa, T.; Zhang, J.; Mamdouh, W.; Sonoda, M.; De Schryver, F. C.; De Feyter, S.; Tobe, Y. Two-Dimensional Porous Molecular Networks of Dehydrobenzo[12]annulene Derivatives via Alkyl Chain Interdigitation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 16613-16625.

5. Tobe, Y.; Ohki, I.; Sonoda, M.; Sato, S.; Niino, H.; Wakabayashi, T. Generation and Characterization of Highly Strained Tetrakisdehydrodibenzo[12]annulene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003, 125, 5614-5615.

6. Tobe, Y.; Utsumi, N.; Kawabata, K.; Nagano, A.; Adachi, K.; Araki, S.; Sonoda, M.; Hirose, K.; Naemura, K. meta-Diethynylbenzene Macrocycles: Syntheses and Self-Association Behavior in Solution. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2002, 124, 5350-5364.

7. Tobe, Y.; Nakagawa, N.; Naemura, K.; Wakabayashi, T.; Shida, T.; Achiba, Y. [16.16.16](1,3,5)- Cyclophanetetracosayne (C₆₀H₆): A Precursor to C₆₀ Fullerene. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1998, 120, 4544-4545.

8. Jenneskens, L. W.; de Kanter, F. J. J.; Kraakman, P. A.; Turkenburg, L. A. M.; Koolhaas, W. E.; de Wolf, W. H.; Bickelhaupt, F.; Tobe, Y.; Kakiuchi, K.; Odaira, Y. [5]Paracyclophane. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1985, 107, 3716-3717.