Toru AMAYA

Division

Mathematical and Material Science, Professor

Education and Work Career

Education
Mar. 1998 Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Mar. 2003 Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Doctor of Engineering)

Career
Apr. 2003-Aug. 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, The Scripps Research Institute, USA (Prof. Julius Rebek, Jr.)
Sep. 2004-Mar. 2018 Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Apr. 2018-May 2019 Lecturer, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Jun. 2019-Mar. 2021 Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Apr. 2021-present Full Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya City University

Invited Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Visiting Professor, Toyohashi University of Technology

Academic Degree

Ph.D. in Engineering

Research Field	Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry
Current Research Topics	The world of molecules is full of beautiful and attractive structures, as represented by soccer ball-shaped fullerenes and double-helical DNA. On the other hand, there are many cases in which such beautiful molecules exhibit unexpected and surprising functions, and I believe the phrase "function in beauty” in the field of chemistry. Our goal is to design and synthesize such "attractive" molecules by ourselves. Our current research focuses on pi-conjugated molecules which exhibit functions based on their molecular structure and electronic properties. We are working on the creation of pi-conjugated molecules with unexplored structural motifs in order to elicit their unique functions.
Selected Publications	1. Chiral Cyclic [n]Spirobifluorenylenes: Carbon Nanorings Consisting of Helically Arranged Quaterphenyl Rods Illustrating Partial Units of Woven Patterns Kaige Zhu, Kosuke Kamochi, Takuya Kodama, Mamoru Tobisu, and Toru Amaya* Chem. Sci., 11 (35) 9604?9610 (2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D0SC02452J 2. Linear [3]Spirobifluorenylene: An S-Shaped Molecular Geometry of p-Oligophenyls Jumpei Oniki, Toshiyuki Moriuchi, Kosuke Kamochi, Mamoru Tobisu, and Toru Amaya* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 141 (45), 18238-18245 (2019). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b09179 3. Construction of a Hemifullerene Skeleton: A Regioselective Intramolecular Oxidative Cyclization Toru Amaya,* Takanori Ito, and Toshikazu Hirao* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 54(18), 5483-5487 (2015). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/anie.201500548 4. Selective Intermolecular Oxidative Cross-Coupling of Enolates Toru Amaya,* Yusuke Maegawa, Takaya Masuda, Yuma Osafune, and Toshikazu Hirao* J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137(32), 10072-10075 (2015). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.5b05058 5. Chemistry of Sumanene Toru Amaya and Toshikazu Hirao* Chem. Rec., 15(1), 310-321 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1002/tcr.201402078 6. Development of Self-Doped Conducting Polyaniline Bearing Phosphonic Acid Moiety Toru Amaya* and Toshikazu Hirao* Kobunshi Ronbunshu, 74(6), 473-481 (2017). https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/koron/74/6/74_2017-0046/_article/-char/ja/