2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Construction of molecular systems for photosynthetic chemical conversion by artificial quinone pools
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19550173
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Chemistry related to living body
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| Research Institution | Institute for Molecular Science |
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Principal Investigator |
NAGATA Toshi Institute for Molecular Science, 分子スケールナノサイエンスセンター, 准教授 (40231485)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NAGASAWA Takayuki 分子科学研究所, 分子スケールナノサイエンスセンター, 助教 (70370129)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 生物有機化学 / 人工光合成 |
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| Research Abstract |
We synthesized new molecules that mimic the functions of biological quinone pools, which are essential components in photosynthesis. We also studied electron transfer reactions and photochemical reactions that are related to the quinone pools. The specific achievements are as follows : (1) we established new synthetic methods for building artificial quinone pools that have oligo (benzamide) frameworks, (2) we synthesized new artificial quinone pools that have internal potential gradients and linear arrangements of quinones, and (3) we found new photochemistry in which quinones can be converted to hydroquinones with alcohols as the electron donor.
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