10 Years Ago And Now: Atsuhiro Osuka

Chemistry – An Asian Journal speaks with authors about 10 years ago and now.

The journal celebrates its 10th volume in 2015. The year’s first issue features papers from the journal’s most frequent authors.
The journal Editors have asked these featured authors to provide a glimpse of themselves and how their world has changed over the past decade.

Interview with Atsuhiro Osuka

The biggest challenge I was facing 10 years ago was … control of the organization and properties of supramolecular organic soft materials
And today … carbon dioxide fixation

My favorite drink 10 years ago was … beer.
And today … beer.

If I had won the lottery 10 years ago … I would remain an organic chemist until I retire.

The most significant scientific advance of the past 10 years has been … the invention of induced pluripotent stem cells.

My favorite piece of research from the past 10 years is … finding the facile formation of Möbius aromatic molecules from expanded porphyrins.

Atsuhiro Osuka
Date of birth	October 16, 1954
Position	Professor, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan
Homepage	http://kuchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp/shuyu/
Education	Ph.D. Kyoto University (Professor K. Maruyama)

Featured Article

Ni^II Metalations of [40]- and [42]Nonaphyrins(1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1): The Largest Doubly Twisted Hückel Antiaromatic Molecule,
Takanori Soya, Koji Naoda, Atsuhiro Osuka,
Chem. Asian J. 2014.
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201402933
Stepwise insertion of Ni^II and Rh^I metal ions into an uncompromising nonaphyrin framework, followed by oxidation with p-chloranil, gave rise to a [40]nonaphyrin Ni^II―Rh^I hybrid complex, which has been confirmed as the largest Hückel antiaromatic molecule reported to date.