chemistry

Isamu Shiina

Isamu Shiina is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Isamu Shiina rather than just read about it. In short: Isamu Shiina (椎名勇, Shiina Isamu) is professor of chemistry at Tokyo University of Science (TUS), Japan. He completed his BSc and MSc at TUS, and he joined the group of Prof.

Key takeaways

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Reproduce the core statement of Isamu Shiina from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Isamu Shiina (椎名勇, Shiina Isamu) is professor of chemistry at Tokyo University of Science (TUS), Japan. He completed his BSc and MSc at TUS, and he joined the group of Prof. Teruaki Mukaiyama at TUS as an assistant professor in 1992. After receiving his PhD from the University of Tokyo (UT) in 1997, he was promoted to lecturer at the TUS, and then appointed to an associate professor (2003) and a full professor (2008). He has received the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award for Young Chemists (1997), the CSJ Award for Creative Work (2013), and the Commendation for Science and Technology Prizes by the Ministries of Japan (2015). His research interests include the development of useful synthetic methods and the total synthesis of natural products. In particular, the dehydration condensation reaction using MNBA (Shiina esterification and Shiina macrolactonization) is suitable for synthesis of unstable molecules and is now being widely used around the world in fields such as pharmaceutical production.

Major awards 1997: The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists (Chemical Society of Japan) 2013: The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work (Chemical Society of Japan) 2014: The Inoue Prize for Science (Inoue Foundation for Science) 2014: The Ichimura Prize for Science (The New Technology Development Foundation) 2015: The Prize for Science and Technology [Development Category] (The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan) 2024: The Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award, Japan (The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan)

See also 2-Methyl-6-nitrobenzoic anhydride Shiina macrolactonization Shiina esterification

References

External links HP Shiina Lab Jpn Development of the first way to make large amounts of promising anti-cancer substance

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Isamu Shiina

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Isamu Shiina claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Isamu Shiina before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Isamu Shiina ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Isamu Shiina

In research: Isamu Shiina appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Isamu Shiina in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Isamu Shiina is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Japanese chemists, Living people, Scientists from Tokyo Metropolis, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Isamu Shiina outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Isamu Shiina in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is Isamu Shiina in simple terms?

Isamu Shiina (椎名勇, Shiina Isamu) is professor of chemistry at Tokyo University of Science (TUS), Japan. He completed his BSc and MSc at TUS, and he joined the group of Prof.

Why does Isamu Shiina matter?

Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Isamu Shiina?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Isamu Shiina.