The research results from the Atobe and Shida Laboratory at Yokohama National University, which serve as our technological foundation, were published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a journal of the American Chemical Society, and were jointly announced by Yokohama National University and JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency).
This demonstrates that an electrolytic reactor using a rhodium catalyst can achieve the reduction of pyridines—which conventionally required high temperatures and pressures—at room temperature and ambient pressure with high efficiency, thereby synthesizing cyclic amines (piperidines) that serve as pharmaceutical raw materials.
This research was conducted with the support of JST CREST and PRESTO, and our company will connect these results to the manufacturing of high-value-added chemicals, including active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates.
Develop sustainable synthesis methods for pharmaceutical-related substances
Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation of Pyridines and Other Nitrogen-Containing Aromatic Compounds