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Welcome to the Jin group at ICReDD, Hokkaido University!
Our group is interested in the design and exploration of molecular dynamics in the solid state that bear specific functions. The key strategy to achieving this goal is a utilization of cutting-edge crystalline engineering technology and knowledge in modern organic synthesis and computational chemistry. Furthermore, concepts and practices of data science are implemented to guide our efforts in the design of molecular motion in crystals and in understanding solid state functions. Current research topics in our group include organic and organometallic molecules with crystal engineering and photo-physical properties in solid state.
News
2022. 09 We attended “JSCC 72nd Annual Symposium” in Kyoshu, Japan.
【Award】Rempei Ando got the best presentation award.
Congratulations and well deserved!!
http://www.sakutai.jp/awardees/award-14
2022.09 We attended “The 32nd Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry” in Kyoto, Japan.
2022.09 Dr. Alexander Mikherdov joined our group as a postdoctoral researcher.
Welcome aboard, Alex!
2022.02 Our group is established in Sapporo!
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Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD), Hokkaido University
Kita 21 Nishi 10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 001-0021, Japan
Members
Postdoctoral Researchers
・ Dr. Alexander Mikherdov
Graduate Students
・ Rempei Ando, Joint student from Ito group
・ Pingyu Jiang, Joint student from Ito group
・ Ryunosuke Kitsu, Joint student from Ito group
・ Natsumi Hammyo, Joint student from Ito group
・ Hikaru Yamamoto, Joint student from Ito group
Undergraduate Students
・ Takahiro Ito, Joint student from Ito group
・ Yusukei Fujisawa, Joint student from Ito group
About Mingoo Jin
Mingoo was born in Suwon, South Korea in 1989. For undergraduate, he moved to the Japan and obtained his B.S. degree from Hokkaido University in 2014, where he conducted his undergraduate research with Prof. Toyoji Kakuchi on the synthesis of functional organic polymers, and he was a Korea-Japan Joint Government Scholarship Fellow during his B.S. degree program. He then joined the laboratory of Prof. Hajime Ito at Hokkaido University for his PhD study, where in his thesis work he developed an external stimuli-responsive emission of molecular crystals via Au(I) complexes. Upon completion of his PhD in 2018, he moved to University of California Los Angeles to work with Prof. Miguel A. Garica-Garibay as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, where he developed a series of luminescent amphidynamic crystals based on dumbbell shaped Au(I) complex rotors as well as a novel molecular gears. Afterwards, he joined the Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD) as a specially appointed assistant professor in Prof. Hajime Ito’s group from 2019. In 2022, Mingoo began his independent career at WPI-ICReDD in Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.
CV (updated June 2022)
Email: mingoo AT icredd.hokudai.ac.jp
Publications
Publications at WPIーICReDD
[6] Distinct Fold-Mode Formation of Crystalline Cu(I) Helical Coordination Polymers with Alternation of the Solid-State Emission Using Shape of the Counter Anions.
Jin, M.*; Ando, R.; Ito, H.* Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 3–9.
[5] Encapsulating N-Heterocyclic Carbene Binuclear Transition-Metal Complexes as a New Platform for Molecular Rotation in Crystalline Solid-State.
Jin, M.*; Ando, R.; Jellen, M. J.; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.; Ito, H.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 1144–1153.
[4] Introduction of a Luminophore into Generic Polymers via MechanoradicalCoupling with a Prefluorescent Reagent.
Kubota, K.*; Toyoshima, N.; Miura, D.; Jiang, J.; Maeda, S.; Jin, M.*; Ito, H.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 16003–16008.
[3] Charge-Transfer Crystal with Segregated Packing Structure Constructed with Hexaarylbenzene and Tetracyanoquinodimethane.
Ando, R.; Jin, M.*; Ito, H.* CrystEngComm. 2021, 23, 5564–5568.
[2] Single Crystal Growth of π-Conjugated Large Molecules without Solubilizing Alkyl Chains via Naphthalene Flux Method.
Yanase, T.*; Tanoguchi, H.; Sakai, N.; Jin, M.; Yamane, I.; Kato, M.; Ito, H.; Nagahama, T.; Shimada, T. Cryst. Growth. Des. 2021, 21, 4683–4689.
-Reviews & Perspectives-
[1] Solid-state luminescence of Au(I) complexes with external stimuli-responsive properties.
Jin, M.*; Ito, H.* Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews 2022, 51, 100478.
Previous publications (before WPI-ICReDD)
[10] Enhanced Gearing Fidelity Achieved Through Macrocyclization of a Solvated Molecular Spur Gear.
Jellen, M.#; Liepuoniute, I.#; Jin, M.; Jones, C.; Yang, S.; Jiang, X.; Nelson, H.*; Houk, K.*; Garcia-Garibay, M.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 7740–7747. (#: equally contributed authors)
[9] Anisotropic Thermal Expansion as the Source of Macroscopic and Molecular Scale Motion in Phosphorescent Amphidynamic Crystals.
Jin, M.; Yamamoto, S.; Seki, T.; Ito, H.*; Garcia-Garibay, M.A.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 18003–18010.
[8] Mechanical-Stimulation-Triggered and Solvent-Vapor-Induced Reverse Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Phase Transitions with Alterations of the Luminescence Color.
Jin, M.; Sumitani, T.; Sato, H.; Seki, T.*; Ito, H.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 2875–2879.
[7] Phosphorescence Control Mediated by Molecular Rotation and AurophilicInteractions in Amphidynamic Crystals of 1,4-Bis[tri-(p-fluorophenyl)phosphane-gold(I)-ethynyl]benzene.
Jin, M.; Chung, T. J.; Seki, T.; Ito, H.*; Garcia-Garibay, M. A.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 18115–18121.
[6] Mechano-Responsive Luminescence via Crystal-to-Crystal Phase Transitions between Chiral and Non-Chiral Space Groups.
Jin, M.; Seki, T.*; Ito, H.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 7452–7455.
[5] Luminescent mechanochromism of a chiral complex: Distinct crystal structure and color changes of racemic and homochiral gold(I) isocyanide complexes with a binaphthyl moiety.
Jin, M.; Seki, T.*; Ito, H.* Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 8083–8086.
[4] Copper(I)-Catalyzed Enantioselective Nucleophilic Borylation of Ketones: Synthesis of Enantioenriched Chiral Tertiary alpha-Hydroxyboronates.
Kubota, K.; Osaki, S.; Jin, M.; Ito, H.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 6646–6650.
[3] Introduction of a Biphenyl Moiety for a Solvent Responsive Aryl Gold(I) Isocyanide Complex with Mechanical Reactivation.
Seki, T.*; Jin, M.; Ito, H.* Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 12309–12320.
[2] Computational Insight into the Enantioselective Nucleophilic Borylation of a Polarized C=O Double Bond Catalyzed by Di-phosphine-Borylcopper(I) Complexes.
Kubota, K.; Jin, M.; Ito, H.* Organometallics 2016, 35, 1376–1383.
[1] Synthesis of water-soluble polyisocyanates with the oligo(ethylene glycol) side-chain as new thermoresponsive polymers.
Sakai, N.; Jin, M.; Sato, S.; Satoh, T.; Kakuchi, T.* Polym. Chem. 2014, 5, 1057–1062.
Opportunity
We welcome enthusiastic researchers & students to join our team! Please contact Mingoo for more details.
For the PhD course, there are opportunities to get fellowships.
For researchers outside of Japan, please refer to JSPS postdoctoral fellowship.