4 | December 2021 www.facs.website 20 42 104 80 114 AsiaChem is produced biannually on behalf of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies by: Publisher: Israel Chemical Society Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Ehud Keinan Marketing: Ms. Tali Lidor Layout & Design: Little Wing Designs, UK Printing: Gestelit Digital Ltd., Haifa, Israel Communications Director: Prof. Ehud Keinan Editorial Chemistry in Japan ���������������������������������������5 Ehud Keinan https://doi.org/10.51167/acm00016 Essay Science Diplomacy: Where Chemistry is Crucial . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 John M Webb, Thomas H Spurling, and Gregory W Simpson https://doi.org/10.51167/acm00031 Science Frontiers C O N T E N T S AsiaChem December 2021 Volume 2, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.51167/acm10002 The Chemical Society of Japan . . . . . 6 Mitsuo Sawamoto (The Chemical Society of Japan) https://doi.org/10.51167/acm00017 Ribosomal Synthesis of Nonstandard Peptides . . . . . . . . 12 Hiroaki Suga and Ata Abbas (University of Tokyo) https://doi.org/10.51167/acm00018 Supramolecular Polymerization: Personal History and Outlook Towards a Sustainable Future . . . . . . . . . 20 Takuzo Aida and Kiyoshi Morishita (University of Tokyo) https://doi.org/10.51167/acm00019 Cooperative Catalysis in Organic Synthesis . . . . . . . . . . 26 Yoshiaki Nakao (Kyoto University) https://doi.org/10.51167/acm00020 New Insights into Bond Homolysis Process and Discovery of Novel Bonding System (C–π–C) by Generating Long-lived Singlet Diradicals . . . . . . . . . . 32 Manabu Abe, Zhe Wang, and Rikuo Akisaka (Hiroshima University) https://doi.org/10.51167/acm00021 From Structural to Functional Materials: a Green Way to Produce Functional Biopolymers Based on Polypeptides . . 42 Kousuke Tsuchiya and Keiji Numata (Kyoto University) https://doi.org/10.51167/acm00022 Nanoporous Chemical Plants: MOFs as Polymer Manufacturers . . . . 48 Takashi Uemura and Keat Beamsley (University of Tokyo) https://doi.org/10.51167/acm00023 Reactivity Prediction Through Quantum Chemical Calculations . . . . 56 Satoshi Maeda, et al. (Hokkaido University) https://doi.org/10.51167/acm00024 Therapeutic In Vivo Synthetic Chemistry by Glycosylated Artificial Metalloenyzmes for Innovative Biomedical Modality . . . . . 64 Katsunori Tanaka and Tsung-Che Chang (Tokyo Institute of Technology) https://doi.org/10.51167/acm00025 Pillar-Shaped Macrocyclic Hosts Pillar[n]arenes: From Simple Receptors to Supramolecular Assemblies . . . . . . 72 Tomoki Ogoshi (Kyoto University) https://doi.org/10.51167/acm00026 Two-Electrode Solar Water Splitting Permitting H2 Separation at a Dark Cathode ���������������������������������������������80 Hironobu Ozawa and Ken Sakai (Kyushu University) https://doi.org/10.51167/acm00027 Interview Ryōji Noyori (Nagoya University) ������������������������������������������������������� 88 Ehud Keinan (Israel) https://doi.org/10.51167/acm00028 Tête-à-tête with Eiichi Nakamura ������������������������������������������������������ 96 Ehud Keinan (Israel) https://doi.org/10.51167/acm00029 History A History of Chemistry in Japan, 1820-1955 . . . . . . . . . 104 Yoshiyuki Kikuchi and Yona Siderer https://doi.org/10.51167/acm00030 On the Cover This issue focuses on Chemistry in Japan through scientific articles, essays, interviews, a historical account, and the story of the Chemical Society of Japan, all highlighting both past and current scientific accomplishments of Japan’s chemistry community. 6 48 26
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