AsiaChem | Chemistry in Japan | December 2021 Volume 2 Issue 1

CONTENTS 4
Editorial 5
Chemistry in Japan 5
Science Frontiers 6
The Chemical Society of Japan 6
Ribosomal Synthesis of Nonstandard Peptides 12
Supramolecular Polymerization: Personal History and Outlook Towards a Sustainable Future 20
Cooperative Catalysis in Organic Synthesis 26
New Insights into Bond Homolysis Process and Discovery of Novel Bonding System (C–π–C) by Generating Long-lived Singlet Diradicals 32
From Structural to Functional Materials: a Green Way to Produce Functional Biopolymers Based on Polypeptides 42
Nanoporous Chemical Plants: MOFs as Polymer Manufacturers 48
Reactivity Prediction Through Quantum Chemical Calculations 56
Therapeutic In Vivo Synthetic Chemistry by Glycosylated Artificial Metalloenyzmes for Innovative Biomedical Modality 64
Pillar-Shaped Macrocyclic Hosts Pillar[n]arenes: From Simple Receptors to Supramolecular Assemblies 72
Two-Electrode Solar Water Splitting Permitting H2 Separation at a Dark Cathode 80
Interview 88
Ryōji Noyori (Nagoya University 88
Tête-à-tête with Eiichi Nakamura 96
Essay 114
Science Diplomacy: Where Chemistry is Crucial 114

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