University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

EDUCATION
March 2004, Hokkaido University, Japan
Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Advisor: Professor Tamotsu Takahashi

March 1995, Osaka University, Japan
M.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Advisor: Professor Hidenobu Ohmori

March 1993, Osaka University, Japan
B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Advisor: Professor Yasuyuki Kita


EXPERIENCE
2015 – present Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
2008 – 2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso
2005 – 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
・ Advisor: Professor David A. Evans
2004 – 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan
・Advisors: Professor Atsuhiro Osuka and Associate Professor Hiroshi Shinokubo
2002 Visiting Ph.D. Student, Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany
・Advisor: Professor Paul Knochel
2001 – 2004 Graduate Research Assistant, Catalytic Research Center, Hokkaido University and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Japan
2001 – 2003 Teaching Assistant, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University
1995 – 2001 Research Scientist, Material Science Laboratory, Toray Research Center Inc. Shiga, Japan
1993- 1995 Pharmacist

CERTIFICATIONS
・License of Pharmacist (Valid in Japan, May 1993~)

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
・ The Best Mentor Award, The UTEP COURI Symposium Spring 2014
・ UT STARs (Science and Technology Acquisition and Recruitment) Faculty, 2008
・ Naito Foundation Scholarship for overseas study, 2005
・ Award for the Best Discussion, the 15th Sapporo Symposium, Sapporo, Japan 2003
・ The Japan Scholarship Society Graduate Student Scholarship, 1993-1995, 2001-2004

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
・ The Chemical Society of Japan
・ The Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
・ The American Chemical Society
・ Sigma Xi


PUBLICATIONS
Independent Work

1. "Niclosamide induces protein ubiquitination and inhibits multiple pro-survival signaling pathways in the human glioblastoma U-87 MG cell line”Benxu Cheng, Liza D. Morales, Yonghong Zhang, Shizue Mito, Andrew Tsin;PLoS ONE 12(9): e0184324.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184324
2. "Ultrasound assisted one-pot synthesis of benzo-fused indole-4,9-dinones from 1,4-naphthoquinone and <alpha>-aminoacetals”Quang H. Luu , Jorge D. Guerra, Cecilio M. Castañeda, Manuel A. Martinez, Jong Saunders, Benjamin A. Garcia, Brenda V. Gonzales, Anushritha R. Aidunuthula, and Shizue Mito;Tetrahedron Lett. 2016, 57, 2253-2256, DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.04.031
3. “Preparation of indolequinones and their applications in organic synthesis" Quang H. Luu, and Shizue Mito;Tetrahedron, (Report) 2015, 71, 895-916. DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2014.11.008
4. "The Cytotoxic Effect of 2-Acylated-1,4-Naphthohydroquinones on Leukemia/Lymphoma Cells." Diego A. Pedroza, Fernando De Leon, Armando Varela-Ramirez, Carolina Lema, Renato J. Aguilera and Shizue Mito; Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2014, 22, 842.
5. "Synthesis of 6-Acyl-5,8-quinolinediols by Photo-Friedel-Crafts Acylation Using Sunlight." Fernando De Leon, Sudhakar Kalagara, Ashley A. Navarro and Shizue Mito; Tetrahedron Lett. 2013, 54, 3147.

Undergraduate, Graduate and Postdoctoral Works

1. “Scope and Mechanism of Enantioselective Michael Additions of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds to Nitroalkenes Catalyzed by Nickel(II) Chiral Diamine Complexes.” David A. Evans, Shizue Mito and Daniel Seidel; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 11583.
2. “Reactions of Zirconocene–Alkyne Complexes with Mo(CO)6.” Shizue Mito, Lishan Zhou, Chanjuan Xi and Tamotsu Takahashi; Chem. Lett. 2006, 35, 122.
3. “Double Carbonylation of Zirconocene–Alkyne Complexes.” Shizue Mito and Tamotsu Takahashi; Chem. Commun. 2005, 2495.
4. “CO Insertion Reaction of Zirconacyclopentadienes.” Zhenfeng Xi, Hong-Tao Fan, Shizue Mito and Tamotsu Takahashi; J. Organomet. Chem. 2003, 682, 108.
5. “One-pot Synthetic Routes to Maltiply Substituted Indene Derivatives by Hydrolysis of Zirconocene-Mediated Intermorecular Coupling Reactions of Aromatic Ketones and Alkynes.” Zhenfeng Xi, Ruiyun Guo, Shizue Mito, Hongliang Yan , Ken-ichiro Kanno, Kiyohiko Nakajima and Tamotsu Takahashi, J. Org. Chem. 2003, 68, 1252.
6. “Radical Cycloaddition by Ni(II) Complex-Catalyzed Electroreduction. A Method for Preparation of Pyrrolopyridine and Pyrrolopyrrole Derivatives.” Shigeko Ozaki, Shizue Mitoh and Hidenobu Ohmori; Chem. Pharm. Bull. 1996, 44, 2020.
7. “Indirect Electroreductive Sequential Radical Reaction Catalyzed by a Ni(II) Complex. One-Step Preparation of Functionalized (Methylene)-cyclopentanes.” Shigeko Ozaki, Shizue Mitoh, Hidenobu Ohmori; Chem. Pharm. Bull. 1995, 43, 1435.
8. “Hypervalent Iodine-Introduced Nucleophilic Substitution of para-Substituted Phenol Ethers. Generation of Cation Radicals as Reactive Intermediates.” Yasuyuki Kita, Hirofumi Tohma, Kenji Hatanaka, Takeshi Takada, Shigekazu Fujita, Shizue Mitoh, Hiromu Sakurai and Shigenori Oka; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1994, 116, 3684.
9. “A Novel and Direct Alkyl Azidation of p-Alkylanisoles Using Phenyl Iodine(III) Bis (Trifluoroacetate) (PIFA) and Trimethylsiliyl Azide.” Yasuyuki Kita, Hirofumi Tohma, Takeshi Takada, Shizue Mitoh, Shigekazu Fujita and Michiyo Gyoten; Synlett 1994, 427.

REVIEWED CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
1) “Microanalysis of Pharmaceutical Products by FT-IR Microspectroscopy.” Shizue Mito, Ritsu Kamoto, Naoto Nagai and Hideyuki Ishida; The 12th International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (ICFTS-12), 1999, Tokyo, Abstracts p. 287-288.
2) “ The Influences on Liquid Crystal Display by Irradiation with a Nd-YAG Laser.” Ritsu Kamoto, Shizue Mito, Naoto Nagai and Yoshikatsu Nagasawa; Abstract of Japanese Liquid Crystal Society Annual Meeting, No. 2000, p. 445.

RELATED ESSAY
Shizue Mito “Evans Group: Paradise for Young Chemists!” Organometallic News, Japan, 2006, 134-135
Shizue Mito “人生万事塞翁が馬” Chemistry & Chemical Industry (Kagaku to Kogyo), Japan, 2010, 63, 351

INVITED LECTURES
May 2013, Department of Health Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso: Departmental seminar
April 2013, Department of Chemistry, Texas Christian University, TX: Departmental seminar
April 2013, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, TX: Departmental seminar
January 2012, Department of Chemistry, Tohoku University, Japan: Global COE seminar
January 2011, Department of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan: Global COE seminar
January 2011, Department of Engineering, TokyoUniversity of Science, Japan: Departmental Seminar
January 2011, Department of Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan: Global COE seminar
January 2011, Department of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan: Global COE (center of excellence) seminar
April 2009, New Mexico State University, Chemistry departmental seminar.

PRESENTATIONS
Independent

1. “One-pot synthesis of α-amino acid using CO2 via zirconaadiridine” Shizue Mito, Susumu Oda, Yoon Ju Kim, Zachary Martinez; The 248th ACS National Meeting; San Francisco, CA, USA, August 2014.
2. "Synthesis of hetrocycles by sunlight." Shizue Mito; ACS Southwest Regional Meeting. Waco, TX. November 2013
3. “Transition metal mediated one-pot synthesis of amino acids from carbon dioxide” Yoon-Ju Kim, Susumu Oda, Diego Pedroza, Zachary Martinez and Shizue Mito; 43rd IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 2011.
4. “Zirconium Mediated Synthesis of Amino Acids from Carbon Dioxide.” Shizue Mito, Yoon-Ju Kim, Susumu Oda and Zachary Martinez; 2010 4th Symposium on Japan-Mexico-USA Consortium for Technological Engineering (JMUCTE), Morelia, Mich., Mexico, December 2010. (The abstract was accepted, but travel was not permitted to Mexico.)
5. “Reactions of Early Transition metal Complexes with Carbon Dioxide.” Shizue Mito, Zachary Martinez and Daniel Castillo; 65th Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, El Paso, TX, USA, November 2009.

Students’ presentations

1. “One-pot synthesis of indolequinones from quinones” Jorge Guerra, Quang Luu, Shizue Mito,; UTEP The COURI Symposium Abstracts, Summer 2014, ID= 436, El Paso TX, USA, August 2014.
2. “Total synthesis of syringolides "” Daniel Leonard, Sudhakar Kalagara, Shizue Mito; UTEP The COURI Symposium Abstracts, Summer 2014, ID= 504, El Paso TX, USA, August 2014.
3. “Synthesis of 3-oxyindole using sunlight” Xinxiao Li, Quang Luu, Shizue Mito; UTEP The COURI Symposium Abstracts, Summer 2014, ID= 554, El Paso TX, USA, August 2014.
4. “Titanium mediated synthesis of α-methyl-γ-lactones from CO2” Daniela Muñiz Rojas, Quang Luu,S hizue Mito; UTEP The COURI Symposium Abstracts, Summer 2014, ID=522, El Paso TX, USA, August 2014.
5. "Photodimerization of Quinones"” Cecilio Castaneda, Quang Luu, Jorge Guerra, Shizue Mito; UTEP The COURI Symposium Abstracts, Summer 2014, ID=506, El Paso TX, USA, August 2014.
6. “Synthesis of acylated quinonxalinediol by photo-Friedel-Crafts acylation using sunlight” Foyu Zhang, Anwar Jacintomoreno, Sudhakar Kalagara, Shizue Mito; UTEP The COURI Symposium Abstracts, Summer 2014, ID= 555, El Paso TX, USA, April 2013.
7. “Synthesis and characterization of acylated quinolinediol Aluminum (III) complexes” Anwar Jacintomoreno, Kei Takigawa, Shizue Mito,; UTEP The COURI Symposium Abstracts, Summer 2014, ID= 436, El Paso TX, USA, August 2014.
8. “Total Synthesis of Syringolides” Gabriel Orozco, Sudhakar Kalagara and Shizue Mito; UTEP The COURI Symposium Abstracts, Spring 2013, ID= 91, El Paso TX, USA, April 2013.
9. “Synthesis and characterization of novel acylated quinonlinediol aluminum (III) complexes” Anwar Jacintomoreno, Salvador A Fernandez, Brian Jacinto, Shizue Mito; UTEP The COURI Symposium Abstracts, Spring 2014, ID= 303, El Paso TX, USA, April 2014.
10. “One-pot synthesis of indole-4,7-diones from quinones” Jorge D Guerra, Quang H Luu, Shizue Mito; UTEP The COURI Symposium Abstracts, Spring 2014, ID= 312, El Paso TX, USA, April 2014.
11. “Synthesis and photochemical reactions of 1,4,5,8-anthracenetetrone” Ai S Pastrana, Shizue Mito; UTEP The COURI Symposium Abstracts, Spring 2013, ID= 394, El Paso TX, USA, April 2013.
12. "Synthesis of Isoquinoline Derivatives by Solar Reaction of Imine Derivatives and quinones" Jong Saunders, Jorge Guerra, Quang H. Luu, and Shizue Mito; COURI Symposium Abstracts, Summer 2013, ID= 237, El Paso TX, USA, August 2013.
13. "The Synthesis of 5,8-Dihydroxy-1,4-Naphthoquinone and Its Homologation under Sunlight." Jingzhe Li, Mengwei Yuan, Quang H. Luu, and Shizue Mito; COURI Symposium Abstracts, Summer 2013, ID= 227, El Paso TX, USA, August 2013.
14. "Cytotoxic Effects of Acylated Hydroquinones on Selective Lymphoid Cells" Diego Pedroza, Fernando De Leon, Armando Varela-Ramirez, Carolina Lema, Renato Aguilera, Shizue Mito; COURI Symposium Abstracts, Summer 2013, ID= 221, El Paso TX, USA, August 2013.
15. "Synthesis and Solar Reaction of 1,4,5,8-Anthracenetetrone with Aldehyde" Ai Pastrana and Shizue Mito; COURI Symposium Abstracts, Summer 2013, ID= 215, El Paso TX, USA, August 2013.
16. "Synthesis of Two New Nitrogen Heterocyclic Compounds: Pyridazine and Quinazoline Derivatives" Mengwei Yuan, Jingzhe Li, Quang H. Luu, and Shizue Mito; COURI Symposium Abstracts, Summer 2013, ID= 214, El Paso TX, USA, August 2013.
17. "Synthesis of Indolinone Derivatives with Solar Reactions of Quinone Derivatives" Jorge Guerra, Jong Saunders; Quang H. Luu, and Shizue Mito; COURI Symposium Abstracts, Summer 2013, ID= 157, El Paso TX, USA, August 2013.
18. "Synthesis and Characterization of Electrically Responsive Molecules Based on Aluminum(III) Complexes" Jose Roberto Villaseñor-Frias, Brian Jacinto and Shizue Mito; COURI Symposium Abstracts, Summer 2013, ID= 144, El Paso TX, USA, August 2013.
19. “Total Synthesis of Syringolides” Gabriel Orozco, Sudhakar Kalagara and Shizue Mito; UTEP The COURI Symposium Abstracts, Spring 2013, ID= 91, El Paso TX, USA, April 2013.
20. “Total Synthesis of Syringolides” Sudhakar Kalagara, Gabriel Orozco and Shizue Mito; The 245rd ACS National Meeting; New Orleans, LA, USA, March 2013.
21. “Zirconium Mediated One-pot γ-Amino Acids Synthesis from CO2” Rostyslav Ukis, Teresita J. Maldonado, Diego A. Pedroza and Shizue Mito; The DAAD ALUMINI meeting, Karlsruhe, Germany, November 2012.
22. “Solar Synthesis of Acyl Hydroquinones and Their Bioactivity” Fernando De Leon and Shizue Mito; UTEP 2012 COURI Summer Research Symposium, El Paso TX, USA, July 2012.
23. “Synthesis of Methylene γ-lactones Using Carbon Dioxide” Bryan P. Ferrell, Giber Martinez, Intesar El-Feitouri and Shizue Mito; UTEP 2012 COURI Summer Research Symposium, El Paso TX, USA, July 2012.
24. “One-pot γ-Amino Acids Synthesis from CO2 via Zirconacycle” Teresita J. Maldonado, Diego A. Pedroza, and Shizue Mito; UTEP 2012 COURI Summer Research Symposium, El Paso TX, USA, July 2012.
25. “Zirconium Mediated One-pot Synthesis of γ-Amino Acids from Carbon Dioxide” Diego A. Pedroza and Shizue Mito; UTEP The 2nd Annual COURI Symposium, El Paso TX, USA, April 2012.
26. “Photo-Friedel-Crafts Acylation with Sunlight” Fernando De Leon and Shizue Mito; UTEP The 2nd Annual COURI Symposium, El Paso TX, USA, April 2012.
27. “Zirconium-mediated synthesis of γ-amino acids from carbon dioxide” Ashley Cooke and Shizue Mito; The 243rd ACS National Meeting; San Diego, CA, USA, March 2012.
28. “Total Synthesis of Syringolides” Sudhakar Kalagara, Salvand Rivera and Shizue Mito; The 243rd ACS National Meeting; San Diego, CA, USA, March 2012.
29. “Zirconium mediated one-pot synthesis of α-amino acid using CO2” Yoon Ju Kim, Susumu Oda and Shizue Mito; The 243rd ACS National Meeting; San Diego, CA, USA, March 2012.
30. “Studies Towards the Total Synthesis of Syringolide” Allyssa M. Amaya, Sudhakar Kalagara and Shizue Mito; the 2011 LSAMP Student Research Conference, Arlington, TX, USA, August 2011.
31. “Zirconium Mediated One-pot Synthesis of γ-Amino Acids from Carbon Dioxide” Diego A. Pedroza and Shizue Mito; UTEP 2011 End-of-the Summer Research Symposium, El Paso TX, USA, July 2011.
32. “The Synthesis of Non-Proteinogenic Amino Acids by Utilizing Carbon Dioxide.” Zachary Martinez and Shizue Mito; the 2010 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Charlotte, NC, USA, November 2010
33. “Group 4 Metal Mediated Reactions with Carbon Dioxide.” Susumu Oda, Yoon-Ju Kim and Shizue Mito; The 240th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 2010.

Undergraduate, Graduate, industrial and Postdoctoral

1. “Scope and Mechanism of Enantioselective Michael Additions of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds to Nitroalkenes Catalyzed by Nickel(II) Chiral Diamine Complexes.” Shizue Mito, Daniel Seidel and David A. Evans; The Tenth international Kyoto Conference on New Aspects of Organic Chemistry (IKCOC-10), Kyoto, Japan, November 2006.
2. “Catalytic Enantioselective Michael Additions of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds to Nitroalkenes.” Shizue Mito, Daniel Seidel and David A. Evans; Gordon Research Conference on Stereochemistry, Newport, RI, USA, June 2006.
3. “Palladium catalyzed allylation of nucleic acid bases with allyl alcohol in water.” Shizue Mito, Hiroshi Shinokubo and Atsuhiro Osuka; 85th CSJ(The Chemical Society of Japan) National Spring Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, March 2005.
4. “Reaction of Dialkylzirconocene with Carbon Monoxide and Isonitrile.” Shizue Mito, Kiyohiko Nakajima and Tamotsu Takahashi; 84th CSJ National Spring Meeting, Nishinomiya, Japan, March 2004.
5. “Reaction of Zirconocene Complexes with CO.” Shizue Mito, Yanzhong Li, Kiyohiko Nakajima and Tamotsu Takahashi; Hokkaido University Catalyst Research Center Relocate Celebration Symposium, Sapporo, Japan, January 2004.
6. “Reaction of Zirconocene Complexes with CO.” Shizue Mito, Yanzhong Li, Zhenfeng Xi, Hong-Tao Fan and Tamotsu Takahashi; 53rd Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry, Yamagata, Japan, September 2003.
7. “Double Carbonylation of Zirconocene–Alkyne Complexes” Shizue Mito, Yanzhong Li and Tamotsu Takahashi; 2003 Hokkaido Division of CSJ Annual Summer Meeting. Kitami, Japan, July 2003.
8. “CO Insertion Reaction of Zirconacyclopentadienes.” Shizue Mito, Hong-Tao Fan, Zhenfeng Xi and Tamotsu Takahashi; 83th CSJ National Spring Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, March 2003.
9. “CO Insertion Reaction of Zirconacyclopentadienes.” Shizue Mito, Hong-Tao Fan, Zhenfeng Xi and Tamotsu Takahashi; 83rd CSJ National Spring Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, March 2003.
10. “One-pot Synthetic Routes to Maltiply Substituted Indene Derivatives by Hydrolysis of Zirconocene-Mediated Intermorecular Coupling Reactions of Alkynes.” Shizue Mito, Ruiyun Guo, Zhenfeng Xi, Tamotsu Takahashi; 82nd CSJ National Spring Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, March 2002.
11. “Reaction of Zirconaheterocycles with Propargyl Halide.” Shizue Mito, Yanzhong Li and Tamotsu Takahashi; 2001 Hokkaido Division of CSJ Annual Summer Meeting. Muroran, Japan, July 2001.
12. “The Influences on liquid crystal display (LCD) by irradiation with the Nd-YAG Laser.” Ritsu Kamoto, Shizue Mito, Naoto Nagai, Yoshikatsu Nagasawa; 2000 Japanese Liquid Crystal Society Annual Meeting and International Conference, Matsue, Japan, October 2000.
13. “Development of a new technical sampling method and measurement to estimate bonding degree for resins of liquid crystal display (LCD) with FT-IR and mass spectroscopy: New MS/MS analysis.” Shizue Mito, Ritsu Kamoto, Naoto Nagai and Hideyuki Ishida; 47th JSAC (The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry) Annual Meeting, Gifu, Japan, October 1998.
14. “Microanalysis of Pharmaceutical Product by FT-IR Micro spectroscopy.” Shizue Mito, Ritsu Kamoto, Naoto Nagai and Hideyuki Ishida; The 12th International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (ICFTS-12), Tokyo, Japan, August 1999.
15. “New technical measurement to estimate decomposition degree of ultraviolet cured resins for liquid crystal display (LCD) with FT-IR and mass spectroscopy and micro-sampling mass spectroscopy.” Shizue Mito, Ritsu Kamoto, Naoto Nagai and Hideyuki Ishida; 59th JSAC (The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry) Conference, Otaru, Japan, May 1998.
16. “Application of micro-sampling mass spectroscopy: New technical measurement for estimation of ultraviolet cured resins.” Shizue Mito, Ritsu Kamoto, Naoto Nagai and Hideyuki Ishida; 46th JSAC (The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry) Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, October 1997.
17. 4)“Discovery of a new technical measurement to estimate degree of bonding for sealing epoxy resins of liquid crystal display panel (LCD panel) using FT-IR micro spectroscopy and mass spectroscopy with micro-sampling.” Shizue Mito, Ritsu Kamoto, Gen K atagiri and Hideyuki Ishida; 45th JSAC (The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry) Annual Meeting, Sendai, Japan, August 1996.
18. “Radical Cycloaddition by Ni(II) Complex-Catalyzed Electroreduction. Synthesis of Pyrrolopyridine and Pyrrolopyrrole Derivatives.” Shigeko Ozaki, Shizue Mitoh and Hidenobu Ohmori; 116th The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan National Annual Meeting, Kanazawa, Japan, March 1996.
19. “Indirect Electroreductive Sequential Radical Reaction Catalyzed by a Ni(II) Complex. One-Step Preparation of Functionalized (Methylene)-cyclopentanes.” Shigeko Ozaki, Shizue Mitoh, Hidenobu Ohmori; 114th The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan National Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, March 1994.

Presentations – Previous Works

1. “Scope and Mechanism of Enantioselective Michael Additions of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds to Nitroalkenes Catalyzed by Nickel(II) Chiral Diamine Complexes.” Shizue Mito, Daniel Seidel and David A. Evans; The Tenth international Kyoto Conference on New Aspects of Organic Chemistry (IKCOC-10), Kyoto, Japan, November 2006.
2. “Catalytic Enantioselective Michael Additions of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds to Nitroalkenes.” Shizue Mito, Daniel Seidel and David A. Evans; Gordon Research Conference on Stereochemistry, Newport, RI, USA, June 2006.
3. “Palladium catalyzed allylation of nucleic acid bases with allyl alcohol in water.” Shizue Mito, Hiroshi Shinokubo and Atsuhiro Osuka; 85th CSJ(The Chemical Society of Japan) National Spring Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, March 2005.
4. “Reaction of Dialkylzirconocene with Carbon Monoxide and Isonitrile.” Shizue Mito, Kiyohiko Nakajima and Tamotsu Takahashi; 84th CSJ National Spring Meeting, Nishinomiya, Japan, March 2004.
5. “Reaction of Zirconocene Complexes with CO.” Shizue Mito, Yanzhong Li, Kiyohiko Nakajima and Tamotsu Takahashi; Hokkaido University Catalyst Research Center Relocate Celebration Symposium, Sapporo, Japan, January 2004.
6. “Reaction of Zirconocene Complexes with CO.” Shizue Mito, Yanzhong Li, Zhenfeng Xi, Hong-Tao Fan and Tamotsu Takahashi; 53rd Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry, Yamagata, Japan, September 2003.
7. “Double Carbonylation of Zirconocene–Alkyne Complexes” Shizue Mito, Yanzhong Li and Tamotsu Takahashi; 2003 Hokkaido Division of CSJ Annual Summer Meeting. Kitami, Japan, July 2003.
8. “CO Insertion Reaction of Zirconacyclopentadienes.” Shizue Mito, Hong-Tao Fan, Zhenfeng Xi and Tamotsu Takahashi; 83th CSJ National Spring Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, March 2003.
9. “CO Insertion Reaction of Zirconacyclopentadienes.” Shizue Mito, Hong-Tao Fan, Zhenfeng Xi and Tamotsu Takahashi; 83rd CSJ National Spring Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, March 2003.
10. One-pot Synthetic Routes to Maltiply Substituted Indene Derivatives by Hydrolysis of Zirconocene-Mediated Intermorecular Coupling Reactions of Alkynes.” Shizue Mito, Ruiyun Guo, Zhenfeng Xi, Tamotsu Takahashi; 82nd CSJ National Spring Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, March 2002.
11. 11) “Reaction of Zirconaheterocycles with Propargyl Halide.” Shizue Mito, Yanzhong Li and Tamotsu Takahashi; 2001 Hokkaido Division of CSJ Annual Summer Meeting. Muroran, Japan, July 2001.
12. “The Influences on liquid crystal display (LCD) by irradiation with the Nd-YAG Laser.” Ritsu Kamoto, Shizue Mito, Naoto Nagai, Yoshikatsu Nagasawa; 2000 Japanese Liquid Crystal Society Annual Meeting and International Conference, Matsue, Japan, October 2000.
13. “Development of a new technical sampling method and measurement to estimate bonding degree for resins of liquid crystal display (LCD) with FT-IR and mass spectroscopy: New MS/MS analysis.” Shizue Mito, Ritsu Kamoto, Naoto Nagai and Hideyuki Ishida; 47th JSAC (The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry) Annual Meeting, Gifu, Japan, October 1998.
14. “Microanalysis of Pharmaceutical Product by FT-IR Micro spectroscopy.” Shizue Mito, Ritsu Kamoto, Naoto Nagai and Hideyuki Ishida; The 12th International Conference on Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (ICFTS-12), Tokyo, Japan, August 1999.
15. “New technical measurement to estimate decomposition degree of ultraviolet cured resins for liquid crystal display (LCD) with FT-IR and mass spectroscopy and micro-sampling mass spectroscopy.” Shizue Mito, Ritsu Kamoto, Naoto Nagai and Hideyuki Ishida; 59th JSAC (The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry) Conference, Otaru, Japan, May 1998.
16. “Application of micro-sampling mass spectroscopy: New technical measurement for estimation of ultraviolet cured resins.” Shizue Mito, Ritsu Kamoto, Naoto Nagai and Hideyuki Ishida; 46th JSAC (The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry) Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, October 1997.
17. “Discovery of a new technical measurement to estimate degree of bonding for sealing epoxy resins of liquid crystal display panel (LCD panel) using FT-IR micro spectroscopy and mass spectroscopy with micro-sampling.” Shizue Mito, Ritsu Kamoto, Gen K atagiri and Hideyuki Ishida; 45th JSAC (The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry) Annual Meeting, Sendai, Japan, August 1996.
18. 18) “Radical Cycloaddition by Ni(II) Complex-Catalyzed Electroreduction. Synthesis of Pyrrolopyridine and Pyrrolopyrrole Derivatives.” Shigeko Ozaki, Shizue Mitoh and Hidenobu Ohmori; 116th The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan National Annual Meeting, Kanazawa, Japan, March 1996.
19. “Indirect Electroreductive Sequential Radical Reaction Catalyzed by a Ni(II) Complex. One-Step Preparation of Functionalized (Methylene)-cyclopentanes.” Shigeko Ozaki, Shizue Mitoh, Hidenobu Ohmori; 114th The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan National Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, March 1994.