1982 年 40 巻 11 号 p. 1097-1102
After a brief historical survey of organic synthetical industry in Japan, the author described that the cause of the present stagnation is owing to the lack of new commercial products and the rising cost of raw material. As a countermeasure, the author mentioned that research of new material and new device, and research work of new synthetic method concerning C1-chemistry, namely, new synthetical chemistry are the key technology for saving the present situation.