Ei-ichi Negishi
Ei-ichi Negishi (根岸 英一, Negishi Eiichi, July 14, 1935 – June 6, 2021) was a Japanese chemist who was best known for his discovery of the Negishi coupling. He spent most of his career at Purdue University in the United States, where he was the Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor and the director of the Negishi-Brown Institute. He was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for palladium catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis" jointly with Richard F. Heck and Akira Suzuki.
Ei-ichi Negishi | |
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根岸英一 | |
Negishi in 2010 | |
| Born | July 14, 1935 |
| Died | June 6, 2021 (aged 85) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo University of Pennsylvania |
| Known for | Negishi coupling ZACA reaction |
| Spouse | Sumire Suzuki (m. 1959; died 2018) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Sir Edward Frankland Prize Lectureship (2000) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2010) Person of Cultural Merit (2010) Order of Culture (2010) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Teijin Purdue University Syracuse University Hokkaido University |
| Thesis | Basic cleavage of arylsulfonamides, the synthesis of some bicyclic compounds derived from piperazine which contain bridgehead nitrogen atoms. (1963) |
| Doctoral advisor | Allan R. Day |
| Doctoral students | James M. Tour |
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