Makoto Kumada

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Makoto Kumada
Died	June 28, 2007 (aged 87)
Nationality	Japanese
Institutions	Kyoto University , Toshiba,Osaka University Kyoto University
Alma mater	Kyoto University
Known for	Kumada coupling

Kumada Makoto (熊田 誠, Kumada Makoto^?, born 17 January 1920) was a Japanese chemist and was a Professor of Chemistry first at Osaka University and till his retirement in 1983 at Kyoto University in Japan. He discovered the Kumada coupling in 1975.

[edit] Reference

• Kohei Tamao (2007). "Obituary: Makoto Kumada (1920-2007)". Angewandte Chemie International Edition 46 (40): 7538 - 7539. doi:10.1002/anie.200704157.