Ei-ichi Negishi
| Ei-ichi Negishi | |
|---|---|
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Negishi in 2010 | |
| Born |
July 14, 1935 Hsinking, Manchukuo (now Changchun, China) |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | Japan |
| Institutions |
Teijin Purdue University Syracuse University Hokkaido University |
| Alma mater |
University of Tokyo University of Pennsylvania |
| Doctoral advisor | Allan R. Day |
| Known for | Negishi coupling |
| Influences | Herbert Charles Brown |
| Notable awards |
Sir Edward Frankland Prize Lectureship (2000) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2010) Person of Cultural Merit (2010) Order of Culture (2010) |
Ei-ichi Negishi (根岸 英一 Negishi Eiichi, born July 14, 1935[1]) is a Japanese chemist who has spent most of his career at Purdue University in the United States. He is best known for his discovery of the Negishi coupling.[2] 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.[3]
Early life and education
Negishi was born in Hsinking (新京), capital of Manchukuo, now Changchun in China, and raised in Seoul of Korea under Japanese rule.
Negishi graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1958 and did his internship at Teijin. He went on to study in the United States and obtained his PhD from University of Pennsylvania in 1963 under the supervision of professor Allan R. Day.
Career
In 1966, Negishi became a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University, and became assistant professor in 1968, working with Nobel laureate Herbert C. Brown. In 1972, he went on to become associate professor at Syracuse University where, in 1979, he was promoted to professor. In the same year, he went back to Purdue University.
Honours
In 2000, he was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry's Sir Edward Frankland Prize Lectureship.[4]
In 2011, he was awarded the honorary doctor of science degree from the University of Pennsylvania.[5]
References
- ↑ Negishi's CV on its lab's website
- ↑ Anthony O. King, Nobuhisa Okukado and Ei-ichi Negishi (1977). "Highly general stereo-, regio-, and chemo-selective synthesis of terminal and internal conjugated enynes by the Pd-catalysed reaction of alkynylzinc reagents with alkenyl halides". Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications (19): 683. doi:10.1039/C39770000683.
- ↑ "Press release 6 October 2010". Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ↑ "Professor Ei-ichi Negishi". J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 (Royal Society of Chemistry) (9): 9–xii. 2001. doi:10.1039/b009326m.
- ↑ Penn's 2011 Honorary Degree Recipients
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