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Ei-ichi Negishi

Japanese chemist (1935 - 2021) · United States · Scientists · Died at 85

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Ei-ichi Negishi 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.

A life in dates

2021Died6 June 20212010ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry,AwardNobel Prize in ChemistryAwardOrder of CultureAward1998American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic ChemistryAward1986Guggenheim FellowshipAward1935Born14 July 1935

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Awards

Order of Culture2010
Nobel Prize in Chemistry2010
ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry,2010
American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic Chemistry1998
Guggenheim Fellowship1986

About this person

Ei-ichi Negishi 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.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1935 to 2021 · aged 85

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