Nationality Japan Name Ei-ichi Negishi Doctoral advisor Allan R. Day Role Chemist | Influences Herbert Charles Brown | |
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Institutions TeijinPurdue UniversitySyracuse UniversityHokkaido University Alma mater University of TokyoUniversity of Pennsylvania Books Organometallics in Organic Synthesis Similar People Akira Suzuki, Richard F Heck, Herbert C Brown, James Tour, Georg Wittig | ||
Residence United States of America | ||
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Ei-ichi Negishi (根岸 英一, Negishi Eiichi, born July 14, 1935) is a Manchuria-born American chemist of Japanese origin 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. 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.
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- The nobel prize lectures in uppsala 2010 chemistry laureate ei ichi negishi
- Early life and education
- Career
- Recognition
- References
The nobel prize lectures in uppsala 2010 chemistry laureate ei ichi negishi
Early life and education
Negishi was born in Hsinking, the capital of Manchukuo (now Changchun, China), and raised in Seoul during 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.
Recognition
In 2011, he was awarded the honorary doctor of science degree from the University of Pennsylvania.