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Hitoshi Nozaki

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Citizenship
  
Japan

Fields
  
Organic chemistry

Alma mater
  
Kyoto University

Nationality
  
Japanese

Other notable students
  
Yoshito Kishi

Notable student
  
Ryōji Noyori


Doctoral students
  
Ryoji NoyoriTamejiro Hiyama

Known for
  
Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi reaction

Institutions
  
Kyoto University, Okayama University of Science

Notable awards
  
Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy (1986), Order of the Sacred Treasure (1992)

Similar
  
Ryōji Noyori, Yoshito Kishi, Elias James Corey, William Standish Knowles, Henri B Kagan

Hitoshi Nozaki (野崎 一, Nozaki Hitoshi, born 1922), is a Japanese chemist specializing in the field of organic chemistry, known as the head of Japanese organic chemistry research and one of discoverer of Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi reaction. He is now Emeritus Professor of Kyoto University.

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Life

Nozaki was born in Okayama, Japan, on 1922. He received his BS and PhD degree, respectively, from the Kyoto Imperial University.

Contributions

In Japan, Hitoshi Nozaki has been leading the organic chemistry academic circles in the period of Japanese post-war economic miracle.

  • Terpene-based synthetic of carboxylic cation
  • Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi reaction

    • Notable students

  • Ryoji Noyori: 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner.
  • Yoshito Kishi: Professor at Harvard University.

    • Honors and awards

  • 1979 Chemistry Society of Japan(CSJ) Award
  • 1986 Japan Academy Prize
  • 1986 Medal with Purple Ribbon
  • 1992 Order of the Sacred Treasure
  • 1993 Special Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan
  • 1999 Member of Japan Academy

    • References

    Hitoshi Nozaki Wikipedia
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