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Ei-ichi Negishi

Japanese chemist (1935 - 2021)

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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. 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.

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Hsinking wd
Died
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Place of death
Indianapolis wd
Citizenship
United States, Japan wd
Occupation
chemist, professor, researcher wd
Education
University of Tokyo, University of Pennsylvania wd

Awards wd

  • Guggenheim Fellowship (1986)
  • Order of Culture (2010)
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2010)
  • American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic Chemistry (1998)
  • ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, (2010)

Questions

When was Ei-ichi Negishi born?
Ei-ichi Negishi was born on 14 July 1935 in Hsinking.
Where did Ei-ichi Negishi study?
Ei-ichi Negishi was educated at University of Tokyo, University of Pennsylvania.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Ei-ichi Negishi · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q105927 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Nobel Prize 2010-Press Conference KVA-DSC 7398.jpg by Holger Motzkau (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Last updated · facts checked 6 November 2026

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