# 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:** 14 July 1935 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105927#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Hsinking ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105927#P19))
- **Died:** 6 June 2021 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105927#P570))
- **Place of death:** Indianapolis ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105927#P20))
- **Citizenship:** United States; Japan ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105927#P27))
- **Occupation:** chemist; professor; researcher ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105927#P106))
- **Education:** University of Tokyo; University of Pennsylvania ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105927#P69))
- **Awards:** Guggenheim Fellowship; Order of Culture; Nobel Prize in Chemistry; American Chemical Society Award in Organometallic Chemistry; ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105927#P166))

## 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.

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