Ei-ichi Negishi

Ei-ichi Negishi
Negishi in 2010
Born	(1935-07-14) July 14, 1935 Hsinking, Manchukuo (now Changchun, China)
Residence	United States
Nationality	Japan
Institutions	Teijin Purdue University Syracuse University Hokkaido University
Alma mater	University of Tokyo University of Pennsylvania
Doctoral advisor	Allan R. Day
Known for	Negishi coupling
Influences	Herbert Charles Brown
Notable awards	Sir Edward Frankland Prize Lectureship (2000) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2010) Person of Cultural Merit (2010) Order of Culture (2010)

Ei-ichi Negishi (根岸 英一, Negishi Eiichi, born July 14, 1935) is a Japanese chemist 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.

Early life and education

Negishi was born in Changchun in China, and raised in Seoul of 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.

Honours

In 2000, he was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry's Sir Edward Frankland Prize Lectureship.

In 2011, he was awarded the honorary doctor of science degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

See also

• List of Japanese Nobel laureates

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons