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Akira Suzuki

Chemistry

Akira Suzuki is a Japanese chemist who first published the Suzuki reaction, coupling an aryl or vinyl boronic acid with an aryl or vinyl halide using a palladium catalyst. He shared the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Richard F. Heck and Ei-ichi Negishi.

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Birth Year
1930 2
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1930-09-12 1
FieldSourced to the subject's own account
chemist 1
NationalitySourced to the subject's own account
Japanese 1
Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own account
the Suzuki reaction, the organic reaction of an aryl- or vinyl-boronic acid with an aryl- or vinyl-halide catalyzed by a palladium(0) complex 1
Birthplace
Mukawa, Japan 2
Field
Field (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Chemistry 1
Connections

Member Of

Hokkaido University, Institutions
Source Wikipedia: Akira Suzuki
Purdue University, Institutions
Source Wikipedia: Akira Suzuki

Works In

Chemistry, Disciplines
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Nationality

Japan

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Akira Suzuki (鈴木 章, Suzuki Akira; born September 12, 1930) is a Japanese chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate (2010), who first published the Suzuki reaction, the organic reaction of an aryl- or vinyl-boronic acid with an aryl- or vinyl-halide catalyzed by a palladium(0) complex, in 1979.
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1. Wikipedia: Akira Suzuki
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    Akira Suzuki (鈴木 章, Suzuki Akira; born September 12, 1930) is a Japanese chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate (2010), who first published the Suzuki reaction, the organic reaction of an aryl- or vinyl-boronic acid with an aryl- or vinyl-halide catalyzed by a palladium(0) complex, in 1979.
  • Works In: Chemistry, Lead
    is a Japanese chemist
  • Member Of: Hokkaido University, Infobox: workplaces
    Hokkaido University Purdue University University of Wales Okayama University of Science Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts
  • Member Of: Purdue University, Infobox: workplaces
    Hokkaido University Purdue University University of Wales Okayama University of Science Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts
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2. Akira Suzuki (Wikidata)
P19 (place of birth): Mukawa, Japan
Quote, P19 (place of birth): Mukawa, Japan
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